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Anonymous Sat 10 Jan 2026 06:03:34 No.4493120 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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>ctrl f: sqt
>none
I'm going to start this one off with a stupider question than usual.
Say you were asked to shoot a few wedding shots at the last minute and all you've shot before was rocks, leaves, birds and the odd landscape or building corner... what do? Asking for a friend of course but pls reply quick.

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 01:09:44 No.4501046 Report

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>>4496857
>is it safe to recharge use old batteries that haven't been used and have just layed around for a very long time? like 5-10 years or so?
>i had a point & shoot camera lying around and i was wondering.
can anyone answer this? Do I need to keep an eye on it while charging or anything?

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 01:35:20 No.4501047 Report

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>>4501046
its fine

t. has original 20+ year old li-ion batteries from dslrs he ordered from japan

if anything keep a eye on it when charging but worst case they either get really hot or deform/bulge when theyre no good

sometimes they just wont hold a charge and die quickly

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 03:10:25 No.4501049 Report

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>>4501046
>>4501047
the point & shoot camera i have is a nikon 4800 coolpix. which is fairly old. it's also a pretty cheap, its being sold on ebay for under 30 dollars now. So idk if its usualy as good quality battery as what you had.

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 16:51:02 No.4501102 Report

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>>4501049
its fine, if it makes you feel better charge it outside. most likely what will happen is either it wont take a charge or it'll bulge in either case you just throw it out it and buy a new battery from kastar or whatever for $7-10

the battery im referencing is a made in japan minolta np400 battery probably circa 2003-05 for a km 5d but i also have just as old sony a100/a390 batteries from 08-12 that still hold a charge and work 100% fine

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 11:05:33 No.4501160 Report

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hewwo,

I picked up a a6400 yesterday. Body only and need lenses.

I need:
A macro lense for toy photos
A regular to have fun with for scenerey, cats and videos
A fish eye lense to make anime fish eye meme photos with my cats and figures

I think that should do it. I'm a complete noob
For the macro I found a 7Artisans 60mm F2,8 Macro for 80 bucks but it's the first version. Should I get it?

Also I'd like maybe to do audio recording with it and stuff. I've seen those rhode tx thingies or whatever used by youtubers. Should I get them too or do you have a better recommendation?

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/ph/ - Phone Photos

Anonymous Mon 24 Nov 2025 22:01:31 No.4484547 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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It is time.

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 12:34:28 No.4500974 Report

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Is there a thread where people post their unedited photos? I'd like to practice my editing skill in Photoshop and get some feedback

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 12:47:36 No.4500975 Report

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>>4500974
RAW threads. Nobody really engages in them because there's no way to make it about gear.
Last couple that people tried to start died pretty quick but ymmv

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 12:51:13 No.4500976 Report

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>>4500974
like this for example >>4484548
I have no idea what am I doing

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 12:56:51 No.4500977 Report

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>>4500975
I'll try to bake one, I guess.
If no-one's editing anything for fun, do people post their clean pictures at least?

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 11:01:42 No.4501159 Report

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Anonymous Fri 21 Feb 2025 06:46:58 No.4408437 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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New thread

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 18:57:14 No.4501106 Report

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>>4501033
>with the CGX-L EQ mount
I would recommend the 10Micron GM4000 HPS II.

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 20:29:09 No.4501114 Report

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>>4501106
>10Micron GM4000 HPS II
You sure that's beginner friendly? Looks like a pain to set up. What kind of tube would you put on it anyway?

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 23:34:43 No.4501128 Report

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>>4501114
Probably something cheap, like a $20 refractor—if it can even handle the load.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 09:25:24 No.4501156 Report

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>>4501128
>$20 refractor
Beginner friendly, not peasant friendly

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 10:59:42 No.4501158 Report

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>>4501128
kek

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/fgt/ - Film General Thread

Anonymous Wed 11 Mar 2026 05:42:22 No.4500379 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Kodak Moment Edition

Please post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.

Also talk about darkroom practices, enlargers, photo paper, techniques like dodging/burning, tools, and equipment related to enlarging, developing, and printing.

Thread Question: What is the oldest camera or lens that you shot with? Would you use it on a daily basis?

Previous thread: >>4497863

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 21:27:57 No.4501120 Report

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Lads, you think this bad boy can still be of any use?
How bad could it be anyway? It still seems to work fine, appears to have been open as all screw holes are exposed and a strip of leather is missing from the side.
Packing a yashimar f/3.5 80mm lens, maybe I should just take it out for once, let it get some fresh air.

By the way, how easy is it to cut replacement leather for the camera body anyway?

