I want to buy a Christmas gift for a girl and I thought of a polaroid as a great gift for her. My question to you, /p/ederasts, is whether it's worth it and not just a meme
>>4482270What's a /p/ederast, Walter?
>>4482270OP I'm just going to point one thing out.This >>4482272>If you want to buy her a camera, buy her a real camera.Pay attention to the wording because it's truer than you realise. If 'YOU' want to buy her a camera.If she doesn't want a camera, then this is a gay ass idea and you're doing the classic trap of buying a gift for someone (You) would like instead of something they would like.
>>4482270Why wouldn't you think it's worth it? Does she pull out the phone camera for everything she eats? Take selfies? If you've seen her bedroom, does she have shit like string lights on the wall?>make sure she doesn't already have an InstaxOr even if she does, there's the also the Wide models, or printers that connect to your phone.
>>4482270>I want to buy a Christmas gift for a girlDon't.
I'll use this thread instead of making a new one.I'm also trying to buy a gift for a friend who's into photography. Would you find these keychain cameras fun? Obviously actual equipment would be better, but I don't know enough about this stuff to know what to buy
I got myself a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC for my EOS 700D. This is the second copy I have because the first one was decentered. Do you think the coma on this one is alright, or should I send it back?
Are CCD bridge cameras the best way to hop into the CCD trend? I don't want to have to get APS-C lenses for a CCD SLR and digital point and shoot seem terrible. Anyone have experience or their own shots to post? TIA
>>4489488this,I got an ISTD and just share my Tamron lens with my K50 lmao
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167986935957might be fine just the battery/cf card is shothttps://www.ebay.com/itm/205927550133"inop" because they dont want returns?https://www.ebay.com/itm/317613350124if youre canadian worth consideringi took this with my 5d :)
>>4490920wow looks as good as nikon z6 photo.well done
>>4489485Ignore "CCD Trend". It is about CFA filers not cmos vs ccd. Get 5D Classic in good shape and enjoy good quality from cheap FF lenses.
>>4493217Its not about either. Its about firmware. Sensors are monochrome. CFAs only really matter under artificial and naturally tinted light (this is what causes snoy colors)
So what's your excuse, /p/?
>>4492912This is the real truth, opportunity cost exists. For every second doing boring commercial photography you could have been photographing trains or naked women instead. Plus also working a full time job paying more than commercial photography. Once you realise this, this guy is basically just fucking up wasting years in a low paying job when could be climbing the corporate ladder, also his job boxes him into only being allowed to shoot boring photos.
Everything becomes annoying soulless shit when you go pro, it's fucking labour, no one will pay you to do something that feels good all the time.
>>4492957The pay is also shit too. People think you get paid a lot, but you don't.
>>4492900That's true, but people forget that somebody from the "higher levels of society" face different challenges. This is an extreme example, but a starving kid in Africa who just wants food and water (which is of course a much worse problem), will never know what it feels like to having to deliver shit for a company for a deadline so you don't get fired and can come home and feed your kids while your wife is nagging you threatening divorce. And if you are a nepo kid but you're actually genuinely talented then you'll face a lifetime of people talking shit about you etc.Yeah some people benefit from having wealthy parents and just get shit handed to them, but it's just become a popular thing to hate more recently. But everybody would do that to their kids if they had the means. It would be important to also teach them the value of what they're getting so they don't squander it or take it for granted, but fucking hell. There's not a parent in the world who wouldn't love to be able to offer their kids stuff like that.
>>4492982Yes and no. I think the other anon makes a good point about if a nepo is too defensive or doesn't admit to it vs just straight up owning it. As far as photography is concerned, I'd say that it's a smaller part nepo and more about being privileged/from a rich enough background that you can afford to just be a basic bitch and not worry about if it'll keep the lights on. The stuff in the OP is extremely basic commercial work that would pay like ass and would need to be propped up by his family. And I know because I was in different areas for commercial and it pays like ass across the board. It's a sad line of work to be in since people know it's a dream job to people and there will be 1,000 others that can instantly replace you. The only truly enjoyable paid photography work I've found is stuff like conventions or work you find yourself, where every job is in your control and you can stop working when you've had enough. My day job pays more than triple anything I got from professional work and now I just do conventions and corporate stuff on weekends for the fun and having a little extra money, since I can choose how long I work and where (or if at all, as I won't even do it every weekend or even every month).
