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Dec 31, 2023 13:56:01   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
larryepage wrote:
Lots of folks are quite happy with their switch to mirrorless. A few, however, have expressed some second thoughts and misgivings. There might be some benefit taking an approach with somewhat less energy than a bison stampede. Plus, from what I can tell, the bloom is off the rose for selling right now. I think there is some wisdom in taking a couple of deep breaths first.


Oh, I will be taking some breaths first. I am running for Captain of the Olympic Procrastination Team.

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Dec 31, 2023 13:58:01   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
mikegreenwald wrote:
My wife was a pediatric resident many years ago. Then she opened a practice and had a couple of kids herself. That’s when she found out what BUSY really is. She said she had three children to take care of - I was the third.


OK, I have a strong hunch my wife thinks I mentally qualify as a pediatric patient.

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Dec 31, 2023 14:04:08   #
larryepage Loc: North Texas area
 
robertjerl wrote:
OK, I have a strong hunch my wife thinks I mentally qualify as a pediatric patient.


You do realize that only two letters must be changed to get from pediatric to geriatric...

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Dec 31, 2023 14:09:25   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
larryepage wrote:
You do realize that only two letters must be changed to get from pediatric to geriatric...


Yeah, but my wife prefers "Old Buzzard". I remind her that she is only 9 years younger than my 78 and her reply is "It puts me in a different decade."

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Dec 31, 2023 14:25:26   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
And if anyone is wondering:
We met at work in a supermarket where she was always talking about her nursing classes. How was I to know they were weekend and evening accelerated classes for High School Students. I was in college working on my grad degree and teaching credential. She didn't know I had 2 years of college before I spent 3 years in the Army and worked a year before I got back into college and changed majors - in effect, I started over.
So I thought she was early twenties and she thought I was early twenties. We were really 17 and 26. After our 2nd or 3rd date (late night, early morning after work and "Midnight Breakfast" with the night crew at the supermarket where we worked) I was dropping her off in front of her house between 4 and 5 AM when she commented she hoped her Mom or Dad weren't up early getting ready for work. "After all, I just had my 18th birthday last month!" Being from the South, I instantly had visions of Dad and Brothers chasing me with shotguns and I muttered "I'll be 27 in 3 months." That is how we found out each other's ages. And by then it was too late, we were in love. As it turned out, her Dad was 6 or 7 years older than her mother, so they took our age difference pretty well.

And now our kids just think of both of us as "OLD".

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Dec 31, 2023 14:50:44   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
robertjerl wrote:
And if anyone is wondering:
We met at work in a supermarket where she was always talking about her nursing classes. How was I to know they were weekend and evening accelerated classes for High School Students. I was in college working on my grad degree and teaching credential. She didn't know I had 2 years of college before I spent 3 years in the Army and worked a year before I got back into college and changed majors - in effect, I started over.
So I thought she was early twenties and she thought I was early twenties. We were really 17 and 26. After our 2nd or 3rd date (late night, early morning after work and "Midnight Breakfast" with the night crew at the supermarket where we worked) I was dropping her off in front of her house between 4 and 5 AM when she commented she hoped her Mom or Dad weren't up early getting ready for work. "After all, I just had my 18th birthday last month!" Being from the South, I instantly had visions of Dad and Brothers chasing me with shotguns and I muttered "I'll be 27 in 3 months." That is how we found out each other's ages. And by then it was too late, we were in love. As it turned out, her Dad was 6 or 7 years older than her mother, so they took our age difference pretty well.

And now our kids just think of both of us as "OLD".
And if anyone is wondering: br We met at work in a... (show quote)



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Dec 31, 2023 18:37:41   #
SteveW8703 Loc: Las Vegas, Nv
 
robertjerl wrote:
When I went to the RF system I got the RP for full frame (I don't do a lot of full frame.), simplified but not stunted and takes good pictures.
Then I got the R7 (R equivalent of 7DII) for my bird photography, and it is Excellent+.

I still have EFs= 5Div, 7DII, 80D, 90D. I will be thinning the herd, starting with the 90D. I may get rid of all the EFs, unless someone in the family wants one. All my EF lenses work on the RF bodies with the adapters, I have two.

I have been thinking just now (dangerous habit to get into) and maybe this year I will just get rid of all the EF bodies, some of my EF lenses-the ones I also have in RF and upgrade the RP to one of the higher end RF bodies. Should I keep the 5Div as a backup? Or maybe give it to our daughter. Jasmine has been using a T2i since it was her 2012 High School Graduation gift. Now she is a Pediatric Resident and mostly uses her cell phone. After residency, her life will not be so hectic and she might get back into photography as a hobby.

That will leave me using R7, a high-end RF FF and Sony RX10iv with my two adapters (one is the control ring model) and a pile of mixed EF lenses and my RF lenses. I also have 3 older bridge cameras I got from Good Will for $20 each=one in my car, one in my wife's car, one in the lock box on my street legal mobility scooter. Be out and about when suddenly a picture opportunity pops up-I have "a camera", besides my almost antique Panasonic ZS6 that lives in my shirt or jacket pocket full time.

