If you have questions about a new camera, what lenses to buy and anything related to gear or wondering about getting into photography, post it in this thread.
Do not attempt to make a new thread for your new Rabal, broken glass and being new.
No pointless (brand) arguments and dickwaving allowed! You have been warned!
I repeat, ANYTHING GEAR RELATED goes in here!
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Fuck, anons.
I wanted an a6300 for all its awesomeness but the screen doesn't tilt enough for "selfies."
I'm making a short movie this September that involves a lot of recording myself talking and that's a total deal breaker.
Is there any workaround?
>>2817012
mirror+duct tape
If doesn't work, use more mirror and more duct tape.
Or get an a5100.
I'll just copy/paste this here since the old thread's going to die.
/p/ what camera do I want? Used to have a bronica and an EOS1n, sold everything a few years ago to go digital with an x20. Image quality is ok but I find myself wanting something else. I only really care about still image quality, I'll rarely shoot video. Was thinking of getting an OMD E-M5 since they go for cheap used and the lens lineup isn't expensive like fuji's.
Is there a better motorsports photographer?
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/p/hotograhy on YouTube
Who's your favourite youtuber and why is it Kai Man Wong?
I really like every frame a painting and ted forbes. Some /p/eople dont like ted and think he talks to much shit but I think they just have no clue about photography
I do watch DigitalRev and Bokeh regularly. I also watch Mijonju Show from time to time.
I genuinely dislike Jared Polin.
Weapons of Mass Production used to be a really cool channel. Sadly, they haven't had any update in a few years already.
>>2801604
Jared is a prick, I didn't mind some of his videos showing how he processes but once I saw footage of him working with other people and talking down to models I lost my shit
>Pic related /p/
>>2816339
D750 the rest don't matter.
>>2816339
>dslr
;^)
>>2816339
Canon entry level bodies have faggy controls.
Not as terrible as nikon, though.
Anyone have a recommendation? I would really like a TC-1 but I'm not about to spend $500 on a point & shoot...
I'd really just like an Av mode and decent optics... but beyond that I really don't care.
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>>2798015
that camera is so gorgeous.
just do it, I have one and love it.
Without this turning into a shitposting fest, could we discuss whether or not we should recommend this book to new anons who want to learn about photography. I see it recommended regularly in different threads and, having read it, I think we might be doing more harm than good to novices.
My problem with the book is that even the latest editions of it offer distinctly bad advice and misportray optics work at higher and lower ends of aperture. This is particularly the case when it comes to diffraction. Peterson says that when shooting at f/22 "any worries about loss...
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Sample of what we're talking about. Both pictures are taken at ISO 100 and 30 second exposure roughly two minutes apart. The left one is at f/22, right one at f/16. While neither is ideal, the difference is quite noticeable.
>>2817262
Sorry I can't help you since I don't have experience in this, but could you recommend one of those from the film days you talk about? I have the John Shaw's Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques. I didn't have any problems with metering after following what he says on exposure but just wanted to know if you would recommend anything else, or if simply there isn't anything else to know for a beginner.
>>2817262
Holy shit, again anon?
Did Peterson fuck your mom or something?
Be harsh, let's become better photographers.
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>>2807264
the subject is boring, try taking pictures of pretty women to get more views
>>2807264
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I've been shooting a shit ton over the last 2 years and fancy some peer to peer feedback, will be posting around 65 shots.
01: I sat down and spoke to a lady about her ex abusive husband who used to beat her and lock her in the house. I enjoyed connecting with the subject and while she was telling me her story I took 2-3 photos. I did not want to overwhelm her while she spoke.
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02: Another from the same conversation, while not as emotionally impactful it is technically better.
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03: I sat down with the subject after taking the photo and asked her to tell me her story. Something I noticed was the people around us looked through us, not wanting to really acknowledge us. I also like the contrast of the clothing between the subject and the woman's leg I used to frame to the left.
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04: I set out to shoot professionals and incorporate their professions in the shot. John is a florist.
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I just got my first DSLR and I'm almost solely interested in nightysky / astrophotography. That being said I just have the started kit with the 18-55mm lense. I plan on getting a couple lenses in a month or 2. Any help on Settings for the time being and what my first purchase for astrophotography should be?
>>2810032
first order of business is to get yourself a tripod.
>>2810032
You're going to get torn up by some of the posters on here for your thread, but you can do some okay stuff with the setup you got.
