Incoming - What do you have coming in the mail??

Also tempted by a Emisar D4V2.


Too late. Had to get it.

Went for the 4000K SST-20 LEDs.
 
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Ooops! Almost forgot while searching for Nato watch bands i discovered Countycomm and this is truly where my flashlight addiction began.
It seems they are located in Sunnyvale California just 2-3 minutes from my High School home town of Cupertino. Our 10th and last game of my senior year was a loss to Sunnyvale HS. They were 0-9 and we went in over confident (not me i kept telling my team mates to knock off the joking around and take it serious half of our team was drunk and in the 70's on speed or both) killed our playoff hopes.
Point is i felt a connection and though a weak excuse to buy way too many lights it's still an excuse lol.
We only lost by a few points like 26-23 or 23-21 as i recall. But played catch up the whole game. We kicked 3 onside kicks. I got one of them he he he. Great memories.
 
After 14 years, I finally got another camera lens on the way. A Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Been exclusively using a Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM (that name really is a handful...) as a "jack of all trades, master of none"-lens since 2010, together with a Canon EOS 400D. Purchased later a 600D, and currently have an 800D (aka EOS Rebel T7i). But it's always been with that single Sigma lens.

Hopefully doing closeups will be easier now. That ~50 cm minimum distance of the Sigma has been an issue many times, especially when doing indoor photos.
 
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Yes i was an Air Force Brat. Spent my Junior and Senior year in Cupertino graduating in 77. Football and sports was my way to make friends as my dad never stayed anywhere much longer than 2-3 years. I graduated and moved out and to San Jose and my dad got orders and transferred to Ohio with the family. I was truly on my own but that's what you did back then. You turn 18 and you move out.
 
After 14 years, I finally got another camera lens on the way. A Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Been exclusively using a Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM (that name really is a handful...) as a "jack of all trades, master of none"-lens since 2010, together with a Canon EOS 400D. Purchased later a 600D, and currently have an 800D (aka EOS Rebel T7i). But it's always been with that single Sigma lens.

Hopefully doing closeups will be easier now. That ~50 cm minimum distance of the Sigma has been an issue many times, especially when doing indoor photos.
You'll love the fixed lens after you get used to moving forward or backward to get the shot instead of zooming. And the macro option will change how you take photos too.

I have a 50mm known as a "wedding lens" and a 60mm macro. Both are great for urban settings. Plus the 60 is fun to pick a 10' square in your yard, house, a park etc and just snap pictures for an hour.

I use flashlights for fill instead of a camera flash. Cool tint plays nicer with sensors for getting whites correct.
 
Back in my day, they were just referred to as a 'normal' lens. Now that I read this, I think I'll throw my EF-50/1.8 in the trash. I'm afraid to even have it in the house now! :)
Before the zoom lens it's what photographers used at weddings. Hence the term wedding lens. D-Day photos were shot with 50mm lenses. Some called it "walk around" lens because it's kinda close to equal to what the human eye sees in focus. That being on a full frame sensor. On a Rebel it's similar to a 75mm lens. A 60 would be similar to a 90mm when on the Rebel. But it's still a pretty cool lens.
 
You'll love the fixed lens after you get used to moving forward or backward to get the shot instead of zooming. And the macro option will change how you take photos too.

I have a 50mm known as a "wedding lens" and a 60mm macro. Both are great for urban settings. Plus the 60 is fun to pick a 10' square in your yard, house, a park etc and just snap pictures for an hour.
Looking forward (...) to be able to move forward as well. I'm only used to moving backwards, due to the Sigma's long minimum distance.
So getting closer to the object is precisely what I am after. :)

Portraits is not something I do, ever. I have only done nature - landscapes and animals - and various photos for personal use, like "before and after" when doing projects. But the static 50mm "wedding lens" is well known to me. A family member - who is a portrait photographer - has one.

I am also looking at a Sigma 10-20mm or Canon 10-18mm for more panoramic scenic shots or wide indoor photos too. But I'll have some practice with the 60mm macro first, and consider further if I need anything else after that. Other than seeing sample photos, I have never shot with a macro lens before. And I never do any digital touch-ups with any photo I take, so it will either be good or discarded when I push the camera trigger.
 
Looking forward (...) to be able to move forward as well. I'm only used to moving backwards, due to the Sigma's long minimum distance.
So getting closer to the object is precisely what I am after. :)

Portraits is not something I do, ever. I have only done nature - landscapes and animals - and various photos for personal use, like "before and after" when doing projects. But the static 50mm "wedding lens" is well known to me. A family member - who is a portrait photographer - has one.

I am also looking at a Sigma 10-20mm or Canon 10-18mm for more panoramic scenic shots or wide indoor photos too. But I'll have some practice with the 60mm macro first, and consider further if I need anything else after that. Other than seeing sample photos, I have never shot with a macro lens before. And I never do any digital touch-ups with any photo I take, so it will either be good or discarded when I push the camera trigger.
I used manual focus a lot when doing macro because the camera couldn't seem to guess what I wanted in focus.
 
A 60 would be similar to a 90mm when on the Rebel.
Yeah, x1.6. My 50 is an EF. My 60D is APS-C (alphabet soup;-) I still use my EF lenses on my 60D (with an awareness of the limitations), along w/ EFS. My current "walking around" lens is an EF-S.

