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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 04:38:10 No.4499269 View View Reply Original Report

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Redpill me on photography

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 04:41:36 No.4499271 Report

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>>4499269
It's a pretty interesting hobby! Sometimes you can make it your job.

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 06:25:30 No.4499279 Report

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>>4499269
Well you need a $20,000 camera otherwise you can't take any good pictures

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 11:36:37 No.4499307 Report

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>>4499269
>Redpill me on photography
Majority of photographers here are pretentious losers that get into this hobby in an attempt to feel superior to others. They'll tell you that shooting raw is better than jpeg, FF is better than smaller formats, mirrorless is better than phone cameras etc etc. but IRL nobody gives a shit about any of that and they're still losers.

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 12:33:59 No.4499314 Report

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>>4499269
f/8 and a good prompt

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Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2026 19:17:48 No.4496504 View View Reply Original Report

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any final thoughts on ultra wide angle?

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Anonymous Fri 06 Feb 2026 10:12:05 No.4496650 Report

Quoted By: >>4496654

Idk if 16mm counts as "ultra" wide but I love my EF 16-35 F4L. It doesn't distort the image like fish eye lenses, and in general is very pleasing for just about anythhing: pics of groups in small places, architecture, vlog style filming etc. You can pick one up for under 400
Fish eye lenses are another story altogether, the only thing they look good on conaistently that I've seen is those stadium panoramas

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Anonymous Fri 06 Feb 2026 12:28:43 No.4496654 Report

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>>4496620
>>4496645
UWA is absolutely okay for landscape but shouldn't really be the default choice. However, the 10-22mm range includes the 24-35mm section which is normally the ideal spot for landscapes AND UWA lenses tend to have less distortion than GP zooms in that range.
You can also go for a prime which is often better but also good luck getting the framing right.
>>4496650
Literally my favorite lens now and most used. I personally think anything 20mm and wider counts as UWA but technically <24mm is.

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Anonymous Fri 06 Feb 2026 22:59:54 No.4496710 Report

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>>4496645
Sorry boss, my mom usually said 'special'

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 25 Feb 2026 14:31:10 No.4498717 Report

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>>4496620
I bought that lens for when I got my 40D and now it's on my 7 d. It looks okay Ash outside. I think the ones that I tried to do is showing the nice Vistas when I was out hiking up in Squamish. Too much to take in. My 21 mm on my 6D Mark 2 I love.

>>4496645
There are no hard and fast rules with that. I've taken great interior shots with just a 35 and my 45. It all depends on the subject and the framing

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 10:47:08 No.4499303 Report

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>>4498717
>>4496620
With UWA you have to be at the spot and everything should look kino, you can't just select something and compose for it because as was said everything is in the shot. I found that UWA makes things look tiny especially big mountains so it was much better for foreground objects composed with whatever is in the background. it makes the scene look meh, even spectacular ones so you better select a flower or a rock or bench, something to put in front of the scenery.

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Ladies with cameras

Anonymous Mon 05 Jan 2026 12:52:35 No.4492310 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Sugar !egyYvoBZV2

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Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Fri 06 Feb 2026 17:48:51 No.4496693 Report

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>>4496626

I've been at it since 2010 but I really started throwing myself at it after COVID, I went through a huge equipment upgrade that let me do low-light, bought a bunch of prime lenses that were all <f/2 and got into underwater work so it has let me do shots I would have previously struggled with and I started separating myself from the GWCs.

My primary genre has always been landscape but I wanted to challenge myself with people because I was always afraid of judgement or other people thinking I was a creep and I needed to get past all that crap by just getting out and doing it and dealing with rejection.

She knows, we actually met on the premise of nude work and it just accidentally happened, I Edward Weston'd her I guess.

