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What is with the current trend of accessorising the FUCK out of cameras?
Seems like everyone these days has some sort of soft release button, artisanal Leather wrist strap, got shoe cover made from rare hardwood, and taping over every logo?
Does this make their photography better or something? Seems like male jewellery to me.
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>>2822548
If I'm going to have my camera on me while I'm out and about, why leave it ugly when I don't have to?
Gearfags gonna gearfag
>>2822548
is that an artisan and artist strap?
>>2822548
It's just gear fetishism. The problem is not how much you accesorize your camera but how much effort you put in taking your photos.
>>2822548
why are you so mad assblasted about it tho lmao
nigga just walk away from the screen like nigga just close your eyes haha
>>2822555
>and taping over every logo
>gearfag
wat
True gearfags would never ever tape over the brand name/logos on their cameras.
I suppose this is now a Show Your Fujifilm Camera To the Class thread.
>Rubber grips
Gross.
It's a mental illness that only Fuji owners possess. Some sort of weird Leica envy probably. Never see this with Sony shooters,
>>2822590
DUN CHA HATE ON DA RUBBA GRIP!
I, I quite like mine. ;_;
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>>2822590
why do you fake brass your cameras?
>>2822590
You used this to shoot the hippies?
>>2822548
If your camera is badly designed with no grip and terrible shutter button you have do what you can to make it more like a real camera.
>>2822616
Alternatively you can buy a "real camera" and avoid falling for the accesory jew.
>>2822627
>Yes
How's your experience with it? How does it compare to a manual film rangefinder?
I love my artisan and artist silk strap. I just wrap it around my hand 3 times and it securely holds my camera. you should try it out OP.
>>2822629
Honestly it feels damn close to using an uncoupled rangefinder minus moving your eye between two windows
You press the back dial to zoom to the zoomed evf for focus check which goes back to the ovf automatically when you press the shutter. So frame then focus.
>>2822556
that's an annie barton strap
>>2822548
What do those thumb things do?
Help you get a grip?
>>2822665
Yes.
>>2822627
>It's been dropped a lot
Is that because it doesn't have a proper grip?
>>2822666
It looks like that would make it obtrusive when they could have just added a front side grip and made the battery bigger.
>>2822668
I was referring to the former owner(s). I purchased it quite cheap because it was so beat up, the hotshoe has been knocked off of it and glued back on before. Incapable of ETTL as a result. I know that at least the owner before me managed to drop it down a flight of stairs, which is where a lot of the dings probably come from.
I've only dropped it once, and it was a doozy. Setting it up on a tripod on top of my car, it slipped, smacked top-first into the ground. Got a nice ding in the viewfinder housing but otherwise fared it well.
Plenty of grip for me, but I know some of you fags have limp fingers and need a big rubber dildo to maintain your feeble grasp. :^)
>>2822592
>Never see this with Sony shooters,
No, never
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>>2822592
:^)
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before this thread i had no idea putting little things on your shutter button was a thing
>>2822693
well, welcome to /p/ then!
>>2822693
I disliked it, style wise, but found that it makes the button feel better, in the case of my X-T1. The shutter button is small, so a soft release helps it to feel better for me. It's grown on me.
Some companies make custom hotshoe covers. Check out Artisan Obscura to be wowed. Haha
>>2822693
thats because its not a thing for most digital cameras.
it was always a thing for film cameras. retro digital cameras have the threading for it, so people use them.
>>2822699
>it was always a thing for film cameras
I don't recall seeing them even once in film days. Never saw them in camera shops, never saw them advertised in photography magazines either (there was no internet). The only thing I ever saw being screwed into the shutter button back then was a cable release. And that was purely functional.
>>2822775
they existed then too, you just didnt notice. tom abrahamson has shilled them for decades.
in some circumstances, they make slower speeds more handholdable.
>>2822699
>retro digital cameras have the threading for it, so people use them.
>Hipsters now truly believe that threaded shutter releases were meant to be used to screw in some useless $100 nipple made out of obscure exotic endangered woods
>>2822805
No, that's not what they believe or what was implied.
>>2822565
Stop samefaggig this Tyler the Creator quote on every thread, you 15 year old faggot
>>2822807
But also why do only half of my cable releases work on my x100s?
Soft releases/hotshoe covers/blacking out logos are definitely a fad at the moment.
It's just for gear fetishists, unless your shutter release button is complete ass (Fuji...) they are totally unneeded.
No idea what the fuck hotshot covers are even necessary for besides converting your retro-analog-styled(tm) digital camera into a piece of pseudo-aggrandising camera bling.
