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onezero posted:House got broken into today.  Seriously, anyone who doesn't have it, call your auto insurance provider tomorrow and add renter's insurance. It's ridiculously cheap and at least provides some peace of mind if you're worried about being robbed. Just keep in mind there are usually some gotchas if you generate income from your equipment or otherwise use it commercially, so be upfront with your agent about that. Out of curiosity, where was your gear at in the house?
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If you have the serial numbers of your gear, try going to the local pawn shops and giving them the list. You might not get your gear back, but at least it'll make it harder for the thieves to pawn it off. Might not be a bad idea to post something on the local Craislist photo section as well, though I'm no expert on that.
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May 4, 2011 06:05
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I like to think that I have so many backpacks, messenger bags, and other carrying cases stored in my closet that thieves would give up and assume there's just nothing valuable in there and swipe the PS3, 360, Wii, LCD TV, etc. poo poo half the time I forget which bag I used last and where my 7D is.
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May 4, 2011 06:07
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onezero posted:House got broken into today. Ouch, sorry to hear. I've had my photo gear stolen as well (and ONLY photo gear) - file a report with the police. That'll save you the hassle of having to call all the pawn shops - at least in Vancouver, pawn shops have to submit a list of serial numbers every day to the police, which is then run against records of stolen property. If there's a match the item will be surrendered back to you.
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May 4, 2011 06:09
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Yeah, SN #s are in the hands of SPD now. Going to be trolling the Sea-Tac craigslist for a shot in the dark as well. I've had http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/ thrown out as a recommendation to. Worth a shot, I guess. Gear was on a bookshelf next to my desk in my main kitchen/living area. I live in a one bedroom, groundlevel, recessed from street, and I tend to keep the shades closed when I'm not around, but it's not terribly hard to sneak a peek inside. In hindsight, clearly could have been ways to conceal my gear better, but it's just not something I really considered much.
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May 4, 2011 06:28
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onezero posted:House got broken into today. Look into where you bought your laptop. Seriously. My friend got robbed after buying a new laptop as he had to give his home address and poo poo to the place he was buying from. Turns out an employee decided to get in on the "rich" guy who just dropped $1500 on some easy to pawn electronic gear. I've been robbed and the feeling is loving poo poo. Hate those scumbags.
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May 4, 2011 06:53
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xzzy posted:I like how they blurred the printout sitting on her laptop. They're sitting in a SCIF, where as a general rule, no photography, nothing that can capture or record images or sounds are even aloud to be turned on, let alone used. The guy that does the review of those images for security purposes likely goes slowly over it at 100% for an hour to make sure nothings going out that shouldn't. edit: NOFORN is what it sounds like, by the way. It just means no release to foreign nationals. torgeaux fucked around with this message at 10:06 on May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 10:02
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nonanone posted:Ah yeah I know IADT, I've photographed their fashion show before. As it so happens, I live in Ann Arbor (what's up afoolishpianist), and so if you want to go to Necto on Friday (which is gay night) it's a ton of fun. It's only a half hour drive from downtown Detroit, so not bad at all, and I have a car This: http://buildingsofdetroit.com/places/scripps I want to photograph this.
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May 4, 2011 12:08
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. Here's a good place to start looking at places you might want to photograph if you're interested in architecture and awesome old buildings.
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http://hypebeast.com/2011/05/sasha-grey-neu-sex-book-signing-martha-otero-gallery/ Wow that's weird. I know nothing about portraiture but I like the candid idea I guess.
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May 4, 2011 14:24
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What's that polaroid body you see in there?
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A5H posted:http://hypebeast.com/2011/05/sasha-grey-neu-sex-book-signing-martha-otero-gallery/ haha that book is such bullshit. it's nothing but an exercise in narcissism. a photobook, except they forgot to put good photos in it. like, this line is cool quote:the star began documenting herself (with the assistance of her fiance) to capture her most intimate moments
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surgical scar posted:haha that book is such bullshit. it's nothing but an exercise in narcissism. a photobook, except they forgot to put good photos in it. Hey well these guys look like serious artists with their beards, glasses, and silly hats and they approve. So obviously you're wrong!
