- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
Cheap as chips and lightweight as well
Now I just need to go shoot with it.
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GAS GAS: Please Share your Latest Acquisitions Big and Small
- Thread starter BillN
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Now I just need to go shoot with it.
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
My camera see-saw continues. The K-30 has gone back to Amazon. Nothing wrong with it, or the IQ, but I quickly realized why I sold the first one. I'm just not a DSLR guy. My preference does tend to more compact gear. Speaking of which, I ordered a Nikon P330. I've been looking at a lot of cameras with the idea of replacing the old Nikon L2 I've used for aerial photography. I had actually been considering the Canon G9X, which is the same size as the P330 but has a 1" sensor. However, the G9X costs about 2X the cost of the P330. Since this is just for an occasional outing, I decided to save a few $$$.
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
Doesnt the P330 have a 1/1.7" sensor? I may be getting it confused with something else.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
It does, but I'll primarily be using it for model aircraft photography, and the occasional outing where I want something I can shove in my pocket. The G9X was indeed tempting, but I was hesitating at the thought of sticking a $400 camera on a model airplane. I've been guiding model airplanes around for a long time, but things can happen. I crashed on a low visibility morning several years ago, and when I finally found the wreckage in the woods, the camera was still happily snapping away. Still have that camera.
Lightmancer
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- Location
- Sunny Frimley
- Name
- Bill Palmer
I didn't mean to, honest. It was more a rescue than an acquisition. Seventy-four notes, with a free film thrown in. Three weeks to test and return if it's rubbish. The meter's broken, but I don't care - I'm used to Sunny-16 with my Leica II. Focus is by estimation. It's an early one, with the slower lens and it's built like an armoured personnel carrier.
I think I shall call it "Roly"...
I think I shall call it "Roly"...
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tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
I have one with a broken meter, and Sunny 16 works just fine!
I have got one of those too. Meter still works. My first true compact camera.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
Look what followed me home. Near mint condition, and much smaller and lighter than my first 645 film camera. I'm hoping its lens is just as good as that of its older brethren, the Fujica 6 that I recently retired. The weather here today is marvelous, and I just happened to take the day off from work.
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tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
My Nikon P330 arrived yesterday. This is it for me . . . I've given up on the idea of "one camera for all", as there are just a lot of things I like to do, but I think I have all the bases covered. My X-T1 and two XF lenses cover me for large sensor gear; I have a few film cameras I like to drag around now and then when the mood strikes; My two pronged intentions for the P330 are 1) use it as a convenient pocket camera for when I don't want to be burdened with a larger sensor camera; and 2) mount it on the nose of my model aircraft for aerial pics. Early tests indicate a much better IQ than my current aerial camera, a Nikon L2.
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- Location
- Central Ohio, USA
- Name
- Andrew
Friend of mine gave me this as he did not have a lens with 58mm filter threads. Both my P12-35 and 35-100/2.8 do. Those lenses close focus really well, but with just the macro adapter from this , gets really close! Not much a fan of the fisheye, as it vignettes a ton at 12mm....but for free...I'm not going to complain. The macro adapter part alone is worth the fun. I'll try and get some images with it in the next few days.
Digital Goja - Altura Photo 58mm 0.43X Fisheye/Macro
- Location
- Cheshire, England
- Name
- Martin Connolly
Extension tubes for my X-T1. The 16-50 gets REALLY close with just the 10mm tube!
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Purchased one of these for my O 12-40 PRO but it does not fit well; will not stay clipped in. Just posting this as a caution.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
I've decided to return the P330. It does not work with my remote trigger, even though it supports PTP transfer. The interval shooting only goes as low as 30 seconds, which doesn't work for my application. I'll have to pay a 20% restocking fee, but that's on me for not doing my homework better. The search continues for a better AP camera than what I've been using.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
OK, replaced the returned P330 with a Canon S95. I do plan on using it for times I want to have minimal camera gear with me, but the S95 also has a history of being one of the best cameras for aerial photography use. There are many examples on RCGroups of excellent S95 images. Weather hasn't been very cooperative this week, so I don't know if I'll get the chance to try it on the plane, but I'll share samples as soon as I do.
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Sorted my spare lens cap issue for the O 12-40 ... losing them is my speciality.
tonyturley
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- Location
- Scott Depot, WV, USA
- Name
- Tony
My first - and hopefully only - CF tripod, a Sirui T-025X. Tiny (folds to about 13") and weighs about 1.5 pounds with the ball head. My previous tripod, a Sirui 2005X, could withstand gale force winds, but was considerably larger and I really felt the weight in my backpack. I'm keeping it for when I want to get Moon pics (the Lunar kind!!). The T-025X is just as small as and even lighter than my previous minimalist tripod, a Slik Sprint Mini, but has about 12" more ground clearance when fully extended.
bilzmale
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- Location
- Perth, Western Australia
- Name
- Bill Shinnick
I would like to confess that in addition I suffer from SAS.
Yes SAS, Software Acquisition Syndrome.
In the last few weeks I've purchased the Luminar 2018 pre-release, upgraded to On1 Photo RAW 2018 and upgraded to DxO PhotoLab 1 (replaces DxO Optics Pro).
I also own fairly current versions of Topaz Studio, Perfectly Clear 3.5, Capture One for Sony, Adobe CC (subscription runs out end of month) and Zoner Studio 17.
It seems to me that SAS is not so openly discussed as GAS (there's nothing wrong with owning a room full of cameras, lenses, flash, filters, bags and straps).
Am I suffering alone and in shame or are there others out there. Is part of the appeal that I download it quietly and without fanfare, often late at night and don't have to explain the bulky parcel that arrives in the mail.
Comments?
Yes SAS, Software Acquisition Syndrome.
In the last few weeks I've purchased the Luminar 2018 pre-release, upgraded to On1 Photo RAW 2018 and upgraded to DxO PhotoLab 1 (replaces DxO Optics Pro).
I also own fairly current versions of Topaz Studio, Perfectly Clear 3.5, Capture One for Sony, Adobe CC (subscription runs out end of month) and Zoner Studio 17.
It seems to me that SAS is not so openly discussed as GAS (there's nothing wrong with owning a room full of cameras, lenses, flash, filters, bags and straps).
Am I suffering alone and in shame or are there others out there. Is part of the appeal that I download it quietly and without fanfare, often late at night and don't have to explain the bulky parcel that arrives in the mail.
Comments?
- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
Oh thank god. I thought I was the only one. I've been contemplating DXO photolab and I did drop my Adobe sub, but I have Luminar, all the Macphun creative kit, AuroraHD2018, Topaz, Nik, On1 Photo 10, 9 and 8. Plus a bunch of stuff on the iPad including Affinity Photo (which I havent bought for the Mac). And so it goes on.
- Location
- Cheshire, England
- Name
- Martin Connolly
I think you might have more than me, Sue
I don't have the On1 packages - although I have tried them - but I do have Capture One Express, and still have my Adobe subscription for the moment. Otherwise a pretty similar set of stuff! Actually I haven't used the Topaz plugins for ages, nor the Nik stuff really. I tend to use just the Macphun plugins when I want an effect, and LR for general tweaking. With the improvements to Apple Photos, and with the option of converting presets to LUTs in Luminar, I'm hoping I won't need LR at all.
