Quote Originally Posted by Kayaker72 View Post
Thanks for the update and sorry to hear there are any issues with the rebate. Did you buy the lens gray market?

I'll look forward to some shots from your cruise.
I bought from B&H as a "US" model. I'm just going to assume it was a glitch in the rebate systems. I'm wondering if I need to shoot an "enveloping" video (along the same theme as those "unboxing" videos) to show that I cut the UPC from this box and put it in that envelope which I mailed to you losers...

Yep, less than 10 weeks until the cruise. I'm having an "enjoyable" debate/discussion on the Cruise Critic forums about whether to lug a laptop or lots of memory cards. Some cheesmo thought I was an idiot for paying so much for 160MB/sec 16GB CF cards when he can get a "Patriot" Class10 (with 10MB/sec write speed) SDHC card for $23 on Amazon. Oh, let's see: a 1Dx makes bits at a rate of ~250MB/sec, so if I fill the buffer (which I'm guessing is nearly 1GB) and drain it at 10MB/sec, I'd be looking at 1.6 minutes to regain the whole buffer on a 1Dx. No thanks...