Ok I couldn't resist a test shot tonight with canon 350D

[tornado33]

How did you get it to go thru customs so fast? They held onto mine from Hutech for a few days before even notifying me of the GST cost. It spent more time in customs then travelling from Hutech to Australia.
Scott

[Striker (Tony)]

Scott,

What I have found with items over $1000AUD if you send your item through Aust post which is USPS in the states (National Post) then they seem to want to hold onto your parcel and even get you to provide information in the way of filling out custom and declaration forms.

With items over $1000AUD I have them sent via UPS not USPS as UPS is a stand alone contracted postage company who will do all this for you.

I just track the item online and once it lands in Australia I ring them up and pay the GST and custom fee over the phone so then the parcel is released immediately.

As you can see below..the order info was received 19:16 Friday Night and delivered 9:46am Tuesday.

BRISBANE, AU 09/05/2006 9:46 DELIVERY
09/05/2006 6:37 OUT FOR DELIVERY
SYDNEY, AU 08/05/2006 14:30 A HOLD HAS BEEN REQUESTED. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO RELEASE;RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
08/05/2006 4:22 IMPORT SCAN
08/05/2006 0:19 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE;BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE
08/05/2006 0:19 A HOLD HAS BEEN REQUESTED. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO RELEASE
07/05/2006 18:44 ARRIVAL SCAN
HONOLULU, HI, US 06/05/2006 12:23 DEPARTURE SCAN
SYDNEY, AU 07/05/2006 8:01 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
HONOLULU, HI, US 06/05/2006 10:22 ARRIVAL SCAN
ONTARIO, CA, US 06/05/2006 8:02 DEPARTURE SCAN
ONTARIO, CA, US 05/05/2006 22:54 ARRIVAL SCAN
SAN MARCOS, CA, US 05/05/2006 21:16 DEPARTURE SCAN
05/05/2006 19:09 ORIGIN SCAN
05/05/2006 17:19 PICKUP SCAN
US 05/05/2006 19:16 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Striker

Do I see a satellite zipping through your shot?

Cheers Petra

[Striker (Tony)]

Sure is...1 of 3 images had a satelite...but that didn't worry me as the purpose of the image was for testing.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Thanks, just curious as to what the object was - excellent photo.

Cheers Petra

Originally Posted by Striker

Sure is...1 of 3 images had a satelite...but that didn't worry me as the purpose of the image was for testing.

[spearo (Frank)]

Tony,
Absolutely stunning!
I'm so inspired to work on my drift alignment now it's not funny....
frank

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Wow Tony. Now that is impressive

[tornado33]

There ya go
I didnt know different postage methods affected speed through Customs.
Enjoy the new camera
Scott

[leon]

Fantastic images, i need one of those camera's, so i can hook it up to the ED80 i'm buying from Starlker (Geoff)

Ps, don't suppose you would swap for a Pentax IstD.....

[Adrian-H]

hey striker, im gonna get that camera, you have really helped me make up my mind, and from looking at your test shot through the 80ed, it really makes me want to get that camera. that camera is stunning.

[Muddy Diver]

Holy c..p

Truly the most impressive shot striker....wonderful!