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atomicthumbs posted:I like to shoot pets myself 
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Any of you guys with iPhone 4's tried out the new HDR feature on the standard camera yet? It's very very good, no horrible halos or nuclear wastelands, just nice images really.
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Jul 1, 2011 12:17
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Haggins posted:The main camera store in Orlando is also a hobby store (model trains, RC cars/planes, etc...). I guess everything can be a hobby but I don't really get the connection. Maybe "things that nerds like"? The One-Stop Macro Photographer.
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Jul 1, 2011 16:20
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AceClown posted:Any of you guys with iPhone 4's tried out the new HDR feature on the standard camera yet? The iPhone was my definition of HDR before I got into photography. I figured more cameras would do it as well as the phone does. It wasn't until later that I realized HDR often means crap and had such a (justified) bad reputation.
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Jul 1, 2011 16:47
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Just saw this on Macworld today: Link Macworld posted:Ricoh to buy Pentax, set sights on digital SLR market
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Jul 1, 2011 17:28
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Elite Taco posted:Have a fun trip. Take pics, or don't come back. Goin to pick up more film right now before I leave. Also I added this dumb retarded social photo bullshit if anyone wants to follow me: http://web.stagram.com/n/bradwenner
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Jul 1, 2011 20:40
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As an exercise for myself, I coded up a quick online table to show how much I've blown on this hobby. I don't know what's worse: that I've already spent this much that I probably will end up spending even more in the future.
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Jul 1, 2011 21:02
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Casull posted:As an exercise for myself, I coded up a quick online table to show how much I've blown on this hobby. I had to tally up the value of my stuff for insurance today... I wasn't expecting to have gone past $10k  At least our hobby isn't flying planes or collecting Faberge eggs or anything like that, right?
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Jul 1, 2011 21:25
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Yeah wow. I just did mine. $5,192.88. That's from 2008 to now though. Going from a Rebel t1i kit to a 5d2 with L lenses and selling stuff along the way. code:
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Jul 1, 2011 21:49
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 New friend for the next 10 days. woot.
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Jul 1, 2011 22:16
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Anyone tell me why a flash-head might go from ETTL to plain TTL and then back without any user input? Shooting my 50d last night with a 580exII attached via a 1meter curlycord; first few photos were fine then all of a sudden massive overexposure - check the flash and its now TTL... Swear and switch to manual until there's an intermission, dismantle everything and rub the contacts on camera, flash and cord - back to ETTL for the next acts. Hmmf, these things are sent to try us
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Jul 2, 2011 19:57
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There is no plain TTL. It's either E-TTL (II if you want to be very specific) or manual. There was a "plain TTL" at one point but that hasn't been around since before 1995.
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Jul 2, 2011 21:26
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Haggins posted:There is no plain TTL. It's either E-TTL (II if you want to be very specific) or manual. There was a "plain TTL" at one point but that hasn't been around since before 1995. http://speedliting.com/forum/showthread.php/187-580-EX-II-Shows-TTL-and-not-ETTL-on-display Tsk, batteries were freshly-charged eneloops, so probably a bit of ladys bodyglitter on my electrical gubbins
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Jul 3, 2011 16:28
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I went to the local 4th of July flea market this year and left with two new cameras! camers by atomicthumbs, on Flickr From left to right: Mamiya 150mm 2.8, Mamiya 80mm 2.8, Mamiya 645 with 35mm 3.5 and grip, Kodak Retina Reflex IV with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50mm 1.9, Pentax Spotmatic SP with Super Takumar 55mm 1.9, and my mom's AE-1 as a guest to make my collection look bigger. I paid $3 for the Retina Reflex, and my grandmom has a pair of lenses for an Instamatic Retina Reflex that might work with it. The selenium meter seems accurate, which is a definite plus  The Spotmatic was $40, with a case. I might get an Industar 50-2 for it so I can put it in my pocket. Two questions: is the Takumar 55mm 1.8 lens a good one, and how would I go about cleaning the inner bits of the Retina Reflex? The viewfinder is really hazy (lens was fine after I cleaned it off). Edit: Apparently the Super Takumar 55mm is fantastic atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Jul 5, 2011 |
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Jul 5, 2011 00:05
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atomicthumbs posted:From left to right: Mamiya 150mm 2.8, Mamiya 80mm 2.8, Mamiya 645 with 35mm 3.5 and grip, Kodak Retina Reflex IV with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50mm 1.9, Pentax Spotmatic SP with Super Takumar 55mm 1.9, and my mom's AE-1 as a guest to make my collection look bigger. How much did you pay for the Mamiya? (so I can be jealous)
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Jul 5, 2011 11:00
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spog posted:How much did you pay for the Mamiya? (so I can be jealous) my friend gave that to me six months ago, along with the 80mm and 35mm lens; the spotmatic and retina reflex are my first 35mm cameras
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Jul 5, 2011 11:13
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Anyone tell me why a flash-head might go from ETTL to plain TTL and then back without any user input? Shooting my 50d last night with a 580exII attached via a 1meter curlycord;
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Jul 5, 2011 12:51
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atomicthumbs posted:my friend gave that to me six months ago, along with the 80mm and 35mm lens; the spotmatic and retina reflex are my first 35mm cameras I am very jealous. My friend stole my Mamiya. I often wonder if anyone will work out how to retrofit a digital sensor into a Mamiya/Bronica back at a reasonable price.