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May 4, 2011 16:21
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onezero posted:Yeah, SN #s are in the hands of SPD now. Going to be trolling the Sea-Tac craigslist for a shot in the dark as well. Sorry to hear that. Did you buy any of the stuff with a credit card? Some credit card companies offer theft protection. I read somewhere that the stolencamerafinder.com doesn't work very well.
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Whitezombi posted:Sorry to hear that. Did you buy any of the stuff with a credit card? Some credit card companies offer theft protection. I read somewhere that the stolencamerafinder.com doesn't work very well. It works as long as the EXIF isn't being stripped and the images are getting indexed.
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May 4, 2011 17:16
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onezero posted:House got broken into today. That's despicable. Sorry, dude.
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May 4, 2011 17:40
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onezero posted:House got broken into today. Did your laptop have one of those theft protection features in the motherboard? My super old XPS has an option in the BIOS settings to turn on this thing that, whenever the laptop is connected to the internet, some kind of location data is stored on a server. I assume that I could get this information from Dell if my laptop was ever stolen.
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May 4, 2011 19:42
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Renters insurance is like $30/year for an apartment. My camera rider on top of that is like $40/yr for $10k of coverage.
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May 4, 2011 21:45
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evil_bunnY posted:What's that polaroid body you see in there? I think it's a Big Shot.
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May 4, 2011 21:48
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tuyop posted:Did your laptop have one of those theft protection features in the motherboard? My super old XPS has an option in the BIOS settings to turn on this thing that, whenever the laptop is connected to the internet, some kind of location data is stored on a server. I assume that I could get this information from Dell if my laptop was ever stolen. It's possible. I only had it for a few days (delivered on Saturday), had barely gotten it turned on more than a couple times.
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A couple things about insurance. If you do work for money make sure it's covered for commercial use. If you don't and you get caught, you may get nothing. Secondly, be sure it covers the replacement value of your gear. I don't know what they pay if you don't, but I've heard it won't be enough for you buy a new copy of what you had.
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May 4, 2011 23:03
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onezero posted:House got broken into today. 
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May 4, 2011 23:54
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It's an anecdote and so worth very little, but last year a grad student at a big conference I was at had his DSLR lifted from the hostel, but was returned to him, undamaged, by the police a couple of days later when they caught the guy breaking into a car. Sometimes you get a bit of good luck to balance the bad.
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Just to depress you further: It has been known for theieves to return to the same place a few weeks later and steal all the new stuff that was bought with the insurance money. (Which, unfortunately, you will not have) I hope that this doesn't lead to sleepless nights, but at least get the landlord to boost the security there.
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Here's a bts video of Martin Schoeller for the Time100 people shoots he did. http://youtu.be/1M7rSayb05M I see everything from Mamiya MFs to those huge Fuji rangefinders. Hell yea, he still shoots film with Polaroid tests.
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Haggins posted:A couple things about insurance. If you do work for money make sure it's covered for commercial use. If you don't and you get caught, you may get nothing. Secondly, be sure it covers the replacement value of your gear. I don't know what they pay if you don't, but I've heard it won't be enough for you buy a new copy of what you had. I dont know how they would work out doing depreciation but I think most places now would do old for new on electronics. Also make sure you keep either receipts or the boxes of pretty much everything you buy. And keep them seperate. Insurance companies need proof that you owned what you do and often this is just a box of the thing or receipts (It might seem weird keeping receipts for stuff 4 years down the track but it makes sense if its over $100)
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What's the absolute cheapest way to get perspective control? I was thinking a used Nex 3 and some kind of russian lens adapted. I see there are m4/3 perspective control adaptors, wondering about that.
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poopinmymouth posted:What's the absolute cheapest way to get perspective control? I was thinking a used Nex 3 and some kind of russian lens adapted. I see there are m4/3 perspective control adaptors, wondering about that. A used Nikon PC lens and Canon adapter for your 5D might be cheaper than a used NEX. The 28mm manual focus PC seems to go for $400ish on KEH.
