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VoodooXT posted:If you're going with budget lights, I would recommend GVM, Yongnuo, or your aforementioned Neewer. If you want the big boys, I recommend Aputure, Creamsource, Litepanels, Litemat, Quasar Science, and Nanlite. I was also looking for some budget LED panels a while back and got a couple of these: https://www.amazon.com/simorr-Rechargeable-Photography-Conference-TikTok-3489/dp/B09G98NRQZ Obviously you don't get anything like the power of a proper setup, but they worked great for me to record some talking to a camera stuff for a conference, and the colour temperature control is pretty handy.
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I plan to get a carrier for my sony 200-600mm so I could take it with me to longer hikes. Is this a good one or is there a better option? Apparently this is getting an update later this year. https://mrjangear.com/shop/lens-carrier-system/
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Man, I am an advocate of carrying what it takes to get the job done but uh, hope you’re not hiking overnight or anything
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I've been using a Cotton Carrier Skout for a while and it works great with my 80D and Tamron G2 150-600mm.
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I use a Peak Design slide with my D500/Tamron 150-600mm and it's good.
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Slotducks posted:I use a Peak Design slide with my D500/Tamron 150-600mm and it's good. I also have a peak slide but for 15-20km walks I'd like something where the weight isn't on either side but in the middle.
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I dangle mine from a camera strap. It's not perfect because it means the lens is bouncing against your leg a lot, but it has the advantage of being easy to shift the weight to the other side if you need to. But no solution is gonna be perfect, you're lugging around several pounds of expensive glass and electronics. Everything is gonna have a compromise. I do like the safety net when I got a big lens on it, if there's any drops I can sacrifice my neck to save the camera! I do like the concept of that chest sling thing, but it seems like you can only use it with really large lenses. As soon as you put a 70-200 on or whatever it's not gonna hold it properly. The reviews complain a lot about the strap attachments too so it seems to have some design issues.
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Sorbus posted:I plan to get a carrier for my sony 200-600mm so I could take it with me to longer hikes. Is this a good one or is there a better option? Apparently this is getting an update later this year. I'm going to look like such a dork with one of these but I've been getting shoulder problems carrying a heavy lens with a normal strap and have been looking for a decent chest harness. If anyone has any other recommendations I'd also be interested.
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big scary monsters posted:I'm going to look like such a dork with one of these but I've been getting shoulder problems carrying a heavy lens with a normal strap and have been looking for a decent chest harness. If anyone has any other recommendations I'd also be interested. I carry my lens slung upside down like a messenger bag, but I think the 200-600 is too long/heavy for that. In a similar vein this interested me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdI2jzxoNJQ
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Looking like a giant dork is also essential when doing bird photography.
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You mean all photography, right?
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I have the Godox 860iii-N for Nikon. If I buy the Fuji wireless transmitter can I use it with that flash?
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Yeah, iirc all the godox stuff uses the same radio system, the only different part is the hot shoe pattern
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Awesome. Thank you.
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Sorbus posted:I plan to get a carrier for my sony 200-600mm so I could take it with me to longer hikes. Is this a good one or is there a better option? Apparently this is getting an update later this year. big scary monsters posted:I'm going to look like such a dork with one of these but I've been getting shoulder problems carrying a heavy lens with a normal strap and have been looking for a decent chest harness. If anyone has any other recommendations I'd also be interested. I want to report that I got one of these and I do like the a huge nerd and my girlfriend makes fun of me for wearing it. However, my shoulder issues have vanished and the carrier holds the camera and lens much more securely than I expected from the pictures. Plus the front pocket has space for a pair of binoculars plus a couple small lenses, spare batteries or whatever so you can probably entirely do without another bag for short trips. Pretty well made and solid at the price. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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e: I was looking for a camera and it turns out my sister still had her old Canon Rebel XS and so I snagged it. Hard to beat free.
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Does anyone have experience with buying from MPB.com? I bought a camera and two lenses, and they have payment since the morning of the 10th but have yet to ship anything. I've asked them several times on their website chat and over phone and they said it was packed up, had shipping labels and would ship that day (yesterday and day before) but still nothing. What gives? Makes me wonder if something is wrong with the order.
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I bought from and sold to them a couple years ago and it was fast and painless. But I've heard more recent stories similar to yours. I think they eventually deliver, but they're struggling for some reason. If you're super patient, wait. But it's probably better to cancel and buy elsewhere.
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xzzy posted:I bought from and sold to them a couple years ago and it was fast and painless. But I've heard more recent stories similar to yours. I think they eventually deliver, but they're struggling for some reason. Is it possible/safe to cancel though? They told me I can return only after it ships to me and I send it back. It's international shipping so I'm kinda worried about doing that. Maybe I can refuse the Fedex shipment when it arrives? Seems strange they still have it at their location but can't cancel the order. Surely packing and printing a shipping label shouldn't qualify as too late to cancel?? The whole experience is kind of rubbing me the wrong way. I went ahead and made a refund request from PayPal, yeah maybe it's kinda early to go that route but we're going on 4 days after they took payment with no shipment and no explanation as to why. I would have went with KEH (especially considering their 5% off first time orders) only they didn't have the camera in stock when I ordered. And now they do 
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I bought and returned a lens with them a few months back. Took about a week for the lens to show up. I returned it, and they received it two days later but it took almost exactly a month for them to refund the money. They had a backlog of returned items to process, and I bugged them once a week. Quality of the lens was fine, it just didn't zoom fully at 400m (Focus breathing? It was more like 250m), so I put my money into a new RF 100-400 lens instead. Shipping was on them, and easy. However, every interaction has to be initiated through their online chat app thing. No emails or any buttons on your order like other places. Kind of a hassle. It wont be my first place to go, but if they have something no one else has I'd be fine ordering from them knowing it may take forever to return. I've also bought with Adorama and returned items. They were very quick both ways, but the shipping is on you for returns. I got a bum 70D from them and returned, and a fantastic 7d2. Philthy fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Aug 13, 2022 |
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I bought a used camera from them and it did take a few weeks to arrive. Are they in Europe? I dunno LOL
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I've bought from and sold to mpb with no issues. Shipping was fast in receiving everything and everything was in advertised or better condition, including an X-H1 which was the largest purchase I've made from them. I've only sold one lens through them (as anything relatively in demand you can easily sell for more on eBay) which was relatively low value so I didn't pay too much attention to how long the buy process took, but I did end up getting paid their quote at the condition that I specified.
