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Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 19:37:49 No.2934897 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2934907 >>2934917 >>2934979 >>2935202 >>2935212 >>2936754 >>2937235

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Anything about Lenses, Cameras, mounts, Systems, buying, pricing, selling, etc. GOES IN HERE!

Don't open new threads for gear-related issues
No pointless (brand) arguments and dickwaving allowed! You have been warned! Just questions, answers and advice!

I repeat, ANYTHING GEAR RELATED goes in here!

And don't forget, be polite

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 19:45:18 No.2934902 Report

Quoted By: >>2934908

Are there typically good deals on camera bodies around black friday?
I want to upgrade to a canon 70d or sony 6300-a7ii but can wait if there will be a good deal

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 19:51:58 No.2934907 Report

Quoted By: >>2934984 >>2935149 >>2935150

>>2934897
Whats a good camera for a college student who wants to get into photography or filming but has no experience

so in other words
>not too nice
>can also film solid video

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 19:52:31 No.2934908 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934902
Black Friday camera deals are usually good but only applicable to the entry-level dslr's and accessories.
Its a great time to save on bags I can tell you that much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 19:58:39 No.2934912 Report

Quoted By: >>2934970

if i want to test out a camera for a day or two is there somewhere i can rent it? i can watch reviews all day but its not the same as actually testing it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:10:36 No.2934917 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934897
Looks like Sony is still plagued by overheating issues.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:23:34 No.2934928 Report

Quoted By: >>2934930 >>2934933 >>2934934 >>2935682

Reposting from >>2934903 for any other thoughts.

I do portraits as a low-key hobby and I want to upgrade from my T1i to a camera that has native wireless control for remote flash.

I can't decide between the T3i, T5, T5i, T6, and T6i. I have a chunk of change set aside and could afford the more recent models, but don't want to buy a more recent model unless it's meaningfully better. Is the depth-of-field preview on the T3i/T5i/T6/T6i useful? Are the upped max ISO and focal points on the T6i a significant improvement over its predecessors? Thoughts overall?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:29:53 No.2934930 Report

Quoted By: >>2935682

>>2934928
Used 60D.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:45:06 No.2934933 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934928
DoF preview is useful if you move around a lot, use motorized lenses, and use a wide range of aperture settings as you're shooting. Otherwise you can gauge it yourself pretty well once you get to know the lens.
If you shoot with non-motorized apertures then of course this feature does absolutely nothing.

T5i is pretty good, T6i is if you for some reason want something that feels more pro, or you really like having wifi support.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:47:12 No.2934934 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934928
i have the t5 and it takes really good shots. upgrade to the t6 if you do more video and want a flip out screen

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:54:06 No.2934937 Report

Quoted By: >>2935682

>plastic rabal
>pentamirror viewfinder
>limited controls
>gimped features
>upgrade
To tell the truth in spite of the improved sensor and maybe improved AF it's not really an upgrade from the T1i.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:54:08 No.2934938 Report

Quoted By: >>2934939

why do i read better reviews about the a6300 vs the a7ii

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 20:55:44 No.2934939 Report

Quoted By: >>2934958

>>2934938
Because reviews are actually paid adverts designed to show the product in an appealing manner.
Just rent one out for a day and decide yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 21:20:29 No.2934958 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934939
>good goy, ignore the advertising, instead go out and pay to be cucked by a prostitute lens
>by the time you've found your favorite lens, you won't have the shekels to buy it anymore

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 21:57:31 No.2934968 Report

Quoted By: >>2934982 >>2934986 >>2935052 >>2935096

Just got a like new a6300 + kit lens, an extra battery and a sigma MC-11 for $1250

How bad did I fuck up guys?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 22:02:04 No.2934970 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934912
Look up lens rentals in your city, dummy. Body rentals dont tend to be economical though.

Americans can also use lensrentals.com, Canadians (toronto and vancouver, really) can use Henry's and Beau Photo, respectively.

Muhmegapickels !!0Z+XAssRGPW

Muhmegapickels !!0Z+XAssRGPW Tue 27 Sep 2016 22:16:55 No.2934979 Report

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>>2934897
Actually looks a lot nicer burned, since that hideous orange trim is gone and so is most of that ass-tumor shaped grip. Fix the interface so you're not constantly nagging the camera to get it to do what you want it to, and it's ready for market.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 22:21:02 No.2934982 Report

Quoted By: >>2934986 >>2935108

>>2934968
Not bad actually

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 22:22:29 No.2934984 Report

Quoted By: >>2935293

>>2934907
Panasonic Lumix G7.
Not for night photos, btw, needed a good aperture due to small sensor

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 22:26:32 No.2934986 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934982
>>2934968
my justification behind it was originally i was gonna wait for black friday deals. Then i did some maths and even if the body + lens is $1000, I still have to pay like $82 in tax

I paid $980 for my body + lens and the battery. Which seemed like the best deal I could get.

If I really don't like this combo I can sell it at small loss probably.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 23:22:48 No.2935016 Report

Quoted By: >>2935039 >>2935042

Are m43s really that bad for poorly/shitty light places?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 23:42:29 No.2935039 Report

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>>2935016
My friend bought a G7 and it's shit in low light, yeah.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 23:46:49 No.2935042 Report

Quoted By: >>2935046 >>2935250 >>2935303

>>2935016
Short answer: Yes.

I found good performance from my EP3 at ISO 1000 for print size, and 4000 for web size. This is much worse than what I could milk out of any Sony or Fuji mirror-less.
There aren't many AF lenses faster than f/1.8 for MFT, and they're all rather expensive for what they are.
I can shoot my 45mm (90eq) at 1/15th no problem with the very rudimentary 2- or 3- axis IBIS of the EP3, but you should be able to shoot even slower on newer bodies.
*IBIS is basically free extra stops in low light, but isn't as good as having the same amount of stops of ISO performance, since your subjects may blur themselves by moving once you get into 1/15th and lower territory.
**Panasonic bodies are worse in low light than Olympus bodies, because their IS system isn't as good.

You could buy an Olympus 25mm 1.2 and put it on an EM5II and shoot 3 second hand held shots in moonlight, but if you're going to spend that much money and you aren't already deeply invested in the system, just get a different system that's naturally good at low light, like Fuji.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Sep 2016 23:57:49 No.2935045 Report

Quoted By: >>2935191 >>2938225

>but 5D IV last week
>realize there is a rebate going on for canon printers
>get large format Pixma PRO-100 for $9

Super excited. I don't do prints very often, and largely work with digital, but it'll be nice to actually produce some stuff to hang.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:00:15 No.2935046 Report

Quoted By: >>2935054 >>2935056

>>2935042
Thanks, something to think about. Wanted the EM1MK2 or the M5MK2, might lean towards fuji now.
Is fujis stuff weathersealed as well?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:08:58 No.2935052 Report

Quoted By: >>2935108

>>2934968

Good price.

The MC-11 is supposed to work with everything.

I tried it with the 70-200mm f2.8 and was blown away by how fast it worked.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:10:06 No.2935054 Report

Quoted By: >>2935064 >>2935841

>>2935046
The performance difference between Fuji and Olympus is about 2/3rds of a stop, and the E-M1 II will close this gap entirely, if what Olympus is saying about the E-M1 II sensor is even half true.

The 5 stops of IBIS when using non IS lenses and the 6.5 stops of IS when using Lens IS + IBIS can more than make up for the ISO performance difference.

Unless you are shooting fast moving objects in low light, Olympus E-M1 II or E-M5 II will do you just fine. Also the existing E-M1 will suit you fine as well. But you wouldn't use a Fuji in that situation either, so there you go.

Pic related, hand held.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:11:22 No.2935056 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935046

Take a look at a6000 too.

Probably best bang for your buck when it comes to APS-C mirrorless right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:17:06 No.2935064 Report

Quoted By: >>2935080

>>2935054
fuck dude, think I might wait for the MK2 then, thanks, anon.
If I did fast objects at night, i'd probably be using long exposure times as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:20:38 No.2935066 Report

Quoted By: >>2935073

My girlfriend bought me a cute Fuji FinePix HS35EXR a year ago or so and I just started using it. It was advertised a's a point and shoot with dslr functionality.

Does anyone here have anything to say about them? I'm pleased.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:27:32 No.2935073 Report

Quoted By: >>2935077

>>2935066
Bridge camera with a 1/2 inch sensor.

Pretty bad compared to an entry level DSLR or mirrorless.

The only advantage is the focal lengths you can achieve at that size. Unfortunately, the sensor is too slow to capture anything worthwhile.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:32:03 No.2935077 Report

Quoted By: >>2935081

>>2935073
Would i notice that much of a difference with an level entry dslr. Like in the 600 range?

Thanks for the reply.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:33:56 No.2935080 Report

Quoted By: >>2935086

>>2935064
Just keep the limitations of the sensor in mind. No ISO 25,600. Not that you would do that with a Fuji either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:36:40 No.2935081 Report

Quoted By: >>2935085

>>2935077
Going from a 1/2 inch sensor up to an APS-C or M4/3 sensor will be like stepping into a new world.

You will be able to achieve shallower depth of field (Out of focus backgrounds and foregrounds), be able to shoot at ISO 6400 and 12,800 and get usable results, eventually you can rent or buy other lenses as well.

Just keep in mind that the kit lens won't have the same reach as that ultrazoom body. You won't be able to 'zoom in' as much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:42:19 No.2935085 Report

Quoted By: >>2935090

>>2935081
That'd be sick. Unless I'm doing up close with macro or shooting on auto (on things that are still or near still) it looks like hog wash. The 30x zoom is so funny to snap people eating at McDonald's a block away from my work though.

What sort of camera would you recommend I research at the 600 price point?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:44:24 No.2935086 Report

Quoted By: >>2935092

>>2935080
I don't think I'd even bump it that high anyways.
Also now looking at the XT1, which seems nice as well.
Like exploring dark places in neighborhoods and old buildings and shit.
Either way, better than my D70, which eats shit in anything other than a brightly lit place it seems

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:50:14 No.2935090 Report

Quoted By: >>2935093 >>2935095 >>2935100 >>2935111 >>2935121

>>2935085
Olympus E-M5 (used)
Olympus E-M5 II (Used)
Canon Rebel (One with the newer sensors, forget when they switched over)
Canon 70D (Used)
Nikon APS-C body (Not familiar with their numbering, I'm sure someone on here can fill you in)
Sony A6000 (Used if new is too expensive)

Anyone chime in with a good Fuji body that can be had for around 600 used?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:51:18 No.2935092 Report

Quoted By: >>2935098

>>2935086
I do urbex with my E-M1.

Works great for it. I can take it off the tripod a lot more often than I could with Canon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:51:25 No.2935093 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935090
You're the duke. Thanks a lot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:52:26 No.2935095 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935090
XE2 and XT10. Identical hardware, and functionally identical to XT1 as well. Make sure to update the firmware for best performance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:52:58 No.2935096 Report

Quoted By: >>2935108

>>2934968
were did you buy it from im in the market for one

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:56:29 No.2935098 Report

Quoted By: >>2935106

>>2935092
Shit, habibi, you won my heart and restored my faith in it (I did the what you have vs what you want thread, was dumb and didn't resize).
By the time I can afford an EM1 I might as well wait for the MKII.

