No updates as of recent. Kinda.
Life has gotten, as expected, egregiously busy. Too much is going on in my life now. For the better and for the worse, but kinda overall worse. I am happy, I really am, but... not really.
In some good news, I suppose, I made an urgent decision to upgrade to a 5DMkII. A class I am taking requires us to do large-format printing (I'm talking poster size, 24x36 in.) which means my humble 5D Classic would probably not cut it. Plus, given the fact that I am trying to further myself into the world of professional photography, I think having 5D Classic would mildly hamper me, given the lack of helpful features.
To kinda mitigate the financial blow this upgrade might to do me, I listed my 5D Classic on eBay, which within 2 hours of being up, immediately got sold, which helped. I snagged a decent shutter count (89k) 5DMkII from a reputable camera store on eBay that was close enough to Albany to arrive quickly. This is why I didn't use KEH or MPB for this, I know their turnaround time after transaction takes a bit, around 4 days, and I needed this camera literally instantly because I was in the middle of several projects/commissions.
When it arrived, I was overjoyed to play with it. Despite the rather high shutter count, it felt so new to the touch. Responsive, clean, well-taken-care-of. Having live-view, joyously customizable user settings, and a 21.1MP sensor was very very nice. I've owned it for 2 weeks now and it's been great... Why didn't I buy it before?
I went to a show, decided to test it out in the actual field, and was very impressed with the results. I mean, per the name, it basically just feels like an upgraded and better-refined version of the 5D Classic.
In kinda bad news, the Canon HV20 suffered a fall onto some wood chips while I was outside using it. Good that was onto something soft, like woodchips, however, I believe it knocked the tape head out of alignment, and thus, gives kind of inconsistent results every time I put a random tape into it.
There's a lot more going on in my life that I genuinely don't feel like typing up (as I am in the middle of work). Maybe when I have the energy, you'll see a more extensive post, but for the time being, this is just to say to everyone that I am still alive. lol