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Hey all, this is James from the Snappiness RUclips channel. This is my vlog channel for taking you with me on laid back little photography adventures. Kick back, come with me, and let's make some great photos!
happy snappin'
-james
happy snappin'
-james
Trying the Fujifilm S2 Pro DSLR
A joyful little camera, the Fujifilm S2 Pro. Well, it's not actually that little. But it is light. The colors are lovely, the camera controls are easy to use with all the photographers tools right in front of you. This is a classic DSLR, from one of my favorite eras of photography.
I also show off the Olympus C8080. My battery died quickly on that one because I forgot to charge it. So no pics this time :)
Finally, my Nikon p7000 gifted to me recently. My little adventure buddy for the last few weeks. This one is actually little :)
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I also show off the Olympus C8080. My battery died quickly on that one because I forgot to charge it. So no pics this time :)
Finally, my Nikon p7000 gifted to me recently. My little adventure buddy for the last few weeks. This one is actually little :)
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Trying out the APS-C Sony R1 Camera
Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад
This hidden gem of a camera is the Sony R1 from 2005. An APS-C bridge (compact? eh...) camera with a fixed 24-120mm equivalent lens. And it's fantastic. It really is any incredible little camera (well, not really that little). Full of fun and practical features. Image quality is excellent, and after reviewing the images I took in this video and since then, the lens performs very very well. I ju...
Birding with the Sigma 50-500mm Lens On The Pentax K-3 III
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
I recently bought the Sigma 50-500mm HSM OG something something lens. Nicknamed the "Bigma". It's a well known lens especially in the Pentax world where we don't get a lot of long range zooms like this. I'm trying it out on my Pentax K-3 III and sharing my thoughts. Welcome to Iowa!! Spring has come and I couldn't be happier about it. I am not used to cold icy winters (better get used to it I g...
Saying Goodbye With The Pentax K-1 and DA 35mm f2.4
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Welcome back to another photography adventure! This time I am saying goodbye to my beloved woods in San Antonio, Texas as I get ready to move across the country to Iowa. I am going to miss this place! If you follow the @snappiness channel at all, you'll recognize some of the spots in these woods as where I've filmed/photographed a lot of content. Get access to private discord, exclusive videos ...
🔥 pics before my battery dies! - Olympus E-M5, TTArtisan 50mm f2, Pentax K-3III
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Год назад
Welcome back to another photography adventure! This one was a blast - I had an hour before work to get as many pictures as I could with my Olympus EM-5 and TTArtisan 50mm f2 lens so I could finish my review for @TTArtisan on my @snappiness channel. Then I was *really* hoping to photograph some owls with my @pentax.photography K-3 III and DA* 300mm f4 lens. If the time crunch wasn't hard enough,...
Trying the Best Vintage Lenses for Fujifilm X-E1 (in my humble opinion) Photography Adventure
Просмотров 9 тыс.2 года назад
Welcome back to another awesome adventure! Out in the woods again on my mountain bike with the Pentax K-3 III and Fujifilm X-E1. Since this is my last outing with the Fujfilm before I send it back, I decided to mount my Pentax Auto 110 lenses on it for some vintage flare. And boy are they fun to use! And remarkably sharp! 0:00 - intro 0:35 - Herons and Pentax K-3 III 1:40 - Introducing the Fuji...
I was so close! Fujifilm X-E1 Nature + Pentax K-3 III Wildlife Photography Adventure
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.2 года назад
Days like this can be super frustrating! But not all photography outings are going to work out exactly how you think. Sometimes it's best to be flexible, grateful, and adjust your subjects and methods as needed. Thanks for joining me again on another photography adventure around the woods on the bike. I'll get that owl next time! Software I use to eliminate HIGH ISO noise in one click! - bit.ly...
Photographing Herons in an empty lake - Pentax K-3 III and Olympus C-740UZ Photography Adventure
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.2 года назад
My first little photography adventure on this channel! Join me as I look for wildlife and capture images at my local pond using my Pentax K-3 III and an Olympus 740UZ. I see a dried up pond, some birds, make a classic photography mistake, and more! My main channel: ruclips.net/user/snappiness My instagram: _snappiness_ Support my channel (thank you!): www.buymeacoffee.com/snappin...
Funny how the bunny photos turned out to be in focus, knowing that contrast tracking AF is usually a bit slow.
Junk.
" Every new time is a new time to be some place." Haha, i absolutely love the quote.
Really cool vid man. Love it
The T * marking on the lens is about the great lens costing.
