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Kaluza-Klein posted:I would like to buy a polarizing filter for my GF1's lenses. From reading the first post in this thread I believe I need a circular polarizing filter. Well, the OP is not entirely correct; you need a step-up ring to adapt a bigger filter to a smaller lens thread. Step-down rings are the opposite, where you want to stick a smaller filter on a lens with a bigger thread diameter--usually not a good idea because of vignetting. Personally I chose to have a set of different size polarizers so I can use my lenses with their hoods; if you use step-up rings you want to make sure to have a hood that fits the polarizer's threads.
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Hey guys, i've been stupid and have planned a 3 week holiday to the states, flying out on Saturday and I only have one battery and no car charger. The particular camera (Canon EOS 450D) I have uses the LP-E5 battery, and so if anyone could point me in the direction of a place in LA where I may get a spare battery and car charger in that area, it would be very much appreciated! And if you know prices for that sort of thing, that would be pretty swell. (Edit: This may seem like a stupid question, but seeing as i'm from the UK, the only store I really know of is Best Buy, and I've heard pretty bad things about the place in the past. I'd quite like to pop into a proper camera shop if I get the chance!)
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Can anyone recommend any photo gear sites other than the usual "Big 3" (B&H, Adorama, KEH) that may have LEE filter products in stock? I was able to get the ND-grads and adapter rings I needed from B&H, but the filter holder itself as well as the 4x4 polarizer are out of stock absolutely everywhere it seems. Still waiting on my D800 as well. I sure know how to pick the low-demand products, don't I? 
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PBio posted:Hey guys, i've been stupid and have planned a 3 week holiday to the states, flying out on Saturday and I only have one battery and no car charger. Sammy's Camera are around in various places in LA and should have what you need.
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Jul 3, 2012 22:06
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PBio posted:Hey guys, i've been stupid and have planned a 3 week holiday to the states, flying out on Saturday and I only have one battery and no car charger. You won't have access to regular mains plugs either? Modern chargers tend to take any voltage and AC frequency so you just need a suitable cable/plug converter. (My Nikon charger says 100-240V ~ 50-60 Hz, i.e. "any commonly used AC system.")
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nielsm posted:You won't have access to regular mains plugs either? Yes but i'm not sure how often, its a tour company holiday but 95% of it is going to be camping. Most of the time i'll have access to power will be through the minibus charger ports. tijag posted:Sammy's Camera are around in various places in LA and should have what you need. Thanks, i'll have a look for those when i'm there. I'm going to try get everything I need tomorrow before I go, but my local camera shop is a bit poo poo.
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PBio posted:Hey guys, i've been stupid and have planned a 3 week holiday to the states, flying out on Saturday and I only have one battery and no car charger. Sammy's is good, I also like Bel-Air Superstore in Westwood: http://www.belaircamera.com/ Good luck trying to find a Canon branded LP-E5 at Best Buy - I've only ever seen overpriced generics there.
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PBio posted:Yes but i'm not sure how often, its a tour company holiday but 95% of it is going to be camping. Most of the time i'll have access to power will be through the minibus charger ports. TrekAmerica, by chance?
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Rontalvos posted:TrekAmerica, by chance? Yep, doing the Rocky Mountain High trip, LA->Seattle. Only 3 days before I fly out now! Cant wait to get the camera out there!
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Well, the OP is not entirely correct; you need a step-up ring to adapt a bigger filter to a smaller lens thread. Step-down rings are the opposite, where you want to stick a smaller filter on a lens with a bigger thread diameter--usually not a good idea because of vignetting. Yeah, I figured out that step-down and step-up rings are different before I purchased :p. My not so fancy lenses don't have hoods!
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Kaluza-Klein posted:Yeah, I figured out that step-down and step-up rings are different before I purchased :p. Every lens should have a hood. Wish all manufacturers (looking at you, Canon and Olympus) included the hood instead of charging rear end-raping prices for them separately. You would think they have an interest in ensuring the buyer gets the best possible pictures out of the thing, so why skimp on a dollar's worth of plastic that actually helps image quality? Fuckers. On a gear note, picked up this: http://www.ghilliesuitwarehouse.com/products/CamoSystems-Jackal-Ghillie-Suit.html Should be a little more portable than my bag hide. Clayton Bigsby fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jul 5, 2012 |
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Jul 5, 2012 19:34
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Lens hoods also bounce when the lens goes face first into things.
