#Lounge but it's Kiwi

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elder yacht
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Probably rubber monkey when they have a sale

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idk if many other stores stock it

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Check PBTech

round copper
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👍

potent frost
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all the stores have basically the same price, that goes for sales as well

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ive found you're best off buying from your regular or wherevers convenient

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oh except for progear, their mem card stock is worse

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so photogear, photowarehouse, auckland camera centre - just hit those stores

round copper
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Had such a bad run with photogear lately lol whats photowarehouse like?

potent frost
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what else apart from that second hand lens thing?

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their second hand section is the one area where they arent as good

round copper
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Made orders, no follow up, orders not shipped and when i emailed about it i get no response

potent frost
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jesus what did you buy?

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photowarehouse grey lynn were nice last time i went in

round copper
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Bunch of stuff over the last couple weeks lol

potent frost
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auckland camera centre is my least favourite - 1 nice guy but the rest not so much

potent frost
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only stuff thats out of stock for pickup once they get it

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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

round copper
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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

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Im in gizzy so no shops near me lol

potent frost
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oh now that makes so much more sense, idk why i thought you were within akl

round copper
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Lol i could never handle auckland life lol

potent frost
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for online i would trust photowarehouse and rubbermonkey then

round copper
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Yea ill try pwarehouse next time

potent frost
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and progear for certain gear you cant get from the others

round copper
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Never brought from them yet, what bout photoshack?

potent frost
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never shopped from them but their website and selection looks like a load of shit

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ah ig they got the prograde cfe cards for cheaper

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and a lot of the big stores are lacking stock

round copper
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Yea website is poo

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Ill try pwarehouse

wind iris
elder yacht
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lake

elder yacht
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what a deal

still solstice
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I'll be down in Christchurch Jan 11

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Will buy and flex on you

elder yacht
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tbh I wouldn't use the connect add on

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and there is one for 700 so I'm sure I could bargain that down a bit

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however I got some debt I need to pay off first before I invest in camera gear

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I'm gonna invest in a new camera first

potent frost
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Ever since i started shooting film ive started to dislike my r5

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If its not boring work, i wont even look at it

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But i still need to keep it 😭

elder yacht
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the only reason I shoot fuji is it's more fun

potent frost
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Honestly i never found the xh2s fun enough

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I just have a crazy thirst for film now

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Thing that annoys me is that the later canon film bodies look like plastic shit next to the nikon bodies

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My problems now could be solved by nikon mirrorless being cheaper in nz so i can just run everything nikon and have an f5

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Can easily get an f5 for about $500, but then the last 1v on trademe got snapped for $1200….

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Even eos 3s, fuck all for sale and more expensive from overseas than an f5

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Best option is an eos 5

chilly pulsar
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Impromptu photoshoot on the motorway 🗣️🗣️🗣️

wind iris
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average mazda

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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

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so much for their metal casings on the connectors

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because the cable is a piece of fucking shit itself

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i got warned not to buy one but i heeded that because i wanted it sooner than i could get one from kondor blue

wind iris
elder yacht
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Gawd damn

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Except the one I linked has a cage

stuck cloud
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Rocket Lab tonight

elder yacht
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beautiful

potent frost
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Gotta love how in Auckland, anti car is being pushed down from above, yet public transport seems to be getting worse

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Some more roads and tunnels will fix it great job

elder yacht
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same here in welly

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they cancelled the new light rail

potent frost
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All good, youll get a new motorway lane and if ur lucky, a tunnel

wind iris
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cant do that how else is the mayor supposed to pay for her mortgage

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do you guys have any idea how shit the train service is in the wairarapa

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i meant to say bus service because thats what the trains have been replaced with more time recently

chilly pulsar
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Everything is exactly on time, at most maybe 3 minutes late

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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

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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

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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

round copper
round copper
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Hey anyone in auckland in here?

potent frost
round copper
potent frost
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If u want I got time this weekend to pick it up, then either monday or tuesday i can send it down

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If u cc me on an email to the seller saying ill pick up @round copper

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And pay for shipping to u ofc

round copper
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Ill buy now n let you know, pm me ur email

elder yacht
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diddy ahhh post

marsh ingot
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The Michael Cera ad for that stuff is amazing

potent frost
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Tools of the day

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Just picked up the sigma art 35 last night

elder yacht
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good setup

round copper
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Nice

round copper
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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?

chilly pulsar
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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

marsh ingot
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I had one like 4 years ago. You're a bit late.

round copper
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Lol rats

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B&h seems like the only option then

potent frost
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do you need the tap in console?

