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How does Lightroom CC's HDR feature compare to dedicated HDR programs, e.g. Photomatix? What about the panorama stitching compared to e.g. Hugin?
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I've been shooting mostly with the 35 1.8 on my D5100 and was thinking of getting something wider angled. Is the Nikon 10-24 the way to go? Sigma 18-35 1.8 also sounds nice
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Apr 22, 2015 20:14
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People like the tamron 17-50 f2.8 too
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Apr 23, 2015 01:05
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 Yongnuo's EF-S 35mm f/2 is out and it costs $116 Nikon clones coming later this year
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Apr 23, 2015 04:29
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Does anyone have experience with purchasing stuff from KEH for mainland Europe? The prices are very interesting but I'm pretty sure I have to calculate VAT and duty on top of it.
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Apr 23, 2015 10:27
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I didn't find the prices for the body I wanted was different enough between KEH sending to an address I can pick up from in the U.S. and MPB photographic in the UK personally. It's cheaper, but if you add on import duty and postage like you say, I just can't imagine that it's worth it for a lot of purchase.
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Apr 23, 2015 14:59
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I went halfway through with a purchase from KEH, when they asked me to "verify my credit card" by sending a photo of it. That's when I decided I didn't want to do business with them.
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Apr 23, 2015 16:22
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I live in Canada and shipping and handling from KEH is murder. I can't imagine it being any better to Europe. If KEH ever figured out a way to ship to Canada for cheap, I would be doomed.
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Apr 23, 2015 16:41
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HPL posted:I live in Canada and shipping and handling from KEH is murder. I can't imagine it being any better to Europe.
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Apr 23, 2015 17:00
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Shipping from KEH is kinda awful even in the US. It's like $12 for the most basic shipping, and since it's FedEx there's no guarantee that I'll get it this month.
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Apr 23, 2015 19:30
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lol at americans complaining about $12 shipping
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Apr 23, 2015 20:13
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I gotta be honest, I've never had issues with KEH in shipping. They pad things well, and if $12 gets it to me in 2 days (3 at the most) in tiny rear end Toledo, I'm pretty happy.
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Apr 23, 2015 20:57
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BANME.sh posted:lol at americans complaining about $12 shipping Look, in real countries we get free slow shipping, or pay $12-20 for the good stuff. edit: V I'm literally a couple of miles from the KEH warehouse and it took FedEx 3 weeks to send me a lens once, it's loving awful. Karasu Tengu fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Apr 23, 2015 |
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Apr 23, 2015 22:03
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UPS can ship faster to me in the UK from the US than they can send stuff to my girlfriends house in Key West. Then when it gets marked as out for delivery within the area at 7am, it turns up at 8pm. It's a 2x4 mile island, how does it take 13 hours ? Do they strap the packages to the back of tortoises or something? The one advantage of the UK is fairly quick delivery for free/cheap, and next day if you pay a reasonable amount.
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Apr 23, 2015 22:20
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HPL posted:I live in Canada and shipping and handling from KEH is murder. I can't imagine it being any better to Europe. The thing is, right around the time they unleashed their new website, they had a cheaper option for shipping to canada. I paid $150 plus $10.95 for shipping for lens to Canada. That option is gone now 
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Apr 23, 2015 22:34
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I got keh to put me on the "no fedex" list  They don't even charhe extra to ship.
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nm posted:I got keh to put me on the "no fedex" list How? FedEx is loving terrible borderline criminal in my area.
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Apr 24, 2015 13:44
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The only thing worse than FedEx is FedEx Home Delivery. Wait wait, FedEx SmartPost.
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Apr 24, 2015 14:30
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SmartPost is probably the funniest thing though, you give FedEx $12 to take your package, walk down the street, and give it to the actual Post Office.
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Apr 24, 2015 14:33
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WugLyfe posted:How? FedEx is loving terrible borderline criminal in my area. They had to ship something to me three times before theey gave up and used ups overnight. So I have a no fedex flag.
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Apr 24, 2015 15:41
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Wild EEPROM posted:People like the tamron 17-50 f2.8 too this didn't help narrow it down btw. Current plan is to go to the markets later and see what's available around here, otherwise I'll have to make a choice and have it shipped to a friend in NA for later
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So I haven't been paying attention to what's been going on in digital photography since I bought a D300 about seven years ago. Therefore, I need some advice. My fiance's birthday is on the horizon and she's been making some noises about getting a new camera. What are the best options at the bottom end of the scale - point and shoots or mirrorless or whatever? Purpose is purely for holiday snaps and the like. Let's say $300 would be about my max spend. As long as it's better than the camera in a Samsung Galaxy S4 she'll be happy.
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Apr 26, 2015 12:54
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elgarbo posted:So I haven't been paying attention to what's been going on in digital photography since I bought a D300 about seven years ago. Therefore, I need some advice. Get her a Samsung Galaxy S6.
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Apr 28, 2015 04:57
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Sony makes good camera phones I guess?
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Apr 28, 2015 06:52
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You could always go for an rx100 Mark 1.
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Apr 28, 2015 06:53
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Even the cheapest entry-level DSLR will probably be better than the D300 at this point.
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Apr 28, 2015 18:06
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Do these L-plates offer anything in terms of grippage? http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/Shop/X-T1/BXT1-L-Set-L-Plate-for-XT1.html I have the vertical battery grip for my X-T1 but man it's huge and unwieldly. Plus I could just be carrying the batteries in my bag/person anyway and I rarely remember to actually use the buttons on the grip.
