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[jann1033]

looking for a p&s for husband and wondering if the in camera IS of the canon s2 is the same technology or quality as the canon 28-135 IS lens. if so i think it would be worth the $100 more for the s2than it would cost for the cheapest canon p& s i can find which is around 170 range(seems high to me but???) i don't want to pay much though as i don't know how well it will be taken care of buried amongst his work junk

 

[Kelly Grannell]

The in-camera S2 IS is not on the sensor, it's still in the lens barrel. So yes, it's inside the camera, but not in-camera. Canon does not manufacture sensor-shift IS but only optical IS (with the exception of some of their low-end camcorders)

 

[jann1033]

The in-camera S2 IS is not on the sensor, it's still in the lens barrel. So yes, it's inside the camera, but not in-camera. Canon does not manufacture sensor-shift IS but only optical IS (with the exception of some of their low-end camcorders)

thanks Kelly...if you don't mind me asking what does your ticker mean?( big nose=easy to stick into other people's business )

 

[Kelly Grannell]

without going to too much details. Basically it's a health and financial thingie that goes hand in hand. September 30th is the approximate literal dealine given by my doctor.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

without going to too much details. Basically it's a health and financial thingie that goes hand in hand. September 30th is the approximate literal deadline given by my doctor.

 

[JR6ooo4]

without going to too much details. Basically it's a health and financial thingie that goes hand in hand. September 30th is the approximate literal deadline given by my doctor.

Doctor / Accountant ???

Do you still have the paypal account for helping?

If so...
then anyone here who is appreciative of all Kelly's help and would like to return the favor in a small way then PM her for more info.

Mikeeee

 

[Kelly Grannell]

well, long story short I bought another 30D body for an assignment where I got no choice but use 3 bodies (no time to change lens) and bought the $8k lens Iwas talking about before.

On the day of assignment, while I was unloading all my gears to the music hall, I didn't realize that my VW trunk is not locked (anybody who drives a Jetta will know that sometimes it feels like it's closed but yet it's not really closed and you can't see it visually). When I came back to my car, I was shocked to realize that the trunk wasn't locked, my Canon 5D with 400mm f/2.8L IS and its gyro head and Giotto tripod have disappeared. Buying all those stuff in Canada cost me $15 k and I only had all of those extra gears less than 24 hours prior to the concert.

I broke down right there and then and have never been the same since.

That incident lost me the 'money shot' of a certain Sony artist at the Air Canada centre and lost me my contract with Sony. Something that I worked hard for for many years to get.

With a financial loss like that, I can't pay my bills and worse, can't pay the meds to ease myself from the shock and stress... and it's literally eating my physical health too.

Being Kelly, I tried to shrug off and say "oh well", but it didn't work this time. I changed for the worse, my creativity turned ho-hum, and I've become very extremely short fused.

What else can I say other than... "oh well"

Sorry guys for being so far OT and telling you guys my sob story.

Anybody who wants to ask me any specific camera/photography questions, as usual, can just PM me or send e-mail to ask.kelly@kiwihouse.com

Cheers,... I guess,
Kelly.

 

[Mellie0119]

Oh Kelly! That sucks! That's got to be almost as bad as losing a limb!

I'm sure you've already checked but...
Did you auto insurance not cover any of the equipment? While at my best friend's wedding, her photographer was unloading his trunk (from the curb to the front of the church) and while he was inside putting things down, someone came by and "unloaded" the rest of his gear. Thankfully he had his backup gear in the back seat and was able to use that, but his auto insurance picked up the tab (after the deductable) for the replacement.

At anyrate, hope you get a creative burst and a big fat contract to use it on! :

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Oh Kelly! That sucks! That's got to be almost as bad as losing a limb!

I'm sure you've already checked but...
Did you auto insurance not cover any of the equipment? While at my best friend's wedding, her photographer was unloading his trunk (from the curb to the front of the church) and while he was inside putting things down, someone came by and "unloaded" the rest of his gear. Thankfully he had his backup gear in the back seat and was able to use that, but his auto insurance picked up the tab (after the deductable) for the replacement.

At anyrate, hope you get a creative burst and a big fat contract to use it on! :

It's not covered under warranty because it's not for "personal use" but for "professional use", second the police record states that the trunk wasn't locked (no sign of forced entry), third I didn't get the chance to register my new equipments to my insurance company because I just received all the gears around 7pm the night before and I was spending the next morning getting used to the new lens, setting up the gyro head etc (the shipment arrived a week late).

