Author: Peter

Finally happened, actively looking to switch from Adobe
Adobes latest change to their TOS (Term Of Service) which I and many others find not very acceptable was the kick needed to finally start actively looking to migrate to alternate platforms. So the switch from Adobe has begun in earnest.
I had already switched from Adobe Premier to Black Magics Davinci Resolve as a video editor. And now have purchased On1 Photo RAW as a very promising good candidate to replace my long standing association with Adobes Photoshop and Lightroom. I have been using photoshop for decades from way back when I started on version 2 in 1991/1992.
While there are many photo editors out there both free and paid, not many have a robust integrated library management system. So one of the hardest part was deciding on something that might work as a replacement DAM (digital asset management) solution for my tens of thousands of images most stored in adobes dng format, that have accumulated over my 1/2 century (Yikes) of poking around in the business of photography.
I’ll try to post updates as I find time to work on the migration to a new platform, when I am in country, Couple of biggish trips to far off destinations are in the works at the moment where I won’t have access to my main servers.
if you are also interested here is the link to On1 Photo Raw, they do have a 30 day trial!
June 29, 2024

Canon Camera End of Life

End of support date (no longer repairable)

Several old generation DSLR bodies like the 1Dx mk-iii, EOS 5Dsr, 5D mk-iv, 6D MK-ii and 90D appear to have end of life dates after some of the newer next generation EOS R and Ra bodies
End of Life (EOL) Table of Canon bodies not currently on list of already discontinued (unrepairable) hardware

Body	EOL Year	EOL Month
DSLR series
EOS-1D X Mark II	2026	7
EOS-1D X Mark III	TBD	TBD
EOS 5D Mark III	2024	3
EOS 5D Mark IV	TBD	TBD
EOS 5Ds	2027	5
EOS 5Ds R	2028	8
EOS 6D	2025	9
EOS 6D Mark II	TBD	TBD
EOS 7D Mark II	2027	1
EOS 70D	2023	11
EOS 80D	2027	10
EOS 90D	TBD	TBD

M series mirrorless
EOS M3	2024	7
EOS M5	2026	2
EOS M6	2027	3
EOS M6 Mark II	2029	3
EOS M10	2024	9
EOS M100	2026	11
EOS M200	TBD	TBD
EOS M200 (Gold)	2028	3
EOS KissM	2027	1
EOS KissM II	TBD	TBD

R series mirrorless
EOS R	2029	1
EOS R3	TBD	TBD
EOS R5	TBD	TBD
EOS R5c	TBD	TBD
EOS R6	TBD	TBD
EOS R6 ii	TBD	TBD
EOS R7	TBD	TBD
EOS R8	TBD	TBD
EOS R10	TBD	TBD
EOS R50	TBD	TBD
EOS R100	TBD	TBD
EOS Ra	2028	1
EOS RP	TBD	TBD

TBD = To Be Determined (not yet announced)

Canon maintains and regularly updates

A web page of product life cycles for all Canon products in Japanese here Product Life Cycle link
A web page of out of support (unrepairable) Canon products in Japanese here Out Of Support link
You can have google translate the previous pages to your preferred language here: Google Website Translate link

April 10, 2023

Shutter life in the Mirror-less world

Palantir See All mystic camera — Palantir – The See All Mystic Camera

The mirror-less explosion removed the flappy Reflex mirror from DSLR’s (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras. It did not remove the physical shutter mechanism (at least in most bodies) the main exception is the very expensive Nikon R9 that has no physical shutter. One reason for the continued existence of the physical shutter in camera bodies is a phenomenon knows as “rolling shutter”, exhibited by an all cameras when operating using an electronic shutter.

The Rolling shutter effect is caused by sensor readout being a sequential line by line process and any movement during the readout will cause the resulting image to distort.

Each shutter actuation in both DSLR’s and Mirror-less bodies brings you one click closer to the demise of the shutter mechanism in your camera.