You can prop your camera against a shirt or something to makeshift a tripod until you buy one, but for starters, I'd try the 18mm end of the lens, and try and find a super bright star or the moon and use Live View magnification and manual focus to fine-tune the focus as sharp as possible, then because of the rotation of the planet, you're limited to about 25 second exposure before the stars begin to drag and smear, called star-trails.
To figure out what shutter speed to use, you can take your focal length you like, and divide it by 400 (some say 500, but let's be safe). so, your 18mm plus the crop factor means about 27 seconds. Now, if you used a 100mm lens, you could only take a 0.25 second exposure without getting star trails, which is very low. If you had, say, a 10mm lens, you could do 40 seconds, much higher than 18mm. so the difference is big dependign on focal length.
For aperture, wide open the kit lens is going to be icky, so use f/5.6, but also try another shot as wide as the aperture goes, cause it can make the image a lot brighter.
I'd try at 1600, then 3200, then 6400 ISO, and see how well the stars come out. Make sure to set the self timer on to minimize shake after you press the shutter.
Be aware that astrophotography setups are very expensive, and it's a deep rabbit hole and also inevitable hole in your wallet and bank account, but you could make do with just a wide prime, like some of the Samyangs people have been using.
>>2810032
Tripod
Very wide fast lens (potentially samyang/rokinon)
Newtonian telescope and mount adapter
Tracking mount
Gas money to get away from light pollution.
Film General Thread, aka FGT.
>just posting in the FGT doesn't make you gay, unless you shoot menelta
This is the thread for all of your stupid film questions, and to post your film snapshits without flushing them down the RPToilet.
It's OK to ask about film gear in this thread.
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Some break down IR exposure for me.
I have a shit ton of Nikkor glass with the red tick marks for IR focusing on them and I have what I believe to be a 720 or 820nm filter that you can't see through.
Do I expose for this like I would for visible light? Also doesn't it expose as regular BW film without the IR filter?
>>2810779
You should specify the particular IR film you're using.
You'll probably want to overexpose by 5 stop and it will probably look like a normal BW film at box speed w/o the filter.
>>2810765
And to start, some shots from my first bulk roll of HP5. My preferred EM has started leaking light like a bitch, but only in the top corner of a few negs. I glued in some film canister felt, so we'll see how that goes...
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Hey guys what are some of the best photos that y'all have taken in Manhattan? I'm just getting started so I want to see the pros' incredible photos. Here's my "best one"
Not OP but I am visiting NYC in June and would also like to see shots from you guys from NYC
OP here, I also took this on the pier of Jersey City. iPhone 5s photos are such bad quality desu
What are the meme/overdone locations for photography in NYC? Like the shot of Manhattan bridge from Dumbo.
Let's get a fresh Instagram thread going.
Show me what you got.
https://www.instagram.com/gregshovlin/
I shoot mainly nature; birds mostly.
https://www.instagram.com/doctor_wafflesmd/
Birds, animals, etc
>>2785764
I already follow you, good shit.
>>2785807
I follow you too and I can say the same.
I made this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVbrlh14Nw
I used metallic paint chips in oil, filmed w/ a cheap macro attachment on ebay on a helios-44m to create this effect. Filmed with the XT-10.
Let me know what you think, I'm happy to answer any questions on the process
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Pretty good. Nice editing and music too.
I'd like to see more.
No one else does color as
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>>2816287
cool aliasing and moire.
what are your export settings? do they vary? I dunno, I don't think I've ever discussed this with people before.
rez has been at 240 forever but I'm trying 300 now because why not
>>2815929
>rez has been at 240 forever but I'm trying 300 now because why not
Because it doesn't fucking do anything?
Also
>quality 100
wewewewewewewewewew
>>2815934
god forbid I use 100% quality on a 1500 pix photo that's a single MB in size
>>2815939
Read up on jpeg compression, homeboy.
What happened to instagram? I'm pretty sure they're getting prepped to start using it as a mass advertising machine, and forcing you to pay to advertise. But when did it happen that now only 18 of the most recent photos show up on the search feed?
Pic related, it's a search for #canon, and only shows 18 photos
I just did the same search and got this.
Maybe I'm not updated
>>2815862
Yeah, it only stayed like that for a few hours. I'm guessing it was just a test to get some statistics on making the switch. In the near future they're going to be rolling out a "Facebook" type timeline, basically forcing out most peoples content.
>>2815648
I dunno, I'm really pissed at the changes to the feed though. It's entirely fucked who I see and I don't have any clue how to fix it or if it even is fixable. Like I have a mix of large accounts and much smaller accounts that I follow, and now I literally never see the smaller accounts.