Camera Gear v8 "Buy A Pentax ME" (Don't buy UV filters, do hail satan)

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FormerFatty posted:

This is a massive long shot but has anyone here used a Hasselblad to Pentax K-Mount adaptor before? Were there any problems?

EDIT:

There are some real bargains on Ebay, look at this baby, $100 with no bids yet.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hasselbald-...=item19d240ce4b

I am aware that posting this here might drive up the price but there are plenty of other good deals out there.

That won't sell for anything near $100, there are three days left in the auction.

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:16

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FormerFatty posted:

I looked at the finished auctions, another identical lens failed to sell for $200

Oh it's not a T* lens, yeah those generally go for between 2 and 3 hundred.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2012 04:18

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Dudebro posted:

Why get something like a Yongnuo instead of a Nikon or Canon flash? I see the word "manual", but how does that translate in real world situations? I don't know anything about the world of lighting, but I've been considering getting one of the Canon Speedlites.

Edit: sorry. I'll be reading the lighting thread as well

Manual flash is very easy to get used to. I have shot a ton of events on DSLRs with old Nikon SB-26s in manual mode. I just toss an omnibounce on, point it at the ceiling, set the flash on 1/4 (to start), and adjust the aperture for distance. Just chimp frequently and you quickly get a feel for how much light you need at what distances.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2012 18:21

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Martytoof posted:

FYI after handling a real life Leica M3 I now have the Leica lust.

Don't be me, kids.

I am attempting to fill this void with cheap soviet Leica III knockoffs but somehow I doubt this will work.

It won't FSU cameras are soooo much rougher around the edges. Note this is based on the 5 minutes I once held an M7 in 2008.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2012 17:32

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longview posted:

Extension tubes + 35mm lens = high res super quick scanner.

Only problem I'm stuck on is finding a good film holder, it needs to keep the film very flat even near the end of a strip, so I can shoot with a wider aperture and avoid the diffraction penalty.

Get a piece of antinewton glass and gaffer tape the negs to it, or get two pieces and sandwich.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2012 00:55

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evil_bunnY posted:

On F3 It was no problem at all. The trick is to put the ciggie as close to the palm as you can.

PS: get better cameras you fukken plebs

Whoa, whoa, whoa, there is no reason to get all pentaxphobic.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2012 14:57

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Krelas posted:

Quick question: if I can get a K1000 for roughly the same price that I can get an ME Super, should I opt for that instead?

Haha, no. The K1000 is overhyped, the ME blows it away in terms of features.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2012 11:50

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Lediur posted:

Are there any big downsides to getting off-brand QR plates and clamps as opposed to RRS / Kirk stuff? I was looking at this clamp and a plate off Amazon and they look to be built similarly to brand ones that are easily double the price.

I have a Desmond brand clamp on my Tiltall and it's rock solid. That plate is a little fiddly though I got sick of having to use a screwdriver to remove it because the built in ring is terrible. I forked over the money for legit Acratech dedicated plates to put on my Hasselblad and Pentax 67 and they are totally worth it to me. The cheaper universal plate may be fine if you don't use the tripod all that often or only have one body though.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2012 10:33

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nielsm posted:

Urgh angry about flashes here.

I bought a Nissin Di466 for Nikon and a H�hnel wireless trigger on sale today, thinking I would finally get not just proper manual controlled flash, but also off-camera.
Well, turns out that the drat flash only fires when it gets full i-TTL control signals. It's literally impossible to have it trigger with a basic two-contact hotshoe. Meaning that it can't be triggered by the radio trigger. At least it can still work in an optically triggered slave-mode, so if I trigger one flash with the radio-thingy then the Nissin can trigger from that in turn.

But... why. Why can't you just make a flash that works on any stupid camera.

http://www.nissindigital.com/files/en_di466_users_nmanual.pdf

It defaults to TTL mode but according to this PDF you can set it in manual mode.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2012 03:54

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That and anyone that "tests" a f/1.4 lens for "backfocus" without a tripod and ruler doesn't know what they are talking about. So make sure your friend isn't mistaken. I had a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 back when I shot Nikon APS-C cameras and it was phenomenally sharp even wide open. I hardly ever took it off my camera. I may have just won the QC lottery but based on my experience if I had a crop frame DSLR I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2012 05:24

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Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Cross-post from the landscapes thread:

Is it more helpful to have a hard or soft edge for graduated ND filters? Looking at snagging my first set to experiment with, thanks.

Soft edge (probably), it will depend on what you shoot. Hard edge grads are great for stuff where there is a clear sky transition, like shooting out over water. Soft edege stuff is for when things might be sticking up into the sky, such as buildings and trees. This is just a general rule so your mileage may vary.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2012 05:31

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Yeah, not to say that cheap wireless triggers aren't perfectly fine for a lot of photographers. I used a set of chinese ebay radio triggers for a few years at weddings and never had an issue. I did have to tape the battery doors shut and in one case modify a battery door so that it would work at all. Not once did I feel let down by them, if my flash miss fired once or twice a night it wasn't a big deal.

If you are shooting all day with flash or on a big production where even a small delay to troubleshoot trigger will gently caress up your schedule then Pocketwizards are cheap at any price.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2012 12:08

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NoneMoreNegative posted:

Is there something like this, about an inch / inch and a half:

tapped as a regular tripod sized screw hole on the bottom and a regular tripod threaded screw on top that I can buy online somewhere?

I just got a cheap Orbis ringflash and bracket, but the bracket isn't long enough at full stretch to take a 580EXII and a Flash Trigger and still mount up to a 50D with grip - putting the widget between the flash trigger and the bracket should sort me out.