Film photography is better due to low sensitivity in dark areas. No one needs to see what is in dark areas most of the time. Just imagine this photo with unnecessary crap in shadows.
>>4485702This
Film photos are just pleasing to look at. You can tell when a photo is taken on film.
>>4492047Are these a woman's BREASTS!?On my blue board?!!??!
>>4492714NoHe’s a man, so it’s SFW.
>>4492047It's pleasing because tits, not because film.
Reply if you're a real mf'er
>>44914156x6 TLRs are a lot smaller than you'd think.A folder is probably always going to win on compactness, but zone focussing and composing with the brilliant finder on my Ikon 515/2 sucks. My Microcord (Rolleiflex copy for all intents and purposes iirc) is smaller volume wise than my 35mm SLRs.>>4491421I understand the packing purposes issue but personally when I've travelled with my folder I always brought a 35mm SLR anyway because I knew the folder was so limiting.There are a few folding rangefinders, like the Mamiya Six, Voigtlander and Zeiss made them also. You could always get a hotshoe rangefinder and mount it to your folder.tl;dr Like you say if you bring the folder you will want a 35mm also, so the TLR is there if you want to replace both I suppose. Unless your folder has a rangefinder already in which case I think wanting anything further is GAS.
>>4492500>HotshoeI meant cold shoe but you get the pointPicrel is from my Ikon 515/2 on a trip to Vienna where I just had a carry on bag. I still managed to pack my Praktica TL1000. I've done small day hikes with the same set up without issue.
>>4492708kat
>>4483220>sekonic l-308xmost comfy and good for it's price.
literally unmogged even to this day
>>4491651My D750 still feels great, thank you very much
>>4491626>12MPlollmao even
>what is the d800
D700 + Ikelite 200DL + Sugma EX 28/1.8
lemme see your shots for the moon!this is mine btw captured with canon 2000d 55mm i can not remember my camera settingsi gave it some edit with lightroom this is first time with DSLR
>>4488213Oops. Sept. 10, 2015.
ZV-E10 + SEL55210 taken last week iirc, obviously cropped
Best I can do with a Ricoh GR
What are the best socials or search engines nowadays to discover relatively good photography?I've found Pinterest (without the adds) to have the best recommendations by far until now. What the hell happened to Instagram? Something that was born to be focused on photography in the 2010s became some sort of life people's blogs. Not even that, the recommendations are absolutely horrible, worst than things like Youtube. Sadly, it's one of the only ways for some kind of online social presence, and if you opt out of it, you regress to anonymity.I remember there were some online Russian sites who used to archive good stuff, like gallery.ru
>>4491761holy shit I thought you were talking shit so looked up the s5 pro.https://www.flickr.com/groups/fujis5/pool/with/54494318943That looks so much better than the z9 photos its not funny. I even had to look up what was going on sensor wise, its a CCD. Why the fuck isnt this technology getting pushed? this is the type of thing I would actually want
>>4491762An s9 photo.This is very good color for digital, some of the best ive seen.
>>4491762CCD isnt doing the colors its limited editing latitude (CCD has almost no DR) making the manufacturer write good data instead of lots of data and the users having better taste on average (digital MF and nicer canon DSLRs write lots of data but the users shoot and edit better as well)
browse the PDF outputs of FIAP salons. endless fun seeing the best of the best boomer photographyhere's a list. just look at the previous years winners and stuff. endless hours of entertainment.https://www.myfiap.net/patronages?field_fiap_patronage_number_value_2=&title=&title_1=&name=&field_profile_org_name_value=&custom_category=All&custom_section=All&field_cntst_sched_closing_date_value_op=%3D&field_cntst_sched_closing_date_value%5Bvalue%5D=&field_cntst_sched_closing_date_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_cntst_sched_closing_date_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_cntst_sched_exhibit_date_value_op=%3D&field_cntst_sched_exhibit_date_value%5Bvalue%5D=&field_cntst_sched_exhibit_date_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_cntst_sched_exhibit_date_value%5Bmax%5D=&has_salon_catalog=All&has_salon_file=All&items_per_page=50&order=field_cntst_sched_closing_date&sort=desc&page=1
>>4491761your a fucking snoy using nigger bitch
I was the anon thay said i fucked up my first roll of film like 2 months ago. Well, I got the roll of film back, and the light had only ruined like 8 photos so, 16 were pretty ok, besides looking like shit because I'm new to this. I especially liked this photo, but it looks kinda retarded.
