I don't want to buy a new flagship every two years. I just want to have a nice pocket camera and keep my midrange for a while. My old olympus pocket camera lasted for almost a decade. Preferably nothing more expensive than $700
>>4489665>cheapYeah, I'm seeing them selling from $300-$1,000 on ebay. What the fuck? I remember small digital cameras being like $150 about 15 years ago and they took great shots.Like any hobby, there will be a bunch of snobs here who will tell you to fuck off unless you want to drop a grand on a fucking camera that probably doesn't even match what phones have now. That's why I don't like 4chan. Everyone is such a superior asshole instead of being helpful.
I'm getting this. I'm sure it will be fine.
>>4498443>I remember small digital cameras being like $150 about 15 years agoFaggot zoomer retro hipster tax. These 20 year old retards who never used anything except a touchscreen and AI get told by youtoobers that they'll be cool and take better photos than their iPhone 17 if they gobble up all the 15 year old digishits and anything remotely retro looking.>That's why I don't like 4chan. Everyone is such a superior asshole instead of being helpful.Yeah I feel that. Putting in effort and trying to help people usually results in being ignored at best and more likely shit talked for minor reasons.>>4498444It will be. When you go the compact P&S route the form factor and portability are your main concerns. Nah you wont match some chud/chad with his 5DII and 70-200mm f/4, but if you're having fun then everyone else can eat sand.
>>4498445I ended up looking around a bit more and opted for this instead for a bit less money. Not as compact, but it's more of a real camera like my first A-1 in the 90s. I have an iphone mini if I need a small camera.
>>4489626I own an EX1. Its the shit.
Give it straight to me, /p/. Are Leica M cameras a meme? Or are they worth it?Mainly for portraits, and rock and leaves.
>>4481813Leica M (film) cameras were expensive tools for professionals that wanted the best from the late 1950s to the late 1990s and were likewise really great for their time. After the turn of the century digital Leica cameras for the most part have just became a brand like Luis Vuitton; made for people as a status symbol to show people how rich you are. Also many Leica cameras have become just a form of wealth investment for rich people. Aka buy an ultra rare limited production Leica M camera (with crocodile skin etc), put it in a bank safe and in 10 to 20 years time sell the camera if you need the money out of it.. The only Leica that actually was worth it post 2000 was the Leica S series. Which is a medium format digital in dslr body type camera system with literally the same lenses taken directly from the cine lens series but packaged for photograpy. Unfortunately I think the S series has been discontinued for the time being.The Leica SL series is legitimately good as well and is a software enhanced version of a Panasonic full frame camera with some better video features. I wouldn't buy any other digital Leica digital camera.
>>4481813no memecenter rear lens surface near film plane seen summicron pics
>>4483459you sound like the type of autists that spaz out about 'muh BMW ultra driving experience'
>>4481820Considering their price bracket, they're more like the McLaren of the camera world. Good looking, work great but are overly complicated, horribly overpriced and are only bought by a rich niche of people that want to spend as much money as possible.
>this thread is 5 months old
I was hiking last week with my camera and when I reached the summit this couple approached me and asked me if I could take a couple pictures of them and asked me how much it would be. I've never charged for a picture so I said it was free, but they insisted and gave me $20 for like 10 pictures. This left me wondering and I started doing some research. I found out people pay THOUSANDS for shitty wedding pictures, also those shitty car pictures with tons of filters on them, people actually charge money for that stuff. What the heck? does this mean I can actually make money with my camera?
>>4494540>>Be meas opposed to who else?
>>4494123It's a lot of work (that you can do in a smart way) and takes a bit of entrepreneurial hustle, but you can make a good living being a wedding photographer.
>>4494540It gets easier closer to 30. Then you just shoot strangers and it doesn't matter
>>4496837a tall, succesful extroverted sexhaver abusechad
>>4494123you paid 330 money units got camera and couple talking to you something like that
Haven't posted in a couple of months but got a few rolls developed recently and I'm slowly going through scanning them.Exif: Leica M3 + Nokton 50mm f.1.5 + Vision3 250D (for the first seven ones), then Aerocolor IV for the remaining four.
>>4487005Bro did you just post a pic of your mrs on a chins?
>>4487005are you supposed to get models to bend their knees in a way that doesn't cause this?
How are you scanning these OP? They look pretty nice!
>>4487758>Leica body with a voigtlander lenswhere is the contradiction? these are both the best value you can get in their respective categories before making practical compromises
>>4499827If a Leica body is value I'd like to hear what a premium body would be
What's the secret to digital b&w photography?