Was mainly looking at getting the Panasonic 25mm 1.7 Prime for a basic lens, any recommendation for a similarly priced Zoom?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 00:58:24 No.2935100 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935090
Nikon D3xxx
Nikon D5xxx (But it's better to get a 3xxx and buy a starter prime like a 35 1.8 for it)

I second the EM-5 and EM-5 II. I would preferably buy the EM-5 and buy a nice prime as well, they're pretty cheap for mft so you can afford a prime and a zoom pretty easily, on the used market.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 01:10:39 No.2935106 Report

Quoted By: >>2935119

>>2935098
I'd read a bunch of reviews on the Panny 1.7.

I was going to get the Panasonic 25 1.4, but when I tested it, I discovered that the aperture went crazy on my E-M1, constantly opening and closing while I was walking around. Not sure if the 1.7 behaves the same way.

For a cheap zoom, you have a few choices : http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/lense.html

There is the 14-42 from both Panny and Olympus, the 12-50 from Olympus, the 12-60 from Panasonic, and the 14-150 from Olympus. None of these are particularly impressive optically, and not all are in your price range. For a really good zoom, the 12-40 f/2.8 Olympus and the 12-100 f/4 Olympus are really good, but out of your budget.

Also see : http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/first-micro-four-thirds-lenses-you-should-buy/

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 01:11:08 No.2935108 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935096
Used on ebay
>>2935052
>>2934982

thanks guys, hoping AFC burst works better than my SL1. Gonna be using AFC and burst exclusively pretty much at a dog park watching the pups play.

Don't have high hopes for afc during video using canon glass so I wanted a kit lens just incase so I could try native features.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 01:13:31 No.2935111 Report

Quoted By: >>2935121

>>2935090
$600 Nikon without a lens? D7000. With a lens? Used D5300 with 18-55.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 01:41:20 No.2935119 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935106
>http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/first-micro-four-thirds-lenses-you-should-buy/
Where I saw the 1.7
I really appreciate all that you've given me.
Thanks a ton, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 01:43:54 No.2935121 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935111
>>2935090
D7000s are even cheaper than that.
https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D7000-DSLR-Body-Only/dp/B0042X9LC4/ref=sr_1_3?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1475025279&sr=1-3&keywords=Nikon+D7000

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:51:45 No.2935147 Report

Quoted By: >>2935148 >>2935322

i'm tired of film and i'd like a DSLR. help please

-budget must not exceed $1300 USD including kit lens
-would prefer a professional camera. extra buttons and options don't scare me.
- low light reliable. i get very upset when there is noise in photos.
-video is a plus. i would choose video over no/shitty video
- i enjoy nature/wildlife photography, but will be doing work for makeup/ fashion.

thanks in advance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:53:14 No.2935148 Report

Quoted By: >>2935163

>>2935147
Panasonic G85

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:53:23 No.2935149 Report

Quoted By: >>2935293

>>2934907
As a college student who's interested in photography I picked up a sony a6000. So far it has served me well. I use it to take pics for my schools marking team.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:54:16 No.2935150 Report

Quoted By: >>2935163 >>2935293

>>2934907
Panasonic G85

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:55:51 No.2935152 Report

Quoted By: >>2935155 >>2935180 >>2935570

Hey p,
Are there any decent cameras to carry around with you all the time that are cheap as well? Are pre APSC GRs any good? Something pocketable would be nice

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 02:59:07 No.2935155 Report

Quoted By: >>2935163

>>2935152
Panasonic G85

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:14:52 No.2935163 Report

Quoted By: >>2935293

>>2935148
>>2935150
>>2935155
ty for the low effort

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:37:02 No.2935172 Report

Quoted By: >>2935175 >>2935179 >>2935405

Alright /p/

Let's talk about third party batteries. Opinions on the matter are pretty fucking polarising. They're either gods gift to the masses or fucking spooky trash that will set your house on fire.

But I mean come on. For third parties you dont even need to buy the chink shit that does only work 98% of the time instead of 99.9% like wasabi. You can buy duracell, a name trusted brand for 50-70% of the cost.

Admit it guys, anyone who goes name brand only on a consumer grade camera is a retard who likes to waste money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:52:19 No.2935175 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935172

What did you think OP Image was?

That is from a third party battery.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:55:13 No.2935178 Report

Quoted By: >>2935188 >>2935204 >>2935375

So, I want to get into photography. I picked up an a6000 today. I got a hoya 55mm skylight 1b 100-300mm for $10 off of craigslist. My adapter is in the mail. What are some good cheap lenses that I could get and adapt to the camera? Note: I know the lens I bought may be garbage. I just want to be able to take some pictures of birds with it. I figure it was worth $10. My shots are not limited to just birds and nature, so please let me know any kind of lenses to look into. Preferably under $100 or so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:56:00 No.2935179 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935172
I use third party because they're way cheaper, I just buy on Amazon and make sure there's good reviews.
Never had any problems but the battery life is slightly lower than name brand

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 03:58:53 No.2935180 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935152
Sony rx100

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:16:10 No.2935185 Report

Quoted By:

Damn oly...you gotta buy your friends now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:18:17 No.2935188 Report

Quoted By: >>2935197 >>2935208 >>2935375

>>2935178

Look at Minolta MD lenses.

Dirt cheap, high quality.

Check this site:
>http://phillipreeve.net/blog/lenses/minolta-mcmd/

I personally just ordered a Minolta MD 35-70mm f 3.5 Macro that comes with original packaging and everything else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:24:51 No.2935191 Report

Quoted By: >>2935510

>>2935045
Wow that's pretty a pretty good deal.Gj m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:36:49 No.2935197 Report

Quoted By: >>2935200 >>2935208

>>2935188
Thank you. I will look into these for sure.

Keep em coming if anyone has any other lenses.

Ill Check on this thread tomorrow morning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:50:57 No.2935200 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935197

Canon FD is worth looking at too.

M-mount if you want something smaller. Kinda expensive though. Voigtlander has some cheaper models though. You can get them new with modern coatings too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:52:55 No.2935202 Report

Quoted By: >>2935213

>>2934897
Infrared compact cameras? I need one and don't want to go through the trouble of converting one

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:54:40 No.2935204 Report

Quoted By: >>2935375

>>2935178
Pentax K mount, canon fd, m42 mount, Minolta md mount

A. !IGEMrmvKLI

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A. !IGEMrmvKLI Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:54:52 No.2935205 Report

Quoted By:

Well.
Does anyone have ANY information on when the irix 11mm will be released? I don't know if I can bother spending the money on the Laowa. Not to mention I'm looking for a lens with really low edge distortion/blur.

Any suggestions that aren't Samyang/Rokinon/Bower?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 04:58:54 No.2935208 Report

Quoted By: >>2935209

>>2935188
>>2935197
I have two Minoltas, but realize that there is a reason why that guy downscales his shots to like 1/15th of dat sensor resolution even on Flickr.

The lenses -while pleasant to operate and diverse- are ultimately mostly pretty shit in terms of resolving power and sharpness (even if you surely could get 1/8 or something out of a bunch of them).

I'd suggest modern primes or zooms for your primary focal lengths. If you're lucky, perhaps the inexpensive (but still $150 or so) Sigma Art f/2.8 or something fits your needs...?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 05:00:34 No.2935209 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935208
>The lenses -while pleasant to operate and diverse- are ultimately mostly pretty shit in terms of resolving power and sharpness

It is really kind of hit or miss with the Minolta's. Some are absolutely terrible, and some are actually pretty solid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 05:10:34 No.2935212 Report

Quoted By:

>>2934897
looks like someone tried to record 4k for more than 45 seconds

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 05:12:24 No.2935213 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935202
Specifically full spectrum

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 05:36:23 No.2935226 Report

Quoted By:

Why the fuck do none of the stores near me have a 24mm? I want my pancake now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 06:16:28 No.2935250 Report

Quoted By: >>2935261 >>2935306

>>2935042

Is that why all the GH4 videographers use the sigma 18-35? Because the low light of m43 is so shit that they have to get to f1.3 to get decent exposure?

I guess there are also $1000+ 1.2 primes out there now. Seems to me you're fucked for low light otherwise.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 06:33:05 No.2935260 Report

Quoted By: >>2935264 >>2935275

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Good-Canon-FD-55mm-F-1-2-S-S-C-Lens-Made-In-Japan-/152239900975?hash=item237234892f:g:ZnsAAOSwmLlX1469

>condition
>good++

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 06:35:22 No.2935261 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935250
Most photographic 1.2s only have a t stop of 1.4

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 06:39:42 No.2935264 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935260
perfect for apsc

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 06:59:43 No.2935275 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935260

Probably has minimal impact on image quality.

Still labeled wrong though.

I bought an EX+ the other day which came with even worse fungus. Luckily got it refunded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 07:36:40 No.2935293 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935163
fuck you dude
I'm here for peoples input

>>2935150
>>2934984
>>2935149
thanks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 07:56:01 No.2935303 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935042
E-P3 had a pretty terrible sensor though, I changed it to GX80 and the improvement was pretty visible (probably almost a stop).

Tried Fuji, but Fuji has no IS on primes. I rarely shoot fast moving stuff, so losing 3+ stops on static subjects was a deal-breaker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 08:01:11 No.2935306 Report

Quoted By: >>2935333

>>2935250
Since everyone and their dog uses the same Sony sensors, low light performance is basically inversely proportional to sensor area. m43 is just under a stop worse than APS-C, so putting a speedbooster on that Sigma essentially gives you roughly the same performance as an APS-C camera with a non boosted Sigma.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 08:34:56 No.2935322 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935147
Pentax K-3 or used K-3II, WR kit lens, DA 35/2.4 maybe a 55-300 WR for portraits and pseudo macro.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 11:05:39 No.2935327 Report

Quoted By: >>2935455 >>2935560

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o43OfZ5rIbI

tl;dw: 5DMkIV outdated by 2014 standards.
Canon is finished.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 11:16:29 No.2935333 Report

Quoted By: >>2935394 >>2935497

>>2935306

I am not sold on the idea that a focal reducer can completely compensate for a smaller sensor.

Is there any side by side comparison of similar sensors with the same lens?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 12:10:13 No.2935368 Report

Quoted By: >>2935436

I know very little about cameras, are there any checks I should do on a recently bought second hand camera?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 12:22:21 No.2935375 Report

Quoted By: >>2935377 >>2935390 >>2935405

>>2935204
Thank you

>>2935204
>>2935188
>>2935178
I have an android phone, any good programs to download? I know the camera has NFC capability but I have not connected it yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 12:29:33 No.2935377 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935375
Snapseed

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 12:48:12 No.2935390 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935375
PlayMemories Mobile
TimeLapse

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 12:51:27 No.2935394 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935333

It produces stunning video at the very least.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 13:42:25 No.2935405 Report

Quoted By: >>2935416 >>2935417

>>2935172
I bought Chinese knock offs for my A7 and they last longer than the OEM batteru by a small margin...even 18 months later.

>>2935375
Canon FD lenses are rad and damn cheap. Look into Playmemories mobile for transferring photos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 14:37:58 No.2935416 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935405
I am still using the original batteries from my NEX-3.