Here is a table gleaned from the main Camera manufacturers specifications for the MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) for some of their various camera bodies

Brand	Model	Sensor Megapixels	Shutter Life MTBF
Canon	EOS Rp	26.2	100000
Canon	EOS R	30.3	200000
Canon	EOS R100	24.1	Not Published
Canon	EOS R50	24.2	Not Published
Canon	EOS R10	24.2	200000
Canon	EOS R8	24.2	200000
Canon	EOS R7	32.5	200000
Canon	EOS R6 II	20.1	300000
Canon	EOS R5	45	500000
Canon	EOS R5c	45	500000
Canon	EOS R3	24.1	500000
Fuji	GFX 50	51.4	150000
Fuji	GFX 50s	51.4	150000
Fuji	GFX 50 II	51.4	150000
Fuji	GFX 100	102	150000
Fuji	GFX 100s	102	150000
Fuji	GFX 100 II	102	150000
Nikon	Z5	24.3	200000
Nikon	Z6 II	24.5	200000
Nikon	Z7 II	45.7	200000
Nikon	Z8	45.7	Not Applicable
Nikon	Z9	45.7	Not Applicable
Sony	a6500	24.2	200000
Sony	a6600	24.2	200000
Sony	A7R IV	61	500000
Sony	A7R V	61	500000
Sony	A9 II	24.2	500000
Sony	A1	50.1	500000

Notable exceptions are the Nikon Z9 that has no physical shutter mechanism, and the lower end Canon R8,R10,R50 for which the MTBF has not been published but from previous bodies can expect it to be in the lower 100000 range.

February 27, 2023

Bags and Camera Backpacks

Early gathering of my camera bags farm as it was in 2012 — Early gathering of my bag farm as it was in 2012

The camera backpack and bags farm

As requirements and needs change over time one accumulates a variety of camera bags and backpacks in the search of that “perfect” one “does it all” bag that does not exist!

I dragged them all out, took a photo of the bag family, and cataloged them all. (Going to have to take a new updated photo some day. Since I made half dozen or so new addition since this one was taken.)

These are the lists of the currently high use bags that head out with me. I have included a list of the entire bag family.

Lowepro seems to be the preferred go-to manufacturer for soft bags. In all my decades of use their products have never let me down!
Though the ThinkTank Retrospective 7 has become a favorite for city wanderings and air travel.
While Pelican (they also make Storm) are my choice for my hard shell cases.

I have replaced both the old LowePro Photo Trekker Classic and Slingshot 300 AW backpacks with a newer design Lowepro Flipside 400 AW backpack. Hoping for lighter weight and less stress on an easy to malfunction shoulder.

The search for a camera bag and backpack that is waterproof, weighs next to nothing, is comfortable and can hold everything including the kitchen sink continues!

The great camera bag reduction of 2022

Near the end of 2022 we gave away, donated or sold many of the bags we had accumulated. Thus reducing the number to the ones that were actually being used. Somehow even after “the big reduction” there remain a lot of bags that I still a need to find places to store them all.

My current in active use bags

Manufacturer	Product	Usage
ThinkTank	Retrospective 7	day hiking, city wandering / urban exploration, travel carry-on
LowePro	Flipside AW 400	field kit, day hiking
Kata-bags	MarvelX-40DL	small vlogging camera
LowePro	S&F Filter Pouch 100	Filter’s and holder rarely used anymore
LowePro	S&F Lens Exchange 200 AW	FlipSide add-on rarely used anymore
LowePro	EX 180	“Strobist” lighting kit
Gitzo	GC3100 Series 3 Tripod Bag	vehicle tripod transport
Benro	AC1046 Tripod Bag	vehicle tripod transport
Pelican	1520 case	vehicle gear transport
LowePro	Stealth reporter D400 AW	events
LowePro	Fastpack 200	wife’s taken it for her kit

The entire bag farm

Manufacturer	Product	Usage
Benro	AC1046 Tripod Bag	vehicle tripod transport
Gitzo	GC3100 Series 3 Tripod Bag	vehicle tripod transport
Kata-bags	MarvelX-40DL	Small vlogging camera
LowePro	Flipside AW 400	field kit, day hiking
LowePro	S&F Lens Exchange 200 AW	FlipSide add-on rarely used anymore
LowePro	S&F Filter pouch 100	Filter’s and holders rarely used anymore
LowePro	Toploader	day trips to big city
LowePro	Fastpack 200	wife’s taken it for her kit
LowePro	Stealth reporter D400 AW	events
LowePro	EX 180	“Strobist” lighting kit
LowePro	D-pods 30	point&shoot
LowePro	D-Res 20AW	camcorder
Pelican	1520 case	vehicle gear transport
Pelican	1300 case	kayaking – dslr
Storm	model 2500	kayaking – P&S
Storm	keycase	kayaking – car keys
Sigma	EX 120-300 case	came with lens
Sigma	EX 150 macro case	came with lens
ThinkTank	Retrospective 7	day hiking, city wandering / urban exploration, travel carry-on

January 6, 2023

The Social Media platform hunt

Hunting for a set of decent Social Media platforms

social media politician amoeba will engulf us all

It is a new year, time to clear out the old. Over time ended up with multiple accounts on too many different social media platforms to continue wasting time on and bothering with. So I am making the decision to drastically cut down the list to only a few that I plan to actively continue using.