And no, blacking out your camera logo does not make it stealth, you are still raising a hunk of black metal and plastic to your face, everyone notices.
>>2822813
I got one of those hotshoe cover grip things and it actually gives a little better grip. I used it quite some time, but recently needed my hotshoe for its original purpose.
Got a soft release button on all my cameras as I like my shutter release to be the same height as the speed dial.
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>>2822809
why are you so mad assblasted about it tho lmao
nigga just walk away from the screen like nigga just close your eyes haha
>>2822781
This. Also they're quite useful with all mechanical cameras that have very sticky shutter pulls and horrible, finger maiming buttons (Praktica, Zenit). It's the same thing as shooting hobbyists modifying their gun's trigger mechanism and why there are a billion and one different shaped triggers for any given firearm available. This isn't to say that hipster nu-males weren't using them simply to look cool and "pro", but they do have utility value.
>>2822820
Why did you cover the viewfinder?
>>2822826
because I never frame my shots. I got this mad avant-garde thing going on..
It's an X-E1 and there's no ovf, just some ugly logo.
>>2822831
Oh.
Looked like an xpro.
Nevermind.
>>2822832
naw, if it had an ovf I surely wouldn't tape it..
>>2822832
ur mom looks liek an ex-pro
>>2822833
Unless you got that mad avant-garde thing going on like a flaming la-la homo faggot.
>>2822820
>covers up your camera logo and adapter (lol) for extra 'stealth'
>puts a huge bright red dot on the camera
>hasn't blacked out your shutter dial too.
>>2822548
Used to have a soft shutter release but ended up taking it off after a year. I like without it more.
Don't like neck straps.
The Gordy's wrist strap has saved my camera at least 3 times now.
All in all worth the $30
Just ordered an Xpro 2 with an artisan amd artist strap, a grip and a matching mahogany hotshoe cover and shutter release set before I saw this thread. I feel a bit silly forgetting the gaffer's tape to cover the logos now
>>2822679
Can't you tear back off the hotshoe and reconnect the leads or do you even care?
>>2822813
>No idea what the fuck hotshot covers are even necessary
I use one of the rubber bubble ones on my Canon so I don't have to worry about it wearing into the fabric of my pocket.
>>2822813
My old tripod doesn't have bubble level, so I just bought one for the hotshoe
Male jewellery is a good term. Males have this problem where they really want to be bling bling, but they still need some excuse to wear it, the excuse usually being about functionality. Most people who buy a fancy quick-release padded strap for 300$ (jesus fucking christ) for example, probably do not actually carry their camera around all day taking pictures, and thus do not ever experience the supposed strain from carrying a camera around with the factory strap.
I don't see any problem with it though. If it makes people feel better and doesn't contribute to some form of degeneracy, who cares.
>>2822548
Tripod, filters, sling strap, messenger bag/backpack. The usual.
>>2822590
Do you like big Fujis?
Like 6x9 big?
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>>2822683
>wood texture
>>2822548
I agree with you. Looking for used cameras on ebay is a fucking joke, half of them are covered in the shit you mention.
I treat it like a used car. I'd never buy a car with a fat exhaust pipe, JDM stickers, ugly ass paint, aftermarket spoiler, etc because you just know the owner is a dumbfuck teenager who cant be trusted with basic maintenance.
>>2822964
so sexy, be my husbando/waifu
>>2822548
That hot shoe thumb grip in the pic is fantastic. If I had an x-pro id absolutely have one of those.
>>2822629
Why there is flying snakes
>>2822964
Dick status: muh
What model is that?
>>2822894
they're not disconnected, they're just crooked. The bottom face of the hotshoe is at a slight angle, enough that the center contact still works, but the ETTL ones dont
doesnt matter much to me. I never use ETTL
>>2822964
Lel, looks like some '90s plasticky piece of shit.
>>2822964
TEXAS LEICA
>>2823170
So does your mother desu.
>>2822820
What lens its that m8?
>>2822964
>filename 10' fuji
wat
>>2823245
To this day I refuse to buy that camera solely because of it's nickname. I know how stupid I am but I can't help it.
>>2823474
That name doesn't make you want it even more? I wish it was a 6x12 camera because then it would only fit six photos on a roll of film. Then it would be a six-shooter.
>>2823498
>texas leica
>poor man's leica
>budget leica
The GW690 is probably better than any leica. I have nothing against leica. It just puts a camera as a second place to something that has nothing to do with it. I think it discredits great cameras by making such comparison. If my camera was called something like that I couldn't let it go like most people would. I really wish it didn't bother me.
I think it's an insult to the camera and the camera owner.
>>2823518
Texas Leica is appropriate considering the size. It's a giant rangefinder and Leica is a sort of metonym for rangefinder.
