ddrueding
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Nope. Just looking at goofy lenses.
I was joking. LOL. Not going to spend 24k on a lens anytime soon. Even if I won the lottery I probably wouldn't buy that lens. I'd rather have the $18k 800mm f/5.6 if I was going to spend stupid money on a lens.
Just rent the big teles unless you use them frequently.
Get something really wide like the old 6mm fisheye Nikkor.
Howell
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Check: new info for the dossier.
ddrueding
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I always thought that the smaller cameras were for those that couldn't swallow the larger bodies of real DSLRs. You are clearly not one of those people. What are you doing with an A7r anyway? Keeping up with both Canon and Nikon glass was too easy?
I have some decent glass, but Canon c. 2007 sensors are getting old.
ddrueding
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Don't you have some 5Ds? Do you consider them old sensors?
The L bracket has to be on the Metabones IV adapter or it vibrates even more than usual. The damned shutter shakes the camera somehow, so the low shutter speeds are useless even on a solid tripod.
There is also a noticeable shutter delay as well since the sensor does not have the global shutter. :crap:
There is also a noticeable shutter delay as well since the sensor does not have the global shutter. :crap:
ddrueding
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Since we're ranting vaguely, the autofocus for videos on the 7DII makes a noticeable noise even on external mics connected via the flash shoe. Not sure how to decouple that. Plan B is to switch to the lavalier hidden just off camera somewhere, but that is considerably less portable/mobile/convenient.
The 7D II is not so good for video production. AF is not normally used in quality productions, but in ENG video cameras.
Which lenses are you using now?
If you have to use AF with an onboard mic like a camcorder, try one of the Canon video lenses indicated by "STM" in the name.
Also take a look at the EVF cameras, like Sony, Fuji, Olympus, etc. They are better for the videos for that EVF if nothing else.
ddrueding
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I'm just using my regular lenses, I have a new Rode directional mic with vibration isolation arriving Monday that should solve the issue.
Does anyone have the 5DsR yet? I cancelled the wrong order, so the one of the two that arrived ended up in storage 1800 miles away and not easy to access. 
Meanwhile the A7rII is available for pre-order as of this week. The sensor looks amazing, but it is still crippled with the battery life (reduced to 290 per CIPA), single SD slot, apparently the same EVF, and other limitations. I can't see spending $3200 for the toy-like body.
Meanwhile the A7rII is available for pre-order as of this week. The sensor looks amazing, but it is still crippled with the battery life (reduced to 290 per CIPA), single SD slot, apparently the same EVF, and other limitations. I can't see spending $3200 for the toy-like body.
ddrueding
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Not yet, though it would be a logical next step. We'll see how good the consulting work is in the next few months.
From what I see of your needs, wait for the 5D IV or just get a 5D III for now.
ddrueding
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Thanks. Honestly I don't think my gear is a limiting factor at the moment, so maybe I should just be smart and not spend more money on photog stuff for a while.
This. A 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x this!
I think there are probably twelve people on the planet who are limited by their gear and not themselves. Lunar is one of those twelve
Of course when it's pushing 115F outside it's hard to get any motivation to leave the house.
This. A 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x this!
I think there are probably twelve people on the planet who are limited by their gear and not themselves. Lunar is one of those twelve
It depends on the definition of limited. I'd say that everyone is limited by the equipment. Whether people understand the limitations and how to work around them for their needs is another issue.
Tea
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46 degrees Snowhiker! Hoolie Doolie that's hot! And only the start of summer too. Nasty! I've gone through a couple of 46 degree days, one of them at home the other in outback Western Australia, and a single shocker of a 47 degree day (all without AC) and they are seriously difficult to take. Just about the only time I have ever regretted my fur, in fact.
(On the 47 degree day, which came at the end of a very dry summer and immediately subsequent to a full week of 40+ days and had a howling northerly wind as well, 173 people died in fires. As chance decreed, none of the fires happened to be close to us that day. I vividly remember talking at length to a firefighter some time afterwards. He and his mates were assigned to protect a street. an ordinary suburban street, in outer Bendigo. We are not talking big trees or bush, just houses and suburban lawns. They had eight or ten blokes, all properly equipped, and two modern tankers. They fought the fire and flat-out failed. They had the know-how, they had all the gear, they just couldn't stop it. The street burned to the ground. No-one was hurt, everyone was evacuated in time, but the wind and the insane heat of it was too much for human agency to deal with.)
Anyway, good luck for your summer guys. I hope it's a mild one and you get a little rain.
(On the 47 degree day, which came at the end of a very dry summer and immediately subsequent to a full week of 40+ days and had a howling northerly wind as well, 173 people died in fires. As chance decreed, none of the fires happened to be close to us that day. I vividly remember talking at length to a firefighter some time afterwards. He and his mates were assigned to protect a street. an ordinary suburban street, in outer Bendigo. We are not talking big trees or bush, just houses and suburban lawns. They had eight or ten blokes, all properly equipped, and two modern tankers. They fought the fire and flat-out failed. They had the know-how, they had all the gear, they just couldn't stop it. The street burned to the ground. No-one was hurt, everyone was evacuated in time, but the wind and the insane heat of it was too much for human agency to deal with.)
Anyway, good luck for your summer guys. I hope it's a mild one and you get a little rain.
Bartender
Storage is cool
Tannin
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I don't believe in it, Bartender. Heating, yes, though not too much of it. I never heat the whole house, or even a whole room, just one small part of it, which all one needs to be comfortable in winter. As for air-conditioning, no. Just no. It is a crime against nature.