The side focus button is like back button focus it locks the focus
Tests show that this Sigma 50-500mm HSM OG lens shines on full frame. But it does not have the resolution required for 26Mpix APS-C crop sensor.
I have come to the same conclusion, that zoom is very old with many versions but I think that optically it only varied from F4.5 to F4.0 in the most modern ones as maximum aperture. In my case I bought an analog camera from the USA that came with several lenses including the Bigma, we are in 2006 I think but the lens was already a few years old because the owner used it with the camera I bought, a Minolta 9, A-mount. I started using it with my first DSLR which was a Konica Minolta 7D with 6 Mp. In low light the lens seemed to have low resolution with that APS-C sensor. When I tried it with a roll of film in the Maxxum 9 I got much better results. I did not use it for a long time especially because it was so heavy. But when I bought a Sony A-900 with a fullframe sensor I remembered that it existed and I started using it again, with very good results, it was another lens and the image quality was very good.
😎👍 nobad camera . Later year ussimilar models Sony H1H2 H5
can it be used on canon cameras?
Hi James, I hope that you will find some time to update this channel with some new adventures :) Great videos btw!
Exactly where is these woods in San Antonio, Texas
I am looking for a tele lens, thanks a lot for your video sharing. Could you share about the Auto Focus experience with K-3 mark III ?
All the best with the move my friend
Watch out for the goose poop...😅 No but seriously very good tutorial and you went into detail I like that this was a good video, keep it up...
I bought this camera a year or two after it came out. I think I paid $700 for it. One of my favorite, all-time camera. Doubt I will ever sell it. I've gotten some of my best photos with it. The lens is stellar! The change to an APS-C size sensor was class-leading. I often shoot RAW and the detail and dynamic range are more than adequate. Not great in low-light, so best to use in good light.
You should try with a flash. Then let's know what this camera can do that many today $3,000.00 cameras can't do?
I still use my sigma 50-500mm it's one of my favourite lens I use it with nikon body and it won me competitions and had my photos on TV.. bad photos come from the user not the equipment.
I have one s2 pro in working condition, and another dead with battery case metal broken, and can't be lit by plugging a power cord.
I agreed with your comment of Pentax doing another PLM lens!
I talked with a Carl Zeiss employer at the photokina fair in cologne. He told me all lenses but not the smartphone lenses are engeniered by zeiss and they have people in the foreign factories. (wrong englisch 😅)
Yoo-hoo! Where are you, Dude?
Glad to see you're enjoying the gear I donated back in the Summer 2023. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the Nikon D2x.
I had the 150-500 version of the Bigma (same era, supposedly slightly sharper then the 50-500) for about 4 months. I ended up selling it and going to a more expensive lens on Micro 43rds because it was still a little too soft for me, and the Autofocus was all over the place just as you mentioned. But the biggest complaint is I couldn't stand the weight, which is why I had no real interest in going for the 150-600 either.
The 50-500 OS is the sharper between the two. This lens loves F8, I have a couple of them.
What's your m43 setup now and how do you like it?
@@TheCruisinCrew I wound up going with finding a used Panasonic 100-400 and at the same time upgraded the body to a Panasonic G9 (First Version). The 100-400 is an amazing lens and is incredibly light for the amount of reach you get without feeling plasticky. I would definitely recommend this kit.
@@NorthWolfPhotography I'm leaning towards the Olympus E-M III, but yeah, that 100-400 lens sounds good... :)
The S2 Pro was my Compromise camera for not wanting to pay $350 USD+ for a working S5 Pro. Its a very common camera to find broken and harder to find intact. But its also a really easy camera to swap components on. So mine is hobbled together from 3 broken S2 bodies I bought off of Ebay. Was a fun project even if its far from perfect, the rear LCD has two lines in it and the shutter occasionally sticks generally if I try to take a photo right after another. But the fully mechanical film shutter mechanism means you can just press the shutter again to unstick it. And yeah, I found out the same thing about the CF cards. Turns out it will only take CF cards up to 2GB. So my 1GB card works with it but not my 8 and 16 GB ones. The CCD Raw format for this camera was horribly un-compressed so you only get like 50 shots in RAW on a 1GB CF card (but like 500 photos in high resolution JPG (The 12mp de-interlaced variety) or around 750 in the "Native" 6MP resolution in JPG). It also takes a long time to write RAW files to the card so I've typically just been shooting mine in JPG. Beautiful colors whenever the light meter (which isn't the best) works out telling you the correct exposure.
I have held onto mine, my 828 also. Something about the images these cameras produce.
can I use only nikon lenses FX full frame with it?
