#Lounge but it's Kiwi
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all the stores have basically the same price, that goes for sales as well
ive found you're best off buying from your regular or wherevers convenient
oh except for progear, their mem card stock is worse
so photogear, photowarehouse, auckland camera centre - just hit those stores
Had such a bad run with photogear lately lol whats photowarehouse like?
what else apart from that second hand lens thing?
their second hand section is the one area where they arent as good
Made orders, no follow up, orders not shipped and when i emailed about it i get no response
Bunch of stuff over the last couple weeks lol
auckland camera centre is my least favourite - 1 nice guy but the rest not so much
wildly different experience to me, although i rarely buy online from them
only stuff thats out of stock for pickup once they get it
for something like a mem card you may as well pop in at one of the stores ive mentioned since theyre quick, unless you're really short for time
Yea it was really disapointing, i made sure everything was in stock before ordering too, its not the delay its more the lack of comms from them
Im in gizzy so no shops near me lol
oh now that makes so much more sense, idk why i thought you were within akl
Lol i could never handle auckland life lol
for online i would trust photowarehouse and rubbermonkey then
Yea ill try pwarehouse next time
and progear for certain gear you cant get from the others
Never brought from them yet, what bout photoshack?
never shopped from them but their website and selection looks like a load of shit
ah ig they got the prograde cfe cards for cheaper
and a lot of the big stores are lacking stock
lake

tbh I wouldn't use the connect add on
and there is one for 700 so I'm sure I could bargain that down a bit
however I got some debt I need to pay off first before I invest in camera gear
I'm gonna invest in a new camera first
Ever since i started shooting film ive started to dislike my r5
If its not boring work, i wont even look at it
But i still need to keep it 😭
the only reason I shoot fuji is it's more fun
Honestly i never found the xh2s fun enough
I just have a crazy thirst for film now
Thing that annoys me is that the later canon film bodies look like plastic shit next to the nikon bodies
My problems now could be solved by nikon mirrorless being cheaper in nz so i can just run everything nikon and have an f5
Can easily get an f5 for about $500, but then the last 1v on trademe got snapped for $1200….
Even eos 3s, fuck all for sale and more expensive from overseas than an f5
Best option is an eos 5
average mazda
i didnt mention it here, but, my atomos atomflex microhdmi-hdmi cable failed after less than 2 hours of recording time usage, a cable i bought in august 2023
so much for their metal casings on the connectors
because the cable is a piece of fucking shit itself
i got warned not to buy one but i heeded that because i wanted it sooner than i could get one from kondor blue
this might tickle your fancy
Rocket Lab tonight
beautiful
Gotta love how in Auckland, anti car is being pushed down from above, yet public transport seems to be getting worse
Some more roads and tunnels will fix it great job
All good, youll get a new motorway lane and if ur lucky, a tunnel
cant do that how else is the mayor supposed to pay for her mortgage
do you guys have any idea how shit the train service is in the wairarapa
i meant to say bus service because thats what the trains have been replaced with more time recently
Going to Japan proved to me how shit our public transport is
Everything is exactly on time, at most maybe 3 minutes late
Meanwhile here there’s been days when buses either just straight up don’t show up, are like 15-20 minutes late, and then the transfer to the next bus im supposed to get on doesn’t happen because we get there too late, and I have to sit around for like an hour for the next bus to get there
I only ever missed a single public transport in Japan and it was due to me just not knowing if it was the right train to get onto or not
Latest train I’ve had in Japan was only late because some dumbass was on the tracks and we couldn’t leave the station until he got off the tracks
Lol train service. We barely got taxis 😂
Hey anyone in auckland in here?
What u need?
Gone buy now that g2 but i see its pick up only
If u want I got time this weekend to pick it up, then either monday or tuesday i can send it down
If u cc me on an email to the seller saying ill pick up @round copper
And pay for shipping to u ofc
Yea mate of course ill pay for all of it, that would help heaps mate cheers
Ill buy now n let you know, pm me ur email
diddy ahhh post
The Michael Cera ad for that stuff is amazing
good setup
Nice
Hey nz peps, i needs a tamron tap thinymebob to update my firmware on my 70-200g2, they realy cheap from usa but here they seem crazy expendy, any local places they not crazy expensive?