(I have AC at the shop where members of the public visit, but I hardly ever use it. It's a naturally cold building, and last summer I think I turned it on only twice. In winter, the shop is miserably cold and no amount of heating ever seems to warm it up much , so I generally don't bother anymore, just wear warm clothes. This mania for having everything heated to 25 degrees in winter and cooled to 17 degrees in summer is not just horribly irresponsible, it's unhealthy. Humans are perfectly capable of living comfortably in a wide range of temperatures and have done so for thousands, probably millions of years. My advice to most people is HTFU Princess.)
(I have AC at the shop where members of the public visit, but I hardly ever use it. It's a naturally cold building, and last summer I think I turned it on only twice. In winter, the shop is miserably cold and no amount of heating ever seems to warm it up much , so I generally don't bother anymore, just wear warm clothes. This mania for having everything heated to 25 degrees in winter and cooled to 17 degrees in summer is not just horribly irresponsible, it's unhealthy. Humans are perfectly capable of living comfortably in a wide range of temperatures and have done so for thousands, probably millions of years. My advice to most people is HTFU Princess.)
I refuse the CC and even the new LR full retail spies on every image clicked, though I disdain LR for the catalog function as well. I'm done with Adobe except for an older version of PS that has the perpetual license.
I just need to convert RAW to 16-bit TIFF. The new Canon DPP 4.x is slower than half the speed of 3.x. It appears that 3.x is no longer being updated though Canon promised 12 months last year. DPP 4.x conversion with the 50MP files is just ridiculously slow on the desktop and would take forever on a laptop.
I have no idea why Nikon would make a 24-70 with diffractive elements other than to prevent someone else from doing so. It's not needed to save weight in the smaller lenses.
If you need VR in a 24-70/2.8, the Tamron is a decent lens. Tokina has been making 28-70 and 24-70 lenses for years, and they have never been up to par compared to Nikon/Canon.
Buy a used Nikkor if money is tight.
Just wondering if the "pro" Tokina will be any better than their older one. $2k is a lot for a new Nikon, especially if a newer version is in the works. I won't need anything soon as its still too hot to do anything outside. I'll start thinking seriously about it three months from now.
ddrueding
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"Done with Adobe" is a very bold statement for a photographer. LR is a POS, but you're now a bunch of versions behind on PS and buying new cameras? Pirating PS might be the best road ahead, as I don't know any workflow that doesn't include LR or Bridge handling RAWs.
I don't like the Bridge at all. I'm not a photographer, but most of them that used Phase One got into the Capture One early on and use it for miniature and subminiature formats as well.
I screwed up the demo though.
I screwed up the demo though.
mubs
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Cryptic as usual!
I'm just a working stiff, not a photographer. Somehow the C1 demo has activation and it expired the third time I used it.
ddrueding
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I'd agree that there are lines between someone who makes their living taking pictures and someone who takes their photography hobby as seriously as you do, but there aren't many lines and they are awfully thin.
Well of course A/C is not natural, but neither is the 5DsR. The resolution is super-natural.
Apparently I'm not quite normal.
ddrueding
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I don't think many here are.
I could see myself being a birder and shooting birds. Two problems:
1) Finding birds to shoot.
2) I'd have to shoot a w/300mm lens only. Could never afford more lens.
HUGE Nikon lens "price-gap" from 300mm to 400mm. The new 300mm F/4E PF is $2000 while the cheapest 400mm prime is $9500 (old) $12000 (new), f/2.8 only NO f/4 or f/5.6. Well I guess the 200-400mm is only $7000, and the 80-400mm is only $2700 but it's CRAP compared to the primes.
WISH Nikon had a cheap 400mm f/5.6 like <cough> Canon <cough>.
The 300mm f/4E PF with 1.4x extender is probably better than the 80-400mm and a bit cheaper too. Probably how I'd go in the future, aka next year, maybe.
1) Finding birds to shoot.
2) I'd have to shoot a w/300mm lens only. Could never afford more lens.
HUGE Nikon lens "price-gap" from 300mm to 400mm. The new 300mm F/4E PF is $2000 while the cheapest 400mm prime is $9500 (old) $12000 (new), f/2.8 only NO f/4 or f/5.6. Well I guess the 200-400mm is only $7000, and the 80-400mm is only $2700 but it's CRAP compared to the primes.
WISH Nikon had a cheap 400mm f/5.6 like <cough> Canon <cough>.
The 300mm f/4E PF with 1.4x extender is probably better than the 80-400mm and a bit cheaper too. Probably how I'd go in the future, aka next year, maybe.
A long lens only does so much due to atmospheric limitations. The most important part is to get closer. That may take blinds or wading through rivers, mud etc. and planning for days, weeks, etc.
The 80-400G on a D7100 (now D7200) does quite well for the cost. I don't know why the 300/4 with a TC would be any better.
You can find a used 500/4 P or perhaps an older Sigma 500/4.5 at reasonable prices. The new 500/600 Nikkors are probably better than anything else, but over $10K like the 2012+ Canon lenses.
To be practical, you can buy a 150-600 Tamron or Sigma C for not much more than a grand or the Sigma S for about twice that. IQ is rather decent, but not prime quality.
ddrueding
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Before the 100-400II I had a 170-500 Sigma that was complete crap. I'd get better shots using my 180 Macro and cropping. 300mm is not particularly bad for birding, as Lunar said there is no substitute for getting closer.
You had one of the worst of the worst. The old 50-500 (not OS) was halfway decent and the newer 150-600 lenses are somewhat usable up to 500.