I’m personally a canon shooter myself (C400+R5C), so of course I can warmly recommend joining that ecosystem if you’re serious about the hobby. Do realize that is what you’re doing though, when you get started with one brand it becomes hard to switch, so think about if the brand is a good fit for you overall and not just your first purchase.

Canon is great, very solid and reliable and has remained at the top of the game for a long time, maybe not always the craziest innovators but workhorse cameras. Not the cheapest… Especially some accessories are crazy overpriced, and the new RF glass can also be expensive but there’s also some really good cheap options like the small primes and you can adapt almost anything to RF mount.

Fuji I’m less familiar with but I hear is great too and great fun maybe slightly more for casual use, which sounds bad but actually you should think about this carefully because it also means the experience will be a lot more fun and you’ll have an easier time getting good looking results than with the specialist gear which gives you full control but if you don’t know what to do with it then your results will be poor.

Nikon is coming back big time kind of like canon as well, we’re in the return of the kings in this space with the classic Japanese companies doing pretty good at the moment, overall you’ll get a very similar experience as canon with them just a different flavour.

Yeah the R50 would be great! Then you can just get it along with the kit lens (where I am they’re putting the 18-150mm with it, that would be perfect to cover your bases and get started on most anything).

For your macro needs you can add tube extenders (like the meike MK-RF-AF1 for example) to allow you to get closer to the subjects. Maybe later some small/cheap lights like small battery LED panels, the nice thing with macro is you don’t need big/expensive lights to get really creative since the subject is so small and close.

I think macro is a really fun niche to get started in! Good luck on your journey.

I mean sure but that’s honestly a recipe for getting frustrated with the craft and just giving up, shooting birds with manual/old school lenses is gonna be hella complicated, and even manual lenses with enough reach will still be expensive probably… I’d advise getting to grips with the basics of photography with easier but adjacent niches e.g. landscape, nature still life, macro, etc, then progress into wildlife, there’s plenty to do that will still get you out there in nature with your camera which is usually the main goal from folks wanting to get into wildlife. Hell I’m a seasoned pro with experience in a few different niches/gear and I don’t think I could get anything even decent going out shooting wildlife on a 600€ budget… Just trying to be realistic and help them stick to their new hobby long term :)

What kind of nature? Landscapes or wildlife?

For landscape you don’t need much, just get whatever camera body you can afford and the widest zoom (probably gonna stick with a kit lens in your budget). In terms of accessories you might want CPL and ND filters and a decent tripod and you’re good to go.

If you want to shoot wildlife (animals, birds etc), that’s a very different story and your budget won’t work, the lenses needed are very expensive.

Sure they could, obviously the higher in price the more tanky they get so I’d trust brands in order of pro -> prosumer -> knockoffs like anything else but yeah film sets can stay on for hours on end, sometimes in conditions much less cozy than your kitchen. They’ll typically come with some form of passive or active cooling (fans or mechanical dissipation with radiators).

I’d steer clear of battery powered models even if most of these can be run with a plug as well just because you’ll pay extra but if you go for tubes or the small panels.

I’m just now realising your question is whether you could use them in regular fixtures as in screw them in and yes there’s also options for that from a few brands, they can even charge from the power of the light fixture itself, they’re not cheap the ones on my “might buy” list are the godox C7R but you could go for the C10Rs. I don’t see why they’d last any less long than standard LEDs but I might not be aware of it. At that point you’re paying Hue prices though so not sure if they’re the best tools for the job since the daily use aspect of a system like hue is way more adapted for home use.

Came here to recommend video lights. There’s some cheap options available these days which will offer you full RGB or Kelvin scale control, flicker free, etc. Check Godox Neewer, Sirui, Smallrig, Amaran for “budget” but still reliable brands, or try your luck on Amazon/AliExpress with no name brands which would probably still do the trick depending what your usage is. You could go for a small tube or panel for example (options are endless).

Just keep in mind the electronic drums still make noise, just not as much as the real thing. If it’s in a separate room a bit far away from the other people it’s fine but don’t expect to play it next to your sleeping partner in the same room.

These names age terribly, of course.

Neuf can mean new in the sense of a product or thing, like a new car/oven: une voiture neuve, un four neuf.

Looks like a regular tripod with legs not extended so they fit under the table and then the center column is extended to bring the camera above the table, he then sits behind the camera and brings his arms around it. Quick glance at the original video confirms this seems to all be mostly tripod work. Another comment brings up distortion, which is valid but people are used to this kind of distortion and modern lenses help a lot to keep it under control.

Yeah if you’re not a regular then I’d just get some silicone ones with the little flappies (not sure how to explain it, they’re like “layered”). Nowhere as good as moulded ones but still do the job and let you hear the music while keeping the ears safe. I keep mines in the little box they came in hanging on my keychain.

Did you ever drink Bailey’s from a shoe?

I love you for that parenthesis. Just today I was watching this excellent video which touches on this: https://youtu.be/wd4s0vqD0Zw

I’m thinking keep the horizontal one at the bottom and put 3 vertical ones over it, now the vertical one is all the way over there.

You mean I’m watching the 12 hours of BTS (again).

I tried blender in those old days but stuck with cinema 4D at the time, blender really sucked. These days it’s totally awesome kinda wish I had more time for it but I’m focused on other things.

We’re definitely in the best times for autodidacts like myself, I’ve hated school but always loved learning and I don’t need anyone to keep doing it every day. I’ll keep learning stuff till the day I die!

And then you get pitted (so pitted).

Whoever is doing this is probably pretty passionate, I don’t think they start you off doing these kinds of buildings as a rookie.

Yes that was my guess as well. Lovely place.