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Rollei 6008 in 645 mode. Fuji RVP
 

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It's surely a great cam, but it's limited to just 28mm, the screen is not movable - and is very expensive, even used.
I wouldn't buy it, but for people who are used to only one (wide-angle) focal length, it's certainly great.
 
Update. Since i am into florida wildlife, and canon makes only 200 for my mirorrless, i got new lens. Its a third party telescope with adapter ring to be compatible with ef-m mount.
Its fully manual, no electronics, no image stabilizer, no motorized iris, like canon lenses i have. But, it is 420 to 800 zoom, and costs $85.

Here is just testing...view with no zoom (phone). White suv in the back with 400 zoom, detail on tag. Just phone images.
 

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Happy 4th of July to everyone in the U.S. and happy Canada Day (July 1) to all our friends up North. I was there last week and the Canadian Rockies is a wonderful place to visit. The glacial silt (or rock flour as it is called) gives the water a supernatural color.

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The above shots taken with iPhone. Great camera for landscapes.

These were with the GX1 and 14mm F/2.5 lens:
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Sunset with moon shot with iPhone.
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On this latest trip I brought along a Potensic Atom drone. Just learning how to do video and photos with it but it works very well. The gimbal camera head and auto gps stabilization works wonders. The image quality is surprisingly good for such an affordable drone. I’m very impressed at the performance/price ratio.

On one shot at the time, I could not see from the tiny smartphone screen but in 4K HD on computer I could see that there was a whole swarm of baitfish moving about like a cloud of atoms and within it was a small 3ft long shark. There is a lot you can see from the aerial perspective. It’s very easy to use even for sheer amateurs like myself.

I’ll post images as soon as I get to download them from memory card.
 
Update. Since i am into florida wildlife, and canon makes only 200 for my mirorrless, i got new lens. Its a third party telescope with adapter ring to be compatible with ef-m mount.
Its fully manual, no electronics, no image stabilizer, no motorized iris, like canon lenses i have. But, it is 420 to 800 zoom, and costs $85.

Here is just testing...view with no zoom (phone). White suv in the back with 400 zoom, detail on tag. Just phone images.
Which model Canons are these? Looks nice and compact and has all the manual knobs one needs.
 
I got a Z to C-Mount adapter. Lets me use a nice Kowa industrial 35mm F/1.4 (1in image circle) lens for a scientific application. I found out that the Z6II sensor can literally see in the dark. I took a photo inside a basement bath with lights off at ISO 51000 and F/1.2 lens with 4 second exposure. Just the tiny bit of light leaking under door made the image look like room lights were on. Quite impressive. Should work for an ultra low light level spectrograph sensor.

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With FTZ adapter and 50mm F/1.2 AIS
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I should mention that the Z6II is a friend’s camera and I need to return it soon. It takes great photos and consistently nails the white balance and exposure perfectly.
 
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Does it have IBIS?

Black squirrels are rare around here. Always seem to be grey. Although I saw some albino ones near the Jefferson Memorial.
Yes, but with canon lenses. Two levels of image stabilization.

But if you read few posts back, i am testing 420 - 800 zoom tele lens. Third party. It is not even recognized by canon, as it has no electric contacts. Lens is fully manual, and i had to trick the camera to even shoot, as its normally disabled without lens.

Here is review.
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-m6-ii-review/7