Six years old.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 14:38:59 No.2935417 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935405

Can playmemories transfer raw files yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 15:21:03 No.2935432 Report

Quoted By: >>2935434

Are refurbished cameras from the manufacturer good to go?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 15:28:58 No.2935434 Report

Quoted By: >>2935671

>>2935432
Yes, except Sony. Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Pentax, Pana, Oly all good to go.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 15:36:32 No.2935436 Report

Quoted By: >>2935439

>>2935368
Look up shutter count into Google, check your camera, and compare the results to the manufacturer suggested shutter life.
It would also help to know what camera it is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 15:40:19 No.2935439 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935436
inb4 dinky p&s

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 16:21:38 No.2935449 Report

Quoted By: >>2935455 >>2935560

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o43OfZ5rIbI

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 16:26:58 No.2935455 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935449
see
>>2935327

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:15:10 No.2935494 Report

Quoted By: >>2935503 >>2935523 >>2935527

just got pic related for my NEX
only test shots so far, it's pretty neat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:19:00 No.2935497 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935333
>a focal reducer can completely compensate for a smaller sensor

There is a small loss of light due to the extra glass elements of the reducer, but it's almost unnoticeable. There's also typically an increase of vignetting and some loss of corner quality, but it mostly matters for photography, not video with its much lower resolution.

Do note that sensor size doesn't relate to video mode the same as to photo mode - different cameras can produce vastly different video quality depending on how processing is implemented. For example, if the camera is lazy and just skips every second row of pixels to speed up sensor read-out and rescaling, you'll get loads of moire and halved high ISO performance. So using a focal reducer on a camera with a smaller sensor but better processing might be well worth it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:23:54 No.2935503 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935494
Nice, I got a 35 F2.4 for my crop camera. Only paid $80 and it is sharp as fuck, no wonder it is all over /p/
Best investment in my life

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:31:22 No.2935510 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935191
After recalculating, I also get $8 in reward zone certificates, so it actually only cost $1.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:40:37 No.2935515 Report

Quoted By: >>2935516 >>2935523 >>2935534

Both of the kit lenses are fucking garbage for the A6300. What lens should I get instead?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:44:37 No.2935516 Report

Quoted By: >>2935518

>>2935515
Let's clear things up first. How much is your budget? If less than $2500 then it is cheaper to move to another system.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:46:35 No.2935518 Report

Quoted By: >>2935519 >>2935544

>>2935516

lmao, really? what happened to sony being muh master race?

why is it that everyone else offers decent entry level options?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:48:16 No.2935519 Report

Quoted By: >>2935521

>>2935518
buy an older sony, same price as some entry level shit but still better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:50:42 No.2935521 Report

Quoted By: >>2935524

>>2935519

but i'm still stuck with some shit-tier kit lenses even if i decide to go with an a6000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:56:16 No.2935523 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935515
if you want a good body and a good lens to go with it i think you'll have to split your budget at least ~70/30
for instance if you spend $600 on an a6000 body (not sure how much they actually are though), you can use roughly a third of that money to get a sigma prime like >>2935494 (yeah that's me)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:56:21 No.2935524 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935521
then just buy the body and a different lens, noones forcing you to use the kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 17:57:26 No.2935527 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935494
I have one too, got the silver lens barrel tho and regret it. Scratches show up really easily on the body of the lens

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:09:24 No.2935533 Report

Quoted By: >>2935535

I'm pretty new to photography, got a D5300 recently.
So I just ordered a AF-s 35mm f/1.8G and AF-S 55-200mm VR II lens for my camera.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:10:32 No.2935534 Report

Quoted By: >>2935538

>>2935515
oh and honestly my NEX 6 came with the same kit lens as the a6300 and it's pretty neat, as long as you don't need large apertures it's actually a nice zoom lens imo and the image stabilization is a neat plus

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:11:33 No.2935535 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935533
okay

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:25:17 No.2935538 Report

Quoted By: >>2935553 >>2935565

>>2935534

literally every lens review site says they're unbelievably awful.

i don't think you know how bad you have it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:32:29 No.2935544 Report

Quoted By: >>2935547 >>2935581

>>2935518
> decent entry level
Apply standards like is the case on MFT, and the same kind of "fucking garbage" kit zooms are now "decent". That's how that happens.

Of course for the same reason many people are actually happily shooting with the "fucking garbage" kit lenses. Doesn't even look particularly bad as compared to the majority of shots taken on other system's APS-C and MFT cameras.

More serious Sony users are however mostly comparing to high end lenses stuck on high resolution sensors, so the bar is somewhat higher, and the kit lenses then are that "fucking garbage"...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:40:10 No.2935547 Report

Quoted By: >>2935551 >>2935556 >>2935565 >>2935653

>>2935544

But this is patently false.

If you compare the Nikon 18-55 kit to the Sony kit,the nikon wins on every count.

I can't see why someone wanting to get into photography on a less-than-$1000 budget would ever want to go with Sony.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:48:17 No.2935551 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935547
Sony is not a user friendly brand. You should've known that by now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:49:13 No.2935553 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935538
well, you got my opinion. i think it's a pretty great lens to have for a little over the cost of the body, having this new prime i'll probably still use it for wide outdoor shots and handheld video.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 18:55:26 No.2935556 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935547
The a6000 was comfortable to hold. The other decent MILCs weren't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:00:14 No.2935560 Report

Quoted By: >>2935562

>>2935327
>>2935449
God this guy is incredibly attractive.

>tfw no photog bf

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:03:04 No.2935562 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935560
london?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:04:25 No.2935565 Report

Quoted By: >>2935568

>>2935538
>literally every lens review site says they're unbelievably awful.
Only one of the kit is awful, the other one is good:
> How can Sony sell a lens as good as the 55-210 for under $400?
>https://www.flickr.com/groups/2562254@N25/discuss/72157647601745392/

Retail ratings from people who didn't buy the two lens kit:
> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/818648-REG/Sony_SEL55210_SEL55210_55_210mm_F4_5_6_3mm_Lens.html

>>2935547
> If you compare the Nikon 18-55 kit to the Sony kit,the nikon wins on every count.
The difference isn't large on the lenses I've seen so far.

Look at these measurements, it's shit vs shit anyhow:
https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Compare/Side-by-side/AF-S-DX-Nikkor-18-55mm-f-3.5-5.6G-VR-on-Nikon-D5300-versus-Sony-E16-50mm-F35-56-on-Sony-A6000__159_919_1082_942

> I can't see why someone wanting to get into photography on a less-than-$1000 budget would ever want to go with Sony.
Maybe because they don't only buy the worse kit lens?

The A6300 doesn't even fit into the budget with a lens, so you get the A6000 which leaves you like $600 for lenses.

Try a Samyang 12mm f/2, Sony 28mm f/2, or a Sigma Art 30 f/1.8 or 60mm f/2.8. Or something else.

Maybe also the two lens kit and then one of them. Or you could adapt a range of also actually usually shit, but plentiful and cheap vintage MF lenses at $20-100 a pop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:07:26 No.2935568 Report

Quoted By: >>2935580

>>2935565
>dxo
No matter what the charts say, the real world photos are god awful and that is what matters. No company will tell me what to think about a lens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:12:14 No.2935570 Report

Quoted By: >>2936902

>>2935152
Like my GR, but the one thing that really sucks is how crap it is with its sealing. Dust gets into it real fast, and it's hard or impossible to get out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:30:41 No.2935580 Report

Quoted By: >>2935669 >>2935741

>>2935568
> No matter what the charts say, the real world photos are god awful and that is what matters.
Your opinions don't beat measurements, sorry.

[If we went by that standard, I'd obviously win every time since I have the most relevant opinion, eh... but that seems unworkable.]

This lens is ball park just the usual-ish kit zoom shit.

Also, "real world confirmation":
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2122756@N21/pool/

'cmon, that looks like you'd expect from a modern kit zoom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 19:31:17 No.2935581 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935544
>Apply standards like is the case on MFT, and the same kind of "fucking garbage" kit zooms are now "decent".

Except both of MFT pancake zooms are actually decent even by "non kit" lens standards.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 20:48:10 No.2935624 Report

Quoted By: >>2935632

I'm a K-50 user looking to upgrade and/or supplement my 18-55 kit lens. My largest priority is shooting landscapes on a tripod, and I do prefer the wide end of my current lens (18-24). I was thinking about picking up the Tamron 17-50 2.8. I know it is known for having remarkably good IQ compared to its sigma and pentax competitors as well as very good flare resistance. And it can be had used for less than $250. I would be interested in the 16-85 WR, but I can't really justify the extra $300-400 I would need to spend on it. Any other thoughts or suggestions for me?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 21:01:26 No.2935632 Report

Quoted By: >>2935655

>>2935624
The DA 16-85 WR is something you should consider investing in. It is currently the sharpest zoom lens in the standard range, almost no aberrations and distorion is very much under control. The sharpness is actual corner to corner sharpness. Focus is quick and silent and has superb sealing.
What I'm trying to say it is a better designed lens than the pro line, if not as fast.
The budget alternative would be the DA 16-45/4 but it has weird construction, barrel extends towards the wide end and casts an ugly shadow from the on-board flash. Also no weather sealing but optically well above the DA* 16-50/2.8. The Tamron is good but not so good optically as the 16-45, especially at the wide end.
You should also consider the plastic fantastic babby prime 35/2.4. Always a good thing to have.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 21:32:11 No.2935653 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935547
He could just adapt a Nikon kit onto an a6300 if the Nikon kit is so good.
But if he wants a good lens he shouldn't be using a kit lens

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 21:36:30 No.2935655 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935632
Thanks for the advice. I might just end up using the kit lens for a while longer and saving for the 16-85. I will be camping/travelling on the Olympic Peninsula a good deal in December/January, so the weather sealing will probably come in handy more than I think now from my home. I also want to eventually pick up a plastic fantastic 35 just because of how cheap it is and how much people rave about it (and I do love 50mm "normal" length lenses on my film bodies--there's something very fun about walking around with that single focal length and making it work).

Interesting thought on the 16-45, as people from pentaxforums generally seem to prefer to Tamron to it for IQ. Although there do seem to be some QC issues resulting in some people getting less than stellar lenses

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 22:19:01 No.2935669 Report

Quoted By: >>2935741

>>2935580

But the objective measurements also come out in favor of basically every other kit lens. This isn't just a matter of opinion.

