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XBenedict posted:This is a good point. Are there any good AF-P lenses though? For budget the AF-P 70-300 dx is pretty great. Other than that though the older AF-S are usually 95% as good for often 50-75% of the price. Fools Infinite posted:Not really. But the 10-20mm is pretty much the only crop wide angle option from Nikon. Sigma makes something similar I think. Sigma and tamron both have 2 lenses for dx in that category. All 4 are better than the nikon AF-P 10-20mm which is ok considering how cheap it is. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Jul 11, 2019 |
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Not really sure where this would go, but here seems as good a place as any. So apparently Amazon sold a load of super expensive gear all for $98.98 for 20 minutes on prime day and are actually honouring it. https://petapixel.com/2019/07/17/amazon-accidentally-sold-13000-camera-gear-for-100-on-prime-day/ Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 10:02 on Jul 18, 2019 |
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xzzy posted:Well they deserve to be, doing business like it's 2000 where they're the only companies that matter while everyone else is rapidly eating into their user base. So you're saying the 2000 era of limited competition was bad...but we should return to it with Sony as head now? What?
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xzzy posted:lol don't be such a goon Nikon have just released 2 mirrorless cameras with a brand new lens mount. What exactly do you want?
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The j1 and v1 use the nikon 1 mount, not the f mount so no your lenses won't work. (the 1 series is also effectively dead so I wouldn't recommend them) Either you will need to change your entire system or just get a 2nd camera to carry with you on such circumstances. Nikon z6 is lighter than your d7000 and there are rumours of a smaller lighter model coming soon, but it's z mount so again your lenses won't work unless you use the adapter (which will add weight and size). Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Aug 18, 2019 |
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beergod posted:X posting from general questions thread Rather than asking if tech has moved on, ask yourself if that camera is holding you back or not. If the answer is yes in what ways? Is it just low light performance? Then sure a newer model 3xxx or 5xxx will net you better low light. If its ergonomics then look at jumping to the 7xxx range. Just don't fall into the trap of 'my camera is x years old now, I should get the newer model'.
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So the newly announced Nikon 780 is cool. https://www.dpreview.com/news/1612173662/nikon-s-new-d780-is-a-z6-in-a-familiar-dslr-body But for reasons I can only imagine are dumb market segmentation ones, they didn't give it a joystick.
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The Voice of Labor posted:that dumb thing was the 2nd or 3rd dumb thing mentioned and it seems like a really good idea to me. it surprises me that there aren't a lot more things like this that don't cost thousands of dollars. Because there's barely any market for it. So it's impossible to manufacture them in large enough quantity to make them cheap and also sell them.
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Helen Highwater posted:This is his post where he's agonising over whether to upgrade his D3200 to an R5, an S1r or an 8x10 view camera. So his other dream is to build an OS from scratch and comercialise it. He doesn't seem to even know how to program yet. "Since 4th grade, I've been an idea person" Hahaha, sure thing buddy. Keep dreaming big! Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Aug 18, 2020 |
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As a nikon fan, none of the DSLRs do good video. Great stills but crap video. The Z series is another story though.
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Skip dslr and go mirrorless if you don't have an existing lens selection, especially if you like nikon. Those nikon cameras are amazing photography cameras but way behind for video. The nikon Z6 however does pretty great video, the z6 II is being announced in less than 2 weeks so you could look at that or just wait for the z6 2nd hand prices to drop (avoid the z5, it's a still camera primarily with average video capability so wouldn't be great for your needs) For lenses and trying to photograph a kid, I'd say one mid range zoom (24-70) is essential. When your on the floor and your kid is crawling towards you, you won't have time to switch primes. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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If it was open source then probably either rawtherapee or darktable.
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dupersaurus posted:I’m looking at a bunch of the modern big zoom lenses (like the Nikon 18-300 and Canon’s 24-250) and everyone seems to rave about how good they are. But they’re all like f5 max at 50mm which, even with 4-5 stops of VR, feels squishy? Competitively yes. The size, weight and cost of them is pretty amazing for what they are, they weren't even possible a couple of decades ago. But its give and take, you lose sharpness and light for such a jack of all trades lens. Personally Id rather take a good 17-50 f2 and companion it with a 70-300 f4-f5.6 for travelling. And when I'm near home I often end up sticking to primes for that extra sharpness that they offer. Every lens has a trade off.