>>2823520
I understand the name. There are many other large rangefinders cameras and the GW690 is the only one that is called that.
>>2823470
35mm 2.5
>>2823535
>There are many other large rangefinders cameras
There really aren't. Mamiya and probably a couple niche brands. Most of the others have reasonable handgrips but the 690 and 670? don't which makes them look like giant Leicas.
>>2823518
i call my Q-S1 a poor man's leica. it has that rangefinger look
>>2823568
> 3 pieces of tape and a soft release button are enough to know and judge a person
well, your opinion seems to be quite firm, but as you based it on assumptions instead of being open towards people, you're obviously just an ignorant cunt. that's ok..
>not having half a roll of gaffers taped to your camera for when you need gaffer tape
>mfw I learned today that people taping over logos on their cameras is a thing
What is even the point? Fujifags wanting to be mistaken for Leicafags and Leicafags not wanting to be called names for the red sticker?
>>2823646
~Stealthness~
>>2823650
How does that make your camera stealthy? It's still fucking there. Everybody can see it. And Jaykwon and Tyler don't give a fuck about what brand the camera they're going to snatch is, as long as it gets them $20 at a pawn shop.
>>2823666
Yeah it's probably more about aesthetics or not wanting to be a walking advertisement
>>2823646
http://pseudosticky.wikia.com/wiki/Pseudo_sticky#Why_tape_the_camera_logo
>>2823668
>not having pride in your taste
Canon shooter pls go
>>2824732
They work great. Fujis are designed to control aperture on the lens, so putting an old manual lens on them works perfectly. The MF assist features are great. The only thing you might be unhappy with is the balance, as the flange distance is so short, your adapter adds quite a bit of "dead space" onto the middle of the setup. You can speed-boost the FD mount though, which can be very nice.
>>2824732
isi's adapter says "fotasy L39-FX"
fujis are good with adapters, they're somewhat meant to be used that way. Fujifilm makes an official Leica-Fuji adapter.
>>2824732
I've been using cheap third-party adapters (~$10-$20 each) from eBay on both my Sony and the Fuji for years now. They work great, are robust and provide the extra of flange distance needed.
I currently have/use three different adapters on my X-Pro1; FD, M42 and MD to FX.
>>2824732
If you aren't adding any lens elements, pretty much any adapter will do just fine. It's just a dark tunnel with two different mounts on it. Not much to screw up. When you start adding contacts for data, or lens elements for flange distance or speed boosting, then you have to worry. Otherwise though, get the cheapest thing you can find and have a blast.
>>2823013
690 Mk2
>>2823549
G690
GW690
GF670
GA/GS645
Mamiya Press
Marshal Press
Koni Omega
Makina 67
Mamiya 6/7
Bronica RF645
That is just the japanese ones. Then there are the german folding rangefinders. Not a single one is called that.
>>2825308
>GW690
ALL of the Fuji MF RFs are called texas leicas, bro
>>2825309
I only hear it about the G/GW690 line. Haven't heard it for something like the GF670 or GA645.
>>2823646
As far as I know, it originally came from sports photography, where shooters don't want to give free advertising to a brand that doesn't sponsor them. Gearfags picked it up and convinced themselves that they were less likely to get robbed or something.
>>2825312
those don't look anything like a leica though
>>2824779
That's what I figured, it's pretty hard to fuck up a tube who's only purpose is to attach to two points and be dark on the inside. Though china has surprised me before, maybe they're made out of lead.
>>2823568
Buttblasted
>>2822548
because cameras are hipster accessories nowadays. I can't talk shit though, I love a good looking camera, they just satisfy my thirst for cool tech
>>2823646
>What is even the point?
I tape over logos because I think logos are ugly
also because it triggers people like you
>>2822592
I shoot fuji and I think this shit is gay as fuck, a simple leather strap is all I need
>>2828622
This actually made me laugh out loud
>>2822604
how is the manual focus with the OVF?
you preferd the EVF?
>>2828710
manual focus with the OVF is pointless. You have no confirmation other than the distance scale. You need to use the EVF with focus peaking.
>>2828716
thanks anon,
Little by little my doubts are resolved about the xpro1. i think the best choice its the xpro1 and the 35mm f2
>>2822836
this
>>2828622
>exposed FX badge
>exposed D750 badge
They thought of everything! If you're sick of FF you can just change it to crop then
>>2828622
>exposed model number
>exposed FX badge
>blocked hotshoe
>blocked lens disconnect button
what is this for, aside from making sure that everyone notices your camera?
YLYL
>>2829802
Some sort of half-arsed weather proofing maybe?
