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add a mount onto the camera mount so the lights move with the camera. So if the lights are mounted to the camera mount do you still need the base or clamps? |
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No, the goosenecks would screw directly to a mounting bracket, which would mount onto the camera mount.
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Been looking for an AC adapter ACK-E5 Canon $68 Amazon $59 ebay $16 All of the knock offs from over seas have round ends, all of the ones above have square ends and look like the real thing, would I be OK with the ebay one? |
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Quote:All of the knock offs from over seas have round ends, all of the ones above have square ends and look like the real thing, would I be OK with the ebay one? With that much price differential, I wouldn't trust the one from ebay. I suppose the one from Amazon might be OK. |
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I'm not a strong proponent of AC adapters. I lost a Nikon camera to a blown AC adapter and ever since have been using batteries exclusively. One is constantly charging while the other is in use. I rarely have an issue with running out of power and if I'm doing that much shooting it's time to take a break anyway.
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Ray's experience has me exclusively recommending the brand of adapter matching that of the camera; at least then you have the possibity of being a wheel squeaky enough that the manufacturer might take care of you. Me, I usually use one but I've never managed to kill a battery charge in a single shooting session even using Live View.
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Ray has my stand almost done, needs lights and will be posting pics of it later. It looks great.
Ok you guys have me wondering what I should do for the AC adapter?
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At this point I'm thinking maybe worry about the adapter later or pick up a second, branded battery. A typical dSLR battery is good for 400+ shots, and you'll get tired of shooting probably long before the battery does.
I've had no troubles with generic equivalents for batteries but the same precautions should apply as to AC adapters, and everybody's tolerance will differ on them.
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I use both original Canon branded as well as generic batteries. All the generics (perhaps 4 different) I've tried have less capacity but the price differential was huge. As mcshilling said the stand is nearly done, just need to figure out the light mounts. I took a pic and annotated it like I did for Dar's boom stand, see below. This stand has a movable dovetail coarse-focus mount on a vertical rail, a medium-focus adjustment (with only a few cm range), and a fine focus stage with XY movements. Optically, the stand is just a vehicle for mounting the "<$400" components: camera, adapter, helicoid, extensions, and lens. Here it is:  edited: I see I made a typo on the image...it should say helicoid, not helicoil... Edited by rmpsrpms
05/11/2015 10:45 am
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Ray, what is the foot print of the base, looks like 14"x8"
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I got the camera this afternoon (Canon Rebel XS), charge the battery, did some reading and started playing with it. Took some pics, they come up on the LCD monitor, the menu comes up BUT here's my ?
When taking a pic isn't the pic you are taking suppose to show in the LCD screen and yes I did push the DISP. button, do I have a bum camera?
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Now you have me wondering if I should be using the AC adapter I got for mine from Canon.
It did cost $114.00 and some change with a 20% discount and I was stretching my budget getting it but, I thought, it would be better then burning up batteries.
It does get a little warm, but so do my batteries and at this point in the game with all the learning going on I keep it on for a few hours at a time even though I only really actually shoot 1 or 2 images due to setting the shot and checking and rechecking everything.
Should I worry?
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05/14/2015 7:27 pm
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Should I worry?
Not really. The camera sensor is thermally-protected anyway. Quote:
When taking a pic isn't the pic you are taking suppose to show in the LCD screen and yes I did push the DISP. button, do I have a bum camera?
Were you in Remote Shooting via the Zoom Browser software? "Live View Shooting" is enabled near the bottom of the window where you set all your shooting preferences. |
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Not in Live View yet, just playing in hand. I did find if I took it out of Full Auto and hit Set the LCD screen did come on.
Does that mean you do not see the LCD screen in Full Auto?
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