Synopsis

For this activity I looked at twenty one (Yikes!) platforms I may have had userid's on. 
Thirteen are now sanitized, purged and deleted.
Two are still being evaluated, but most likely will be flushed. 
and a potentially new one is being looked at.
Five platforms have been kept, one in each of the major functional category 
     (photo sharing, video sharing, business contacts, team messaging, blogging)

The caveat: Nothing is actually free. On platforms owned by the likes of Meta(facebook/instagram/whatsapp), Google(youtube/blogger), Microsoft(LinkedIn), SpaceKaren(twitter), China(tiktok, 500px), you are primarily the product with your data being harvested for resale.

Selection criteria

Must be “free” to use, (since you are creating the platforms content)
Ads and algorithms must be blockable, (As I have absolutely no interest in seeing their time wasting BS)
Must be “free world” owned.
Must be easy to use from multiple platforms and devices.

Decision key

Keep   = actively build on and use platform
?quit? = still evaluating exiting.
maybe  = need more information
quit   = clear/sanitize old content, abandon platform, leave a zombie placeholder
delete = wipe and delete id immediately.
n/a    = not applicable, platform unsuitable, remove any IDs.

Posts on retained platforms sanitized using a "free" schedulable post redaction tool.

Platform table

Platform	Purpose	Quick look and Impressions.	Cost	Decision
Vero	Photo & media sharing	Linear feed, supports still images, video, music, text as separate post categories and NO ADS or algorithms.	free	Keep
Youtube (Google)	Video sharing	Video centric full of ads (blockable) and algorithm controlled feed	free	Keep
Linkedin (Microsoft)	Business contacts	Professional business profile and forums	free / paid	Keep
Slack	Team messaging	Business level messaging and conferencing with team rooms	free / paid	Keep (sanitized)
Blogger (Google)	Blog(s)	Blogging, one userid can host multiple blogs (AKA Blogspot)	free	Keep
Facebook (Meta)	bit of everything	Mostly obnoxious rambling twits, conspiracy idiots, and cat pictures. Trying to be a bit of everything and failing monumentally. full of ads (blockable) and algorithm controlled feed (blockable)	free / paid post boost	?quit? (sanitized)
Instagram (Meta)	~~photo~~ short form video garbage	Moving to be short form video centric, lost its focus. full of ads (blockable) and algorithm controlled feed	free / paid post boost	?quit? (sanitized)
youpic	photo gigging seller/buyer connections	image centric, seems like a mix of instagram/twitter aimed at gigging photographers and buyers.	limited free / paid	maybe
flickr (SmugMug)	photo sharing	image centric, with blogging capability	limited free / paid	quit
ViewBug	photo sharing & contests	image centric, many contests, “likes are a stroke fest”, constant push to upgrade	limited free / paid	quit
Vemo (PayPal)	video sharing	video centric, too limited	limited free / paid	quit
twitter	mindless babbling	platform self destructing, full of conspiracy idiots, full of ads (blockable) and algorithm controlled feed.	free / paid	quit
pinterest	image pinning	image (theft?) centric, peculiar full of ads (blockable), more suited to old folks homes	free	quit
500px (China Visual Group)	photo sharing	Bought by *China* Visual Group	paid	delete(d)
deviantart (WIX)	art sharing	unsuitable, more for artists than photographers	free / paid	n/a
WhatsApp (Meta)	messaging	unsuitable, messaging app	free	n/a
SnapChat	messaging	unsuitable, messaging app with story capability	free	n/a
reddit (Advance Publication)	forums	unsuitable	free	n/a
tumblr (Automattic)	micro blogging	unsuitable	free	n/a
TikTok (ByteDance)	short form video garbage	Owned by *China* ByteDance, short form videos. Unsuitable for anyone with a functioning brain.	free	n/a
BeReal	snapshot sharing	Photo sharing app, where you have no control over when you get to snap one image daily. Something stupider than TikTok, if that is even possible.	free	n/a

Social Media Platforms examined.

