What piece of equipment do you lust after??

if you could have 1 piece, any piece, what would it be???

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Permalink Reply by Maria Celli on December 7, 2009 at 8:46am

The Hasselblad H4D.
technical specifcation
SPECIFICATIONS DIGITAL FEATURES
Sensor size 60.1 Mpixels (6708×8956 pixels)
Sensor dimensions 40.2×53.7 mm
Pixel size 6.0 μm
Image size RAW 3FR capture compressed to 80 MB on average. TIFF 8 bit: 180 MB
RaW fle format Lossless compressed Hasselblad 3FR
Shooting mode Single shot
Color defnition 16 bit
ISO speed range ISO 100, 200, 400 and 800
2 storage options CF card type U-DMA (e.g. SanDisk Extreme Pro) or tethered to Mac or PC
Color management Hasselblad Natural Color Solution
CF storage capacity 4 GB CF card holds 50 images on average
Capture rate 1.1 seconds per capture. 33 captures per minute
Color display 3 inch, double-res (460.320 pixels), TFT, 24 bit color
Histogram feedback Yes
iR flter Mounted on CCd sensor
Acoustic feedback Yes
Software, included Phocus for Mac and Windows
Platform support Macintosh: OSX version 10.6. Windows: XP, Vista and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
Host connection type FireWire 800 (IEEE1394b)
View camera compatibility Yes, Mechanical shutters controlled via fash sync. Electronic shutters can be controlled from Phocus.
Operating temperature 0 - 45 ˚C / 32 - 113 ˚F
dimensions Complete camera without lens: 153 x 131 x 136 mm [W x H x d]
Weight 1800 g (Camera body, HV 90x-II viewfnder, Li-Ion battery and CF card)

I have big dreams! one day!

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Permalink Reply by Alan Ang on January 7, 2010 at 6:19am

EOS 1Ds body

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Permalink Reply by Dash Bodington on January 18, 2010 at 5:43pm

need a new dslr, right now, d300s, but I'm waiting for the d90 replacement.

Oh damn! I forgot about hasselblads, agree with Maria Celli

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Permalink Reply by Sabrina Romero on January 18, 2010 at 9:02pm

a fisheye lense

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Permalink Reply by Sohail Nakhooda on January 20, 2010 at 11:08pm

Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 .... and ..... a Leica M9 .... :)

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Permalink Reply by roy brook on January 29, 2010 at 12:31pm

Nikon d3 or D3X

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Permalink Reply by Katie Vanderhaeghe on January 30, 2010 at 10:20am

This might be considered cheating, but the piece of equipment I want the most is my own studio, I'm pretty happy with my camera right now, and my lenses do alright but what I really need is an actual studio area. Second I would either want some strobe lighting.