Wetplate EditionPlease post film photos, talk about film photography, film gear like cameras, film stocks, news, and tips/tricks in this thread.Also talk about darkroom practices, enlargers, photo paper, techniques like dodging/burning, tools, and equipment related to enlarging, developing, and printing.Thread Question: What alternative processes would you like to try?Previous thread: >>4476005
>>4488701It doesn't look like it's cheap enough to be worth it desu.
>>4488713Shatbed scanners attracting dust probably
>>4488711damn bro, do you live inside a vacuum cleaner?
>>4488711Nophotos will bitch and whine about a small amount of dust that makes no difference to your image. Laugh at them. They are too scared to post a photo of their own.
>>4488780>small amount
Well nobody else is gonna so here we go, here's a RAW/EDIT thread. I've provided some of mine, a few of which I've edited in the past but also a few I've never touched. Links:>Daylight Landscape with Semi-Challenging Lighting. https://files.catbox.moe/9lc3dk.CR3>Backlit Wildlife (bin chicken) Scene. I was never happy with any edits.https://files.catbox.moe/ctd0mg.CR3>Interior Low-Light Figurines. https://files.catbox.moe/l1fmr2.CR3>Panning Motorsport Scene.>also pic rel own edithttps://files.catbox.moe/c84va5.CR3>This thread is less about the merits of a particular photograph, and more about how to edit and change them. CONSTRUCTIVE feedback is great, but aimless shitflnging is for the other threads>I wholly encourage more of you to post RAWs, as I enjoy giving it a crack myself, as do some other anons otbComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4488763You unironically are broken by being a desk jockey that has grown to just hate anything that involves a computer. Such is the fate of most people that sit in front of computers all day every day for their jobs.
>>4488763>now how can I numb my mind enough to actually do editingthe issue is that you are already numbed lol
>>4488754Do you not care about how your images look? You have to care first
Holy hell, I wasn't expecting much from the board but I sure wasn't expecting the thread to go this direction.Oh well. With such low engagement with actual photo-related topics I guess It's time to leave / only lurk.>shrug+sage
>>4488819what did you expect, based slider-sliding bro?
Last days of 2025 editionAll video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras and higher) and have interchangeable lenses.In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.>STICKY - https://text.is/QZ1J>Helpful guide, additional books and more in-depth FAQs - https://web.archive.org/web/20200926115310/https://pastebin.com/kG0gRmTZ>NO ONE CARES WHAT AN EXPERT YOU THINK YOU ARE. IF YOU’RE ASKING BASIC-AS-SHIT QUESTIONS, YOU CAN’T BE ALL THAT GREAT. SEE ABOVEPrevious thread >>4467259Quick FAQSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4487998or you could go full doyle
How do you manage storage when traveling? Ahead is a 3 weeks trip to Japan where I most likely shoot my new Nikon ZR daily. Now I could easily shoot in h265, 4k/25 and call it a day, not worrying about storage. But obviously the red raw is really nice and I wanna shoot in that probably. However after just 40 mins my 512gb cf express card is full. That would definitely be enough for one full day for me. My usual workflow is to directly cut the footage together in davinci, export in h265 and delete all raw files. So no storage issues. But I doubt I wanna edit daily when traveling. Should I buy a 10TB harddrive or so? How would you do it?
>>4488793>anon learns the reason why nikon cameras are impractical for video the hard way
>>4488793Grab a couple of portable 2.5" SSDs (or buy a M.2 storage key where you can slot in your own disks on a USB adapter). Sure it'll cost you a couple hundred dollars, but there's no way to avoid that. Spinning disks WILL get jossled around enough that you risk damage.You could directly upload your footage to a cloud-based system via a laptop but that requires you to bring a laptop on your trip and have a cloud service you're paying for (free services are going to give you fuck all storage). Google drive is only like $7 for 2TB of storage, so I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find a different service with greater storage.
