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The official stoked thread!


Sabu

6-Apr-2008
10:10:42 PM

On 6/04/2008 mousey wrote:
>not so stoked on the frightening price tag, but uber stoked on the massively
>reliable & efficient workflow it will support!
go on, say it, how much?

Then again it is a mac......


mousey

6-Apr-2008
11:49:43 PM

well so far ive clocked a little north of 7k, but i still have to get; 2nd display, profiling/colour management setup, adobe software package, & my hard drive rig (5 bay eSATA, probly with 5 x 500 or 750Gb 7200rpm drives)... so i'd be surprised if i get more than loose change from 10k


belayslave

7-Apr-2008
12:54:43 AM

On 6/04/2008 mousey wrote:
>well so far ive clocked a little north of 7k, but i still have to get;
>2nd display, profiling/colour management setup, adobe software package,
>& my hard drive rig (5 bay eSATA, probly with 5 x 500 or 750Gb 7200rpm
>drives)... so i'd be surprised if i get more than loose change from 10k

WOW! I'm very jealous. if you get any change at all for 10k i'd be surprised. My old 17" G4 has just
about given up the ghost for anything more then word processing.


wallwombat

7-Apr-2008
6:56:29 AM

On 6/04/2008 mousey wrote:
>well so far ive clocked a little north of 7k, but i still have to get;
>2nd display, profiling/colour management setup, adobe software package,
>& my hard drive rig (5 bay eSATA, probly with 5 x 500 or 750Gb 7200rpm
>drives)... so i'd be surprised if i get more than loose change from 10k

Goodbye dirtbaggin days. Hello workin your arse off to pay off the debts.

onsight

7-Apr-2008
9:39:05 AM

>Goodbye dirtbaggin days. Hello workin your arse off to pay off the debts.

Exactly. Not to mention costs of upgrading your camera every few years ... Does anyone still claim digital photography is cheap compared to film? I don't seem to hear that as much these days.


evanbb

7-Apr-2008
10:22:31 AM

On 7/04/2008 onsight wrote:

>Exactly. Not to mention costs of upgrading your camera every few years
>... Does anyone still claim digital photography is cheap compared to film?
>I don't seem to hear that as much these days.

Do you HAVE to upgrade your camera every few years Simon?

gfdonc

7-Apr-2008
10:45:56 AM

On 7/04/2008 onsight wrote:
>... Does anyone still claim digital photography is cheap compared to film?

Good point. I always worked with the maxim "film is the cheapest part of photography". My DSLR system seems to be creating regular damage to the credit card at the moment.

Mind you, I am 'stoked' with my new 11-22mm lens .. Burnley yesterday afternoon ..

Onsight

7-Apr-2008
10:58:25 AM

On 7/04/2008 evanbb wrote:
>Do you HAVE to upgrade your camera every few years Simon?

(Do you mean me personally or in general?). Of course you don't have to with film cameras, they can last decades. But with digital, given the rate they've improving and changing, then if you want to get the best quality results then you probably would want to upgrade every few years. If you're not too worried about best quality then it's not going to matter too much.

Back on topic...

Stoked to marry my sweetheart the other weekend!
http://www.onsight.com.au/news/

Many thanks indeed for taking the pics Josh!


mousey

7-Apr-2008
11:15:30 AM

no wuckers, thanks for the opportunity!

as for upgrading film cameras- i still shoot some film, mainly on an F4s that would be about 25 years old? still works a treat and i reckon it takes way better photos than many of the new fandangled digis. actually i think its what i took to bungonia last time i went (with zac & graham, when i shot the FA of 'A Jealous Mistress')
one day i still plan on (or dream about) getting a 'blad 503cw or similar to play with, i doubt ill have to upgrade that very often :)

i used to think that film was more expensive because digi was just an initial outlay & i was spending 90% of my income of film & processing, but then i realised that my income would have been lucky to push $200/month & that digi is like a high maintenance girlfriend

glebechris

7-Apr-2008
11:30:40 AM

Mousey

Not too sure about the mac pro's but given mine and several mates experience with the MacBook Pro's I hope you got extended warranty on your shiny new toy!


mousey

7-Apr-2008
11:35:52 AM

sure did! cost me $400 but i aint riskin that shi!t!!!


westie

7-Apr-2008
12:04:12 PM

I'm stoked I took a four metre fall onto a small wire on the weekend and it held.


