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A question, if you'd care to answer, please... The cameras I regularly use for shooting spoiled, ugly, demented, mutant children and their ignorant hairy John Wayne lookalike mothers are kept ready to transport, near my front door. But I've a few other cameras - all film - along with other associated bits and pieces. Right now some are in boxes or their cases, with a few here and there around the flat. So my question to you is: where do you keep your cameras? In a cupboard/drawer? On shelves? Got them in some sort of display cabinet or something? I'm not sure if I like the latter idea or not, as perhaps it's a bit "Admire at my cameras and make comments!"?
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Jun 13, 2010 01:11
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On the floor in my room. Scattered. Oh and there's one on the floor in my car under some pie wrappers. And I found a disposable camera for $2, bought it, and discovered it yesterday covered in cement in the back of my ute.
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Jun 13, 2010 01:22
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The answer for me is "wherever they happen to land". But seriously, wherever I happen to put it down is where the camera stays until I need to pick it up. My Pentax MEs are collecting dust on top of a bookshelf, my K10d is sitting next to one of my backpacks because I was planning a photo outing that never materialized, and my M645 is sitting on my desk because I was taking photos of adorable baby bunnies a few hours ago 
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Jun 13, 2010 01:46
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Well, I have two in a box on my floor with a bunch of darkroom supplies, one on the kitchen counter, and one beside me on the desk. If I cleaned everything up they'd all be in bags or boxes on an industrial shelf in the corner of my room.
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Jun 13, 2010 01:52
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I keep mine either on my desk beside the laptop. but all my other stuff is on my shelf/in my bag depending on the day.
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Jun 13, 2010 02:25
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Film stuff on shelves, digital stays in its bag usually. The Aero Ektar is exiled to the remotest corner of the house until I'm going to shoot with it.
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Jun 13, 2010 02:59
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I've got a desk that's normally used for plastic and metal models, but I moved all that stuff to the side to make a camera area. Of course, all my stuff is on the floor in front of the desk because I'm a lazy gently caress.
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Jun 13, 2010 03:03
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Pompous Rhombus posted:The Aero Ektar is exiled to the remotest corner of the house until I'm going to shoot with it. Holy poo poo, I didn't know they were loving radioactive 
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Jun 13, 2010 03:32
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oncearoundaltair posted:A question, if you'd care to answer, please... All my stuff is on my desk, kept together in a big pelican case. Otherwise, my rear end in a top hat cat will invariably decide to play hockey with my lenses and knock them to the floor 
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Jun 13, 2010 03:43
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Ah, that's cats for you. Although sadly I don't have the problem anymore. Maybe I should just keep my cameras in one big case or box or something. But I like being able to choose one whenever we go out somewhere - and it's easier if they're at hand.
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Jun 13, 2010 04:31
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I keep my 5d2 in a HPRC resin case with all of the gear I use regularly. I have a ton of old film cameras that were my dads and grandparents as well that I am using as bookends on different shelves around my house.
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Jun 13, 2010 05:48
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I wish I had a better system, but I've got crap all over the place. My 7D is sitting on my desk, my 350D is on a shelf, a lens and a flash in a shoulder bag, the rest of my gear in my backback. Light stands and an umbrella next to the couch in my computer rooom, softbox in the wardrobe. No organisation at all.
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Jun 13, 2010 08:07
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Everything stuff in a beat up travel bag. Said bag has lived in the trunk of my car for the last week, otherwise it's wherever in the house.
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Jun 13, 2010 08:11
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I keep the Nikkormat in the car. Well, my girlfriend's car. And she's taken it away (the Nikkormat) and left it at her workplace. Apparently she was showing her colleagues my "really ancient film camera". I'm older than that camera. 
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Jun 13, 2010 11:30
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My 2 main kits (DSLR & med format) are in bags. What ever bag I'm not carrying that day ends up in the closet. Next to my bed I have two cabinets that I use as a night table. Inside that is where I keep my back up DSLR and all sorts of weird stuff. I do keep a Nikkormat FTN in the living room loaded with Tri-X. When people ask about it I refer to it as my "throwdown camera" and refuse to elaborate.
