PHOTOGRAPHERS: Post your photos !

**Juan Martinez** · February 25th, 2016 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by cast_no_shadow

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bro CNS, very nice. you're good at it huh?

**Jun aka Pekto** · February 26th, 2016 04:42 PM

**EQAddict** · February 26th, 2016 05:51 PM

Frozen!

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**Jun aka Pekto** · February 26th, 2016 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by EQAddict

Frozen!

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Frozen with snow isn't bad. Temperature is probably around +20F (-7C). Lots of people play outside when it's 20F.

Now, frozen with no snow is bad like the time we hit -40F (-40C) back in New York (2013). Too cold for snow and my car wouldn't even start until the sun came out and warmed up the hood.

**Jun aka Pekto** · March 1st, 2016 02:15 PM

Testing the Canon Vixia HF R600. Took a single frame from a random AVCHD clip and edited it a bit. The video seems a little bit better than the 1080p clips from my wife's smartphone. Also, some local vegetation.....

**anonemus** · March 1st, 2016 03:55 PM

*Jun, how's the zoom?

**Jun aka Pekto** · March 1st, 2016 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by anonemus

*Jun, how's the zoom?

The zoom is okay. 32x optical zoom, 57x with a combo optical/digital zoom (I think), 1140x digital zoom. I'll try it out later in day time.

My old Sony Handycam MiniDV camcorder has a 20x optical zoom and 800x digital zoom which is also okay. But, it requires Firewire to transfer videos to the PC and the waiting time is 1:1. My only PC with Firewire is on its way out. I bought a 64 GB Class 10 SD card for the Vixia. That should be plenty for 102 minutes (battery life).

The zoom is good enough to catch the moon. I have to fiddle with the Vixia and find the optimal settings for moon videos like this one:

HD Moon Footage 18p 6p Real time Shot on Canon Vixia R6 (No Timelapse) - YouTube

**anonemus** · March 1st, 2016 11:13 PM

^32x. Wow. No smartphone can touch that optical zoom. Good buy 👌

**Jun aka Pekto** · March 1st, 2016 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by anonemus

^32x. Wow. No smartphone can touch that optical zoom. Good buy 👌

The low-light performance is also poor compared to the Sony and Panasonic competition. But, they're also +3x the cost. It doesn't get that much more entry-level with the Vixia R600. But, it does the job well enough. I have a thing for entry-level. My old Canon DSLR is also the lowest in its class.

Time to change the batteries on the wireless keyboard. It's starting to skip.