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8th-snype posted:Canon 10-18mm efs, it's sharp, it has IS, and is less than $300. Downsides include a plastic lens mount and a very slow max aperture. My most used focal lengths for landscapes and editorial stuff is 14-18mm so imo an ultra wide zoom is very good buy. Second this rec, maybe throw in the Tokina 11-16 2.8 if a fixed aperture is needed but hell that seems pretty niche to like, astrophotography I'd think. But for architecture/cityscapes you're not gonna find anything more versatile than the 10-18. The IS has saved my rear end before in indoor locations with low light where you're not allowed to bring a tripod. hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Even the 70-200L F/4 being the runt of the 70-200 pack is a huge optical upgrade from the consumer telephoto zooms. I'd only consider the 70-300 if you reaaaally need the IS like when shooting indoor high school sports games or something, or the extra reach for birding. https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-70-300mm-f-4-5.6-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx Seems that past 200mm, sharpness drops with 300mm being the softest. Depending on what wildlife you're shooting, autofocus with the 70-300 isn't particularly great with speed, and the 70-200 is bloody fast. hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Feb 9, 2018 |
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Feb 9, 2018 02:54
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President Beep posted:I really don’t foresee much indoor event use. With the shorter, yet higher quality glass, do you think I could compensate for less focal length just by cropping? With the megapixel count our cameras are reaching at this point, you can be pretty liberal with cropping depending on what your output is gonna be. Unless you're making large prints I think you're fine.
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Feb 9, 2018 03:02
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I also forget that you can use extenders, the ef 1.4x extends the reach to 280 mm. But they are pretty pricey.
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Feb 9, 2018 03:10
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Shoot I didn't even think of Sigma's lineup. Their 100-400 is considerably cheaper than canon's.
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I don't think I could do city walkabouts without my 10-18mm in addition to a normal zoom. Especially in downtown areas, when you're trying to get architectural shots and there's just no room to walk back to get more in the frame.
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President Beep posted:I have a feeling I’ll be wishing I had one while we’re there. How’s the barrel distortion at the wide end? It's noticeable but easily correctable in post. There's almost none at 14mm and very slight pincushion at 18mm. https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Distortion.aspx?Lens=950&Camera=736&FLIComp=0&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&FLI=0 edit: i assume we're talking canon. I think I saw you at the canon thread at least? hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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Feb 22, 2018 03:04
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On the other hand, if the guy just wants a picture of a big moon, why not go with an superzoom? Even a budget rebel + 70-300 is gonna run him way upwards of that, let alone a telephoto prime + tc + tripod, etc. I've had a bunch of non photographer friends link me this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfshAzV0FN4 and gone, hey can your camera do that? etc. The fact that you can get that much of a zoom range is REALLY impressive to people if they don't care about the image quality of small sensors. Obviously even the Coolpix P900 is above his budget range but there's some low-end superzooms in the $150-200 range. hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Mar 2, 2018 21:27
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His Divine Shadow posted:Hmmm so if I want to get back to some better camera quality I might as well look for something second hand it seems like. I don't want to get back into DSLR territory though. I was considering the Sony A5000 once but ehhh, money... photography was too expensive for me. Maybe those cell phone lenses are worth a shot. I got a Moto G4 phone. I have literally no idea what you're looking for at this point. A 14mm lens will give you a similar to wider field of view as your moto g4. Granted you'll get better quality images but if you're trying to shoot that moon you were talking about, the shot you'll get will be really similar to what you got with your cell phone.
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Its dust. Get a bulb blower or one of those wet-wipe sensor kits to clean it off, or just use lightroom's spot heal to remove them in post.
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Mar 10, 2018 21:08
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Do y'all use any online lens rental services? The only closeby camera store has a lovely canon selection, and I'd really like to rent a 100-400 or 150-600 for birding this spring.
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Thanks guys, I'll try lensrentals. My local camera store is really overpriced, what one lens costs in one day is the weekly rate for the site.
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xzzy posted:Lenrentals costs add up fast too though, especially if you're getting big lenses. I understand that, this is literally for a one-time use in the Indiana Dunes state park birding festival in May. Most of the stuff I shoot, which is urban and rural landscapes, street and architecture, my 17-70 or 10-18 covers fine, and the 70-200 for the rare event that I go to.
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edit: i'm stupid, i was looking at another leica review
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$100 off a whole bunch of sigma lenses for the next few weeks. Sooooo tempted by the 18-35 art... https://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=24815 hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 15:10 on May 3, 2018 |
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May 3, 2018 14:56
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i'm sorry i'm a bad bad person 
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Yeah uh I pretty much hardly ever use my ultrawide outdoors in nature, and it's really more for architecture interiors or exteriors. imo the sigma 18-35 1.8 is the best crop body landscape lens
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May 15, 2018 19:52
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Seriously just get a sigma or tamron 17-50 f/2.8, or a sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4 if you'd like the extra reach and can deal with the variable aperture. An UWA really isn't going to help landscape shots unless you've consistently got enough foreground interest to contrast with the scene, and for the most part it'll actually make scenery seem farther away and less impressive, leaving you with a bunch of sky to compose around.
