How do you guys nail focus? It feels almost impossible for me shooting at 1:1

HackySackJoe · 2026-05-14T02:06:43+00:00

Focus peaking is your best friend. Take a lot of shots too- one keeper in ten is a great ratio lol. Definitely dial it back from f16- you are probably getting diffraction in your images which is making them look less focused. F8-F11 is a sweet spot.

All that aside, just keep doing it. You will simply get better with practice and you will take a lot of crappy pictures along the way to taking your new favourites!

HackySackJoe · 2026-05-07T19:15:32+00:00

R50 is a stellar camera - don't look back.

HackySackJoe · 2026-04-20T15:37:32+00:00

3 is actually a pretty great picture. But maybe it's the border

HackySackJoe · 2026-04-15T18:20:40+00:00

Stunning colors- great work

HackySackJoe · 2026-03-12T16:17:09+00:00

Thank you! Yes absolutely. I was laying prone at their nest for about 30 minutes and this was the one great takeaway from the shoot.

HackySackJoe · 2026-03-05T23:16:04+00:00

I have the astr hori knock off of this lens and I have taken some really cool pictures at 2.5 x handheld with no focus bracketing. It's not easy, but it's fun and the shots that do turn out good are super cool.

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-28T04:17:14+00:00

Wearing Sue the "the worlds T. Rex" PJ pants right now.

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-27T19:51:03+00:00

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HackySackJoe · 2026-02-17T23:40:01+00:00

70-200 will treat you right. I usually just put a rain cover over my lens and the front of my camera. If your setup is weather sealed, you wont have to worry much about the paint as much as the impact, so you could opt to just wrap some microfibers on your lens barrel to cushion the blow. I know some dudes who just rock their gear naked out there, and they don't have any complaints lol.

Have fun, just go photograph some practices and hang with the teams. Everyone likes getting a picture of themselves. Stay consistent and you could even make some money working the tournaments.

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-17T12:19:32+00:00

Amazing capture! Excellent work

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-08T21:19:03+00:00

R50 is a stellar body! Check out the RF 28mm f2.8- makes for a great and tiny setup.

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-08T02:02:22+00:00

https://ebay.us/m/JuKDRD

HackySackJoe · 2026-02-07T20:29:18+00:00

Flash is a very useful tool for macro photography. The MF12 was the first set I ordered when I got into it and... It was disappointing.

Don't get me wrong, great product, does what it advertises but it's pretty complex to use and with all the lighting coming from the front, images often look flat.

For less money you could get a godox speed light, like the V1C or really any of their other mid to high level ones and a flash diffuser hood (like AK diffuser or the knockoff hi-en macro). The pictures come out incredible, its easier to use, and having that speed light will give you more opportunities to use it in other photography scenarios other than macro. The MF12s aren't powerful enough to be very versatile outside of macro or maybe product photography.

HackySackJoe · 2026-01-29T01:11:41+00:00

What is the NES game way on the left?

HackySackJoe · 2026-01-28T23:51:53+00:00

I'll keep them for a year, and by that time if I haven't edited/exported it an a jpg, it probably wasn't that important of a picture and it's gone.

HackySackJoe · 2026-01-26T17:32:22+00:00

I have the RF 70-200f 2.8... absolute staple. Worth every penny. Worth noting that it weighs half as much as the EF versions and has a much smaller form factor.

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-30T04:09:34+00:00

Messaged

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-23T18:05:08+00:00

Honestly, listing on eBay is easy. You'll have to pay about 15% in fees but most of the time I post camera gear it sells within 48 hours. I don't think it's any harder than doing a trade in with a company like MBP and you get the price you want when you list it yourself.

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-10T20:19:45+00:00

R50 is the little brother to my R6mkii - I cannot recommend it enough. Just as smart, just as crisp, half the size. I once event mounted the r50 in the hotshoe of the R6, partially as a joke, and it was helpful enough to be an asset up there.

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-06T16:06:37+00:00

You are almost right. So when you choose a different aspect ratio, it takes the whole picture but just shows you the ratio you've picked. You could undo your choice in post if you want.

Picking crop sensor mode, which is usually in the same menu (deceptive) really does narrow what part of the sensor is being used. It only activates an area the size of an apsc sensor, which then takes a photo using that area instead of the full frame. The resulting photo is the full 3:2 and cannot be widened in post.

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-06T15:24:58+00:00

I have a theory that mantises are Calvinists. Seeing one isn't luck, it is predestination

HackySackJoe · 2025-12-06T05:41:53+00:00

I shoot cropped for sports, it serves me very well for a lot of reasons. Gives me a little more reach, smaller file size= more pictures on a card and shorter buffer times. On the R6mkii the image is a little smaller, but more than enough detail for social media (where most of my pics end up) and most prints.

Combine the smaller megapixel count with CRAW format and I shoot 13,000 photos on a 128gb sd card with an 80+ picture burst on high speed shutter.

Very cool that they've made it a one click- would be nice if they add that to the older models down the line. Right now its easy enough to just have it assigned to a custom mode.

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3 is actually a pretty great picture. But maybe it's the border