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Mirrorless or DSLR for event photography?

garyeow — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:25:29 +0800

Hi guys, I shoot mostly college events (both indoors and outdoors) and occasionally portrait photography (i don't shoot videos). I'm not a professional photographer, however, I've been accustomed to using a DSLR for some years already. Since mirrorless is now taking over, I need some real-world advice from any event/portrait photographers here who has experience using mirrorless cameras for their shooting, whether should I change to mirrorless as well.

I've done some research in the net and know that the mirrorless is superior in many ways, but I cant find anything on the user experiences on the handling and ergonomics of the mirrorless when it is paired with a hotshoe flash and heavier zoom lens. My current good old Nikon D700 may be a heavy brick, but due to its heavy body and large grip, it still balances well with heavy lenses thus reducing wrist fatigue especially when I shoot for long hours. Not sure if that will still be true if I change to a mirrorless camera since it is much lighter and the grip is significantly smaller?

Below are my main concerns about changing to a mirrorless camera:

1) Will these new mirrorless cameras (when paired with a hotshoe flash and heavy lenses) become imbalance and causes wrist fatigue when being used for extended hours?
2) Does it feel stable everytime you press the shutter with all those heavy accessories on it?
3) Does the battery life of the mirrorless camera becomes an issue?

[U]My current camera gears:[/U]
Nikon D700
Tamron G2 (24-70mm) F2.8
Nikon 85mm F1.8
Nikon SB800 Flash (gonna upgrade to Godox V1 soon)
Think Tank Steroid Speedbelt + SpiderPro Holster

Thanks in advanced for any advice from the sifu's here

[WTS] Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 DC OS Lens (Nikon Mount)

garyeow — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:25:26 +0800

Item(s):Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM Lens (Nikon AF) (Sigma Malaysia)

Package includes: Everything inside the box, including the box itself

Price: RM1350

Warranty: still have approx. 4̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶s̶ 22 months warranty (Just bought it in J-One on December 2017)

Dealing method: COD only

Location: Jalan Kuchai Lama, OUG, Happy Garden, Setapak

Contact method/details: 016-3911049 (Watsapp only, pls dont call me during office hours coz boss tak suka)
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Item(s) conditions: 9.8/10 everything is working perfectly. No fungus. No focusing issues. No scratches. Optical stabiliser working brilliantly.

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Reason for sale: just bought a 2nd hand full frame nikon D700, selling off my DX lenses to fund for an FX lens

for photos of the lens:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/garyeow/G85k1f

[WTS] Despicable Me 2 Minion Talking Action Figure

garyeow — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:28:47 +0800

Item(s): Dispicable Me 2 Action Figure.....Singing Tim, Talking Dave & Laughing Stuart

Package includes: Singing Tim, Talking Dave & Laughing Stuart + original boxes (selling all three together only, wont be selling it separately)

Price: RM990 for all three minions

Warranty: none (you can poke, press, prod, shake and check all you want when we COD )

Dealing method: COD at Old Klang Road area

Location: K.L.

Contact method: PM me for details

Item(s) conditions: 9.9/10

Singing Tim

Talking Dave

Laughing Stuart

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P/S: As you can see from the photos and video, the minions has been taken out of the box and played with several times already.
So its NOT EXACTLY BRAND NEW. Price may not be cheap, but considering the anxiety of waiting 2 weeks for the postage from U.S. and the hassle of driving all the way to Sepang Post Office paying for the Kastam Tax, I think its worth it.

Elianto Gal Search 2007

garyeow — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:48:24 +0800

Some pics from Elianto. Saw many geng photographers with big..white..cannons , whereas i'm the only one using a small small D40 . Feel very inferior. CC is welcome.

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Karen Kong @ Mid Valley

garyeow — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:14:32 +0800

Went for TARC OO Night and just wanna share a few pics.

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Garyeow Collection of Images

garyeow — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:07:44 +0800

Just went to Redang recently with my new D40 . Here are some noobshots that i took. I'm very new to the DSLR world, baru saja graduate from my pro-sumer camera. Feedback is most welcomed

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Need Advice On Portrait Shooting

garyeow — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:29:18 +0800

Hi, I'm a photography hobbyist and would like to ask you guys who have shot so many wonderful photos whether or not it is adviseable to do a prior survey/mock-up/test shot of the chosen location the day before you do the actual photo shooting of your models? What are the things I should be paying special attention to?

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lightsource? cast shadows? white balance? others?

As I'm just a hobbyist, I normally take photo shots just as i like without much thought, and because of that, I found that my photography skills havent improve that much either. hmmmm.. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

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Oh yeah, and i'm using a Nikon D40.