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 23:30:13 No.4501127 Report

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I just modified my Beseler 23C enlarger to take normal E26 bulbs instead of the retarded bayonet mount bulbs.

I want to put in a smart LED bulb and control the colors for contrast. Does anyone have any experience doing this?

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 23:56:58 No.4501129 Report

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>>4501108
Goodness I should have proofread that.
>having you babysit
having to babysit
>been 5
between 5
>and where step
and every step
>It's not with
It's not worth
>>4501116
That's fair, if it works for you then that's what matters. I just like to evangelize because I want people to get the most out of their film and not have regrets or have to redo the work years down the line.
Maybe I can dedicate a day to doing side by side tests with all my scanners (plus DSLR) so I can post them for reference for other folks.
Most of my DSLR rig came as a side effect, too - camera I already had, light and film holders are parts of the enlarger, copy stand I bought for the enlarger. Only the lens (Signs 150mm Macro) I bought with general use in mind, but decided that it's too nice to bang it about in the field, so it's essentially dedicated to scanning too (and occasional macro work at home).
3D printing has been tempting me for a while now, but that's another hobby that I'm sure would very quickly lean towards five figures so I gotta keep it in check for now.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 07:44:13 No.4501154 Report

Quoted By: >>4501157

>>4501120
I bet youll get sharp, grat photos out of it, tlrs dont seem to ever break. Just keep an eye on the film advance, sometimes the mechanism is wonky and allows you to advance too far or you get weird spacing. Maybe try it with a roll of backing paper to see. Also nice sketches fellow painter

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 10:00:27 No.4501157 Report

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>>4501154
Yeah I'll give it a go, I did some toying with it, cleaned it up and tried shooting a photo, seems to go alright.
The film advance is just a knob that advances the film for as long as you keep turning, there's a little inspection window that shows the number, can't really go wrong. Still got a roll in it with 9-10 frames left, it's Fomapan 100 so not sure what I can get away with, I'll just try to overexpose every shot by a fair margin.

I think if the film is up I might do a more thorough cleaning and maybe a replace the skin. The top lens and mirrors need some cleaning cause the top window is looking very dusty from the inside.

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/bpd/ - Bird Posting & Discussion:

Anonymous Tue 10 Mar 2026 14:53:12 No.4500320 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Predator and Prey Edition?

>Previous Thread Image Limit Reached >>4494783

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 07:37:03 No.4501153 Report

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>>4501126
Aww what a lovely bird, does that mean you're in Australia?
I never really shot with a telelens, I reckon it hampers your movement quite a bit, no? But the ability to get close without having to be close is such a luxury.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 08:56:01 No.4501155 Report

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>>4501153
It only showed up yesterday so all I've done with it is walk one minute to the park at the end of the street. Still, by the time I had finished walking around the park I kinda wished I had brought a bag.

but yeah I'm australian and I want to try get some pictures of lorikeets now since I was having trouble getting nice pictures of them before.

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Anonymous Tue 03 Mar 2026 13:24:54 No.4499456 View View Reply Original Report

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New Ken Rockwell just dropped! Time to dial those saturation sliders to 11, baby

https://www.kenrockwell.com/trips/2026-02-route-66/index.htm

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 05:01:14 No.4501146 Report

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>>4501145
>nophoto
Doubt you could pull it off like Rockwell can.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 06:08:18 No.4501148 Report

Quoted By: >>4501150 >>4501151 >>4501152

Enough jokes

He’s just terrible. His website is chock full of conflicting disinfo gearfag articles. Photography as a whole will improve when he quits and his blog goes down.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 06:19:53 No.4501150 Report

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>>4501148
his recommendation for most people is to buy a cheap canon APS-C and a do it all zoom lens, I can hardly call him a gearfag

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 06:31:03 No.4501151 Report

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>>4501150
He knows damn well most people will never need anything more than that and if they ever git gud and stick with the hobby they can buy better primes and bodies or whatever. It really is the anti chartfag anti gearfag take, and the correct one for beginners/most people.

>>4501148
See
>>4501107

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 06:34:11 No.4501152 Report

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>>4501081
The skies are always the most egregious thing in his edits. That one with the orange mountain is my absolute favorite for taking his saturation and HDR obsession to the max.

>>4501148
If he retired and became a regular in the gear threads, it would be the best thing this board has ever experienced.

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Could this finally make smartphone photography good?

Anonymous Wed 28 Jan 2026 10:52:01 No.4495591 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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> NATIVE 35mm f1.7 main lens with 1 inch sensor
> Dedicated two-step shutter button
> Co-developed with Zeiss using Zeiss lens coatings.
> Global release
Anyone else going to buy this beast? This phone will replace an X100V.

