Photography and Video Hardware Thread

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Been wanting that Fuji X100 for a while now.

I am a full Sony guy but damn if that Fuji isn't a super B camera, all the people I know that have one love it

I have a Canon 6D, owned it for almost a year. Figured I’d keep it for another two, before moving up to the 5dmii.

Gotta say tho, Sony A9 is sliiiiick

Gonna love this thread. I shoot FUJI for my professional kit (and personal too) and about 50 other things for film so hopefully I can pass along some knowledge.

Ok, lets say I'd love to have something that I could comfortably take with me on a daily basis, for random moments of inspiration and reference photos. Some video may be taken as well, but nothing intended to be used professionally. It needs to able to be kept in a small day bag with other stuff.

High End Point and Shoot is my category I suppose. So far, the Fuji X100T looks like a lot of fun.

I can spend around $1500 on something like this, as its not a money maker for me, just an affectionate hobby. However I do use my photos as reference work for digital painting. Portrait work, nature shots, low light, high contrast. Im not against buying a couple lenses for near and wide.

I currently have an old sony cybershot something or other. My iphone takes better photos and video that that turd now.

*Note: A waterproof camera is highly desirable as well, however I'd sure hate to sacrifice ability/quality and god damn are they all so fucking ugly!

If anyone has a suggestion before I go forward with a Fuji x100t, I’d love to be enlightened!

In. Hope this thread keeps up.

For most of my professional work (mostly video, some photography) I've been using the GH4 and GH5. GH5 is an absolute beast for its size and price - think there have only been a couple of instances in the past year where I've felt like I needed to hire a RED or C300 or something over using the Lumix.

Next big purchase I'm working towards is the BMD Ursa Mini 4.6k - from the footage I've seen online (which is a fucking lot) it looks like a beautiful entry cine-cam. For under £5,000 the image it produces is incredible.

Are there any guides or anything for actually LEARNING to use a Camera properly that is recommended?

For learning to use your camera your best buddy is the manual included, seriously, I almost always throw those away and instead watched yt videos or go to workshops, but then I was bored one day and started reading the one on my A7, and was all like "I didn't know you couldo that" "Ohhhhh so thats how you do that the easy way" and so on.

To know the basic controls and concepts I reccomend Mike Browne, he explains the basics in an easy way, specially if you are just starting, be sure to check all his playlists

Also, is there any way to subscribe or follow this thread? (Ya I’m new here... but damn if I can find out how!)

I ordered a Nikon D610 damn near a month ago for my birthday, they sent me the wrong camera. UPS lost the package so Amazon finally said fuck waiting on UPS and are sending me out my replacement. I'm excited.

By prof.Killjoy Go To PostAlso, is there any way to subscribe or follow this thread? (Ya I’m new here… but damn if I can find out how!)

Feature is being worked on

Personally I recommend the Nikon D600 for anyone looking to take the leap into doing Full Frame photography but want a very affordable option.

It had a shutter and recall issue, but the point is to buy a used body of the D600 and send it back for service. These models have a lifetime warranty and Nikon will basically give you a new/refurbished D610 or replace the shutter with a modern 610 shutter, making your used body basically like new.

You can get D600 bodies for a steal, as low as 500 USD, only con is just taking that gamble and waiting a couple weeks to get basically a new camera back.

I had to sell my photography equipment in the past because I needed the money for university. Now that I am a working professional, I can afford it again and getting a D600, 1.4 50mm, 2.8 17mm all for under 850 USD is a huge bargain. It beats having to drop over a grand for an FX SLR.

Does anybody know the release date of Sony A7S3? I need a good camera for lowlight video. Thinking about getting a A7S2 since there are good deals atm.

By kitress Go To PostDoes anybody know the release date of Sony A7S3? I need a good camera for lowlight video. Thinking about getting a A7S2 since there are good deals atm.

