Gear discussion thread v. "I got some new gear and I got to post it here" - General

[QUOTE=paul simon;42696303]He gets dumbs for [I]being careful[/I] with his non-weather sealed electronics. What is wrong with people. "Oh hurr durr you shouldn't care about the camera only the pictures" Yeah no, some people don't have the money to keep replacing shit.[/QUOTE] I think it's more about ~if you don't have weather sealing and can't risk camera don't shoot in the rain~ Also by the release date of the D5200, dwt couldn't have had it for more than 10 months, which is a pretty short amount of time to decide to upgrade to a marginally better body.

I was in a very bad mood this morning, sorry.

Selling my Pentax 645 and buying a Mamiya RB67 Pro-S, 2x 120 film backs, polaroid film back, 50mm f/4.5 C, 90mm f/3.5 C, 180mm f/4.5 C, Prism viewfinder, waist-level viewfinder, cable release, lens hoods, original manuals, 40 rolls of film, and an aluminium/foam case for it all :D [B]edit:[/B] Who wants to buy my Pentax 645? I'm poor now.

[QUOTE=coolrider102;42698917]Selling my Pentax 645 and buying a Mamiya RB67 Pro-S, 2x 120 film backs, polaroid film back, 50mm f/4.5 C, 90mm f/3.5 C, 180mm f/4.5 C, Prism viewfinder, waist-level viewfinder, cable release, lens hoods, original manuals, 40 rolls of film, and an aluminium/foam case for it all :D [B]edit:[/B] Who wants to buy my Pentax 645? I'm poor now.[/QUOTE] I don't know much about MF. What's the difference between the 2 cameras? Does changing the body open up more lens options?

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;42699568]I don't know much about MF. What's the difference between the 2 cameras? Does changing the body open up more lens options?[/QUOTE] Pentax 645 is just a basic Medium Format SLR. No features to really write home about, but it takes great pictures. It's an 80s era SLR so it's battery powered, metered, and has Aperture and Shutter Speed Priority, Auto, Manual. Mamiya Rb67 is all metal and completely mechanical and manual. More lens options. More modular. You can take the film backs off without exposing the film. Polaroid backs! All sorts of cool stuff! [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3723446528_042f418797.jpg[/IMG]

Yeah, I can see how changing the film like that would be extremely useful. I didn't actually know you could do that. Thanks man.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;42699568]I don't know much about MF. What's the difference between the 2 cameras? Does changing the body open up more lens options?[/QUOTE] Biggest difference is the 645 and the 67 The pentax takes images that are 6x4.5cm (width x height) and the mamiya will take 6x7cm (height x width) photos, giving you a much larger surface area of film. All medium format cameras use the same 120 or 220 film, so the bigger your shots are the less photos you get on a roll. Blaze, Bopie, Desuh, Salmon, and Flippr all use 6x7 medium format cameras iirc (frag4life has an rb67 too, but also 645 cameras). It's basically the difference between APS-C and FF (as APS-C's wide length of 24mm is the same as FF's height, same thing here). But you do get a lot less film per roll, but shots should look better sharper and more isolated. Then there's also 6x6 square format (like TLR's and Hasselblad), said to be useful because you can just shoot horizontal and then crop to the format you want (portrait or landscape). [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] Also MF digital backs are only 6x4.5 at the largest, so people will usually use 645 systems for best compatibility. I think mamiya makes digital backs for their 645 cameras, rollei has their own new system as well as hasselblad. Then contax bodies can take MF backs so they are usually the most expensive and pretty desirable because they have autofocus zeiss lenses (hassey uses Fuji designs I think).

[QUOTE=Trogdon;42700128]Biggest difference is the 645 and the 67 The pentax takes images that are 6x4.5cm (width x height) and the mamiya will take 6x7cm (height x width) photos, giving you a much larger surface area of film. All medium format cameras use the same 120 or 220 film, so the bigger your shots are the less photos you get on a roll. Blaze, Bopie, Desuh, Salmon, and Flippr all use 6x7 medium format cameras iirc (frag4life has an rb67 too, but also 645 cameras). It's basically the difference between APS-C and FF (as APS-C's wide length of 24mm is the same as FF's height, same thing here). But you do get a lot less film per roll, but shots should look better sharper and more isolated. Then there's also 6x6 square format (like TLR's and Hasselblad), said to be useful because you can just shoot horizontal and then crop to the format you want (portrait or landscape). [editline]30th October 2013[/editline] Also MF digital backs are only 6x4.5 at the largest, so people will usually use 645 systems for best compatibility. I think mamiya makes digital backs for their 645 cameras, rollei has their own new system as well as hasselblad. Then contax bodies can take MF backs so they are usually the most expensive and pretty desirable because they have autofocus zeiss lenses (hassey uses Fuji designs I think).[/QUOTE] TL;DR: I don't know shit about film sizes

I didn't know about it for a long time, it actually took a lot of digging to find that stuff out. Ken rockwell actually has incredibly good medium and large format articles (aside from his pentax 645D article) and that's where I learned most stuff I know about the topic.

Surely, once you shoot any size of MF formats you're fine as long as you're not doing like 100x100 foot prints or something.

