Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])
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disk is on the opposite side of the wheel so it'll look miss-aligned as the hub isn't dead centre on the image.
I have this setup it's brilliant for TV gaming
That looks badass!
I have this setup it's brilliant for TV gaming
Yep its awesome playing with it and works great. Now this allowing me to play games with Static UI's on an OLED, not so much
Yep its awesome playing with it and works great. Now this allowing me to play games with Static UI's on an OLED, not so much
Yeah I play on an OLED. if there's static ui I tend to toggle it on and off with a hot key if the game allows.
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This is mark 2 as I wanted one that just fit on my armchair arms, and was less bulky.Velcro for keyboard. The mouse has a nook it sticks to when not in use with magnets, as it kept falling off while moving the board.
Watched this today. What a bizarre film.
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New plate carrier for airsoft.
Wanted back in a Porsche so went with lightest modern car they made, a 987.2 Boxster Spyder with all important buckets and manual. 
Can’t remember if posted but also purchased an old Corvette Pace Car earlier in year:
It’s old and not crazy fast but it sound epic and is just a unique experience to drive. Even had the police pull alongside few days ago giving a thumbs up and revving their Diesel engine so once the lights hit amber I did a full Santa Pod style launch was hilarious.
Can’t remember if posted but also purchased an old Corvette Pace Car earlier in year:
It’s old and not crazy fast but it sound epic and is just a unique experience to drive. Even had the police pull alongside few days ago giving a thumbs up and revving their Diesel engine so once the lights hit amber I did a full Santa Pod style launch was hilarious.
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Thought it was about time I upped my keyboard game. Quite the upgrade from a 16 year old Yamaha PSR3000
New toy to play with.
Never knew this adapter existed which is why I've been putting off going mirrorless so long! Having watched a few reviews it seems that the adapter makes any L series EF lens perform quite a bit better on EOS R5 and R6 than the same lens did on the EOS 5D or 6D. Remarkable stuff and it's also weather sealed. This ticks all my boxes now and once I've built up some more funds after recent purchases elsewhere I'll add an R5 to my kit I think along with the adapter ring. Love the customisable control ring too.
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My only concern, and it's a big one, is battery life. I can shoot nearly 2000 images on the 5D3 on one charge even though officially its rated to 950 shots per charge. The R5 is rated to below 350 shots per charge so am wondering if the real world performance is greater like on the 5D?
I have no interest in in camera IS as have become used to hand holding all shots on fast primes in low light and the R5 has much better ISO DR in low light anyway so I'd be even better off keeping IS turned off to use less battery.
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All manufacturers makes adaptors to their old Mount, Canon made one from FD to EF. Nikon too makes one going from F Mount to Z Mount. Sigma make EF to E Mount.
The Canon adaptor makes EF lenses behave native like a RF, however although AF is improved with eye AF, and also saving cost, it’s not a long term solution as optics designs has moved on a lot and new lenses are much better. Also, the lenses sticks out quite a bit with the adaptor added, the weight and balance of it becomes front heavy as the adaptor is hollow like an extension tube.
I tried using adaptor with the Sony with Canon lenses but after a year I just got all native to take advantage of the new optical designs and size.
as for IBIS, it really does help in places like a dark church, where it is dark and everyone is still. It’s a useful feature to have, I carry 4 battery per camera for a wedding. I never need more than 3 over 16/17hrs and can get about 5k clicks. What kills the battery isn’t the IBIS but the LCD/EVF. The EVF actually has higher pixels so if you use that it kills battery faster.
but of all the disadvantages, shorter battery life is not one that stops me going to mirrorless. DSLR as a tech is dead, no more developments are putting into them. Best get on board to the new mirrorless, sooner the better really.
The Canon adaptor makes EF lenses behave native like a RF, however although AF is improved with eye AF, and also saving cost, it’s not a long term solution as optics designs has moved on a lot and new lenses are much better. Also, the lenses sticks out quite a bit with the adaptor added, the weight and balance of it becomes front heavy as the adaptor is hollow like an extension tube.
I tried using adaptor with the Sony with Canon lenses but after a year I just got all native to take advantage of the new optical designs and size.
as for IBIS, it really does help in places like a dark church, where it is dark and everyone is still. It’s a useful feature to have, I carry 4 battery per camera for a wedding. I never need more than 3 over 16/17hrs and can get about 5k clicks. What kills the battery isn’t the IBIS but the LCD/EVF. The EVF actually has higher pixels so if you use that it kills battery faster.
but of all the disadvantages, shorter battery life is not one that stops me going to mirrorless. DSLR as a tech is dead, no more developments are putting into them. Best get on board to the new mirrorless, sooner the better really.
The thing with the Canon adapter appears to be that it improves everything about retrofitting an EF onto an R series body whereas even the Sony adapters can't promise that from what I've seen and people who own Sony have used the adapters over the years. This is the first time I've watched a number of reviews now of an adapter and the results are better for the L EF lens on the R series than they were with the DSLR body, even though the DSLR performance was excellent to begin with.
I haven't seen any conclusive comparisons yet showing the considerable price increase of an R series lens vs an EF L series lens yielding that much better resolving power given the difference in price! I had a brief look at the range of R series lenses as well and there still isn't an RF lens that takes over where the 35mm 1.4 L II EF sat (still sits) nor do they have an 85mm 1.4, there is an 85mm 1.2 L RF but that's not far off £3000. There is also no RF version of the 135mm f2 L which I use more and more now for portraits.
From everything I have seen the pros outweigh the cons for the R5 vs 5DIII/IV. I don't have a problem with carrying extra batteries though but it's nice knowing I don't have to stop during what might be a key moment to swap out a battery! I have 3 batteries per DSLR but rarely have to swap one out - But if a mirrorless is becoming my main, then I need to know that a single charge will get me up to 900 odd shots as that's my average generally before I'm ready for a bit of downtime to refresh myself and the camera.
Have no problem with front heavy or anything along those lines though, I want the new tech the low light high DR and HIGH ISO performance, I don't need the IS on lens or body, but it does appear indeed that the EVF saps a lot of battery. I don't like using a back panel to compose my shots, I am too used to an optical viewfinder. I fear the R5 will just end up annoying me base don how I shoot though with how power is consumed. I know the R3 is due out this year and that's supposed to be even faster/better so will keep an eye on developments I think.
I haven't seen any conclusive comparisons yet showing the considerable price increase of an R series lens vs an EF L series lens yielding that much better resolving power given the difference in price! I had a brief look at the range of R series lenses as well and there still isn't an RF lens that takes over where the 35mm 1.4 L II EF sat (still sits) nor do they have an 85mm 1.4, there is an 85mm 1.2 L RF but that's not far off £3000. There is also no RF version of the 135mm f2 L which I use more and more now for portraits.
From everything I have seen the pros outweigh the cons for the R5 vs 5DIII/IV. I don't have a problem with carrying extra batteries though but it's nice knowing I don't have to stop during what might be a key moment to swap out a battery! I have 3 batteries per DSLR but rarely have to swap one out - But if a mirrorless is becoming my main, then I need to know that a single charge will get me up to 900 odd shots as that's my average generally before I'm ready for a bit of downtime to refresh myself and the camera.
Have no problem with front heavy or anything along those lines though, I want the new tech the low light high DR and HIGH ISO performance, I don't need the IS on lens or body, but it does appear indeed that the EVF saps a lot of battery. I don't like using a back panel to compose my shots, I am too used to an optical viewfinder. I fear the R5 will just end up annoying me base don how I shoot though with how power is consumed. I know the R3 is due out this year and that's supposed to be even faster/better so will keep an eye on developments I think.