>be me>start getting into film>bought a fx3 and start shooting in the park to get the hang of everything, namely exposure. >at the park today, two mexican guys park next to me and make conversation (I'm in the south, so its normal to make random convo, and I'm Mexican too)>get a little nervous since it's hard to tell if cartel types or construction worker types>conversation goes on and I get the feeling they are cool>eventually they start suggesting me shoot a a video with the new car one of the guys bought>i think to myself this could be pretty cool so I go with it and start shooting (my literal first shoot with talent if you will).>as I'm shooting this, during some downtime some dumb bitch comes out of nowhere to ask if I can take pictures of her on her iPhone (i literally never take pictures on my iphone and still learning)>take pictures, dumb bitch gets mad and tells me I need to auto focus on her face and makes a snide remark about how I'm the professional>all of this is happening while I'm just trying to shoot some filmon one hand this is cool and actually fun but on the other hand it can be a lot of pressure. its good practice in my eyes to be able to do a quick exercise around filiming other people so I went with it. you have to literally think on the spot.anyways just wanted to share cause it was kinda all over the place. the whole time i was with those mexican guys i was kinda nervous they were trying to steal my camera but they turned out to be chill.
a cautionary tale on learning how to say no
>this nigga is still "learning" how to take pictures on a phone
>>4461912This
>>4465672it was a good experience for OPalthough next time he will have an awful crime happen
>start getting into film>using a digital camerawhat did anon mean by this?>i'm mexican toois this an ESL thing?
Do any of yall know any other film cameras than the gen 3 Polaroid i have and possibly some tips for taking better pictures than these.
>>4465296You can get a back adapter that lets you use polaroid/instax on certain view cameras.
>>4465296>do film cameras other than polaroid exist? >>4462404
>>4465296Even though polaroids are the biggest instant format available, they are still tiny. Only shoot subjects that fill almost the entire frame and where detail is not fundamental (e.g. a single, well framed object or a portrait)Anyway, you have a gen 3 polaroid which even has manual controls through the app and you already ask for another camera even though your photos suck ass compositionally. You are a loser worthless gearfag
>>4465296Sx-70. Modded. Always.
>>4465315this is how i read the question as well and if that's really what OP meant, i fear for the children, i really do. Perhaps if we are charitable maybe he meant instant film cameras? OP, what did you mean friend?
What film stock would allow me to get similar colors nowadays? This photo is from 1970s.
>>4461361I do believe that ultramax gets you close but not as much as portra.But I have no claims to back this up and it’s pure gut feeling from having used both film stocks before
Anyone else miss the old Portra VC and NC?
>>4461394Yes. Portra VC was fantastic stuff. Just enough saturation and contrast to make for a good multipurpose film, while still retaining excellent and flattering skin tones.
>>4461519How does it compares to current Potra?
>>4465903Somewhat higher contrast and saturation. Perhaps slightly more grain, but not by much at all. That's about it.
You aren’t a photographer until you take a wet plate photographhttps://youtu.be/GdLnWxGepE0?si=IT4w_rJ2j5cbAHK-
>>4465834what if I don't want to poison myself
>>4465866Cadmium free bromo-iodizer, gloves, and a darkroom with good ventilation.
>>4465870sheeeeet, my bathroom is my current darkroom so I guess its no go.
>>4465871Just so you know, aside from a darkroom being light tight it should have good ventilation as a main priority regardless of what chemistry you're using in there.
>>4465834>you aren't an X if you don't YThis is an eighteen plus website.
took a jumpship cruise a few months ago, went planetside in adaven to visit sal sagev. gonna dump some images. you may need to adjust your VCI since there were two stars, not to mention the radiation. pretty standard 3 "day" excursion, I won't bore you with too many things you've seen before hopefully.
Also you should creature your own creature like William Mortensen rather than just using wildlife. Without creatures, found objects and mutations it is just boring landscape.
>>4465846*you should create
>>4465845You need to reduce the amount of images and create more variety. Novelty of the film is not enough, you need novelty of subject too(which you already to some extent you do need more variety). Take inspo from your favorite scifi novels, painting etc.This shit is cool OP
>>4465848he makes very good use of lomo turquoise. It genuinely looks like another planet or some lovecraftian level shit where human tech has been moved to another planet like >>4464121
>>4465862This sort of thing has been done before. See Inka & Niclas' photobook "The Belt of Venus and the Shadow of the Earth"OP is more gritty than these photographers and he needs to fully embrace it. I think Inka & Niclas are still stuck in documentary photography type composition and it is not appropriate technique for what they were trying to achieve. I think OP's style is right for this kinda thing but he needs to do a lot of improvements.