Depends on what you're using MF for, not everyone uses the larger film area just for larger printing. Some people are in it for the optical qualities. I wouldn't mind 6x6, but I like the Pentax 67 and RZ67 as cameras alone, the extra space was a bonus - though I've grown accustomed to the shape of 6x7.

Ordering a used Sigma 24mm f/1.8 for around half the original price. Hell yes.

Heard there was going to be a new sigma 24mm f/1.4

Dropped my 2 month old sigma 35 1.4 last night, now the AF makes bad sounding noises and sometimes doesn't work, and in MF the focus will only occasionally go to 0.3, gets stuck at 0.4 mostly. Anyone know any good lens repair places in London?

This is probably a very stupid question but my technical knowledge of cameras is not that great. If I am using a 58mm Helios 44-M lens (M42 with adapter) does that mean that due to the crop factor of my canon 600D I am essentially using a ~92mm lens?

[QUOTE=Tezzanator92;42712306]This is probably a very stupid question but my technical knowledge of cameras is not that great. If I am using a 58mm Helios 44-M lens (M42 with adapter) does that mean that due to the crop factor of my canon 600D I am essentially using a ~92mm lens?[/QUOTE] Exactly right!

[QUOTE=Tezzanator92;42712306]This is probably a very stupid question but my technical knowledge of cameras is not that great. If I am using a 58mm Helios 44-M lens (M42 with adapter) does that mean that due to the crop factor of my canon 600D I am essentially using a ~92mm lens?[/QUOTE] yeah pretty much but with a longer depth of field than a 92mm lens would have a̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶

Got a Mamiya M645 with 80mm f1.9, waist level finder and PD prism about two months ago. [url=http://i.imgur.com/C9YClWY.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/C9YClWYl.jpg[/img][/url]

[QUOTE=Dvorak231;42710609]Dropped my 2 month old sigma 35 1.4 last night, now the AF makes bad sounding noises and sometimes doesn't work, and in MF the focus will only occasionally go to 0.3, gets stuck at 0.4 mostly. Anyone know any good lens repair places in London?[/QUOTE] Not the new one!

[QUOTE=Eltro102;42712624]yeah pretty much but with a longer depth of field than a 92mm lens would have and less perspective compression[/QUOTE] it would have the exact same perspective compression as a 92mm lens on FF if photographed from the same distance. perspective distortion is a function of distance from subject, and angle of view. [quote]Note that perspective distortion is caused by distance, not by the lens per se – two shots of the same scene from the same distance will exhibit identical perspective distortion, regardless of lens used. However, since wide-angle lenses have a wider field of view, they are generally used from closer, while telephoto lenses have a narrower field of view and are generally used from farther away. For example, if standing at a distance so that a normal lens captures someone's face, a shot with a wide-angle lens or telephoto lens from the same distance will have exactly the same perspective on the face, though the wide-angle lens may fit the entire body into the shot, while the telephoto lens captures only the nose. However, crops of these three images with the same coverage will yield the same perspective distortion – the nose will look the same in all three. Conversely, if all three lenses are used from distances such that the face fills the field, the wide-angle will be used from closer, making the nose larger, and the telephoto will be used from farther, making the nose smaller.[/quote]

I recently shot with a friends 6D at a dance and he wanted to use my nifty fifty. We later make a joke about using a $100 lens on a $2000 body.

nothing wrong with the nifty fifty man, especially at a party involving alcohol, rather have a $100 lens smashed than a $1000...

[QUOTE=Zeemlapje;42734843]nothing wrong with the nifty fifty man, especially at a party involving alcohol, rather have a $100 lens smashed than a $1000...[/QUOTE] Well it was better for in the low light situation we were in, he had his 24-105 f/4L which meant using high ISOs

i always end up second guessing myself when i drink and handle camera equipment, so i put it away pretty quickly.

I always use a kit lens during parties involving alcohol, my EOS 500D has been trough some rough parties just like the kit lens which has some war scars. AF only works one direction and I chipped the lens cap ring on the lens. Other than that everything works fine, I barely use AF and the cap still fits.

My uncle didn't need his 35mm 1.8 and flash anymore so he gave it to me :dance: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10492850/things/2013-11-03-13.jpg[/img] I feel like I don't deserve this

ordered a D3200. my first DSLR, bought as en entry camera. i want to get in to photography and some smalltime film work, hoping to improve over time not to say i'm exactly hopping straight in to photography, though. i've worked with film and photo on and off for a few years, but i've never had my own camera for financial reasons :x

Just got some graduated ND filters. Also, tempted to sell my D90, lenses, remotes, etc and buy a GX1 because it's a pain to carry around an SLR.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;42756880]Just got some graduated ND filters. Also, tempted to sell my D90, lenses, remotes, etc and buy a GX1 because it's a pain to carry around an SLR.[/QUOTE] gibe details on lenses and etc.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;42756880]Just got some graduated ND filters. Also, tempted to sell my D90, lenses, remotes, etc and buy a GX1 because it's a pain to carry around an SLR.[/QUOTE] I'd recommend a nex for landscapes because they have more DR, and adapted lenses have a wider fov. They are just about as small too, but with a bit bigger grip. One of those with a sigma 19mm or 30mm and you've got an incredibly good kit