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Heymoe

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    Southern Leyte, Philippines. Saint Louis, MO, USA
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    Stage Photography, Tradecraft
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    South Pacific
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  1. One solution is to use a backpack and buy a padded camera insert from Amazon. I use a Samsonite backpack that looks totally generic and a 3 position insert (1 for assembled body with 70-200 attached, 1 position for 24-70 and the last for a camera body). In the coach I assemble the 24/70 onto the extra body and use it as the default camera (using a hand strap and not a neck strap). For distant shots the 70-200 comes out and is then replaced ASAP since the white lens tends to attract attention. It's worked out well for the last 26 cruises. And if you buy the onboard Internet, letting it back up your daily shots overnight to Amazon (they allow unlimited RAW and JPG uploads) from a laptop is a decent strategy.
  2. I plan on submitting my best outdoor images to a stock photo site, and the best theatre photos to my site for use by the actors/dancers since few of them have production photos. A couple of years ago I took my first Alaska cruise and was surprised at the range of subjects. Not just ice and wildlife, but giant rainbows and mosses growing in chunks of marble. On the prior Alaskan trip I brought a 70-200mm and 24-70mm lens, and a full frame as well as a crop sensor body just because "two is one and one is none". To be honest, for outdoor photos taken in the daylight I could have used a current model phone camera. The automatic processing on the phone does a lot to make captures look really good. But production work needs a big sensor since there will be cropping, and a fast lens since the light is low. This time I'm bringing a 38-300mm stabilized lens on the full frame body and a 50mm prime on the backup camera. It's really tempting to bring my old Canon SX50HS since nothing I have tops its 1,500mm (equivalent) zoom and light weight.
  3. I'm on the Infinity now and can confirm that Celebrity blocks most VPN traffic. Their DNS definitely blocks lookups of sites with "VPN" and it appears they block ports commonly used by VPN programs. If your VPN provider has an option for using TLS protocol (Port 443), you're in luck. That's the protocol used to break China's Great Firewall - also used to break the great Waterwall of Celebrity. It's very hard to stop because websites using "https://" transfer their data over port 443 Most VPN standalone programs don't offer a TLS connection, but one that does appears on StackSocial.com with good discounts. It's KeepSolid/VPN Unlimited. Not the fastest, but has quite a few endpoints. I'm not affiliated with KeepSolid but found it's pretty resilient. And the cost to bypass Celebrity's 'curation' is $50 a day!!!
  4. The Havila Capella, a ferry, shot in Honningsvag, Denmark - as far North as we go (71°10'21") on the Sky Princess. Shot this morning.
  5. The DSLR's main advantage, in my view, is that the sensor is much bigger. So there are more pixels and greater resolution (important if you crop a lot of the photo out) - but also the pixels are larger and less likely to register as random noise (more important if you shoot in low light) Operationally, if most of your photos are outside in decent light or shot with a flash, noise becomes less of a problem. If you can zoom to make your subject fill the frame before even touching the shutter, cropping in Lightroom/Photoshop/On1 may not even be needed. With a good vibration reduction built into the camera and high power zoom built in, this is usually less of an issue than with a phone or even a typical DSLR mid-range (70-200) zoom. Personally, I still have my old Canon SX50HS superzoom while I traded my Rebel T2's off a couple years ago. If I wasn't shooting photos for others in a dark environment and need to crop, I wouldn't have bought a Canon 5D4 and a couple of zoom lenses. The Superzoom is small, light, has excellent magnification for displaying on the web and prints up to about 8x10. My only recommendation is to buy a lightweight monopod and carry it everywhere. It's almost impossible to hand hold shots at full zoom.
  6. If you take mostly outdoor photos, a reflector may be an answer. The spring loaded ones weigh almost nothing and don't take up much space when folded. But it takes up a free hand (yours or a friend's). I've taken a metric buttload of photos on cruises and have used the built-in flash maybe 20 times on the older camera (the newer one doesn't have a flash). The speedlite sounded like a good idea, but its' weight and the extra batteries versus the actual use made me leave it at home after a couple cruises. But everyone is different. If you do portraits in overhead sun a flash would be really useful.
  7. For makers who set minimum prices for their new cameras (Canon), used is a great way to go. I buy factory refurbs direct from Canon. They carry a 1 year manufacturer warranty. Speaking to the quality of their process, a friend who takes a lot of photos on Bahamanian beaches sends his higher end lenses back to Canon for their refurb every few years.
  8. I agree, a hand strap is great for taking photos quickly and securely. For good or bad, the ones that also encircle your wrist make the camera a part of you and allow for fast and more secure shooting. But they also effectively make your right hand only effective as a camera holder. Removing the wrist strap portion lets you quickly shift the rig to your left hand. My usual setup is a little over 5 pounds and I'm comfortable with just a back-of-hand strap. I tried a cross-body strap but there was too much swing. A chest carrier was really secure, but they draw too much attention.
  9. Depending on what you want to spend, the Canon 6D is a good full frame. The 5DMark4 is kind of a chunk (5.2 pounds with a medium telephoto), but has lots more autofocus points, a moire filter, and a CF card slot in addition to the SD slot. I've been happy buying my equipment at the Canon.com refurbished site. All cameras and lenses have a 1 year factory warranty. You won't find many bargains at third party sites on new bodies or lenses since Canon controls the selling price. Which lenses do you have for your Rebel? If you have specialty lenses like the super wide angle 10-22mm that are EF-S only, they won't work on a full frame body. Even though it isn't a full frame, I like the 80D because it effectively lengthens the medium telephoto lens and also accepts EF-S lenses. Happy shopping!
  10. For sled dogs.

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