The sony lens is only usable because there's so much correction and post-processing done by the camera.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 22:20:58 No.2935671 Report

Quoted By: >>2935673

>>2935434
Why except Sony? I bought a refurbished a7 and it works great.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 22:26:09 No.2935673 Report

Quoted By: >>2935703

>>2935671
Because Sony quality control

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 22:49:33 No.2935682 Report

Quoted By: >>2935686

>>2934928
>>2934930
>>2934937
Thanks for kicking my ass to look at the 60D. I'd been under the impression that the 60D/70D would be harder to use than the entry-level Rebel, but the 60D/70D's on-body tools are easier to use than the Rebels' on-screen tools.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 22:56:20 No.2935686 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935682

That is pretty much always the case. There's a bizarre misconception that pro and prosumer bodies are somehow harder to use, since no scene modes etc etc etc. The truth is, they are WAY easier to use than entry level cameras. More controls, more responsive camera, faster focus, pretty much everything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 23:36:58 No.2935703 Report

Quoted By: >>2935704 >>2935745 >>2935763

>>2935673
This is from salt exposure right? I love my Sony cam but I don't understand why they don't come weather sealed

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 23:44:44 No.2935704 Report

Quoted By: >>2935738 >>2935765

>>2935703

They're consumer grade toys, not professional tools. As the other guy put it, Sony is not a user friendly company.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 23:46:37 No.2935706 Report

Quoted By: >>2935712 >>2935727

>tfw gearfagging the fuck out right now

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2016 23:54:17 No.2935712 Report

Quoted By: >>2935715

>>2935706
Why would you buy that meme? It has awful pixelbanding in the shadows, and the highlight recovery is a MEME

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:00:40 No.2935715 Report

Quoted By: >>2935716

>>2935712
muh canon colors

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:03:21 No.2935716 Report

Quoted By: >>2935717

>>2935715
Can be reproduced in lightroom and making an action. KEK

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:06:00 No.2935717 Report

Quoted By: >>2935739

>>2935716
what would you have bought?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:25:22 No.2935727 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935706
my condolences

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:38:33 No.2935738 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935704
I do product/fashion photog so my Sony alpha never has any issues, but I certainly wouldn't bring it to any hazardous area.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:39:05 No.2935739 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935717
A Sony or Nikon

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:39:32 No.2935741 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935669
> But the objective measurements also come out in favor of basically every other kit lens. This isn't just a matter of opinion.
Haven't checked whether this is true in a strict sense, but the ones I saw were just ball park the same.

> The sony lens is only usable because there's so much correction and post-processing done by the camera.
Even if this was a special case among digital camera-lens combinations (which I do not think it is), how does it matter when you get typical kit lens pictures like I linked in >>2935580 ?

It's not like this has a work flow issue either. You say you just get the pictures. So whatever?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:46:17 No.2935745 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935703
Other IL cameras other than perhaps a Pentax wouldn't survive whatever salt / acid combination caused that bullshit anyhow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:50:34 No.2935747 Report

Quoted By: >>2935750 >>2935783

SONY FANBOYS COME HERE FOR A SEC

Is the Sony A6000 still a good option? I was going to buy the A6300, but some unexpected expenses cut my budget short.

What are my best options right now in the same price range as the A6000, with similar image quality and form factor?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 00:59:41 No.2935750 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935747
Yea, it's still good.

>What are my best options right now in the same price range as the A6000
The D3300 and D5500 have similar image quality, but not a comparable feature set, and not quite the same form factor.

A Pentax K-50 has a lower resolution sensor, but it has decent features. And if you count that you can get a few pancake lenses, it might have at least some form factor appeal.

And a Yi M1 might give you a lens extra for the same price, but it's only looking good from *initial* reviews which are still selected sources only. It's not really available on the market yet.

I'd still go with the A6000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:32:14 No.2935763 Report

Quoted By: >>2935767 >>2935769

>>2935703

If I remembwr correctly, this image is from som3 absolutely NUTS lady who dropped it in the water and lied about it. She started making.claims the viewfinder magicly sucked 2ater from your eyes and caused all that damage.

Hwr flicker is pretty hilarious. She has a bunch of stuff claiming Sony is al-queda.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:34:10 No.2935765 Report

Quoted By: >>2935770 >>2935780

>>2935704

I love e-mount, and would recommend it to 99.5% of people.

But as of today, there is no professional grade e-mount body.

The only professional bodies Sony makes are the a99/a99ii.

Plus the Sony professional support is hard to get into. You need a couple grand of equipment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:37:52 No.2935767 Report

Quoted By: >>2935769

>>2935763
source pls

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:39:32 No.2935769 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935763

Jesus Christ, that post looks like I am drunk. I hate this keyboard.

>>2935767

Someone else will have to link it, I didn't bother saving it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:39:51 No.2935770 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935765
>But as of today, there is no professional grade e-mount body.
A7R II. A7S II. Even the A6300.

> Inb4 needs dual SD or weather sealing or >1000 shots in one battery before it's professional.
Nope. It just needs to take good photos reliably. Which these do.

> Plus the Sony professional support is hard to get into. You need a couple grand of equipment.
Same shit as with CaNikon, basically. Nothing special.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:55:03 No.2935780 Report

Quoted By: >>2935951

>>2935765
Sony alphas are used in basically every line of work except for sports photography.
Almost all of my classmates from photo school use MILCs for their work and most are Sony

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 01:56:06 No.2935783 Report

Quoted By: >>2935829

>>2935747
A6000 is the best bang for your buck atm in terms of mirrorless

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:21:19 No.2935801 Report

Quoted By: >>2935866 >>2936577

Hey guys,

I just learned of something that I never heard of before for some reason: SD to CF adapters.

I'd naturally prefer to use SD cards in my camera instead of CF cards because of their greater usefulness.

Can I do this?
What are the speed limitations?
Why haven't I heard of this earlier?

Also, what speed of card should I get for a Canon 1D MkIII?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:24:52 No.2935803 Report

Quoted By: >>2935804 >>2935805 >>2935807 >>2935872

Is now the time to go to mirrorless? I'm currently shooting with the d800 but the xt2 looks good. Doing weddings, some events, etc. is it worth it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:27:47 No.2935804 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935803
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:29:39 No.2935805 Report

Quoted By: >>2935817 >>2935872

>>2935803

Wait another year or two.

Mirrorless is gonna explode.

Sony alone just had 20+ lenses announced for e-mount at photokina and Sigma stated they will start producing fullframe lenses. Two new bodies rumored to come soon too.

I didn't follow the Fuji announcements, but they are probably similar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:29:41 No.2935806 Report

Quoted By:

The thing I love about the alpha series is I can use pretty much any lens I want. I'm not pigeonholed into a particular mount I bought into with my camera body. If I'm looking for a particular focal length I can shop any brand, which is so liberating and can lead to some massive savings.

The lack of weather sealing is a bummer, but I'll take the trade-off of mount freedom for now. Hope future iterations eventually get weathersealing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:37:36 No.2935807 Report

Quoted By: >>2935809 >>2935818

>>2935803
>Is it worth it?
Like monetarily worth it?
Sony alpha and Fuji bodies are pretty cheap now but will obviously be cheaper in the future, if for some reason you like canon sensors more, their MILCs will be cheaper in the future too.
Lenses don't depreciate in value very quickly, but bodies will over time.
Now is the time to sell your DSLR bodies tho, they're going to lose their value quickly as mirrorless becomes more viable and more affordable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:40:36 No.2935809 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935807
>Now is the time to sell your DSLR bodies tho

Capable DSLRs are going to depreciate at the same rate they always have, unless for some reason, Canon and Nikon both stop production altogether at the same time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:48:29 No.2935814 Report

Quoted By: >>2935815 >>2935839

Just got one of these in the mail, im having one of two problems:

>Little adapter I bought for 6V battery is somehow defective

>Camera wont take battery charge

Im thinking the latter is more likely. Can I fix this myself without spending a stupid amount of money on repair?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:50:11 No.2935815 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935814
forgot image

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 02:59:00 No.2935817 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935805

Sony is also announcing a FE STF 100mm F2.8 T4.5 in October.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:00:54 No.2935818 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935807
>Lenses don't depreciate in value very quickly

A lot of the early mirrorless lenses are trash though. Sony 16mm and 16-50mm for example. Same with Fuji 18mm and earlier 35mm.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:18:00 No.2935829 Report

Quoted By: >>2935836

>>2935783

Unless you want lenses for it...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:29:10 No.2935836 Report

Quoted By: >>2935842 >>2935847

>>2935829

>88 lenses
>20+ announced at photokina
>can adapt and autofocus pretty much any lens ever made, even manual focus mounts like m-mount can autofocus

E-mount is dead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:30:58 No.2935839 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935814
Had the same problem with one. Probably fried/oxidized electronics. See if there's residue of a blown battery on the electrodes, and try changing them. Or better, toss that thing in the garbage heap and get a Hi-Matic or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:32:21 No.2935841 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935054
It's been a while since you posted that. I almost feel nostalgia.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:33:25 No.2935842 Report

Quoted By: >>2935852

>>2935836
>88+20 lenses
>shit camera system
Call me back when they produce a camera I can enjoy using.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:44:16 No.2935847 Report

Quoted By: >>2935852 >>2935875

>>2935836

>88 lenses, but the affordable ones all suck donkey dick
>best bang for the buck

pick 1

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:50:53 No.2935852 Report

Quoted By: >>2935860

>>2935842
>>2935847
>Hurr durr what are adapters

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 03:54:58 No.2935860 Report

Quoted By: >>2935865 >>2935878

>>2935852

Expensive as fuck for good ones, and you have to buy one for every mount.

Again, this isn't about Sony's capability, it's about the bang-for-the-buck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:01:38 No.2935865 Report

Quoted By: >>2935881

>>2935860
Isn't having a camera that can shoot on every lens mount a good deal?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:01:43 No.2935866 Report

Quoted By: >>2935892

>>2935801
> Can I do this?
Usually, yes?

> What are the speed limitations?
Pretty sure they need electronics to translate between SD and CF, so it'll entirely depend on the adapter's internals.

> Why haven't I heard of this earlier?
Most people just shoot to SD directly now and tossed their ancient CF gear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:07:08 No.2935872 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935803
I think your D800 is fine.

But if anything, you probably should go for a Sony lower light secondary, possibly with a high-end lens.

>>2935805
> Mirrorless is gonna explode.
It already has exploded. Sony obviously took good market share from the APS-C and FF camera market quite suddenly, and it wasn't mainly people migrating from the A-mount.

Panasonic but also Olympus and Fuji probably also had some successes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:13:33 No.2935875 Report

Quoted By: >>2935886

>>2935847
> the affordable ones all suck donkey dick
Nah, there are many good ones:
http://lenshero.com/lenses/Sony-A6000-lens-less-than-400

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:19:47 No.2935878 Report

Quoted By: >>2935881

>>2935860
I spent $50 on an adapter and didn't have to buy one lens in my move to Sony A-mount.

Buying an adapter is a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things...even the "expensive" ones are <$200 which in photo-dollars is nothing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:26:26 No.2935881 Report

Quoted By: >>2935883 >>2935886 >>2935901

>>2935865

No, because again, you have to buy adapters for every single mount. It's not like it can just natively mount lenses.

>>2935878

Again, already owning lenses doesn't make a camera inherently the "best bang for the buck." You could have stayed with the first brand (probably Canon, because it's always retarded canonfags who jump ship to sony) and spent even less than 50 bucks.

The point is, if you're starting from scratch and want to spend less than a thousand, Sony is probably the single worst option.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:29:00 No.2935883 Report

Quoted By: >>2935884

>>2935881
Adapters cost next to nothing compared to lens prices.
What's the better option? A canikon with one zoom lens? lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:29:44 No.2935884 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935883
>What's the better option?

Literally anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:32:58 No.2935886 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935881
> if you're starting from scratch and want to spend less than a thousand, Sony is probably the single worst option
Only if you want zoom lenses and they somehow can't be the two kit zooms.

Look, you're still getting a nice sensor on a 11FPS body with a lot of features in general and focus peaking, adapters as a very easy option (going down to $10 adapters from China that maybe won't even have electrical contacts - but you'll STILL have focus peaking).

