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Lots of weather warnings yesterday about a winter storm and "bomb cyclone." Opened the weather app to see this...
You know you can get a smart phone with a camera, and save a lot of weight
I didn't weigh it, but I'll guesstimate around 20 lbs, not including a laptop (there's a place for one, and mine fits nicely). I probably won't be backpacking it much, if any - but the capability is there if needed. I'm more thinking vacations and possibly air travel with it. I lugged about that amount of gear (in fact, some of it in that picture is the same gear) to Greece a few times in a normal carryon. I had to leave all the lenses in their cases which just added to the weight and took up more space. I'm going to try to get back to Greece in the next year or so, I think this would be mo' bettah.
I made a video walk around/review that I'll upload to yootoob in the next day or so. I'll post it here so you can get a better look. I got it 50% off ($65) on Amazon with a coupon that apparently isn't there anymore. Its not perfect, but its pretty darn good, and is "right-sized" for the crap I like to lug around with me. You can pay $400-$500 for something similar, but larger which I don't need. Even at its regular price of $130, it was pretty attractive, but when I saw that 50% coupon, my mouse scorched the mouse-pad I went to buy it so fast!
You know you can get a smart phone with a camera, and save a lot of weight
And spend twice as much, throw it away in 2 years, not have the capability, and have to deal with all the negatives of PHOOOOOONNE ownership.
Everything you see in that picture added together is probably around the price of 2 smartphones - but much of it I've had for over 20 years. Now I'm into buying used, and have bulked out my equipment quite a bit.
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My first and last use of "run and gun" videography. Don't like the results, looks too much like a monkey shot it with a smartphone!
My first and last use of "run and gun" videography. Don't like the results, looks too much like a monkey shot it with a smartphone!
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@OldBuzzard
My first and last use of "run and gun" videography. Don't like the results, too much like a monkey shot it with a smartphone!
At least you didn’t post a money shot
Definitely better than the 'delorain meets Walter White' look. Would it look good on a TJ?
My first and last use of "run and gun" videography. Don't like the results, looks too much like a monkey shot it with a smartphone!
My kit looks like this. Different lenses go in the bag, depending on where I'm hiking. They don't all fit at once, and that would make a hiking bag too heavy. (Actually, it's too heavy anyway. Often, I leave the bag in the Jeep and just carry the camera and one or two lenses in pouches.)
I also wear a wide accessory belt for extra lenses, water, and mainly for the tripod.
I don't have a handy way to carry my longest telephoto lens
1905 mm f/15
(5" f15 refractor, one of several telescopes I built a few decades ago.)
That suburban camo matches the neighborhood nicely. Now if they can come up with a camo scheme which makes the ugly thing disappear entirely, that would be fabulous.
My kit looks like this. Different lenses go in the bag, depending on where I'm hiking. They don't all fit at once, and that would make a hiking bag too heavy. (Actually, it's too heavy anyway. Often, I leave the bag in the Jeep and just carry the camera and one or two lenses in pouches.)
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I also wear a wide accessory belt for extra lenses, water, and mainly for the tripod.
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I don't have a handy way to carry my longest telephoto lens
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1905 mm f/15
(5" f15 refractor, one of several telescopes I built a few decades ago.)
That's a nice looking bag and kit. Yea, my "superzoom" stays at home mostly. Nice 'scope - better than my lens by far, at 1900mm I'm at about F/19 or 20! Did you make that Tripod?
That's good news - I'll have to find the vid on yootoob, but that fire could have been a complete tragedy and the world would have lost a treasure. My first worry was for the Aughkstras (Stained glass windows) - losing those would have been horrible.
Yes, I made the tripod, and everything else there (including the garage) except the glass. I figured that grinding and polishing four surfaces was a little too much for a first try at lens making.
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Wow - at first I thought the large one was holding a Kamala Harris doll! I like the large gal's earrings.
This Genie didn't provide a magic carpet ride. Cabrón ran his manlift into the back guy's car.