Mass import some from America then sell off the ones you don’t need for a bit more expensive price to make the import cost worth it

I had one like 4 years ago. You're a bit late.
do you need the tap in console?
when i bought my tamron 70-200 g2 used, it came completely fine and focus was flawless
to a point where i didnt need to bother checking anything with the console
btw i might be looking to let go of my EOS 3 if anyone here would be interested
nvm just read #⛪・nikon-chapel
ig test more, diff IS settings
@elder yacht just gone done shooting that fuji event today, highly ironic that the xh2s's i loaned from them are showing some pretty clear focus hunting in shots
jessie was nice to work with though
gfx100ii was crazy to try
Jessie is great 😊 really want to work with her someday on something
To use the g2 with my z50 it needs a firmware upgrade
has that sensor been fondled
bit of a polish with the old 80 grit
Selling my X-H1
Is it xh2s time?
Yes it is, hopefully by Christmas
Also, to everyone:
I am in Auckland on the 26th of December if anyone wants to meetup in the CBD 🙂
I haven't been in Auckland properly since 2018 I think
Other than going to the Airport or passing through.
Armageddon I think in 2018 was the last time I was up there.
I won't be in Auckland on the 26th lol
Nor will like, 1/3 of Auckland though, so it's a good time to be there
I'm just there to catch the ferry on the 27th to great barrier
Ive made probably one of my most ridiculous camera buying decisions
Ive sold my r5 and bought a leica m6
Oh damn i wont be in nz on the 26th :(
Yup, ridiculous
Hahaha
That is a horrific choice wtf
Wild? Yes
Horrific? Not sure id go that far
Unhinged and ridiculous are the words id use
I like to exaggerate
Hahahha
plus I'm a Canon shill lol
Of course :)
Just sold my iPad
+$800 towards the X-H2s
bruh
also goated choice
I will now give you the Leica role
@potent frost are you still going to south seas next year?
👀👀
Yeah south seas is locked in
Shot some BTS recently for a south seas crew doing their final, since SD1 was at the studio i got to meet the CLA tutor and some staff
He had certain words to say about the 2023 CLA roster, many of whom ive worked with this year 😂
Also big W
I have 2x 256gb CFE cards to sell if you need, just waiting to hear back from a potential buyer
Oooh yes possibly
@potent frost have u used d500? If so hows the af compare to xh2s?
nah havent used any nikon DSLR/MILCs
Missin out 😂
ill be in the market for a dslr at some point to do my own scans
What did the poor F40 do to you to deserve such disrespect
Hey guys which of these versions of this photo looks better? I can't decide 
2nd
I should show you my photos of that little bugger
all in B&W tho cause it was low effort and on my personal insta
Oki coolio :))
yeah he is a little bugger
bro someone is selling an X-T5 for 2k in auckland wtf
Tf?
$2900 including the 56mm F1.2
bro go get it, flip it
I see them going 2nd hand for 2900 just for the body
Reason for selling: Switching to sony lol
Holy
so clearly they want to sell quickly
Why are all these bargains when I DON'T HAVE THE SPARE MONEY
smh
I just loaded my wise card with USD for holiday so dont think i can do it 😭
I'd send someone to go grab the body if I had the money lol
Would be too much of a risk anyway tryna flip in a few weeks
If I had the money I'd get you to go buy it for me lol
I would ask my dad for a loan but he just spent 30k on the yacht
@marsh ingot Easy flip
got a spare 2k?