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Jun 13, 2010 14:32
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Zack going live for his last day, should be more interesting today, hes finished with all the basic lighting technicalities. http://creativelive.com/live/lowres.html
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Jun 13, 2010 18:21
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oncearoundaltair posted:I keep the Nikkormat in the car. Well, my girlfriend's car. And she's taken it away (the Nikkormat) and left it at her workplace. Apparently she was showing her colleagues my "really ancient film camera". I'm older than that camera. "Really ancient?" The oldest Nikkormat would be from what, 1965? I have three cameras from the 1940s and one from the 30s, and the Nikkormat doesn't even look that old. How old is she?
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Jun 13, 2010 22:12
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She's 29. My Nikkormat is from the 70s. She calls it my 'clunky' camera. Philistine.
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Jun 14, 2010 02:01
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oncearoundaltair posted:Ah, that's cats for you. Although sadly I don't have the problem anymore. I built a shelf in a closet for my gear. Now all that sits there is the gear I use less often (macro rail, ebay triggers, Vivitar flash) plus my battery charging station (two canon chargers, two rechargeable battery chargers). The rest of the gear stays on the desk, or in one of a couple of camera bags.
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Jun 14, 2010 13:45
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It's funny I went and stayed with a friend of my girlfriend's in Chicago this weekend who is in his last year or so at Columbia studying photography.   Some of his work from last semester. The quality is poo poo because they are from Facebook but they look very nice when printed. He does not use flickr and his website is not quite finished yet so this is all I have to work with. I thought it was kind of funny how little he knows about his own gear. I've found this is very common with a lot of photographers I've talked to. Even quite a few respected pros. He's shooting with a Canon Rebel Xti (I think I have a hard time remembering Rebel models) with the kit lens. The funniest thing to me is that he was given a Nikon F3 with some great manual focus fast primes (35 f/2, 85 f/2, Micro-105 f/2.8) and he basically just used them for decoration around his apartment. I threw them on my D90 and shot a few shots. I actually really liked shooting with the manual focus lenses. I used them on my film body for the weekend (N8008) and I'm really looking forward to developing the shots. After playing around with them on my D90 he's decided that his next body is going to be a Nikon D700 so that he can meter with them and use them full frame. I think it just goes to show that people who spend so much time freaking out over gear just need to get out and shoot more. There are plenty of people who don't give a poo poo and just go out and shoot amazing images even with a pinhole camera made from a cereal box. I really dig manual focus lenses. I'll probably run by the used camera store here that has a ton of old manual Nikkor lenses. I'll see if I can find a deal. One of the shots I took using the 105mm f/2.8 macro. 
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Jun 14, 2010 14:37
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Equipment capability doesn't matter so much for studio work when you can control the lighting and you're shooting posed subjects. It comes hugely into play when you're shooting in conditions that are unfavorable and out of your control.
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Jun 14, 2010 15:51
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HPL posted:Equipment capability doesn't matter so much for studio work when you can control the lighting and you're shooting posed subjects. It comes hugely into play when you're shooting in conditions that are unfavorable and out of your control. You mean those guys lugging 6 figures of gear to the olympics and/or the superbowl aren't just unskilled hacks like Uncle Ken said?
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Jun 14, 2010 16:43
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KennyG posted:You mean those guys lugging 6 figures of gear to the olympics and/or the superbowl aren't just unskilled hacks like Uncle Ken said? I was thinking more along the lines of the guy who took a few Canon and Nikon top of the line bodies plus lenses to a dog surfing event. Don't get me wrong specialized gear for sporting events and such is very important. I'm into underwater photography which is probably the most expensive form of photography you can get into. My contention is that a good photographer can produce great images with even the cheapest of cameras. More expensive gear just makes it much easier.
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Jun 14, 2010 16:58
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HPL posted:Equipment capability doesn't matter so much for studio work when you can control the lighting ISO 100 at f/11 forever.
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Jun 14, 2010 18:08
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brad industry posted:ISO 100 at f/11 forever.  But on the other hand, at least no one expects perfection when you're shooting on the fly. With studio work, it's like: "God drat that stray hair!"