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I don't know canon so I cant recommended specific lenses but for general advice. For miniatures go get a macro lens. t7i is a crop body right? Personally found 85mm on my Nikon crop body is a really nice focal length, allows me to be a little bit further away so I can position lights easier but really any focal length can work for macro. And it can double up as a normal lens to. As for the other uses, for street then the gold standard is 35mm. For portraits its 85mm . For Landscapes its 24mm (thats ff focal lengths, you will need different for crop, ie closest to 35mm equivalent on canon crop body is a 24mm lens ) These are by no means the only focal lengths people use, but its often the 'go-to' for those categories, and people do disagree. Many prefer 50mm for street for example. But as you can see getting a single prime that can do all this is hard, its why zoom lenses are so popular and given out as kit lenses. So id suggest choosing a lens that can do the most for the use cases you are most likely to do. But once you get a taste for that prime sharpness it can become addictive. The above suggestion of a 30mm is probably a good one, that would be decent for street and fine for portraits to. Probably just be frustrating to use for landscapes though. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 20:11 on May 4, 2022 |
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I think last year was the final tipping point where mirrorless eclipsed DSLR is all tasks (well except battery life). If you are buying second hand though, the deals on dslrs are way better. I'd like to upgrade but at the moment it's an expensive path, I could get a Z50 and adapt all my dx glass but it's a weaker camera in a lot of ways to my D7500. I could go full frame but then I've got 6 or so lenses I need to replace. Hopefully nikon announce the z70 or whatever and makes my choice easier for me as ideally I'd like to slowly move up to ff and I could do that with a z70, slowly replacing my dx glass with new Z ff glass.
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They all have new BSI sensors. The only D camera they share a sensor with is the D780. Honestly sensor tech has gotten so good you'd be hard pressed to spot the difference between dslrs of a few years ago and mirrorless today. The real money is going into the processor powering the camera and the algorithms that do the focusing. Stuff like eye tracking is a complete game changer for a lot of people.
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Most dpreviews reviews have an article to read also with technical details. And the two Canadian guys who they brought on to do the video reviews are great 
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The fujifilm summit is on the 31st, so any big fuji announcement will be then. As for why stuff has slowed. There's still a global chip shortage going on. No point releasing stuff you cannot make.
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Yeah it's a company. They give you a rough price, you send it in, they check it over and confirm and you get paid. Change your mind and they send it back. The prices you get will be less than ebay but you don't have to deal with all the risk involved with selling to an individual. https://www.mpb.com/
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I hate digital post processing. I'm a computer toucher and want this hobby to involve less touching of computers. I'm currently rocking a Nikon DSLR and its great, fine for my needs, but I shoot raw because too often I under expose by mistake etc etc plus Nikon Jpegs are a bit flat out of the camera (I assume the mirrorless ones are the same?) I hear lots of people on other forums that Fuji mirrorless jpegs are a game changer, is this actually true or just hyperbole? I've been holding out for Nikon to release a mirrorless that actually fits my needs but if Fuji jpegs could free me from post processing I'd consider switching brands.
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https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/im...694203520621039 ISO performance no. But auto focus, battery life and image stabilization yes, the in-body stabilisation in particular should allow you to drop down to a lower iso and still maintain sharp images. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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I just have mine on a shelf behind me. I dust them every now and again. If you want something more protective then one of those large giant tupperware boxes with a few silica gel satches thrown in is probably fine. After that your looking at a few hundred $ for a drybox.
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Most of the big pre-owned online shops will ship internationally, I'm reasonably sure MPB.com would ship to you for example. On the actual gear side. You mention street and maybe some travel so maybe consider APS-C? The Fuji x-T3 is weather sealed and fuji have a large line up of weather sealed lenses too. Maybe the XF 35mm f/2 and combined with the XF 70-300mm for longer reach. You could swap out the 35mm for a midrange zoom if you prefer for a little more versatility. Regardless it should be easy to get an xt3 + 2 XF quality weather sealed lenses for under $2k. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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cinci zoo sniper posted:
The 18-55 is a kit lens but considered probably the best one ever made. Small, light and sharp. BUT not weather sealed. The 16-55 is a far better lens, way sharper and is weather sealed but it's huge and heavy in comparison and a LOT more.  So personally I'd say look at the 18-55 or spend a little more for the 16-80, which has a bit more reach and has WR. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Are there any thread favourite NP-W235 batteries? Also, memory support for X-T4 is Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC card slots (UHS-II supported) - is there any brand/model that's particularly well-regarded? SanDisk, lexar, transcend , Sony and pny are all good. The biggest issue with buying cards is getting one that isn't fake. Amazon is FULL of fake cards. Just do a little search and you can find guides to help avoid it and when they arrive check they are authentic, the fakes have gotten very good but there are still a few telltale signs.
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My wife uses my old D5100 for her Etsy shop pictures and last month I had to spend about an hour teasing a swollen battery out of it. Was the official Nikon one that came with it too. Sure its quite an old battery at this point but I was surprised an official battery would fail like that, wasn't even charging at the time as it was in the camera.
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$450? You can get like new 70Ds for less than $350 on the preowned market. For $450 you could probably get an 80D. And yes coming from an 20D that's a big jump in quality.