I am stuck on my gear journey>started with little compact rx100vii>liked its size but the image quality especially in low light was lacking >sell it and buy a k1-ii>was a disaster, too heavy, baked in NR, never took it anywhere >sold it bought em1-iii>enjoy it but wonder if a larger sensor will actually make a difference >scared to take it out in public because it's larger than a compact >but also want it to be durable and tough so I don't have to baby it So what the hell do I do? mushroom for attention
>>4465340>>4465349lmao>>4465347Gravity doesn't care about such things
>>4464781>legit the only cameras that can nail lifelike color are sony and canon
>>4465334I'll stop using it when people stop being dishonest, pretty simple>>4465331>more dishonesty>>4465333Out of all my shit, I feel like my x-pro2 + Fujicrons have been the most durable, held up to many drops from waist to chest height onto wood, concrete, dirtI dropped a different body + bigger lenses from about chest height, but onto carpet, body and lens were totally fine but impacted enough to break the l-plate grip on itSuper right about shearing at the lens mount, from my repair days, breaking battery door was also super common
>>4465537>le white balance fuckupWatch the whole video. She fucks up the colors on both cameras every single take.>>4465550Fuji’s quality today is absurdly poor.
>>4465556Fujinone more like it?
Recommend me fantasy photography. Like the folklore. I am sick and tired of human relations bullshit and contemporary news. Any photography related to "contemporary" world is strictly prohibited ITT
>>4444614Soul >>4465178Soulless
>>4465330>orange and teal is soulful
>>4465363Where it works, works
>>4460538>>4460547I got my copy too and honestly kinda disappointed. I wanted a sequence of high quality prints maybe with some text describing what's going on but instead I got a few prints with a ton of pretentious bullshit to pad it out. The printing doesn't seem that great, the colors are dark and muddy with an odd blue cast, on very thin delicate yellow paper with a weird texture that hides detail. It does look unusual and expensive I'll give you that.
Fake rangefinder Leica wannabe editionPrevious thread: >>4462139
https://files.catbox.moe/zknpi8.JPGhttps://files.catbox.moe/h3p1zy.JPGIs this what you can expect of 70-200 F4 L at F8? I don't know if this looks sharp, or if it looks like shit or if it's the lenses or if it's the camera or if it's me or if I am zooming too far.I am looking on a 4k tv that's over 40 inches, I turned as many settings off but I still don't know.I am probably just zooming in too much.
>>4465160Calm down anon, they're good cameras and they're cheap. They focus fast and have a good lens selection. I'm also not talking about the 5Ds, but that is a good option too.
>>4464806This>>4464809Videofags are killing cameras
>>4464806gopro obviously
>>4464435but that's not how condensation worksthe reason water condenses out of the air is when it comes in contact with something that brings the temperature below the dew pointa camera component heating ambient air up won't make condensation on other parts at ambient temperature, because that air already has enough capacity for the amount of water in ityou'd need something colder than ambient to cause condensation, like bringing the camera outside after being in the a/c
>best EDC camera I’ve ever had. Truly stunning images out of camera and build quality>autofocus tech from 2003
>>4463209reddit doesn't like hasselblad except for the 500 seriesbuy a hasselblad x system for minimum reddit>it doesnt even do video ;_;
>>4463213>>hasselblad x system for minimum reddit>needs a software called PhucU for tethering >can't even set minimum shutter speed for auto ISO>that'll be $8000 plus tip
>>4461106Would love to have a Q3 but I'm too much of a poorfag. I was thinking of getting the Lumix S9 instead because it has a similar form factor and combine it with i-series Sigma lenses. In theory it would get me that compact feel, full frame image quality (but not as sharp). I'm fine without EVF but I'm worried about no mechanical shutter.
>>4463780skill issue
when Q4
How do I get into microphotography? This is my microscope
>>4459675>How do I get into microphotography?You have two options:1. Afocal projection - an eyepiece projects a virtual image that requires a camera lens (e.g. 50 mm pancake lens for APS-C and 40 mm for full frame sensor).2. Direct projection - a dedicated phototube (or sometiimes a special projective eyepiece) projects a real image the cone of which can be intersected by a plane which can be a piece of paper or a camera sensor. No camera lens required in this case. In general every manufacturer has their own formula of what works best and it can be a bit of a minefield so you best bet is to start with manufacturer manuals. Since you are running Nikon objectives on a Leica stand there could be some optical incompatibilities resulting in various aberrations but it might also be totally fine - you have to determine this by trial and error.
>>4459691Not that anon but I don't think it does much. It just makes you really annoying online and gives you nasty little flat tyre titties.
>>4461383Ordinary (low power) eyepiece does the projection for entry level. I dug out some terribad shots I made at 2013. Cheap microscope, adapter with vintage 2x eyepiece, cross polarized light (== pieces of dead sunglasses + piece of cellophane as retardation plate). Samples are common household chemicals. Never got around getting actual filters to do it properly.Vitamin C in water left to dry between slide and cover slip . If I remember right.
Caffeine.
I don't remember what this was, melted between slide and cover slip.
It has no competitor
>>4454305>I like to spend 4x more on dwveloper
>>4463963Nah that's a fantastic reason to p/o/stConcentrated distilled kino.