>>4488793shoot lightweight files and get it right in camera
this was the absolute peak of digital photography and its all been downhill after here. seriously look at the shots on flickr with this tag and how good they look. mirrorless is super sterile and fake looking, and older than the mkii just were shit to use and had too much noise. seriously dont sleep on these, 5d mkii and some EF L glass has u covered and then u can spend the rest of the money on travel and taking kino shots.
>>4487866>vertical grips>duplicate controlsThe D4 has those things already and doesn't need a grip bolted onto it.>>4487849D2X is a very fine camera, if I hadn't got the scorching deal on my 4 I may have got one, I looked at a couple. I like the bigger screen on the 4.>>4487822I did get this for the FPS I do motorsports from time to time and things moving at speed. Realistically, you don't need more than 20mp unless you are printing super huge like above movie poster size.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4488403>The D4 has a vertical grip minus the feature where you can remove itWhy does it need to be so big when an EOS 1n weighs no where near that much and focuses faster? Nikon lost. Canon won. Sorry lil fella, YWN be in focus.
>>4488403Resolution isn't just about printing big, it gives you flexibility when cropping. If the 16mp of the D4 does you fine then a 36mp would get you that with an APS-C crop, a 42mp body gets you a little over 1.6, 60mp gets you almost 2x crop. That means you can use smaller, lighter, cheaper lenses, or simply get more reach with what you have. Back in the day you had to make a choice between resolution and speed but that's not so much the case these days, at least to get an acceptable level of speed (matching the D4) because 20fps is largely unnecessary and just a skill cope.
>>4488493Resolution is also about recognizing that digital looks like shit. Bayer just turns small details into vomit so it takes like 30mp for it to look as normal as 35mm film.
>>4488495Could you share us a 35mm scan that looks better than 30mp digital?
>"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected." Robert Frank.>"I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white – I like the abstraction of it." Mary Ellen MarkI see a pattern. One of making the world increasingly drab to demoralize the people. Look up their early lives.
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>>4487132>Everything is either white, black, or a shade of grey. Maybe you see a couple blue and red cars, and if you find something yellow or even green you've hit the jackpot for the dayMore of an /o/-tier whinge than /p/ but I feel like the sentiment applies here as well. Everything is just devoid of colour these days
>>4488786High Impact were the days
I'm only shooting for myself. Travel and family. Photo and video. What I learned is that video easily brings people to tears. Because it's so real, you can dive back in memories and experience everything once more. Photography is different. You look at the images and it only activates emotions IF you use them to remember back that moment. B&W photos make it easier to remember back because it makes your brain start thinking. You don't get the exact image of a situation but more a vague interpretation in form of a colorless scene. So I believe that this is the reason why b&w photography is so emotional for many while color photos just collect dust forever on your hdd. But that is just my idea and I don't know if thats any true. Once the Ricoh GR4x mono appears I use it as an excuse to learn more about it
>>4487148Black and white is harder because you can only rely on light and composition
Insta threadWill follow anyone>horgen_fotoHad anyone got tips on how to find less popular content?The algorithm is just feeding me terrible tiktok reels with millions of views all day long.
>>4487932>in fact, it was not him.
Can anyone guide or help me to recovering my account? I noticed that my account's email got mysteriously changed but I was in the middle of a trip to be able to do anything about it. And now I can't access it at all because the faggot who took it changed the passwords.
What is the best export setting for this piece of trash website? It burled the fuck out of my photos. I uploaded them from website and they were fine but phone they look like they were taken on a fucking potato FUUUUCCCK
>>4488603Zuck will ask you to send him videos of your butthole. Contact the insta team asap
>>4488784That's not due to any export setting. Instagram often just likes to not show the full (Instagram) resolution of images when you view them. Sometimes it "pops in" after a short while, but it has nothing to do with your local connection. It is insta deciding not to give your images bandwidth.