Yeah, that's why the folks I hung out with call the 50 'normal' - close to the human eye perspective (+/-).

My "walking around" lens is an EF-S 18-135 / 3.5 IS STM (for a dozen years) - roughly 28-215 in 'old money', which is what most considered 'wide angle' to 'medium zoom'. We refer to that term because it's the lens we use when just 'walking around', and have no idea what we may shoot. Walking around is what I do;-) Almost every photo I've posted on this site was shot with that lens. I do landscapes and wildlife almost exclusively. That's a VERY hard (practically impossible) range to properly cover with any 'walking around' lens, but I can only take one with me when I'm hiking. I'm constantly switching between the two (lens changing is not possible - wildlife won't wait for that), and it's all I can do just to change camera settings for the switch. I can't afford the big, long, fast, expensive glass the pro wildlife folks use anyway, so I have to use all my hunting skills a lot to make up for that. Fortunately I'm a better hunter than photographer - I just have to work harder to get the shots, and there's some I just can't get. Always priorities, tradeoffs, and compromises - 'same as it ever was'.

I'm rather old, and know I likely talk that way. The first photos I shot were w/ a Kodak Brownie w/120 film! Many here probably started with a 126 Instamatic;-)
 
I used manual focus a lot when doing macro because the camera couldn't seem to guess what I wanted in focus.
I had the same issue with my older 600D. And that was the biggest, and actually unexpected, upside of my current 800D.
18 MP to 24 MP, but also from 9 to 27 focal points. The 800D usually knows what I'm pointing at, even when I am not sure. Like trying to snap a bird in a tree with lots of branches at different depths. The 800D usually gets it - the 600D usually did NOT.

I still have my 600D (EOS Rebel T3i), as no one seemingly wants to buy it despite having tried to sell it for the past year, so I plan to put the new 60mm macro on that. As I figure I don't need as many megapixels when doing really close-up shots compared to zoom shots. I will do some various shots with it, and post them in the appropriate threads.

But that's enough photographically derailing for me. Let's hear of that new loot, and see pictures of the postal treasures when they arrive!
 
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I had the same issue with my older 600D. And that was the biggest, and actually unexpected, upside of my current 800D.
18 MP to 24 MP, but also from 9 to 27 focal points. The 800D usually knows what I'm pointing at, even when I am not sure. Like trying to snap a bird in a tree with lots of branches at different depths. The 800D usually gets it - the 600D usually did NOT.

I still have my 600D (EOS Rebel T3i), as no one seemingly wants to buy it despite having tried to sell it for the past year, so I plan to put the new 60mm macro on that. As I figure I don't need as many megapixels when doing really close-up shots compared to zoom shots. I will do some various shots with it, and post them in the appropriate threads.

But that's enough photographically derailing for me. Let's hear of that new loot, and see pictures of the postal treasures when they arrive!

I don't really do 'macro' to any extent, and that has unique challenges (which I'm not experienced enough to address).

That said, when I switch from my 'personal' landscape mode to wildlife mode, those settings always start with / default to 'spot' metering, and 'single central AF point'. Although I then change those (and others) as the situation demands and time permits, those base settings have proven to yield the best results for me as default for wildlife specifically. There often is no time to change those on the fly / demand. (Hot Tip: My camera is also 'persistently' set to 3-frame hi-speed AEB (auto exposure bracketing), as I find that is critical (with digital) for landscape for optimal exposure, and for wildlife shots due to subtle subject motions / changes. That's usually +/- 1/3 stop / EV. Same setting, two different reasons.)

I try not to ask my camera to do anything for me automatically that I know I can do better myself in a given situation if I can easily control it, and I've learned to know the difference. My camera's pretty good, but it can't tell a squirrel from a leaf or branch, and it can't read my mind either;-) I can count the times I've used manual focus on one hand, as if I'm using the camera correctly, it can almost always focus better than my eyes can if I know how to tell it what my primary interest / subject is and what requires the optimal focus. The camera can do things I can't do (as well), and vice versa. "A man's got to know his limitations" (and those of his camera) to work well as a system;-)

I'll be interested in your thoughts and a shot or two after you make friends w/ that new EFS!

As many seemingly extraneous sections as there are here, I thing a general 'photography' subforum or section thereof (or even dedicted thread at least) would be justified. Until then / for lack of such, we'll just post such content ad hoc;-)
 
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Convoy T3 & S15 arrived today. Ordered on 12/23 shipped 12/24 so about 10 days from order date.
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This in the 2700k range is amazingly orange. The S15 in 3000k very similar.
I love the multiple options at such a low low price.
The build quality is what i describe as sturdy but not flamboyant or spectacular as are other brands i have tried ie. Olight, Wurkkos, Manker or Acebeam.
Just love the huge range of options. Enough said.
 
Found a great deal on a titanium Prometheus Alpha, will need to swap the led out. Currently has the 6500k SST20, thinking the 3k SFT40 should make it a beast of a light saber. (wish they made the 3k still 😕)
 
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A trifecta of lights showed up today.

1. Wurkkos TS10 in copper, with 3 Nichia 519 3000K LEDs.

2. Emisar D3AA in cyan,with a 4000K Nichia 519 de-domed.

And finally, my new Emisar D4V2 in brass.. with 4 SST-20 4000K LEDs.
 
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