CH Runners
Not Running => The Fruit Stand (Photography) => Topic started by: Mrtambourineman on January 14, 2019, 06:45:50 PM
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Hey all. So I've been having issues with my DSLR (cannon T3) since I visited Australia in 2015/6. It wasn't metering properly. I eventually got decent at tricking it, but I was pretty frustrated and it took away the joy of photography for me. I took it in to the local camera repair guy who told me I needed to send it to Toronto for an estimate. I didn't think it was worth it for a cheap DSLR so I decided to replace it. I used my Christmas $ to buy a used Canon T2i. I was temped to pick up a used 40D which was the same price, but I didn't like the idea of going back to the Compact Flash Card and then I read that the T2i has the same sensor and processor as the 7D and the current T6 - pretty much a no brainer. My local brick and mortar shop had 15% off used equipment during boxing week so I got it from them. Only around 16K actuations - so its in really good shape. Looking forward to taking it to DD2's next soccer game.
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Nice! I've got a new camera too. Insta360 One X. It literally photographs everything whenever you tell it to take a picture or video. Front, back, left, right. Point-and shoot was pretty cool, now you don't even need to point. I haven't had a chance to use it much, but I'm looking forward to taking the plunge into 360 image capture.
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That looks pretty amazing. What are you going to use it to film?
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That looks pretty amazing. What are you going to use it to film?
Adventures on the electric unicycle, for starters :).
Ride the National Mall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLnjvu6Xoa0#)
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Huh, so that's what you mean by an electric unicycle. Not what I pictured. So do you have a drone as well?
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Yes, but that's another story. The drone I fly isn't all that great for shooting action scenes. Here's the one I lust after but can't really afford...
(https://www.sporttechie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Skydio_R1_The_Self_Flying_Camera.jpg) (https://www.skydio.com/#)
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So what is your plan for mounting the camera? Helmet mount? I can't see you swinging it around over your head like the models in the promo videos.
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No swinging for me, at least not while balancing precariously on a single wheel going 20 mph! I think I'll just use the selfie stick that came with the camera. The camera is designed to make the stick disappear in the imagery it captures. My helmet does have a camera mount, so I'll give that a try too, but I think the extra elevation on top of the stick will offer a better point of view.
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No swinging for me, at least not while balancing precariously on a single wheel going 20 mph! I think I'll just use the selfie stick that came with the camera. The camera is designed to make the stick disappear in the imagery it captures. My helmet does have a camera mount, so I'll give that a try too, but I think the extra elevation on top of the stick will offer a better point of view.
I saw that - initially I was wondering why people were holding their hands in weird ways in the demo videos and then I saw that the selfie stick, spinny bar were being edited out.