A7S 2 is still a great camera, I don't think you'll regret it. I am still in my OG A7 and still love it. Yet I must be strong and avoid the 7R3, I am tryng to save for the A9 T_T Why do Sony always do this lol

By prof.Killjoy Go To PostOk, lets say I'd love to have something that I could comfortably take with me on a daily basis, for random moments of inspiration and reference photos. Some video may be taken as well, but nothing intended to be used professionally. It needs to able to be kept in a small day bag with other stuff.

High End Point and Shoot is my category I suppose. So far, the Fuji X100T looks like a lot of fun.

I can spend around $1500 on something like this, as its not a money maker for me, just an affectionate hobby. However I do use my photos as reference work for digital painting. Portrait work, nature shots, low light, high contrast. Im not against buying a couple lenses for near and wide.

I currently have an old sony cybershot something or other. My iphone takes better photos and video that that turd now.

*Note: A waterproof camera is highly desirable as well, however I'd sure hate to sacrifice ability/quality and god damn are they all so fucking ugly!

If anyone has a suggestion before I go forward with a Fuji x100t, I’d love to be enlightened!

These are my exact reasons for wanting a X100T

FYI, reminder that there'll be lots of amazing deals on high-end cameras in a couple of weeks. Check our Black Friday thread here: https://slaent.com/thread/1290998/

Oh shit, I didn't even know this thread existed and posted asking for camera advice in the wrong one. Oh well!

I got a Sony A6000 and I paired it with the Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS lens. It’s an amazing set.

no a7s / ii in the OP.
what is this noise.
pun intended.

Is it recommended to change these default settings for a camera newbie who just got his Nikon D3400? The default options are bolded:

• color space: sRGB or Adobe RGB
• noise reduction: on/off
• vignette control: high/normal/low/off

I think I may have found an answer to my color space question within this article: https://photofocus.com/2017/07/21/what-color-space-should-you-use/

Basically, when saving the image as JPEG in the camera, I should stick with sRGB to reduce complications. When saving a RAW image, color space doesn't matter. Thankfully, the D3400 can save every picture as both RAW and JPEG, which is what I think I will do.

e: v thanks for the explanation, Kabro!

Adobe RGB is a much wider gamut.
you'll notice much more dramatic change in smaller increments processed in whatever photo manipulation program you use.
if you're not going do aggressive post process, sRGB is good enough.
but what's important is the file type you're manipulating. Jpeg is 8-bit image, vs 12+bit raw.
also, sRGB is more of an output color space.

Thinking of getting a new dslr finally. Prefer Canon as my dad also used that (and i used to) so can share lenses. EOS 750D seems like a decent deal? Will wait for black friday of course, but tell me if there is anything slightly more expensive that I shouldn't miss out on instead.

The SnapBridge app from Nikon is garbage. It doesn't do a great job of syncing up with my phone and is slooowwww to sync.

Would a Nikon modern camera be compatible with lenses that worked on a 1984 Canon T70? The Canon was my dad's old camera. Also, would SLR lenses that old even be worthwhile? They are all 55mm so should fit my camera in that respect.

The lenses in question are:

• Sears MC 70-210 mm f/ 4 Lens
• ProSpec 28-70 mm f/ 3.5-4.5 MC auto zoom Lens

I'm thinking that even if they do work, they may not be worth it judging by how cheap they are going for on ebay.

However, maybe the Hoya UV(0) and Tiffen Sky 1-A filters are worth keeping? There are also a variety of other Tiffen filters I found.

Thats a Canon FD mount and there isnt many lenses out there that will mount properly and focus to infinity.
I'd highly suggest getting a mount thats more universal like Nikon AI-s or canon EF before you start investing on glass especially vintage mounts.

Also look into 1st gen vivitar zooms, takumars, certain Minoltas that produce beautiful flares and bokeh.
Let me know what focal point and ill point you in the cheap but suberb performers.

Edit: generally tiffen filters are fantastic

I wasn't wanting to invest into vintage lenses or anything, I just happened to have access to them for free. My family normally has no idea what to get me for Christmas, so I think I'm going to point them towards a couple Nikon lenses. lol

The advice, as always, is appreciated. There is so much I don't know, but hey, I'm learning!