Why are photography YouTubers so shit? They mostly churn out boring nontent while dressing like a copy of a copy of a copy of someone who thought he might closet cosplay Ansel Adams. Who are they aping?Almost all have the cadence and tone of a best buy sales associate either slowly conniving a golden HDMI cable sale or postponing their suicide on a Sunday evening only since their parents are still alive; with no in-between.I meet smarter and more interesting people IRL at camera club or local stores, so it's not as if this hobby is exclusively for people prescribed Klonopin and SSRIs.Half of them are just talking head slop direct to camera talking about what gear to buy (micro four nerds)The ones that do teardowns and repairs of gear are usually fine, but those aren't exactly photo videos at that point.The only guy that does the "video of taking photos" thing I can stand is Nick LoPresti since he doesn't talk like he's constipated, but lately the lack of constipation has become a problem since he's been diarrhea-shitting up my sub box with low-effort commentary videos sitting in front of a green screen. Idk who he's aping there, 2016 twitch? Don't like it, especially one where he and his wife are politisperging about shit like how "they can't use Google search for inane things because it'll track you" for what feels like several minutes.Snappiness may be my second favorite even though he looks and talks like a queer (he has kids so I guess he isn't technically). At least he does ridiculous things with cameras that are more interesting than "I walked and took a photo of something and had some ennui about it".Also, I hate gxAce with a passion, dead horse of a gimmick beaten into dust at this point. 80% of his videos serve no purpose to the modal viewer since they're just a rain-dance to the corporate marketing teams to get them to send him gear. (Also combining sloppy wet deep-throat glazing prose with an aloof tone is uniquely excruciating to listen to.)
The problem is that you're watching gearfag youtubers rather than educational youtubers.
>>4488387>educational youtubersit's funny that normies need three dozens videos explaining exposure triangle lol
>>4466377>why don't people who post on an anonymous hair curling forum to protect their anonymity want to go to a meetup irl and break their anonymity?Because the niggers that go to them are as stupid as you?
>>4481131I kinda like James Popsys desu. His videos are always well produced, he doesn't obsess over gear, and he at least actually takes interesting photos in interesting places. He also doesn't do the annoying YouTuber voice thing that I can't stand and generally doesn't do annoying clickbaity videos.Gear review channels are the absolute worst though. I was looking at getting a Sigma 20mm F1.4 lens that is pretty purpose-built for astrophotography. Every reviewer I looked at was using it to take boring, generic photos of random shit around their house. That or focusing entirely on the "amazing bokeh rendering" you can get at F1.4, again showcasing boring photos of flowers and random objects in their yard. I don't think anyone even bothered to take it out at night.
>>4463763>and the ones that aren't are tutorial videos that only appeal to beginners.beginner videos are honestly some of the best. Every now and again theres something really really simple or a cool trick that i just had never gave much thought too and they end up making me play around outside of my comfort zones with the cameras that i do have. A lot more than ones aimed at "higher skilled" photographers and the feeling of the video is>have at least 20k in gear to try this first>how to let editing do 90% of the legwork instead of taking better pictures
Welcome to /m43/general!m43 sisters, we are known to be adventurers at heart. While Wormfags and Snoybois debate mtf charts and x-trans rights, we go out and explore the world around us. Capturing its beauty within m43's infinite depth of field. In this edition: I am back to m43. I've sold my huge bulky Nikon Zf after realizing that I'm way too feminine to lug around such a huge piece of Japanese technology and I got meself a brand new OM5 Mk. II.I also got a GX9 to live out my closeted homesexual street photography urges. Picrelated is my sane financial choices in one picture. Enjoy!A list of m43 youtubers you should totally watch if you hate yourself:Landscape (leaves and rocks):Guido v. (OM1) - https://www.youtube.com/@GuidoVanDeWaterHenry Turner (OM5) - https://www.youtube.com/@HenryTurnerphotoWaterfall Joe (OM1) - https://www.youtube.com/@WaterfallJoe/videosIan Worth (OM1) - https://www.youtube.com/@ian_worth/videosComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4488647>he shoots APS-CuckJust admit it anon you are as pathetic as these micro poor turds and can't afford a full frame like we do. >>4488651>like Nikon and Canon also make APS-C cameras and they're quite good.Meh Nikon Zfc is pathetic meme camera no wonder it's now selling for $600 on Ebay. same with other apscuck Nikons. A used Z5 can be had for $700 and below. Don't get me started on Nikon DX lenses both on their DSLR or mirrorless. Nikon pretty much gimped all DX lenses. A cucked system imo.