January 3, 2023

Top 10 Software I use for editing

These are the new and just updated for 2023 TOP 10 software packages I currently use for my image and video editing. As well as the hardware I use to run them on.

Surprisingly six of the ten programs can be had FREE for non-commercial use!
While three are subscription model products, and one is free but requires custom proprietary hardware.

Links to all the applications both free and paid are at the bottom of page.

The Software

What I edit still images with:

Name	Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Lightroom Classic	Image developer and catalog
Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop	Image Editor
Picolay	Focus stacker by Heribert Cypionka

What I use to edit still images

My image catalog database is currently

Adobe Creative Cloud Lightroom (Image developer and catalog)

What I create videos with:

Name	Description
Blackmagic DaVnci Resolve 18	Insanely powerful video and audio editor
OBS Studio	Screen capture and live stream
qDslr dashboard	Tethering and time-lapse
Handbrake	Video converter
Audacity	Audio editor

What I uses to create videos

The Hardware

The Monitors

ASUS ProArt PA248 (Main image editing display)
Samsung S27R350 (Text and control panels)
Samsung S27R350 (everything else)

The rapidly ageing eaters of bits

Custom built Intel I7 system with
- 32Gb RAM
- 2 * 512Gb SSD + 2 * 4Tb sata3 internal drives
- Nvidea rtx 1650 4Gb video card
- Wacom Intuos 3 9*12 tablet
Custom built Intel I5 system with
- 16Gb RAM
- 512Gb SSD + 4Tb sata3
- Nvidea rtx 1030 2Gb video card

Backup & Stability

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (data backup)
A random array of Western Digital external drives (backup medium, on and offsite)
Apc UPS unit(s) (power stabilization)

Here are the links to all the products if you want to get any them

Links will open new tabs or windows.

Paid/subscription

Name	Description and link	Platform
Adobe Photography bundle	includes both Lightroom & Photoshop for $9.99us/month http://bit.ly/2rbDvvF	w m
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office	(search web for discount coupons!) http://bit.ly/Acronispp	w m a i

Paid software – platform: w = Windows, m = Mac, a = Android, i = Ios

Free!

The following ~~seven~~ six products I use can all be downloaded and used for free!

Name	Description and link	Platform
BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve 18	(video/audio editor) http://bit.ly/resolvepp – non commercial use	w m
Microsoft ICE	(Panorama stitcher) – no longer available	w
Picolay	(Focus stacker, 3d renderer) http://bit.ly/picolay	w
Handbrake	(video converter) https://handbrake.fr/	w m l
Audacity	(audio editor) http://bit.ly/audaditypp	w m l
qDslr Dashboard	(remote camera control) http://bit.ly/2IVppWf Wired, wireless, timelapse, bramping, focus stacking Free on windows/mac and paid app for android/ios	all wmlair
WeMacro controller * * requires wemacro rail	WeMacro Focus stacking rail software https://bit.ly/wemacrosw	w m a i

Free software – platform: w = Windows, m = Mac, l = Linux, a = Android, i = Ios, r = Raspberry

January 2, 2023

CSC Camera prices. A brief history

Palantir See All mystic DSLR CSC — Palantir See All, the mystic DSLR

Are camera CSC body costs rising, stable or falling?

* NEW * Table updated January 2023 to include the mirror-less R series!

To answer that question I took a look into the past. Checking in on the mid level CSC bodies from Canon since the introduction of the venerable 3.1 megapixel D30 way back in 2000. I grouped both DSLRs and mirrorless bodies under the CSC umbrella.

I created a table of a brief history of Canon DSLR & Mirrorless introduction dates and their pricing at the time of introduction.
Not including the top end 1D series and low end Rebel series.
Basically cut the top and bottom off, just looking at the middle so called prosumer level bodies.

The table lists the Canon body “Manufacturer Suggester Retail Prices” in the USA at time of their announcements.
Which surprisingly seems to have remained fairly stable over the years for each series of bodies.

If you factor in the ever rising inflation rate the actual cost of the bodies has in fact been slightly decreasing! Right along with the decreasing buying power of the mighty dollar as the years advance.