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Geektox posted:Do these L-plates offer anything in terms of grippage? The RRS for the XT-1 doesn't come with a grip. You want something chinese like this: http://www.amazon.com/SUPON-Release-L-Bracket-Camera-Fujifilm/dp/B00SB081NO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1430251001&sr=8-6&keywords=xt-1+grip I have one of these (desmond branded, but these things are all coming from the same factories in china) for my X100T and it's great - really well made. The plates are proper size and fit in all my clamps, and the grip is substantially better than what's built into the camera. I put a little loctite blue on the bolts just for safety sake , but it's honestly very well machined.
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Apr 28, 2015 21:00
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I haven't been following photo news for about 18mo now. Are we at the point yet where ILCs can upload to the cloud? No more manual transfer of files. Everything sorted by camera and date (and GPS when available). Either automatically uploaded to local computer or internet cloud?
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timrenzi574 posted:The RRS for the XT-1 doesn't come with a grip. Crud, all the ones on Canadian amazon either have bad reviews saying it doesn't fit properly or are marked up to poo poo.
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Shaocaholica posted:I haven't been following photo news for about 18mo now. Are we at the point yet where ILCs can upload to the cloud? No more manual transfer of files. Everything sorted by camera and date (and GPS when available). Either automatically uploaded to local computer or internet cloud? Some of the Fuji bodies have PC Auto Save where the camera will upload images to your PC when it's connected to your wireless. I know the X-T1 and X100T do it. Not sure if any of the older ones have it. Also not sure how well it works. Reviews on the internet were mixed. Uploading straight to the cloud has been available in eye-fi cards for years if you want to go that route. However, I think you'll run into the same problems with both eye-fi and in-body wifi transfer to PC. Namely, it'll be slow and drain your batteries really fast. You'd get your photos much faster plugging the SD card into your machine. Where in camera wifi shines is for downloading photos to your phone/tablet so that they can be viewed on a larger screen or shared on social media. (the exact same thing can be accomplished with an eye-fi card).
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Geektox posted:Crud, all the ones on Canadian amazon either have bad reviews saying it doesn't fit properly or are marked up to poo poo. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00N34...emsL&ref=plSrch Only one guy saying the side door doesn't clear totally with the l bracket piece in place on this one (it's removable anyway so no big whoop there )
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Apr 29, 2015 01:54
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I dig the ability to grab shots off my camera on my iPhone and upload them to Instagram while out on the field. It feels like its cheating and I have zero problems with this.
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Dren posted:Some of the Fuji bodies have PC Auto Save where the camera will upload images to your PC when it's connected to your wireless. I know the X-T1 and X100T do it. Not sure if any of the older ones have it. Also not sure how well it works. Reviews on the internet were mixed. Thanks. I'm more just trying to skip a step in this chain: 1)take pictures 2)offload cards into organized dirs that could be done by a robot 3)Main library of photos located on centralized network storage 4)Network storage backed up to cloud I kinda want to skip from 2-4 without any manual work on my part. I guess I can sort of use my NAS. It does have some feature of offloading cameras if they are connected via USB. Not sure how configurable that is and it would be blind since the NAS has no display to show me whats going on and progress without loading a web UI. Basically I think technology could do better in 2015 than physically taking a card out of my camera(s), plugging them into a computer and either manually archiving photos or doing it through some import dialog. iCloud photos and iDevice photo taking is pretty much the experience I would like with a ILC camera. Of course I wouldn't mind more advanced features added to that over time. Also, Wifi N and AC are pretty much faster than USB2 in good conditions. I would gladly copy photos over those than have to take cards out provided the camera is on mains power. Are cameras even shipping with USB3 or better? Shaocaholica fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 06:41
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Pro bodies also have to withstand earthquakes and such, so it's impossible to send a wireless signal through the plates of armor
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Have you tried shooting tethered? There's wired and wireless tethering (which may be spotty), I have capture one set to import directly to my folder structure and I only have to change the destination occasionally. I also shoot at a stage from a static position for the most part so your setup may be different. I've hears that wireless tethering can work, but range and keeping a strong signal can be a challenge.
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Hey folks, I learned to shoot on a hand-me-down Nikkormat and then eventually moved to a more modern Nikon SLR of my own in the late 90s, but have put off upgrading to the digital world because I was (am) busy over committing to things. I've held myself over with a Canon S80 in the meantime. I don't want to spend 4 figures on a camera right now, which seems like it puts me right on the DSLR/mirrorless split. I have a bunch of old glass from the Nikkormat and some cheap Sigma AF lenses from the turn of the century. From what I've read, I was thinking of trying to get a D3300 body only, use the old kit lens on it when necessary, and get the 35mm f/1.8 prime lens. (I've shot the 50mm and loved it.) Does that sound like the most reasonable choice? Any other suggestions? How do old manual lenses interact with modern bodies? Will I want to pull my hair out switching settings between that and a modern lens?
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Your non-AI lenses will work on D5x00 and D3x00 bodies, but won't meter. Someone should correct me if I'm wrong but I think for using manual lenses the main difference is that the D3x00 bodies don't have bracketing, MLU, and other minor niceties.
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Shaocaholica posted:Thanks. uh.. USB 3 card reader LR import (organizes stuff by date or w/e) some loving thing to mirror poo poo to your NAS/cloud stuff, I use BTsync but there might be something better you plug your card in, hit import in the automatic dialog LR pops up (i think you can even have it auto import), and go chill
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PFlats posted:Hey folks, Get a used D7000. edit: I should elaborate more but google and compare its features to the D3300 and I think you'll see the benefit of spending a little bit more to get a much bigger bang for your buck. It'll still be sub-$1k. RangerScum fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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