The money issue is one thing (albeit a huge one), the contract is another huge one, but psychologically I can't take what happened to me. This incident have turned me into a different person, a far worse individual than before. Now I can't pay my bills etc, basically I've become unemployed and no amount of wedding/product photo assignment can offset my financial and sanity loss.

 

[Laura]

I'm so sorry, Kelly.

 

[2x_dis_dad]

Have you checked the pawn shops in the area? I am sure that equipment will turn up somewhere.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

I've filed the police report and supposedly they have distributed the serial numbers of the camera body and lens (the lens is about $8 k, it's not easy to pawn-off a thing like that. Trying to pawn off that thing is almost like to pawn off a Stradivarius).

I even ask for me friends with 'seedy' affiliations (he's an RCMP, Canada's version of FBI) to check around with his informants.

The Giotto and the gyro head, however (another $4 k) has no serial number and can be pawned off easily.

What drives me clinically nuts is that I lost a contract because of that, borrowed money for that contract and now there is no way I can pay it back. I don't even have any money left for my therapy.

For the past week or so I've been selling my TV, my less-used studio accessories, my DVD collection (it's dwindled down from 1,500 to about 1,300 now), some of my musical instruments... and those are just to cover my docs and meds. Also due to the contract, I've turned down a LOT of prospective clients due to time constraints. So right now I'm in a the biggest hole of my life.

Just last year I've finished paying for our house, cars etc. It took me years to ensure that we have zero debt. Now I'm back $15 k in the hole + no job + $$ for doc and meds.

 

[captaincrash]

Kelly....

.... I'm sorry to learn of this.... although you have had all this come to pass I want to offer encouragement. You've got a LOT on the upside - having cleared so many "obligations" that many folks labor over their whole lives without knocking them off. IE, house, car or consumer debt. Beyond that - may I offer that there are worse things that could threaten a person. I have taken years off to care for my chronicly ill mother - and gained her some quality in life and possibly an extension on life. Eventually we lost her and I was at her bed side at the moment when she passed. I have not encounted anything more ... difficult to experience before or since. Having taken 2-3 years off to care for her was all I could do to give her back something for having cared for me and brought me into the world.

Plus - this disrupted my finishing college - and broke up my relationship at the time - basicly, everything went to hell if it did not relate to managing my Mothers; health or well being - only later my then girlfriend (now spouse) and I got back together just before my Mother passed away - but it was sadly very very VERY tough times all around then.

I believe that life lays out an odd path for everyone. I am mostly a DIS Disney Cruise enthusiast... and I read recently of a young lady that went missing off a med cruise off Italy a few days ago. They found her body a few days later. I read about her background... she was the daughter of a fairly wealthy family who owned an auto dealership group in Florida. She had finished private school - gone on to a "finishing school" in Switzerland... blah - blah - blah. Silver spoon be dammned... hers' was probably platinum with diamonds inlaid.

She had money coming out of her ears - and now shes' gone. The authorities say there was no foul play - so maybe she was unhappy about .... what??? WHo knows? What good was all that money??? Not that money brings anything bad to folks - it's just that I think if you totally disregard the money thing then you need to bring balance to all the non-monetary things in life. Overall balance of some sort = a better day for you.

Plus - in the past few months we have abruptly encountered several friends and a couple family members who have all been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. One had surgery where they had a 15% chance for 2 years survival - and now with successful surgery they now have a 50% chance for 2 years. THAT is still a difficult consideration. Others - have similar yet totally different "trials". Our "community", friends and family are going through terrible times - and I have other friends and family coming to me asking ... "whats' a matter with so-and-so"... and I reply ... "cut them some slack... I can't say much on details (but I know) and you need to let it go and forgive them...". In other cases - it was ME receiving a harsh emotional barrage - and I was just doing my "job" and soaking it up - because I know this was NOT how this angry person was normally - it was the terrible battle they were fighting that was driving them to this.

I spoke to a BIL who is in medicine about this ... and they said that folks and their immediate family who are facing terminal illnesses supposedly face 7 stages... anger is one of them. And understanding that anger is one stage - is half the battle. Understanding that this "anger" is not the normal condition of this person is more or less the other half. And that being a good friend (son or brother in my case) is sometimes very painful and frankly, hard. But that's how it is. I've seen others dodge this by basicly fading and disappearing.

At any rate - I hope this does not come across the wrong way - I have no way of knowing. But as I read your comments above - I felt it was OK to share my thoughts (semi-publicly was OK). I have yet to meet anyone personally from the DIS - aside from my cruising mates whom I do end up meeting ocassionally. So - the "seperation" lends me a false sense of security in sharing these thoughts.