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8th-samurai posted:A used Nikon PC lens and Canon adapter for your 5D might be cheaper than a used NEX. The 28mm manual focus PC seems to go for $400ish on KEH. I've been having luck with lightroom's perspective adjustment, but I love the look of the perspective controlled shots. I'm wondering if I'm too lazy to actually setup and use a t/s setup though. Has there every been a pocket camera with perspective controls? I don't need full tilt and shift, just shift.
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poopinmymouth posted:I've been having luck with lightroom's perspective adjustment, but I love the look of the perspective controlled shots. I'm wondering if I'm too lazy to actually setup and use a t/s setup though. Has there every been a pocket camera with perspective controls? I don't need full tilt and shift, just shift.
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http://www.coroflot.com/nedmulka/d5r/1 Why does everyone want to redesign the DSLR so badly? It's probably been the same basic design for like seventy years for a reason. Anyway, this one has the mirror and viewfinder attached to the lens instead of the body so you rotate those two things instead of the whole camera.
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poopinmymouth posted:What's the absolute cheapest way to get perspective control? tuyop posted:Why does everyone want to redesign the DSLR so badly? [rant] Because they're wanker "industrial design" types, almost always students, who will never actually produce anything in their life beyond hype and bullshit publicity for their ideas that are never, EVER going to happen, so they can show off their hype generating abilities to get jobs with other "industrial design" types who will also never ever produce anything other than hype. They do this so they can all take long lunches together on Friday afternoons and circle-jerk each other and pretend they are doing something constructive with their lives and for society. Please stop feeding them. This one is nearly as retarded as that inverted-Y-shaped canon "dslr" that was held with two hands and couldn't actually be used by an actual photographer that was proposed a few months ago. But since they are "industrial designers", they have absolutely no idea what end users require, just so long as it co-ordinates with their iPhone. [/rant] Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 13:46 on May 5, 2011 |
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They're mostly student projects/concepts.
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tuyop posted:http://www.coroflot.com/nedmulka/d5r/1 SLRs have had the same basic design for seventy years because of the requirements of 35mm film. Now that there's no need for film, there's no need for the form factor. While that design isn't something I'd care to use, experiments in improving SLR form factor should only be encouraged.
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spog posted:Just to depress you further: But that could also be an opportunity. Set up a surveillance camera and try to get their faces.
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FasterThanLight posted:This and a Pentacon Six lens would probably work. They appear to be out of stock now, but it might be worth contacting them. Yeah, I would just go with something like this + a medium format lens on your 5D. I am all about the NEX-3, but unless you need super-compact (and I'm guessing you'd be working from a tripod for this application anyways, so the NEX's size advantage would be negated) I'd go with the 5D.
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Thanks guys. I think it's ultimately going to be more hassle than it's worth. Oh well.
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a foolish pianist posted:SLRs have had the same basic design for seventy years because of the requirements of 35mm film. Now that there's no need for film, there's no need for the form factor.
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xzzy posted:But that could also be an opportunity. Set up a surveillance camera and try to get their faces.
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evil_bunnY posted:Yet I've never seen something as obvious as just rotating the right-side grip 45 towards the back to make the whole thing more comfortable to hold to your face. Seriously. That design has no advantage over a conventional SLR, because it doesn't take into account that you're supposed to hold the lens with your offhand. What's going to happen to the shooter's stability when they put a 200mm lens on that thing? What's going to happen to the servos that swivel the viewfinder/mirror housing? It's just not practical at all. I wonder if that designer even takes pictures at all.
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McMadCow posted:Seriously. That design has no advantage over a conventional SLR, because it doesn't take into account that you're supposed to hold the lens with your offhand. What's going to happen to the shooter's stability when they put a 200mm lens on that thing? What's going to happen to the servos that swivel the viewfinder/mirror housing? It's just not practical at all. I wonder if that designer even takes pictures at all. ...or do I just do it weird? e: no nevermind, I looked at more of the pictures and the idea is you don't rotate the camera at all anabatica fucked around with this message at 18:03 on May 5, 2011 |
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