>>4496500I guess you are kinda right. I almost fell for the GRIV monochrome. Instead I did a month of shooting only b&w and realized it's just a meme. My family ask me to send a color version of photos "but why is it black and white??". I compare both and color is always a bit nicer. The warmth of sunlight, deep greens in nature, skin toans. It's such a pleasure to see color. Probably why all movie directors immediatelly abandoned b&w when finally color film was around. It's just more alive.
ha people say this and that about art but black and white photos are rly good for home decor, easier to match with stucco n sutffall b&w, contrasty, got stuff in every incel adams zone, put a matte around it, keep it small, get a few, mostly boats and womenmaybe some mountaintopsi like montaintops, they're the tits of the earththat's the stuff i like, sets of them>>4491707square crop, hasselblad it, then that's the stuff lol cant beat the classics
>>4496502>It's such a pleasure to see colourNot to be a pretentious fag but idk, I don't think that a photo should always simply aspire to be "pleasant" to look at. Black and white creates an effect that can be used artfully. I agree, I "enjoy" looking at colour photos more than I do black and white photos 9 times out of 10, but sometimes I do see a black and white photo and realise "colour wouldn't work for this". Picrel is an example, I've seen pics of this place in colour and idk, the B&W just works imo. Maybe I'm just being a pretentious wank though, should never rule that out.>>4491122What's said here about how it forces focus on form and tone, which lends it to architectural photography where maybe colour might be something you want to sacrifice to emphasise something else.
>>4491118>What's the secret to digital b&w photography?using a flash.
>>4491118Focus on form, light and subject. Enjoy not giving a shit about not getting the color right. >>4496531Kek
Have you ever exhibited your work at a gallery?
>>4493866>but hey, at least one show in new york i guess, right?Nigga what the fuck? This is cool as fuck
>>4495812>You should send to the Aperture Portfolio Prize.Have you gotten any response from them?
In 2017 I unknowingly entered an Eastern European graphic design competition curated by a well respected Russian graphic designer and had a poster I created in 10 minutes exhibited on a touring exhibition and in a Russian art magazine. I'd like to try and find and import a physical copy of the magazine, but there appears to be at least 2 that have the same name, and I can't figure out which exact publication and issue contained my print. I am not a professional designer of any kind.I've never had any photos exhibited and I don't know where I would start
>>4499820It's crazy that despite getting acknowledgement you faggots don't follow up by creating more work in that field or getting in touch with the people in the field.
>>4499832I play around in photoshop alot and enjoy doing so but I believe my success here was just luck. I live on the opposite side of the world to the guy organizing it and don't have any friends involved in that industry
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
>>4499684>I'm also trying to buy a gift for a friend who's into photography.Honestly gifting for this hobby is hard. You're better off gifting / organising trips for them to actually put the gear to work. My GF bankrolls some light trips here and there out of the goodness of her heart because it encourages us to go see shit so the photos end up being of memories. Much better than her buying me random aliexpress photo shit.But if you're going it, just buy an instax.It's successful and widely supported. The film can be bought anywhere, and the mid-range cameras aren't actually half bad. The cheap shit like the mini is really barebones, but the ones with smartphone integration and flash memory are quite neat.>I'm assuming these cameras now also have memory cards so you're not stuck just using the built-in printer?NOT ALL DO. Primarily the lower grade ones, but I'm not intimately familiar with their current lineup. I know the one I got my GF (mini 12) was print-only with no saving to memory. Beware and look for the feature to be explicitly stated.>How do the photos look scaled-up?It's film, albeit instant film, so not that bad unless you go retarded with it and expect 4k or some nonsense.
>>4499688thanks for the advice bro
>>4499684>it seems like in this market it is a choice between trash or something resembling a real camera. Some of them are real (film) cameras that take physical photos on light sensitive media, some of them are a bad digital camera combined with a bad printer. The EVO is the latter.>I'm assuming these cameras now also have memory cards so you're not stuck just using the built-in printer? How do the photos look scaled-up?They look bad. You're missing the point, but to be fair, so is Fuji. The point is it makes real physical photos you hold in your hand. If you want digital photos to print or post on the internet even your phone will be way better.
>>4482270>meme
>>4482270Pentax Q series, they're tiny and cute and actually good at doing camera stuff, and if you can be bothered spending the money you can find one in some fancy girly colour
Posting all his series. Posting first:Early Works(SELECT WORKS)1984 - 1987
>>4490275Who wants to look at this horrid trash? Staging blood cult ritual slop isn't a real skill and all this appeals to is edgelords and pedo elites.
>>4483261The Klansmen looked based though.
>>4483425This fag was in the files, Epstein was a fan. I guess cANON won... again...
From the historical perspective alone, this stuff is pretty cool. That Nomads series is something I can 100% imagine a fashion designer these days looking back on it and straight up using it as inspiration.
