poipoipoi_2016

If you're going to stick an APS-C lens on an FF body: 1) Don't 2) Spend up to the RIV or give it 4 months for the RV because you will not like doing an APS-C crop on "just" 33MP. Tamron 28-200 ...

> I'd lose the ability to use the various PeakDesign straps. How does this work? I have a Peak Design plate in the bottom of my camera but it's also on a Peak Design strap attached to the lug nuts.

Are you switching purely because you don't like the 16-80? Specifically what are your misses here that you can't get out of Fuji? Tamron just released a 17-70 so would that work for you? Anecdotall ...

So I bought an RX100 V and hauled it up Half Dome. In 2017, while using a 2015 phone, the camera beat the phone even if I blew out the sky quite a lot. Full Frame has the dynamic range to pull ...

Landscape + astro would ideally be two zooms in UWA and mid-zoom with a tick of a telephoto option, but for price reasons, a fast astro prime and a good mid zoom. Astro/wide prime: 20/1.8 is the ...

Single shot and stack. I don't own a tracker and between the camera, the tripod, the CPAP, and a couple days of clothing, that carry-on is full.

It's a dry heat and a cool desert night. I would be unhappy about it but not against it if that's the place to get pictures. /This thread brought to you by the dark sky park an hour east of ...

How much do you lean on your built-in HDR and in-phone night mode?   Because my honest answer might be the new iPhone 13. I took the RX 100 V (trying to sell it tbqh) up Half Dome and it just does ...

So play it completely by ear and get hotels the day prior. Sounds good. But definitely somewhere on 395 so plan to drive across the mountains and back.

Well sometimes you can accidentally take this great picture of you nearly getting hit by a train. But yeah, everything is tradeoffs in low-light photography.  DOF, ISO, SS, pick maybe 1.5

When you go to the zoo, do you take pictures of the lions (Wayyyyy over there) or the penguins (indoors in the penguin house, not quite right there, but certainly in the 100-200 range)? Because not ...

So I was playing with Photopills last weekend and realized that I was going to have 2 free days near San Jose on the new moon weekend in August.   Specifically, I'm going to CA Great America on ...

The RIII is not the _most_ modern AF nor the fastest.  And it's no A9.  There's definitely some edges on it that I've run into. And those edges are quite literally "I'm trying to grab focus on a ...

In fairness, outdoors after dark you can do what I did and wander around Zurich using my tripod as a wizard's staff. 24-105/4 on 10 seconds of exposure lets you stop up to f/8 at ISO 100 or whatever. ...

4 primes and a casual walk-around zoom + the doom zoom for the specific times you need it. Not a bad choice. My thoughts: (1) Either commit to FF or please get a higher-MP body.  My R3 is 18MP, my R5 ...

I think you should understand what every lens does for you. I also personally don't mind overlap if it lets me avoid lens swapping. 16-35 + 24-105 is a really handy two-zoom kit in large part ...

I pack things I'll carry, I'll carry things I'll use. 16-35 + 24-105/4 is my zoom travel experience. 24-105/4 (or your Tamron) for outdoors, 16-35 for indoors. GM if you can swing it in both cash ...

Let me reformat this down for paragraphs.... So let's break this down. 1) You want a wildlife lens My experience is that you're going to want a dedicated giant telephoto at the budget point of your ...

I suppose it depends on whether you're carrying around a 3-lens kit, a 2-lens kit, or a 1-lens kit. The 12-24 (and uh, all but one prime that was both <24mm and <f.2.8, the 20/2) didn't exist when ...

AFAICT, the only tripod that works for us tall people and also fits in a carry-on suitcase is the Feisol CT-3441T. I threw an Acratech GXP on top and have been very pleased. There's probably an erg ...