Absolutely. I've gotten 2 cameras and several lenses across those three sites I listed. Only had two issues (with the same purchase) and it was resolved under warranty no problem. Some companies even have factory checked used stuff on their sites. I've gotten all my peak design stuff directly from their site on their used marketplace. All looks like it's basically new and comes with the same warranty but cost like 40% less. Good stuff.
The word you were looking for is “teleconverter”. There are inherent issues with those which you might want to avoid here… not the least of them is that they only work on some lenses and usually does not include the kit lenses. They cause the lens to let in less light so it’s also going to make it harder to shoot in darker situations. They can limit the functionality of the autofocus as well.
If you’re just getting into photography, as it seems, you might want to look into something like a zoom telephoto lens that would cover a reasonable range of focal lengths. A good all around lens will be 70-300mm or something very similar (IDK what the RF offerings are but you can get an RF to EF adapter and EF has tons of options). I would stick to some of the more known brands. Canon limits who can make RF mount lenses but again that EF adapter might be a good option. Brands I would look at would be sigma or tamron for budget or midrange prices. Sigma lenses are really good though. Often better than canon. Watch or read reviews for the specific lens you’re interested in once you find some.
Lastly I would suggest you consider used gear. There are some places that are very reputable and will warranty the stuff you buy and you will save a lot doing they. IDK what geolocation you are in but I would suggest checking out MPB, UsedPhotoPro , and KEH. They all check out used stuff before selling and give you a fairly reliable rating on every listing as well as warranties on most stuff of 6-12 months.
There are some really good sites and YouTube channels talking about cameras and photography that can give you some insights as well. If you aren’t on a deadline then it might be good to research a little bit and get a feel for the options available to you.
So TL;DR… I would consider a used 70-300mm as a good starting lens for getting into more range. It will get you used to what you’re looking to do and give some flexibility. You will likely be buying more lenses to cover other use cases if you really get into it. Common ranges for birds are 100-400mm or 150-600mm. Those will be more expensive and far heavier to carry which is why I wouldn’t recommend them from the start and you lose some of the closer flexibility.
—edit— While the R50 should be able to adapt to EF glass there is a chance you can lose some functionality like auto focus. So research the adapter AND and lens before going that route. It will be a case by case basis afaik.
--edit 2-- So I looked into it a little more. Yes the RF to EF adapter (at least the canon one) will transfer the electronics from canon and 3rd party glass to the camera. So you can get a Sigma or Tamron lens and still use the autofocus.
This thing: Canon RF to EF
The choices for inexpensive quality glass that you'll likely find used on EF / EF-S is way higher. Like a quick look I could only really find a 100-400mm canon branded lens in a reasonable price point... and the adapter plus a used lens would cost less. I would probably go this route because you can get so many more lens options and spend less money.
Nah. Like whatever you like. I’ve just helped a lot of friends set up shaders and had to show them that setting because they didn’t know it was there. If you like it then rock on with your block on. :)
In case you didn't know already... you can usually turn off the "clouds" layer and volumetric shader clouds will still work so you don't get disparate cloud styles on your game.
Yeah I saw the edit button for the gallery. It’s classic Apple though. Just let you move around their generated nonsense but the app is fundamentally changed interface so might as well just get used to it.
Same thing with the control center. I know I can swipe from the very bottom to clear it. But the point was I didn’t have to do that before so it’s less convenient for someone we didn’t need and wasn’t implemented well.
You can go into the edit lock screen area and where you customize the background and widgets etc the bottom two things (flashlight and camera icons)are now editable.
Gawd... I just opened the photo gallery app... that redesign is awful. I don't want a bunch of "we're pretending to be facebook so here's a bunch of 'memories' for you" pushed at me. I know what photos I took... I took them. Go away.
The configurable control center pages is nice in theory... but what it does in practice is you open it to use it and try to swipe it back up so you can go back to your homescreen, but instead you end up swiping up the stupid control center page and seeing your media controls instead. That's going to take ages to get used to.
The new more fluid feeling fade in for notifications on the apple watch is nice though. I still hate the redesign from the last version. Reduced functionality for me, as usual.
They finally nuked the "special" widget section on the left fully... which screwed up a couple useful widgets that I was using and haven't found a replacement for... so that sucks.
New homescreen positioning is cool, but breaks one of the workarounds I was using without a replacement either (smart stack with a background that made them invisible until I scrolled them). Minor thing, but annoying. We can position icons slightly better now... but I still can't have 5 items in my dock? I still can't have different grid sizes? I still can't add custom icons? Sad.
No more mandatory camera app on lockscreen? nice. Hasn't been needed in forever... even less with the newer models having a hardware button.
Drag n drop for control center? Better late than never. Hate the round icons though... I like squarcles. When I still had an android and they tried to move to circles for everything, I applied a custom icon set to make them revert. Dislike the circles. Also the fact that the larger size is still a squarcle... makes it mismatched and stupid looking.
Like always... feels like a step forward and a step back. :/
Yay I can finally lose access to family sharing with my literal sibling who lives in a different house... such an upgrade. /s
Heroic launcher is pretty good alternative. It has a feature to "automatically add to steam" as well that should make a link in the big picture steam deck mode so you don't have to drop to desktop mode to make them work as well.
Remember where you are so you can tell your kids what you were doing before the “xtreme flavor blasted mousepocalypse”.
Atari 2600 because it's the one I got to play the most and having video games outside of the arcade was mind blowing.
I never had a Vetrex but I would see them and always wanted one. Still do lol.
Not a "console" per se... but in that time frame... Commodore vic 20 or 64 would probably have been my most played games.
Legend of Zelda following Twilight Princess.
TimeSplitters following future perfect.
XIII following... the ending of XIII cliffhanger.
Half Life following HL2 E2 cliffhanger... or L4D3... or Portal 3...
Overwatch following Jeff Kaplan
Cave Story following Cave Story 1
Seems like it... aeleph one has been available on everything for ages. https://alephone.lhowon.org/
You can get it in the app store on your smartphone even. Bungie released the core game for free so it's a full legit copy of the trilogy any version you get.
You missed my favorite... :)
Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like God is the power of creation. Creation takes time. Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe.
Of the three possibilities, the answer is obvious. Does the universe expand eternally, become infinitely stable, or is the universe closed, destined to collapse upon itself? Humanity has had all of the necessary data for centuries, it only lacked the will and intellect to decipher it. But I have already done so.
The only limit to my freedom is the inevitable closure of the universe, as inevitable as your own last breath. And yet, there remains time to create, to create, and escape.
Escape will make me God.
Hmm... that game sounds familiar...
Did they try offering a $10 gift card to the other companies? "hah psyche!"
Oh I didn't mean it to sound derogatory. I played it back on commodore64 back when it first came out in that same age range... so yeah I get it.. it's obtuse game for sure. Great if you get into it, tons of content, but definitely a lot.
Last time I tried it was on the pc version, which is free fwiw. https://www.gog.com/en/game/ultima_4
I've never tried it on apple II so I couldn't really say for emulation on that one.
Side note, if you want to play something that was heavily inspired by the classic Ultima games check out Moonring. It was made by one of the original devs of Fable and he outright says Ultima inspired it and the game wears that lineage on it's sleeve. It's got a lot of nice modern QoL and it was released for free and is still in active development. It's just a passion project for him.
Looks like it happened once... december last year. So likely around the winter sale.
Durandal @lemmy.today ``` Hate is always foolish and Love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.
Never be cruel. Never be cowardly. Never give up. Never give in. ```