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Hard to believe it’s been a year since serving for...

Creed 2

It had so much potential, I did appreciate what they did with Drago and giving some of his back story as well as depth with most of the characters but Creed 2 was so disappointing for me!



Glaringly bad editing (far too many long lulls), the camera work at times was embarrassing and the sound track sounded like a teenager made it. Those 3 things really ruined it. I have huge respect for Sylvester Stallone as a writer, producer and actor, but this was a bad film. It felt like Adonis is a big, selfish cry baby that only seems to want to satisfy his fragile little ego. Seriously, that is what his character, is all about. "I can beat him! I can beat him!"



I know many of you will see it any way, but my advice is to skip it! Not even a rental. Maybe when it comes on for free on Netflix.

Sunsets are nature’s way of reminding us that the...

Sunsets are nature's way of reminding us that the most beautiful things in life are free and available to all. #sunsets #luckywelivehawaii #eosR #canoneosr #sun #maui

Holiday Buyer's Guide 2018

Enter to win a Fuji X-T3 or Sony a7iii!



Michael's T6i/T6s Crash Course Training Tutorial



Michael's Fuji X-T3 Crash Course Training Tutorial:



Michael's Nikon D850 Crash Course Training Tutorial



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* Everything stated here is my opinion, and I sometimes make mistakes. I will never recommend a product I do not either use, truly love or think would be the best fit for the situation (often determined by budget).



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Canon EOS Rebel T6i DSLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens



Canon EOS Rebel T5i DSLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens



Nikon D3500 DSLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens



FUJIFILM X-T3 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 18-55mm Lens



Sony Alpha a7 III Mirrorless Digital Camera with 28-70mm Lens



Nikon D850 DSLR Camera (Body Only)



Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel



Rode VideoMic with Rycote Lyre Suspension System



SanDisk 64GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I Memory Card



Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT



Godox TT685C Thinklite TTL Flash for Canon Cameras



Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Lens



Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens

Ok...how many people besides me didn’t know this?...

Ok...how many people besides me didn't know this? I feel stupid.

Sony A9, A7riii, and A7iii owners! I found a great...

Sony A9, A7riii, and A7iii owners! I found a great dual Sony charger on amazon. It was like $8, charges off of USB and will do 2 at a time in the same footprint as a 1 battery normal charger, even has an lcd charge amount display. A7iii's don't even come with a charger. it's been great and I'm very happy with it. If you need one check it out! #a7iii #sonyA7iii #batterycharger #a9 #A7riii

Fuji XT3 vs Sony A7iii Buffer Tests

I have published my buffer performance tests for the Fuji XT3 and the Sony A7iii:









My analysis on this is that the Sony A7iii has a deeper buffer and good pipeline speed, the bottleneck seems to be in the conversion to JPEG files. This is a processor speed thing. The Fuji X-T3 doesn't seem to have this problem.



FWIW- I have also tested the Fuji at 8FPS with Normal Compression and with those settings shot over 1000 images before I finally just gave up. I can't think of a setting where someone would need to do this, but the only other camera Ive seen this on is the Canon 1DXii.





Michael's Fuji X-T3 Crash Course Training Tutorial:



Michael's A7III / A7Riii Crash Course Tutorial



Alik Griffin's XT3 Buffer Tests



Alik Griffin's A7iii Buffer Tests



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Fuji X-T3



Sony A7iii

Nikon Z6 / Z7 Crash Course Underway

We are pleased to announce that the Nikon Z6 Z7 Crash Course Tutorial is underway. If you would like to be notified as to when the course is ready, please leave your name and email address in the comments below and we will reach out to you as soon as it is ready.



It should be ready before Christmas of 2018, introductory price will be $40 and it will demonstrate a number of real world shooting techniques, including:



- Digital Photography School For Beginners

- Z7 vs Z6 Differences in Strengths and Weaknesses

- Camera Settings & Custom Set Ups

- Camera Care, including cleaning your Sensor

- Portraits

- Sports

- Landscape

- Interiors

- Macro

- Strobe (half hour)

- Video Shooting (Over 1 hour)

- Focus Stepping

- Timelapse



And much much more!

Nikon Z6 / Z7 Crash Course Wish List

Michael is considering making a Nikon Z6 / Z7 Crash Course, which would be in addition to the free youtube video and wants to know who would be interested and what topics you would like covered?



Please enter your requests in the comments below so that we can start planning which topics to cover.



Thank you!

Fuji XT3 vs Sony A7iii vs Nikon Z7 vs Canon EOS R Dynamic Range

Ive completed my tests of for dynamic range on the Fuji XT3, Canon EOS R, Nikon Z7 and Sony A7iii. Also included is a discussion on each of their artifacts (they all have them). Most surprising was the similarity of the EOS R to the Canon 5D4, this is potentially the same sensor issue, and was something I reported extensively on when it first came out.



Enjoy!





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* Michael The Maven is a participant in the B&H Photo Video affiliate program that provides an advertising commission if you purchase through our links.

* If you purchase something from my affiliate links, I will get a small commission with no extra cost to you.

* Everything stated here is my opinion, and I sometimes make mistakes. I will never recommend a product I do not either use, truly love or think would be the best fit for the situation (often determined by budget).







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Canon EOS R



Sony A7iii



Fujifilm X-T3



Nikon Z7