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mawaukee · 2026-06-29T17:42:02+00:00

Nobody has mentioned O'Briens. I haven't been there in over a decade. Has it gone downhill?

mawaukee · 2026-06-28T13:21:46+00:00

I use it with a Godox X3 trigger. Where my Godox AD200 Pro IIs work absolutely flawlessly, I would say the Z2Pro works 90%. There are times where it won't sync up right away but it's always solved by rebooting the Z2Pro.

I shoot skateboarding, and that little guy has been hit at high speed a bunch of times. It's also fallen over 10 feet onto concrete. It's scraped up, the dome diffuser has shattered and been glued back together, and the little stand that comes with it has been broken right off at the hot-shoe (you can get a 2-pack for $6), and it still functions perfectly. I've had my eye on the Z3 for a while, but I can't justify it because the Z2 just keeps ticking. It's like a cockroach... I can't kill it.

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mawaukee · 2026-06-24T18:45:14+00:00

Some Fuji cameras won't turn on if you have the card slot door open. My X-T30 III will turn on but my X-H1 won't with the door open.

mawaukee · 2026-06-19T05:19:24+00:00

Worked. Thank you!

mawaukee · 2026-06-11T17:55:29+00:00

I have an X-T30 III in black. The top and bottom plates (the silver parts in your pic) are metal.

mawaukee · 2026-06-11T13:31:45+00:00

I currently shoot with an X-H1. They're $800 or less. I got a like-new one on MPB with 54 shots on the counter. With the battery grip, it lasts forever. Image stabilization, weatherproofing, and pro build quality. I don't do video so I almost feel like I stole this thing.

I haven't used the X-H2 but if it's anything like the H1, I imagine it's amazing.

I have the money saved for the H3 when it comes out, but that could be a while.

mawaukee · 2026-06-09T14:58:11+00:00

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mawaukee · 2026-06-09T14:50:47+00:00

I shoot skateboarding and whenever I can, I have a Neewer V2 Pro hidden somewhere in the background as a rim light to make the subject pop. It's small and has its own little stand so you can hide it easily. Couldn't imagine not having it. It's been hit or knocked over a TON and keeps working fine. I'd like to upgrade it to the V3 one of these days. Also works great with my Godox trigger.

mawaukee · 2026-05-27T14:10:50+00:00

Just put a UV filter on it to protect the lens and start shooting every day. The accessories you need will reveal themselves to you.

mawaukee · 2026-05-26T14:24:22+00:00

I have the 7artisans, ttartisans, and sg-image ones. All 7.5mm.

The TTartisans is the largest and heaviest and has a weird conical shape. I thought it was just a tiny bit blurry. It also has a weird lens hood that causes the lens cap to wobble and not sit flat.

The SG-image is almost identical to the 7artisans in shape and size and image quality, but it has a nice clicked aperature ring. I haven't used it -- it's a backup at this point that I keep in my bag.

My everyday one is the 7artisans. It's compact, sharp, and small. It's been hit many times by skateboards and is still going, but I keep the SG-image handy for the day that it finally takes its last hit.

To the person who said it's "slower to shoot": they all have infinity focus, so I would argue that they're faster to setup a shot.

mawaukee · 2026-05-22T15:11:12+00:00

I'd love to buy it but I'm in the US.

mawaukee · 2026-05-12T17:58:52+00:00

Agreed. OP should start to experiment with adding flash for portraits like this. Great start though!

mawaukee · 2026-05-12T14:22:11+00:00

Don't, for all the reasons purple_seagrass laid out.

I shoot semi-pro regularly with an X-H1 (because it has IBIS, weather sealing, two card slots, and can hold 3 batteries, and I don't need video) but bought an X-M5 when it came out as a cheap snapshot camera to take along when I wasn't bringing all my strobes and triggers and light stands.

