Southern Californa get together, April 17th

[luckyrwe]

There is a monthly camera show (www.cameraexpo.com) which has recently moved to Carson. Just the place to find odds and ends. I have been going since 1987 and it's a fun place to hang out.

I was thinking, what if some of us Southern Ca people got together there? We can do a few laps at the show, it closes about 2:30, then we can go get a late lunch and meet one another in person, informally. It's about 5 weeks away so we can start to make plans now.

If anyone is interetsed let's dicsuss it here!

[Angelo]

Count me in! This is a great idea. Maybe I'll find a better bag.

[bfjr]

Man, I loved to go but work these days on weekends. :cry
Have a good time :thumb

[luckyrwe]

Man, I loved to go but work these days on weekends. :cry
Have a good time :thumb
The show is once a month, but no show in March. I'm sure we can arrange another meet as well, but I WILL be at this one!

[Nikolai]

I'm not sure about my schedule - work can get pretty rough, and my napoleonic SE (http://www.smugmugexplorer.com) plans can easily take whatever is left off the day job, but I'll try..
Please keep posting here, will ya?
Cheers!:1drink

[LiquidOps]

me and my better half should be there.

That is... if you guys don't mind a sony 717 pokin around?

:-D

[Angelo]

me and my better half should be there.

That is... if you guys don't mind a sony 717 pokin around?

:-D
I'll bring my Minolta dIMAGE to keep it company! :D

[luckyrwe]

If you have anything to sell, this is the place to bring it. If we consider how much we sell amongst fellow dgrinners, this may be the best chance to tade something (we won't tell Andy :D ).

[Angelo]

Maybe we can have lunch at a great ribs place and photograph ourselves chowin' down.

Not only will we make Andy jealous but we'll have a joint submission for the next challenge... "gluttony" :rofl

[Angelo]

...identify each other?

[luckyrwe]

I was thinking of making a DGRIN name badge...is there anyone here who camecome up with something good? Make a badge for all us atendees and send it out as a jpg?

[Angelo]

I was thinking of making a DGRIN name badge...is there anyone here who camecome up with something good? Make a badge for all us atendees and send it out as a jpg?
hmmmmmm!

[aero-nut]

:thumb Sounds fun. I'll probably try to make it.

[Angelo]

This show date is nearing! Who's going?

[luckyrwe]

I'm going of course, as well as 3 friends from my e-mail camera club. I plan to be there by 10am. Though the show is over at 2:30, it winds down around 2.

Andy, PLEASE don't sell anything until after the 17th so we can save money for the show. :D

[Angelo]

I'm going of course, as well as 3 friends from my e-mail camera club. I plan to be there by 10am. Though the show is over at 2:30, it winds down around 2.

Andy, PLEASE don't sell anything until after the 17th so we can save money for the show. :D
OK, I'll be there too. We should try to map a place to meet.

[luckyrwe]

When you park, the show is in the area at the left of the building. It's a large center and the camera show is in only one room. When I went last month I saw the whole place until I found the camera show.

Before you eneter the actual show area (look for large yellow CAMERA SHOW signs) there is an open courtyard. We can meet there with room to spare. Maybe we can meet on the hour i the courtyard, just head into the courtyard area at 11, 12, 1 and 2 to look for stragglers.

It'll be nice to get a group portrait too!

[Angelo]

When you park, the show is in the area at the left of the building. It's a large center and the camera show is in only one room. When I went last month I saw the whole place until I found the camera show.

Before you eneter the actual show area (look for large yellow CAMERA SHOW signs) there is an open courtyard. We can meet there with room to spare. Maybe we can meet on the hour i the courtyard, just head into the courtyard area at 11, 12, 1 and 2 to look for stragglers.

It'll be nice to get a group portrait too!

I'll be wearing my dGrin name badge! :rofl

[Lucky Hack]

I'll be wearing my dGrin name badge! :rofl

I'll be there! I can't spend any money which is going to be ubelievably torturous, but I'll be there. I've been drooling for a medium format set up, want to start making some fine art prints, but I just don't think I can afford it, maybe somebody'll be selling holgas.

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

[luckyrwe]

Be sure to bring $5 to get in the door! :D

I'll have a badge with my avatar on it that I made for a computer show. :thumb

[Angelo]

I have a cute dGrin name badge created for myself. I'm happy to print additional ones for anyone who wants one.

[Andy]

Maybe we can have lunch at a great ribs place and photograph ourselves chowin' down.

Not only will we make Andy jealous but we'll have a joint submission for the next challenge... "gluttony" :rofl

i *am* jealous.

[DavidTO]

Just want to chime in...while I can't make it that day, I think it's a great idea, and would love to take part in the future.

[Nikolai]

Just want to chime in...while I can't make it that day, I think it's a great idea, and would love to take part in the future.
Totally forgot it's my older daughter's "sweet 16" B-Day.. Bad, bad dad..
Will miss you guys!

[lynnesite]

Just want to chime in...while I can't make it that day, I think it's a great idea, and would love to take part in the future.

me too

[Angelo]

I'll be there! I can't spend any money which is going to be ubelievably torturous, but I'll be there. I've been drooling for a medium format set up, want to start making some fine art prints, but I just don't think I can afford it, maybe somebody'll be selling holgas.

hoping this message finds you well -Ian
I'm with you but it sure will be nice drooling over all that L glass

[luckyrwe]

Totally forgot it's my older daughter's "sweet 16" B-Day.. Bad, bad dad..
Will miss you guys! Doesn't every 16 year old girl want to go to a camera show on her birthday? :D

Well we can see how this meet goes and then schedule another one. They are held once a month. For those of you along the 91, we can carpool!

