TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

No matter what lamiaceae says ....just look at the expression on his face ! lol

...there are worse conditions than yours in life ....no matter what your IQ is! 8-)

ptcanon3ti Loc: NJ

Could you buy just one more and ship it to me? I'll take good care of it for you. :D

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

Does Optech or anyone else make any kind of harness or sling that would accommodate all of that gear? It would have to be some kind of Lazy Susan. And you are going to have to bulk up, Grandpa! Will all of the cameras have the same settings? Maybe you could get a camera just for AP shots, another one for Manual and keep one in reserve for when you just have to have Shutter Priority... The possibilities are endless...Then you would never have to bother with the Mode Dial either. Just sayin...

GPS Phil Loc: Dayton Ohio

Well, I guess you're like Rockefeller when they ask him how much money was enough, he said "just a little more"
So if we ask you how many D810's are enough, your answer would have to be, just one more! :lol: I was accused of being a little crazy by several people when I purchased a Df, you just made me realize that they come in two styles, black, and black and silver. I wonder what time the store opens tomorrow?

Phil

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Grandpa, I've been tested to have an IQ of 69.
That's why I shoot with a Canon and can't stop chasing women!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
SS

GPS Phil Loc: Dayton Ohio

Like your new Avatar buddy, I also have 13 lenses. Doug said that if we each buy another Df, we can buy 13 more lenses. Now isn't that the deal you've been waiting on?

Phil

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

Is that 13 more between us, or each? :)

GPS Phil Loc: Dayton Ohio

Let's go for 13 each, sounds much better. Do you think Doug is a bad influence on us? Maybe he was alright till he got on the forum! I'm starting to feel guilty.

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

Hmmm, 26 is a nice round number. Of course, 30 is rounder :) Bad influence?.. nahh.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

Ask MT Shooter how many cameras he carries at one time...

Zone-System-Grandpa Loc: Springfield, Ohio

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Japakomom, I will attempt to address your questions. :-)

To begin, I never intend to carry more than two cameras at the same time.. My reasons for wanting extra camera bodies is that changing lenses does attract dust to a camera's sensor and to help prevent this from happening, the less that a lens is changed, the opportunity for dust entering into a camera body is somewhat eliminated. Also, my house is not full of dust, but it does have dust as do all homes and we even have two expensive large room dust filters located here in our home.. They are large floor mounted Hepa filters manufacture by a company named Austin whereby they purify air with a separate carbon filter along with other materials in their other filters, In other words, the units contain more than just one filter that is replaced at set intervals and the filters are not cheap either. We have them to remove allergens form the air. One filter is with me here in our den and the other filter is located centrally which is in our living room.

Moving on: Another reason for my wanting extra camera bodies is for the convenience that they offer ~ such as whenever an opportunity pops up whereas a camera is immediately needed, I will always have a camera on hand with a lens already mounted upon it that will sate the need !

Being that this forum is a photography forum, my posting about my collection of Nikon D810 cameras, hopefully, does not offend anyone ~ after all, this is a photography forum is it not ? Not only do I enjoy chatting about camera equipment, but on this forum, I enjoy chatting about most any topic that has to do with photography.

Actually, over the past few months, I have responded to our members questions by attempting to assist them with their posed questions and this is because I had once taught photography classes and art classes here at our local art center, albeit, I had retired after serving upon my day job as a manufacturing coordinating engineer enacting changes made by our design engineering team onto our leaders of our manufacturing team; Also, upon our forum, I have posted very few photographs of my own whereas the wanting for praise wasn't upon my agenda, but I have given praise to others for the photographs which they had posted. I've posted thought provoking ideas; I've posted questions of my own; I've welcomed new members who had joined our forum by having taken time to send them quite thoughtful welcoming messages and along the way, several of our members have invited me to become their private friend.

Japakomom, below is one of my welcoming messages which I had sent to a new member who had joined our forum not long ago and after it had been posted, several of our members had responded with praise in regards to my having taken time to post it "so gracefully" as they had said it to be.

Mohitt wrote:
Hi all you awesome people,

I am a newbie and about to purchase my first DSLR. I have finalised Canon EOS 1200D to be my first tool.

I wish to learn the basic features of a DSLR like exposure, appretaure, focus and other things.

Can anyone help me with some links to useful articles or thoughts of their own?

