This is getting out of hand.

Hello anons! You might remember me from >>4425207 a while back. I have since set up some very neat desktop servers (both Synology) and I thought other anons may find this information useful.

For the storage of highly important and personal stuff, I ended up picking a "DS620slim" filled with SSDs (for low-noise and compactness). With 6x 4TB drives in RAID6, I have 16 TB (14.5 TiB) to work with which can be easily mirrored onto a "portable" external HDD. For the time being, I'm using an 8TB portable SSD and a 16TB external HDD as backups. The HDD is powered off for most of the time to reduce noise, and the portable SSD is used as the "off-site" backup (easily accessible, travels with me). Eventually, I'll need a 16TB SSD as the amount of data stored increases, but unfortunately there are no well-tested consumer products with that capacity in current year. If I end up needing more space for backups, I'll probably just use two 8TB portable SSDs.

Additionally, I've also built a much larger HDD array for a lot of the "bulky" data I work with (non-p) that I'd like to be stored more reliably. I'm still a bit unsure about how I'll handle the backups for those: I plan on getting a magnetic tape drive to properly back up this data, but I also want to keep a third centralized copy somehow. Any suggestions? I suppose I could pay money for "cloud" storage, but at that point, I suspect it'd be more cost-effective to simply built a second server at another location and mirror the data. Currently the server functions as a "backup" for a bunch of DAS, so it's not the only copy.

The whole process of setting these things up was surprisingly user-friendly. I feel a little silly for being intimidated by it. My main gripe is that Synology's DSM (server OS) gets upset when you use "off-brand" drives (i.e. not "Synology" brand), so I had to use a script to disable the stupid warnings that the server spits out. Otherwise, a very handy solution. Thanks for all of your advice, anons.

10-years ago I bought into the EF-S/EF platform. Thrifted a lot of film era EF lenses, bought used EF-s Lenses for cheap ($20 for that 28mm one)

camera body got upgraded twice over the years, lived on a tripod and took hundreds of product photos for ebay....

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what is the modern day future proof camera mount?

Is it the Arri PL mount? I heard even RED moved over to those as well over the years?

When shooting my paintings, I end up loosing some of the range and softness of the colors and values. Everything looks too saturated and "potent".
I'm using a non polarizing light filter on the lens, and on the LED lights, as to not get glare.
>Canon EOS 2000D
>F/8
>4 sec exposure
>100 iso
>55mm focal length
>white balance is set to ambience priority
these are the best setting I figured out with the help of AI.
No amount of Photoshop can save the inaccurate values and exposure.
Right is the photo I took with my phone in sunlight, and it's close to what it looks like irl.
Is the issue the lights not being powerful enough?

Just wanted to show some of the concert photos I've taken over the last 2 years.
All of them were taken on an old amateur camera Sony a3500 with non-autofocus lenses in most cases

Post instant photos, the most fun format. Polaroid or instax, doesn’t matter. All of mine are taken on a Polaroid Sun 660

Hey /p/,

1. I’ve got a Fuji X-T5 and want to upgrade to full-frame but keep size and weight close or lighter. Need no downgrade in IQ.
Considering Sony A7C II or Canon R8.

R8 lacks IBIS. Can that be fully compensated with stabilized lenses or handheld techniques?

2. Thoughts? Other recs? What’s /p/’s preffered mirrorless Camera? Full frame? APS-C? Ricoh?

Is a micro four thirds good enough for a road trip camera? I want a camera that can take good photos, especially at night, the sky, and landscapes and documenting.
I currently have an EM 1-III, but I keep wondering if it's actually good enough, and it is, and I'm just being taken for a ride with gear autism, or if it is actually shit
I really, REALLY, want an "always carry" camera that can do anything, in any weather

opinions, please! :v

Hi /p/ ... I have to take my Leica M6 in for repairs and they will cost $1000. I'm willing & able to paypig up that amount but it's getting ridiculous. should i just get rid of it afterwards? anyone been through this?
>it's so expensive that i baby it + dont push as hard as cheaper cameras
>1/50 flash sync speed is bad
>no auto exposure
>rangefinder composition is worse than SLR (like, shooting through a chain link fence)
>limited lens selection (no zooms, no long lenses, no fisheye)
>m mount lenses aren't radically better than SLR lenses, and already it's 35mm film so it's never going to be perfect
more broadly im wondering if 35mm is even worth it instead of digishit + a medium format film camera