And the system does have a lot of very good primes (see >>2935875), too, which are the best way to get some IQ on a budget anyhow.

It's one of the very best options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:46:31 No.2935892 Report

Quoted By: >>2935905

>>2935866
Do you have any recommendations?

I can't seem to find the Panasonic model in my post image for sale.

I didn't know most "good" cameras had switched to SD.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:55:13 No.2935901 Report

Quoted By: >>2935911

>>2935881
I didn't own a digital camera before my Sony, so there was no sticking to my previous brand.

You reiterated my earlier point. Sony let's you expand beyond a particular brand's lens mount (whether it's the brand you previously bought into, or just a particular lens that you want to use).

Even if I had started from scratch, I could have bought my A7, adapter, the two primes I use with it, and still be left with $100 to buy another prime before I broke $1000. If budget is of concern going Sony is one of the cheapest options imo, since after buying the body you can spend a couple hundred in an adapter and legacy glass and have a killer setup. Good luck buying into an F-mount or Eos camera and doing the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 04:58:27 No.2935905 Report

Quoted By: >>2935908 >>2935943

>>2935892
> Do you have any recommendations?
Unfortunately no. I also switched.

> I didn't know most "good" cameras had switched to SD.
Not all. The $6k Nikon has either CF or XQD, and the $6k Canon has CF (with the $3k Canon offering CF as well as SD).

But yea, most essentially switched.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 05:00:35 No.2935908 Report

Quoted By: >>2935969

>>2935905

Aren't a lot of higher end cameras going dual XQD now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 05:03:16 No.2935911 Report

Quoted By: >>2935969

>>2935901
To add one more thing, if you look long term the cost benefit becomes more apparent. Adding lenses to your arsenal is much, much cheaper once you buy an adapter or two for legacy glass. I don't even need to think about lens purchases because I'm not roped into paying a premium for a particular mount. What's the cheapest 28mm prime for Eos? What's the cheapest 85mm for F-mount?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:01:07 No.2935943 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935905
Oh, what do you use?

Also, if you know, how is XQD better than SxS?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:15:16 No.2935951 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935780
Everyone I know who has a Sony Alpha hates it and is trying to get rid of it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:50:15 No.2935969 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935908
1DX2 is CF/CFast
1DX is 2 CF
5D3 and 4 is CF/CFast
7D2 is CF/SD
D5 is 2 XQD or 2 CF
D4 is XQD/CF
D810 is CF/SD
D500 is XQD/SD

>>2935911
85/1.8Ds go for $300 or so. Cheaper for AIS models, naturally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:58:08 No.2935973 Report

Quoted By: >>2935974

nex-5 vs a3000?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 07:00:07 No.2935974 Report

Quoted By: >>2935978

>>2935973

a3000. Newer, better sensor.

NEX-5 is six years old now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 07:02:43 No.2935978 Report

Quoted By: >>2935982

>>2935974
isn't the menu utter shit? and that build quality tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 07:05:47 No.2935982 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935978

On the a3000? Yea it isn't as nice as a modern one, but it is 100 times better than the NEX-5 menu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 07:49:40 No.2936010 Report

Quoted By: >>2936019 >>2936066 >>2936121

I have a budget of ~$7000 for a body and a lens, to shoot birds in flight.

what body and lens would you rec?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 08:42:18 No.2936019 Report

Quoted By: >>2936026

>>2936010
Nikon d500
sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 dg os hsm a1
1.4x teleconverter

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 09:01:04 No.2936026 Report

Quoted By: >>2936066 >>2936244

>>2936019
thx rec senpai
1k under budget too

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 10:43:12 No.2936063 Report

Quoted By: >>2936072

Selling a camera for the first time - any tips before I do? Gave my first DSLR to a buddy so I've never done this before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 11:01:40 No.2936066 Report

Quoted By: >>2936125

>>2936010
d500+used 500mm f4+1.4x TC
>>2936026
not the same guy, but a used 7d and used 400mm f/5.6, and it might put you a smidge over budget unless you get grey market stuff

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 11:12:13 No.2936068 Report

Quoted By: >>2936074 >>2936083 >>2936090 >>2936116 >>2936363

tl;dr:
i'm a poorfag and want mirrorless aps-c cammera with best image quality for ~$150 used

my long and convoluted question in which i don't really know what i'm asking:
i'm learning about photography for a couple of months now, i know basics of exposure, i know what shutter speed, aperture and is means and what rising/lowering each do to the image, i know that mpx isn't everything when it comes to image quality, that it's more about physical size of the sensor and individual pixels is very important, i know that camera megapixel isn't the most thing either and every lens can produce set amount of perceivable resolution but i don't really know what makes a camera have a good image quality, i'm talking about the body, how from a spec sheet can i know which camera have a better image quality?
i'm really poor and want to spend ~$150 on a digital camera, mirrorless becouse i can get cheap manual lenses and use with it, currently i struggle to find differences in sony mirrorles lineup, i'm talking about diferent versions of nex-3, nex-5 and a3000, most of them are in my price point used but i don't really know what difference in image quality i can expect between them, the sensor spec differs from 14 to 20mpx and i don't really need mind to go for the lower resolution if it's just the image size becouse my manual lenses probably produce like 5-8 percivable megapixels at most and that's on a film body
is there a big diference in image quality betwen those models?

what i mean is when you crop 1:1 sometimes every pixel has detail and sometimes it seems like it's a lower res image stretched, does the sensor have anything to do with this or is that only lens's perceivable resolution?

I JUST WANT A CHEAP CAMERA I CAN LEARN ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY ON THAT DOESN'T MAKE BLURRY PICTURES
[spoiler:lit]I'M A FUCKING MORON BTW OK THANKS[/spoiler:lit]

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 11:29:02 No.2936072 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936063
Take good pictures of it, be honest, and think about what sort of information you'd like to know if you were looking for that particular camera. Are there any known issues with thst model in general, (if digital) how many actuations does it have, etc. If you're selling lenses too take pictures of the front and rear element.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 11:30:32 No.2936074 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936068
>guy hasn't even started and has already filled his mind with gearfagging garbage

Perceivable megapixels? Who the fuck even cares? Your budget is garbage, what you need to be concerned with is that the camera you get at that money isn't all fucked up. You literally can't afford to be concerned with detailed specs at this point, and since you're a beginner, they won't make any difference anyway. Just grab a camera that's the least likely to die on you two weeks in.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 11:53:28 No.2936083 Report

Quoted By: >>2936123

>>2936068

Save up money ($500 or so).

Buy an a6000.

Play with kit for awhile.

Can't afford that, just get a used mirrorless. NEX-3 or an old m43.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 12:05:48 No.2936088 Report

Quoted By: >>2936167

Just bought this beautiful piece of gem the Xpan off ebay. was wondering if i should invest on the 30mm?.. cost as much as a used summicron asph but from what i had heard.. its an essential piece of lens for the Xpan

thoughts?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 12:06:13 No.2936090 Report

Quoted By: >>2936123

>>2936068

Save up money ($300 or so).

Buy a used K-50.

Play with it for awhile.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 12:51:52 No.2936116 Report

Quoted By: >>2936123

>>2936068
> how from a spec sheet can i know which camera have a better image quality
You know from measurements by DxO and so on that actually list you the colour / dynamic range and ISO performance and all that.

But at $150, you can't choose for shit. Sorry to hear you're that low in terms of a budget.

> I JUST WANT A CHEAP CAMERA I CAN LEARN ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY ON THAT DOESN'T MAKE BLURRY PICTURES
Sorry, but no. You want a good body and lens at the price of a single entry-level lens. Not gonna work well.

Oh sure, the E-mount has very cheap & very sharp lenses with, like, the 60mm Sigma Art f/2.8 and 30mm Sigma Contemporary f/1.4 but they still cost as much / twice as much as your budget on their own. But that IS cheap.

Sell some shit, free more money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:03:29 No.2936121 Report

Quoted By: >>2936125

>>2936010
Depends. If you want a more walkaround beach and cliffside bird shooting setup, that might be a A6300 and the FE 70-200mm f/4 or f/2.8 or something like that.

If you want some srs gear to mount on a gimbal and camp out, well, get a tripod with a gimbal, a 400mm Canon L with two teleconverters or maybe a Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 Sports or such, and a 7D Mark II as body (Canon might have better primes and bodies, but they will not easily fit the budget).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:04:41 No.2936123 Report

Quoted By: >>2936131 >>2936177 >>2936363

>>2936116
i don't want a lens, i have a Helios 44k-4 and Pentax 28mm 2.8 i want to use those with an adapter and get more manual focus vintage lenses, that's why i want sony with focus peaking

>>2936116
>>2936090
>>2936083
saving money is kinda pointless imo, i could save for a a6000 in couple of months, maybe a year but if i buy a cheap camera now i will be taking photos all this time and upgrade later, not just looking at gear online, i want to get out there and shoot with an entry level body and old lenses, i just want to spend my very few resources as best as i can

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:12:34 No.2936125 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936121
>>2936066
thx for replies
good to hear different suggestions

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:19:44 No.2936126 Report

Quoted By: >>2936127 >>2936139

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlLM_AFx_2U

GEARFAGS BTFO

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:24:24 No.2936127 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936126
(You)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 13:29:30 No.2936131 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936123
>i don't want a lens, i have a Helios 44k-4 and Pentax 28mm 2.8 i want to use those with an adapter and get more manual focus vintage lenses, that's why i want sony with focus peaking
I get the usability argument, but drop sharpness. These lenses may have some bokeh and a wider aperture as option, but they aren't really beating a kit lens in terms of sharpness.

> i just want to spend my very few resources as best as i can
Well, the A3000 is the best of these.

Of course I'd just buy a Yicam to shoot now and save up (or make investments to reduce everyday expenses) to get something actually useful (apparently months?) earlier, but this point is always a hard sell with poorfags.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 14:00:10 No.2936139 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936126
>canon 18-55 non is

nothing of value was lost

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 14:46:03 No.2936166 Report

Quoted By: >>2936183

why camera company doesn't opensource their firmwares?
think of all the free labor they can get.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 14:48:45 No.2936167 Report

Quoted By: >>2936186

>>2936088
Fuuuck congrats dude. Beautiful piece of kit.

I'd shoot with the 45, for a month or two and then decide if you want the 30. Bet that thing is gunna feel pretty wide if it's your first foray into panos, even with the 45 attached.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 15:12:55 No.2936177 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936123

Here anon, buy this.
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-NEX-3-14-2-MP-Silver-ILCE-E-mount-Camera-Body-New-Accessories-/201675147041?hash=item2ef4c68721:g:XSAAAOSw8gVX5ZER

Menu isn't the best, but you are shooting manual lenses so it isn't an issue.

If you wanna splurge a little get this
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Alpha-A3000-20-1MP-Digital-Camera-Body-A-3000-595-/401197182219?hash=item5d69372d0b:g:u8kAAOSw8gVX7Dgx

You could also look at used m43 bodies, but the crop factor may be annoying.

Don't forget your adapters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 15:20:35 No.2936183 Report

Quoted By: >>2936185

>>2936166
Most of the faggots want to keep shit proprietary and have tiers between camera models.

Many probably stole source code or hired random people who might have stolen source code, too. Or licensed fully proprietary software themselves without the right to sublicense in any way.