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Beastruction posted:Lens hoods also bounce when the lens goes face first into things. That too. It blows my mind when I see people (just went to Legoland in Denmark with my daughter, lots of examples there) shoot with the following combo: Camera, lens, REVERSED lens hood, cheap poo poo "protective" filter. Yeah, explain that one.
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I've got one of those cheapy knock-off battery-grips. The controls seem okay, but it's made of that horrible plastic that feels like it will shatter if you squeeze it too hard. Is there any type of tape or self-adhesive covering that will give a rubbery/leathery effect? I'm tempted to use duck tape, except it's too shiny and the edges will weep glue.
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spog posted:I've got one of those cheapy knock-off battery-grips. The controls seem okay, but it's made of that horrible plastic that feels like it will shatter if you squeeze it too hard. Try some gaffer's tape; every photographer should own a roll anyway.
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I'd look for some actual grip tape--gaffer's tape, at least the stuff I have, isn't super grippy. I've only used it on handguns but I'm sure it'd work well for a camera too.
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powderific posted:I'd look for some actual grip tape--gaffer's tape, at least the stuff I have, isn't super grippy. I've only used it on handguns but I'm sure it'd work well for a camera too. Isn't grip tape the stuff they put on skateboards and feels like sandpaper?
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I guess I was thinking about stuff like hockey tape or something else more rubberized, but it looks like "grip tape" does usually mean the sandpaper stuff. Which I wouldn't recommend, ha. edit: something like this: http://www.kofflersales.com/p/bath-shower-anti-slip-tape.asp
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Speaking of grips, I'm looking to buy one for my T2i but I don't want to pay $220 for the Canon version. Can anyone recommend a decent, 3rd-party, chinese knock-off?
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Try some gaffer's tape; every photographer should own a roll anyway. spog posted:Isn't grip tape the stuff they put on skateboards and feels like sandpaper? evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Jul 5, 2012 |
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IceLicker posted:Speaking of grips, I'm looking to buy one for my T2i but I don't want to pay $220 for the Canon version. Can anyone recommend a decent, 3rd-party, chinese knock-off? Zeikos grip, maybe? I've heard good things about their d5000 version, probably going to order one tonight. http://www.amazon.com/Zeikos-ZE-NBG5000-Battery-Nikon-D5000/dp/B002USUDDO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341528534&sr=8-1&keywords=d5000+grip (links to the d5000 one, but the t2i is an option on that page).
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IceLicker posted:Speaking of grips, I'm looking to buy one for my T2i but I don't want to pay $220 for the Canon version. Can anyone recommend a decent, 3rd-party, chinese knock-off? http://www.amazon.com/Capacity-Battery-Vertical-Batteries-Digital/dp/B003VQOT66/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1341528886&sr=8-4&keywords=t2i+grip I have this, and it generally works great (and it comes with 2 cheapo batteries that should last you hundreds of exposures. Once in a while it locks the AF point selector and zoom buttons on the body (but they still work on the grip). I don't know if this is a defect in the grip or if the grip and the Magic Lantern firmware don't play nice, but pulling the battery and restarting seems to fix it.
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I just had a ton of gear stolen from my car, and I could use a small favor. I'm attempting to gather a list of serial numbers of the missing items for police reports, insurance claims, etc., but I'm missing a few. Would anybody with a Sony NEX-3 mind comparing the sticker on the box with the serial number on the camera, to confirm which of these numbers (if any) is the actual serial number?
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IceLicker posted:Speaking of grips, I'm looking to buy one for my T2i but I don't want to pay $220 for the Canon version. Can anyone recommend a decent, 3rd-party, chinese knock-off? I have a Meike grip I bought last summer for $25 and it's been working flawlessly.
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FasterThanLight posted:I just had a ton of gear stolen from my car, and I could use a small favor. I'm attempting to gather a list of serial numbers of the missing items for police reports, insurance claims, etc., but I'm missing a few. Would anybody with a Sony NEX-3 mind comparing the sticker on the box with the serial number on the camera, to confirm which of these numbers (if any) is the actual serial number? From a Walkman FAQ but the sticker on the box and the serial number format is the same on my 5N http://www.sony-asia.com/support/faq/394799
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Beastruction posted:From a Walkman FAQ but the sticker on the box and the serial number format is the same on my 5N Fantastic, thank you much!
