The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

Raymond Lin · 19 Oct 2016 at 23:11

I've done it once upon a time at the VERY beginning, so long ago I shot film and someone else set it up for me...so no, not really lol.

I mean I have done kinda messed around with umbrellas what I have in mind I need this, hopefully it will come out like what I have in mind.

jonneymendoza · 19 Oct 2016 at 23:40

Easy. Been doing studio stuff for years. Just hire some models and crack on

Vertigo · 20 Oct 2016 at 12:25

Well, you need to get the lighting set up correctly which is what interests me - how Ray is going to use the new softbox etc.

Oh and I caved and ordered the 24-70. No sign of it in latest cashback which started yesterday and only going to get more expensive so may as well.

dannyjo22 · 20 Oct 2016 at 15:06

Vertigo1 said:
Oh and I caved and ordered the 24-70. No sign of it in latest cashback which started yesterday and only going to get more expensive so may as well.

Good call, just saw hdew are warning prices are about to go up again on the 5D3. That wil mean in less than 2 weeks the price has risen £200+. I need to get home quick and buy mine!

dannyjo22 · 20 Oct 2016 at 20:08

5DMK3 and 24-70 bought :eek:

I put money aside for 3 years and had a hard time parting with it in the end!

I would have liked a MK4 but maybe in 3 years and this will be a huge leap from my 50D and 17-55. I will get a few hundred back on the 17-55 to help ease the pain!

jonneymendoza · 21 Oct 2016 at 08:09

dannyjo22 said:
5DMK3 and 24-70 bought

I put money aside for 3 years and had a hard time parting with it in the end!

I would have liked a MK4 but maybe in 3 years and this will be a huge leap from my 50D and 17-55. I will get a few hundred back on the 17-55 to help ease the pain!

Unless money was tight i would have gotten the 5d4 as its a lot better then the 5d3 in almost every way.

I would have also checked out the mirrorless systems from sony and fuji as well if you wasnt too invested in canon systems previously.

jonneymendoza · 21 Oct 2016 at 08:10

Vertigo1 said:
Well, you need to get the lighting set up correctly which is what interests me - how Ray is going to use the new softbox etc.

Yea and you need a model of some sort to do that.

practise practise practise

dannyjo22 · 21 Oct 2016 at 12:57

jonneymendoza said:
Unless money was tight i would have gotten the 5d4 as its a lot better then the 5d3 in almost every way.

I would have also checked out the mirrorless systems from sony and fuji as well if you wasnt too invested in canon systems previously.

Not interested in the sony and Fuji efforts. Tried the bodies and I didn't like them. I went 5D3 because I cannot justify the money for my own hobby on a 5D4. If I made money out of it then I would but for the few thousand pictures I take a year right now then 5D3 suits me better. There's always a better camera a few hundred pound more. I am happy with my choice based on amount I use it.

jonneymendoza · 21 Oct 2016 at 13:35

dannyjo22 said:
Not interested in the sony and Fuji efforts. Tried the bodies and I didn't like them. I went 5D3 because I cannot justify the money for my own hobby on a 5D4. If I made money out of it then I would but for the few thousand pictures I take a year right now then 5D3 suits me better. There's always a better camera a few hundred pound more. I am happy with my choice based on amount I use it.

which bodies did you try and what did you not like about it? what was its weakness?

niko · 21 Oct 2016 at 14:29

full frame-bar humbug 6x7 is where its at :cool:

Kei · 21 Oct 2016 at 17:13

Very nice, 6x7 is a nice step up from 135. I preferred the smaller and lighter RZ myself, added benefit of being able to use both RB and RZ lenses too. Picked mine up last year to move up from 645 and have probably run nearly 50 films through it since then.

niko · 21 Oct 2016 at 17:41

Kei said:
Very nice, 6x7 is a nice step up from 135. I preferred the smaller and lighter RZ myself, added benefit of being able to use both RB and RZ lenses too. Picked mine up last year to move up from 645 and have probably run nearly 50 films through it since then.

lovely kit there, and advise would welcome, as are recommended lens/accessory's. ive only used TLR medium format before so this is a very differant lump

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Kei · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:33

The 65mm f4 with floating element is superb. I got a brand new RB 127 off ffordes when they were selling them off cheap and that's been great too. (they still had a 180mm new last I time i checked) I'm looking to get a 210 f4.5 APO to complete my trio. (65, 127, 210)

The best lenses for the RB are the K/L range, which have the later coatings and most designs with floating element correction.

Accessories wise, all I use is a cable release.

niko · 21 Oct 2016 at 19:21

Kei said:
The 65mm f4 with floating element is superb. I got a brand new RB 127 off ffordes when they were selling them off cheap and that's been great too. (they still had a 180mm new last I time i checked) I'm looking to get a 210 f4.5 APO to complete my trio. (65, 127, 210)

The best lenses for the RB are the K/L range, which have the later coatings and most designs with floating element correction.

Accessories wise, all I use is a cable release.

thank you mate very helpful, btw love your shot on tp of the old cottage, great colours and comp

Cleisthenes · 22 Oct 2016 at 15:45

Question guys.

I think I'm being an idiot, but...

My folks just got a rx100 mk1, it's set up to shoot 3:2, is this ok to use of is 4:3 better?

TIA!

niko · 22 Oct 2016 at 16:04

Cleisthenes said:
Question guys.

I think I'm being an idiot, but...

My folks just got a rx100 mk1, it's set up to shoot 3:2, is this ok to use of is 4:3 better?

TIA!

they are all fine, it just comes down to what you prefer really! some formats are higher res mind you.

Raymond Lin · 22 Oct 2016 at 16:06

I prefer 4:3

that's 12:9

Whereas 3:2 = 12:8

King4aDay · 22 Oct 2016 at 17:00

Personal preference really. Not keen on 3:2, prefer 4:3 and often crop to 5:4 these days.

Cleisthenes · 22 Oct 2016 at 17:23

Thanks guys

Cleisthenes · 22 Oct 2016 at 19:21

Re the RX100, I've jjust nnoticed that when I put it into 4:3 it says the max resolution is 19mp,but in 3:2 it's 20.this means that they're ccropping it inside of the camera right? So this means that 3:2 would be more sensible, as I can crop myself if I specifically want 4:3?