[aero-nut]

Doh...I double booked that weekend too. Maybe those of us that couldn't make it this time can go next month or something...

[Angelo]

Doesn't every 16 year old girl want to go to a camera show on her birthday? :D

Well we can see how this meet goes and then schedule another one. They are held once a month. For those of you along the 91, we can carpool!
and we don't have to do the show next month, we could (should?) also do a SoCal shooting exercise at a special locale.

[Lucky Hack]

how do we identify each other?

Here's a sexy post-flu mugshot that'll help you i.d. me. I'll try to be there by 10:00am at the spot...

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

[luckyrwe]

Depending on Uncle Sam, this may be my last camera show until 2007. I'll know more in a week or so.

I will be there tomorrow at 9:30am with a Nikon N70 and 35-80 for sale. I'll check mail here before I leave.

It'll be great to meet a lot of you!

[bfjr]

Just sittin here doin my weekend all nighters, and remembered how I can't go. :cry
However please let us know how it was, K? :thumb :D

[Angelo]

Depending on Uncle Sam, this may be my last camera show until 2007. I'll know more in a week or so.

I will be there tomorrow at 9:30am with a Nikon N70 and 35-80 for sale. I'll check mail here before I leave.

It'll be great to meet a lot of you!
Lucky, I'm shooting for 9:30 also. See you there!

[luckyrwe]

I'll be the 6'4 guy with an orange Hawaiian shirt and a Canon 1DMkII, there should be very few of us. :):

[luckyrwe]

What a blast! Ian (Lucky) was a kid in a candy store, he could not wait to check out every piece of hardware there. Angelo, true to his word, was there waiting for me when I arrive at 9:31. He's a lot younger than I thought. His prowess on the boards just made me thought he was retired and lived here with no other life. He told me I must be thinking of Andy. :D Jeff popped in for a bit but we lost track of him before we could get a picture with him.

The next show is May 15th, I'll know by then for sure if I am going places or not. If so, this would be a fine time to sell the last of any remaining gear I have that dgrinners won't want. I'd like to go again, but let's wait for feedback from the others to see if it was worth getting out of bed early for on a Sunday morning.

I did trade Amy's N70, 35-80, SB-23 and 20mm lens for a SB-600 and $100 back. She has been shooting with the lens already and really enjoys the extra light. Now she can shoot her birds at f/11 instead of 5/6.

Maybe the others will post their opinions of the show. Here is a portrait of us at the event. we wish more of cou could have been there!

http://23b.org/albums/album84/aah.jpg

[jwear]

There was a lot of LUCK there :D well I did not make the pic , sorry guys but like i said was late to go ck on a job by the time i found you :uhoh hey were did your camera bags go :dunno did you guys sell everything .It was nice meeting angelo ,lucky h and luckr .and I really want to thank lucky h for bringing his sigma for me to look but i was hoping to try it but my camera is back home with it's dad .Lots of used glass and a ton of old cameras a booth that sells filters only filters and some new stuff .If you have something in mind to buy be there at 9:30 I was there just as they opened and I also saw angelo and I thought the same thing retired but no that young guy was angelo :thumb I will go back next month thanks lucky it was a great idea sorry i had to go but i had men waiting on me JEFF

[Andy]

all that gear and nobody's pm'ing me with notices that they found a zeiss distagon 21mm for $500??????????????????

nice to see you guys :thumb

[jwear]

all that gear and nobody's pm'ing me with notices that they found a zeiss distagon 21mm for $500??????????????????

nice to see you guys :thumb angelo p/u one but it was $350 ??? not good :dunno

[Lucky Hack]

all that gear and nobody's pm'ing me with notices that they found a zeiss distagon 21mm for $500??????????????????

nice to see you guys :thumb

I didn't find a distagon, but I did find a Zeiss Tessar 75mm. My grandfather has had one of these and has been using it since it was the best thing out there, I'm gonna visit him in May and I'm hoping we'll go shooting together...

As for the camera expo, it was really cool to meet the guys, troublemakers every last one of 'em! We talked about everything from cameras to politics to real estate! Luckyrwe really knows about cameras! Man I was just trying to keep up (nodding like I already knew all the knowledge he was breakin off) Angelo is just as affable and kind in person as he is on the boards and Jwear (also cool) shared his tales about the Evil Canoga Camera and then dissapeared like a ninja with one of those smoke grenades before he could be photographed! (I think he's wanted by the government, gotta keep movin') :rofl Oh, and they had so much stuff at the expo it was CRAZY! I think I went around the show 6 or 7 times! Guys, if you're reading this, thanks for a great afternoon. We'll HAVE to organize a SoCal shoot some time soon, and if I'm not out of town, I'll be there!

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

[Nikolai]

Hope to catch up with y'all on May 15th (that is, if I survive Yosemite:-)

Cheers!:1drink

[bfjr]

Glad to hear you guys had a good time.
All the more for me to get out of this weekend gig, next time :D

[aero-nut]

Thanks for the report, guys. Sounds like a lot of fun. I'll try to make it next time.

[Angelo]

Ok, I don't know about any darn distagon but I had a great time.

Clearly I need to change my avatar since everyone seems to have expected to meet up with an old man instead of the healthy young stud muffin I actually am. :rofl

Ian, I see you finally picked up that great camera. Congrats! The way you were running around those tables, checking things out, slobbering like a puppy, well gee - I feared they'd kick you outta the place! :D

Lucky - great job organizing this meet. And I have to agree with Ian. Your knowledge of cameras and equipment is intimidating. Hope to learn much from you.

Ian - also, that was some sweet glass you were packing in the stylin' bags. I'm totally jealous.

Jeff - Have to agree, you were like a ninja! Nice to meet you and swap stories. Next time we shoot.