Meanwhile theres a fucking xt10 in tauranga going for 800 lmao
is that good?
okay
I wouldnt pay over 200 for one
I only know the prices of the flagships lol

and the X-T10 is a bougie camera
Wanna see someone here flip that xt5
well it comes with a lens
and a bag
what a bargain
Its not the newer 56mm WR with the xt5 is it?
and a 3rd party battery
I can't tell
imagine if it was
That's 3k and no
they say 2k for the body
which is insane
it's an almost new X-T5
900 for the lens
lens is only a bargain if it is the WR version
Raptor you'd be printing almost 900-1000 for the body if you resell it
I see another xt5 for $2350 needing a $300 fix for light leak on screen
I think I saw that one
And someone whos been trying to sell their xt5 for $2950 for like the entire year
I saw an X-T4 for a grand, broken EVF
rip
maybe I should buy it
nah, I'm getting the X-H2s
only 300-500 more 2nd hand
Make sure u get your xh2s for 3k absolute max
I wouldnt spend any more
Theres enough of them popping up for you to nego down one of them
I think I could get one for 3k
I sadly can't get one before my trip tho
money ain't there
so Feb it is
Still 2k more than I have at the minute
bro poor
-# I can't say anything
Literally just spent 2k on a new PC
W
Air con is fucked and needs fixing
send pics of your setup
Washer/dryer is fucked and needs fixing
spray paint it white
paint it white
And all Xmas shopping just got done
Just waiting on 9800x3d to come back into stock to finish it
looks beautiful
my next setup I want to be white, no RGB (like I'll have RGB lights but I'll set them to white)
yeah ive got lights in mine, either all synced with a pastel tone, or a solid white colour
with the black it looks sick
i do think i wanna get some of those lian-li strimmer cables
I think I might buy a new one next year early
before the market is fcked because of the tarriffs
Thinking just white or cyan if I sort out colours
im still on the stock cooler, but temps are so fine its not issue
The GPU going in for now is black though....
all synced is definitely the way to go
Budget didn't go that far
Might make a post with all LEDs pulsing through teal/orange just to trigger everyone
I'll probably get a sleeper case
i love my fishtank case
but something big cause I want to put a lot of storage in it for media stuff
showing off the parts is most of the fun
I'm leaving my o-11d for the fractal
the lian li cases are quite nice
Go itx 🫡
altho that fractal case is fucking sick
id prolly go micro-atx for my desk , i do still like a bit of buklk
I can't do anything small form factor. Too much compromise for size.
This was the old rig at its peak. Doesn't come much bigger
I love NZ
based case
absolute beast
2x 480mm double thick rads with push/pull fans. Think I had 21x 120mm fans all up
GPUs never crossed 45C even under max load with a huge OC
CPU ran cool at 4.8-5ghz (3.2-3.8ghz stock)
Bro what does the rest of the set up look like looks sick
I mean the PC isn't live yet because I still need the cpu
But heres the current stuff
the case is a general attempt to blend more into the overall apartment's furniture style, but that will happen over a wider timeframe
i enjoy the desk, whole surface mouse mat
needs to have a clean though
it's hard to find nice desks here honestly. Something thats big with pre-drilled monitor holes and cable management
got all the starwars lego
none of the really big sets sadly. They're bloody expensive
but it gives an easy thing for folks to buy me for birthdays and xmas etc lol
yeah they really are 
Is it still going?
I need to check it out lol
I might be too late
I still see it up
Well a battery can be an improvised explosive so I guess certain scenarios lol
dammit, I wanted to bring mine back home
Ahhhh fuck what a shame
Didn’t know our prime minister was good with photoshop like that
oil up luxon
average iphone user screenshot, red battery
jumpscare
I just donated money to Air New Zealand
bro the nz used market sucks what is this
for lenses
other than FB and trademe are there any other sites i should check?