But hey, we will probably get open android cameras eventually. Sony's and other people's models internally already run that, and people started hacking around.

https://github.com/ma1co/OpenMemories-Framework/blob/master/docs/Cameras.md

It's not much yet, but eventually maybe something seriously much better will get done, if not by the company then with completely 3rd party firmware.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 15:23:37 No.2936185 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936183
PS: CHDK and MagicLantern are obviously more noteworthy projects at this point, but they don't quite have the same potential as a fully hackable Android should have - in my opinion at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 15:26:19 No.2936186 Report

Quoted By: >>2936187

>>2936167

thanks.. well my only concern now is how do i scan the negatives. Flatbed scanner is the only option as of now still trying to find a better solution.. especially with a dedicated scanner

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 15:31:54 No.2936187 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936186
> still trying to find a better solution
DSLR/MILC "scan".

>especially with a dedicated scanner
Heh. If you must, a Reflecta RPS-10M has okay quality when you have a workflow with vuescan & colorperfect or (fairly unfriendly license and cost) SilverFast.

Epson / Canon also have halfway usable flatbeds.

It's just all slow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 17:08:01 No.2936244 Report

Quoted By: >>2936531

>>2936026
The other anon has a pretty solid rec too, but I want to talk about why I said what I did:

Body: d500 has a killer ISO performance profile which means you won't have to be afraid of raising ISO to get a decent shutter speed. It's got great autofocus and a solid burst rate too. The 7D mkii is solid in this area but not so much on the ISO.

The lens is versatile as fuck, especially with a maximum aperture of 2.8, with the tele, it becomes a 168-420mm f/4, which still helps in lower light significantly and is a solid as hell range for birding. You can even consider throwing on a 2x tele which would give you a 240-600 f/5.6...600mm 5.6! Zoom helps you get framing that you want a little easier with less movement and lets you far more easily deal with opportunities that present closer and farther away...the downsides though: focus will be slower than with a first party prime, not unuseably slower, but definitely noticeably, especially at wider apertures. It's a fat hog of a lens. It weighs something like 9 pounds. You're going to want a monopod at least. Supposedly the image stabilization is good for four stops, but I'd say it's generally more like two.

Whatever you do get, long and fast should be priorities in my mind. How long depends on what and where you'll be shooting, but 300mm is your floor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 17:53:28 No.2936311 Report

Quoted By: >>2936404

Who /entrylevel/ here

Rocking a stock t3i still. What lense should I pick up?

I shoot a lot of action and motion, but also still shots.

Was thinking this cheeky lad

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AM7CJ0/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:04:37 No.2936329 Report

Quoted By: >>2936333 >>2936340 >>2936363

Need to upgrade from a D3200...

I'm thinking D7200 or D750 or Fuji X-T2?

I'm just a casual photographer, nothing too serious... Street photos/landscapes/portraits.

you /p/hags got any recommendations?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:05:52 No.2936333 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936329
K-3II or K-1

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:09:41 No.2936340 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936329
A6000 should be great.

Though since you're willing to spend $1k, you might get a A6300 or A7 II. Not that it will be a huge difference for the purpose indicated; you might prefer to spend that difference on lenses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:10:49 No.2936342 Report

Quoted By: >>2936408

Looking to sell some of my older gear that I rarely use and wondering whether the prices I'm asking for are too high/low:

Canon 550D/Rebel T2i + 18-55, 50 1.8 and 55-200 (all first versions). Comes with a set of ND filters, Intervalometer, remote trigger and all in original packaging. Was thinking about 350-400€ for that.

Fuji XE1 + M39/MD/M42 adapters, with Jupiter 8 and 11 lenses as well as an Industar 69. Comes with an extra hand grip and 4 extra spare batteries. Looking for around 300-350€ for the whole set here

Thoughts?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:25:04 No.2936363 Report

Quoted By: >>2936375 >>2936395

>>2936329
>Need to upgrade from a D3200
Why? Do you know what you want improvements on? You won't magically take better photos with a new camera. D3200 still has a pretty modern sensor and you might be better off spending the upgrade money on a new lens or a new trip.

>>2936068
>>2936123
If you want to shoot cheap vintage glass and already have a pentax lens, why not just go buy a pentax body? Pentax has tons of vintage glass lying around, but vintage glass isn't always bargain bin. You might just save more money in the long run with a basic 18-55 kit lens that will give you different focal lengths to learn on. I'm not so sure why you're so dead-set on getting a mirrorless.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 18:50:59 No.2936375 Report

Quoted By: >>2936380 >>2936382 >>2936402

>>2936363
Because I've had the D3200 for a couple years and am bored with it. I'm a gear /p/hag and need to make myself feel better by buying new gear when I get bored. The Xt1/2 or x100t is sexy af and much easier to carry with me so I'm leaning towards those.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:01:03 No.2936380 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936375

buy a used x100t at this point. it's late in its lifecycle and is due for a replacement.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:05:13 No.2936382 Report

Quoted By: >>2936422

>>2936375
>I'm a gear /p/hag and need to make myself feel better by buying new gear when I get bored
self-awareness is important

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:28:03 No.2936395 Report

Quoted By: >>2936403

>>2936363
becouse sony has focus peaking, i tried manual focus on k-5 and it's not as good as on sony and with a mirrorless camera i can get lenses for variety of mounts without any issues + prices of pentax cameras are dogshit where i live, for the price of nex-3n, nex-5a or a3000 i can barely get a k10d or k20d if i'm lucky

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:38:43 No.2936402 Report

Quoted By: >>2936422

>>2936375
>I'm a gear /p/hag and need to make myself feel better by buying new gear when I get bored.

You need more training.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:39:20 No.2936403 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936395
why would you want manual glass when you can get a normal and a portrait AF prime for $80 each? Are you a masochist?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:41:50 No.2936404 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936311
that Sigma is dogshit.

get the APO version instead, it's actually usable if you shoot it at f/8.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 19:48:47 No.2936408 Report

Quoted By: >>2936421

>>2936342
How is the industar? I just bought a 69 and waiting for it to arrive

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 20:09:28 No.2936421 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936408
I have one and it's quite soft wide open, corners don't get good unless you stop it down to like f/11. Maybe it's alright if you're going for some hipster retro look, but as far as objective IQ goes, even the infamous 16mm Sony pancake destroys it.

Also remember that it's designed for a shorter flange focal distance than regular M39 lenses; it has to be modified (helicoid stops removed, front barrel edges filed down) to allow infinity focus with a standard M39 adapter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 20:09:52 No.2936422 Report

Quoted By: >>2936450

>>2936382
>>2936402
Lets be real here fellas, we're all gear /p/hags here, whether we can afford it or not is the only difference. That's why we visit /gear/.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 20:09:54 No.2936423 Report

Quoted By: >>2936428

In slightly less than a week a bgn item I ordered off of keh should be in, wondering if anyone wanted to know what exactly that entails, i could take a few pictures of/with the lens.

I know a few folks are worried about used Gear, hoping to either calm or vindicate some worries.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 20:21:10 No.2936428 Report

Quoted By: >>2936624

>>2936423
BGN rating covers a fairly wide variety of conditions on keh, so I doubt a single sample will be very useful.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 20:53:39 No.2936450 Report

Quoted By: >>2936460

>>2936422
gay

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 21:02:08 No.2936460 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936450
I am a total /p/haggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 21:03:02 No.2936461 Report

Quoted By: >>2936497

Anyone know some good priced speed lights?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 21:03:52 No.2936462 Report

Quoted By:

How does the Canon 20mm f/2.8 compare to the 11-24mm f/4?

Is it the same or better at f/4?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 22:12:19 No.2936497 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936461
The Yongnuo YN560 / 660 system.

Get a -TX and YN660 or 560 III or IV.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 22:17:13 No.2936499 Report

Quoted By: >>2936507

Tfw no speculated date or price for the om-d em1mk2

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 22:28:55 No.2936507 Report

Quoted By: >>2936509

>>2936499
Isn't price 2000 yuros? Date will be 2017, muh earthquake and all.

>tfw mirrorless brands with """"""""""pro"""""""""" sports bodies don't release according to the olympic schedule
Do they even want to be taken seriously?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 22:33:15 No.2936509 Report

Quoted By: >>2936553

>>2936507
It was slated for 2016 and why would it be 2k?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 22:51:47 No.2936517 Report

Quoted By: >>2936553 >>2936739

Anyone used the new Pentax DFA 24-70/2.8? Or the Tamron lens it's derived from (SP 24-70/2.8 Di VC USD)? I'm thinking of getting one for my K-1 and I'd like to hear /p/'s thoughts on it, since I don't really trust the Pentaxforums user reviews to not love absolutely everything Ken Rockwell style.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 23:35:39 No.2936531 Report

Quoted By: >>2936537 >>2936553

>>2936244
thanks, appreciate the info

you think a prime like af-s nikkor 300mm f/2.8 vr II would be a mistake? and is it worth the $$ over the sigma 120-300?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 23:51:29 No.2936536 Report

Quoted By: >>2936557 >>2936563

See people always say to use a macro lens for scanning film, if I just add an extension tube to my lens would that be okay?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2016 23:55:19 No.2936537 Report

Quoted By: >>2936553

>>2936531
Honestly? That depends on you. What I suggest is getting the body and renting the lenses, especially if you have a local rental house that lets you rent for a few hours/single day.

The nikkor is an excellent lens. You're losing out on the flexibility of a zoom and possibly being able to afford teleconverters, so that's possibly a concern too, but how much of a concern is too case specific for anyone to be able to tell you...

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 00:22:43 No.2936543 Report

Quoted By: >>2936557

>tfw get a package in the mail

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:02:31 No.2936552 Report

Quoted By: >>2936557

Is this lens https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WENHU6S/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER a total rip off? I'm looking to get as wide angle as I can on a micro 4/3s camera. Also I'm a little worried about the distortion mentioned here: http://www.lenstip.com/465.6-Lens_review-Olympus_M.Zuiko_Digital_7-14_mm_f_2.8_ED_PRO_Distortion.html . Is the distortion so bad that it cant be corrected in lightroom?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:03:43 No.2936553 Report

Quoted By: >>2936566

>>2936509
Are you incapable of reading? It's pushed to 2017 due to the earthquake. Sony's sensor fab got busted, so third rate partners aren't getting their chips on time.

http://www.43rumors.com/first-e-m1ii-price-info-in-europe-body-for-e1-99900/

>>2936517
The Tamron's breddy gud

>>2936531
Rent as >>2936537 says. For regular turbojews, a D7200 and 200-500 would be fine. a D500 with 200-500 would be fine. A D500 with a old 300/400/500/600 would be fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:05:44 No.2936557 Report

Quoted By: >>2936558 >>2936741

>>2936536
The idea is that you want a flat field lens. Stopped down tessars with extension tubes or macro lenses.

>>2936552
The distortion is corrected in body.

>>2936543
>he actually bought a clear filter
A XS-Pro KSM CPL would be nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:07:15 No.2936558 Report

Quoted By: >>2936565 >>2936741

>>2936557
It's strictly for protection. Don't want to scratch the front element of an $1800 lens, plus the BW filters retain the front caps much better, the damn thing is always falling off in my bag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:11:43 No.2936563 Report

Quoted By: >>2936565

>>2936536
That or an achromat close-up filter lens can work, yea.

