Austin Photo Expo

[AncientPC]

It's next weekend up near 183 & Burnet: http://www.austinphotoexpo.com/

Free to general public.

[Triana]

I've never been, has anyone else? I'll definitely be checking it out.

[wattsbw2004]

Yea im stayng the weekend up there as a small vacation for myself before school. I'll definitely be checking this out since it's free. You can't beat eating at Ski Shores for free and going to a free Photography Expo :)

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Well hope there is a good crowd there today.

[phillip ino]

I will be there at the front, near Precision, talking to Photographers about NILMDTS and trying to recruit more people. Come by and see us!

[Triana]

Good grief, way too small of a venue for such a crowd. I sadly didn't get to talk to really anyone there. Was Precision having any good deals? I may try to sneak in tomorrow, but I get a little claustrophobic being that squished.

Looked neat though!

[wattsbw2004]

Yea that were plenty of people in the small area but I'll definitely be back tomorrow for that landscape seminar!

[studiocygnet]

Francis, I'm sorry that I'm catching this thread after going to the expo. I would have stopped in and said hello. Yeah, really, there were so many people I just made a quick round of all the booths, and picked up a Lumiquest item and high tailed it out of there. Most of the goods are at a 10-20% discount from normal prices, I think that's the main reason for the event, to get us in a buying frenzy.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Spent the day there in several of the conference rooms, crowd thinned out after 3 pm, heard a few good presentations also saw a couple good uses of lights and took a spin around the vendors area and put my hands on one of the new Nikons. Will be back tommorrow but like mentioned above A LOT OF PEOPLE in a small space.

They did announce that they will do this again next year and in a larger venue.

[c995990]

It was worth my drive from Houston.

Houston should have a Photo Expo too!

[PIC]

Originally Posted by studiocygnet

Francis, I'm sorry that I'm catching this thread after going to the expo. I would have stopped in and said hello. Yeah, really, there were so many people I just made a quick round of all the booths, and picked up a Lumiquest item and high tailed it out of there. Most of the goods are at a 10-20% discount from normal prices, I think that's the main reason for the event, to get us in a buying frenzy.

Yeppp - I was there too - many people.
Its buying Frenzy for those who dont know where better to shop.
Snob snob snob were the sales staff from Austin's "Only Pro" camera store.
But they wont even discount a 5DMii.
Jerry Ward of Canon showed his self rightoues way
to hold a camera and insisted everyone do it that way.
LOL

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Didn't buy anything and not as crowded as yesterday, seminars were interesting and like mentioned above it was worth travelling too.

[RebelXSIFt.Worth]

I just saw this post today....wonder if they'll do something like this in DFW?

[AncientPC]

I only went on Sunday and was dissappointed that I missed Kirk's seminar (on Sat) and John Woodward's seminar was cancelled. I sat in Bill Fortney's seminar and while it was interesting about his life story, it was not technical at all. Likewise, I visited Nikon vs. Canon Q&A and it seemed more of Jerry Ward spouting stuff so I left after 10 minutes.

My only highlights were from comparing the D300 and D700 and playing with the 70-200/2.8 VR at the Nikon booth. I don't care about vignetting or softness on full frame anymore, being able to handhold 70-200 @ 200 at 1/30s while shooting ISO 6400 was bliss. The D700 will definitely be my next camera but it may take a while to save up that much. :(

[ipo]

ok