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Dog Case posted:Is there a mirrorless equivalent to a Nikon D3000 or Canon Rebel whatever? 90% of people that want something to "elevate her photography above just her phone" are going to be completely satisfied with whatever basic kit and maybe whichever cheapest telephoto and will never even think about trying to emulate film or what the dials feel like Yeah nikon z50 is probably close, although its more equivalent to the 5xxx range than the 3xxx. The issue though is (at least right now) Nikon and Canon have both kinda abandoned aps-c, yes cameras have come out but they seem more aimed as stop gaps to get people into FF eventually where the margins are larger. So if anyone is gonna invest in a APS-C system fresh, I think its better to go sony or Fuji as they take that format seriously.
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Philthy posted:Uh, APS-C is more popular now more than ever. Canons new APS-S system has 2 native lenses. Nikon have 2 native lenses. Maybe Canon will end up beefing that up to a respectable amount but Nikon clearly just seem to be expecting people to either adapt older glass or buy FF glass.
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Philthy posted:The entire RF line works absolutely fine on all the Canon mirrorless cameras without any adapters needed. The crop specific lenses only exist to be smaller and more affordable. They don't have an inherent advantage otherwise. So they want you to buy FF glass, which is usually more expensive and heavy than APS-C glass. Which is what I said. Both Sony and Fuji have a ton of native glass designed specifically for their APS-C cameras, they also have lots of third party glass (especially Sony). Canon and Nikon have very little. That's not to say their options are bad purchasing choices, they make sense if you have a lot of glass to convert over or if you have dreams of going FF in a few years when you have more money. But if I was starting fresh with nothing, then I think the ecosystems in Sony and Fuji are better for APS-C users. But cmon, the Nikon Z50 released with 2 lenses, now after 3 and a bit years it has...2 lenses. That's crap support and I say that as a lifelong Nikon user. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Feb 6, 2023 |
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I'm with you. I'm still rocking a D7500. I went into a camera shop the other day and almost picked up a used Z6 but ended up walking away with the Sigma art 18-35 used instead (it's big, heavy but God drat is it sharp) because I just can't see how I can migrate without spending a fortune and I'm not sure where Nikon are taking the brand. I thought we would see more 3rd party by now too but so far it's just tamron and while Nikon is being more open than canon I don't like the wording of their recent announcement "3rd party will be allowed when it compliments the lineup". That to me sounds like "anything that competes can't come in" Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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It seems they are prioritising the high end, high margin items. And its a perfectly good strategy, they seem to be profitable at the moment and recovering from their slow start into mirrorless, its just frustrating to be someone who isn't included in this current marketing strategy as more an enthusiast level person.powderific posted:Like instead of the nifty fifty or DX 35mm you'd look at the 40mm f2 or 28mm f 2.8. They're still more expensive, but more more in line with the cheaper F-mount lenses. Yes and no. They are nice little lenses (although I'm not a fan of plastic mounts) but they are f2 and f2.8 respectively. The f mount glass Brrrmph was referring to was all 1.8 and still cost less (and it had a metal mount!). They also just announced the 26mm f2.8 pancake which is gonna be $499 (but does have a metal mount) I also think it's a little cheeky to take Tamron lenses, rebadge them, and slap an extra $100/200 on top of it like they have done for the 28-75 and 17-28 f2.8 Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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Personally I just leave it on auto permanently and fix it in post. If you're using a mirrorless you might benefit a little with the evf matching better what you want at the time. But white balance is one of those settings which can be completely altered to anything with raw and post production.
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dupersaurus posted:I have a Nikon D5500. It's been great but it's showing its age. At this point how silly would it be to replace it with a D500 versus getting something like an EOS R7/10 or waiting to see if Nikon ever wants to make a Z500? I've already got F lenses (although I'd probably want to get the DX 16-80 along with the camera), and it's got some good QoL tech over the 5500... but it's not mirrorless tech and they're still selling used for pretty good money. It might help if you explain what about the D5500 is showing its age.
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The D500 is still an amazing wildlife camera. Mirrorless cameras have come a long way, but most still struggle to keep pace with the D500's autofocus at that price range, especially at the APS-C category. If you've got a lot of F mount lenses too, nothing Nikon offers at the moment comes close except maybe the Z9 which is far far more expensive. Personally I think it's insane Nikon still doesn't have a Z70/90 or whatever. Maybe this year. If it does happen you will likely see a lot of D500 owners upgrade and the 2nd hand market flooding will bring down the price. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Mar 11, 2023 |
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Main issue i have (or had?) with EVFs is the blackout. Its so jarring. I've tried some newer models and it's much better now but the first and 2nd gen cameras all have it. Almost picked up a Z6 a little while back but just couldn't get past it.
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waffle enthusiast posted:Friendship ended with DPReview. PetaPixel is new best friend. Ehhhh petspixels site looks pretty poor quality, but I suppose I can sub to their channel if the quality of video reviews stays the same.
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I can never bring myself to do that kind of editing. Not because I think there's anything wrong with it, it's just so much effort for the 8 people who will see my dumb photos. I really need to consider just going Fuji so I can just rely on jpegs.
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