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when i bought my tamron 70-200 g2 used, it came completely fine and focus was flawless

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to a point where i didnt need to bother checking anything with the console

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btw i might be looking to let go of my EOS 3 if anyone here would be interested

potent frost
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ig test more, diff IS settings

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@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

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jessie was nice to work with though

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gfx100ii was crazy to try

elder yacht
round copper
elder yacht
stuck cloud
potent frost
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Hahahha fuck yeah the sensor

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For a sec i thought oh man what a deal

stuck cloud
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bit of a polish with the old 80 grit

elder yacht
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Selling my X-H1

potent frost
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Is it xh2s time?

elder yacht
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Yes it is, hopefully by Christmas

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Also, to everyone:
I am in Auckland on the 26th of December if anyone wants to meetup in the CBD 🙂

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I haven't been in Auckland properly since 2018 I think

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Other than going to the Airport or passing through.

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Armageddon I think in 2018 was the last time I was up there.

marsh ingot
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I won't be in Auckland on the 26th lol

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Nor will like, 1/3 of Auckland though, so it's a good time to be there

elder yacht
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I'm just there to catch the ferry on the 27th to great barrier

potent frost
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Ive made probably one of my most ridiculous camera buying decisions

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Ive sold my r5 and bought a leica m6

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Oh damn i wont be in nz on the 26th :(

marsh ingot
potent frost
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Hahaha

still solstice
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That is a horrific choice wtf

potent frost
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Wild? Yes
Horrific? Not sure id go that far

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Unhinged and ridiculous are the words id use

still solstice
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I like to exaggerate

potent frost
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Hahahha

still solstice
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plus I'm a Canon shill lol

potent frost
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Of course :)

elder yacht
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Just sold my iPad
+$800 towards the X-H2s

elder yacht
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also goated choice

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I will now give you the Leica role

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@potent frost are you still going to south seas next year?

potent frost
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Yeah south seas is locked in

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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

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He had certain words to say about the 2023 CLA roster, many of whom ive worked with this year 😂

potent frost
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I have 2x 256gb CFE cards to sell if you need, just waiting to hear back from a potential buyer

round copper
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@potent frost have u used d500? If so hows the af compare to xh2s?

elder yacht
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D500???? as in Nikon D500

potent frost
round copper
potent frost
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ill be in the market for a dslr at some point to do my own scans

chilly pulsar
marsh ingot
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What did the poor F40 do to you to deserve such disrespect

chilly pulsar
main fable
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Hey guys which of these versions of this photo looks better? I can't decide NervousPepe

elder yacht
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I should show you my photos of that little bugger

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all in B&W tho cause it was low effort and on my personal insta

main fable
main fable
elder yacht
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bro someone is selling an X-T5 for 2k in auckland wtf

potent frost
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Tf?

elder yacht
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$2900 including the 56mm F1.2

elder yacht
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I see them going 2nd hand for 2900 just for the body

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Reason for selling: Switching to sony lol

potent frost
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Holy

elder yacht
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so clearly they want to sell quickly

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Why are all these bargains when I DON'T HAVE THE SPARE MONEY

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smh

potent frost
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I just loaded my wise card with USD for holiday so dont think i can do it 😭

elder yacht
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I'd send someone to go grab the body if I had the money lol

potent frost
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Would be too much of a risk anyway tryna flip in a few weeks

elder yacht
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If I had the money I'd get you to go buy it for me lol

potent frost
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Honestly

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2k is wild after seeing all of them go for upper 2000s

elder yacht
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I would ask my dad for a loan but he just spent 30k on the yacht

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@marsh ingot Easy flip

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got a spare 2k?

potent frost
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Meanwhile theres a fucking xt10 in tauranga going for 800 lmao

elder yacht
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is that good?

potent frost
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The duality of fuji market in nz

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Nah terrible

elder yacht
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okay

potent frost
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I wouldnt pay over 200 for one

elder yacht
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I only know the prices of the flagships lol

elder yacht
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shits expensive

potent frost
elder yacht
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and the X-T10 is a bougie camera

potent frost
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Wanna see someone here flip that xt5

elder yacht
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well it comes with a lens

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and a bag

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what a bargain

potent frost
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Its not the newer 56mm WR with the xt5 is it?

elder yacht
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and a 3rd party battery

elder yacht
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imagine if it was

marsh ingot
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That's 3k and no

elder yacht
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which is insane

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it's an almost new X-T5

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900 for the lens

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lens is only a bargain if it is the WR version

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Raptor you'd be printing almost 900-1000 for the body if you resell it

potent frost
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I see another xt5 for $2350 needing a $300 fix for light leak on screen

potent frost
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And someone whos been trying to sell their xt5 for $2950 for like the entire year

elder yacht
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I saw an X-T4 for a grand, broken EVF

elder yacht
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maybe I should buy it

