Recent content by Myky-D

Arguably, the real stills photographer won't even use a camera.

Thanks for all the responses, folks - it's given me real food for thought. Also, I have now added the term "gear fondling" to my lexicon.

Hm - all interesting points to ponder. I find myself reacting to EVF - I don't like the thought of it, but arguably that's me being stubborn. I understand that certain manual effects can't be done with them such as zoombursts - is that still true?

Fair - that's a similar curve to that which I was expecting.

Yer - I'd rather that software focused exclusively on the stills production - whether that's noise reduction, false sharpening or whatever.

That's quite a compelling point regarding focus-anywhere, but how does the viewfinder work? Is it digital? If so, isn't there lag?

That's interesting - so the video tech is just the digital equivalent of a flip-book, then? I got the impression with all the reels and manipulation I've seen on the web that increasingly the market and thus the tech is shifting towards that.

Would you agree with the 6D Mk II recommendation, then? I'd be interested to see if that was the only sensible option, or if there are other recommendations.

Thanks for this - my BiL has the 6D Mk II, and recommends it - but I thought I'd ask the grown-ups just in case. Interesting to hear it echoed. I'm not quite sure I understand mirrorless - personally I like to have some heft to the body and mechanism, and mirrorless strikes me as contrary to that.

Hello, everyone - I hope you are well during these strange times, etc. I am looking to upgrade from my 15yo Canon 450d - preferably to a full-frame body. My issue is that I only do stills - portraiture, architecture, landscape, and art-y nonsense I think looks nice. Increasingly people are...