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I must have lost weight. I just got hit on super hard.

BJ told me you didnt have any gag reflex. Mad skills bro!

I use... Canon 6D. Its full frame and was better than the 5diii in low low light. I purchased that for Rome and never looked back. Best value for me. I have a t4i and its the backup. I really want a 7Dii for this body, i just cant justify it as I almost NEVER use that camera. I hand that to my assistant,( wife usually) and sometimes just have them take filler on auto if they struggle. Ill also make that person do the family portraits if I can swindle it. Then I take shots of people on the sneek. 16-35 f2.8 Canon L 2.8 24-70 f2.8 Tamron as they had VR at the time. Its the hardest to use lens but sometimes the color rendition is sometimes only beat by the 50mm 70-200 is ii f2.8 Canon L. This lens is the best lens made. Its so good I sometimes just use it instead of a more appropriate focal length because the pictures are always amazing and they make me look like a god. Its also heavy. Yes you need the IS and yes the version ii is worth the upgrade. It's better than the sum of its parts especially if your subject moves at all. The focus speed, color, and consistant images alone are worth it. Even if the zoom range wasnt my bread and butter it would still be a great lens. I wish there was a 24-70 that was 1/20th as effective in use. I keep a 2x extender and it makes that lens twice as valuable. My other baby is the 50mm f1.2. This is a magic lens. I use it to make the most incredible images, and in low light it's such a beast. I never feel as confident as when I have that lens with me. Thats it. Thats my bag. A couple flashes and thats what I roll with. Photographers love the 3+1 system because it gives you a balance between f stop and zoom. Any more variable zoom and you have to have higher f-stop with current tech. If you switch to a prime for wider f-stop you have to pay way too much attention to where you are for dynamic situations. Also if you start cropping an image shot at 1.2 its going to be really lucky if it looks at all usable. People also give me money so that i dont miss them sucking face with their partner in front of friends and family so i have to be more urgent and less staged that you would in your livingroom with lighting you can alter however you want. Thats the insight i can give you Mike. I get the pictures I like and people continue to pay me more than I ask for their pictures.

No camera section! I cant get more shopping ideas.... https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=423691&gclid=Cj0KEQiAv4jDBRCC1IvzqqDnkYYBEiQA89utoumQgaYcNOmV0DnTmJCuupPuXgMapG-psL3du9YZp60aAplI8P8HAQ&Q=&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C92051678642%2C&is=USA&A=details I would love to upgrade my bodies actually. A 1Dx and maybe a 5DR or S would be nice if I was going to go all out. I would be happy as all hell to have a 7Dii and one of those high rez 5Ds though. And <1/2 the price.... Stupid sexy 1Dx

I turned off traction on Helga today and slid around the lot.

I cant talk about lenses!!! Dumping the car, the rental house, and getting this house back on track. Killing me.

Sean do not bring up the 85 1.2. You see what I do with the 6D and a 50mm 1.2! If I can make a female flattering with that I feel the 85 will be cheating. It also may find its way on the body so much it would make the 50mm and the whitey less needed.

This.

I stand way back and people just get used to it after a while of me just walking around. It is a sore thumb.

Yeah then you are 125% going the right direction.

How much is the 60D vs the 6D?

Mike I want to clarify, the 50mm is good for portraits like that on a crop. 50mm on a full frame can be interesting for portraits. I get some bangers with the 50mm f1.2, but it's more the f1.2, the great color pick up, and the full frame. It makes for some dreamscapes even in low light. If I am posing people for portraits i use the 70-200 if possible. It's a beast and so incredibly flattering. Turns those 6s into solid 7.5s. Don't trust a girls profile pick if it has my water mark on it.

Mike, for those portraits the 50mm would be pretty good. Might be a touch zoomy in some situations but its a good length for those types of pics. When the little monster is running around....... Well, make sure you have plenty of practice and its ok to only like 1/150 shots until you get it down. :-) I find camera work and shooting to be extremely similar. Equipment limits you massively, but only once youre good enough for it to even matter. My bag of equipment is WAY better than I am. But i justified it by making some side $$$ and I keep growing into those lenses. I can also say I could not have taken some of those shots without that level of equipment.

Good job Mike!

Sean is spoon feeding this well. I shoot a lot differently and I would tell you to go a different route. However we probably have much different goals.

Un fair. Find primes at the same F stop. It will be less with primes. You want more light. And that is the correct answer. When you shoot as you normally do. As you said, zooms are for the moving things. I still crop in post and IDGAF. My images are pretty good. Maybe not bilboard perfect but at least centerfold/magazine cover.

I disagree with Seans love of primes, but it will give you the best glass for your bucks. Get lightroom too. Mike you need the fast 50mm or 35mm first. Then maybe wider if you are always trying to fit more in. If you shoot people and want faces, then talk to me and be ready for some disapointment when it comes to $$$$.

I don't know shit about mirrorless. Get fast lenses and lightroom and thats everything.

1.8 F but microscopic sensors FTL

If you give it to the stink eye long enough it gets bright pink. Someone told me...

All this health stuff, the car, work, the fridge, losing money on the rental, probably divorced before 2018, and now... Pink eye, a stye, or a random infection in my better eye. Lol We are on a tiny blue rock hurtling through the cosmos. None of this matters. We are on a tiny blue rock......

Sean lets go eat somewhere soon.

Thank god. The light just went out and its still making the cold stuff. I did have a rib roast in there too. And some old crab legs that i threw out on principal. Wayhoo. Also found a buyer for the rental. Only a 30% loss or more on its actual value if in gppd shape. Oh well. If the pipes dont burst and there isnt any plutonium found the place is gone.

Well... My fridge stopped working.

I almost said Starbucks, but then I remembered, "While you may not be a romantic Christmas gift giver, you at least have plenty of good taste."