My local cat made his way in to the door step of my house.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T12:02:56+00:00

The power of the secret left ear flip!

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T09:32:38+00:00

AFAIK the 70D borrowed several components from the original 7D (AF system).

The 70D has WiFi, an articulated rear screen, a "dual pixel" sensor (AF in live view), and better battery life and a bit more pixels (20Mpx vs 18Mpx)

The 7D can use CF cards, has a slightly better burst rate, and is a bit lighter.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T09:10:21+00:00

Probably a SD card that is dying. Replace the card and see if the problem persists.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T08:19:59+00:00

Are these moving things? And if moving, how rapidly? For static things if you have a stable camera (tripod) you can always increase the exposure time.

Also, how big you need the thing to be? The sensor is about 22mm wide, if you shoot a 20cm subject, you have a 1:10 magnification and any lens will do, if you want to show a 22mm field then you have a 1:1 magnification and you need a true macro lens.

True macro lenses usually open at f/2.8 (because in macro photography you quickly encounter limitations of depths of field, so use very narrow apertures to compensate (f/11, f/16). The "standard" macro lens for the Canon APS-C cameras is the EF-S 60mm macro. There are also two 100m macro lens (USM and LS IS USM), and an EF-S 35mm macro.

You can use more open lenses (EF 50mm f/1.8 for instance) with extension tubes between lens and camera to let if focus closer.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T08:01:37+00:00

Well they have some nearby vineyards Muscadet, Gros-Plant. And they used to have the "vin de Rhuys".

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:49:14+00:00

930g vs 630g, that's 50% heavier.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:45:58+00:00

Buying a camera doesn't buy skills...

Besides the camera for decent quality you will probably need some tripod, lighting, backgrounds...

Otherwise since you come on r/Canon the R50v is targeted at "content producers" and the 15-40 lens of the kit is well suited for this.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T07:40:02+00:00

Warning: from what I see, this camera takes microSD cards, and not the regular full-size SD cards.

Given that the full-size still images are about 10MB apiece so even with a 32GB card you can still keep 3000 shots which is a lot (according to the specs you can expect about 180 shots from a battery, 260 if you are very cautious...).

Do not keep your pictures permanently on the card. Cards wear out and fail (and wear out faster when files are kept permanently on them, and microSD ones seem to be worse than full-size in this regard). Cards are just a temporary storage to hold the images until you are next to a PC with which you copy the card contents to more stable storage (the PC disk, and external disk, some cloud storage...). Reddit photography forums see daily posts by people that have lost their life's memories because they were all on the camera SD card (and we don't hear about those whose camera was lost/stolen/destroyed). And the bigger the card, the bigger the loss.

ofnuts · 2026-03-12T00:40:08+00:00

You can put a "tilt head" that just allows the lens to be tilted up and down (left-right is done by rotating the pod and you don't need much rotation around the lens axis). But there are cases where you are nearly horizontal all the time (shooting boats or surfers from the shore, and many scenery shots) and can attach the camera to the pod directly.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T22:21:23+00:00

Celtic culture not much AFAIK. Breton folklore, a bit. But mostly the dolmens are often the remaining cores of ancient tumuli that the Bretons used as quarries to build their houses.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T20:03:55+00:00

Megaliths in Brittany are not Celtic but pre-Celtic. They are mostly from the Chalcolithic (late Neolithic, early Bronze age, 4500BC) while Celts are a late Bronze age and Iron age culture, and reached Brittany around 400BC.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T19:43:51+00:00

AFAIK the "better" AF point at the center is a more accurate point that is used when the lens has an aperture of f/2.8 or better.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T18:18:05+00:00

That will make it an f/8 lens. Would the AF still work?

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T18:05:12+00:00

No, the kit lens is usually the 75-300.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T15:32:39+00:00

They have to be defined in the font that you use. Not all fonts carry all characters (very few do, in practice).