But it may be annoying to use depending on the lens and exact setup.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:16:24 No.2936565 Report

Quoted By: >>2936569

>>2936558
>scratching your front element
You should probably shake the sand out of your bag
>front caps
No comment on the holding power, but when I'm actively shooting, the only caps I use are rear caps when the lens is rattling around in the bag.

>>2936563
Gross

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:17:27 No.2936566 Report

Quoted By: >>2936567

>>2936553
literally the first and only thing I've seen in regards to a price.
Everyone and everything else tends to point towards a price similar to the launch of the OM-D EM1, aka something like 1.3~1.5k USD.
Also theres no mention of the 2017 date.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:19:34 No.2936567 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936566
also even olympus refuses to give an answer to either.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:21:58 No.2936569 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936565
> Gross
In general better than extension tubes, worse than dedicated macro lenses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 01:38:48 No.2936577 Report

Quoted By: >>2936617

>>2935801
It's pretty convenient, I have one for my 5DMII so I can check images on my laptop straight away if I want. Completely suitable for photography but not for Raw video, my adapter tested at 20mb/s with a 90mb/s max card in a CF slot which should be capable of 75mb/s when maxing out its speed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 02:41:37 No.2936617 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936577
What brand do you use?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 03:06:26 No.2936624 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936428

I ordered a BGN and an EX from Keh. THe BGN was in considerably better condition.

They are all over the place.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 03:36:14 No.2936638 Report

Quoted By: >>2936641

For a fun lomo camera how are the Holga Digitals?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 03:58:33 No.2936641 Report

Quoted By: >>2936675

>>2936638
SHIT. It's about the same "great" experience as having instagram or such with just one of the worst filters permanently enabled.

If using a MILC with a good lens isn't fun enough, buy a Yicam. Buy a camera that can go on a quadcopter and fly that. Buy vintage lenses.

But fuck Holga retro hipster trash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 05:15:07 No.2936675 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936641

They actually make holga "lenses" for mirrorless cameras.

i saw once cheao and picked it up.

Holy shit was it bad. Like, I am sure just poking a hole in my body cap and using that as a lens would give me a better image.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 08:06:23 No.2936739 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936517
Apart from the onion-bokeh it is pretty good. It's zoom range is awkward for crop so I use the 16-85 instead. You can still do that as a fall-back alternative, going crop mode and use the best IQ in that range.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 08:08:10 No.2936741 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936557
>>2936558
He needs a filter for complete sealing for his Canun lens, plus Canun saves production bux by not doing fluorite coating on the front elements.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 08:39:10 No.2936754 Report

Quoted By: >>2936758 >>2936776

>>2934897
Is this a camera gore thread?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 08:44:35 No.2936758 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936754
No, this is a Sony product support thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 09:32:38 No.2936776 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936754

Nope.

This is a third party battery thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 12:30:50 No.2936829 Report

Quoted By: >>2936871

Pentax DA* 300mm f4 or F* 300mm f4.5

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 13:16:25 No.2936846 Report

Quoted By: >>2936855 >>2936858 >>2936860

So, it happened, I got my first grains of dust.
What do I do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 13:43:54 No.2936855 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936846
used the "sensor cleaning mode" option and the spec got smaller. from that bright white spot with a purple halo to just a purple spot. Used it a a few more times and it's gone now.
Phew.
Panasonics internal sensor cleaning seems to be really good. I heard Sony's ain't worth shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:00:36 No.2936858 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936846
Try automatic sensor cleaning
Try using a dustblower (quick fix, dust may fall onto the sensor again.
Buy dust cleaning kit, careful to buy one suitable for your camera.
Send your camera in for cleaning (expensive time consuming)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:02:50 No.2936860 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936846
Clean. Your camera may use its internal routine at every startup, but if it doesn't, trigger that.

If that doesn't work, try blowing air (but not canned air, canned air can smear shit on your sensor and be too cold and stuff) with a hand blower.

if that doesn't work, use a nice microfiber towel or cleaning swab.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:20:50 No.2936871 Report

Quoted By: >>2936879 >>2936893

>>2936829
DA* has sealing, FA* has FF cover. Both has excellent IQ.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:35:18 No.2936879 Report

Quoted By: >>2937002

>>2936871
DA* 16-50 or w/e has worse iq than a Sony pancake kit zoom

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:52:08 No.2936890 Report

Quoted By:

can someone point me toward a good octapus style tripod that actually supports the weight of a DSLR? There's so many of them and I don't want to buy some POS designed to hold a Nikon Coolpix or a cell phone or some shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:52:51 No.2936891 Report

Quoted By: >>2936921

I'm trying to find a durable and long leather shoulder strap. All of the ones I've seen so far are chinkshit or like 40inches max. I don't mind spending a far bit ($100 or so).

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:57:47 No.2936893 Report

Quoted By: >>2936916

>>2936871
DA* 300/4 covers FF too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 15:27:18 No.2936902 Report

Quoted By:

>>2935570
Which exact model do you have?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 15:54:20 No.2936916 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936893
I find it quite amusing how Pentax was putting "DA" on almost all new lenses for a decade so people didn't them about FF too much, but now when K-1 is out, they have a table on their site that shows which DA lenses are actually not crop specific.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 16:03:05 No.2936921 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936891
Gordy's are custom length, and their website shows a 50" one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 18:38:24 No.2937002 Report

Quoted By:

>>2936879
The budget DA 16-45 shits all over the DA* 16-50 and the DA 16-85 blows all pro lenses out of the water in its zoom range.
It's widely known how shit the DA* 16-50 is, not just optically but in construction. The SDM drive is known to shit out on you. At least it is possible to revert to screwdrive on it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 19:33:18 No.2937046 Report

Quoted By:

That Magmod thing looks pretty cool but holy shit is it expensive! Does anyone have it? Comments on it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 20:02:45 No.2937066 Report

Quoted By: >>2937090

https://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-Ultra-Angle-Fixed-Built-/dp/B004NNUN02/

Rokinon 14mm/2.8 for $290
How are these lenses?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 20:27:53 No.2937090 Report

Quoted By: >>2937100

>>2937066
It was already a great lens for the original price.
At $290 it is a fantastic deal.
You can probably sell it at a profit.

Only downsides to this lens are:
- manual focus only.
- quite heavy distortion (but that can be fixed in post).

If I didn't already own a 15-30 f/2.8 I would buy one myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 20:49:45 No.2937100 Report

Quoted By: >>2937114

>>2937090
Thanks. I'm trying to see what I'd use it for
Landscape, interiors, astro... anything else?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 21:10:08 No.2937114 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937100
...for taking photos maybe? Instead of posting about it on a third rate anonymous internet forum?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 21:34:34 No.2937125 Report

Quoted By: >>2937127 >>2937130

Im at my parents' for the Weekend and I found my dad's old Flash, a Minolta Programm 4000 AF
http://www.kenrockwell.com/minolta/maxxum/4000-af.htm
I don't have a Flash yet, so I put it on my G7 for when some Friends asks me to do Photos on their Party.
The Flash behaves strange. It seems as if the light only Hits the lower part of the Frame. I played with shutterspeed a Bit and with longer exposures, more of the Frame is covered but also overexposure is more likely.
Does anyone know the reason for this or how to fix it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 21:39:28 No.2937127 Report

Quoted By: >>2937142

>>2937125
Your flash sync is off, the shutter curtain is half closed when it fires.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 21:43:47 No.2937130 Report

Quoted By: >>2937142 >>2937392

>>2937125
>I don't have a Flash yet, so I put it on my G7
This is how you fry your camera. Old flashes require high voltages of sometimes up to 400v to trigger them, versus newer ones which generally requite less than 25v.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 21:56:37 No.2937142 Report

Quoted By: >>2937144 >>2937146 >>2937354

>>2937130
>>2937127
Good to know.
Seems like I'll have to invest in a newer Flash.
Where do I get specifications for the trigger-voltage of flashes and my camera?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 22:02:07 No.2937144 Report

Quoted By: >>2937148

>>2937142
Your camera is fine, if it uses high voltage trigger then it would have already fried your camera.
Try working on the sync thing. Also the caps might explode since the flash is old.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 22:09:07 No.2937146 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937142
>Where do I get specifications for the trigger-voltage of flashes
I found this once, google for analog flash voltage/polarity or something. I had to reverse some wires to get my shitty flash to work, in hindsight I'm very glad my camera even works still, won't use that thing again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 22:13:41 No.2937148 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937144
>>2937144
I tried but Most of the Flash settings are greyed out. There is an Option to select "Flash Synchro" as 1st or 2nd. Whatever that means.
Makes No difference on the picture.
I guess this thing is too old.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 22:38:49 No.2937151 Report

Quoted By:

I have a D3200 and a couple kit lenses that I never use (18-55 and 55-200, neither are VR)

I mainly just use my old 50mm prime manual focus because it's far superior in quality. I'm looking to get a new quality zoom lens with AF that's fast. I know I have a DX camera but I'm thinking of upgrading to a D750 in the future and am wondering if I should get an FX lens to use later or a DX that I would sell with the rest of the DX crap.

Any suggestions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 22:46:37 No.2937154 Report

Quoted By: >>2937167 >>2937168

Going 6D from a 60D a good cheap small step for a nightclub photographer?

As far as I know its low light performance is better than the 5D Mark III and I have always used the center point anyway. Then get a Sigma 20 1.4 or something. I just want good sharp overview shots, non flash shots of artists/djs etc

I am going to start with shoots but fuck that, I think it'll be good enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 23:05:47 No.2937167 Report

Quoted By: >>2937221

>>2937154
Why would you buy such a grossly outdated camera? Yes it is better in low light than the 5DIII but modern entry bodies like the D3300 or Pentax K50 and upwards are even better.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Sep 2016 23:08:09 No.2937168 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937154
>Going 6D from a 60D
Nigga what. That's like going from a D750 to a D7000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 00:29:42 No.2937221 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937167
Because every DSLR made since 2007 is more than adequate for any purpose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 01:12:11 No.2937235 Report

Quoted By: >>2937245

>>2934897
is 60 quid for a 35mm pentax m 3.5 good ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 01:21:32 No.2937239 Report

Quoted By: >>2937264 >>2937268

>no one buying my D810, MB-D12, Smegma Art 24-35mm, 50mm, and Nikkor 85mm 1.4 as a whole on CL
>300 shutter count
>people just messaging me for the 85mm

should i just ebay it and suck up the 10% or what. i just want to switch fuji and not be paranoid with my gear

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 01:30:55 No.2937245 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937235
>>2937235
meant to say 28mm

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 02:10:16 No.2937264 Report

Quoted By: >>2937385

>>2937239
how much for ur 85 beb

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 02:22:40 No.2937268 Report

Quoted By: >>2937385

>>2937239

I'll buy the 85mm from you. How much?

Just list the rest on ebay.

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 06:18:34 No.2937354 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937142

If you do your research, some older hardware is perfectly fine on a modern device.

Only handful of Minolta flashes are "digital ready" though, and that isn't one of them. So you'd probably be better off getting a new flash.

