oh okay, i used to only post on GS but its so dead these days

I tried posting on Mudah a while ago and while there will always be some annoying scammers (they will spam a lot of messages to you through Whatsapp), I managed to sell my d7000 and a sigma lens within one week at a good price. Maybe you can give it a try in the future.

I guess 5d2 will still float around 2.5k for quite a while, its still a workhorse albeit the old age.

No $$ for new camera and lenses, 5DII + cheapo 50mm f1.8 will do

Not bad for a camera that old, I can shoot at iso3200 and get usable images with some PP.

Dynamic range wise its typical older Canon, once you play with the shadows too much, all the banding shows up and its ruined. A lot of the time I have to shoot in brackets instead of underexposing 1 single shot only.

go for 5d ii if thats your budget limit, the technology is still relatively modern other than the focusing system.

quite a few big spots of fungus there, theres a big one at the lower left of the lens. the purple spots are at the upper part right?

usually it takes around a week or so

they are going to spread further (unless keep inside dry box all the time since now)

Light painting is fun

Something from yesterday night

haha u mean something like this? I didnt post because I hate the big lens flare



tamron optics are good , but im not so sure about their mechanical quality. i had the first version of 70-200 few years ago and it had 0 issues throughout the 2 years+ of ownership. whilst the 24-70mm i just got last year (used unit), had its aperture unit failed after a few months of casual usage (costed me rm580 to replace). the autofocus motor seemed to start making weird noises too, but it was fine before sending for the replacement of aperture unit (told the technician about this issue and he managed to fix it, but after a few weeks the USD started making weird noises again).




thanks

maybe i got unlucky and got a lemon

main reason i stayed with canon is the price of lenses, so damn cheap compared to sony and fuji (and even nikon).

a lot of the time we are too concerned with gears, just put whatever u have to good use

(saves you money and time researching what to buy)

true haha, i missed that part my bad

some random thoughts, i realized that with less gears i actually enjoyed photography more. used to have multiple primes (24mm, 50mm, 85mm, 150mm) and zooms ( 10-20mm, 12-40mm, 18-135mm, 70-200mm) and i always worried of what lens to bring out for a shoot/ trip and what not to. changing lenses on the go is equally as frustrating and kills the joy.

finally end up buying a 24-70mm (used to think that 24-70mm is like the jack of all trade but master of none as it's not super wide or super tele), it was the best decision i've made so far. i can shoot everything from landscape to portrait to cars with a single lens and its super useful for making videos too.

now all i have is a body + a lens and it fits my usage really well.

if you dont mind ancient auto focus system, you can consider 5D2 for its high iso performance. i can shoot iso 1600 - 3200 easily with it and still get clean images with some processing.

as for canon apsc, i think only the newest generation bodies have comparable if not better iso performance, but then they are costly.

something like a Canon 50mm f1.8 STM will do the job

maybe the 24mm f2.8 stm? what lens do you have with the m6 currently?

(or if you are tight on budget just step back further when you shoot )

I assume the shots you wanted to get are something like these? (wide and closeup)






Shot both of them using the same lens, one at 24mm and one at 70mm. I liked shooting portraits with zoom lenses more as it allows me to change the perspective/ angle easily without moving around too much.

thats not true, its all about how you use it.

for wider shots like the first one, even something like a kit lens is more than adequate

prime lenses aren't for everyone, trust me. i used to run 24mm, 50mm and 85mm, it was pain in the a$$ to change lenses all the time just for a short 30 mins portraiture session (unless your are one of those photographers who solely shoot with one focal length).

got myself a zoom lens and yes I do lose out on some image quality (which i dont mind at all, at the end of the day im not upload images at full resolution) and also less "bokeh" (the famous background blur) but i get to spend more time to focus on angles/ poses/ lightings which matter way more than image quality and bokeh.

im more surprised at the 120fps video capability, but it's confusing that some websites are claiming 120fps at 1080p while others are saying 120fps at 720p.

as for the price alone, i am guessing it will be around rm3k body alone (priced above m100 and under m6).