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Ever notice that some photographers, who call themselves Pro, usually are not. You can pick them out by the amount of gear they carry with them. Like super telephoto lens, for a portrait shoot, or every accessory known, which they never use, which are packed in soon to explode backpack. They never take into account the weight of the load, and can't figure out why their back and legs suddenly hurt. Be smart, take what you need, not what looks cool.

I'd like to get an external microphone for use with my Canon R6 Mark II for recording video of football ("soccer") matches. My understanding is that many external (shotgun) microphones are mainly limited to recording audio directly in front of the camera and so might not be well suited for recording a sports event where the players on the field are a bit further from the camera. Anyone have experience with external microphones that would be well suited for recording audio during the video...

Hello guys, Is it possible to take pictures and video with a camera monitor at the same time? I have a Canon R6 Mark II. Thanks

I was not sure if this is the right forum. I decided to get a Mac Mini M4 but I didn't want to spend the money on Apples Display. I may look into a 3rd party monitor in the late fall. I looked at several options and decided to try Luna Display which arrived yesterday. https://astropad.com/product/lunadisplay/ You need a second monitor to set up things up so I used a very old 42" TV which I keep around as a back up. I connected it to the mini by HDMI. It takes a bit...

I have a new Canon RF100-400mm lens with my R100 body. The lens does not have a tripod mount, and when I use the mount on the camera body with my simple tripod, the lens's weight makes the combination very unbalanced. The weight of the lens wants to pull the camera forward and tilt it down. Here is a crude sketch of a bracket that would effectively shift the balance point forward. My searches have turned up nothing so I am thinking what I refer to as a balancing bracket is not the correct...

Any of you guys use Vero,Glass,Foto,Flickr,Insta etc etc Im quite at ease sharing on here plus have own website which is just a bit of fun plus insta late starter kids keep telling me to join so I did. Had a look at foto doesnt float my boat just yet. Cheers all

I noticed the EVF eyecup on my R7 was torn. I wasn't sure how that might have happened and I've never had it happen with the many Canon bodies I have owned. Looked online for parts to avoid sending it to Canon. Turns out it's quite a problem with lots of R7 owners complaining about how flimsy the silicone rubber is. My tear was relatively minor compared to images of some where the rubber was 50% torn off. I decided to go with one that seems popular on Amazon made by JCC and under the name...

...I swapped a sky. :( In my defense though, it was just dull, white overcast and huge distraction.

Hello, how do you use the canon app in areas where there is no signal, you can't use the location, if I shorten it in caves? Is it even possible to use the app in such cases?

For all intensive porpoises, I shoot from the hip. I may pick out a place to go and have a general idea what I want to shoot, but it's really just a suggestion. I almost never plan stuff. Now I know why. The first one was a little shed that had been behind a nearby house for 25+ years. It was all covered in vines and looked like some sort of Hobbit house. I went and took a few shots, just to play with. Since I shot them through the windshield of my truck, they were all soft. I decided to...

One of the things that fascinates me most when photographing sports is the look on athletes’ faces just before they perform—or immediately after. There’s a quiet intensity in those moments, a story unfolding in their expressions. Unfortunately, no camera can capture what’s going on inside their minds. All we have is the image—and the lingering question of what they might have been thinking in that split second. That’s part of what makes sports photography so compelling. It’s not just about...

What is the best camera to take pictures from far distance

I got my R6 MKII back 8 days ago on Friday afternoon. I had mentioned in the previous thread on this camera how it kept firing even after I released the shutter button. I didn't have time to do much on Friday evening, other then reset all the menus and customize the buttons the way I like them to be. Saturday morning I went to shoot my grandson's soccer match and within the first few bursts of images the camera took off and fired another 15 images on it's own. It did this throughout the...

In oklahoma texas missouri chasing tornadoes. would have loved to have met @TwoWheeler ahead of well next time

A friend was looking at the X100VI. Since he’s got the proverbial snowball’s chance of getting one, I was looking for similar cameras to suggest. Apparently Sony can’t even master proofreading their website…🙄

For the third year in a row I won a spot in the local calendar contest. This year I hit the header page for the month of May. For the next 31 days my pic of Big Bird will be hanging on walls in the area. Not bad for an old man with bad eyes. :)

I used this lens as a 140-400mm almost exclusively on a recent non birding trip. My wife and I went to a resort in the Dominican Republic. Normally there is not much around at the resorts so I usually only take some short lenses. This time I decided to take the 70-200mm Z with the 2x and I was glad I did. There was a bit of birds on the resort and along the beach. I used the lens with the R1 and it did not miss a beat with the 2x extender. This made for a nice small incase I see anything...

Relatively minor updates, bug fixes and 'performance enhancements' providing us with versions - PS 26.6, LrC 14.3 and Camera Raw 17.3. (LrC - 'Select Landscape AI' detects things like mountains, water, vegetation and architecture and creates individual masks for each feature). :) Phil

Hi there, I have been experimenting with the R6 m2 movie mode and various settings. In one of the EVF display settings I have the horizontal level display enabled and when prior to starting the movie recording the horizontal line (red/green tilt line) is successfully shown in the EVF, however when the recording begins the EVF clears and the horizontal level indicator is lost. Does anyone know how to keep the horizontal level indicator enabled/shown whilst actually recording? As far as I...

Good morning all. I am looking at purchasing this lens.... TAMRON (Canon) 16-300 mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD Lens, as it would fit my requirements perfectly. Does anyone have or use this lens with a Canon EF-RF adapter, and if so does it work ok? All help appreciated. Cliff.