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nah, I'm getting the X-H2s

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only 300-500 more 2nd hand

potent frost
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Make sure u get your xh2s for 3k absolute max

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I wouldnt spend any more

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Theres enough of them popping up for you to nego down one of them

elder yacht
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I sadly can't get one before my trip tho

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money ain't there

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so Feb it is

marsh ingot
elder yacht
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-# I can't say anything

marsh ingot
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Literally just spent 2k on a new PC

elder yacht
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W

marsh ingot
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Air con is fucked and needs fixing

elder yacht
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send pics of your setup

marsh ingot
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Washer/dryer is fucked and needs fixing

elder yacht
elder yacht
marsh ingot
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And all Xmas shopping just got done

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Just waiting on 9800x3d to come back into stock to finish it

still solstice
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oh wow

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i love that look

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no rgb?

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good call

elder yacht
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looks beautiful

marsh ingot
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Nah it's got lights in there

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Just not sure if I'll use em or not

elder yacht
still solstice
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yeah ive got lights in mine, either all synced with a pastel tone, or a solid white colour

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with the black it looks sick

elder yacht
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pastel is nice

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I miss having a PC

still solstice
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i do think i wanna get some of those lian-li strimmer cables

elder yacht
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I think I might buy a new one next year early

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before the market is fcked because of the tarriffs

marsh ingot
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Thinking just white or cyan if I sort out colours

still solstice
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im still on the stock cooler, but temps are so fine its not issue

marsh ingot
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The GPU going in for now is black though....

still solstice
marsh ingot
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Budget didn't go that far

still solstice
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you can barely see the colours

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image a white colouyr tho

marsh ingot
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Might make a post with all LEDs pulsing through teal/orange just to trigger everyone

elder yacht
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I'll probably get a sleeper case

still solstice
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i love my fishtank case

elder yacht
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but something big cause I want to put a lot of storage in it for media stuff

still solstice
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showing off the parts is most of the fun

marsh ingot
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I'm leaving my o-11d for the fractal

still solstice
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the lian li cases are quite nice

potent frost
still solstice
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altho that fractal case is fucking sick

potent frost
still solstice
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id prolly go micro-atx for my desk , i do still like a bit of buklk

elder yacht
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maybe

marsh ingot
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I can't do anything small form factor. Too much compromise for size.

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This was the old rig at its peak. Doesn't come much bigger

elder yacht
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I love NZ

elder yacht
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absolute beast

marsh ingot
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2x 480mm double thick rads with push/pull fans. Think I had 21x 120mm fans all up

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GPUs never crossed 45C even under max load with a huge OC

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CPU ran cool at 4.8-5ghz (3.2-3.8ghz stock)

main fable
# marsh ingot

Bro what does the rest of the set up look like looks sick

marsh ingot
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I mean the PC isn't live yet because I still need the cpu

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But heres the current stuff

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the case is a general attempt to blend more into the overall apartment's furniture style, but that will happen over a wider timeframe

elder yacht
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I’m not a fan of the desk tbh

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But I love all the collectibles

marsh ingot
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i enjoy the desk, whole surface mouse mat

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needs to have a clean though

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it's hard to find nice desks here honestly. Something thats big with pre-drilled monitor holes and cable management

main fable
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got all the starwars lego

marsh ingot
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none of the really big sets sadly. They're bloody expensive

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but it gives an easy thing for folks to buy me for birthdays and xmas etc lol

main fable
grim merlin
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I need to check it out lol

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I might be too late

potent frost
potent frost
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hmmm i wonder if i can take an IED on my flight

chilly pulsar
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There are restrictions

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As in…

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You can?

still solstice
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Well a battery can be an improvised explosive so I guess certain scenarios lol

elder yacht
potent frost
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Ahhhh fuck what a shame

chilly pulsar
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Didn’t know our prime minister was good with photoshop like that

elder yacht
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oil up luxon

wind iris
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average iphone user screenshot, red battery

elder yacht
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lol

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17%

wind iris
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jumpscare

elder yacht
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I just donated money to Air New Zealand

stuck cloud
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bro the nz used market sucks what is this

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for lenses

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other than FB and trademe are there any other sites i should check?

still solstice
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his family situation is deteriorating by the moment and he needs this site to save his dying grandma

stuck cloud
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this is true

tight kestrel
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I love sheep and hills and rugby

