What's your latest tech purchase?

[FireFox]

The new lens finally came! The thing is pretty big, but it doesn't weigh a lot. I need to find a furry woodland creature to take a picture of.
It's almost twice as long as my 24-105mm kit lens, but that's what happens when you go to 100-400mm.
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As a side note, this lens was just recently released, so it's a new one for the RF lineup.

RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Compact, lightweight and high-image quality RF tele zoom lens, with a versatile zoom range of 100-400mmOptical Image Stabilizer with up to 5.5 Stops* of shake correctionHigh speed, smooth and quiet autofocus with Canon’s Nano USM9-blade circular aperture for beautiful bokehControl Ring for...

www.usa.canon.com

Alrighty folks. I found myself some furry woodland creatures. It was a little dark out by the time I was done with work, so the high ISO noise sort of hurts the quality of the pictures, but you can get a pretty good idea for how much 8x magnification gets you.

12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/200s
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12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/160s (Had to drop the jpeg quality, TPU doesn't like images >10Mb.)
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12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/320s
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Love Canon cameras.

Bought one EOS 1100D not sure if in 2012/13



The sad part is that i spent around €900 and used it for 1 year and since then it was in a closet till today.
need to be cleaned to removed all the dust.

That Camera didn't deserve me

 

[P4-630]

That Camera didn't deserve me

You mean you didn't deserve the camera I guess....


I got the same with an older camera..

 

[FireFox]

You mean you didn't deserve the camera I guess....

The Camera didn't deserve me

 

[the54thvoid]

I think this is technically not quite appropriate but I bought this last year and to me, it is tech nirvana.

A 5 year old Canon 7DMKII and a 15 year old 300mm f2.8 IS I in pristine condition. For those that don't know, it cost me the same as a higher tier RTX 3090. (and in all truth, it'll not depreciate at anywhere near the same rate a modern tech).

 

[seth1911]

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AOC Hdmi a few days after. No sign of them even packaging my server but maybe they don't work weekends will find out more tomorrow. What's a best saller? alot of stores claim that they are the best here.

Sometimes i forget that TPU is international and think damn 3300$ for RAM

 

[eidairaman1]

By galvanised I assume you mean plated and you do realise that under that plating is copper don't you they're not some zinc coated piece of junk metal they are Nickel plated Copper

His writing is non sense

I think this is technically not quite appropriate but I bought this last year and to me, it is tech nirvana.

A 5 year old Canon 7DMKII and a 15 year old 300mm f2.8 IS I in pristine condition. For those that don't know, it cost me the same as a higher tier RTX 3090. (and in all truth, it'll not depreciate at anywhere near the same rate a modern tech).


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It is appropriate, it augments the camera.

 

[P4-630]

Sometimes i forget that TPU is international and think damn 3300$ for RAM

3300 Thai Baht is 99 USD

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Not sure of the us price of ballistics but it was one of the best prices I could find with a brand i trusted to work

3300 Thai Baht is 99 USD

 

[plastiscɧ]

Birthday present for myself.

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Came in yesterday.

Then I'll be looking to transition my 3060ti to a new build for the kids for Christmas since they've been showing interest in playing some games on PC. I'm looking to probably picking up a z590 MB that's being offered for a good deal and probably stick something like a 10700k in it since they're decent and not horribly priced.

u seem to like yourself very very much..! congratz.

to unlock its FULL potential the motherboard GEN4 is a must. and the 10700k is a perfect choice. less heat, less powerconsume and the nearly same clock (~5,2GHz).

 

[lexluthermiester]

Birthday present for myself.

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Came in yesterday.

Then I'll be looking to transition my 3060ti to a new build for the kids for Christmas since they've been showing interest in playing some games on PC. I'm looking to probably picking up a z590 MB that's being offered for a good deal and probably stick something like a 10700k in it since they're decent and not horribly priced.

Happy Birthday to YOU!

 

[Athlonite]

I think this is technically not quite appropriate but I bought this last year and to me, it is tech nirvana.

A 5 year old Canon 7DMKII and a 15 year old 300mm f2.8 IS I in pristine condition. For those that don't know, it cost me the same as a higher tier RTX 3090. (and in all truth, it'll not depreciate at anywhere near the same rate a modern tech).


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i bet that take great shots of the girl sunbathing down the road

 

[Aquinus]

Now, it looks like the high-end phones will have Canon panicking! Years ago, I went with Canon point-and-shooters and didn't regret it.

