Camera talk...
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saikiasunny
Ambassador of Buzz
Hi, guys! Remember I had a problem with a D3300 where the flash was not working no matter what i did? The problem was solved by inserting a freakin' hot show cover! Yes. I created a simple cover from an old file and put it on my cam. Manually popped the flash and it clicked!
I still don't know what was the problem.
I still don't know what was the problem.
saikiasunny
Ambassador of Buzz
Yes, it works just as it should.
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Yes, indeed. Saved me some repair costs and also got a sweet deal with an 8mnth old D3300 with 9k shutter count at just 16k
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Yes, indeed. Saved me some repair costs and also got a sweet deal with an 8mnth old D3300 with 9k shutter count at just 16k
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
Attended a wedding recently, was amazed at the number of photographers using Sony mirrorless cameras... It's an amazing and pretty cool change up see
raja manuel
In the zone
A 1D X for weddings? Was it the bride or the groom who was expected to run away?
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nac
Aspiring Novelist
He is very keen on getting 1D X new or old, Mark 1 or 2. He is in this business for a very long time, so I don't want to offend him by asking what's the need of getting one again and again. If he feels the need and he can afford, who am I to say anything about that. But I am still wondering what he would get out of 1D X which he couldn't get from his other cameras with regards to wedding photography.
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
Doubt that kind of tag helps. I'm not sure what helps though. I've seen people hating amazing candid shots and loving the full flash head on shots cause it has the entire family
raja manuel
In the zone
Some more news about Nikon's restructuring: Focus on medium- to high-end DSLRs, have fewer products, and introduce multiple mirrorless cameras. I wonder if this means that the D3XXX and D5XXX series will be gradually replaced with mirrorless to gauge the market and develop capability before attacking the premium end of the market, similar to what Canon is doing with the EOS M. No new Nikon cameras launched at CP+ as well which shows that all products in development are being revaluated. Looks like we'll some mirrorless action from Nikon fairly soon.
raja manuel
In the zone
Some more stats on the global camera market:
* Total cameras produced - 2010: 121 Million; 2016: 23 Million (Ouch!)
* Expected sales of compacts in 2017: 10 Million (vs. 1.5 billion smartphones sold in 2016)
* Mirrorless are stagnant at around 3 Million per year
Projections
* Higher prices and market will shift to professional segment
* Less innovation because there's less money to invest
* Other manufacturers will announce layoffs just like Nikon
* We can say goodbye to another, or several, manufacturers by the end of the decade
* Cameras are only for old people - can I get a tax rebate as a senior citizen?
It is possible that the golden age of the personal still camera is behind us. Unless the market rebounds after the phone market gets saturated. Seems unlikely but we can hope.
* Total cameras produced - 2010: 121 Million; 2016: 23 Million (Ouch!)
* Expected sales of compacts in 2017: 10 Million (vs. 1.5 billion smartphones sold in 2016)
* Mirrorless are stagnant at around 3 Million per year
Projections
* Higher prices and market will shift to professional segment
* Less innovation because there's less money to invest
* Other manufacturers will announce layoffs just like Nikon
* We can say goodbye to another, or several, manufacturers by the end of the decade
* Cameras are only for old people - can I get a tax rebate as a senior citizen?
It is possible that the golden age of the personal still camera is behind us. Unless the market rebounds after the phone market gets saturated. Seems unlikely but we can hope.
izzikio_rage
Technomancer
Well phone cameras will and have killed the point and shoot.... It'll take time to get to killing the DSLR. but for that a lot of improvement is needed. Maybe something like the moto detachable phone back and all
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nac
Aspiring Novelist
Usually, 2/3rd of the compacts gets announced during Jan-Feb. This year we have seen only 4 models during Jan-Feb and none of them are basic PnS. It's a huuuge drop, something we haven't seen in the last 7 yrs.
Already, other than Nikon and Canon every other manufacturers have stopped making basic PnS.
Already, other than Nikon and Canon every other manufacturers have stopped making basic PnS.
raja manuel
In the zone
Which is interesting because even basic P&S offer zoom which is only now beginning to appear in the upper end of the smartphone market. I wonder if the rise of selfie culture removed the need for zoom for many users. It has become very unusual for me to see non selfie personal photos in my FB news feed. Phones with cameras are giving people what they want, which compacts didn't do - photo quality that is good enough, rather than good, with easy connectivity and extensible by apps, especially post processing filters. Most of the filters are just hideous and their application is even more so. I cringe when I see how the photos are destroyed by filters, but the vast majority of people just don't seem to notice - and it doesn't help that they see the photos only on poor mobile screens. When the personal computing device is the phone, the photos only need to be at that quality.
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nac
Aspiring Novelist
Tried my hands on 1DX Mark 2 with 70-200mm f/2.8 IS (don't know the version) and 100mm f/2.8 macro.
It's super heavy. I was shooting from low angle (kinda squatting), my hands weren't steady coz of the weight. More one uses the camera, steadier the hands get I guess.
There is hell lot of buttons, dials and knobs. I didn't know how to set the camera in aperture mode, there is no PASM mode dial like in my camera or entry level DSLR. Figured out with the help of the owner. Since I didn't have enough time, I didn't bother changing settings and stick with Av mode.
It's not fair to say that it struggled in low light as the settings were dialed to -5 and still locked with the help of external flash trigger's AF assist beam.
Why all the jpeg files are 72ppi whereas RAW files are 300ppi?
Is it the settings or only 72ppi we can get from DSLRs? I guess it's not the later...
It's super heavy. I was shooting from low angle (kinda squatting), my hands weren't steady coz of the weight. More one uses the camera, steadier the hands get I guess.
There is hell lot of buttons, dials and knobs. I didn't know how to set the camera in aperture mode, there is no PASM mode dial like in my camera or entry level DSLR. Figured out with the help of the owner. Since I didn't have enough time, I didn't bother changing settings and stick with Av mode.
It's not fair to say that it struggled in low light as the settings were dialed to -5 and still locked with the help of external flash trigger's AF assist beam.
Why all the jpeg files are 72ppi whereas RAW files are 300ppi?
Is it the settings or only 72ppi we can get from DSLRs? I guess it's not the later...