Organ Pipe

24-Jun-2008
12:57:06 AM

I'm stoked that my new double portaledge + fly + Zion haulbag has arrived.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

24-Jun-2008
10:42:49 AM

On 24/06/2008 Organ Pipe wrote:
>I'm stoked that my new double portaledge + fly + Zion haulbag has arrived.
>
... so when are you coming to Buffalo?
(I tried sending this to you as a PM but your PM box is full ...)

I'm stoked (retro entry for 6/6/08) bc I got a new comfy wall harness /shiny bling!

I'm stoked (today) bc a new member to Chockstone turns out to be an old climbing partner who I have not heard from for many years. He Pm'd me today and it is good to renew the contact.

fish boy

24-Jun-2008
1:02:57 PM

On 24/06/2008 Organ Pipe wrote:
>I'm stoked that my new double portaledge + fly + Zion haulbag has arrived.
>
>
I tried buying from BD.com last week and was told they dont sell to Aus...did you go through them?


IdratherbeclimbingM9

24-Jun-2008
1:16:13 PM

Tried Pm'ing fish boy but his mail box is full also ...
(So once again I am putting up on a thread ...)

Don't know the current situation, but back when I got my ledge it was from Aust rep of BD. When I tried to get a fly for it, I ended up buying it from a UK supplier due being majorly stuffed around by BD here in Aust.

Are you chasing wall gear?


ajfclark

24-Jun-2008
1:41:05 PM

On 24/06/2008 fish boy wrote:
>I tried buying from BD.com last week and was told they dont sell to Aus...did you go through them?

Since earlier this year BD no longer sell direct into Australia. They said something to me about showing increased respect for their Australian distributor, Sea to Summit.


wallwombat

25-Jun-2008
8:18:13 PM

I'm stoked that I'm driving up to the Warrumbungles tomorrow, even though I foresee it being nut-freezing trip.

devlin66

25-Jun-2008
11:34:49 PM

Glen Innes was -4 today. Not to far out of the way.


Organ Pipe

26-Jun-2008
1:52:47 AM

On 24/06/2008 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>... so when are you coming to Buffalo? (I tried sending this to you as a PM but your PM box is full ...)

I've cleared out the inbox (thanks for the heads up) so should be right now.
I'll PM you with more details but the answer to your question is: Soon-ish, and I'll definitely drop you a line before hand M9.

On 24/06/2008 fish boy wrote:
>I tried buying from BD.com last week and was told they don't sell to Aus...did you go through them?

Well I don't want to trigger gear lust related rage, but I fear that my tale may unfortunately do so. You see the price I paid, and ease of purchase left me gob-smacked!

I'm a Victorian living in Dallas, Texas (here for work). In my first week here I formed some great friendships with a couple of the staff at my local climbing gym. After our first weekend away climbing together down to Austin, they told me about this magical thing called a 'pro-deal'. Basically managers at the gym can fax orders to Black Diamond and get what I believe to be free shipping to the gym. From what I gather, the purpose of the pro deal is supposed to be to resupply the 'pro shop' section of a gym, where they sell gear retail to their customers.
Anyway, my mates offered that if I wanted anything, they could place an order for me, and I would capitalize on the wholesale prices that BD offers the gym.
A couple of weeks later I'm lifting 3 large boxes into the back of my car at the gym, with a child-at-Christmas kind of grin on my face.

The boxes contained:

BD double cliff cabana ledge
BD double deluxe fly
Zion Haul bag + belay seat
Big gun harness
Focus SA harness
Pavement bag (not for climbing, but for travel)
fi-fi hook
1 x #6 cam
3 x #5 cams
1 x #4 cam
and carribeenas for the cams.

Total price: $1,200 (sorry, I know it's unfair)

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