What Photography Related Item Have You Bought or Sold This Week?

[Bear]

Godox SK300II 2.4G 2 Light Kit (UM/SB) and wife not ecstatic (go figure ). Arrives next week.​

 

[dmanthree]

Latest acquisition, this week, was an RF 24-240 lens.

 

[Gau]

Leofoto CF-04 to replace the lensfoot.
Asked a shop to register me as seriously interested in a R5 ii when that would hit the market. They accepted

 

[ChRiSiS]

Canon RF 100mm 2.8 L Macro IS USM after my ancient adapted EF 100/2.8 USM broke down (that is, intermittently the aperture blades would not re-open completely after having taken a shot).

I just received one of these on Friday! Picked it up in the Canon USA refurbished sale. Got a screaming deal! Now all I have to do is sell my old EF 100 F2.8 L

 

[StevenAunan]

I just purchased a NYX Tracker for wide field milky way photography. At $150 with a polar finder, it's just about the least expensive star tracker I could find. If I like using it, and get good results, I may upgrade to something better.

Nyx Tracker

The Nyx Tracker is a compact barn door star tracking astrophotography mount for taking long exposures of the night sky.

nyxtech.us

I found it via PetaPixel.

Best Star Tracker for Astrophotography in 2024

The best star tracker camera mounts you can buy to shoot longer exposures of stars and other celestial objects without light trails.

petapixel.com

 

[Chris Summers]

I got some small jeweler's screwdrivers and tweezers so I can disassemble my Tamron 18-400mm lens that got sand in the zoom mechanism while shooting birds down near Galveston a few weeks ago. I found a video on YT for disassembling the 18-200mm and figured it should be similar. So far I have gotten about 70% of the lens apart but need to go a bit further to blow out the dust and apply some lens helix grease I got on Amazon.

 

[MikeZ]

You're a brave man. I'd be so concerend that I'd mess up something and ruin the lens. I'm sure you'll do a better job than me, and good luck. Please let us all know how it goes since you may spark more of us to try that kind of repair.

 

[Chris Summers]

You're a brave man. I'd be so concerend that I'd mess up something and ruin the lens. I'm sure you'll do a better job than me, and good luck. Please let us all know how it goes since you may spark more of us to try that kind of repair.

Well the only reason I am doing it is that I got an estimate from Tamron for $385 to clean it so I did an insurance claim and got a brand new lens. So if I can clean it and put it back together and it works I will try to sell it. I figure I have nothing to lose!

 

[Chris Summers]

Over the weekend I decided to give up my Lensbaby Velvet 56mm lens in the RF mount as I just find I so seldom use it. I do like my other Lensbaby, the Composer 2 and I have both the 35mm and 50mm optical elements for it. I just never really liked the effect of the Velvet. So I traded it at MPB.com for a another Canon GP-E2 GPS receiver. Since I have both the R and the R7 it sort of made sense to have one for each camera when I am out shooting on location. I find it handy for mapping where I shoot and it helps find a location, for instance if I found a good field of wildflowers I can look at the Map module in Lightroom and see where the shots were taken a year or 2 later. The trade was almost even, I get $11 and the GPS.

That being said I have had very good experiences dealing with MPB. They give you about half of what they can sell your item for and pay for the shipping of what you are getting rid of and what you are getting if you are trading gear. They grade their used stuff fairly and price it also in a fair way. I find them to give better quotes for your gear than KEH Camera or my local camera shops.

 

[Hali]

I bought DxO Nik collection 6 today.

 

[Hali]

Over the weekend I decided to give up my Lensbaby Velvet 56mm lens in the RF mount as I just find I so seldom use it. I do like my other Lensbaby, the Composer 2 and I have both the 35mm and 50mm optical elements for it. I just never really liked the effect of the Velvet. So I traded it at MPB.com for a another Canon GP-E2 GPS receiver. Since I have both the R and the R7 it sort of made sense to have one for each camera when I am out shooting on location. I find it handy for mapping where I shoot and it helps find a location, for instance if I found a good field of wildflowers I can look at the Map module in Lightroom and see where the shots were taken a year or 2 later. The trade was almost even, I get $11 and the GPS.

That being said I have had very good experiences dealing with MPB. They give you about half of what they can sell your item for and pay for the shipping of what you are getting rid of and what you are getting if you are trading gear. They grade their used stuff fairly and price it also in a fair way. I find them to give better quotes for your gear than KEH Camera or my local camera shops.

I will give MPB a look. I've got some gear I'd like to sell, so I can buy some new things.

 

[Dean Wilson]

I just picked up a RF24mm F1.8 MACRO IS STM.

It is the least expensive piece of camera gear that has the name Canon on it.

 

[ACEkin]

This past week, I was lucky to get two replacement R7 cameras with their kit lenses after a long drag with Canon. The local store stood by this customer! The results are remarkably different from the previous camera. In case you care to look at some photos from an outing on Friday:

A Pleasant Morning at Roger Williams Park - Kept Light Photography

Visited Roger Williams Park to enjoy the nice May weather and to test the image quality of the new Canon R7, success!

www.keptlight.com

 

[CrashPC_cz]

I Failed Canon. Canon failed me. We failed each other.
The need for change from EOS M6 II to IBIS FF body was brewing inside me for quite some time.
I went to the local shop, ready to fire, and to my horror, not a single FF Canon body was acceptable for holding and buttons/dials. That was a bad day, on top of other usual Canon Cripple hammer stuff. I simply could not get myself to handle this design of Canon.