@wind iris @elder yacht @potent frost help this poor bloke
his family situation is deteriorating by the moment and he needs this site to save his dying grandma
this is true
I adore shagging sheep's
My favourite morning activity
i love destroying millions of square km of native bush for farming
I love massive pine forests owned by multinationals and cop out new zealanders that are terrible for NZ wildlife and fauna
no one answered the blokes question lol
Note all of these links I have are set for Fujifilm as that's all I care about. Adjust to your liking
https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/lenses-fujifilm-x-mount
https://www.photowarehouse.co.nz/shop/second-hand-products/lenses-fujifilm-x-mount
https://www.progear.co.nz/second-hand-photography-gear/second-hand-store-second-hand-lenses/Fujifilm/Latest
https://photogear.co.nz/preloved-selection/?sort=price_min_to_max&filters=Brand,Fujifilm
https://shop.cashconverters.co.nz/Browse?FullTextQuery=Fujifilm
https://aucklandcamera.co.nz/product-category/second-hand-dept/used-lenses/?filter_brand=fujifilm&query_type_brand=or
(only when there are bulk clearances of shops or studios, I normally hear through the ether if stuff is on here)
https://www.number8.bid/
Photowarehouse/Photo + Video Chch
Photogear
Progear
Auckland Camera Centre
Those 4 + fb marketplace and TM, and ur set
bugger
EBay if you want to pay exorbitant prices for importing stuff
@keen marsh welcome to the kiwi lounge
Lol
I took it after I was out all day
ah had someone offer to buy my camera but put my damn sensor cap in storage because I have a single lens always attached to my camera
what appears to be daytime....
I was born in Australia my family is Māori
My family is all from North Island but one of my grandparents moved over to Australia and eventually I happened
It’s just my grandparents, their 4 kids and their kids here everyone is still in Auckland, can I still be accepted?
never!!!
sounds about right
well that was a short summer
lol
Sometimes Rubber Monkey also has nice specials
They have crazy specials on Sony gear and it almost makes me want to switch
dont give in seth
1800 off the a7iv
ok give in
the sale is gone
but I'm tempted for when it comes back cause I have seen it twice now
I honestly think when i inevitably revisit digital gear, itll probably be sony
you've jumped ship like 8 times this year jdx
Conditions will be different lmao
Ik it looks bad hahahha
No longer looking for any semblance of fun in digital gear
Ikr insane, love seeing it though, lucky im already with sony 😉
Airport lounges have some of the most attractive people in the world fr
mogged
Pakeha moko, that means European or white grandkids doesn’t it?
nga mokopuna pakeha
pakeha mokopuna
mokopuna meaning grandkids
My uncle used to call me and my brother his pakeha moko when we were young
Santa is in the country
Merry Christmas
it is a bit like that
Stockholm is clearing nyc so hard in the vibes department its not even remotely close
U cunts gotta come here
fuck yeah
im over in nz soonish
less than a month now
headed from christchurch to nelson, dk anything more tho\
My mum gives me facebook clout
I posted my half year submission to facebook because she nudges me to post what I take
I might have to look into that lmao
Happy New Years guys 
till an hour and a half here, but happy new year to all my cousins over there!
Woah u guys are a full year ahead of me!!!
Oh good deal
I’m trying to raise the funds to do this
Convincing family members of the profit I can make
My dad can’t contribute sadly so im going to make the rounds
I calculated that I could sell all the lenses and make a 1-2k profit maybe more
I’m gonna talk to my sister who is a photographer and try and convince her to Loan me and I’ll pay her back in full + extra
She will just need to wait for me to sell it all
not if i have anything to do with it!!!
grahhh!!!!
magically cough 4.25k out of my ass and buy it

Do you guys like my inconspicuous new world camera bag
The tripod makes it not so inconspicuous (and kinda sucks) but this is so much more convenient than my old school bag
Schoolbag for dedicated photography trips - I need a proper bag lol - but this is fine for opportunistic shit
My peak design sling has been brilliant on holiday
Fast and easy to use, has dealt with all the wet weather and shit ive thrown at it in the past as well
I'm trying to get 4k rn lol
struggling to convince family

Less than a week until I land in new Zealand guyd
How long u gonna be around for?