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🇳🇿

still solstice
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My favourite morning activity

stuck cloud
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i love destroying millions of square km of native bush for farming

wind iris
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I love massive pine forests owned by multinationals and cop out new zealanders that are terrible for NZ wildlife and fauna

still solstice
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no one answered the blokes question lol

elder yacht
# stuck cloud other than FB and trademe are there any other sites i should check?
potent frost
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Those 4 + fb marketplace and TM, and ur set

stuck cloud
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bugger

elder yacht
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EBay if you want to pay exorbitant prices for importing stuff

elder yacht
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@keen marsh welcome to the kiwi lounge

keen marsh
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Lol

chilly pulsar
elder yacht
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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

wind iris
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what appears to be daytime....

fast sable
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This looks like a good channel

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I accept New Zealand

still solstice
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you're not Kiwi tho you can't be here

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they barely accept me and I'm half Kiwi

fast sable
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I was born in Australia my family is Māori

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My family is all from North Island but one of my grandparents moved over to Australia and eventually I happened

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It’s just my grandparents, their 4 kids and their kids here everyone is still in Auckland, can I still be accepted?

still solstice
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never!!!

elder yacht
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my flight was cancelled

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weather is abysmal here in welly

marsh ingot
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sounds about right

stuck cloud
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well that was a short summer

elder yacht
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lol

grim merlin
elder yacht
elder yacht
still solstice
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dont give in seth

elder yacht
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1800 off the a7iv

still solstice
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ok give in

elder yacht
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the sale is gone

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but I'm tempted for when it comes back cause I have seen it twice now

potent frost
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I honestly think when i inevitably revisit digital gear, itll probably be sony

still solstice
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you've jumped ship like 8 times this year jdx

potent frost
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Conditions will be different lmao

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Ik it looks bad hahahha

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No longer looking for any semblance of fun in digital gear

grim merlin
potent frost
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Airport lounges have some of the most attractive people in the world fr

elder yacht
still solstice
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they dont have seth

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so thats hard to believe

wind iris
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mogged

fast sable
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Pakeha moko, that means European or white grandkids doesn’t it?

elder yacht
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pakeha mokopuna

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mokopuna meaning grandkids

fast sable
main fable
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Santa is in the country

keen marsh
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Merry Christmas

stuck cloud
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it is a bit like that

potent frost
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Stockholm is clearing nyc so hard in the vibes department its not even remotely close

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U cunts gotta come here

elder yacht
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Nah I’m good for now

still solstice
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im over in nz soonish

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less than a month now

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headed from christchurch to nelson, dk anything more tho\

wind iris
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My mum gives me facebook clout

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I posted my half year submission to facebook because she nudges me to post what I take

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I might have to look into that lmao

elder yacht
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I need to focus more on selling to rich boomers

main fable
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Happy New Years guys zSDpartysaber

still solstice
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till an hour and a half here, but happy new year to all my cousins over there!

potent frost
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Woah u guys are a full year ahead of me!!!

elder yacht
elder yacht
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@potent frost I think its time...

potent frost
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Oh good deal

elder yacht
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I’m trying to raise the funds to do this

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Convincing family members of the profit I can make

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My dad can’t contribute sadly so im going to make the rounds

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I calculated that I could sell all the lenses and make a 1-2k profit maybe more

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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

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She will just need to wait for me to sell it all

wind iris
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not if i have anything to do with it!!!
grahhh!!!!

magically cough 4.25k out of my ass and buy it

chilly pulsar
wind iris
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Do you guys like my inconspicuous new world camera bag

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The tripod makes it not so inconspicuous (and kinda sucks) but this is so much more convenient than my old school bag

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Schoolbag for dedicated photography trips - I need a proper bag lol - but this is fine for opportunistic shit

potent frost
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My peak design sling has been brilliant on holiday

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Fast and easy to use, has dealt with all the wet weather and shit ive thrown at it in the past as well

elder yacht
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struggling to convince family

still solstice
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Less than a week until I land in new Zealand guyd

potent frost
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How long u gonna be around for?

still solstice
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Couple week, headed to see family in Christchurch, then I believe we're headed up to Nelson

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As to places in between I'm not sure, parents haven't told me too much

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11th-27th tho

elder yacht
elder yacht
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@glass bloom kiwi spotted

elder yacht
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bargain deal @potent frost

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Retail on this around 76K

still solstice
elder yacht
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I'll be still on my trip lol

still solstice
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aw

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come back early for me

elder yacht
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I get back home when you leave nz lol

still solstice
potent frost
potent frost
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Images that go hard

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Not that great of an aurora hunt tho

stuck cloud
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how is this trademe

wind iris
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not disallowing garbage dropshipped chinese trash

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i pretty much set everything to used only lol

elder yacht
stuck cloud
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its a scurge bro

elder yacht
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and the prices kept going up so much so everyone uses Marketplace now