I also got an old-ass RCA video camera that uses small tapes that then sit inside a VHS cassette for playback. Going to need to find a digitizer to get the video off them and into the cloud as they likely have some of the little footage I have of my dad.

By Kibner Go To PostI wasn't wanting to invest into vintage lenses or anything, I just happened to have access to them for free. My family normally has no idea what to get me for Christmas, so I think I'm going to point them towards a couple Nikon lenses. lol

The advice, as always, is appreciated. There is so much I don't know, but hey, I'm learning!

I also got an old-ass RCA video camera that uses small tapes that then sit inside a VHS cassette for playback. Going to need to find a digitizer to get the video off them and into the cloud as they likely have some of the little footage I have of my dad.

The main thing to bear in mind is what they call the flange distance, generally speaking going from a mount with a longer flange down to yours will work fine, but a shorter one will at the least cost you infinity focus. The nikon mount is unfortunately one of the longer ones (sony's E/FE is I think the shortest major one that actually supports contactless lenses and the most compatible, bar some sensor stack issues which are a whole other deal I won't get into) so you're limited to anything that shows as longer than

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_mount

Nikon F on this list. Which is .... not much. Some of the others will be fine if you want to use them as macro lenses (either by extension or reversing the lens) though.

I have a few adapted lenses -

Pentax K SMC-Pentax M 50mm F 1.4 (just wanted a fast lens, this was VERY cheap, it's good, glowy wide open, sharp at F2)

Vivitar Series 1 90mm F2.5 / Tokina AT-X 90mm F2.5 - I have both of these - they're basically the same lens, just due to a series of things happening I ended up with both, and now, both their macro extenders too. They're phenomenally sharp macro lenses, great as a medium tele on m43, and they are uniquely sharp at very high effective apertures - I routinely shoot at 2x crop, 2-2.5x magnification, F16 on it - which is effectively F64+ - and it produces great results.

Vivitar 135mm F2.8 Close Focusing - good tele macro with excellent bokeh and bubbles wide open, kind of awkward to use due to it being very long and having no internal focusing. If you can find it cheap (it has gone up a lot due to the A7, like with everything, and a hype bubble, like most of the good older Vivitars) definitely worthwhile.

Olympus 200mm F4 - this is an old single coated version, it's surprisingly sharp as fuck at F5.6, which is unfortunately a little slow for birding on m43. But it has a nice character to it even at F4, though a fair bit of orange/purple fringing. Very light for an old MF 200mm too.

Tamron 180mm F3.5 Macro - fucking phenomenally good lens, no AF doesn't really bug me for what I use it for, great for birds and bugs both. Got it cheap from a japanese seller and I don't think there's any better deal for within a thousand bucks, other than maybe the Sigma 150 2.8.

Edit - also to add, if you want to get into MF lenses, check mflenses.com for some tediously well informed and occasionally cranky collectors, if you're buying on ebay the japanese lens sellers are typically flawless quality and the most scrupulously fanatically accurate item describers going.
If you don't find what you want there, go to keh.com, their service is fantastic, I had a lens from there snap in half on me and they refunded the full amount no questions asked.

Fujifilm has announced the X-A5, a new entry-level X-series mirrorless camera. It has a 24.2-megapixel APS-C image sensor (with a Bayer color filter, not Fujifilm’s own X-Trans array), phase-detection autofocus, automatic Bluetooth image transfer, and 4K video recording. It still has a 180-degree tilting touchscreen, but also now has a microphone jack, which could make it a good option for YouTubers and other vloggers.

The X-A5 will ship on February 8th for $599.95 with the new lens, which will be available in standalone form the same month for $299.95.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/31/16954056/fuji-xa5-15-45mm-power-zoom-announced-price

Yall got any pointers for an idiot that just bought a mirrorless camera?

Got an olympus E-M5 Mark III for a decent price on ebay. My cousin and my brother talked me into getting a camera lmao. So far I have 1 lens(M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8) with 2 more on the way(a tamron zoom lens and a M.Zuiko 45mm). I have no idea what I'm doing though