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

won't the lab scan it tho? [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] could I do it at home with a flatbed and a mask? [img]http://catalog-cdn.shop.lomography.com/catalog/product/cache/18/image/768x512/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/z/3/z361_product_1_media_gallery.jpg[/img] lomo has a cool one for 120 film, but i dont know what scanner i should get

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43155072]i really like the look of the fuji gs645 tho, and its not so expensive or old [t]http://i.ebayimg.com/t/FUJICA-GS645-Professional-6x4-5-with-EBC-FUJINON-S-75mm-F3-4-GOOD-CONDITION-/00/s/NjgwWDEwMjQ=/z/dJYAAOxywXFSa4ur/$T2eC16ZHJHMFH!sLncrNBS,4urwi)Q~~60_57.JPG[/t] [t]http://i.ebayimg.com/t/FUJICA-GS645-Professional-6x4-5-with-EBC-FUJINON-S-75mm-F3-4-GOOD-CONDITION-/00/s/NjgwWDEwMjQ=/z/dZUAAOxywXFSa4u4/$T2eC16hHJGcFJlnZ8zJ9BS,4u4eMzg~~60_57.JPG[/t] it so cool~[/QUOTE] Great camera but their bellows are a big weakness. You'd have to try to find one without punctured bellows as replacing them is all but cheap. I really wanted the GS645 but I ended up buying the GA645 because at the fair I went too last month all GS645's I found had bellows in bad condition (except one with new bellows but that one costed 600 euro which is far too much). Though the GA645 isn't a rangefinder and all I do like it for the fact it's still compact and it's AF is fast and accurate. Scaning MF with a flatbed is easier to do with a flatbed like the epson V500 because the negatives are larger so it's even sharper than 35mm scans out of the same scanner. Also every scanner that is able to scan medium format will come with a holder, but the lomography holder does have 1 big plus. It's actually able to keep the negative flat as which some holders are a PITA to get perfectly flat negatives.

cant you just cover up the holes in the bellows with black tape w/ mf tbh id just get contact prints made and just scan those in normally they'll be more than big enough for good quality

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43156284]won't the lab scan it tho? [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] could I do it at home with a flatbed and a mask? [IMG]http://catalog-cdn.shop.lomography.com/catalog/product/cache/18/image/768x512/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/z/3/z361_product_1_media_gallery.jpg[/IMG] lomo has a cool one for 120 film, but i dont know what scanner i should get[/QUOTE] epson 4990 / v500 / v600 you don't need that holder, the scanners come with them, though it might be better than the epson ones [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] i wouldn't suggest low/medium-res lab scans, you will be wasting your money in the long run

I think I'll get the v500, its the cheapest. as for the camera, this one has no bellows. [img]http://m5.i.pbase.com/g5/67/481567/2/91656165.frueDAoF.jpg[/img] less portableness but still good.

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43159857]I think I'll get the v500, its the cheapest. as for the camera, this one has no bellows. [img]http://m5.i.pbase.com/g5/67/481567/2/91656165.frueDAoF.jpg[/img] less portableness but still good.[/QUOTE] That camera has the exact same lens as my GA645. It's about a 35mm lens if you compare it to 35mm which is pretty neat. Have a example picture from my GA645: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/leevmeister/11037687236/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/11037687236_9aa4c7d5b3_b.jpg[/img][/url]

Am I better off getting a sigma 30mm art or waiting a bit longer to sell some stuff and buy the 35mm art? [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] I plan on paying for most of my christmas present so its either 30mm f/1.4 for christmas or getting money for christmas, selling things, and then getting the 35mm f/1.4 so I want to know if its worth it [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] I figure I could spend the money that was going to go towards the more expensive one to buy things I need like a new tripod, a larger camera bag, etc.

The original 30mm was really soft for the price and had really bad focusing issues, the new 30mm is much sharper but still has focusing issues. You either need a camera with focus correction or buy that thing they sell to connect the lens to a computer and adjust the focus settings with that. I tried my friend's original 30mm and it was a bit shit.

im talking the new 30mm i could buy the USB dock if I did buy the 30mm since I would have money left over, but if I buy the 35mm which still has reported focus issues sometimes, I would have to mail my camera to sigma

My bad dude, I thought the 35mm was the replacement for the old 30mm.

do yall think vertical battery grips are a good buy or no?

Go to a camera shop and try how one feels.

i think I should buy the sigma 30mm f/1.4 for $400 or whatever it is on digitalrev, and then try to sell the other stuff im selling which should leave me with $350, and then I can take a train to the city, walk to b&h and splurge that on accessories [editline]12th December 2013[/editline] and buy the USB dock

I'd still get the Nikon 35mm 1.8, half the price and the extra 5mm will make DoF differences pretty small

i dont like the bokeh from it

Hey Trogdon. Do you have a battery grip for you a77? I've been looking for some but sadly Sony doesn't make any for the A65 so i would have to buy a wired one....

[QUOTE=crazym26;43165696]Hey Trogdon. Do you have a battery grip for you a77? I've been looking for some but sadly Sony doesn't make any for the A65 so i would have to buy a wired one....[/QUOTE] I thought about getting one, but the battery life is pretty good already and I don't shoot that much video to where I would need one, and no verticals for me. I've heard third party grips are actually decent, what wired grip were you looking at?

