The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

Raymond Lin · 26 Feb 2017 at 11:46

Actually, never mind, had coffee and figured it out ! lol

Raymond Lin · 27 Feb 2017 at 21:49

Raymond Lin · 27 Feb 2017 at 22:47

Oh, also got a couple of 5D4 too...expensive month!

jonneymendoza · 28 Feb 2017 at 14:37

Raymond Lin said:
Size isn't everything but think this photo speaks for itself, I mean work is one thing, when you absolutely have to have the best, but for travel. You can see how convenient the Fuji can be.

You can get small lenses on the canon mount too

Raymond Lin · 1 Mar 2017 at 00:09

jonneymendoza said:
You can get small lenses on the canon mount too

Yeah but the best ones are the bigger ones

hux · 4 Mar 2017 at 09:03

This lens coming next week, too many missed shots to count.

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Columbo · 15 Mar 2017 at 17:13

DPD have been kind to me. Been shooting with a friends Canon for a few weeks now and have to say I much prefer it to my A99 so I'm moving to full frame Canon for no other reason than I want to!

antc · 16 Mar 2017 at 16:25

Columbo said:
DPD have been kind to me. Been shooting with a friends Canon for a few weeks now and have to say I much prefer it to my A99 so I'm moving to full frame Canon for no other reason than I want to!

What other reason do you need?

35mm art is a cracker, had mine since Christmas and love it! And the 85 you have there has to one of Canons best bang for buck lenses.

PESolution · 16 Mar 2017 at 17:08

Recently got back into photography and got a D5500. Didn't take me long to get a nice 50mm prime and then today picked up the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 - love this new Sigma!

Columbo · 16 Mar 2017 at 17:08

antc said:
What other reason do you need?

35mm art is a cracker, had mine since Christmas and love it! And the 85 you have there has to one of Canons best bang for buck lenses.

Yo, a fellow Notts member! Had the Sony version of the Art on my A99 and it's hands down the best lens I've ever used so there is no way I'd now consider going anywhere without.
Had the 85 out earlier today and have to say I'm very impressed for the money, seems to have excellent contrast wide for a £200 lens.

antc · 16 Mar 2017 at 18:01

Columbo said:
Yo, a fellow Notts member! Had the Sony version of the Art on my A99 and it's hands down the best lens I've ever used so there is no way I'd now consider going anywhere without.
Had the 85 out earlier today and have to say I'm very impressed for the money, seems to have excellent contrast wide for a £200 lens.

I didn't even notice your location, story of my day today, half asleep! Yeah the 85 is still on my list, but with the new sigma 85 out and a rumoured 85 L 1.4 IS this year its going to be a tough decision!

Raymond Lin · 17 Mar 2017 at 18:18

Not sure if its Lightroom being weird or the EXIF when the camera shoots it but some of these lenses that it things I've shot with are hilarious. Strangely it does not recognise Sigma 50mm Art F/1.4, which is just the 7500 shots one. I have definitely never tried a Zeiss lens, ever.

Tackle_Berry · 17 Mar 2017 at 23:53

New lens (well second hand but like new)

Columbo · 18 Mar 2017 at 06:46

Raymond Lin said:
Not sure if its Lightroom being weird or the EXIF when the camera shoots it but some of these lenses that it things I've shot with are hilarious. Strangely it does not recognise Sigma 50mm Art F/1.4, which is just the 7500 shots one. I have definitely never tried a Zeiss lens, ever.

Thats some weird behavior.
You on CC? Also guessing that from the font you are using a Mac so I'm not sure if it differs to the Windows set-up however I had a similar problem that was fixed by changing the Lens Profile set-up from Auto to Default, this was in 5.7.1 though as I don't have CC.

Droolinggimp · 19 Mar 2017 at 14:02

A few weeks back I treated the family to a new camera. Nikon D3300. My last DSLR was a Nikon D40x many moons ago. So far, not having a great deal of time to go out I have mostly been shooting random stuff, my boy and dog etc. Thought I would do a few closeups today and took one of the cap and strap. A little PS wor to it and not bad for a 5 minute job. I really can't wait to go out with it once I get some time.

Raymond Lin · 19 Mar 2017 at 14:06

Columbo said:
Thats some weird behavior.
You on CC? Also guessing that from the font you are using a Mac so I'm not sure if it differs to the Windows set-up however I had a similar problem that was fixed by changing the Lens Profile set-up from Auto to Default, this was in 5.7.1 though as I don't have CC.

I have CC and it's left as default on whatever profile it is, never touch those settings and although it doesn't bother me, it is weird how the Sigma confuse LR so much.

Raymond Lin · 19 Mar 2017 at 22:02

I have had four 5D before, first time putting a screen protector on the back. The right one is off by a VERY small amount but too late to reseat it. Well, at least I can now tell them apart!

Drollic · 20 Mar 2017 at 01:26

Raymond Lin said:
I have had four 5D before, first time putting a screen protector on the back. The right one is off by a VERY small amount but too late to reseat it. Well, at least I can now tell them apart

Now that would bug me

I'm not ashamed to say I wasted two on my a6000 just to get it perfect

Vertigo · 23 Mar 2017 at 21:10

Raymond Lin said:
Not sure if its Lightroom being weird or the EXIF when the camera shoots it but some of these lenses that it things I've shot with are hilarious. Strangely it does not recognise Sigma 50mm Art F/1.4, which is just the 7500 shots one. I have definitely never tried a Zeiss lens, ever.

Yeah my Sigma 35 just shows as "35mm". Very odd.

antc · 23 Mar 2017 at 22:32

Vertigo1 said:
Yeah my Sigma 35 just shows as "35mm". Very odd.

Yep mine too I checked earlier. I wonder why LR finds it so hard to understand what lens it is?