Thanks in anticipation,
Mohitt


Mohitt, to begin, I would like to welcome you to our forum and ask that you please be prepared to read a myriad of diverse thinking responses from we members of UHH <~ (Ugly Hedge Hog)...

Mohitt, if you already have previous experience with 35mm format film cameras, especially, SLR <~ (Single lens reflex cameras), you have an advantage compared to a person who does not have previous experience with a SLR camera and I say this to you because most photographers who have digital cameras use those which are single lens reflex (SLR) cameras.

Before you dig your heels in and begin to learn how to use your new camera, my first suggestion to you is for you to set your camera on an auto setting whereby you can choose the "P" programmed setting which will enable you to first begin using your new camera without having the knowledge needed to use many of the camera's many other manual settings.. I say this to you because doing such will permit you to have fun using your new camera while, at the same time, you begin to set some time aside to begin learning the many other features that your new camera has to offer !

Learning to use your new digital camera will take some time and there are many sources available that will help you ! For starters, like others on our forum may have already suggested to you, I would like to suggest that you carefully read the instruction manual that was packaged with your new camera.. After you have done this and have tinkered with the settings on your camera, next, you should begin to seek other avenues to learn more about using a DSLR (digital single lens reflex camera). May I suggest that you log onto your computer and you type in "Google" and once Google opens, type in "Books to learn about digital photography? Once that a new window opens, you will see many books which you may purchase.. Yet, to be more precise with your needs, I would suggest that you type in "Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D For Dummies." Ok, because of this book's title, I am not suggesting that you are a "Dummy", but I am suggesting that this book will be a good book to start with as it is designed for your specific camera. Of course, once that you have read this book, I then suggest that you move on and find other more advanced books which will enable you to become a master photographer !!!!!

Best of luck to you, Mohitt, and don't ever be shy when it comes to posting your photos here on the UHH forum !

My very best regards to you, Sir, and once again, I, personally, welcome you to the UHH forum !

~Doug~

Anyway, Japakomom, as for my collecting Nikon cameras and Nikon lenses, do you find it to be any different than people collecting, let's say, Hummel porcelain figurines; or automobiles; or comic books; or baseball cards; or gold and silver coins; or even cash money etc, etc, and on and on ! After all, there are people who collect any or all of the above and even though they may not need those things any more than some of you think that I need another Nikon camera body and or more Nikon lenses, they do it anyway !

If you would like, perhaps you could set time aside to contact the administrator and suggest topics that you would recommend that we should be permitted to chat about and if the administrator takes heed by agreeing with your ideas, you can rest well assured that I will abide by following any new guidelines the admistrator suggests :-)

Meanwhile, I have no hard feelings about that which your thoughts may be about me nor do I have any hard feelings about that which you think about my ways !

So, with all this written, I wish for you a good night's sleep and may you enjoy the best of health in all of your tomorrows :thumbup:

My Very Best Regards,
~Doug~

Zone-System-Grandpa Loc: Springfield, Ohio

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Good question:D Actually, for those times when we leave our property to go elsewhere to take photographs, we take our photography equipment with us in our Jeep Grand Cherokee as it has all of the room that a guy and his wife would ever need ! :thumbup:

Zone-System-Grandpa Loc: Springfield, Ohio

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Phil, I do believe that you and I had several times chatted previously and when we had chatted, we two did share many of the same ideas, especially, when it came to purchasing cameras and lenses ~ whereas we both had agreed that one can never have enough of either !

Thanks for responding, Phil !

Best Regards as always,
~Doug ~

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

He who dies with the most cameras doesn't win.
He dies.

Very hard to understand your odd obsession.

BTW, I locked up my mirror today and looked at my sensor.
First time I ever did that.
Not a speck of dust in my pixel catcher.
Shut it down (like the directions said) and back to running.

Have fun.

Ruby headed camera pecker

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Zone-System-Grandpa Loc: Springfield, Ohio

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Say, Sharpshooter, I too shoot with a Canon.. I have the older 5D MKII and five different L series lenses to go with it. By the way, it gives excellent images and I would put them up against most all others, with the exception when it comes to making enlargements that are wall sized. This is when the D810's come in !

As for chasing women, Heck, they always chased me when I was younger.. These days, my wife and I chase each other !