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Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2026 01:21:31 No.4496853 Report

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>>4496693
Can we see more of your stuff? What's your Instagram?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2026 07:12:40 No.4496865 Report

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>>4492310
My problem is, when I was in my 20s and still good looking, I didn't have the money to hang around with girls that hot, and when I finally made the money, I looked old, because I had become, too old to think pissing away my money on dumb whores is still a good idea. Remember, that as pretty as they seem, they're still americans, dumb as hell, aggressive, selfish assholes who'll screw you over the instant they realize they can benefit a from doing so in any way. Avoid.

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Anonymous Wed 11 Feb 2026 15:24:59 No.4497212 Report

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>>4493210
Fucking gross.

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 04:07:01 No.4499267 Report

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>>4492311
Dated a girl with very similar body and tattoos. Seeing this photo made me sad, I miss her

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Screen vs Viewfinder

Anonymous Tue 17 Feb 2026 23:27:58 No.4497897 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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Redpill me on screen vs viewfinder debate.

Personally I find screen to be way more comfortable. Viewfinder is a total pain in the ass.

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Anonymous Wed 25 Feb 2026 03:02:44 No.4498668 Report

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>>4498647
Tripod actually helps a lot with moving animals, just not on the exposure side, especially with large teles. Tracking becomes much easier.
The problem I have with the paradigm of "as low and ISO as possible" is it becomes easy to settle for mediocrity because what if your animal moves suddenly etc. then cope in post. Most of the time the photo wasn't worth taking to begin with.
Your example photo is perfect, who cares about eastern squirrels running shot from head level. A tripod encourages composition and planning and waiting.

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Anonymous Wed 25 Feb 2026 03:43:46 No.4498670 Report

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>>4498656
Oh shit these are actually useful? I thought they were a gimmick

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Anonymous Wed 25 Feb 2026 22:58:57 No.4498781 Report

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>>4498476
>>4498464
>Panasonic had the best implementation of all time and nothing has ever come close since
Weird

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Anonymous Thu 26 Feb 2026 01:13:24 No.4498788 Report

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>>4498781
too bad they put a rubbish field sequential EVF on it.

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 03:35:24 No.4499264 Report

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>>4498243
if they could expose themselves they wouldn't be in auto mode

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/Gear/ Discussion General

Anonymous Sun 15 Feb 2026 21:26:16 No.4497651 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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>Color Science edition

Previously: >>4495130

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 15:50:02 No.4499205 Report

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>>4499199
it's a d750 and it has one. it works decently fast on my 85 mm prime

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 18:32:14 No.4499231 Report

Quoted By: >>4499257

My AF-P 70-300mm is faulty. It used to only focus at 300mm, but now the camera throws an error if I even leave 300mm. This is the 3rd time in its lifespan it's had an issue where service is required. What options do I even have for a telephoto with that range? I've moved to the Z-mount (Z50 + Z5ii), but Nikon has no native 70-300.

>70-300mm Tamron for $500
>No VR, would be useless on my Z50
>180-600mm for $2200
>4x the price + 3x the weight
>100-400mm with VR for $2500
>5x the price

Are there really no middle ground options at a reasonable price?

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 19:47:04 No.4499236 Report

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https://www.amazon.com/PGYTECH-Backpack-Arca-Swiss-Compatible-SnapLock/dp/B0F23GCRRW/

https://www.amazon.com/SMALLRIG-Release-Fujifilm-Backpack-Arca-Swiss/dp/B0F4QSRTPX/

Has anyone tried either? I want something for traveling. I don't want to carry a camera bag either because they either end up too big or too small when I'm just carrying a compact APSC DSLR + a short telelens. Would rather carry a backpack and have this on my shoulder for when I want to take a shot

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Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 00:09:42 No.4499256 Report

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>>4499059
OG K-1 here, never had such a problem. Is the exposure look good? Have you set the auto ISO to medium or slow? Did you disable D-Range settings?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Mar 2026 00:13:04 No.4499257 Report

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>>4499231
Either go with a Tamron 70-200 or get a nice super tele that goes out to 400 or longer like the 100-400 or the F-mount 200-500 (or 80-400 II)

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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 12:16:59 No.4499183 Report

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>>4495591
I fully plan on getting a galaxy 26 again for the sole purpose of the camera. call phone photography is good already.
but this new thing looks decent too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 13:37:04 No.4499196 Report

Quoted By: >>4499246 >>4499253

>>4497037
>compares some simple and toggleable geometry corrections and brightening at the borders with the insane shittery phone DSPs do
do they pay you?