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I've poured a lot of time working a Trade Me alternative but it's too hard to do alone sadly

stuck cloud
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i saw something somewhere about a trademe alternative

elder yacht
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I should just assemble a team of I.T freaks from across NZ to build it for me

stuck cloud
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like not from here

elder yacht
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the problem is the userbase

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you need to steal the users

stuck cloud
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like "in production"

elder yacht
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which means you need a shitload of money for adverts

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there have been alternatives, but they've been bought out by trade me

still solstice
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Didn't you want to make an alternative Seth

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just do it fude

wind iris
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rubbermonkey da goat

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kondor blue's micro hdmi cables seem to sell out quite easily at their $50 price tag

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had to get the purple one

elder yacht
elder yacht
wind iris
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no 😦

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they do it for the bigger box orders though lol

wind iris
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wrote a 1 star review on the atomos cable yesterday and photogear called me about it

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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)

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but he was fully keen to sort it out or discount me on a replacement i.e. kondor blue

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too bad though I had to order one in before tomorrow from Rubbermonkey so I couldn't take him up on that

still solstice
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Goated customer service icl

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I can't wait to spend money in NZ

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I'll prolly transfer like 250 or smth, parents should pay for food and stuff yk

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the day is getting closer

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for my arrival

wind iris
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photographing event at riversdale so I made a graphic for a hi vis and lanyard

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overkill but you gotta have that swag on ya

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im gonna look even more overkill with a ninja rigged xt4 lmao

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ive been looking at the word 'MEDIA' for so long that it doesn't look right

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omg seth

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I didn't look in the bag properly

elder yacht
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They always send lollies

elder yacht
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I spy with my little eye ANOTHER KIWI
@gentle swallow

gentle swallow
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hello

still solstice
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You pale in comparison to my ability to recruit

elder yacht
next comet
elder yacht
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also @gentle swallow go to sleep lmao

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its 2am

gentle swallow
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sweet now i can

elder yacht
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it bugged out cause I tried to manually add it lol

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at least its fixed

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anyways welcome kiwi

gentle swallow
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nice

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thank u

elder yacht
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where in nz are u

gentle swallow
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timazz

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wby?

elder yacht
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timazz?

gentle swallow
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timaru

elder yacht
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okay thought so

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never heard anyone call it that tho

gentle swallow
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lol really

elder yacht
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I'm normally in welly but I am current sailing around northland

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currently in Whangarei anchored

gentle swallow
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ooo cool

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got heaps of photos im geussing?

elder yacht
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eh not really, I'm more abstract so most of my photos aren't landscape

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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

gentle swallow
#

ooo cool abstract, what lens do u mainly use?

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js like a 24mm

elder yacht
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16-55 F2.8

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fuji

gentle swallow
#

oo sweet i need a lens that goes that low

elder yacht
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its 24mm equiv full frame at the lowest, to like 70 something

gentle swallow
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my lowest is 5.something

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ooo mint

elder yacht
gentle swallow
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o yea okay

elder yacht
#

2.8 is a high aperture

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16 is a low aperture

gentle swallow
#

well yea i need a high

elder yacht
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its about how much light you let in

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high being lots

gentle swallow
#

yea ye iikkk

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my highest is like 44 or smth

elder yacht
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huh

gentle swallow
#

yeah 5.6

elder yacht
#

what lens

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fck I said lowest

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highest

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smh

gentle swallow
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uhh 70-300

elder yacht
#

you got me messing up my words haha

elder yacht
#

what system are you with?

gentle swallow
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system? like cannon

elder yacht
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canon?

gentle swallow
#

yeah

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ofc

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wby?

elder yacht
#

cannon

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nah I'm with fuji

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but I use everything

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have used every ecosystem and prefer fujifilm over everything

gentle swallow
#

oo really?

elder yacht
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canon is the only system I would consider switching to

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but its more fun shooting on fuji

gentle swallow
#

like how?

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why more fun

elder yacht
#

just the interface, the dials, the whole experience really

gentle swallow
#

yeah okayy

elder yacht
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nice colours as well

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anyways I'm gonna sleep lol

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chat later

gentle swallow
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yeah goodnight

elder yacht
#

we're always around in here

potent frost
#
  1. copenhagen
  2. stockholm
  3. nyc
  4. oslo
  5. helsinki
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My final ranking from this trip

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U cunts gotta hit copenhagen

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Excluding rovaniemi and saariselka as resort/holiday towns

elder yacht
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crazy

elder yacht
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@potent frost

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2k!!!