Couple week, headed to see family in Christchurch, then I believe we're headed up to Nelson
As to places in between I'm not sure, parents haven't told me too much
11th-27th tho
Almost in my grasp
I hope you have a good trip bro 😎
@glass bloom kiwi spotted
ill be search for you
I'll be still on my trip lol
I get back home when you leave nz lol

Hooolllyy
how is this trademe
not disallowing garbage dropshipped chinese trash
i pretty much set everything to used only lol
Trade Me was sold and it just got worse since then
its a scurge bro
and the prices kept going up so much so everyone uses Marketplace now
I've poured a lot of time working a Trade Me alternative but it's too hard to do alone sadly
i saw something somewhere about a trademe alternative
I should just assemble a team of I.T freaks from across NZ to build it for me
like not from here
there is nothing at the moment
the problem is the userbase
you need to steal the users
like "in production"
which means you need a shitload of money for adverts
there have been alternatives, but they've been bought out by trade me
rubbermonkey da goat
kondor blue's micro hdmi cables seem to sell out quite easily at their $50 price tag
had to get the purple one
I only have so much time and I’m focused on my feature film at the moment
Did you get a lolly as well?
wrote a 1 star review on the atomos cable yesterday and photogear called me about it
honestly should have cashed in the warranty at the first sign of failure instead of when it died (all they need is proof of purchase)
but he was fully keen to sort it out or discount me on a replacement i.e. kondor blue
too bad though I had to order one in before tomorrow from Rubbermonkey so I couldn't take him up on that
Goated customer service icl
I can't wait to spend money in NZ
I'll prolly transfer like 250 or smth, parents should pay for food and stuff yk
the day is getting closer
for my arrival
photographing event at riversdale so I made a graphic for a hi vis and lanyard
overkill but you gotta have that swag on ya
im gonna look even more overkill with a ninja rigged xt4 lmao
ive been looking at the word 'MEDIA' for so long that it doesn't look right
omg seth
I didn't look in the bag properly
I spy with my little eye ANOTHER KIWI
@gentle swallow
hello
You pale in comparison to my ability to recruit

sweet now i can
it bugged out cause I tried to manually add it lol
at least its fixed
anyways welcome kiwi
where in nz are u
timazz?
timaru
lol really
I'm normally in welly but I am current sailing around northland
currently in Whangarei anchored
eh not really, I'm more abstract so most of my photos aren't landscape
I piss off a lot of landscape photographers when I snap a photo on my iphone of the most beautiful vista when I have a 3 thousand dollar camera
oo sweet i need a lens that goes that low
its 24mm equiv full frame at the lowest, to like 70 something
terminology is "open" & "high" when referring to aperture
o yea okay
well yea i need a high
yeah 5.6
uhh 70-300
you got me messing up my words haha
system? like cannon
canon?
cannon
nah I'm with fuji
but I use everything
have used every ecosystem and prefer fujifilm over everything
oo really?
canon is the only system I would consider switching to
but its more fun shooting on fuji
just the interface, the dials, the whole experience really
yeah okayy
yeah goodnight
we're always around in here
- copenhagen
- stockholm
- nyc
- oslo
- helsinki
My final ranking from this trip
U cunts gotta hit copenhagen
Excluding rovaniemi and saariselka as resort/holiday towns
@potent frost
2k!!!
hopefully it's still available by the time i get back to welly
too bad I am not in welly right now
but good news, someone put a deposit down for my X-H1 so when I am back in Tauranga it will be theirs
compared to most things I've sold, the X-H1 has only garned interest from 2 people who were both super interested in buying it
sadly one of the guys tried to buy it as I left Welly so I couldn't get the boxes and lens caps which I stupidly left behind
and the sensor cap
so I refunded them after explaining that I couldn't sell it safely because there was no sensor cap and I was literally about to leave on my sailing trip so couldn't wait for a new one
Been stuck in singapore and omg ive never had a big city align with my visual desires this much in my life
Its like the perfect mix of clean/developed and grungy
And of course the ONE place on this trip i havent been able to shoot on film
I've had a friend of mine move to Singapore recently
absolutely beautiful images he captured there
have you been to that big indoor fountain yet? @potent frost
Is there a tamron service agent in nz?