How is the G3 as a stills camera?
>>4488738great. every camera made in the past 15 years is great. photography has been solved long time ago - that's why it's all about 4k120p and other video bullshit now.
>>4488738Pretty shit. Like super shit. IQ comparable to a phone. You may as well get a digishit, or step up to an entry level DSLR like a d610 or cheap used d7xxx/d5xxx (avoid canon, shitty sensors until the 5div and 90d)
>>4488738a pocket cam like a canon s95 will have image quality that is every bit as bad but actually fit in your pocket unlike a $150 lumix g3 with a $500 f2.8 prime labeled as f1.4 to fool poorfags
Anyone else here working a regular job/day job as a photographer? I've been working as a real estate photographer for a while and still do side jobs for things like corporate portraits/events, and I'm curious if anyone else on /p/ works in photography too.
>>4485450There’s this cult on the internet that tells people>u haf to be a profeshunal If they dare want gear that doesn’t easily get mogged by a phone more than 2 stops past base ISO so sadly people keep trying to enter this shitty oversaturated fieldIf you like portraits do those as a side gig. Nothing else. No one here likes social climbing and all the narcissistic and sociopathic games it involves so forget fashion and "real art". Photography is a hobby first and foremost.
>>4485455>shitty oversaturated fieldThis applies to so many fields that people would "love" to work in, and photography is a great example of it.It's oversaturated because being paid to take photos 95% of the time requires nothing more than "click the button, anon". I'm starting to think any moderately interesting field/job draws these mediocre morons to them by simple viture of the fact they they're unqualified and unskilled but want something other than a retail job.Photography is a hobby that supplements other hobbies/events* that you go through in life. Even if you claim to like tinkering with manual cameras or developing film or whatever, they're seperate hobbies. Photography itself cannot be sustained on its own.
>>4467257Why the fuck would I want to ruin a good thing by going pro? I already did it with digital arts and in 10 years ran into ground what I once loved. I hate it now. Fuck no. Never. PS. Wedding photographers have to be the biggest bunch of self-hating masochists out there. Why can't you just love yourself and be good to yourself? Let it go, you're a worthy human. Stop it.
>>4488726best advice on this board. never turn your hobby/passion into a career. you will fucking hate it (with a passion lol). been there, done that.
>>4488755It's funny how so many gurus and people in your life say to make your job your hobby. Same thing with cars too, I knew a guy that loved cars and then fucking hated them and never did shit to his own car ever again after he started working as a mechanic. He let his car pretty much rot because he couldn't stand doing what he already did for work as an after work project.
What's /p/'s opinion on one of the most viewed (online) photographers?>Sex And Takeout is an ongoing viral series on the unnecessary and unkind social boundaries and cultural taboos forced upon women’s bodies. By indulging in sex and junk food, Bahbah proposes a celebration of the self. Inspired by her personal battle with disordered eating, Sex And Takeout is a declaration of overcoming guilt and shame. Through this series, Bahbah unpacks expectations of femininity and challenges her own standards of beauty.
>>4488210>Mental problems on sleeve: Promiscuity and gluttony are immoral behavior and glorifying them degrades society. This is just women emulating male vice instead of setting an example. And no wonder this is pushed, companies profit excessively from selling products that support and compensate for unhealthy lifestyles. I wonder why companies are so immoral? All the people who own them look kinda related....>Perfectly sane and mentally stable: you ignorant, paranoid little nazi fuck. Eventually you will either get medicated or removed from this world, depending on whether they get you before or after you shoot up a fuckin school. idgaf which, but have you considered inserting large vegetables in your anus instead?
>>4488296You speak to the sort of goblin that says asking why jews are exempt from ukranian drafts is antisemitic
>>4488296It’s all the idiotic shit you just throw in casually to try to make your point, between your cringe Nazi rhetoric is the part that I like. Apparently in your absolutely fucked understanding of this species, gluttony is a male problem and women are just imitating it? Bc bitches don’t overeat and have eating disorders & turn into whales? You do alternate between sounding like a total fucking moron and like you’re one realization (that education is a Jewish conspiracy brainwashing the children) away from being featured on the news face down.