[QUOTE=Trogdon;43165809]I thought about getting one, but the battery life is pretty good already and I don't shoot that much video to where I would need one, and no verticals for me. I've heard third party grips are actually decent, what wired grip were you looking at?[/QUOTE] Well, a lot of people say this is the best one for the A65, so most likely this one. [url]http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/ownuser-battery-grip-mig-sa65rb-for-sony-slt-a65.html[/url]

[QUOTE=crazym26;43166071]Well, a lot of people say this is the best one for the A65, so most likely this one. [url]http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/ownuser-battery-grip-mig-sa65rb-for-sony-slt-a65.html[/url][/QUOTE] Looks like a decent grip, third party grips are pretty good and the price isn't bad. The feel might be a little different though. I'd say go for it if you really want one.

I bought a 4 pack of Fuji 200 for backup emergency film, and to use with my point and shoots.

Vertical grips can be useful for video but it kind of gets in the way of my left hand holding the lens

I am thinking its a good idea for when I shoot video but I don't do that often, only a few times a week when I bring my DSLR to school to use for film class since my $115,000,000/year school district can't afford new 720p handicams

Since I've got this job I have done a countless amount of product photography mainly for electronics, lighting, lamps, etc. I am currently doing some photography on lighting tracks (see below for reference) and since I need a white background I decided to use a length of track and place it on the ground of my "studio", shoot the picture and then rotate it upside down making it look like it was shot from the ground up. I was just wondering if anyone has any idea if I can automatically import images to Lightroom [B]and[/B] automatically rotate them 180 degrees. [B]OR[/B] does anyone know if Magic Lantern or Canon 550D has a upside-down view for Liveview (NOT making the UI upside-down, I know Magic Lantern has this but it's not what I'm looking for) [img]http://floq.org/images/2013/12/track-lighting-1700x1700-retro-track-lighting-floq.org-418x250.jpg[/img] (Lighting track) Here's an image I took a week ago or so: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/9jH5T6X.jpg[/img_thumb] (not final, so there's a little bit stuff wrong with it) I'm going to be shooting 5 more products and so it would be optimal if Lightroom could just automatically rotate when importing. [editline]13th December 2013[/editline] PS: I have already tethered the PC and my camera so I don't need any help with that [editline]13th December 2013[/editline] I think I've found sort of a solution. The EOS Utility tool has a Live View shoot function that allows you to rotate the view 180 degrees. Excellent! So now I am using my PC to monitor instead, when doing these upside-down shoots. But if anyone have any idea how to automatically rotate images in Lightroom when importing I would be glad to know. :)

[QUOTE=Mooe94;43167635] The EOS Utility tool has a Live View shoot function that allows you to rotate the view 180 degrees. Excellent! So now I am using my PC to monitor instead, when doing these upside-down shoots. But if anyone have any idea how to automatically rotate images in Lightroom when importing I would be glad to know. :)[/QUOTE] save it as a preset and apply during import

For $2080 you can now get a 40mm f/0.85[URL="http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux"] http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux[/URL]

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;43169820]save it as a preset and apply during import[/QUOTE] There's no way to save it as a preset because Lightroom doesn't treat rotating a picture clockwise as an action, or something. I mean, if I could do it in Develop, I could save it as a develop setting and then apply it to auto-import. But you can only rotate images in Library view so I'm really at a loss :S

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;43169973]For $2080 you can now get a 40mm f/0.85[URL="http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux"] http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux[/URL][/QUOTE] I remember the prototypes of this lens, cool to see it actually come out. It's APS-C only though which is kind of lame but totally makes sense. Companies are trying really hard to make fast mirrorless lenses and I'm not really sure why, you can already get like 4 different f0.95 lenses in E mount

[QUOTE=Mooe94;43170750]There's no way to save it as a preset because Lightroom doesn't treat rotating a picture clockwise as an action, or something. I mean, if I could do it in Develop, I could save it as a develop setting and then apply it to auto-import. But you can only rotate images in Library view so I'm really at a loss :S[/QUOTE] just cmd+a it and rotate them all at once?

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;43169973]For $2080 you can now get a 40mm f/0.85[URL="http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux"] http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/amazing-world-s-fastest-lens-for-mirrorless-system-announced-the-40mm-f-0-85-ibelux[/URL][/QUOTE] Meh. Aps-c only so it's going to be a 60mm which makes its uses pretty limited. It will probably be soft and have tons of abberations wide open. Bokeh doesnt look too good either. I don't really see the point of it besides impressing people with the wide aperture. It's like the megapixel wars all over again. At least with the Noctilux 0.95 you get sharp useful results wide open. Sure it's expensive but when you want such extreme lenses you should be ready to shell out more.

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;43172361]just cmd+a it and rotate them all at once?[/QUOTE] yea ofc, but that isn't [I]exactly[/I] what i need. I mean, whenever I automatically import, I look at the monitor to judge if it looks good etc and if it doesn't i take another photo. if you know what i mean