Yes, Lacklands do it
Lacklands has partnered with A & E Electronics to provide repairs and servicing. They are the only authorised repair agents for Nikon and Tamron in New Zealand. What information do we need from you? - A brief description of the fault -...
Nah we didnt
rip
Actually i forgot we did see it on the airport train tho going between terminals
There we go
My sister didn't go there to take photos for me
I was really sad
Thank you jdx for blessing me
anyways heres some random waterfall on the way to nelson
and here's some church in Nelson
These aussie tourists at bali airport are giving me the ick
i promise im not that bad
im just a chill guy who likes taking photos
im at 1,139 photos from the trip now
I'm going on a hike today through the Abel Tasman national park, so should be good opportunity for some photos
geez
welcome back to the shithole
Honestly
I hate it here
I love nz its great
people either hate it here or love it
im kidding i love it
weather is perfect
came from mid 30's to this, its so much more comfortable
Caught some of the racing while on the davenport ferry
im not a nerd like you\
Yeah about 200 of them are jpeg for HDR baked into the camera/ in camera edits and stuff like tilt shift
So they only take up like 300mb for all those
Tell u what, u miss the food here after going overseas
Straight to grabbing a pie after getting home
bro I missed pies when I was living in Europe
I promise i saw a kakariki in the wild today
but it was out of view by the time i got the camera out
rip
Literally first thing I had when I got back to NZ from Japan
That is 100% a Rosella
Hmm. They were definitely alot more green than any rosella pic I've found, but it did have more red than typical for a kakariki
The blue on your image is definitely a rosella
@chilly pulsar do you edit your photos at all?
Most I do is jut cropping a bit
hm can you send me the raw of your latest post in #🚗・vehicles
That basically is it
alot of your pictures have so much potential with a half decent edit
especially that last one
@tame ibex youll like it here
Lmao didnt even know this existed, nice change from other servers where its basically just the kiwis awake at night
bit dead compared to our aussie lounge, but if you have questions youll probably get better answers here, especially surrounding nz related stuff
sweet, yeah especially pricing, had american friends recc stuff to me before but they forget its almost x2 the price here
@chilly pulsar SEND ME THE RAWS PLEASEEE
Hello
@elder yacht met a couple goated kiwis
Near yosemite California
Just a phone shot but it was a great sunrise
Crikey mate is an Aussie thing lol
im purposely butchering it
for you people
u all the same anyways
just sold my X-H1
dawg what
have you heard the bogan Aussie accent
without fail every time an american does an 'australian' or 'kiwi' accent its just ''''british''''
Neither of us sound British
i can count on my left hand times ive heard americans actually do our accents
(its scary)
one guy was in this discord actually and he was spot on
I can do a few words
Probably more then usual ATM cause I've been here a few weeks now
About time W
ik i just wanted to piss u off
💔
I thought you were better then that
I thought u knew me better by now
why tf u in kiwi chat anyways
poser
I'm half Kiwi lol
his parents got him half priced
the X-H2s I had my eyes on got snagged today rip
going to have to keep scouting for the next month until one shows up
I was organising to buy a camera on Trade Me, AND AS I WAS CLICKING BUY NOW on the item that was just uploaded, someone else swooped in and snatched it right from me.
I AM BEYOND PISSED OFF
I am negotiating with the seller as we have been dming on FB for awhile now
this is what true heartbreak is
Man turned out to be a scammer
almost got me, even through trade me
ID next to photo of the camera was very expertly photoshopped
now I just feel like shit that someone got that close to getting me
never been scammed yet but damn that was close
luckily I am just very very cautious
oh so the last second buy thing was a swindle?
I feel like trade me has gone quite backwards in terms of quality control especially with scammers
was looking at a rental property recently, inquired on it, and the email just came back to myself as if im the agent, and there 0 information online about the company thats supposedly managing it
asked them to look into it and just never got any response
yep
omg, pretty close.