You can use crop Nikon lenses too. I just only have film era Nikon lenses :)
I can't believe I'm a month late to this! Glad you finally got to put one of my favorite CCDs on video!
Love the drama of the silhouetted hawk!
hello, I wanted to ask you a question, I have a S2 Pro with the AA battery slot broken, I was wondering if it is possible to use only the two cr123 batteries, would it work? Thank you
Not James, but I just checked on my own S2 Pro. Unfortunately it will not work with just the CR123s. Basically the Nikon SLR half of the camera powers up while the Fujifilm digital half does not. The top LCD and finder display turn on but show "Err". The body will actually autofocus but the shutter button will not respond. If anyone is curious, the camera will apparently operate for a short time with just four AAs and no CR132s. However, in my experience, after a handful of frames it will display a battery warning and then shut down.
@@bcostin Thanks a lot for the answer. You saved me some money by not buying batteries. Good day
Are you using both CR123 and AA batteries in yours? My first S2 arrived with a black sensor, but have a second on the way and fingers crossed it's issueless. I wonder if its weird interpolatey sensor still qualifies it for the 6MP Club.
sony dsc r1 the legend
How did you manage to get rid of the background noise only your voice pops out and you are in the woods 😮
I am not good with audio stuff, but I used the original track + the track ran through some adobe software to clean out noise and boost vocal frequencies. The combination gives a little bit of background noise but makes my voice super clear. Sometimes sounds a little digital though.
my friend just sold me this lens for $300 , cant wait to try it , should be here tomorrow
Definitely gonna need to try to source one of those Nikons - that picture with the bug and the flower! 🤩
I like this mini series kinda thing that you have going on, keep it up 👍
Thanks for stopping by :)
Keep up the vintage camera exploration! Love to see it. The S2Pro is a beast. I loved the way it felt when I picked up my pristine copy last year. Only one problem: no images. It pretends like it's taking pictures, but the saved files are black. Unfortunately, I found out after the fact that the sensor they used in this model was prone to failure. I'm still holding onto it, in the slim hope that it's just the connector to the sensor (I read of that as a potential problem), but that's going to require surgery that I'm not ready to undertake until maybe winter.
Ah, I've seen a lot of broken s2's out there so must be inevitable. Hopefully I can get some good use out of this one before it goes.
As I mentioned in my other reply, I don't normally do camera repair but the S2 pro is extremely easy to swap parts from. The sensor, shutter and "camera" portions are in one half and the Digital aspects that interface with it are in the other half. Find one with a good sensor and shutter but a toasted motherboard and its opening it up, undoing 3 ribbon cables, swapping the back from the one with the bad sensor/shutter and re-attaching the cables, closing it back up and you are good to go.
BON VOYAGE MY MAN KEEP YOUR CHIN UP !
Does the pentax not have the sigma 150-600mm?
It does not :(
There's someone near me selling one for about $150 and you made me kinda want it. I want it to be cheaper though. You got some really nice shots with it.
See if you can talk them down! That's a fair price in the current market, but I'm with you that I'd want it a little lower :)
@snappinessvlogs I ended up getting it for $140, and it actually came with more accessories than I thought it would. It had a memory card, and the card reader with it. It's in like brand new condition too.
I just got this, last weekend, at a flea market. 8 bucks. It's a bit roughed up but I've been refurbishing it and it's coming along great. I've used a bit of thick leather for the grip, the original one was desintegrating. It looks amazing with the leather.
That's smart. Just a piece of finished leather that you cut to shape and adhered?
@@snappinessvlogs I used a fairly thick leather ( close to 2 mm ), a piece of paper and a crayon to trace the edge on the outline of the indent and made adjustments until I got the perfect stencil. Glued it in using some contact cement for plastics. It should also be pretty resilient.
Did you update to firmware 2.0?
I haven't yet, but I just saw that. I'll do it soon.
I have this camera and I love it. I paid 77 euros for the camera and 2 batteries, but without a charger. The only downside is the not-so-great low-light performance (not bad, but not good).
I haven't pushed the limits, but it does start to break down pretty quick when I bump up the ISO, so that makes sense.
I shot a Bigma for 5 years, with a K20D, K7 and then a K5. It was a great combo, I also alternatively used a Pentax SDM F4. Let it go, I wanted full frame and a real 500mm F4, Pentax had nothing then.
