typeronin

I'm going to grab a USB-C hub and try to see if I can do the transfer with my phone.

Has anyone tried plugging the X-T3 directly into a smartphone via USB C cable? Trying to see if I can transfer files from the SD cards in camera to a external hard drive with my phone via a USB-C hub. Actually, has anyone tried to plug a hard drive into the camera to see what happens? Speaking of which, does the USB-C port support Power Delivery? Has anyone tried with a PD power bank or charger to see if the batteries charge quicker?

Took my bag out on a 15km hike up a mountain on the weekend and it was as comfortable as it could be. A good hip belt makes all the difference. F-Stop stuff is excellent for this purpose. My only complaint is that it's less comfortable with a hydration bladder in the back so I opted for a water bottle instead...for which there isn't really a good place to put it. If anyone has money to burn, though, here's another promising looking outdoor bag: https://www.shimodadesigns.com/

Oh good god look at how beautiful this thing is...

More a comment that most Fujifilm shooters aren't sport or bird photographers spending that kind of bread on a long telephoto...not to mention what is probably a weight distribution issue with smaller Fujifilm bodies. It's more that a 200mm F2 at $6k is a very, very small niche when it comes to Fujifilm shooters. Probably proportionally a way smaller share than 200mm F2 customers using Nikon or Canon. But to your point both Nikon and Canon make 200mm F2 lenses with image stabilization that come in under $6k (~$5500?). Those are both full frame lenses while this is APS-C so...yeah, it still feels a little more expensive than it should be. If you want to argue that the 200mm on Fuji is actually more like a 300mm on full-frame? Fine...but those are still $6k.

Well look what I found: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/722274067/gospace-expandable-5g-wireless-storage-and-streami/description

Good luck. This is my perfect day-to-day bag.

LOL $6k? Really? They really don't know their market if they're launching a crazy fixed telephoto with an insane price like that.

X-E3, 10-24, 35, 55-200. I find Rome at night is fantastic. Fewer people x Long Exposures make for some surreal views. Don't eat at places with English menus. They're almost always touristy crap. Bring your phone, Google Translate (whatever the AR app is) works great and you'll at least be able to get a general idea of what you're ordering. Or you can do what I do, pick the busy restaurants (empty restaurants is never a good sign) and ask them to make you whatever the specialty of the house is.

Came across these: https://compagnon-bags.com/en/shop Expensive but they looks well made and comfortable. Looks like they're made in collaboration with Deuter.

Blue hour in Vancouver on the weekend

Depends on how much X-T2 stock they have still. They didn't lower the price on the X-H1 until like...9 months ago and then they were all gone. Sent from my LG-H873 using Tapatalk

I work at a camera store and I was just looking at the Photo Sport 200. I'd probably go with the 300 size. It isn't noticibly bigger or heavier when you're wearing it and it's got more usable space. The 200 is maybe a bit too small. Sent from my LG-H873 using Tapatalk

Maybe 6-7 years ago I filled up my cards a few times and thought of solutions where I could have a device in my bag that backs up my cards to a HD so I can clear it and use it again. However, over the years SD cards have gotten cheaper, I've accumulated way more of them and it seems like I never run out of storage anymore so on-the-go backup seems to be a thing of the past. I like tinkering with gadgets so having something like this would be fun but (un)fortuantely, it's been rendered mostly unnecessary. Having something like Nikon's SnapBridge, that sends a small copy of every photo you take to your phone for instant review, would be pretty cool. I used to do that with a Eye-Fi card in the second slot, sending small JPEGs to an iPad mini in my bag.

Some other solutions I've found are Raspberry Pi-like boards with USB 3.0 like the Pine A64. However, at the minimum, something like this would be around $100-150 to build and you have to have a certain degree of technical know-how to do it. Once you get to that price point and the amount of trouble that goes into the project, again, you might as well buy some extra SD cards and take advantage of the dual SD card slots. 128GB of Sandisk Extreme is only like $60.

Looks great in that color but...I can never buy a bag this small. Something that can only hold my camera feels a bit pointless. I'll just have my camera on a strap if that's the case (no pun intended). Like if I'm going to wear a bag out, it should have room for a jacket and a water bottle or something in addition to my camera.

I have an F-Stop Kenti for this purpose. Holds all my gear, tripod, lunch, a change of clothes and couple other things. It's discontinued now but one pops up on eBay every so often. The rolltop is really versatile and the bag is really comfortable and light feeling even when it's full of gear. Remember to load any bag you are trying out and make sure you test the waist straps. The waist straps make all the difference between lugging around a super heavy pack on your shoulders or having the weight evenly distributed and feeling like nothing at all nothing at all nothing at all. I dislike bags that use inserts instead of just being a camera bag because they always feel like two separate pieces. My Gura Gear Uintas works great for my Fuji kit but putting other gear in it is a pain because the rest of the bag has no structure around the insert. It's just all floppy. Also, you'll lack quick access to your gear, having to set your bag down to access the rear panel. Not a big deal if you just hike somewhere and take photos but it's slightly more inconvenient if you're using your gear along the way. Photo Sport is a good bag. I'd check out F-Stop and Mindshift for other outdoor focused photo backpacks.

You're probably doing it wrong then. LOL how is that you have such a different experience compared to other people? I regularly shoot 2-3x more frames per battery than you get. 6 batteries gets me 3000 shots easily. With plenty of chimping.

There are other problems too. One review said the process corrupted his SD card but he was able to recover it at home. Seagate and WD released new solutions at CES last week. The Lacie one has lots of great input options and USB 3.0 but is a spinning hard drive, which is a bit of a dealbreaker if you plan on doing this with the device in your bag while on the move. WD's is an updated version of their My Passport Wireless Pro, which now uses an SSD. Both are quite expensive. If you own an X-T2 or X-Pro2, the better solution is...just buy more SD cards. You might as well just take advantage of the dual SD card slots. Each device costs $300+. You could easily buy enough SD cards for that much. If you don't mind a slower card, you could even save a lot of that money. You could easily get a couple 128GB cards to throw in that second slot as backups to your main cards and the whole process would be safer and less annoying.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1282131-REG/ruggard_edc_30l_electronic_dry_cabinet_30l.html Seems like a good deal.

Pelican case with a bunch of silica gel packets.

The problem with the RAVpower Filehub and indeed all solutions like this is that the USB 2.0 port bottlenecks everything. I've been looking for a similar solution for forever but USB 2.0 is a bit of a dealbreaker.

This seems like an accident waiting to happen...