So - for what its' worth - what I've learned from the trials I've been through - and they have been varied and ocassionally quite ACUTE.... I believe these episodes build character - and make you a BETTER person in the long run. Good things will come to you - one way or another. I have been near penny-less and now am totally opposite. Not quite Bill Gates style comfort - but good enough. ANd yes - I am a total tight wad as I can remember what it was like to be near pennyless. SO I respect "the journey" and look on each dollar milestone with respect.

And I still daydream about having your sort of lense and equipment collection. But I resist the temptation ... as much as I can. As I'm trying to contain my average cost per image before it spirals off the planet.

Something good will counteract these past few annoying days. Something new will come to you - that will make these annoying episodes fade completely into the shadows.
Something old will return to you that will renew your faith in life.

Such is the nature of "the journey" ....
Identify what make you happy - and just do more of it. Forget about the rest! It's not worth your time anymore!!!!

Oh well.... sorry for all this philosophical dribble. I hope some aspect of this dribble brings you a tiny measure of peace and recovery - one day sooner than otherwise.

Captain Crash

But my point = it is not all about ANY ONE or FEW THINGS. Life is one heck of a journey... and

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Thank you everyone for the support and encouragements and prayers.

There is a little bit of good news. The thief got caught. I just got off the phone talking to a cop about 5 minutes ago. The moron tried to sell 400 f/2.8L IS and 5D attached to it. The Gitzo and head is gone. But at least I get my $12 k investment back. I won't use them at all (I don't know how he handled my stuff), I'll just sell the lens and the body to pay most of my debt. At least now about 50% of my problems solved.

 

[jann1033]

Thank you everyone for the support and encouragements and prayers.

There is a little bit of good news. The thief got caught. I just got off the phone talking to a cop about 5 minutes ago. The moron tried to sell 400 f/2.8L IS and 5D attached to it. The Gitzo and head is gone. But at least I get my $12 k investment back. I won't use them at all (I don't know how he handled my stuff), I'll just sell the lens and the body to pay most of my debt. At least now about 50% of my problems solved.

great news!( well good at least) hope everything improves for you so you can change your ticker

 

[Mellie0119]

Glad you were able to recover part of your gear!

Maybe this is the start of an upswing for you.

 

[ktulu]

Kelly,

You'll make it. A couple things I've noticed about you, you're very smart, you know your trade well and you're quick to help people. This does not go un-rewarded. Yes, having some very expensive equipment stolen doesn't seem like much of a reward, or losing a contract, but there probably was a reason for it. You'll make it, you have to, otherwise all of us novices will be standing around with our Kodak camera's taking pictures with the lens cap on, memory cards out or thinking we can get awesome fireworks shots with a 5 sec exposure time while following the shell from the ground to explosion.

darren

 

[Laura]

Thank you everyone for the support and encouragements and prayers.

There is a little bit of good news. The thief got caught. I just got off the phone talking to a cop about 5 minutes ago. The moron tried to sell 400 f/2.8L IS and 5D attached to it. The Gitzo and head is gone. But at least I get my $12 k investment back. I won't use them at all (I don't know how he handled my stuff), I'll just sell the lens and the body to pay most of my debt. At least now about 50% of my problems solved.

Well, that's definitely good news! Hopefully this will help turn things around for you.

And justice is being served on the thief, I'm sure. That's always great to know.

 

[LMarge]

Well, that's definitely good news! Hopefully this will help turn things around for you.

And justice is being served on the thief, I'm sure. That's always great to know.

I had to giggle at this - I'm sure Kelly would appreciate a good baseball bat to serve her justice on the thief with!!! I know I would like to and it's not even my stuff that went walking!!! Keep your chin up Kelly - from what I've read, you're made of some pretty tough stuff - and as a previous person wrote: this will make you stronger, just get back to doing what you love - and are damn good at doing!! We at the DIS love you and can't wait to see you back in action!
Marge

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Thanks again for the kind words and support guys. I'm somewhat back in action. I'm back teaching photography for beginners. I'll be posting the gist of my lessons on the board hoping someone somewhere can get some benefit from it.

One thing for sure, today I tried to 'survive' without my meds at all -- cutting them cold turkey -- and I can live somewhat normally. I'd rather live only somewhat normally rather than taking meds. I want to fight the depression myself.

As far as baseball bat goes, they're too long and big. I'm a nightstick type of gal (not just owning one, but actually trained to use one)