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President Beep posted:Sometime down the road I might replace my first gen EF-S 55-250 with a better regular to medium telephoto zoom. Stepping up to a 70-200 seems like the obvious choice, but I’d prefer something a bit wider at the low end. Any options come to mind? 3rd party is ok. if you're sticking to aps-c, if you're willing to go with 2 lenses, the sigma 17-50 2.8 paired with the 50-150 1.8. I'm also a big fan of the 17-70 2.8-4 for extra walkaround reach if the variable aperture isn't a problem for you. But yeah the 24-105 for full frame.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Thanks for the lens info! Any idea how the Canon 50mm 1.8 performs? It's just as cheap as the Jupiter 8, and Canon glass seems more reliable than soviet ones, so I'm wondering if that'd be a safer bet. Get the 50 1.8 STM. Newer design, better autofocus, and sharper wide open.
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Oh NVM, ignore me then 
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Just think of the whole generation now who have no idea what parallel ports even are I used to bring zip disks to my mom's office in the university to download mp3s off audiogalaxy off their sweet t1 connection :3
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xzzy posted:For science I put my 150-600 on the gorillapod and pointed straight up to stress test, having the wight that lopsided is too much for it. lol it looks like it died of sadness
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alkanphel posted:You could consider the RX10 iv...the zoom range is now up to 600mm. Seconded, honestly the poster sounds like they want a super zoom for landscape details and the occasional wildlife photo.
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https://leicarumors.com/2018/10/16/pictures-of-the-leica-m10-d-camera-leaked-it-has-an-advance-lever.aspx/ but why
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spog posted:Just remembered that the 40D doesn't have liveview. Uh yeah it does?
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Uh if you're gonna be birding it's not gonna be very often you'll be on the wider end of a long zoom. Hell I hardly left the 400-600 range of the sigma 150-600 I rented the few times I went birding.
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President Beep posted:Have any 3rd party manufacturers made a fast super-telephoto, zoom or prime? Anything I can think of is really slow (and a zoom). Sigma has that new 500mm f/4 in their sport lineup. A pretty affordable 6k!
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KennyG posted:There's the Sigma 500 f/4 ($6k) and the 300 f/2.8 ($3300) and if you can find it maybe a 500mm f/4.5 APO ($4k) (I can only locate that in Canon mount) Some of the reviews I've read for the 120-300 say that it's virtually identical in optics and stabilization to it's EX predecessor except for being heavier for some reason.
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Massdrop has the Fuji XT-2 for $879. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/fujifilm-x-t2-mirrorless-camera-black-body-only
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There's also mid-range point and shoots like the fuji xf10 which is basically a budget aps-c in a tiny, tiny frame with a fixed prime lens. Perfect for learning composition and framing but having much better low light capabilities than a smartphone
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holocaust bloopers posted:Ricoh GR3 will also have in-body image stabilization, which is incredible in something of that size. Shoot, that's making me want one now as a compact body. The $500 price point for these kinds of cameras is really tempting. I've always wanted something from the X100 Fuji line but its cost is just a little much to justify.
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mobby_6kl posted:How's the Canon EFS 10-18mm? Just by chance I saw one on sale used for about $180 and since I never shot anything wider than the Tamron 17-50 I thought this might be worth it, or store there better options? Get it dood, it's straight up the best wide angle crop lens for canon. The only downside is the aperture which doesn't make it ideal for astro but its great for all other wide angle uses.
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I just do my prints at Costco. They offer printer profiles for all their locations and the charge per print is almost at-cost.
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KKKLIP ART posted:Ok, I’m going to see if I can stretch the budget because this seems like a really good idea. I like the idea that the 7MKII looks like it can be run over with a bulldozer and has USB3 It makes way more sense to me than trying to figure out what the gently caress Nikon camera belongs to what line
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this is almost as good as the reddit guy obsessed with large format
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forrealtho a mirrorless upgrade path for XXD users who have a fair share of ef-s lenses (you can pry the sigma 18-35 from my cold dead hands) is the bomb
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yeah like, fuji has great iso performance for aps-c sensors (the x-trans 4 sensor can shoot capably at 12800 iso) and that's available in the x-e4 and the x-t30 which are around $850-900, and for $1k the x-s10 has IBIS which will benefit every prime you have that doesn't have stabilization sorry to come off like a fuji salesperson but i'm just astounded at all the options there are at the $1-2k range now. i've been loading up my brand new x-t4 with a trio of sigma primes after selling my old canon stuff and i'm loving it
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yeah for sure, especially with iso, full frame can't be beat. i'm perfectly happy with my setup and what it's capable of though, especially at this price point. different tools for different use cases.
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Fwiw the 16-80 f4 lens that is bundled with some kits is really good also, with full weather resistance as well, and its sharpness is comparable with the 18-55. If you like the extra reach without any real downside beside the weight, I’d recommend that. Used ones are pretty affordable too due to it being bundled with some bodies. edit: actually it's quite a bit more than the 18-55 used, so disregard if it's outside your price range hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 13:39 on May 30, 2022 |
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