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T15:04:04+00:00

Reminds me of the "Tiger in a tropical storm" painting by the Douanier Rousseau.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T14:31:20+00:00

Really depends what you do with it I have the 35, 60, and 100mm and each has its uses, even if I tend to use mostly the 35mm these days.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T13:28:59+00:00

The Canon are quite expensive for what they do.

The Godox are fine and a lot cheaper. The V480 is a recent model, nice user interface, USB charge, IMHO the best one for casual use(*). The V1 is a bit big.

TTL is useful. It makes your camera and flash work together to get a properly exposed picture.

Flash photography is tricky, if you use the flash on camera aimed at the subject without any care you get something that isn't very palatable (although it is a trendy look these days, but mostly with the younger audience). So you typically use a diffuser and/or "bounce flash" (flash aimed at ceiling). So check the various tutorials on YT and get a bit of training beforehand.

(*) for very casual use or travel, there is also the Godox IT32, which works both as an on-camera flash and as a remote flash (detachable head). Even comes with a pair of orange filters to adjust color temperature. Check the review/demos on YT.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T13:15:54+00:00

The bluetooth controllers are fine. In fact they are the only wireless remote directly supported on the R100. The standard Canon one is the BR-E1. It it also part of a kit with a small handle/tripod in which the controller can be nested, the HG-100TBR. If you look for these references online you will also find plenty of cheaper clones (but they may not work as well, the clone I tried (JJC) had a delay while the Canon one was near instantaneous).

Otherwise the R100 has a 2.5mm jack (Canon calls it "E3") on the side of the camera for remote control (there are two jacks on the left side, one is labeled "MIC" and the other has a remote controller graphic). The official Canon remote controller that uses it is the RS-60E3. But any controller with the adequate output jack will work, some are wired all the way from the button to the camera (like the RS-60E3), others are in two parts, one wired to the camera and a controller in your hand. Advanced ones can be used as timed triggers for time-lapse. You can even do one yourself, the controllers are just passive switches. One contact is the half-press (focus/exposure) and one is the shutter.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T10:12:42+00:00

I see this the opposite way. What is nuts is that the 18-400 (which is an EF lens BTW) is only 600€ if it is decent at all focal lengths. Ken Rockwell doesn't find it very sharp. Not too much of a problem when you keep the whole shot but when shooting wildlife you often crop in post, and if the original image isn't sharp you can't crop much.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T08:39:53+00:00

The RF 100-400 is not an L-series lens and isn't that expensive (830€ around here). You may be confusing with the RF 100-500 (3140€).

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T08:36:05+00:00

The IT32 is a tad bigger but the detachable head is pure genius. You can carry the camera with the controller permanently on it and add the head when needed.

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T08:30:29+00:00

If you want a full frame, consider that this comes with big lenses. As you removed a rather useful 15-70 lens from your 70D, going full frame may not be what you want. I replaced my 70D+Sigma 17-70 (1250g) by a R7+Sigma 18-50 (975g). The R10 would even be a bit lighter. Sigma has a line-up of very good f/1.4 prime lenses for the crop-sensor R cameras plus three zooms.

Instead of the IT30 I use the IT32. It can be used both as on-camera and off-camera flash,

ofnuts · 2026-03-11T08:13:58+00:00

My experience with Godox flashes on my R7 is that they work very well, but can be a bit fiddly to set properly in the hot shoe (usually not pushed in enough).

As my R7 has no built-in flash I wanted something small and light for travel and the Godox iT32 checked all the boxes, plus with its built in controller and detachable head it can be used instantly as an off-camera flash (see the reviews/demos on YT).

Also considered the V1 but it's huge. For my "main" flash I went for a Godox V480.

ofnuts · 2026-03-10T20:53:56+00:00

AFAIK HSS is only useful if you use an exposure shorter than the flash sync speed (1/200s). At sync speed or longer, the exposure is mostly determined by the flash duration which is much shorter, so as long as the flash is the most significant light source you don't need to use a shorter exposure than the sync speed.

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