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Jul 5, 2011 15:37
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spog posted:I am very jealous. I saw an adapter to use a Leaf back in Bronicas recently on eBay, I don't think it was more than a few hundred dollars (just add Leaf back!). Speaking of medium format digital backs, when i was at Samys in LA looking for a strap to replace the literal shoelace I was using on the 500C I was borrowing, some old dude came in with his H3D and was asking questions about one of the lenses that could have been answered within 30 seconds on Google. Want to be that hobbyist. Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Jul 5, 2011 |
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Jul 5, 2011 16:54
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Do any UK Dorkroomers know of any good MFA Photo programs in England? My  searches are coming up pretty thin. Like, is there a university search engine specifically for UK schools?
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Jul 5, 2011 17:59
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Crosspost from the Canon thread: Anyone looking to buy Canon's elusive EF 1200mm f/5.6L? One's on eBay!
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Jul 5, 2011 21:09
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McMadCow posted:Do any UK Dorkroomers know of any good MFA Photo programs in England? My
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Jul 5, 2011 23:24
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Ric posted:I know a few, send me a PM with the specialisms you're interested in and hopefully I know a good fit. PM Sent. Hopefully there's something out there that I can latch on to.
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Jul 5, 2011 23:42
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Pompous Rhombus posted:Speaking of medium format digital backs, when i was at Samys in LA looking for a strap to replace the literal shoelace I was using on the 500C I was borrowing, some old dude came in with his H3D and was asking questions about one of the lenses that could have been answered within 30 seconds on Google. Want to be that hobbyist. We could have beat him to death in the parking lot, but then there would have been the issue of getting the valet to free the car 
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Jul 6, 2011 02:24
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2011051/Black-macaque-takes-self-portrait-Monkey-borrows-photographers-camera.html I can see the inevitable press release from whichever brand the camera was.. "Our gear is so user friendly, even a monkey can take great pictures with it!"
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Jul 6, 2011 12:32
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Looks like canon:http://www.djsphotography.co.uk/Welcome.htm posted:The current camera bodies I use are Canon 5D mk2, and a Canon 40D, giving large file sizes and fantastic resolution in excess of the needs of most editors and picture agencies.
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Jul 6, 2011 12:38
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Anyone ever heard of http://www.wooloo.org/ ? I've received three emails from people there in the past 6 months or so wanting me to join, each one seemingly more personalized (that last one discussing specific projects I've done). I can't tell if this is actually something that would get me shows/buyers/clients or not. It is free, though.
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Jul 6, 2011 16:24
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I'm gonna pimp this here a little because I thought it was a cool idea, and it was good fun. A friend of mine asked me to model for a shoot, the premise was that as soon as we got into the room for the shoot, he couldn't say a word. He could point and gesture, but nothing more than that. Led to some fun shots, and it was an interesting day. Was nice to be a model rather than a photog / assisting for once. http://charlieclift.blogspot.com/2011/07/silent-portraits-will.html
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Jul 6, 2011 17:15
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:I'm gonna pimp this here a little because I thought it was a cool idea, and it was good fun.
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Jul 6, 2011 19:20
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Ever get tired of people walking up to you and asking what you shoot with?
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Jul 7, 2011 00:02
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I'm putting "PINHOLE" on my 40D.
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Jul 7, 2011 00:40
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HPL posted:I'm putting "PINHOLE" on my 40D. I thought about putting "POLOROID" on it for giggles, but it is really hard to write in tiny letters with white-out.
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Jul 7, 2011 01:22
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Anti_Social posted:Ever get tired of people walking up to you and asking what you shoot with? I only get tired of it because they know jack poo poo about cameras. They just want to tell you about their $300 P&S or their entry DSLR. Just say "hey, cool camera, I have a blah blah." To be fair I have had a few people ask me who actually knew what they were talking about and those conversations are usually fun.
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Jul 7, 2011 02:10
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A lady at the zoo asked me what I was shooting with because she were in the market for a DSLR and just wanted some insight. But yeah, usually it's "Hey what camera do you have? It takes great pictures!"
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Jul 7, 2011 02:16
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People only seem to want to know how much my gear costs. Sorry, random guy on the street, I'm not going to tell you straight up that the equipment that I am holding in my hands is worth more than $4,000. That and the fact that they clearly don't know anything about photography if that's the first thing that they ask me.
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Jul 7, 2011 02:18
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William T. Hornaday posted:People only seem to want to know how much my gear costs.
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Jul 7, 2011 02:20
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that's pretty good^^^William T. Hornaday posted:People only seem to want to know how much my gear costs. Sorry, random guy on the street, I'm not going to tell you straight up that the equipment that I am holding in my hands is worth more than $4,000. That and the fact that they clearly don't know anything about photography if that's the first thing that they ask me. My stock answer to that question for anything obviously expensive is "a hundred dollars".
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Jul 7, 2011 02:21
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I just reply "I don't know; I stole it" and they usually walk away slowly. With that response, I might just start looking forward to people asking me.
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Jul 7, 2011 02:22
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I've been carrying various film bodies around pretty consistently for the past month or so, and the only one people comment on is the Nikomat. Not the Nikon FM or FG or Minolta SRT-102, only the Nikomat. Maybe it's the 135 f/2.8....
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aliencowboy posted:A lady at the zoo asked me what I was shooting with because she were in the market for a DSLR and just wanted some insight. But yeah, usually it's "Hey what camera do you have? It takes great pictures!" I usually get 'how much megapickles does it have?' (poor grammar verbatim) or 'how many times zoom?'. Either of these questions, if answered, will invariably be followed up with 'only three times/18mp?! My CoolPix/iPhone has more LOLZ!'. Yes, technically my 17-55 and 150-500 are 'three times zoom'. But I could also beat you to death with them.
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