Body	Month	Year	Suggested Price at introduction	Megapixels	Processor	Sensor Size
D30	May	2000	MSRP US$3,500	03.1mp	–
D60	February	2002	MSRP US$2,199	06.3mp	–
10D	February	2003	MSRP US$1,499	06.3mp	DIGIC	aps-c
20D	August	2004	MSRP US$1,499	08.2mp	DIGIC ii	aps-c
30D	February	2006	MSRP US$1,399	08.2mp	DIGIC ii	aps-c
40D	August	2007	MSRP US$1,299	10.2mp	DIGIC iii	aps-c
50D	August	2008	MSRP US$1,399	15.2mp	DIGIC 4	aps-c
60D	August	2010	MSRP US$1,099	18.0mp	DIGIC 4	aps-c
70D	July	2013	MSRP US$1,199	20.2mp	DIGIC 5+	aps-c
80D	February	2016	MSRP US$1,199	24.2mp	DIGIC 6	aps-c
77D	February	2017	MSRP US$0,899	24.2mp	DIGIC 7	aps-c
90D (end of line for xxD)	August	2019	MSRP US$1,199	32.5mp	DIGIC 8	aps-c
7D	September	2009	MSRP US$1,699	18.0mp	dual DIGIC 4	aps-c
7D mk-ii (end of line for 7D series)	September	2014	MSRP US$1,799	20.2mp	dual DIGIC 6	aps-c
5D	August	2005	MSRP US$3,299	12.8mp	DIGIC ii	FF
5D mk-ii	September	2008	MSRP US$2,699	21.1mp	DIGIC 4	FF
5D mk-iii	March	2012	MSRP US$3,299	22.3mp	DIGIC 5+	FF
6D	September	2012	MSRP US$2,099	20.2mp	DIGIC 5+	FF
5DS	February	2015	MSRP US$3,699	50.6mp	dual DIGIC 6	FF
5DSr	February	2016	MSRP US$3,899	50.6mp	dual DIGIC 6	FF
5D mk-iv (end of line for 5D series)	August	2016	MSRP US$3,499	30.1mp	DIGIC 6+	FF
6D mk-ii (end of line for 6D series)	June	2017	MSRP US$1,999	26.2mp	DIGIC 7	FF
Mirror less R series All EF series discontinued
R	October	2018	MSRP US$2,299	30.1mp	DIGIC 8	FF
RP	March	2019	MSRP US$1,299	26.2mp	DIGIC 8	FF
R5	July	2020	MSRP US$3,899	44.8mp	DIGIC X	FF
R6	July	2020	MSRP US$2,499	20.1mp	DIGIC X	FF
R3	November	2021	MSRP US$5,999	24.1mp	DIGIC X	FF
R5C	March	2022	MSRP US$4,799	44.8mp	DIGIC X	FF Cinema
R7	June	2022	MSRP US$1,499	32.5mp	DIGIC X	aps-c
R10	June	2022	MSRP US$0,799	24.2mp	DIGIC X	aps-c
R6-mkii	November	2022	MSRP US$2,499	24.2mp	DIGIC X	FF
R8	February	2023	MSRP US$1.499	24.2mp	DIGIC X	FF
R50	February	2023	MSRP US$679	24.2mp	DIGIC X	aps-c