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 20:52:30 No.4499248 Report

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>>4499246
>oh no, moire on a test chart
Fuji also has moire, false colors, color bleed, and worms
https://medium.com/@nevermindhim/x-trans-the-promise-and-the-problem-31407fa43452
https://medium.com/@nevermindhim/x-trans-vs-bayer-fantastic-claims-and-how-to-test-them-475b4f1b7fae
also worst in class AF, shit weather sealing, chinky build quality, all for nikon FF money

and their jpegs look like iphone photos

xtrans is a regular pattern and is therefore not immune to moire. it just generates different moire with different patterns and everything else is blurry mush, grey lips, and beige eyes in group photos.

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 22:42:54 No.4499253 Report

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>>4499196
wdym DSPs ? you mean the ultraprocessing ?

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Anonymous Mon 09 Mar 2026 16:26:31 No.4500182 Report

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>>4499183
S26 Ultra? Samsung phone cameras suck. Any comparison videos will show this.

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 02:35:08 No.4500936 Report

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>>4495593
what about DSLR?

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 06:13:50 No.4501149 Report

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>>4495714
The bummer thing is that lens will be great.

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/gear/ General

Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 09:18:52 No.4501071 View View Reply Original Report

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pocket sized full frame edition!

Previous: >>4499288

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 02:42:27 No.4501134 Report

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>>4501087
I would buy the S9 if it had a viewfinder
I would buy the CL if it had a flippy screen
It's almost as if they don't want me to buy a camera.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 03:15:48 No.4501136 Report

Quoted By: >>4501147

>>4501094
>no shutter
No physical shutter? That's going to be so fucked up if its used indoors kek.
>snoy sperging again for no reason
Gear threads are so tiresome these days.

>>4501131
What dust issue? From the vacuum when the lens retracts?

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 03:48:22 No.4501138 Report

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>>4501104
I fear that the "retro prototype" is in fact the rumored camera and not for instance a AE-1 reissue which would have sold like crazy. The used market for that particular camera, the most mass-produced SLR in history if I am not mistaken is extremely hot, as is the used market for compact Canon IXUS digicams, especially those of the colored variety.. zoomers can't get enough of them and they pay twice what retail was 15 years ago. So what exactly they are doing I am not sure. Same with the G7X thing.. zoomers want it to the point of being out of stock everywhere. They have absolutely 0 clue about the market it seems.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 03:49:23 No.4501139 Report

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>>4501134
The CL is about as ergonomic as a brick though. Extremely terrible to handle.

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 05:37:07 No.4501147 Report

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>>4501136
snoy is satan
total snoy death
i declare jihad against the great camera satan snoy
canikon akbar

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/rpt/ - Recent Photo Thread

Anonymous Fri 06 Mar 2026 23:07:39 No.4499929 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Back at it!

Previously: >>4497687

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>>4501035
Food?

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Instagram/Flickr/Whatever Thread

Anonymous Sat 07 Feb 2026 22:17:23 No.4496839 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Insta and whatever else thread for wherever anons post their photos.

https://www.instagram.com/mondatta.photography/

Do any of you tend to go for certain themes and styles? Or just try anything?

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Anonymous Tue 10 Mar 2026 22:48:27 No.4500355 Report

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>>4500246
Thanks man, I might make a site at some point and volunteer/apply at some of the anime and game conventions that come into my city. There's no shortage of that at least. Maybe I'll see if I can save on storage by embedding from a Flickr account or something.

>>4500323
Not as far as I know, the hashtags thing was my main trick unfortunately. Supposedly image quality is also slightly higher when uploading from the browser but I haven't done any side by side checks.

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Anonymous Mon 16 Mar 2026 13:26:07 No.4500979 Report

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Good to see some familiar faces, and some new ones! I followed a bunch of you

I haven't been active for months, but gonna start posting some snapshits from last year's Europe trip imminently. Pic rel are from Uzbekistan; the architecture was so cool

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Anonymous Tue 17 Mar 2026 14:39:16 No.4501086 Report

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>>4500979
Whoops, I'm dumb and forgot to post my thingy
https://www.instagram.com/myrmician

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 03:45:28 No.4501137 Report

Quoted By: >>4501140

i post my rando photos from years ago or recent ones. https://www.instagram.com/kehvlar/
i'll follow back!

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Anonymous Wed 18 Mar 2026 03:54:03 No.4501140 Report

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>>4501086
You followed me so I followed back anyway lol

>>4501137
Already following too my man, you post some good stuff

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