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hopefully it's still available by the time i get back to welly

potent frost
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Oh man

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Thats a steal

elder yacht
#

but good news, someone put a deposit down for my X-H1 so when I am back in Tauranga it will be theirs

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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

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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

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and the sensor cap

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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

potent frost
#

Oh W

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Finally starting to get the ball rolling on the xh2s upgrade

potent frost
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Been stuck in singapore and omg ive never had a big city align with my visual desires this much in my life

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Its like the perfect mix of clean/developed and grungy

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And of course the ONE place on this trip i havent been able to shoot on film

elder yacht
#

absolutely beautiful images he captured there

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have you been to that big indoor fountain yet? @potent frost

round copper
#

Is there a tamron service agent in nz?

marsh ingot
elder yacht
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rip

potent frost
#

Actually i forgot we did see it on the airport train tho going between terminals

still solstice
#

My sister didn't go there to take photos for me

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I was really sad

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Thank you jdx for blessing me

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anyways heres some random waterfall on the way to nelson

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and here's some church in Nelson

potent frost
#

These aussie tourists at bali airport are giving me the ick

still solstice
#

i promise im not that bad

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im just a chill guy who likes taking photos

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im at 1,139 photos from the trip now

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I'm going on a hike today through the Abel Tasman national park, so should be good opportunity for some photos

elder yacht
#

geez

potent frost
#

Now thats actually a W

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Not those bali cunts

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Anyway

elder yacht
potent frost
#

Honestly

still solstice
round copper
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I love nz its great

elder yacht
#

people either hate it here or love it

still solstice
#

im kidding i love it

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weather is perfect

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came from mid 30's to this, its so much more comfortable

marsh ingot
#

Caught some of the racing while on the davenport ferry

still solstice
#

sail gp?

elder yacht
#

Only 32gb???

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Novice

still solstice
#

im not a nerd like you\

elder yacht
#

you still took 1254 photos

still solstice
#

Yeah about 200 of them are jpeg for HDR baked into the camera/ in camera edits and stuff like tilt shift

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So they only take up like 300mb for all those

potent frost
#

Tell u what, u miss the food here after going overseas

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Straight to grabbing a pie after getting home

elder yacht
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bro I missed pies when I was living in Europe

stuck cloud
#

I promise i saw a kakariki in the wild today

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but it was out of view by the time i got the camera out

elder yacht
#

rip

chilly pulsar
marsh ingot
stuck cloud
marsh ingot
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The blue on your image is definitely a rosella

still solstice
#

@chilly pulsar do you edit your photos at all?

chilly pulsar
still solstice
#

hm can you send me the raw of your latest post in #🚗・vehicles

chilly pulsar
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That basically is it

still solstice
#

alot of your pictures have so much potential with a half decent edit

elder yacht
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especially that last one

still solstice
#

@tame ibex youll like it here

tame ibex
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Lmao didnt even know this existed, nice change from other servers where its basically just the kiwis awake at night

still solstice
#

bit dead compared to our aussie lounge, but if you have questions youll probably get better answers here, especially surrounding nz related stuff

tame ibex
#

sweet, yeah especially pricing, had american friends recc stuff to me before but they forget its almost x2 the price here

still solstice
#

@chilly pulsar SEND ME THE RAWS PLEASEEE

tight kestrel
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Hello

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@elder yacht met a couple goated kiwis

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Near yosemite California

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Just a phone shot but it was a great sunrise

still solstice
#

Crikey mate is an Aussie thing lol

tight kestrel
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for you people

still solstice
#

thanks

#

pretty sure that was more of a British accent too lol

elder yacht
#

just sold my X-H1

still solstice
#

have you heard the bogan Aussie accent

wind iris
#

without fail every time an american does an 'australian' or 'kiwi' accent its just ''''british''''

still solstice
#

Neither of us sound British

wind iris
#

i can count on my left hand times ive heard americans actually do our accents

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(its scary)

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one guy was in this discord actually and he was spot on

still solstice
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I can do a few words

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Probably more then usual ATM cause I've been here a few weeks now

potent frost
tight kestrel
still solstice
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I thought you were better then that

tight kestrel
#

why tf u in kiwi chat anyways

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poser

still solstice
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I'm half Kiwi lol

elder yacht
#

his parents got him half priced

elder yacht
#

the X-H2s I had my eyes on got snagged today rip

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going to have to keep scouting for the next month until one shows up

elder yacht
#

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.

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I AM BEYOND PISSED OFF

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I am negotiating with the seller as we have been dming on FB for awhile now

still solstice
#

this is what true heartbreak is

elder yacht
#

Man turned out to be a scammer

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almost got me, even through trade me

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ID next to photo of the camera was very expertly photoshopped

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now I just feel like shit that someone got that close to getting me

#

never been scammed yet but damn that was close

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luckily I am just very very cautious

stuck cloud
#

oh so the last second buy thing was a swindle?

tame ibex
#

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

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asked them to look into it and just never got any response

iron fjord
# elder yacht never been scammed yet but damn that was close

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

elder yacht
iron fjord
#

yeah, that's better, not great to lose all your well-earned money on a scam

elder yacht
#

@young herald you in NZ?