>>4488370Gluttony as a glorification of the self IS a male vice.>I am the manliest man here. I can eat more, and worse, food than anyone else. I eat pizza every day. I eat burgers for breakfast and steak for lunch. Beer is my water. Whisky is my blood. Salad and quiche are for gay fucking bitches. I'm having a great time. Et tu, BITCH?This is distinctly male. It's a masochism ritual adjacent to eating whole hot peppers raw. It's a low grade pain/eating bitterness test. It is distinctly masculine.And regardless of what it is, it is BAD FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND SHOULD NEVER BE ENCOURAGED.>that education is a Jewish conspiracy brainwashing the childrenOh, certain facets of education are absolutely jewish conspiracies. Critical race theory and modernized equity (each maintain jews as a people who deserve to remain distinct and privileged) are distinctly jewish concepts. They are mandated by jewish religious belief. Another jewish aspect of education is framing all american wars as for global peace when they only advance israeli interests and establish central banks which inevitably tie back to 100% jewish families that owe their wealth to charlamagne. You know jews exist and aren't a boogeyman right? They are the white privilege you heard so much about.Until they're sick of non-jews, then they're not white. They're oppressed.
>>4488002Cool post other than the latent belief in the progressive theory of history
I would like a small, retro style camera for hobbyist / snap shitting type photography. Image quality is important to me, but not the end all, be all. I do not want a full frame type camera such as the ZF. I already have a D850, and actually owned a ZF for several months, before getting rid of it as the lack of grip and overall hugeness made it very unfun to walk around and shoot with. Between the OM-5 and some Fuji cam, which is the best choice?
>>4488729>>4488680He's alive he posted on /k/ a while ago. He has a Z7 and keeps shilling H&K.>>4488731Better cameras are also fun, spastic ESL bro, not just the em5iii re-re-release. Nice buyers remorse doe.
>>4488729Accusing better photographers of being zoophiles is rude. Poor 8x10 eggGod gets the same treatment. Is it all you?
>>4488669I don't think his tests were scientific enough.
>>4488737I member >dog didnt move>indoors>t-the lighting changedLarger pixels having better shadow recovery and more sensitivity was already known to real niggas anyways
>>4488745>shadow recoveryeither you're too retarded to get a proper exposure in camera or you're retarded to think that shadows need any recoveryit's a sign of the autistic mind to try to show everything in a picture
was this image taken on film or digital? https://files.catbox.moe/9jjcnu.jpg
>>4488728obvious film>multicolored grain>missed focus>no shadow density
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.
>>4488685Prove it.
>>4488687im giving you more education than your parents ever did here. say "thank you for the advice, anon" first.
>>4488688Woah no need to be so sassy. Thank you for the advice, now show me some of your work
>>4488688Stating the obvious is not advice, snapshitter.
>>4488689This
New color film!!!lucky 200 has finally dropped.Anybody shot it yet? waiting for my order to arrive.
>>4488584Yeah from what I can tell their B&W Lucky 400 is worse than Kentmere 400 or 100 and it's more expensive than either.Maybe if this stuff was like $8 a roll then sure, but I dont see the point.
>>4488583yeah its alright, shot a roll so far
to think lomography sold literal garbage rolls (some even marked with letters and codes on top of the image) for $20, and still do
Damn I expected chinaslop to cost less than Kodak Gold
>>4488601>>4488638>>4488641its cheaper if you are from a third hole shithole, a roll of Gold cost 15 usd for me. And Lucky its just 9 USD so yeah.
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
>>4477184k i n o
Mars (left), waning crescent Moon (over Lumen Field, Seattle), Venus (up, right of Moon) rising Sept. 11, 2015.Nikon D5200, kit 18-55mm at 55mm, f/8, 2sec, ISO-1000
>>4488213Oops. Sept. 10, 2015.
ZV-E10 + SEL55210 taken last week iirc, obviously cropped
