What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

YwH as soon as I saw it I separated it from any others. Thankfully it was all in its own bag in the first place, it’s rarely used which probably contributed to it getting a bit mouldy.

In the market for a new digital camera. Starting to feel like my canon 70D+ sigma 30mm1.4 prime is a bit chonky and size might be putting me off using it these days.

Immediately liked the idea of the new Fuji x100VI. In built image stabilisation. Built in ND filter. Easy to access controls for aperture/shutter speed/iso etc. lovely aesthetic. Not small but still smaller and seems more easy to transport than my 70D

Then I see it's out of stock everywhere and I'd be stood at the business end of a huge waiting list queue to buy it -.-

If not in a rush, would get in the queue. It's great (based on having a V), especially if you already use a single fixed lens.

The other option might be to wait for a XT50 (though always a risk it doesn't materialise) but it won't be significantly smaller and this is why I use my X100 way more than the XS10.

If not in a rush, would get in the queue

This is the sort of encouragement I need haha.

The last time I was in a similar situation was 2020 when looking to upgrade my graphics card. Months on a waiting list was a PITA at the time, but did get one in Nov 2020. No regerts. Have seen lots of use out of it in that time.

You can try leaving it in direct sunlight for a few days (difficult in the UK). But results can vary if its too far gone

Was chatting to the main developer on the Magic Lantern project for Canon cameras

Thought some of you might be interested. I wasnt aware of it.

https://www.magiclantern.fm/about.html

Magic Lantern is a software enhancement that offers increased functionality to the excellent Canon DSLR cameras. We have created an open framework, licensed under GPL, for developing extensions to the official firmware. Magic Lantern is not a "hack", or a modified firmware, it is an independent program that runs alongside Canon's own software. Each time you start your camera, Magic Lantern is loaded from your memory card. Our only modification was to enable the ability to run software from the memory card.

Wowser, I remember using a version of that back in 200...8?9? I may be wrong but I think Tynan, formerly of this parish, put me onto it.

Was really interesting to hear about it, despite most of it being way too technical to understand

Looking to maybe upgrade my now ancient Canon 6D. Looking for something sub £1k.
I've got a wedding to do and I occasionally shoot some bike racing, otherwise my shooting is a full mix of everything, landscape, portrait, street.
I'm thinking of a Sony A7r II as they're pretty cheap these days. Would it be a good idea? It's better in almost every metric but I've heard they can be slow and I'd also initially like to adapt my canon lenses which may hinder it even more.

can sell you A7R cheap?

OG one or II?

OG

£350 posted?

I don't think it's enough of a jump to make it worthwhile for me. Sure it's a bit smaller and lighter but it's otherwise pretty similar spec except a bit more resolution. There are a couple of A7R IIs on ebay for 550ish*

*those ones are pretty shit condition tbf but 6-700 seems a decent one, idk what to do

I used a Sigma MC11 adapter which allows AF on canon lenses on Sony bodies, it worked amazing and helped as I didn’t have to do the whole sell canon lenses to buy Sony.

buy from mbp/ffordes etc pls

I too use a sigma adapter for my canon lenses on A7RIV/III and they work fine but I found the IS would not play ball with adapted lenses and for some reason the touch to focus would not work when shooting video.
otherwise the face detect and focus speed was fine. the sigma is a better option than the metabones one I had previously which went in the bin after it could not be updated, that said the sigma can be updated but I haven’t bothered so that could fix the above issues I have with it.

£300 posted?

Was chatting to the main developer on the Magic Lantern project for Canon cameras

What were the circumstances? Must have been an interesting story. There's someone I follow on Youtube who took the EOS-M small mirrorless body and rehoused all of the components into a 3D printed box-camera housing. With ML firmware on it, it was capable of shooting 14bit RAW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF7a_DYZYho

He's doing the same thing now with the BlackMagic Micro Cinema camera (sort of a screenless BMPCC) now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyZ_yh4Jbis

I think the idea of modding existing cheap cameras to give them new expanded functionality is very cool.

They aren't the originator but are main dev now. Feels like it's a rabbit hole I don't need to disappear down right now. Working on a few bits together is fun though.

I definitely used to use it , possibly for timelapse photography from memory

Any recommendations for instant print Polaroid style cameras? Also if anyone has one they want to sell

I’ve got the basic instax, boxy but quite fun although I find it can be a bit picky with light; their version of iso settings (the only way to adjust exposure) isn’t overly intuitive for me. Film seems readily available and not too expensive for some fun (50-75p/print when bulk bought). I also have fujis instax Bluetooth printer, takes the same film and pretty fun as you get the same instant gratification of printing but also the option to use a “proper” camera. Photos still have that film-y look as that is a feature of the instax film as much as the instax camera.

I’ve been heavily advertised Kodaks version on the ‘gram but no experience.

That looks good, thanks

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