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 07:38:55 No.2937375 Report

Quoted By: >>2937377

muh rectangle hood

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 07:41:21 No.2937377 Report

Quoted By: >>2937695

>>2937375

You can buy a rectangle hood for the 35mm too, it is only $135.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 08:00:12 No.2937385 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937264
>>2937268
$1200; and ive taken less than 30 photos with it
if youre in the bay area check CL

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 08:56:06 No.2937392 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937130
m43 cameras can use old flashes just fine.

Of big manufacturers, I think only Canon cameras get fried by high trigger voltage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 09:14:35 No.2937402 Report

Quoted By: >>2937497

My friend wants to buy some small mirrorless camera for travel photography. He's not a photographer and doesn't know anything about photography. He's been looking at Olympus PEN E-PL8 with the 12-42mm pancake zoom but I think he would be better off with some APS-C mirrorless. I think Fujifilm X-E2s would be the ideal camera for his needs or even Canon EOS M3 or Sony A6000. I think his problem with them is that they cost a little more and are marginally bigger but I think they offer better value for money and the size difference is irrelevant.
What's your take on this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 09:23:53 No.2937417 Report

Quoted By:

Okay so I have a Cannon Rebel T5 with the kit lens and a 75-300mm. I'm a college student planning to study abroad so I'm thinking of looking into getting an affordable wide angle for the city and landscape shots as well as for greater zoom with decent perspective.

Any recommendations? I'm looking at local lens rentals rn to see if it'll do what I'm trying for. Other thoughts?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 11:43:31 No.2937484 Report

Quoted By: >>2937485 >>2937499

Guys i need a battery for this camera here can you help me out? I once went to a photostore in my town and they didn't have the right ones. Also i got this camera without a battery so I am not even sure if the camera still works properly. Should I even spend the money on batteries? They seem to be quiet pricey...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 11:50:56 No.2937485 Report

Quoted By: >>2937488

>>2937484
You will need a lens first.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 12:15:25 No.2937488 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937485
oh thanks forgot about that...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 12:40:08 No.2937497 Report

Quoted By: >>2937506 >>2937526

>>2937402
I don't really care if he doesn't make the same decisions as I would, but the A6000 is the best of the bunch.

E-PL8 or X-E2 would be okay, too... I'd only recommend against the EOS M3.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 12:45:40 No.2937499 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937484
> Should I even spend the money on batteries? They seem to be quiet pricey...
So is film. So is a lens. And unlike with the battery, you probably can't DiY a replacement for cheap.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 13:01:21 No.2937506 Report

Quoted By: >>2937513

>>2937497
I'd recommend the Fuji over Sony, because the Fuji is more developed as a system. He wants to invest in lenses in the future. Technically the Sony might be the best but Fuji is still good and bodies get old at some point. Lenses last longer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 13:26:56 No.2937513 Report

Quoted By: >>2937516

>>2937506
Sony has more lenses, more accessories, more strobes... how is Fuji more developed?!

And it's also better value at least on the camera bodies. For the lenses, it only has the downside that there is not much for midrange zoom lenses... but eh, either shoot low/high-end zooms or just primes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 13:43:46 No.2937516 Report

Quoted By: >>2937528 >>2937530

>>2937513
I think Fuji has more usable lenses, especially primes. The flash selection is more limited but still good enough. That doesn't matter for travel photography much anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 13:53:18 No.2937520 Report

Quoted By: >>2937527

best laptop for editing? I'm tired of the shitty 1366x768 screen on my thinkpad

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:08:18 No.2937526 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937497
E-PL8 is essentially a rebadged E-PL7, which, in turn, is E-PL6 with a few small improvements.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:10:09 No.2937527 Report

Quoted By: >>2937529

>>2937520
Macbook pro, unless you have to work outside (since the glossy screen gets loads of glare)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:10:35 No.2937528 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937516
> I think Fuji has more usable lenses, especially primes.
Not easily. The Sony glass is usually sharper when you compare models at the same price, and there is about twice as much (103 vs 60 lenses on B&H) for primes.

> That doesn't matter for travel photography much anyway.
I guess it's a safe assumption that he won't bother, huh...?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:12:07 No.2937529 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937527
It's not for work, photo is just a hobby, but I need a new computer and I'd like it to be good for editing, since my current one I bought for school to be rugged and hadn't gotten into photography back then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:13:40 No.2937530 Report

Quoted By: >>2937532 >>2937548 >>2937703

>>2937516
> I think Fuji has more usable lenses, especially primes.
Not easily. The E-mount glass is usually sharper when you compare models at the same price, and there is about twice as much (103 vs 60 lenses on B&H) for primes.

> That doesn't matter for travel photography much anyway.
I guess it's a safe assumption that he won't bother, huh...?

Often that one'd do more than other things, but I guess most people CBA to pack a good strobe. Doesn't look pretty or is heavy to lift or something, heh.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 14:19:23 No.2937532 Report

Quoted By: >>2937548 >>2937552

>>2937530

Also worth mentioning that unless he spends a ton for the X-T2, the autofocus on the Fuji bodies will be extremely painful.

Even with the X-T2's fast autofocus, some of the native Fuji primes are painful to use.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:00:17 No.2937548 Report

Quoted By: >>2937551

>>2937530
Well we don't have B&H here. Only Sony lenses for Sony and Fuji lenses for Fuji.

What do you do with a flash, if you're traveling? It's mostly street photos and landscapes.

>>2937532
The Fuji autofocus depends a lot on what lens you use and reviewers don't seem to have any issues with any of the current generation Fujis.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:09:43 No.2937551 Report

Quoted By: >>2937563

>>2937548
> Well we don't have B&H here.
It's just a quick way of listing most of the available lenses for either system.

Buy off other online shops / eBay shops which ship globally or shops that offer the same locally wherever you live.

>What do you do with a flash, if you're traveling?
Get better shots of the people you travel with.

Get better shots of various details in locations (the vast majority of tourists do visit structures... but nature also has a bunch of things for which you might want a strobe to shoot).

Or just shoot earlier / later in the day. YMMV, but it's a very useful tool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:11:03 No.2937552 Report

Quoted By: >>2937554

>>2937532
I'd only rate the early models (Pro1, E1) as "painful". The rest are usable even with the slowest lenses if you're trying to shoot action.

(On the subject of bad AF, I once used a lolympus 50/2 macro on E-P1 - it took probably 4 seconds to focus in broad daylight and still missed/failed like 60% of the time. Now THAT is painful)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:12:20 No.2937554 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937552
*if you're NOT trying to shoot action
obviously

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:18:13 No.2937562 Report

Quoted By:

>>2937559
>>2937559
>>2937559

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:18:56 No.2937563 Report

Quoted By: >>2937581

>>2937551
I'm from Finland.

In my experience a lot of historic sites restrict flash photography, especially if there are light sensitive paintings around. Size of the camera is very important for him, so I don't think he would carry a flash even if it was useful for him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 15:52:25 No.2937581 Report

Quoted By: >>2937588

>>2937563
> I'm from Finland.
So you're even in the EU? That should make it even easier to get anything you want than it is here...

> In my experience a lot of historic sites restrict flash photography, especially if there are light sensitive paintings around.
Sure, you don't shoot with flash near the paintings in these specific historic sites.

Not like most paintings make for a good photograph with your folks anyhow, and you can get pictures without them online, in the souvenir store.

There are lots of other situations in which you can use a portable flash. Tons of places everywhere without good light.

> Size of the camera is very important for him, so I don't think he would carry a flash even if it was useful for him.
Probably. Are we even certain he doesn't just want the RX100 IV or something like that?

Most people are not only too lazy to deal with strobes, they're too lazy to deal with using multiple zoom or prime lenses and cameras bigger than fit in any handbag or pants...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 16:01:13 No.2937588 Report

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>>2937581
It's still more convenient to buy from a Finnish store.

I'm not certain that eve he's certain. I'll see him next week and ask then. I have a feeling that he's going for the body + standard zoom + tele zoom setup. Whatever he may want, I just hope he buys something with an APS-C sensor and at least a few fast lenses available for evening/night shots.

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 19:47:39 No.2937695 Report

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>>2937377
>$135 for a hood

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Anonymous Sat 01 Oct 2016 20:06:35 No.2937703 Report

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>>2937530
ayo I heard you be wanting some sharp glass kiddo

ay sony where it at we got everything you need senpai senpai we can hook you up with some of the newest 50mm and 55mm zeiss lenses i herd that you care about lens sharpness and bokeh over usability fuck your life I don't care if you want to use a portrait lens or that there be no E mount lens that suits your style

go look at some mtf charts and compare test shots by sites ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy this be the finest glass in da universe
sony be king even for travel just use the 24-70 and GM lenses bruh

Weather sealing? Nah u dun need weather sealing kid, you don't take your camera outside to take shots of charts senpai only to take pictures of bins

Not everyone wants 103 lenses that they can fit up their rectum and not everyone needs the exact same focal length.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Oct 2016 15:50:31 No.2938225 Report

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>>2935045
>sell wet ink printer for $9

>ink regularly dries out over time, ink is wasted every time the printer is turned on for "maintenance", even more ink is wasted going into some "reservoir", if one of the 8 colors depletes, suddenly you can't print those color images you wanted

>each set of ink is $120

The most cost-effective use of that $9 printer is to use it as a paper-weight / strip any rare metals out of electronics, etc.

It's like a gaming console, they don't make profit off the initial sale, but every time you buy a game it's a total gougefest.
Except you could stop buying new games and still get some use out of a console. Whereas if you stop paying hundreds of dollars for a few drops of ink, there's nothing to use the printer for.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Oct 2016 15:53:00 No.2938226 Report

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Hey guys, I decided to get myself a rangefinder. Due to poorfag reasons I am choosing between Zorki 4k and Kiev 4A. Which one do you prefer and why? Any other inexpensive rangefinder camera you can suggest?

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Anonymous Mon 03 Oct 2016 00:01:24 No.2938547 Report

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>>2938225
Buy third-party ink or install a CISS. Problem solved.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Oct 2016 00:09:26 No.2938552 Report

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>>2938226
canon vt, p, 7s, and l1 are all better options

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Anonymous Tue 04 Oct 2016 11:46:30 No.2939884 Report

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How long will the alpha 6000 be around?
I'm thinking of getting a new camera and the a6000 fits my bill, but the camera has been on the market quite some time now and if there's a successor on the horizon, I'd rather wait than get a new one now.

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Anonymous Tue 04 Oct 2016 11:58:46 No.2939887 Report

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>>2939884

The a6000 successor was already released.

Even so, the a6000 is the best bang for your buck mirrorless on the market now.

There are also no rumored APS-C e-mount bodies coming anytime soon.

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Anonymous Tue 04 Oct 2016 12:25:11 No.2939906 Report

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How much would you pay for one of the back models of m42 Jupier-9?
I am bale to get one for roughly 110 usd

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 00:35:33 No.2940323 Report

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hi. what is for you the best combo or fixed lenses gear for shooting architactural ?

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 23:30:51 No.2940964 Report

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whats a decent compact camera for around 300 USD. Something thats compatible to a tripod and other basic gear.

Just want something that'll be good for photography as a hobby for now but I dont want to sink too much money into it yet.

Also any starting tips? I know basic composition rules but dont have much experience.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Oct 2016 23:41:58 No.2940969 Report

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>>2940964
Someone already asked this in a dedicated thread, you should ask there.

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