Lumpy-Studio

I bought a nice condition (actually almost perfect, from eBay) M42 mount Helios 44-2 58mm F2 lens with an EF adapter to use on my EOS R6 (with firmware 1.3.1). The lens arrived today and I've been experimenting with it most of the morning. It definitely gives the nice 'painterly' look to the background that I was looking for when shooting wide open, and I do like the colour rendition. However, I haven't got my head around setting up the manual focus assist features on the R6, and what is and is not possible.

With the M42-EF adapter that came with the lens (no electronics), plus an EF-RF adapter, the camera needs the 'Release shutter w/o lens' setting in the (Orange) Camera 4 menu set to 'En

I found a way to adapt some cheap-and-cheerful video lights to use Bowen mount light modifiers, just using some Aliexpress bits and things lying around the house. Might be useful if you're a beginner short on budget like me.

Parts

1. Bulb, I used a 'Selens E27 105W LED Photo Studio Light Bulb Lamp Adjustable Brightness 3200K~5500K With Remote Control Studio Photo Video Light' from aliexpress (around NZ$22).
2. An [E27 bulb holder](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001112961434.html?spm=

I upgraded from an 80D to an EOS R6 just recently and I'm loving it. Picture quality and out-of-camera colour is way better; low light performance is jaw dropping; the AI eye autofocus is superb; the controls fall more comfortably to my hands; and that I can still use my EF lenses equally well if not better made it an easy upgrade. I have no RF lenses —it'll be a while to recover from the cost of the body before I can think about that.

But when I attach an EF 70-200mm F4L, the IS continuously grumbles away for as long as the R6 is on. On the 80D it's just as noisy, but only for a little while after the shutter is half cocked, then it parks itself. It's definitely the IS making the noise. It

Using Resolve 17, because that's what I downloaded when I started and didn't want to learn R16 then have to adapt. I'm only editing for my own satisfaction, so crashes are no big deal (and you pros get the benefit of my crash reports. ;-) ). Laptop is a 2018 MacBook Pro with a 500Gb SSD running 'Big Sur'. I also have a 1Tb external SSD drive I can use.

I'm trying to edit GoPro footage from multiple riders on a 400km motorcycle ride. So I have a lot of footage, much of which is boring and some of which is good and worth keeping. One of the cameras was running at 2.7K / 100fps and I want to keep the option to slow it down. Others were at 4K and 25 or 50fps. The final product will be 1080p

I'm experimenting with 'Kite Aerial Photography' to try and get some aerial footage where drones aren't allowed.

How easy is it to remove the string(s) in Resolve?

What colour line would be best for the job? (Presumably something bright and obvious rather than the muted material I'm currently using?)

How would I go about doing the removal in post, if it is possible?

Local registrations for a KTM Rallye will be opening in a week or so.

Any feedback from anyone who has attended one?

How is it for someone who is happy enough on a gravel logging track, but has no other off-road experience?

My Outpost blueprint has constant combinators set for the contents of the blueprint so it outputs demand for the resources needed to build when I expand. But it would be more elegant if the circuit network could read the logistic network's output of 'ghosts without materials to build' instead.

Is there a way to do that?