Impulse buys

[Dolby]

So I wake this morning and figure I want to get something - maybe a remote trigger release and a wider (cheap) lens. Or a battery grip. Or anything really. I have R3,000 ebucks and will put in more.

I noticed NO ONE keeps stock of anything. I tried Makro, Kodak, FotoFirst, Cats Digital etc and there's nothing Canon available.

One salesman told me the supplier has no stock.

Am I normally going to battle? :/

 

[undesign]

So I wake this morning and figure I want to get something - maybe a remote trigger release and a wider (cheap) lens. Or a battery grip. Or anything really. I have R3,000 ebucks and will put in more.

I noticed NO ONE keeps stock of anything. I tried Makro, Kodak, FotoFirst, Cats Digital etc and there's nothing Canon available.

One salesman told me the supplier has no stock.

Am I normally going to battle? :/

I know the feeling, that irresistible urge to splah. Don't you have a real camera shop in the vicinity, like Orms?

What are you looking at for wider? The 35 f2 is fairly inexpensive with decent IQ.

 

[hilton]

Order from Amazon then. Not sure your ebucks will help though.

 

[Dolby]

Spent my money on the 70-200 - so anything wider would be great.

Set out today to get the 50mm 1.8 and check out anything else that may take my fancy, but no one has stock of anything.

@ Hilton - I meant impulse ... as in having lunch and deciding 'I feel like a lens today ....' without having to think about it for days

 

[hilton]

@ Hilton - I meant impulse ... as in having lunch and deciding 'I feel like a lens today ....' without having to think about it for days

Gosh, sometimes I wish I could just do that. I tend to over analyse everything, join at least three different forums per continent, read at least 23 different reviews and then end up buying whatever is in stock.

Sigh!

 

[Juggy]

I did mention in another thread that due to the quake and tsunami in Japan there will be quite a shortage of Canon gear.

This was also confirmed by Orms when I was there last week buying my 60D. They had to break up a kit so I could get the camera only.

 

[Dolby]

Yea - they broke up my kit as well ... I got the last 70-200mm too.

I remember opening my box and when I saw kit lens included, I thought perhaps they made a mistake and I scored a lens

I'm hoping it's not usually like this though and that in future I could go in to a store and buy something :/

@ hilton - I mean cheaper things ... a remote shutter release, 50mm 1.8, battery grip and lens cleaner should be about R4,500.00 - and with R3,000.00 ebucks, I thought I could walk in Makro and at least get one of those items at no charge. After trying a few places, very few had stock of anything