Toronto Photography Meetup Group

Details:

What: F-stop camera pack demo
When: February 11, 2011
Time: 6:30PM
Where: 398 Eglinton Ave East (Buzz 041)

Located 10 minute walk from Yonge and Eglinton. 1 light east of Mount Pleasant Rd at the intersection of Foreman and Eglinton East.

A F-Stop representative will be in attendance to demo the packs.

I've been in touch with the guys at F-stop and they are interested in running a demo event for TPMG members. If there is sufficient interest, they will send us some demo packs and bags AND offer a discount to those who attend the event.

I've offered to organize this event for the benefit of TPMGers however you may bring guests (please indicate your intention to do so below so that we know how many people to accommodate). The discount will only be offered to those in attendance.

Please sign up to the event and if we can get sufficient interest I'll make it happen in mid-late February on a weekday evening or weekend (please indicate your preference in the thread below).

again much thanks ken for all your effort in making this happen. i'm travelling in april and currently have no camera bag whatsoever. how big of a discount are we looking at? between shipping and everything, i don't want to be bagless for my trip.

i'd prefer a weekday evening. i usually work weekends.

I'm interested, I like my Kata Sensitivity V, but am open to other options, especially if I'd be able to attach a tripod to the pack as well.

I'm good for either weeknight or weekend, as long as it doesn't interfere with the contact print workshop.

Discount will probably be 10%. Can't guarantee fulfillment but I was advised that they are nearly sold out of their current production run and won't have a complete inventory until sometime in March.

I would love to check this out and can pretty much ensure that I will clear any calendar day to get out for this.
I may also have an interested friend but they would be much more dependent on time scheduled.

So count me in 100%

This would be nice but a NuArc is something I need first.

Weekday evenings works for me too but I'm sure I can change my schedule to fit. My bro-in-law is interested too.

Thanks Ken.

Prefer weekend but will try to make it if its weekday evenings.

I am definitely down for this as I am planning to go away somewhere this summer and I would need something like this system for my gear. Thanks for the efforts to get this thing going Ken.

oh and weekend or weekday evening is fine (prefer wed-friday)

thanks for organizing. i'm good for weekday evening (excluding monday)

oops double post, sorry!

I'd love to see some of these F-Stop bags up close; My schedule is flexible enough for evenings or weekends...

Weekends would work well but we'll see how it goes. Thanks for organizing Ken

Minus my bro-in-law. He can't make up his mind.

looks like there will be a good turnout...

I'm going to wait another week before confirming details with fstop.

For those that signed up, please feel free to bring a friend - (not 10 though ;P) and indicate your intention to do so in the thread so that I can get an accurate head count.

working out the details with f-stop... stay tuned...

I may cross post this to the Toronto group on Flickr.

Awesome! I'm heading down to the Turks & Caicos Islands to do some work for a friend in March and actually went online to buy one but they're already sold out. Hopefully they'll have stock if they come to do a show & tell.

Looks like the F-stop pack demo is on. Date will be about two weeks from now. Waiting to hear back with confirmation.

I'll also try to get a list of the packs that will be demo'ed.

Please spread the word to friends who may or may not be on TPMG, however please indicate in this thread if you plan to bring more people so that accommodations can be made for an appropriate venue. F-stop has indicated that anyone who attends in person will be offered a discount.

Looks like things are a go for Friday, Feb. 11th in the evening.

Any suggestions on a venue that can accommodate about 20 people and that is centrally located?

I've updated the details for this GTG.

The date and time is now firm - February 11, 2011 @ 6:30PM.

The location is TBA and but is likely to be within walking distance from Yonge and Eglinton Subway.

If you can't make it, please revise your RSVP status.

Thanks!

what about the Toronto Library, North District branch at Yonge & Eglington?

Looks like I may have access to a condo 'party room' within a 10 min walk of Yonge and Eg.

F-Stop camera pack demo

Location:

398 Eglinton Ave East (this is a condo and we're using the condo partyroom)

Buzz 041 to gain access

Located 10 minute walk from Yonge and Eglinton. 1 light east of Mount Pleasant Rd at the intersection of Foreman and Eglinton East.

Limited vistor parking down the ramp on the right side of the building. You can also park on any sidestreet.

For those coming by TTC. Most eastbound buses will drop you off across the street. 34, 54, 56, etc.

If you come to the front door we will see you and let you in.

PM me if you know you will be late and I'll send you my email address so that you can call me when you arrive to get access to the building.

If you indicated you plan to attend, please do so since a poor turnout will reflect poorly on TPMG. I had to convince F-stop to run this demo because our numbers were so low - they typically run demo events to hundreds of participants at a time in the US.

Sweet! Thanks a lot for setting this up Ken. I will see you all there.

Thanks for organizing this Ken! I will be there.

Woohoo! Thanks Ken. See you folks on Friday 11th!

Thank you so much for organizing this.

Silly question but will they be selling actual bags at the demo or just pre-orders? I pretty much know which bag/combo I'm going to get regardless of discount.

Thanks Ken!

I think they will offer a web code for discount on online orders. I'm not sure how many bags they will be bringing to sell (if any). They have pretty much sold out of their current production but will be getting more inventory in late February early March.

You'll be able to demo and decide which bag you want, then order immediately and will likely get fulfillment through the next shipment of inventory.

Cool. Thanks Ken.