>>4490359Fuck off retard. Aesthetically these photographs are ballin. I don't care if the dude is a peado or a subhuman.
contributemostly wanted to experiment with the 'natural' setting on the K10DI think I used -2 saturation, 0 contrast, +1 sharpening but I adjusted it here and thereI also played with color correction in the WB but it wasn't too greatalso, /digishit/ general bread
>>4497801Nope lmao. Same hair and body shape and facial profile though which was throwing me for a loop.Looks like it was fun time with the homies though
>>4497750Minolta DiMages seem to be relatively cheap. Anything electronic from 00's assume broken unless thoroughly tested working. (The X I bought at 2002 new kind of works but forgets settings when powered off.)
i was gonna edit this but decided against itk10d + 50mm f1.4 fa 1/125s f4.0 iso 100sooc jpeg with 'natural' settingi think this camera has really bad front-focus issues, im gonna update it to 1.1 and give it a global microadjustment and if that doesnt work keep manual lenses on it
>>4492896thats what im talkin about
Furry Critters 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: Do you prefer color or black and white photography?Previous thread: >>4489677
>>4497413>Only complaint is the white borderI'm just an idiot and uploaded the uncropped WIP version, but thanks!>>4497425Those edges are a disaster, but I guess that's hardly surprising at that price point. Still a nice shot, good job.I'd kill for a film setup to do pano shots on that isn't a $3,000+ timebomb.Anyone have any experience with any of those jank 35mm pano conversions on medium format cameras? They're interesting a much cheaper than an XPAN, but they all sound like a pain to set up/load properly.
>>4497690>those jank 35mm pano conversions on medium format cameras?I thought about getting one many times but every time I remembered that a roll of 120 costs basically the same as a roll of 35 and cropping is free
>>4497714yeah but 35 is generally longer than 120 so you get more shots per roll
NEW:>>4497863>>4497863>>4497863Hooray for image limit reached!
>>4494615Very cool
Please apply a dithering effect to one of your recent photos using this tool and post the result ITT if you don't mind: https://grainrad.com/
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Only because you asked so politely. :]
>solves 90% of your color grading problems>makes muh colur basedence a complete meme>never talked about on this boardgo figure
>>4499524>taking 1 extra photo to ensure consistency for a scene is so much work
>>4493776this is why i do not shoot color>oh no my white balance! everything is green lmaowhat an absolutely boring and irrelevant process
>>4493777all of these look exactly the same to me
>>4494542I have noticed thus ever since I started taking an interest into start sharing some photos on Instagram. I tend to try and set my camera up to show colors I like and use the right spot metering for exposure, it's basic shit but I like to take the photo and see the results and like them then and there, and the only editing I do is maybe some linear grading or some color work. But then I see poeple fully admitting they take just medium grey bland photos and then sit down in lightroom and basically create a completely different photo, and yes, they are 90% Sony users. I guess this is the reality of photography now, I mean ai topaz shit is already doing it, might as well try and beat it?
>>4499524shoot the card after you shoot the model
Dumpin' some recent concert photos
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>>4499628Camera is the Fujifilm X100VI.Mainly ISO 800-1600, sometimes 3200.
far out! i consider thsese promo material-wirthy.who is she?
>>4499627I really like this one, anon. Nice thread
>ctrl f: sqt>noneI'm going to start this one off with a stupider question than usual. Say you were asked to shoot a few wedding shots at the last minute and all you've shot before was rocks, leaves, birds and the odd landscape or building corner... what do? Asking for a friend of course but pls reply quick.
>>4499579>>4499588thx
How much film to bring on a 24 day vacation? To China if that matters. It'll probably some foggy days in the cities, but I also gonna visit some nice scenery.So far I'm thinking/have:2x Portra 1602x Velvia 50 (lots of it in the freezer)2x Provia 1002x Cinestill 800T 1x Tmax 32001x Gold 200 as backupPlus I can probably get all the shit I don't have in Shanghai. I just don\t want to bring a lot of film just to have it toasted by xrays.
>>4499539Pedco ultrapods are great quality.The strap allows you to securely lash the tripod to a tree branch or narrow trunk if you need it at a higher level.
>>4499603you're going to china, just buy it there, hell i'd even tell you to develop it there if you're there long enough
>>4499603If you’ve never been to China, you’re going to find out what investing in manufacturing capacity for like 50 years straight by a country looks like.Last time I went, I spent some time in Shenzhen and I stopped by a part of the city where they had entire giant multi floor buildings dedicated to specific electronic components or whatever else. I don’t mean malls, I mean like entire buildings just to sell circuit boards, or electronic tooling, there was a whole ass floor just for mechanical keyboards. This was an entire section of the city that could have been a town within itself.I walked into the audio and video building and they had dozens of variations of any one thing. I saw camera bags there that were probably built in the same factories as anything we make here, but they were better and cheaper.All that to say, literally just buy it there.
New color film!!!lucky 200 has finally dropped.Anybody shot it yet? waiting for my order to arrive.
Been out for ages Ive got some in 35mm and 120 just haven't used it yet
>>4498213They stopped making it around 2010 and reintroduced last year... some slight tweaks on the formula too. I think they even commented that they were some how able to reverse engineer some of the kodak formulas though that probably just means they bribe insiders.China might be able to save the film market with affordable prices...
>>4495514bro you should develop your first roll to see if it's fucked and your camera actually works before shooting your next 9, goodluck enjoy the nervous thrill of getting those scans
>>4498645I can't wait to feel that anticipation of waiting for the photos.
I think they just announced a 400 speed color coming out this year as well