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 20:48:12 No.4499246 Report

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>>4499196
>simple and toggleable geometry corrections and brightening at the borders

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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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Weird looking star

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 22:36:38 No.4499252 View View Reply Original Report

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I was watching the stars right now and noticed that a star looked kinda weird so i took out my phone and zoomed in. Kinda looks like a constellation to me.

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Bought over 50kgs of vintage cameras and this one was in the lot

Anonymous Tue 27 Jan 2026 13:40:26 No.4495491 View View Reply Original Report

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I can't find any information about it online. Found some old websites where they have showcased the progression of the Iloca lineup, but it doesn't show this particular variety. Perhaps it is some obscure "in between" model which is not unheard of when it comes to German mid-century cameras.
Iloca Electric Texograph 2, T2
If anybody is interested I want a million dollars.

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Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2026 00:41:33 No.4496851 Report

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>>4496608
you can still get old point & shoot stuff for pretty cheap. like nikon coolpix.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 18:30:13 No.4499229 Report

Quoted By: >>4499232

>>4495491
It's a specialized variant of the Iloca Electric. Taxographs were used for specialized document/text reproduction or medical cameras. The T2s were modified to have a different film gate or a specific internal mask to photograph text, oscilloscopes, or dental records.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 18:34:18 No.4499232 Report

Quoted By: >>4499245

>>4499229
Just to add to this, if you're look for a price estimate, maybe look for Taxographs made by other manufacturers. Iloca would rebrand a lot. They made cameras for Argus, Graflex, and Sears.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 20:43:03 No.4499245 Report

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>>4499232
Googling shows 2 "Texograph" cameras one of which has been sold and is registered on worthpoint, but I don't have an account there anymore. So one Praktica and one camera where the only thing I can gather is that it has an exacta mount. I guess this type of stuff is something that is better off sold by a specialized auction company that deals with camera gear.
Even finding information about this whole "Texograph" thing is hard. The Practica was made from 58-60 and the Iloca from 59-60 which also hints at the use-case was somewhat limited in a short time frame.

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 20:48:28 No.4499247 Report

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Also the information about the praktica shows an price of 2300 euro sometime around the start of the millennia if i interpret it correctly.

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:50:25 No.4499225 View View Reply Original Report

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Phaggot mod deleted this thread because finally someone was answering the question.

Wanted to know which lens this anon recommended with the Canon he recommends

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Anonymous Fri 27 Feb 2026 17:23:01 No.4498936 View View Reply Last 50 Original Report

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is this a good camera ?

going to get my first camera soon

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:19:51 No.4499219 Report

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>>4499217
Op here. Yes, so much yes.

The only comfort I have is knowing he will he dead One day

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Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:23:07 No.4499220 Report

Quoted By: >>4499221

>Be me
>buy a nice $1500 camera setup just because I like it and the pictures are prettier
>take photos of my pets and flowers and stuff for fun
>take photos at a friends wedding for $500
>just slam raws thru capture one on my old macbook air
>print them through an online service
>everyone is like “wow!”
>miserable nerd: a-a-a r-real master of the craft would SHAME you and outdo you with the worst equipment, you m-money waster!
Lmao.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:27:27 No.4499221 Report

Quoted By: >>4499223

>>4499220
Nice. Which camera and which lens?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:41:06 No.4499223 Report

Quoted By: >>4499224

>>4499221
Sony a7c
samyang 35mm f1.8
samyang 75mm f1.8

buy a canon r6ii if you can afford it mkay?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Mar 2026 17:46:02 No.4499224 Report

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>>4499223
I am the OP and I made this a variation of this thread a few times over the past 2 years. But every time without fail it was total demoralization with no advice

Thanks

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