The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

And · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:45

Thx, time for a fettle

Raymond Lin · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:56

And said:
Thx, time for a fettle

Make sure you don't accidentally turn off the touch function, it is easily done, as well as in the menu, it is also that icon on the bottom left.

And · 19 Apr 2017 at 22:21

Seems to be fine in video but with stills I have to hit the AF button.

Edit: I hadn't really read up on this beforehand and it wasn't a reason for buying the camera anyway so not a big deal. Had some more time with it and LV focus is so quick now compared to previous bodies, night and day, tracks nicely as well. Also shot some 1080p video last night at my little owl site so that may be something I use more. ISO seems slightly better than 1DX (DPP's noise defaults are in the same ballpark as my own settings for the 1DX) and the ability to pull up underexposed files is very noticeably better.

Vertigo · 19 Apr 2017 at 22:40

Raymond Lin said:

Surprised it took you this long!

Love mine to bits.

Raymond Lin · 19 Apr 2017 at 22:57

Vertigo1 said:
Surprised it took you this long!

Love mine to bits.

I try not to buy gear "mid season", it works out for the best in the end. Amazon has it for £1635 and there is £165 cashback on top of that.

Next lens is a Sigma 20/1.4 and then I'm done for this year.

alexakasloth · 21 Apr 2017 at 10:34

I've bought a Pentax K5 to upgrade from the KX with better low light capabilities. My current lenses include the 18-55 kit lens, Sigma APO 70-300mm and the Pentax 1.8 50mm.
I was looking at the Pentax WR 18-135mm, has anyone any experience with this one? A wide range of zoom in some shoots that I get is more handy than swapping between the kit lens and sigma.

haz_pro · 21 Apr 2017 at 15:58

Bought a few items over the last few weeks to try and remove my one excuse for not taking my camera everywhere (size).

Lens - Canon 35mm 2.8
Pouch from amazon - save me using my annoyingly large camera bag.
Hand strap - previously used a neck strap which I hated
Bootleg gorilla pod from china
Cheap ball head from Amazon

I think I've used my camera more in the last couple of weeks than I did in the whole of 2016!

Raymond Lin · 21 Apr 2017 at 16:46

Now I am done.

Cleisthenes · 21 Apr 2017 at 16:50

Raymond Lin said:
Now I am done.

I know a thread which will love this picture

Raymond Lin · 21 Apr 2017 at 16:59

Cleisthenes said:
I know a thread which will love this picture

Ultra Wide angle don't normally crest bokeh, until now!

Steeps · 28 Apr 2017 at 01:09

Needed a camera for video with autofocus. Already heavily invested in Canon DSLR's so bit the bullet and bought a Canon 80D. Not the fastest or most accurate system but it's more effective than the live view focus on older cameras, the speed is good for continuous shooting. The touch screen focus allows the user to select focus points with ease. Very happy with it as my "hand it to someone else to get a second angle" camera.

Vertigo · 1 May 2017 at 20:29

Raymond Lin said:
If the mk2 isn't available I would have got the Sigma, or if I had the Sigma I can't see myself getting the Canon either.

FWIW, I had the Sigma and swapped it out for the Mk2. I loved the Sigma and, on a bang-for-buck scale, it's unbeatable but I had a couple of minor niggles with it. It would miss focus now and then (not often but enough) and I didn't like that it wasn't weather sealed. By comparison the Canon is just a little bit better in all aspects. Slightly better IQ, slightly better AF, slightly better bokeh, slightly better build quality.

Raymond Lin · 1 May 2017 at 20:38

Spent the weekend using FoCal calibrating all my lenses (bar the TSE) on both bodies.

God damn it's a tedious exercise, nobody tell you how much space you will need, I can't imagine someone calibrating a 600mm lens for example without going out into a field.

Vertigo · 1 May 2017 at 21:00

I presume the 5D4 is only semi-auto like the 5D3? Appreciate it's not Reikan's fault but it sure makes it more tedious. With the 6D I can just leave it.

Raymond Lin · 1 May 2017 at 21:08

Vertigo1 said:
I presume the 5D4 is only semi-auto like the 5D3? Appreciate it's not Reikan's fault but it sure makes it more tedious. With the 6D I can just leave it.

Click calibrate and it ask you to change it to -20, -10, +10, +20. (If you start at 0 so the first set of shots is 0). Then it tells you the final result.

So I have to do that 5 times for each lens, times 9, times 2. With the zooms having to do it twice, once each at the extremes.

To save me moving the tripod again and again I did one lens with both bodies before moving on to next lens so keep having to change the tripod plate every time too.

I also ran out of room so at 100mm and 135mm I was shoot from living room into the kitchen.

Vertigo · 2 May 2017 at 23:24

Same as the 5D3 then - it's such a shame it won't support full auto like most other models as it takes away so much tedium.

Raymond Lin · 2 May 2017 at 23:26

Vertigo1 said:
Same as the 5D3 then - it's such a shame it won't support full auto like most other models as it takes away so much tedium.

I was hoping to line it up, press Start and then wait until it says "done".

Ah well....at least its done.

Raymond Lin · 2 May 2017 at 23:57

Click for full size.

Vertigo · 3 May 2017 at 16:45

Raymond Lin said:
I was hoping to line it up, press Start and then wait until it says "done".

Ah well....at least its done.

That's what I do with my 6D

a1ex2001 · 4 May 2017 at 11:39

Vertigo1 said:
That's what I do with my 6D

I'm still amazed Canon and Nikon haven't released there own versions it can't be hard to do and they could make it fully automated and brand specific, people love to pay extra money for OEM stuff so they'd clean up. Then I guess much of what big companies do baffles me like Nikon without a sensible csc and canon with an eos-m lens line up that has more holes then filler.