I missed my chance to pick up a refurb Z6iii for $1511 because they sold out. Does Nikon offer these discounts on a regular basis?
2011 Prius, standard roof.
This spring I opened my back hatch and a ton of water flooded down the sides of it and into the trunk area. I pulled up the cargo bin and spare tire and there was a pool of water down there that I removed with a wet/dry vacuum.
I’m not sure where this water is entering. The door seal seems to be in tact. Is it common for the window glass seal to fail? Any tips on how to pin point the leak?
Also, anyone tried an ozone generator to deal with smells? There’s a strong mildew smell now, even though I removed the moisture right away.
Thanks.
For organizing photos, it’s nice that images are all separated by date, but when sharing an album with friends, or possibly clients, the layout isn’t very graceful. Are there any options to present photos a little more artistically? I’m looking for a better galley view, such as how they are presented in Pixieset. Are there add-ons, or options I’m not seeing in the settings? Thanks
I’m looking to get some new flat-folding softboxes for location work and obviously the new Godox Easyflows are prime contenders. I was comparing them against others like SmallRig and SMDV/Glow, but they seem to be a lot heavier.
For example the 60cm Octa is 980g, vs 725g for the similar sized SmallRig and 680g for the Glow.
The 90cm is 1340g vs 900g for the SmallRig Now I wondering, is this accurate, or is the weight I’m seeing possibly including/not-including the Bowens speed ring?
I know hardly anyone has been able to use these yet, but I’m leaning toward the SmallRig versions at this point, just for the weight savings. Any thoughts?
What’s the deal here? Overstock blowout or counterfeit?
I have a season photography job. I’ve always been a W2 employee for this company, for over a decade, and it’s a small amount of money (less than $1k annually). The last tax period, the company changed me to 1099-NEC status without telling me, and didn’t do any withholding. When I filed my taxes, I didn’t think that I’d need to claim this income as “self-employment” because this has always just been a job, where they set the schedule and I show up to work the hours.
Now the IRS is asking for an explanation/response or they will tax me as self-employed. What is the appropriate way to respond to this? Am I really on the hook for the full 15% in addition to the income tax? Thanks
Mix of the band's LED stage lighting and Godox flashes (because this little venue had no frontal stage lighting at all). ISO 5000, f/4, 1/200, 28mm. High ISO colors are fantastic on this sensor. I also applied LR Denoise which works amazing on these files. I was super hesitant to upgrade my D850s and G lenses, (and downgrade from 47 to 24MP)...but starting to come around.
Looking at both these lenses. $700 for 14-30, $1100 for the 14-24. Which deal would you jump on? I mainly shoot events, sports, lifestyle portraits, sometimes in rugged conditions. Worth the premium?
EDIT: Thanks y’all. I just needed a little group therapy to help me burn some more money. Going to go pick up this 14-24 now!
EDIT2: It had a moderate cosmetic ding near the control ring that didn’t affect performance. Glass was perfect, performance and sharpness was flawless. Compared to my old 17-35mm, I don’t find it overly heavy at all (and it’s no bigger than the 24-70). Walked away with it for a cool $1k. Very stoked. 😁🤙
We all love the magnetic accessory feature on the round head flashes, however, I find the gel accessories very lacking. The AK-R16 is good, however, the problem is that only one magnetic frame is included, so switching from full CTO to half CTO gel means disassembling it to change the gel. Same story if I want to use colored gels from the V-11 kit. Many colors come in the kit, but only one magnetic frame, so I cannot use it quickly or on multiple flashes without buying many expensive duplicate kits.
Why is there no option to purchase the magnetic frames and clear gel lenses individually? I would like to have a whole stack of pre-made gels ready to go.
Both ProFoto and SMDV offer full sets (or individual colors) of colored magnetic gels made from durable hard plastic that are perfect. Unfortunately the ProFoto are too expensive and fit poorly, and the SMDV don’t fit at all. I would love to see Godox offer the same thing. The hard plastic gels are the way to go.
Godox does now offer this exact product I want for the smaller iT30/iT32 flashes in the form of the MA02 kit. It’s lovely. It’s fast. It convenient.
They really should make a kit like this for the round head flashes, imho. Anyone agree? Maybe with enough chatter in this topic, Godox will realize the potential.
Now that the Neewer QZ trigger claims to be fully compatible with Godox X-system flashes, it makes an interesting alternative to the X3/Pro, which has some ergonomic limitations (like the buttons and wheel on the right side, which makes no sense since you hold the camera with your right hand). It seems likely this trigger is actually manufactured by Godox. I’m wondering if anyone has tried it, and whether it has feature parity with the X3 Pro (besides Bluetooth app, which I know is missing). Thanks
I’m not a fan of tinkering with loose gels in frames, and really like the SMDV hard plastic gel kits. Do these natively snap onto the Godox round heads without an adapter?
Also, anyone else think the Godox gel solution is weak sauce and they should just copy these to make our lives easier?? I understand the little exchangeable rings work, but you only get one ring per kit, so you need buy a bunch of duplicate kits and end up with tons of extra gels you don’t need. Why can’t the rings be purchased separately? Thanks.
I’ve just started to explore the new X5 trigger. I’m curious how it would work for guys like me who use two bodies, (one wide, one tele), as a trigger for off camera flashes. I understand a IT32 is required to program it. But what would happen with two X5s and a single IT32? If I make an adjustment to group A from the wide angle body, and then want to shoot from the tele body, would I need to plop to the IT32 onto that body first to update the X5 trigger to send the current values to group A?
Anyone using it like this have some feedback on the system? Thanks
I’m looking to pick up a flash trigger and the QZ look to be better than the Godox X3/Pro due to the front facing buttons. However, most of my strobes at this time are Godox (AD200, V1 Pro, 860iii). Does anyone know if the TCM feature works with these flashes, or only Neewer models? Thanks
I discovered some mysteriously changed settings while working events. I tracked it down to the Z6iii reverting them when the battery dies or is pulled from the camera. This is not in U1, U2, etc, it’s in manual. I’ve owned many Nikons over the years but this has never been a thing before. Is my unit damaged, or is this repeatable by anyone else?
Try this, change something in the i menu like quality, size, etc. then pull the battery. Does the setting revert like mine? I can’t rely on this for professional use.
And before any one tries to say “just don’t let the battery die”…come on, that is not a practical solution for professional event photographers when the thing only gets about 300-400 shots before dying.
I have custom setting D15 (release timing indicator) set to type B which is supposed to be white lines on the border. I’m in ‘Electronic shutter’ mode, so the mechanical shutter is not in play. Yet I still get shutter blackout on every shot. Only if I go to Continuous high (extended), does the blackout stop and the white lines start working. Is there some other setting that interferes with this, or is it the expected behavior? None of the reviews of this camera I’ve seen ever mentioned this limitation. I have tried to reset all settings, but it didn’t help. Thanks