A friend of mine was scammed, it was super elaborated, the person had videos of the camera, showed the background/environment (it was somewhere in Dunedin), and sent a lot of things more, it looked legit, but sadly it wasn't.
Buying cameras and expensive things is better always to doing it in person
Yup, so from now on I am only doing it in person or getting a trusted person to do it in person
yeah, that's better, not great to lose all your well-earned money on a scam
hi
i know like nothing abt film lol
well i got no money :D
rip
real
@west nova kiwi spotted 👀
(get the safety role by sending 25 messages and you can chat in here 😉 )
and @thin wagon
Awww sweet
i do a weekly search for kiwis lol
Oh cool
W
That's sad
I do the same for Aussies
Hobbit mentioned
I need to go there some day
We still haven't been to the north island, I think we're going next time
come to welly
Given that's where dad was born it's pretty damn likely
the 2nd hand camera market here is absolutely shit rn
Yeah I was looking at eBay and shit while I was over and it's fucked
It's bad here too
well i just got a pretty good deal
so thats fun
or at least i think its a good deal
a canon ef 70-200 f/2.8 for 1.6k
lenses are fine at the moment, it's just bodies, an utter lack of what I need
X-H2s
but honestly at this point just any flagship fuji camera
I just need something for work
I'm kinda tempted to just buy the new X-M5
then upgrade in like 3 months or so
X-M5 is so cheap for what you get
actually yeah
it looks really good
personally hate small cameras
but still really cool
i mean fair enough
Dunno why XH2S have been going up in price so steadily since i sold mine
Id enjoy a second hand XM5 tho
Would make a good bcam
R5 prices seem to be settling nicely on used market tho
And a7iv is finally falling well below 3k
I've been eyeing it up
Damn after u said 100% no sony?
Its about time prices on lower end dual card slot bodies with fleshed out AF systems really started to dive
R6, r6ii, a7iv still great buys
Z6ii is getting nice n cheap too
Wait really?
I haven't been able to find any
Like at all
So i just got the a7iii
seen one for 2.6k recently
how long ago did you get the a7iii? probably a bad time tbh
Uhhh
Like yesterday
Waiting for it to arrive
Might just quit photography after that fumble then
oh man how much did u spend
Judging by how this is going i would rather not say
Just photography, and like a tiny short film with some of my friends
yeah ez
I just needed to upgrade from my 30D
Its literally falling apart
I pretty much just do macro photography and event photography, some street stuff too
So really no point in getting the a7iv
Although considering it's like a $250 difference
Maan
wait did you buy it new?
I did.. simply because there are none that I could find anywhere at all that were much cheaper than new
where u live?
Northland
theyre going up constantly in akl on marketplace
Ofc they are
But the 2 weeks I was scouting out I couldn't find a single one
Wonderful
good upgrade at least yeah
i will say though, keep photogear, progear, auckland camera centre and photowarehouse bookmarked for their second hand sections, sometimes good deals pop up
lenses n stuff
Sweet
Thanks
I didn't know about a couple of them
I'll need some lenses
I have a ef to e adapter
So that's fine
But some actual Sony lenses will be good
good market for them, and the good stuff runs cheaper here vs. canon/nikon than overseas
what a view man
i havent gone through most of my raws yet
greens are really green but its a sick location
@stuck cloud
yeah i was trying to balance out the sea and i made the grass kind of cyan lol
maybe just go into lightroom and fix the greens
i like the photo, the edit just has a way to come
hard
nah greens super yellow lol
desat yellow channel and see for yourself
Close enough
Me who doesn’t know it
should be cape reinga at the top of nz
me thinking castlepoint is the lighthouse that everyone knows
what was the one at the top that got snapped off?
