User talk:Colin
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Invitation to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 Participant Survey (Reminder)
Dear Colin,
Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 210K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 40 countries around the world.
You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help.
To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2019.
Kind regards,
the Wiki Loves Monuments team 03:42, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
About Sony Cameras
Dear Colin, After having spent a long summer with coronavirus, and got 360 panoramas where it was impossible before. I have been thinking that it might be a good idea to change my entire equipment and buy a Sony Mirroless camera, I was thinking of a Sony a7 III. I know that you have always given me good, very accurate advice and I also know that you have a Sony camera. I would not like to fall into the capitalist trap of buying cameras without much difference either but I have been watching the Market and Nikon has made a lot of bad decisions, so it might be a good idea to sell now before getting stuck with obsolete equipment. Thanks --Wilfredor (talk) 23:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Wilfredor. Mirrorless is certainly the future for this kind of camera. Are there some lenses or flashguns you would keep if you could get an adaptor for Nikon or Sony mirrorless camera? (See Guide to Nikon Lens Adapters for Sony E-Mount Cameras). If there is no good reason to keep with Nikon brand camera then I agree that the Sony cameras are an attractive choice. They have lots of lenses for them, though they are often expensive. Do you think you'd get much for your kit?
- I walked all of the Hertfordshire Way this summer, but only took my mobile phone along. I have uploaded some photos and have still lots to upload. None of them are FP quality, though they are useful for Wikipedia. I think it is currently hard for me to justify upgrading my camera equipment because (a) I don't use it enough and (b) it still takes great photos. I don't feel limited by my equipment and have a wide choice of lenses from 8mm fisheye to 500mm (750mm equivalent) autofocus mirror lens. I do lack a high quality long-telephoto lens suitable for wildlife photography, but that hasn't really interested me. And for sure the latest full frame sensor will have better noise and dynamic range. But really the main limitation for me is my own talent and opportunity and enthusiasm rather than equipment.
- If you are using your equipment heavily and have the money to afford one of these nice cameras along with some lenses that are good enough to do it justice, then sure you could treat yourself. The Sony a7 III is a couple of years old and has fallen in price so could be good value. I think you will notice an improvement in quality but your wallet will be quite a lot lighter afterwards! Alternatively, what is the second-hand market like for buying Nikon lenses for your existing camera or buying a FF DSLR? If those are ridiculously cheap (I don't know) then it might be worth considering that even though it is a dead-end? -- Colin (talk) 20:48, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- I think that the lenses I have are excellent, especially the sigma art 18-35mm f / 1.8 that when using it gives the feeling of having another camera due to the sharpness that this lens provides. The 50 mm (85 mm in FF) is my favorite due to its low weight and versatility, however, I feel identified with you, I take photos mainly with my huawei p30 pro with a daytime quality close to the D7200, additionally I have also felt discouraged and honestly I do not know why but I think I take much less photos than before, this may be due to the restrictions here on taking photos of people and that there is no country falling apart, that is worth documenting.
- Another factor is the cold weather that makes it very difficult to go for a walk for more than 20 min during the Quebecois winter. I think that if I sell everything (and I don't know how much they can give me maybe about $ 2000) I could collect and buy a more compact and better quality camera, however, it is not a guarantee that this really encourages me to take photos again. I think that this loss of passion is related to my personal life, the fact of living excited makes you carry a constant weight and an emptiness that I do not know how to explain. But going back to the sony topic, I think I could get a Sony A7 III with some cheap manual 85mm lens, that would be enough for me, for the type of photography I do and a good zoom and weight ratio. Maybe this is about lust, but I really see how people get uncomfortable when I take my camera out in the middle of the public with those big glasses. The phone really takes away all that work from carrying a camera and revealing everything that increasingly bores me, I must have many photographs without uploading even to commons since the uploading system is annoying. Additionally, I have many photos still to be uploaded, from Brazil and Canada possibly for the next 10 years of WLM. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:39, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- After analyzing a lot I decided not to buy anything, just wait for a replacement that is worth better than the z50. I think the cost of a full frame lens is not something I can afford. I was afraid that my equipment would be obsolete but I doubt that will happen, hopefully Nikon will make better decisions --Wilfredor (talk) 22:16, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Reminder: User Group Meeting this Saturday
Dear Commons Photographers User Group member,
This is a quick reminder that our second virtual meeting will take place this Saturday, September 26. The agenda entails presentations about drone photography, about the story behind a featured picture, and about the future of LRMediaWiki. We'll also discuss photographers’ contacts with the Wikimedia Foundation and the election of representatives for our user group. You'll find information about all of this on the event page:
I'm also inviting you to share some information about yourself and your photography work with other members of the user group on our new membership list:
I hope you're well during these difficult times. All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:44, 23 September 2020 (UTC)