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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46061 Location: yes
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dpack
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 20 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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3 section legs were a little taller and a bit cheaper, similar but a little bigger when folded
i have the MVH500AH video head which was a third cheaper and very nice
the geared one is on order or we will look for an alternative
i got a legs and head bag and supported my local camera shop:lol: nice win win
happy bunny with it so far, well-made and well-designed for the job
i need to do some customization with cheese plates/brackets for accessories(light/sound maybe) and a brollie clip or hood holder) for shade or rain
there are several useful threaded mountings on the tripod and head parts
not least i can take the camera on or off the tripod head mount in one click with the strap round my shoulder.
that is nice, i don't often drop one(any more) and i ain't dropping this one
if i go down with it(see floor of tin mine ) we go together
the other thing is that once i get the other head i can have matching camera to tripod mounts on the big lens as well as under the camera body.
that saves a lot of time going from lens mode to lens mode and if it is a head change only needs one grub screw turned .
very nice kit from what i know so far.
the combo is what i have wanted for 40 yrs, known how to spec for 20 years and at last it is affordable at non nasa/hollywood prices
as is the pooter/software to go with it
£3/4 million ikigama and quantel etc in the 1980's started my hope for good dig image control
camcorders were ok but crude
film is expensive in cash and time
in 1997 i first used a dig stills and pooter for snaps and saw the potential of both, the affordable kit was not up to it, so i compromised and worked ways of using low res dig stills/printing and mini movies for fun and am-art which is a pity as i had 5 yrs at art skooll learning to drum and corrupt the young and do have some pro skills although i never want to do the usual ways of "selling yer soul" with that stuff
this has potential for stuff i would enjoy and maybe other folks will as well, hope so
kit has got a lot better in the last few years, now the kit is better than me , so far
maybe not the printer, i can make that dance beyond what it was made for, which is nice ps it is a good general purpose , ink in 4 tanks printer but not a "photo quality" one which was daft money compared to this one
that said it is ace for proofing and cheap to run for that or office stuff but mostly it is well registered enough for multi pass printing using good papers and layers (i killed a few printers learning how to do that)
i need to feed it unusual papers and see what it does but so far i really like that photoshop can take control of it to mix the inks etc.
camera nerds unite:lol:
"what happened to the Bluesmobile?"
"i swapped it for a camera"
"ok"
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Shane
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 3467 Location: Doha. Is hot.
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dpack
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Shane
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Shane
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dpack
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dpack
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 21 9:52 am Post subject: |
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apart from the writing they are identical to canon ones, same plastic for body and clip on terminal protector
the camera seems to think they are "native" and works as normal which is ace, i was expecting it might do the electric bit but not the electronic clever bit
the wireless remote button is another accessory that is identical to the canon one apart from one letter in the id on it, ditto re function
over the years i have found quite a few bits of kit that are exactly the specs of the "branded" version for a fraction of the price, a few have been as alike as a sticky label over the brand name i guess those are the production overuns(to allow for setting up and quality control etc)
the battery grip is ace, it is ergonomic to handle, drops the centre of gravity and centre of horizontal balance
the r body is quite light having no mirror and feels a little front heavy even with the 35 to 115 on it
and it has buttons that can be turned on for using it turned to portrait format which is a bonus as well as being usb compatable which means the solar/battery bank can power me or i can plug it in at home for video stuff*
a well used £200 quid when that is less than 5% of the overall kit cost
*i have not played with that yet, learning to use a leccy real camera rather than film is enough to start with
going for the r rather than a d5 or similar was a good move, not having a flappy mirror, no matter how well-made, is nice.
a slight aside i found my 35mm and sd informed me that film is still a thing although a bit niche so i might have a go with that at some point, i do rather like film even if leccy can do many things very well or even better than film |
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