>>4488688wtf is wrong with you lol
>>4488600best shot itt
I kinda like those pics. Have a nice vibe to them :)The sun looks nice, warm and cozy there
>>4488600Agreeing with some posters. Vibey.I’ve been experimenting with film recently and hope my night shots turn out as neat but I’m expected some totally unexposed frames off my disposable.
>>4491659>totally unexposed frames off my disposable.yeah. f/9 at 1/125 (give or take) is 10 stops too dark at night with 100ISO film, and 8 stops too dark with 400ISO film, or less than 1% of the required lightunless you used flash and subjects were close enough
This thread is dedicated to close-range photographic captures utilising macro-optical imaging configurations to achieve greater reproduction ratios. Got it? Good now upload some shit. Last thread: >>4376661
>image limit reachedShall we wait until spring to make a new thread? All my insect bros are gone, literally nothing to shoot :(
>>4485226Use a tripod and pray for a still bug / no wind. Let the AF motor do it for you. The rocking method is unreliable because there's little chance you can go perfectly forwards and backwards without any lateral movement whatsoever.>>4492505Could just get a thread going with some old photos, no harm in that really.
>>4492539Is macro defined as 1:1 or greater, or is it just images "in the spirit of" taking pictures of small things?
>>4492540Technically Macro is 1:1. In practice, anything involving "small" subjects and/or higher than normal magnification is macro photography. Better to think of it as a general idea than a clearly defined rule, and if anyone gets all high and mighty over you using a 0.4x lens or something then that just means they're a massive faggot.Back in the day when basically every lens was between 0.2x and 0.1x magnification, the only way to get proper macro photos was with a dedicated macro lens (or bellows). These days more and more everyday lenses feature higher reproduction ratios with 0.5x being fairly common and normally the point that companies will slap the Macro moniker on it. Hell, my 100-400mm lens has a 0.42x ratio without trying, and it would be more than enough for decent enough macro.
>>4492553Yeah that's how I feel about it also. I do a lot of 8x10 snapshitting type stuff around 1:1 and it always makes me chuckle a bit when I consider posting a picture with my entire hand in it or something in the macro general because technically it is 1:1.It's more fun to remain within the spirit of macro and post photographs of small things instead. :D
>Can’t stand my self
>>4492547
I take photos on a Sony Mavica. I'm not a photographer per se, but I think this will be my new hobby now.
>>4491828Sir I’m going to need proof that doll is at least 18
>>4491828Why did you make two threads?
I just found a vintage camera museum page and thought maybe someone here might be interested in ithttps://licm.org.uk/livingImage/1930Room.html
>>4492511Cool. Another really fun one is to look up the old 1800-early 1900s newspaper photography ad archives. Tons and tons of really neat old photography ads for film, printing seevices, lenses, etc.
Seems like a good site for old camera enthusiasts
Got a Fuji X-E5 kit for Christmas. Sharing the first pics SOOC. Not the best photographer, but I can tell I’m going to love using it. Plus it’s my first camera that’s truly mine, so how could I not love it?
>>4491989Wow that's pretty good lol. Definitely a /p/ approved camera.
Took a trip to The Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. Was pleasantly surprised by how beautiful everything was. Not that I was expecting it to be bad or anything. Just liked it way more than I thought I would.
>>4492387The girl in the middle is probably my favorite out of all the exhibits. She’s so full of life and hope.
>>4492388Obsessed with the teeeeny tiny hand painted matryoshka. The bigger ones are cool and all but she’s so detailed.
>>4492389Also, here’s the film recipe if anyone wants it. I forgot what it’s called but it’s very versatile.