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Every lens should have a hood. Wish all manufacturers (looking at you, Canon and Olympus) included the hood instead of charging rear end-raping prices for them separately. You would think they have an interest in ensuring the buyer gets the best possible pictures out of the thing, so why skimp on a dollar's worth of plastic that actually helps image quality? Fuckers. Unless I'm mis-reading you, Olympus does include hoods with their lenses.
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Since we're talking about hoods anyway, I have a stupid question. Some hoods - I've noticed it mostly on Pentax lenses, but presumably they're not unique - are petal-shaped, rather than round or rectangular. Given the point of a hood is to block bright light sources just out of frame, wouldn't it make more sense to have the corners covered, rather than uncovered? I know they set them up like that to avoid vignetting, but avoiding flare and vignetting are mutually exclusive goals in some circumstances (or so I think, like I said, stupid question).
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Petal-shaped hoods look cooler.
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ExecuDork posted:Since we're talking about hoods anyway, I have a stupid question. Well, there's optical vignetting that comes from the lens elements and then there's mechanical vignetting that comes from something blocking light from hitting the lens entirely. Lens hoods have to be designed in such a way so as to not cause mechanical vignetting. They're not the cause of optical vignetting. Optical vignetting is the stuff you try and fix in post. You get mechanical vignetting and you're poo poo out of luck. William T. Hornaday posted:Petal-shaped hoods look cooler. Also, this. TheAngryDrunk fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jul 6, 2012 |
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DJExile posted:Unless I'm mis-reading you, Olympus does include hoods with their lenses. Not m4/3 that I have seen. E.g. 45/1.8, 12/2, 75/1.8 etc.
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Well, there's optical vignetting that comes from the lens elements and then there's mechanical vignetting that comes from something blocking light from hitting the lens entirely. Lens hoods have to be designed in such a way so as to not cause mechanical vignetting. They're not the cause of optical vignetting. Project a square onto a cone and you'll get a petal shape, so you can have a much deeper petal hood than you can a solid conical hood, allowing you too block more light without producing vignetting. The only downsides of a petal hood are that they rotate with the front element, so you need a non-rotating element (which is good for a number of other reasons) and they could theoretically be more expensive to manufacture. I would guess that in practice their production cost is not significantly higher than a circular hood, though.
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MarsellusWallace posted:Project a square onto a cone and you'll get a petal shape As seen towards the bottom here: http://toothwalker.org/optics/lenshood.html
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Not m4/3 that I have seen. E.g. 45/1.8, 12/2, 75/1.8 etc. Aah. I'm the last standing 4/3 owner and 
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Beastruction posted:As seen towards the bottom here: http://toothwalker.org/optics/lenshood.html
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powderific posted:edit: something like this: http://www.kofflersales.com/p/bath-shower-anti-slip-tape.asp I'll look at bath slip tape/matting as it must be waterproof, therefore sweatproof. I'm getting on a bit anyway, I probably need some for my bath anyway. evil_bunnY posted:Or grip tape. Or deck tape (and wear gloves every time you pick it up). I'll defer to your skateboarding expertise, but when I google for 'grip tape' in the UK, it only shows the sandpapery stuff. What's grip tape used for? FasterThanLight posted:I just had a ton of gear stolen from my car, That sucks. Is the insurance going to cover it?
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spog posted:I'll look at bath slip tape/matting as it must be waterproof, therefore sweatproof. By grip tape I meant the stuff they put on hockey sticks. It works on handguns but might not on cameras, where you can't tape all the way around the grip.
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evil_bunnY posted:That's a brilliant idea TBH I did think about the tennis racket stuff, but the ends aren't taped down are they? Look, you can even get the safety strips in black, to match my unimaginative camera manufacturer: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-BLACK-Self-Adhesive-Non-Slip-Safety-Strips-20mm-x-500mm-Grip-Tape-/330753324744 I bet this stuff would work well on tiny P&S and similar - where better friction would make holding it better.
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FasterThanLight posted:Hopefully, adjuster is supposed to get back to me today. I guess now that I'm no longer "invested" in the Leica system, I can actually move to some system that I can afford, and I don't have to worry about my lenses going to waste! Half-full glass: you get to buy a bunch of new toys without emptying your pockets or feeling guilty.
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