Then there is my Wife's Canon SX50, now a few models behind but still a great bridge camera.

I think I need to make a cup of coffee and read or watch TV before I make some camera dealer a new millionaire. I am not going out photographing in the chilly rain today.
When I went to the RF system I got the RP for full... (show quote)

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Dec 31, 2023 19:58:57   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
SteveW8703 wrote:
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Jan 1, 2024 09:48:04   #
Operator69
 
robertjerl wrote:
When I went to the RF system I got the RP for full frame (I don't do a lot of full frame.), simplified but not stunted and takes good pictures.
Then I got the R7 (R equivalent of 7DII) for my bird photography, and it is Excellent+.

I still have EFs= 5Div, 7DII, 80D, 90D. I will be thinning the herd, starting with the 90D. I may get rid of all the EFs, unless someone in the family wants one. All my EF lenses work on the RF bodies with the adapters, I have two.

I have been thinking just now (dangerous habit to get into) and maybe this year I will just get rid of all the EF bodies, some of my EF lenses-the ones I also have in RF and upgrade the RP to one of the higher end RF bodies. Should I keep the 5Div as a backup? Or maybe give it to our daughter. Jasmine has been using a T2i since it was her 2012 High School Graduation gift. Now she is a Pediatric Resident and mostly uses her cell phone. After residency, her life will not be so hectic and she might get back into photography as a hobby.

That will leave me using R7, a high-end RF FF and Sony RX10iv with my two adapters (one is the control ring model) and a pile of mixed EF lenses and my RF lenses. I also have 3 older bridge cameras I got from Good Will for $20 each=one in my car, one in my wife's car, one in the lock box on my street legal mobility scooter. Be out and about when suddenly a picture opportunity pops up-I have "a camera", besides my almost antique Panasonic ZS6 that lives in my shirt or jacket pocket full time.

Then there is my Wife's Canon SX50, now a few models behind but still a great bridge camera.

I think I need to make a cup of coffee and read or watch TV before I make some camera dealer a new millionaire. I am not going out photographing in the chilly rain today.
When I went to the RF system I got the RP for full... (show quote)


I'm with you buddy, I'm kind of torn as well, I have the R7 also and many EF lenses and only one RF lens at the moment, they seem to work well on my R7 yet why do I went to change so badly? Lol

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Jan 1, 2024 11:22:03   #
MountainDave
 
Operator69 wrote:
I'm with you buddy, I'm kind of torn as well, I have the R7 also and many EF lenses and only one RF lens at the moment, they seem to work well on my R7 yet why do I went to change so badly? Lol


No rush. Make the transition an enjoyable journey. I took two years to replace 5 of the 12 EF lenses I had. Upon reflection, the RF lenses are a joy to use and generally better than I expected. A few of the swaps were painfully expensive but I see top quality lenses as very long term investments.

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Jan 1, 2024 15:17:23   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Operator69 wrote:
I'm with you buddy, I'm kind of torn as well, I have the R7 also and many EF lenses and only one RF lens at the moment, they seem to work well on my R7 yet why do I went to change so badly? Lol


Shiny new toy?

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Jan 2, 2024 15:04:50   #
Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.
 
robertjerl wrote:
We already have two sons. And the elder is named Michael.

Don't need to adopt you.


Aw, shucky darns. lol

Two Michaels would never do!

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Jan 2, 2024 16:49:22   #
tgreenhaw
 
Personally I would sell all the bodies except for the RP while they are still worth something and use the money to upgrade lenses.

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Jan 2, 2024 17:26:11   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Mike D. wrote:
Aw, shucky darns. lol

Two Michaels would never do!


Besides, if the two of you didn't get along, you might want to get un-adopted. He was a 6-year active duty Combat Engineer (1 in Iraq at the end of the major fighting) and now over 10 years Army Reserve Civil Affairs. When people ask me what that is, I tell them, "They are the polite Special Forces, they try to make friends and offer to build you a school or something before they start shooting." He is gone a lot, as he volunteers for any assignment to someplace in the world he has never seen. Right now he is somewhere near Ft Myers, Florida with a FEMA group. They are still rebuilding from a hurricane about a year ago.

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Jan 2, 2024 17:35:11   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
tgreenhaw wrote:
Personally I would sell all the bodies except for the RP while they are still worth something and use the money to upgrade lenses.


Well, I kind of hang on to things. I still have a Canon 6D (my first dslr) and the upgrade (5Div).
90% of the time I use crop sensors for the reach photographing my birds. But when I do FF (usually closeups or macro-some landscape/trains) I like to have the best camera I can afford. "Shiny Toys!"
I have a pile of EF and RF mount lenses, about 1/2 are L models or a third part equivalent. I have two EF to RF adapters, so I can use all the lenses with my two R bodies. I have 14mm to 600mm.

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