It just fits gripless, but I need my portrait shutter button and double battery power, dammit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-TRIPOD-EXTENSION-EXTENDER-TUBE-1-4-20-THREAD-CCTV-/350276510631

That should work, no idea if you can find them cheaper some place else though.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2012 17:12

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Molten Llama posted:

Then there are the 433MHz triggers like your Cowboy Studio triggers, which will generally work fine because they're terribly illegal in the US and transmitting on a restricted frequency.

This explains why my ebay triggers never seemed to have any interference problems.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2012 17:23

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Not really a miracle. The same size aperture on a shorter focal length lens will be a lower F stop. Adding glass (especially $60 glass) to the lens to do this probably decreases the actual amount of light being transmitted anyways. Remember F stop is just a calculated number that we use because it's the standard way of describing the aperture. I would want to see lab tested T stop values before I believed that it was really any "faster".

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 04:59

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I still think it's a cool adapter so that you don't end up with stupid long lenses when adapting for mirrorless cameras but it's too cheap for me to believe that it's anything but terrible.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 05:08

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Oh, that's probably okay then. Still doubtful with out independent testing but a lot more likely to not be the worst thing ever.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 05:20

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Bobx66 posted:

Why does it seem like there is no interchangability on the quick release plates for consumer (dslr sized) heads?

I am looking for a fluid video head and a monopod with a matching head so that I don't have to switch out my plates. Is there a brand that has a consistent plate size or is there possibly a way to swap out the mounts for the plates?

Buy arca swiss style plates and heads.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 20:00

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Bobx66 posted:

Man they really get the most out of the pricing of these clamps. $150 to not have to change my plates, wow.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

You can buy cheaper clamps. I paid $30 from Amazon for the one on my monopod. I do recommend better plates that are fitted to your camera like Acratech branded ones. Universal plates are shameful.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 23:29

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BANME.sh posted:

I never knew dealextreme sold camera stuff. I just got a IR remote for $2 with free shipping

It's probably a death laser that will set your camera on fire the first time you point the remote at it.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2013 22:06

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I shoot primes so that I can be smug as gently caress to zoomhavers.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2013 22:18

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SybilVimes posted:

I shoot whatever is in walking distance of the car because I have a good tripod

Yeah me too.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2013 01:59

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ahmeni posted:

Leaving the car to take photos? Why not just be Ansel Adams and shoot from the roof of your car?

I drive a convertible. :radcat:

# ¿ Mar 5, 2013 14:37

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Mr. Despair posted:

Yeah, but it's not a Genuine Canon Lens

That's actually one for the "in favor" column.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2013 15:44

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Casu Marzu posted:

I don't drink, I don't do drugs, my only hobby I really spend money on is photography.

You sound boring at parties. Wait, do you have like a van you could use to drive around us funhavers? That would be cool.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2013 03:11

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SoundMonkey posted:

Look how dumb you are.

You're the one that just called gear chat a "serious thread".

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 05:13

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It's not really a hassle. Tubes are more flexible than a dedicated macro lens in my opinion. I have a short one for using on my Hassie 150mm for portraits, it adds next to zero weight to my kit.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2013 08:08

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SoundMonkey posted:

I'm the lack of a ruler in the photograph to give a useful sense of scale.

Look at this guy that doesn't know the Pentax 40mm pancake has a 49mm filter thread.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2013 04:09

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SoundMonkey posted:

49mm, the second scrubbiest thread diameter, after 55mm.

52mm 4lyfe :snoop:

# ¿ Apr 12, 2013 04:44

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If a laptop is too bulky then just buy a bunch more CF cards.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2013 22:29

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Reichstag posted:

What's the best monitor I can get for photo editing under $300? Closer to $200 the better.

Someone recommended this one. At least I assume they did, I can't think of another reason I would have saved it in my wishlist. http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSha...d=I11T72H6CWJPX

# ¿ May 2, 2013 06:11

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MrBlandAverage posted:

lookit dat ground glass

Walk into the club like "what's up I gotta big contact print".

# ¿ May 16, 2013 01:59

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SMDH if you people need to see the scene in B&W on the camera to shoot in B&W.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 03:29

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I am a minimalist. The only things I need to make art is your mom and a bottle of scotch.

(Art is what I call sex with your mother BTW)

# ¿ May 16, 2013 05:09

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ExecuDork posted:

Pathetic. Relying on a crutch like Scotch is the sign of a poseur.

Look man I don't set your mom's rates, complain to her.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 05:20

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Musket posted:

I once sat with a shutter open for 7 hours. It was rather boring. I actually read a book.

What book? No true artist reads anything but the finest animes while taking long exposures.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 06:11

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evil_bunnY posted:

Peaking is a much more reliable focus aid than a giant viewfinder.

Look at this guy that hasn't used a 4x5. Focus peaking? I'll just get my giant gently caress off loupe and peak whatever the gently caress I want. :cmon:

spog posted:

True artists would have read lots of amazon book reviews beforehand, so they could visualise the story without having to open the book.

I have rectified your statement.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 11:53

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Not now nerd, we are discussing the finer points of the Star Wars EU ITT. Just buy any old EF to F mount adapter on Amazon.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 16:14

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HPL posted:

I don't take pictures. I memorize a scene and people have to read my mind to see it.

Every time I try this the only thing people end up seeing is hosed up nudes.

# ¿ May 16, 2013 18:01

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:16

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Bubbacub posted:

Willing to take a hit in image quality to have a lens that doesn't sound like a NASCAR pit stop.

I would be more likely to buy a lens if it sounded like an impact wrench :black101:

# ¿ May 20, 2013 18:26

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