January 2, 2023

End of Chasing the Ever Elusive Pixel?
glass bottle skull
Chasing the ever elusive pixel.
I am at the point I don’t know why I am bothering.
It is 2nd quarter 2019 and I have not taken a single image I was actually interested in taking this year so far.
Yes images have been made, but all for others, nothing that I would have dragged out equipment for given a choice.
Maybe it is finally time to hang up the cameras.
Many of the photo cohorts I know have gone a different route.
They run out every now and then to hunt down a few great images, while videoing their trip and process.
Filling up a lot of time with impressive drone shots and b-roll to try to create a compelling video,
then trying to use it to pedal their photo trips and courses.
Basically they have become photo-tour guides who also happen to take images occasionally.
For now it seems to pay well, one of the few remaining areas that still does.
But nothing I currently have interest in doing.
It is said “Never say never”, for me it seems I have reached the end of my interest in the pastime, at least for now.
Who knows maybe I’ll find something to get me going again someday, maybe not.
At the moment I am deciding whether to close out the social media groups, pages and accounts on Facebook/Instagram/twitter.
Many of which seem to have taken rather obnoxious turns, with the slobs hiding behind their keyboards spewing vitriol
at each other in many of what used to be former great groups.
I have already deleted my memberships from the ones that have degenerated the most, now deciding on the rest and the accounts themselves.
June 11, 2019
Farewell Photoshelter
Well it finally happened.
I closed my PhotoShelter account.
They provided an absolutely great service while I needed a bullet proof archive solution
and I highly recommend them for any business needing to safely store and deliver image files and prints world wide.
Click the following image to take a peek at PhotoShelter, and give their free trial a spin!
photoshelter-logo
But I am winding down, all that I have left still active now is occasional art print sales and outstanding contracts.
And strangely people keep trying to talk me into trying the current stock market (cringe) with my terabytes of past images.
I just can’t see having put in all the time, skill, equipment and effort used to create the images,
then turning around and selling the them for (~~peanuts~~, which actually are expensive so) pennies,
trying to dive straight for the bottom and go for the “volume sales to make up the profits” mindset.
Essentially a commodities market which to me seems a losing proposition for the creative.
Somehow does fit with my more traditional outlook.
I am however thinking I might try uploading (unloading?) complete crap, essentially my past rejects pile.
Which would have to first be converted from raw to whatever is required for uploads now,
to some of the microstock services and see how that fares against the ad nauseum pablum I see flooding the current lowest cost crowd source mentality market.
Anyway I got off-topic, this post was to say farewell to a long time partner service, that served me well for many years.
I was with them from 2009 to 2019.
I wish them well on their new & upcoming endeavors!
April 14, 2019
5 mic shootout
Here’s my comparison of 5 different relatively inexpensive (under 200$cdn) mic options.
Over time as I started to make videos I found the sound quality was bugging me.
So I embarked on a mini-quest to improve on the audio I was capturing.
Eventually ending up with four external mics and the internal camera mic
(I also have a few studio mics but that is for another time.)
Here is a video I made while recording from all 5 sources at the same time in a couple of different locations..
(Editing that into a single video was quite a chore!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1KMh1QC8po
Summary of my findings
Camera Internal mic
Cost: free, built in to most cameras.
Power: internal camera battery
Pros: free, always have it with you.
Cons: usually terrible poor quality sound, picks up wind, environment and even camera internal operating noises.

Apex 182
Cost: runs around 20$us/26$cdn
Power: none.
Pros: Needs no battery, and is stereo, very inexpensive.
Cons: no easy way to clip it to anything. output levels are low.

Audio-Technica ATR3350
Cost: runs around 29$us/50$cdn
Power: needs a LR44 type battery that lasts about 10-15 hours.
Pros: cheap, not bad sound
Cons: no battery life indicator, you never know if it has quit on you.
excessively 6 meter/20 foot long ever tangle cord.

RØDE smartlav+
Cost: runs around 89$us/99$cdn
Pros: powers itself from the recording device (needs to be compatible), small easily placed.
Cons: None, it does need a RØDE SC3 3.5mm TRRS to TRS Adapter to connect to recorders instead of smartphones
Hint: A kit with the lav and adapter can sometimes be found for almost same price as lav by itself, much more expensive if bought separately
RØDE VideoMic
Cost: runs around 150$us/189$cdn
Power: standard 9v battery
Pros: good quality construction, uses standard easy to find 9v battery
Cons: large and needs to be camera mounted, can pick up unwanted directional background sounds.

Links
To my top product picks (yes they are affiliate links!).
RØDE SmartLav+
Adorama http://bit.ly/2vxfjXH
RØDE SC3 trrs to trs adapter
Adorama http://bit.ly/2KHMe0j
RØDE SmartLav+ and trrs to trs bundle!
Adorama
Zoom H1n
Adorama http://bit.ly/2vAYI56
RØDE VideoMic
Adorama http://bit.ly/2KFQr4M
Dead Cat
Adorama
August 9, 2018

Author: Peter

Finally happened, actively looking to switch from Adobe

Canon Camera End of Life

End of support date (no longer repairable)

Canon maintains and regularly updates

Shutter life in the Mirror-less world

Bags and Camera Backpacks

The camera backpack and bags farm

The great camera bag reduction of 2022

My current in active use bags

The entire bag farm

Top 10 Software I use for editing

The Software

What I edit still images with:

My image catalog database is currently

What I create videos with:

The Hardware

The Monitors

The rapidly ageing eaters of bits

Backup & Stability

Here are the links to all the products if you want to get any them

Paid/subscription

Free!

CSC Camera prices. A brief history

Are camera CSC body costs rising, stable or falling?

* NEW * Table updated January 2023 to include the mirror-less R series!

End of Chasing the Ever Elusive Pixel?

Chasing the ever elusive pixel.

Farewell Photoshelter

5 mic shootout

Summary of my findings

Camera Internal mic

Apex 182

Audio-Technica ATR3350

RØDE smartlav+

RØDE VideoMic

Links