Gear discussion thread v. "I got some new gear and I got to post it here"
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hold on to your money until you feel a burning desire for any one piece of equipment. you'll thank yourself in the future when you're not desperately scraping every penny for something you actually need...
GAS will cause u to bloat dude.
speaking from personal experience
my GAS is great cos i just buy cheap cameras to put on my shelf at uni cos they are pretty
if anything get the flash trigger, it will let u do stuff.
really doesn't sound like you need a grip
idk i might be gassing on the 85 but I want a shallow dof/big aperture headshot lens and the likes, it feels weird getting right in the face of my subject with a 50
it'd be neat if I could get it before my sisters prom because then it would get a ton of use
i think the 50 is a great headshot lens because you're close enough to ur subject to talk to them and interact but still far enough that you can waltz around shooting people in the face
I've been thinking of getting a 50mm lens myself for my Sony A58. I've been looking at one of the old minolta lens.
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Minolta-50mm-f1-7-AF-Lens/dp/B000EHMGBA[/url]
85mm and 50mm are pretty close in perspective for just casual use (cropped anyway). you've got 75mm vs 127mm equivalents, which are both in headshot territory.
i mean i take headshots with 16mm sometimes, the situation just depends
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[QUOTE=Rammaster;44270671]I've been thinking of getting a 50mm lens myself for my Sony A58. I've been looking at one of the old minolta lens.
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Minolta-50mm-f1-7-AF-Lens/dp/B000EHMGBA[/url][/QUOTE]
good lens, i have had several versions and enjoyed them. got a 1.4 now, not much different but i got it for cheap. $60 is a decent price, i wouldn't spend too much more on one just because they are an old item (i've owned about 4 and haven't spent more than $40 on any individual one)
ive been thinking about getting a 50mm equiv lens but i feel like I would be unable to decide which to use more, my 35mm equiv or if I got the 50 equiv
[QUOTE=Trogdon;44270683]
good lens, i have had several versions and enjoyed them. got a 1.4 now, not much different but i got it for cheap. $60 is a decent price, i wouldn't spend too much more on one just because they are an old item (i've owned about 4 and haven't spent more than $40 on any individual one)[/QUOTE]
i might look on eBay then to get it for cheaper or shop around my town to see if they have any. thanks!
fuck everything should I buy a film body and some rolls of portra 400 and then get to shooting, I can use my 24mm and 50mm ai on any nikon F mount camera
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or if they make rangefinders under $100?
i'd buy a nikon film body, you already have lenses
FE2 for $110?
If you get an FE2 you're paying for the timeless classic styling rather than stuff that matters like quality, get an F90 or F801 or something good but cheap.
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I've used both and they're great and tough.
on the topic of camera grips i wish i had a pentax 67 so i could get that big wooden grip for it
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;44271260]on the topic of camera grips i wish i had a pentax 67 so i could get that big wooden grip for it[/QUOTE]
Last time I was in Jamestown, California I saw the lab tech from my local community college shooting one of those + bigass wood grip
[img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3385/5716417438_0b6a02e639.jpg[/img]
Such a cool guy. Very mountain-man kind of dude, great fun to talk to.
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;44271260]on the topic of camera grips i wish i had a pentax 67 so i could get that big wooden grip for it[/QUOTE]
Saw a restored 67 on ebay the other day while having a general browse for pentax cameras. A lawd dat polished wood.
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2016622/p67.JPG[/t]
left handed grip but right handed shutter release why
makes sense though
otherwise how will you press the shutter if your shutter pressing hand is on a grip ~way~ out there on the side
Maybe it's voice activated.
but then you have to use 2 hands to use it
I'm sure 95% of the photo's I take are done with 2 hands
but then what hand is focusing!
[QUOTE=Eltro102;44277833]but then you have to use 2 hands to use it[/QUOTE]
the thing weighs 2 metric tons and is MF u aint 1 handing that
is that a challenge mate i will no hand that shit so har
snip
timer release and throw it
no hands
does anyone know of any cool free (or cheap) exhibitions going on in london? the Momentum one at the Barbican looks sick but it seems a bit short, are there any others?
not neccesarity photog only too
67 cameras are very heavy. Steve's RZ67 I couldn't comfortably hold and compose, it was too much weight in the position you had to hold it. There's no way I could 1 hand something like that, even two handed it was a struggle.
I mean I'm not like weak, but just the positioning and weight size made it uncomfortable
was the main thing I didn't like about shooting medium format, so bulky