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@fossil flare you in NZ?

young herald
#

hi

young herald
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Auckland

elder yacht
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aye nice

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welcome

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we got a lot of kiwis here

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hidden

potent frost
#

W

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Now that i think of it i wonder how many kiwis here shoot film

young herald
#

i know like nothing abt film lol

elder yacht
#

try it

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it's so much fun

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(and a money drain)

young herald
#

well i got no money :D

elder yacht
#

rip

chilly pulsar
#

It functions again 🗣️🗣️🗣️

young herald
chilly pulsar
elder yacht
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@west nova kiwi spotted 👀

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(get the safety role by sending 25 messages and you can chat in here 😉 )

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and @thin wagon

thin wagon
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Awww sweet

elder yacht
#

i do a weekly search for kiwis lol

thin wagon
#

Oh cool

potent frost
#

W

still solstice
#

I do the same for Aussies

still solstice
#

Hobbit mentioned

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I need to go there some day

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We still haven't been to the north island, I think we're going next time

chilly pulsar
still solstice
elder yacht
#

the 2nd hand camera market here is absolutely shit rn

still solstice
#

Yeah I was looking at eBay and shit while I was over and it's fucked

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It's bad here too

thin wagon
#

well i just got a pretty good deal

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so thats fun

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or at least i think its a good deal

#

a canon ef 70-200 f/2.8 for 1.6k

elder yacht
thin wagon
#

oh fun

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whatcha looking for?

elder yacht
#

X-H2s

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but honestly at this point just any flagship fuji camera

#

I just need something for work

thin wagon
#

yeah fair enough

#

fujis are a pain in the ass

#

can never find them

elder yacht
#

I'm kinda tempted to just buy the new X-M5

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then upgrade in like 3 months or so

#

X-M5 is so cheap for what you get

thin wagon
#

i cant say ive looked into fujifilm cameras very much

#

im still pretty new

thin wagon
#

it looks really good

#

personally hate small cameras

#

but still really cool

elder yacht
#

knowing me I'll buy it then never want to get rid of it

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then buy a X-H2s later

thin wagon
#

i mean fair enough

potent frost
#

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

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And a7iv is finally falling well below 3k

elder yacht
potent frost
#

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

thin wagon
#

I haven't been able to find any

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Like at all

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So i just got the a7iii

potent frost
thin wagon
#

Fuuuck

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Alright then

potent frost
#

how long ago did you get the a7iii? probably a bad time tbh

thin wagon
#

Uhhh

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Like yesterday

#

Waiting for it to arrive

#

Might just quit photography after that fumble then

potent frost
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oh man how much did u spend

thin wagon
#

Judging by how this is going i would rather not say

potent frost
#

😭

#

oh well, itll do what you need it to do

thin wagon
#

Just photography, and like a tiny short film with some of my friends

potent frost
#

yeah ez

thin wagon
#

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

potent frost
#

wait did you buy it new?

thin wagon
#

I did.. simply because there are none that I could find anywhere at all that were much cheaper than new

potent frost
#

where u live?

thin wagon
#

Northland

potent frost
#

theyre going up constantly in akl on marketplace

thin wagon
#

Ofc they are

#

But the 2 weeks I was scouting out I couldn't find a single one

#

Wonderful

potent frost
#

😭

#

yeah sick market tbh

thin wagon
#

Whatever. Still gonna be an awesome camera

#

And just a liiitle better than my 30D

potent frost
#

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

thin wagon
#

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

potent frost
#

good market for them, and the good stuff runs cheaper here vs. canon/nikon than overseas

thin wagon
#

I saw that

#

I'm quite exited

elder yacht
#

@inland tusk

#

kiwi?