I am not sure I am doing good, I lusted after Sony A7R III sensor, but due to the offer, price, lenses, I bought Nikon Z5 + 40mm f/2 for starters.
Damn. That was quick. Not a canonist anymore. Well, Canon fan still, but not user. Hopefully they will turn into good ole Canon again. I will miss the menus, UI, LiveView performance, many, many good things. With this sin, I hope I can stay to contribute where possible.

 

[Hali]

I Failed Canon. Canon failed me. We failed each other.
The need for change from EOS M6 II to IBIS FF body was brewing inside me for quite some time.
I went to the local shop, ready to fire, and to my horror, not a single FF Canon body was acceptable for holding and buttons/dials. That was a bad day, on top of other usual Canon Cripple hammer stuff. I simply could not get myself to handle this design of Canon.

I am not sure I am doing good, I lusted after Sony A7R III sensor, but due to the offer, price, lenses, I bought Nikon Z5 + 40mm f/2 for starters.
Damn. That was quick. Not a canonist anymore. Well, Canon fan still, but not user. Hopefully they will turn into good ole Canon again. I will miss the menus, UI, LiveView performance, many, many good things. With this sin, I hope I can stay to contribute where possible.

Just curious, what about the holding and the buttons and dials was bad for you?

 

[Hali]

This past week, I was lucky to get two replacement R7 cameras with their kit lenses after a long drag with Canon. The local store stood by this customer! The results are remarkably different from the previous camera. In case you care to look at some photos from an outing on Friday:

A Pleasant Morning at Roger Williams Park - Kept Light Photography

Visited Roger Williams Park to enjoy the nice May weather and to test the image quality of the new Canon R7, success!

www.keptlight.com

Great article, Cermal, I'm really glad that the new cameras are working well for you. Too bad you had to go through all of that just to get the quality that you were expecting in the first place.

 

[CrashPC_cz]

Just curious, what about the holding and the buttons and dials was bad for you?

The grip felt quite off, but I would handle that. What I had issues was holding onto the grip while using the controls. I simply could not do that at once. Fingers needed to reach in places where I was not able to control the camera and hold it simultaneously. I was like WTF? about this. Then, shutter button was placed in a way to really spread/stretch my finger uncofortably, and I could not cope with the dial behind the shutter button. Both obstructing and hard to reach/use. This is not a hate troll post, I am canonist for nearly two decades, and went first for Canon to "reconcile" in spite of "too high prices and lesser lens choice".
This handling check broke it for me very fast though. "Not gonna hapen, I´m finally out", and I am grieving over it. Nikon has its own set of problems, so it´s not like everything is solved now. Far from it. I am now partially resenting Nikon, but have no place to return. Still wondering what about Sony.

 

[Photofarmer]

RF 15 35 L 2.8

 

[Dean Wilson]

Peter, you will love the RF 15-35 f/2.8 L especially for dark skies...and Australia has plenty of Dark Skies

 

[Woodbadger]

Ishoot RF100-400mm lens collar and Benro IB0 tripod ballhead.

 

[Photofarmer]

 

[Hali]

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That looks fantastic. I'm slightly jealous! Can't wait to see what you capture with it.

 

[Photofarmer]

That looks fantastic. I'm slightly jealous! Can't wait to see what you capture with it.

apparently waterproof im presuming actually water resistant a slight difference

 

[Dean Wilson]

apparently waterproof im presuming actually water resistant a slight difference

I use to install boxes that were labelled Explosion Proof and I always thought...we're gonna need a bigger explosion.

 

[border guy]

I invested in a battery grip for my R6ii....money well spent.

 

[JustUs7]

Traded an extra EF-RF adapter that I had for a new CPL.

 

[GaryM]

I am a big investor when canon has their refurbished sales. I rarely buy new and have saved many thousands of dollars with this approach. Sometimes I will wait 6 months or more, but sooner or later they will come through for me.

Recently, I have been finding that giving up a little image quality for less weight may not a bad thing, especially as I move into my more senior years. So……………...canon Is currently selling a refurbished R6, Rf100-400, and Rf24-105 for crazy low prices so I bought all three. I’m thinking these might make for decent (and light) travel package, but time will tell.

Hopefully, these coupled with my R7 and a few Rf primes ought to take care of me for a while.

Gary

 

[Woodbadger]

I am getting ready to retire. When going through my various work-related sites today I found I had a balance of work performance-related “attaboy” points that are tied to an online cataog. A quick search and PRESTO! I had enough to purchase the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM! No need to ask me twice! This will go nicely with my R7 !

 

[MrSparks999]

I am getting ready to retire. When going through my various work-related sites today I found I had a balance of work performance-related “attaboy” points that are tied to an online cataog. A quick search and PRESTO! I had enough to purchase the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM! No need to ask me twice! This will go nicely with my R7 !

Absolutely cracking lens, probably the best value lens on the market

 

[Bert-63]

Yee-haw.. Caught a sale and finally got myself a couple of Nanuk 935s with the Dividers and Lid Kit for $187 per - reg $275 per. I also caught a FLASH sale at B&H and picked up two Nanuk 940s with the Dividers and Lid Kit for $249 per - regular $424.95 - with no tax and free shipping on everything...

I have been wanting hard cases for my gear for ages and was hung up on Pelicans. These Nanuks are just as nice if not even nicer - they really are a quality product. After tossing Pelicans around in the Navy I'm convinced these will hold up just as well.