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I posted this in the pc thread, gonna share it here. Not sure how you all are backing up for the photo and video work, for me I have a been burning data to 25gb and 50gb blu-ray discs. Decided to get a Direct Attached Storage unit for the photo pc, the Drobo 5C. It has 5 bays and a smart RAID system, 64TB max capacity. If you load up two 4TB drives (as I did) it goes into a RAID 1 Mirror function, you can add more drives as you need and upgrade on fly and it will rebuild the RAID data. Has a desktop app where you can keep stats on the drive, and the app sets up everything as far as adding the drive to Windows. The device itself has a power LED, activity LED, and row of LED's to let you know how full your entire storage is. Also status LED's for each drive. Picked it up for $370 at MicroCenter.

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Anyone familiar with wireless rode go mics?

I just purchased one for 200.00 but i need to wirelessly mic up another person. Is there a way to do it without spending unnecessary money?
 

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I shot a wedding Jan 2018
Just got a email today asking for the raw files :dahell:

These people are crazy

shyt like this is why I never have and never will shoot weddings. Like you said, people are crazy and I’ve heard one too many horror stories to even bother. I don’t care about the money enough to deal with the potential aggravation.
 

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This is going to be a big year for Canon. According to the latest camera rumors and reports from reliable sources, the company is planning to release not one, not two, but three new full-frame mirrorless EOS R cameras in 2020, including an even cheaper entry-level camera than the $1,000 EOS Rp.

The latest info comes from Canon Rumors, who has pieced together a 2020 mirrorless roadmap for Canon using “a few different sources.” The report reaffirms some of what we already knew, stating yet again that a high-resolution “EOS Rs” camera will likely be announced CP+ in February. But that’s just the beginning.

According to CR, Canon will release two more EOS R cameras before the year is over. One will be an entry-level “EOS Rm” that will be even cheaper than the Canon EOS Rp, which currently sells at a rock-bottom price of just $1,000 for a full-frame mirrorless system; the other camera is still shrouded in mystery, but it may be an EOS R Mark II or it may be “a sports/speed body, perhaps with a lower megapixel sensor and aimed at the Sony A7S line of cameras.”

Note that all of these product names are sheer speculation.



The big surprise of the three is the so-called “EOS Rm.” The EOS Rp already drove the price of a full-frame digital camera to an unprecedented low; what feature or built-quality sacrifices will Canon need to make in order to drive that price down even further?

As Canon Rumors points out, this camera would force Canon to release some more affordable RF-mount glass—like those nifty fifty and pancake lenses that are already rumored—which we would all celebrate. We’re just not sure if a $700 or $800 full-frame system even makes sense: at that price point, the benefits of a full-frame sensor might be totally swallowed up in cut corners and missing features.


Still, it seems that after many years of incremental updates and op-eds about Canon’s “lack of innovation,” the world’s largest camera company has finally woken up. Something or someone (read: Sony) lit a fire under some backsides at Canon, and consumers will be the beneficiaries.

a $700 full frame mirrorless brand new??? As long as it has eye-af that's crazy. :lupe::damn::whew:
 

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a $700 full frame mirrorless brand new??? As long as it has eye-af that's crazy. :lupe::damn::whew:

They could just take an EOS RP and put an older processor in it that doesn’t allow 4K recording. Most of us use our cameras for both photos and video, but you still have people that would love to have a full-frame camera for photos but honestly don’t need the advanced video features.

If they release it at $800, it would be $500 on the used market within six months, which is insane to even think about and you would almost have to get one at that price.
 

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Canon rumored to release the EOS-r5

Following in the footsteps of the EOS 1D X Mark III, the R5 will be able to achieve burst speeds of up to 20fps using its electronic shutter. It will drop to 12fps when shooting with its mechanical shutter, which is a tad slower than the next-gen sports DSLR's 16fps speed but plenty for wildlife and sports photography.

It's the video specs that will likely have everyone talking, with Canon Rumors saying the EOS R5 will be capable of recording 8K raw footage at 30fps. If this is accurate, the upcoming shooter will need to be a major powerhouse to process those files and keep the heat it will likely produce at bay (which the
Panasonic Lumix S1H does thanks to its cooling vents, but it does not shoot beyond 5.5K resolution).

While we'll have to wait and see whether the 8K video talk is true or not, Canon Rumors is quite sure the EOS R5 will be able to shoot 4K footage at up to 120fps, will feature built-in 5GHz Wi-Fi and will use a new battery that "has the same shape and compatibility as the
EOS 5D Mark IV". Whether this means the batteries are interchangeable is unclear, but we should be able to find out more soon as the camera is expected to be announced at next month's CP+ photography trade show.

However, shipping is rumored to begin only in July 2020, which seems like a very long wait indeed – for now, we'll take that news with a pinch of salt and wait until February for official word from Canon.

Upcoming Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera all but confirmed as specs leak | TechRadar
 

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They could just take an EOS RP and put an older processor in it that doesn’t allow 4K recording. Most of us use our cameras for both photos and video, but you still have people that would love to have a full-frame camera for photos but honestly don’t need the advanced video features.

If they release it at $800, it would be $500 on the used market within six months, which is insane to even think about and you would almost have to get one at that price.



First day take my money Canon
I'll never leave you Canon
 
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