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Jun 14, 2010 18:28
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I had a horrible day of shooting yesterday for my fiancees graduation. Day was crazy overcast and rainy, indoor lighting was abysmal at: house, graduation venue, restaurant, one of my flashes poo poo itself and it was the only one I brought that day because I wanted to travel light. Our seats only allowed me to take pictures of her while she was facing away from us on the stage (I had to use my 70-200 f/4 and underexpose like crazy in hopes I could bump it up, LR3 noise reduce, and it would look okay, and it kind of sort of worked) To top it off, sometime in the middle of the day somebody moved my loving dipoter so some of my shots that should have been perfect were slightly misfocused, and I couldn't tell because of a 2.5 inch screen. When I say abysmal lighting, I had to shoot at f2, 3200 ISO, 1/20 and was still under exposed by 1-2 stops, so there is still some blur anyway. On the plus side, her family only cares about facebook sized pictures, where everything looks good enough-ish. e: And she had to return cap+gown after the ceremony, so I had to try to take indoor portrait shots of her-- 100-200mm @ 1/50 or slower, and still bumping exposure up in post. Literally nothing went right for me yesterday. Shmoogy fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jun 14, 2010 |
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Jun 14, 2010 19:09
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HPL posted:
Yeah but that's why I like it, everything is intentional. No excuses.
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Jun 14, 2010 19:12
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brad industry posted:Yeah but that's why I like it, everything is intentional. No excuses. Honestly, I'd love to do more work on the studio side. I have to develop more of an eye for those "aw, crap!" details before I even take the photo. If I ever buy a house, one room is going to be a studio for sure. Or at least one that can convert quickly into one.
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Jun 14, 2010 20:10
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Watching cameras get destroyed by wayward shots at the world cup is glorious. The ones triggered remotely and positioned behind the goal.
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Jun 16, 2010 15:21
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Fists Up posted:Watching cameras get destroyed by wayward shots at the world cup is glorious. The ones triggered remotely and positioned behind the goal. This is why 1 series camera's and pro lenses are built like weapons to bludgeon people to death.
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Jun 16, 2010 17:03
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Cuban Polaroid.Make posted:It was a wooden box with the bellows and lens from a folding camera mounted at one end with a complete darkroom inside. Using photographic printing paper the photographer would expose a sheet of paper for the negative, develop, stop, and fix it inside the camera, then put a copy stand on the camera and photograph the negative (to obtain a positive), develop, stop, and fix, then wash the final print in a coffee can of water attached to his homemade tripod.
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Jun 16, 2010 17:13
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Fists Up posted:Watching cameras get destroyed by wayward shots at the world cup is glorious. The ones triggered remotely and positioned behind the goal. In the Spain game I saw an L lens detach and go flying. I cringed.
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Jun 16, 2010 19:28
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Fungah posted:In the Spain game I saw an L lens detach and go flying. I cringed. Do you have a time stamp so I don't have to watch the whole replay (I am at work and listening on the radio)
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Jun 16, 2010 20:41
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KennyG posted:Do you have a time stamp so I don't have to watch the whole replay (I am at work and listening on the radio) Sorry I don't. It was in the first half though. A shot by Spain.
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Jun 16, 2010 21:53
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It was around 16:50 in the first half -- Ramos's shot goes wide of the goalpost. From what I could see, though, I don't think an L lens went flying. It hits and knocks over a dSLR, but I think it may have hit a small video camera, because the lens that flies off is white with a black hood, but it's thicker and shorter, like a 16-35, but since it's white, I'm assuming it's a video lens. Edit: here's a gif I made off of the ESPN3 replay  (my hosting) dakana fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Jun 17, 2010 |
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Jun 17, 2010 03:14
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Jun 17, 2010 05:12
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It looks like a black lens with a sticker on it maybe?
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Jun 17, 2010 06:18
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It happened in one of the earlier games as well. I think there was more destruction!
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Jun 17, 2010 07:13
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Because of the awkward parsing of the title, whenever I see the Polaroid thread, I read it ascode:
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Fists Up posted:It happened in one of the earlier games as well. I think there was more destruction! There was on the in the second half of the Dutch game. Couldn't get a cap of it. Commentators mentioned how he took out a few cameras.
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