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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 844163" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>Oh boy, Spring Amazon Days happened. I bought more stuff.</p><p></p><p>What I will not bother reviewing much is the mostly-matched spec Lexar SD card and Micro-SD card. I bought Lexar Silver Series+ 128GB cards, SD card can write up to 160MB/sec and the Micro-SD card should write up to 150MB/sec. Now writing Raw+JPG to both cards (duplicated) should not be limited by a slow Micro-SD card, and capacity is identical. My test of a shooting burst of Raw+JPG 200 images at 15-per-second rate did not experience a slow down at the end. Same with a 30-per-second rate which is limited to JPG only by the camera. That is squared-away now.</p><p></p><p>Viltrox Z 28mm f/4.5 AF pancake lens was marked down to $79, and I had to get it. The idea being that I have been using a 7Artisans Z 35mm f/5.6 full-manual lens as an expensive body cap, and that has been successful in my full-kit bag. I'm excited by the idea of doing that with a little better lens. That will be reviewed in the Z-mount lens section after I get some images out of the home.</p><p></p><p>But a real leather half-cover I had been looking at was down to about $50 now. (DBZZ is seller, no brand) I do like a couple of unique features of the Smallrig cover but I am less in love overall of the fake leather and it needs to cover the body a bit better. Compare this new one to the Smallrig photos in the earlier post.</p><p></p><p>I went with the coffee colored version, it could stand to be just a bit lighter shade of brown. I retain the front padded grip built in, but lose the rear thumbrest. The textured real leather (and it even has real leather smell) just grips in the fingers better. It covers the front better. The base is a rectangle instead of angling-in at the rear screen to be narrower. Leather covers the bottom, with a flexible battery access hatch. The base frame is an undetermined material. Not any metal, I don't believe it is 3D printed. It seems to be milled out of some kind of plasticized pressboard.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]427391[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427392[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427393[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427394[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427395[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427396[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The attachment screw is loose and can be lost, so care in removal is needed. The cutout of the screw hole is a little too tight to the screw and makes it difficult to get a fingernail in there to pull up the "handle" to remove. The hatch secures well, but the cutout of the hole is basically vertical where the Smallrig has a beveled edge of that opening in the metal frame. That gives a couple more millimeters of space for sticking in fingers.</p><p></p><p>The rear edge of the leather where the thumb sits gives a place to grip. It's not as great as the Smallrig, but it does work better than no leather cover at all. One of the 2 Amazon reviews complained about the leather is too tight to the control wheels in front and rear. I see that reviewers point, but I can operate the rear wheel no issue, and minor obstruction in front. Ideally the leather would be cut down 1.5mm shorter for that. But this is the half-case I should have bought first. At least the Smallrig case was even less expensive than this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 844163, member: 48483"] Oh boy, Spring Amazon Days happened. I bought more stuff. What I will not bother reviewing much is the mostly-matched spec Lexar SD card and Micro-SD card. I bought Lexar Silver Series+ 128GB cards, SD card can write up to 160MB/sec and the Micro-SD card should write up to 150MB/sec. Now writing Raw+JPG to both cards (duplicated) should not be limited by a slow Micro-SD card, and capacity is identical. My test of a shooting burst of Raw+JPG 200 images at 15-per-second rate did not experience a slow down at the end. Same with a 30-per-second rate which is limited to JPG only by the camera. That is squared-away now. Viltrox Z 28mm f/4.5 AF pancake lens was marked down to $79, and I had to get it. The idea being that I have been using a 7Artisans Z 35mm f/5.6 full-manual lens as an expensive body cap, and that has been successful in my full-kit bag. I'm excited by the idea of doing that with a little better lens. That will be reviewed in the Z-mount lens section after I get some images out of the home. But a real leather half-cover I had been looking at was down to about $50 now. (DBZZ is seller, no brand) I do like a couple of unique features of the Smallrig cover but I am less in love overall of the fake leather and it needs to cover the body a bit better. Compare this new one to the Smallrig photos in the earlier post. I went with the coffee colored version, it could stand to be just a bit lighter shade of brown. I retain the front padded grip built in, but lose the rear thumbrest. The textured real leather (and it even has real leather smell) just grips in the fingers better. It covers the front better. The base is a rectangle instead of angling-in at the rear screen to be narrower. Leather covers the bottom, with a flexible battery access hatch. The base frame is an undetermined material. Not any metal, I don't believe it is 3D printed. It seems to be milled out of some kind of plasticized pressboard. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000893.jpg"]427391[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000894.jpg"]427392[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000895.jpg"]427393[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000897.jpg"]427394[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000898.jpg"]427395[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="P1000899.jpg"]427396[/ATTACH] The attachment screw is loose and can be lost, so care in removal is needed. The cutout of the screw hole is a little too tight to the screw and makes it difficult to get a fingernail in there to pull up the "handle" to remove. The hatch secures well, but the cutout of the hole is basically vertical where the Smallrig has a beveled edge of that opening in the metal frame. That gives a couple more millimeters of space for sticking in fingers. The rear edge of the leather where the thumb sits gives a place to grip. It's not as great as the Smallrig, but it does work better than no leather cover at all. One of the 2 Amazon reviews complained about the leather is too tight to the control wheels in front and rear. I see that reviewers point, but I can operate the rear wheel no issue, and minor obstruction in front. Ideally the leather would be cut down 1.5mm shorter for that. But this is the half-case I should have bought first. At least the Smallrig case was even less expensive than this. [/QUOTE]
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