photos of my cat Rupert that i took on my phone which at least trace amounts of thoughtful composition, as per the board rules


I like this shot because it really focuses on his face, which is cute

>wanted to do photography
>third worlder
>the camera i want would take 4 years to save up
Fine, I give up. This hobby isn't for me.

Is the Lumix S9 the first camera aside from Fujifilm's amazing X range where you don't even need to edit your digital photos anymore?

What are the best socials or search engines nowadays to discover relatively good photography?

I've found Pinterest (without the adds) to have the best recommendations by far until now.

What the hell happened to Instagram? Something that was born to be focused on photography in the 2010s became some sort of life people's blogs. Not even that, the recommendations are absolutely horrible, worst than things like Youtube. Sadly, it's one of the only ways for some kind of online social presence, and if you opt out of it, you regress to anonymity.

I remember there were some online Russian sites who used to archive good stuff, like gallery.ru

I was the anon thay said i fucked up my first roll of film like 2 months ago. Well, I got the roll of film back, and the light had only ruined like 8 photos so, 16 were pretty ok, besides looking like shit because I'm new to this. I especially liked this photo, but it looks kinda retarded.

So since buying my used X-T4 in 2023 (where I switched from M43, Panasonic GX85 specifically), Fuji's trajectory has been retarded and basically instead of meaningful improvements like not having the worst autofocus in the industry, they keep putting out gimmick cameras with stupid bullshit like "film sim dials," replacing actual useful dials in the process--which is especially annoying when I manually edit any photo I'm proud of anyways. On top of that, their cameras and lenses are almost all more expensive than reasonable full frame equivalents at this point. I realized quickly that I thought the X-T ergonomics were dogshit so (on top of never using the slow and annoying retro-LARP dials) I added a Smallrig grip that made the whole thing the same size as typical FF bodies anyways. I also feel that there's something intrinsically unsatisfyingly "off" with x-trans output compared to bayer sensors I've used before.

Anyways, I realized Fuji basically exists now just to grift TikTok fags and they can support these practices because it works. I'm not their target audience. They don't care about value conscious hobbyists or professionals. There's not an upgrade path available with them that isn't more expensive than switching to another brand. Meanwhile, Nikon has been killing it with a huge comeback across their lineup and from what I've seen of them, the raws they produce seem the nicest to work with, their build quality averages the best, and their first party lenses mog the others too. Knowing all that, I decided to go in on Nikon's holiday sale (items purchased in picrel) and will be selling my Fuji and the handful of Sigma lenses I got for it.

How are my choices? Is this move based or cringe? What would be the most based next step from here?

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I’m trying to get a picture like this that looks more artistic if this one does not.

LEICA Reporter Jacket MONOCHROM edition

In this thread, we're going to talk about photographic fashion which is what we wear when we're photographing or filming and doing related stuffs(developing, scanning, reviewing, printing, sucking up the client's shit, etc)

What do you wear when you photograph?

What is your must have /p/hasion item?

Do you have any item you're looking for?