stuck cloud
#

Catlins was nice

#

that one lighthouse in nz that everyone knows

still solstice
#

what a view man

#

i havent gone through most of my raws yet

#

greens are really green but its a sick location

#

@stuck cloud

stuck cloud
#

yeah i was trying to balance out the sea and i made the grass kind of cyan lol

still solstice
#

maybe just go into lightroom and fix the greens

#

i like the photo, the edit just has a way to come

stuck cloud
#

hard

tight kestrel
#

desat yellow channel and see for yourself

still solstice
#

Close enough

thin wagon
#

Just got my a7iii

#

I'm so excited to go out with it

gleaming anvil
chilly pulsar
gleaming anvil
#

should be cape reinga at the top of nz

wind iris
#

me thinking castlepoint is the lighthouse that everyone knows

elder yacht
potent frost
#

Love the irony of fuji nz throwing a photo of me on their insta where im shooting my fm2

gleaming anvil
wind iris
#

the top one was the equator

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of that im guessing someone was not a fan

elder yacht
elder yacht
gleaming anvil
#

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

wind iris
#

someone probably took it as a trophy

#

not uncommon i know a guy whos dad took their old houses street sign

elder yacht
#

@inland tusk that skytower edit you were doing in #🔨・editing-help message is awesome

#

love the Koru pattern

potent frost
still solstice
#

up from what

#

im tempted to just pirate stuff atp

#

if its much worse when i need to buy it

potent frost
#

so theyve just doubled it basically

still solstice
#

thats fucked

#

atleast give more storage tbh

potent frost
#

yeah its bad

#

just straight doubling it

#

pisses me off because its also my website provider, and i didnt like capture one

still solstice
#

what other options are there

#

gimp PepeLaugh

potent frost
#

😭

still solstice
#

man boycott adobe

#

im glad school still pays for it, but man make it cheaper

potent frost
#

oh i should be getting adobe cc this year from school, but ive got everything tied to this acc already

still solstice
#

aw that sucks

#

hopefully the gov keeps paying till i finish uni lol

inland tusk
#

thank you so much, been working on a lot of variations of that style

#

glad you like it

elder yacht
#

more reason to hate adobe

#

@main fable how was massey?

main fable
#

Going good

#

Keep getting lost NervousPepe

elder yacht
#

What are you studying again?

main fable
#

BAH in screen arts majoring in film production

elder yacht
elder yacht
main fable
elder yacht
#

I'm doing a Diploma in Communication now, Marketing & Advertising

elder yacht
# main fable Why’d you drop?

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

main fable
#

Ahhh fair

elder yacht
#

I also no longer needed their gear and decided to focus on a study that would help me get a job

main fable
#

Makes sense

elder yacht
#

I also felt that a large portion of the degree wasn't focused on Film and more so on politics

main fable
#

Interesting lmao

elder yacht
#

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

elder yacht
#

I fucking hate StudyLink

#

AHHHHHHHH

main fable
elder yacht
#

for fashion shoots

elder yacht
#

lot of noobs in the BSA

#

have fun

#

as in people who have never picked up a camera before

main fable
#

She’ll be right the people I’ve talked to so far have a good idea how cameras work

elder yacht
#

Phew

#

Just wait until you’re put into groups you can’t control

chilly pulsar
elder yacht
#

huh

main fable
#

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 SadgeCry )

elder yacht
#

can get the whole adobe suite for about 25AUD

#

they dont use NZD for some reason

main fable
still solstice
elder yacht
#

@main fable hows the BSA so far?

main fable
#

Been really good

#

Hate one elective so gonna change that

elder yacht
#

I'll give my honest opinion of them all

main fable
#

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

elder yacht
#

3D Assets is a good course as well

#

What are your sem 2 courses

main fable
#

Explorations in Narrative, Explorations in Visualisation, Introduction to Film Production, and Screen Arts, Creativity and Critical Thinking

elder yacht
#

oof that last one

#

it's taught by scott, who is quite literally the most communist guy I have ever encountered

marsh ingot
#

Critical thinking class taught by a communist? hmmm.....

potent frost
#

how long and where?

main fable
potent frost
#

how long for the whole degree?

#

hope ur not strapped into the 4 years as im seeing on their website

main fable
#

yeah about 4 years

elder yacht
#

@main fable come say hi to me someday if u see me on campus

elder yacht
#

or 2 years if you're me and drop out to do a useful diploma

main fable
elder yacht
#

I dont tend to have classes 2mrw

main fable
#

I see I see

#

Alg

elder yacht
#

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

#

I might float over to block 10 someday tho

#

might sneak into a lecture or two

main fable
#

lmao

#

I've got a a packed tuesdays with an hour break then into 5 hours without one :((

potent frost
#

compared to 1 year of south seas without the fluff and boom out into jobs

elder yacht
elder yacht
#

but it is fun

main fable
#

A fun waste of time happy

next comet
#

hi

elder yacht
#

where were u based

next comet
elder yacht
#

of course like the majority here

#

I NEED MORE WELLINGTON PEEPS

next comet
still solstice
still solstice
#

I'm going out of my way to avoid Wellington

#

When we come over next I'm begging not to go to Wellington

#

Seth would you be happy if I told you my roots on my dad's side trace back to Wellington