Love the irony of fuji nz throwing a photo of me on their insta where im shooting my fm2
If u mean the signs it's just a cool thing next to the lighthouse?
lmao
not a fan of the equator?
nah look at the top sign
honestly idk what the top one that got cut off said ig someone just didn't like it
there was also a sign talking about maori traditions and how near the lighthouse was a beach that had significance to do with the departed, but some person scratched it out. super disrespectful
it was pointing to the equator
someone probably took it as a trophy
not uncommon i know a guy whos dad took their old houses street sign
@inland tusk that skytower edit you were doing in #🔨・editing-help message is awesome
love the Koru pattern
Cunts
up from what
im tempted to just pirate stuff atp
if its much worse when i need to buy it
yeah its bad
just straight doubling it
pisses me off because its also my website provider, and i didnt like capture one
😭
oh i should be getting adobe cc this year from school, but ive got everything tied to this acc already
cool I finally have the safety role haha
thank you so much, been working on a lot of variations of that style
glad you like it
fucking what
more reason to hate adobe
@main fable how was massey?
BAH in screen arts majoring in film production
trust me it's not as bad at the 5 victoria campuses
ah yes, my degree that I dropped out from
Why’d you drop?
I'm doing a Diploma in Communication now, Marketing & Advertising
Issues with tutors, course content and the fact I was barely learning anything practical because I teach myself most things
I learnt more outside of the campus than inside
Ahhh fair
I also no longer needed their gear and decided to focus on a study that would help me get a job
Makes sense
I also felt that a large portion of the degree wasn't focused on Film and more so on politics
Interesting lmao
It's not a bad degree, I'd say for people new to film it's amazing, but for me and all my experience I was not gaining anything from it
I would leave next year with no job, no bitches and no money
my way into film is going to be slow and methodical, through my own company and connections I make via it
happy to bring you onto some of my film projects if you want as well
I wouldn’t turn down the offer lmao
I also would love an experienced photographer as my assistant lol, my current photography assistants are noobs
for fashion shoots
Oof not noobs
lot of noobs in the BSA
have fun
as in people who have never picked up a camera before
She’ll be right the people I’ve talked to so far have a good idea how cameras work
3200 😂😂😂😂
hold up let me screen shot that real quick
also does anyone know a easy way to get photoshop and Lightroom at a cheap ish price for a student (my high school one stopped
)
student discount is pretty good tbh
can get the whole adobe suite for about 25AUD
they dont use NZD for some reason
other than that lmao
sounds good ill have a look into it
nzd is slightly worse then aud is why
@main fable hows the BSA so far?
which courses do u have?
I'll give my honest opinion of them all
Professional cultures, Intro to game development, intro to visual effects, and then and explorations in image and meaning
I don’t like the image and meaning one we just drew for an hour 1/2 and I don’t draw
And felt like I was being judged for that so going to try to change it to like 3d assets making
thats a good course
Prof Cultures is good, some topics are a bit meh but for me it was one of the only courses I enjoyed. Vis effects has improved since I first took it, same with game dev as Rick Stemm is now one of the main tutors, I think for later years. (He runs PikPok)
3D Assets is a good course as well
What are your sem 2 courses
Explorations in Narrative, Explorations in Visualisation, Introduction to Film Production, and Screen Arts, Creativity and Critical Thinking
oof that last one

it's taught by scott, who is quite literally the most communist guy I have ever encountered
Critical thinking class taught by a communist? hmmm.....
Interesting lmao
fuck me that sounds like a load of faff
how long and where?
Only one semester and at Massey
how long for the whole degree?
hope ur not strapped into the 4 years as im seeing on their website
yeah about 4 years
2 minutes walk away from my house
@main fable come say hi to me someday if u see me on campus
3 years to graduate
or 2 years if you're me and drop out to do a useful diploma
I’ll be on site tomorrow due to having a workshop at 12-2
I probs wont be
I dont tend to have classes 2mrw
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
I might float over to block 10 someday tho
might sneak into a lecture or two
lmao
I've got a a packed tuesdays with an hour break then into 5 hours without one :((
sounds like a waste of time to me tbh
compared to 1 year of south seas without the fluff and boom out into jobs
it is
but it is fun
A fun waste of time 
hi
Auckland!
fair haha
nah fuck Wellington