The Canon EOS RP with a 24-105mm kit lens cost less than my iPhone 11 Pro Max. FWIW, it's full-frame mirrorless camera, not a DSLR. The camera body is "only" $1,000 USD.

 

[the54thvoid]

i bet that take great shots of the girl sunbathing down the road

In Glasgow? Seriously. Nope. Poor choice of country if that's what floats your boat. And if you do buy camera gear for that purpose, well, your input means nothing to me.

 

[Athlonite]

In Glasgow? Seriously. Nope. Poor choice of country if that's what floats your boat. And if you do buy camera gear for that purpose, well, your input means nothing to me.

you get out of the wrong side of the bed today my comment was meant as a joke and not to be taken at all seriously

 

[the54thvoid]

you get out of the wrong side of the bed today my comment was meant as a joke and not to be taken at all seriously

You'd be surprised how many people have that opinion as an ideology. The paparazzi have a lot to answer for.

Apologies if I offended you.

 

[silentbogo]

When I was a kid, I liked to disassemble all of my toys... 30 years later not much has changed...

Finally bought an infrared rework station. I've been backpedaling on this purchase for the past 4-5 years, but yesterday I've decided to pull the trigger cause it was ridiculously cheap.
It was heavily used by a friend of a friend of a colleague, which is why I had to tear it apart and do some maintenance.
Forgot to snap some pics of it fully assembled. I'll get to that tomorrow
It's already up and running, which means I can finally start going through my endless pile of broken motherboards and videocards. Did a test run today - and so far so good. Took less than 5 minutes to remove a GPU off an old card, including preheating (it's a puny 8600GT, but still quite impressive).

There are still a few things I want to fix or mod, but it can wait.

 

[Valantar]

you get out of the wrong side of the bed today my comment was meant as a joke and not to be taken at all seriously

You'd be surprised how many people have that opinion as an ideology. The paparazzi have a lot to answer for.

Also, even if not meant seriously jokes like that serve to condone their subject matter, which keeps a lot of pretty disgusting behaviour and ideas going. Nor is it funny, so ... why bother?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

All I can think about is does Glasgow even get sunshine, I'm sat in Air-conditioning at 30°c and feel cold the hottest day this year they recorded a max of 22.5°c.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

The Canon EOS RP with a 24-105mm kit lens cost less than my iPhone 11 Pro Max. FWIW, it's full-frame mirrorless camera, not a DSLR. The camera body is "only" $1,000 USD.

Thought about that other type, too, but I think I'll be broke for months and more months!

 

[stinger608]

God, that is an amazing lens @the54thvoid

 

[Aquinus]

Thought about that other type, too, but I think I'll be broke for months and more months!

APS-C cameras are a lot more reasonable. You can find a half decent one for $400. Lenses are cheaper too since you can get the same thing done with a shorter focal length due to the crop factor. I wanted a full-frame sensor for low light and dynamic range performance though and you pay a premium for the bigger sensor. The Canon EOS RP is one of the cheapest full-frame options, and $1,000 is actually not bad considering the market.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

AOC Hdmi just came.

Finally able to max out resolution,refresh rate and enable HDR.

 

[Valantar]

AOC Hdmi just came.
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Finally able to max out resolution,refresh rate and enable HDR.
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Wait, 4096x2160? As in full DCI-4k, rather than consumer UHD 16:9 3840x2160? What display are you using?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Wait, 4096x2160? As in full DCI-4k, rather than consumer UHD 16:9 3840x2160? What display are you using?

Some Samsung Tu7000 Series 75" TV. Is it a weird aspect ratio? If I set it to uhd I have problems with cropping on the edges.

 

[Valantar]

Some Samsung Tu7000 Series 75" TV. Is it a weird aspect ratio? If I set it to uhd I have problems with cropping on the edges.

If it's this TV then its native resolution is 3840x2160, standard 16:9 UHD. 4096x2160 is DCI-4k (the cinema/movie standard, not used for consumer electronics), which is 256∶135 or ~1.90∶1, instead of 16:9/~1.78:1. In other words, with your current resolution everything you're seeing is "squeezed" a bit (though likely not enough to notice unless made aware of it).

If your display crops if you set it to 3840x2160 I would look at the TV's overscan/scaling settings, as that should be its native resolution. Many TVs default to weird overscan settings due to idiotic TV equipment standards (the same as why most console games ask you to adjust what parts of the screen you can actually see) or lack of standards, which can cause them to mishandle PC signals. This might also explain why your font rendering looks a bit weird and fuzzy.