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Been doing loads of photography recently with my aged DSLR. The 1 thing that is annoying me is how much of a pain it is to upload pics as it involves a PC and removing the memory card. I have now learned that most new cameras deal with this with WiFi to your phone.
So, it's new camera time. I'm thinking a mirrorless camera, with a view finder and the Canon M50 seemed to fit the bill, partly as I already know how Canon's work so and drawn towards it.
Any opinions? I like the idea of mirrorless as they're smaller to carry and so will be used more, but could be persuaded otherwise. Budget of £700 absolute tops.
Not what you asked I know, but is this any use to you?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-FlashAir-W-04-Class-Memory/dp/B073LM5TRX
Not what you asked I know, but is this any use to you?
Yes, yes it is. Thank you!
Cougar has inadvertently solved my "not allowed to insert memory cards into work PCs" security issue.
I didn't even know the microSD card wi-fi readers existed 🙂
Cool, shall we split the £650 I've just saved you? (-:
There's a review here which goes into a bit of detail about how it works / what it does (the Toshiba bit is about halfway down).
https://nerdtechy.com/best-wifi-sd-card
The 1 thing that is annoying me is how much of a pain it is to upload pics as it involves a PC and removing the memory card. I have now learned that most new cameras deal with this with WiFi to your phone.
See if you can demo the Canon WiFi transfer see how useful it is. With my Nikon DSLR, which does WiFi transfer...
- The app on the phone is buggy, connectivity is hit and miss;
- When it works, it's slow;
- I don't want the pics in my phone - I want them on my MBP.
So I don't use it, still eject the SD card and stick it in the Mac.
I didn’t even know the microSD card wi-fi readers existed
Huh, nor did I but seemingly they do. (The card I linked to is a full-sized SD, not a reader.)
If you can recall when hard drive capacity was measured not in terabytes or gigabytes, but tiny little megabytes, it’s hard not to feel amazed watching the increasing capacities of flash memory.
That's the problem with millennials trying to write about tech history, he has no idea. First disk drive we had was 100Kb per side of a 5 1/4 inch floppy.
Luxury... I remember when the hard disks were 5Mb and you had to manually insert each platter into the washing machine sized drive. Youngsters these days... They don't know how good they have it
Nice one Mr Cougar!
Luxury.
he has no idea.
Yeah, but arguably neither will most of the article's readers.
First disk drive we had was 100Kb per side of a 5 1/4 inch floppy.
If we're looking at removable media then at maybe ~four minutes to load a ZX Spectrum game from tape, I reckon you'd get at least 1MB out of a C90 cassette. (-:
In any case, if you consider fixed storage rather than removable then the author is actually correct. The first ever hard disk was ~5MB and that was in the 1950s. The first PC hard drive was about the same capacity, what changed considerably in the intervening quarter-century was the physical size rather than storage.
Damn you, PP!
I have a couple of packs of these somewhere. 😳
🙂
I've spent a lifetime with cameras, right from film days. I've been through full size Canon DSLRs with all the lenses and all the weight. I converted to the Fuji mirrorless system largely for weight reasons. I've sold pictures all over the place. So I think I know a little bit about photography.
I am frequently extremely jealous of the shots my wife takes on her Samsung Galaxy. In decent light with relatively static subjects she gets some super shots. She gets lots of views/favourites/comments on her Flickr page. She knows diddly squat about photo technique but she can spot a good composition.
What I'm trying to say is that better gear doesn't always give better results. Try your phone and then we can split what you were going to spend!!!
The most important bit of the camera is 6 inches behind the viewfinder.
I have a couple of packs of these somewhere. 😳
They're almost certainly sodded by now. HTH.
Over on Facebook, people are servicing old microdrive carts. They need new felt or something and I think there's a risk of trashing either the cart or the drive if you don't. I wasn't paying much attention TBH.
I am frequently extremely jealous of the shots my wife takes
I've mentioned this before, but a mate of mine has a canvas on the wall of a landscape he shot. It's a sizeable thing, two or three feet across maybe. I asked him what lens he used (he's a Nikkon dSLR user) and he replied "oh, iPhone."
What I’m trying to say is that better gear doesn’t always give better results. Try your phone and then we can split what you were going to spend!!!
Completely agree, and I am no expert. But I recently completed a course and a big part of what I enjoyed was worked in fully manual and trying different things to make pics work. I know I've got a very good camera on my iPhone but I want a "proper" camera.
Yes, I know a guy with a similar sized canvas of Ingleton Falls taken on his phone. I would have been pleased to have taken it myself after lugging all my gear up there.
I had a plastic device from the 1970s carrying a full 6 minutes of music in my hand yesterday. 7 inches in diameter it was!
That doesn't sound like a lot today, but back then it was probably some sort of record.
That doesn’t sound like a lot today, but back then it was probably some sort of record.
That's the single best thing I've read today.
Well played Cougs. 🙂
That doesn’t sound like a lot today, but back then it was probably some sort of record.
:applause:
I have used the SD card wifi things and found them a pita. I now use a usb card reader that plugs into my phone, edit using snapseed and can send anywhere afterwards. Removing the card is less hassle than trying to move files by wifi imo.
something like this
And whilst I still take pics with my phone I think there is something enjoyable about using a camera. A friend put us onto Fuji and I haven't looked back since, the analogue nature of adjusting everything to achieve what you want is fantastic and beats any phone.
That doesn’t sound like a lot today, but back then it was probably some sort of record.
That’s the single best thing I’ve read today.
And an honourable mention to PP for the follow up.
just caught up.. 😁 excellent
Been using the M100 recently, it's a great little camera, almost too little, I bought a wrist strap as I was worried I'd drop it.
Seems to be a great travel replacement for the much chunkier 650D we also have. I bought an ef/efs lens converter too, cheap Amazon job that works fine.
Not got round to posting any example images as yet, but I'd imagine you'd not have much to complain about with the M50. Only issue so far seems to be with software between canon, windows and lightroom not liking raw files from it for some reason.
The Canon wifi implementation is a PITA on my 4 year old G9, hopefully it's improved but I wouldn't hold my breath. Car-reader into phone works best for me.
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Car-reader into phone works best for me.
That would drive me mad.
Hard to understand why camera manufacturers just don't get the wireless thing. Nikon's Snapbridge in particular is a royal POS. When will we get the first camera that runs Android and includes apps so you can do simple edits and upload the pics right from the camera?
I keep seeing the Sony A7 series cameras pop up second hand and really like the look of them to replace my ancient Nikon D1h.
What sort of shutter count numbers should start making me feel worried about it? Also, has anyone got one? Impression of it?
I haven't seen any complaints about premature shutter failures. They should be good for over 100K.
I've got an original a7. Lack of stabilisation and poor tracking AF lets it down a bit. The 7ii adds stabilisation and the 7iii adds top notch AF. The R series follows a similar pattern with more resolution. The S series is video focused.
I guess the fact I haven't upgraded shows it does what I want from a camera.
The main downside compared to old Dslrs is the relative lack of cheap used lenses. On the plus side there is a huge selection of new lenses, but mostly expensive.
My old Fuji XT1 is still pretty handy at sending photos to the phone. The XT3 I'm sure is better.
i've always fancied a Sony A6000. I see MPB.com have good 2nd hand ones going for about £280 (without lens). Small, light, seem good for the money - might cop one before my next big holiday to replace my chunky and ageing Lumix 🙂