>>4463964Stand dev uses was less developer than normal agitation. 2 to 4x less for rodinal.
>>4463982Glad you liked it, sure someone would appreciate my “/p/o/st”
>>4463963Only this is not the original British Ilford, but the Swiss (IIRC) trademark troll Ilford that snatched the rights to market color materials under Ilford brand. That's why we have "Harman Phoenix" and not "Ilford Phoenix".The not-Ilford sells Ilfocolor film, I even kind of like it after shooting two rolls desu, just not at the price. And obviously they didn't coat it themselves; some say it's repackaged NC500. Which I also kind of like (would, if it was cheaper), but I didn't compare the two directly.
what are some good sites to buy cameras and camera equipment from? ideally used geari recently tried MPB because i heard good things about them but it turns out they're scammers
I also received a defective product from MPB and it was 2 weeks of hell to get my money back
Foto Erdhardt <3
UsedPhotoPro, on ebay. They're part of Robert's Photo. They're out of Indianapolis and they have a brick and mortar store that's fucking awesome.They do so much ebay they have bins of stuff in their brick and mortar that don't go on ebay, they have batteries, straps, filters, all the little shit you need for the camera but not the camera or lens itself, although now they have a 20 dollar body section and a 15 dollar lens section. I scored three batteries for my D4 for like 20 bucks a piece.Their ebay store is a regular used camera store, and they have good shit cheap. If you find yourself near Indy though, you owe it to yourself to visit. Their brick and mortar has a 14 day return policy, no questions asked.
>>4464330Almost forgot, you can buy on ebay and pick up in their brick and mortar store in Indy, I've bought stuff on ebay from within their store and had them bring it out lol. Bought my Beseler Topcon Super D that way.
>>4464325how did you end up getting the refund?frankly i'm surprised you got it done that fast
What’s a decent home printer that prints up to A3 size? I want to print my stuff at home and skip the hassle of getting prints online or at a local store. Yes, I want problems. Anyway, let’s make this a general printer thread.>What’s your experience been like printing your own photos?>Did you print them yourself or professionally?>Have you had bad experiences with any brands, companies or websites? and vice-versa?
>>4463341>>4463345To add, ET-8500 (650 Euro right now) costs in the same ballpark as cheaper pigment ink printers (Epson P700 is 750 Euro), and I think pigment ink may actually have a point, because dye prints seem relatively delicate.
>>4462642Well, I have been following the instructions from the fat Englishman, and using Epson's print utility, and using supported Epson paper, etc, etc. I guess I should get to calibrating the screen, but I'm not holding my breath, because my issue is more about how shadows/blacks feel in paper vs the screen.
>>4463349You can convert an ecotank to pigment ink, never done it myself though. Just get it framed and/or laminated and keep it out of sunlight if you want it to last.
>>4459667Haha, with Epson Print Layout, this printer's default setting (aka "printer manages color") is "perceptual" (or at least it can decide to choose it) and sometimes it would just invent colors.
>>4459667Another fun fact: Epson 10x15 paper is 4x6 inches; Hahnemuhle 10x15 paper is 100x150mm.
Been digging around online trying to figure out how to get that K64 look (big, punchy, saturated, picrel), but found basically nothing. Everyone either goes for K25 or just completely misses the saturation.Not trying to do a perfect emulation or anything, I just want those insane saturated skin tones and deep blues, but every time I try, the edit falls apart. Feels like Lr/Ps just can’t push it far enough, like the digital files don’t have the room. Which makes no sense, since I’ve got a gallery full of scanned film that pulls it off.Anyone here actually manage to get close? Or is it just a lost cause with digital?Anyway, dumping a few Shorpy rips.
got a copy of herzogs modern color and my main takeaway is that the old guys were crazy for getting so much out of a +-10asa film
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>>4466674not really sure what i "achieved" with these, but at least ive learnt something
Hello /p/, I want to take photos like picrel but have no experience in photography and no camera, I'm willing to spend up to around €1,000 but would rather cheaper as I am not wealthy, anything in the 400-500 range is a nice amount for me. What camera/specs do I need? Any lenses? I know photography terminology as I've experience with 3dcg and they seem to use the same terms there, as well as a bit of experience in just using the pro mode of my phone camera.
>>4461548be bad at composition, color and light
>>4461548>What camera/specs do I need?Potato
>>4461837>>4461844Absolutely not.Get a D3300 (or higher)or a D5200 (or higher)or a D7100 (or higher)or go full frame with a D600All can be had for about 200 bucks, if you just pay attention.For the APS-C cameras start with a 18-200mm or 18-105mm.For full frame, get a 24-85mm f3.5-4.5G, or just a 50mm f1.8. The zoom is versatile, but not the sharpest/fastest (brightest, in this context). The 50mm is very sharp and fast (bright), but locks you to a 50mm focal length. Both are cheap.
>>4464068>>446184418-55mm is also a good option (typical kit lens) for APS-C
>>4461550Can confirm.