The long lens offerings for Pentax are slim pickings :(
@@snappinessvlogs Back then I befriend the Pentax Rep, I tried for a day the 560mm F5.6, slow focus, purple fringing. Very light but in a sens no better than the Bigma. So because my main subjects where birds, I decided to jump ship with Canon, bought a 500mm F4 and a full frame, never looked back. Using a R5 right now. I loved what Pentax did and a I have a soft spot for the company and its products. I hope they keep going. I still have an K5 and a few cheap old lens that I lend to my daughter when she travels and wants better than photos from a phone.
I hear a lot of RUclipsrs saying sensor sizes the way you did: "two over three inch" and I can't figure out why nobody seems to understand fractions anymore. It's "two-thirds of an inch." Think of it like a recipe: you'd say "half a cup" not "one over two cup."
Must be a regional thing. Both are correct, just different ways of saying it.
@@snappinessvlogs Maybe you can enlighten me, a metric guy: the whole imperial system is quite clear to me (not that I don't have trouble using it with callipers and such, but that's a different story) but 2/3", 1/3" and 1/4", all rather standard sizes in sensorland are clear to me: two-thirds of an inch, one-third of an inch and a quarter inch: no problems there. But how on earth do you pronounce 1/2.3" ? I'm always glad I can use a digital calliper at work (aviation) when I need to check parts, as an analog one boggles my mind compared to metric sizes...
I’m old fashioned I know but I love a camera with lots of buttons, pics looked lovely
Ooo, I'm with you. The more physical buttons the better xD
Disc golf is actually pretty big in parts of Texas…getting into disc golf is like cameras, once you start you won’t stop.
I was just oblivious then - it looks way fun. And cool that so many free parks have courses. Sounds right up my alley 😁
@@snappinessvlogs Here in Southern NJ we are behind in the number of courses to player ratios, but slowly catching up. I have been playing for about ten years, and my girls play too, they are now 12 and 15. My oldest started around 7. It is a lot of fun...and you can get out early and photograph nature in the process.
@@snappinessvlogs oh and thanks for the shout-out
Back in time it was both awesome and out of reach, I did see once in 2003 and it was used by a professional press photographer so much it was a reliable camera. P.S: sorry for being pushy, we need more Mamyia ZD videos :)
Yes yes of course :D What a great camera.
@@snappinessvlogs and btw you should think about a place for everyday growing community to make you even busier
What an odd form factor that has. I don't remember that one at all from the time. It was nice when they took risks and tried things out wasn't it.
I love these old quirky body designs
And to be honest, I still like it sooo much and I was so disappointed to see Sony ended up with the same design every other manufacturer went along with when I was about to buy something new as the focus started malfunctioning. It didn't get dirty as you'd inevitably get on every other camera these days as you press your nose against the screen, it has a HUGE eyepiece that you can really use to dig the camera into your face for added stability and if only the screen would have articulated more over the viewfinder this probably would have been a formfactor that could have lived on in other models as it made room for buttons where other cameras have the screen. And oh... the grip... ever since I bought a new one, not one camera has lived up to my expectations of being able to GRAB the thing. I've got long, slim fingers and almost every camera out there (even expensive high-enders like Canon EOS D5 my sister got) lacks the space I need to be able to grab and hold onto the thing, with my Canon EOS600D or so I bought as a replacement being the worst thing ever. Besides the fact I switched from an EVF-camera (The R1) to an optical viewfinder camera (which I just could not get used to after 13 years with my R1) and the fact I lost seperate controls for aperture and shutterspeed, where I had to press an extra button on my Canon meant I got rid of it after a year and 4000 pictures or so. It just was not my camera. Got a GH5 now, mainly because of the better grip, but the R1 still wins when it comes to the grip. When it comes to buttons in odd places, the GH5 really is a shit-thing... it has too many buttons and some are just in inexplainable locations: who on earth thinks it's a good idea to put the 'disp' (display) button at the spot where your thumb rests when you hold the camera like you should? I've pressed it so many times by accident... Oh yeah, the sales-guy at the store completely wrapped me with his pitch when I bought it in 2006, as I had set my mind on another brand though similar model. But hey, I was 18, felt like I was bursting with cash from my vacation-job and thus happily spent the 1100 Euro (probably the same in Dollars) on it. But in hindsight I was glad I bought it and it has lasted for so long (well, it still works, but focus is a bit of a gamble... something is broken inside which means it usually focuses okay, but it can produce a very blurry image once every so often)
Excellent video and great camera! Love how these older cameras are getting the spot light again! So many hidden gems! Thanks for sharing Snaps!
I can tell that this was shot on a GoPro because of the fisheye, but i was wondering which model?
This was the Insta360 Go2. It's not super great quality, but it's small size and ease of use makes filming very frictionless.