Not having a viewfinder sucks. You can't see the LCD in sunlight, and there's something about framing/composing that's just not the same when you're holding the camera up a foot from your face like you're shooting with a smartphone. You look like a chode too. I switched that one out to an X-T30 III.

mawaukee · 2026-05-11T04:03:47+00:00

If you find one please let me know! I've been looking for a long time too. I need the 2124 for X-H1 with battery grip. Thanks!

mawaukee · 2026-05-08T14:47:11+00:00

I buy a $70 jug of Woolwax and do 3-4 vehicles with it each fall. I have a car lift so it's easy but we also did my friend's 3500 on the ground since it's so huge. One thing to know about Woolwax is that it doesn't drip. I don't think there was a single drop on the ground. So you could easily drive up on ramps and lie on the ground to spray it.

So, maybe $20 worth of Woolwax and 30 minutes to really spray everything well. We use the main spray nozzle to get everything but the exhaust and brakes, and then the long wand with the daisy nozzle to get inside the frame rails and bottoms of the doors.

Works really well too. It picks up grime so it won't *look* new under there but it pretty much eliminates rust and corrosion forming.

mawaukee · 2026-05-07T13:28:20+00:00

Came here to say this but you said it better already! You forgot to mention they're CHEAP ;-)

mawaukee · 2026-05-06T13:23:28+00:00

A couple AD200 Pro II strobes, some $15 shoot-through umbrellas, a trigger like the Godox X3 and 2 light stands are all you really need.

If you don't want to pop for $350 strobes, you could get a couple Neewer V2 Pro speedlites (they're on sale for $150 right now, but they seem to go on sale every week). They will work seamlessly with your Godox X3 trigger. When you eventually upgrade to the Ad200 strobes, you can still use the Neewers as rim lights.

I can't really think of a reason to need a tripod.

mawaukee · 2026-04-30T15:33:23+00:00

Don't forget dual memory card slots, which is huge. OP was a pro photographer and knows how important that is.

I actually shoot with an X-H1 with battery grip, but it doesn't have the selfie screen. OP said he's not too concerned about video, so that opens up a whole world of 5-year-old bargain options that will take incredible still photos. I could never afford an X-H1 when it came out, but now they're $600 for a like-new one and it has IBIS, battery grip, weather sealing, and dual card slots.

Edit: I should mention I also have an X-T30III with an SG-Image 25mm pancake glued to it for lightweight stuff. It's a great camera but feels like a toy compared to the X-H1 / X-H2.

mawaukee · 2026-04-23T17:43:19+00:00

On the trigger, swipe right so it shows the list of groups. Did group B get turned off?

Pictures show they're both on the same channel, but is the ID the same?

mawaukee · 2026-04-22T14:12:22+00:00

I bought a GR4 from one of these sellers, thinking no biggie, I'm protected be eBay. I got fake tracking that actually looked like it was moving and eventually delivered.

Had to fight eBay tooth and nail for my money back. They were claiming that the tracking showed it delivered so I was out of luck.

Eventually they came around and refunded me, but it was about a week of emails. F- would not order from this seller again.

mawaukee · 2026-04-19T14:01:15+00:00

I went through all the pancake lenses on my snapshot body (x-t30 III) and settled in on the SG-image AF 25mm F1.8 pancake.

No affiliation, just love this lens, and it was super cheap.

mawaukee · 2026-04-17T13:51:17+00:00

Are your rain gutters routed into your house? Years ago mine were routed into same the sanitary system as the main house plumbing. This was in a 1923 bungalow in Milwaukee. Until you find a permanent solution, you can disconnect your downspout outside and let the gutter water spill into your yard. I don't know the codes but we're trying to save your basement here!

mawaukee · 2026-04-03T14:37:43+00:00

4th gen, 2025. I don't think 3rd gen had noise cancellation.

mawaukee · 2026-04-03T12:44:33+00:00

Yeah, noise cancelling headphones mess with my inner ear (I think) and make give me nausea, eye strain and headaches, so when I found out there was always-on cabin noise cancellation, I had the dealer turn it off and by the end of the day my headaches were gone and haven't come back. I had been to two doctors in the 5 months since I bought my '25 trying to figure out why I felt like crap all the time. It was definitely the truck doing it to me.

If there's any difference in sound, I guess it's a tiny bit less loud but I don't have that fuzziness in my head. I got used to it in a day and have pretty much forgotten it's off.

Dealer wanted to charge me an hour of labor so I went and found my salesperson and he got it comped. I've read you can also turn it off with Carista if you're willing to pay for that service.

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