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I bought a cheap lens from MPB last spring and it didn’t ship for two weeks despite the website claiming at the time that all orders placed by 4PM or so went out that day. So right before it finally shipped I opened a PayPal dispute because they didn’t respond to my attempts to talk to them. In the end I got the lens about 18 days after I placed the order and they didn’t respond to the PayPal dispute, so I got a refund per PayPal policy. MPB never reached out to me to get the lens or the money back so I’m wondering if they aren’t very organized.
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I've purchased before and it's been okay, I don't think it took that long to get stuff. Selling to them was a bit slow.
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I'm looking to get a proper telephoto lens for my OM-1, been using the 40-150 f.28 for years but want something a tad longer. Looking at the Olympus 100-400 f/5-6.3 or the 300 f/4. The 100-400 is affordable but isn't as nice as the 300. Has anyone used either? Your thoughts? I've never used a prime telephoto before, so I'm sure the comfort curve would take a while to adjust.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxvQANQjdoA We have shutter priority at home
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I just picked up an RF 800mm F/11 lens. Haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet, but I'm excited! Now I need to get one of those dork lens slings to lug it around. It isn't that heavy, but it is awkward and humongous.
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Can’t find the bag thread so I’m asking here, I’m looking to get a new bag since my ProTactic is starting to give up the ghost after almost a decade and I’m looking at a smaller sling bag since I don’t carry a full size laptop anymore. I’m looking to carry a fuji x-t3 with like 3 lenses, a vertical grip, and an ipad with room for a couple accessories like a charger, a few spare batteries, maaaaaybe a compact 60% wireless keyboard on occasion. Was looking at either the lowepro slingshot edge 250 or the think tank urban access 10, which of these would be the better option or is there a better one in the $100-150 range I haven’t seen?
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I have the Peak 6L and it's amazing. I tried a whole bunch before settling on that and it was, by far, the best built and comfortable sling. They make a 10L size, so if that fits your needs, definitely try it out.
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I had an older peak design but got rid of it, it was too fiddly and the shape wasted a lot of space. I replaced it with a smaller Chrome Niko and a larger Tenba DNA 15 slim. A lot of smaller bags are longer than tall so shop carefully if you want your iPad to fit. I’d say check out the Tenba DNA 9 or 13, mine is incredibly nice.
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toggle posted:I'm looking to get a proper telephoto lens for my OM-1, been using the 40-150 f.28 for years but want something a tad longer. Looking at the Olympus 100-400 f/5-6.3 or the 300 f/4. The 100-400 is affordable but isn't as nice as the 300. I got the 300mm f4 recently, and it’s incredibly sharp. I need to post some photos I took with it in the bird thread actually. I haven’t been particularly bothered by it not being a zoom, but there are definitely photos that I’ve needed to crop, so in principle, a longer zoom like the 100-400 would have helped in those cases. I’m not very experienced with wildlife photography, though, so having some room helps with getting composition and focus right, and also with actually finding my target. I’ve used it with the 2x TC, too, and I can’t even see a drop in sharpness. Definitely a pretty severe drop in AF capability, though, at least on my E-M1 mark ii. With the 2x TC, you really need your subject to be in sunlight. I think if you already have the 40-150, the 300 makes more sense. It seems to me that it would be rare that you need both 100mm and 400mm at the same outing. I was also considering the 100-400, and figured I’d have it stuck on the long end all the time, so I just went with the 300 prime, since it’s supposed to be quite a bit sharper, and it’s also faster of course. I’m happy with my decision so far  .EDIT: I posted a couple of shots in the bird thread. I’ll try to edit and post a few more. ShadeofBlue fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Sep 1, 2022 |
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Anyone have a Gnarbox or, preferably, an alternative? I'd like a way to back up my photos on the go without a laptop, but have heard mixed reviews on the Gnarbox and the Gnarbox 2.0 is like $500.
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All the field backup solutions are so expensive or poorly implemented I ended up making my own out of a raspberry pi. Not at all the answer you were after but maybe that will inform you anyways?
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imagine being able to buy a raspberry pi in 2022 you might as well have told them to put the data on their unicorn
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The solution is to get a raspberry pi and run an inventory scrape script on it to auto-buy any stock that becomes available.
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Deviant posted:imagine being able to buy a raspberry pi in 2022 Where are you located? Here in Sweden they started showing again up a while back so both 2GB and 8GB Pi 4 are readily available.
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