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Mar 28, 2019 12:41:28   #
jay4u007
 
Someone told me about "Arsenal" which supposedly helps with setting your camera for every shot including HDR photography and remotely triggers from your camera. I like doing my own manual settings, but for business, I shoot Real Estate photography and mostly HDR images, and anything that speeds up my time on location would be great. Any opinions

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Mar 28, 2019 12:55:16   #
rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA
 
Any Bluetooth connected device is going to have the exact opposite effect, it will slow down your productivity.

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Mar 28, 2019 13:14:22   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
jay4u007 wrote:
Someone told me about "Arsenal" which supposedly helps with setting your camera for every shot including HDR photography and remotely triggers from your camera. I like doing my own manual settings, but for business, I shoot Real Estate photography and mostly HDR images, and anything that speeds up my time on location would be great. Any opinions


That thing is just a useless joke, if you want to shoot in auto mode, your camera is already capable of doing that and does not need an extra attachement for that!

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Mar 28, 2019 13:48:43   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
jay4u007 wrote:
Someone told me about "Arsenal" which supposedly helps with setting your camera for every shot including HDR photography and remotely triggers from your camera. I like doing my own manual settings, but for business, I shoot Real Estate photography and mostly HDR images, and anything that speeds up my time on location would be great. Any opinions


While i find many of the features silly (like the AI auto stuff) the product does offer some very nice remote control features and things like setting up multiple shots for focus stacking that could be quite useful. I do think the the price for the useful parts is a bit high.

The whole AI thing based on analyzing existing "good" or "excellent" photos, will lead to average more often than outstanding photos. That is just how math works.

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Mar 28, 2019 14:23:12   #
rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA
 
speters wrote:
That thing is just a useless joke, if you want to shoot in auto mode, your camera is already capable of doing that and does not need an extra attachement for that!


I definitely wouldn't call the Arsenal assistant a useless joke. Although I personally have little use for it, I can easily imagine that for some photographers it would be an extremely useful tool. For example, some of the time lapse programing features. Or controlling various camera functions remotely via smartphone.

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Mar 29, 2019 06:48:38   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
jay4u007 wrote:
Someone told me about "Arsenal" which supposedly helps with setting your camera for every shot including HDR photography and remotely triggers from your camera. I like doing my own manual settings, but for business, I shoot Real Estate photography and mostly HDR images, and anything that speeds up my time on location would be great. Any opinions


The fact remains the best Arsenal is in your head, not encased in plastic.

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Mar 29, 2019 06:56:50   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
We've had so many questions about this, but it seems no one has ever bought one.

I don't see the need for it, especially at that price.

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Mar 29, 2019 08:31:58   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
I'm in speters' camp.
--Bob
jay4u007 wrote:
Someone told me about "Arsenal" which supposedly helps with setting your camera for every shot including HDR photography and remotely triggers from your camera. I like doing my own manual settings, but for business, I shoot Real Estate photography and mostly HDR images, and anything that speeds up my time on location would be great. Any opinions

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Mar 29, 2019 09:53:58   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
jerryc41 wrote:
We've had so many questions about this, but it seems no one has ever bought one.

I don't see the need for it, especially at that price.


There are several threads on this that include comments from people who bought one. My recollection is that most were disappointed. Try a search.

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Mar 29, 2019 10:42:43   #
genesampson
 
I have one. I need to blow the dust off of it. To me it's almost impossible to use hand held. Gotta admit I didn't run it through all its features but just tried it a couple of times and set it aside.

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Mar 29, 2019 10:56:26   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
IDguy wrote:
There are several threads on this that include comments from people who bought one. My recollection is that most were disappointed. Try a search.


There are threads where people talk about useful aspects. However, I do not remember anyone mentioning the AI about stuff as useful. However the remote control stuff, yes.

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Mar 29, 2019 11:05:19   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
speters wrote:
That thing is just a useless joke, if you want to shoot in auto mode, your camera is already capable of doing that and does not need an extra attachement for that!


This is true in my opinion too. All the camera companies put a lot of money into AI so that the camera has the best AUTO features possible. Personally, I'd rather be in control and make the decisions, not the camera or the goofball that designed the AUTO features in the camera.

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Mar 29, 2019 12:02:53   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
jeep_daddy wrote:
This is true in my opinion too. All the camera companies put a lot of money into AI so that the camera has the best AUTO features possible. Personally, I'd rather be in control and make the decisions, not the camera or the goofball that designed the AUTO features in the camera.


The auto systems have improved remarkably over the last few years. Those who don’t buy newer equipment or don’t use the new systems will be left in ignorance.

I seek to try them out on new equipment. My D800 didn’t have Auto or scene modes, but the P mode did pretty good on most images and I could scan through the range of settings that satsfied exposure if I was after a particular result. My Z6 reintroduces Auto but I admit to not trying it yet. My new Fuji underwater camera (pretty much point and shoot) only has auto or scene modes, as far as I can tell. It seems to do fine on its own.

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Mar 29, 2019 13:43:23   #
elent
 
I'm playing with it now. Wanted to see if it would be useful for quick grab street shots. Does well. Surprises me the settings it comes up with that turn out so well...usually a much reduced shutter speed. I don't do too much tripod shooting, but I thought the auto stacking might prove useful...20 shots, multiple focus points and no need to touch the camera or lens.

As with all things new, it depends. I'm in that group that precedes digital and auto focus and wouldn't want to go back. But, at the time.......

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Mar 29, 2019 13:55:46   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Some time ago when I was reading about the Nikon D700, I remember reading an article that mentioned the camera having "pre-recorded scenes and settings" which P mode used to compare the viewed scene with a stored scene and thus set the exposure for what it "knew" to be appropriate. I believe that method is still used to this day on their latest models. Others may have something similar.
--Bob

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