dougpeterson
Workshop Member
I hope that's not the case. Your contributions are enormously valuable, especially on Alpa.why I left this place and will no longer contribute positively to it.
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I hope that's not the case. Your contributions are enormously valuable, especially on Alpa.why I left this place and will no longer contribute positively to it.
If I were you I would contact and go to one or several rental studios in Sydney. A lot of times places let you go there and if they have the gear they let you handle it and test it on premises if they are not too busy. Usually most people that work in those places are very cool if not then go to the next one.G'day everyone,
I'm a university student that's got a 3-4 day shoot lined up for July. I'd really love to try a Phase One back on my Fuji GX680III, but the rental prices I've found are astronomical! I'd be looking for one of the older P series backs, but even these are around the $3-400 mark per day!
Is there a way to try out a MFDB on the (relative) cheap?
I'm in Sydney, Australia (if that helps), which may explain the exorbitant price...
If MFD is the path you have set your heart on then all my advise would be is beg, borrow steal but NEVER part with your hard earned cash or worse get into more debt for one at this stage in your career. You have come to the worst place to ask about equipment as there is a buy, buy culture on here and dealers contribute a great deal. This is great if you are stupid and reckless with your money (most are here) but asking purchasing advice from a dealer is never a good course of action.I see DB's on eBay Aus that sit there for months on end not being sold, so I might contact the sellers and see if I can rent the unit, as dougpeterson suggested. Otherwise, I'll be speaking to the various rental departments here in Aus to see if they've got any ex-rental units in my price range.
I'm sorry but I have to address this and it pisses me off. First off all the dealers are invited here its a public forum and with that comes a diverse set of people as well as our diverse set of members all over the world. Which by itself is a great testament to learning and sharing in a diverse environment . Most if not all dealers, reps and such bring far more data to be learned by all than many can find out on there own. Frankly I work for pay and so do they. We lost Alpa as being a part of forums and frankly to me that was about the stupidest move they could make. Now tell me how do we get that info to our hands to make informed decisions. I'm sorry but let me make this really brief its up to YOU to make decisions on gear on any data posted be it a sales pitch a user experience, spec sheets or what have you . It's also up to you to understand and separate. The data learned is of value to you or not.Never pass up an opportunity to drop in some links for SEO though, eh?
The fact that behaviour like this is allowed to carry on here is why I left this place and will no longer contribute positively to it.
It is disgraceful the way this site is being gamed by Digital Transitions, and judging from the number of supportive PM's I received, I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
Thanks for jumping in to help.I think that if you speak to Richard or Bruce over at L&P they might be able to help. Your bigger problem will be to find an adapter for your Fuji as these do not tend to be available in rental anywhere...
That's what my best friend does in Texas. Fascinating area to work in. Best wishes and congratulations!Gazwas: I should have specified in the original post; I'm at university, but I'm not a photographer! I'm about to wrap up degrees in Energy Engineering and Finance
+1I'm sorry but I have to address this and it pisses me off. First off all the dealers are invited here its a public forum and with that comes a diverse set of people as well as our diverse set of members all over the world. Which by itself is a great testament to learning and sharing in a diverse environment . Most if not all dealers, reps and such bring far more data to be learned by all than many can find out on there own. Frankly I work for pay and so do they. We lost Alpa as being a part of forums and frankly to me that was about the stupidest move they could make. Now tell me how do we get that info to our hands to make informed decisions. I'm sorry but let me make this really brief its up to YOU to make decisions on gear on any data posted be it a sales pitch a user experience, spec sheets or what have you . It's also up to you to understand and separate. The data learned is of value to you or not.
I'm going to have to agree with Ken, your on forums and that is any forum you need a thick skin to be on them. If that does not fit this diverse world with you than why be on them to start with.
I know Doug personally and he is a very bright hard working person that yes maybe bias but he has a good heart and more important contributes more than any rep out there. He also and let me be very clear has never broken or offended any rules here either. You on the other hand just insulted him and his reputation. Which BTW is breaking the rules.
You want to discuss this offline I would be more than happy or Bob and Jack would be happy to.
Haha thanks Doug, I appreciate that!That's what my best friend does in Texas. Fascinating area to work in. Best wishes and congratulations!
Edit: I missed the plural on degree. I thought you were graduating in "Energy Engineering and Finance" which is what my friend does. Double degrees in "Energy Engineering" and "Finance" deserves double congratulations!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, here Gareth. Them's fighting words. I've been reckless. I've been stupid. But never, ever am I reckless and stupid at the same time.....
I think you'll find that all these reckless stupid people here ....
+1. It takes too much concentration.But never, ever am I reckless and stupid at the same time.
And this is the paradox. I went to RIT and if you ever had all the equipment you could ever need it was there. As soon as I left, the shock hit me. It took a lot of time to get the equipment I enjoyed using. (Not there yet, but I keep my eye on the forum and if ever Graham comes to a local airport, I might just turn up to help him with his bags. )I'm at university, but I'm not a photographer! I'm about to wrap up degrees in Energy Engineering and Finance, about as far removed from professional photography as one can be!