Photography Thread

[UnderTheSign]

Honestly?
Aperture priority at F1.2 whilst shooting through a bus window at 90 kph. That's about it. The electronic shutter did the work here and it's a case where the sensor roll worked out well.

I learned a big lesson about how good pre sunrise light is. Most of these shots are just before or at sunrise.

Looking at the grass I could've guessed F1.2 is impressive though. The fastest Samsung lenses (or the ones I've found anyway) go is 2.something ish.

Spent the weekend in London and took some shots. Only had the NX300 for a couple days so it's the first time really shooting with it. The weather was dreadful at times (heavily clouded so I got the dreaded pale white sky going on in a lot of shots) and I only have an 18-55mm kit lens but I'm liking the way most shots turned out. Some editing done in Lightroom like managing exposure and white balance but that's it.

Here's my freshly set up photostream:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133310444@N06/

And here's some highlighted shots.

And since I bought an aftermarket Pentax K-mount to NX adapter I figured I'd give that a shot too. My dad has a decent collection of Sigma and Pentax lenses and I liked the idea of playing around with them. 600mm mirror tele, 400mm tele, a bunch of standard (80-200, 30-80, etc) lenses and this pretty neat 28mm which I might start using more often. I have to shoot full manual but the manual focus is smooth and this lens is 30 years old and still super solid...

 

[Philligan]

Just picked this beauty up. 28mm 2.8 for $40. It's scary clean, looks brand new. I just sold a guitar, and I'm gonna stop back at the lens people's house to see what other lenses they've got.

 

[Tang]

mm, old glass.

 

[MoshJosh]

can anyone point me in the direction of a good lense for wide angle landscape stuff, preferably on the cheaper side.

Camera is a Canon t3i

Thanks in advance

 

[Tang]

can anyone point me in the direction of a good lense for wide angle landscape stuff, preferably on the cheaper side.

Camera is a Canon t3i

Thanks in advance

how wide do you want? There are these two off the top of my head:

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens 9518A002 B&H Photo Video

Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens ATX116PRODXC

I don't think you could go wrong with either.. I'd check out the reviews and maybe look up some comparisons.

 

[Philligan]

The Tokina is awesome. If you don't want to spend that much, check out the Canon 10-18 STM. It's light, sharp, and has good IS.

I grabbed a Kiron 80-200 4.5 from those guys, too. It was all they had other than some mediocre zooms. I'll mess around with it on the X-T1 for now to see how it holds up.

 

[UnderTheSign]

Is that a Sigma lens Phil? I used the exact same one in the post above yours. Awesome how well built these things are.

 

[Philligan]

Is that a Sigma lens Phil? I used the exact same one in the post above yours. Awesome how well built these things are.

I don't think so, but I haven't heard of Kiron before, so it could be a same lens/different brand thing. It's an old FD mount lens from the '80s. I got it for cheap from some old people who were clearing out their camera gear.

 

[Joe Harvatt]

Love those shots on Tri-X on the previous page, Jeff.

I moved house last month to a greener area of Bristol...

 

[Wretched]

Took the old 7D and 100mm macro lens down to the beach yesterday afternoon at low tide to grab some texture images for my Wicked Wednesdays texture days that I post to my blog (I offer free high-res texture and stock images for other creatives to use in their own projects). Found a huge colony of star fish. Here are a few of my favourites:

 

[UnderTheSign]

For those into the older stuff I documented all the old cameras and lenses I could find around the house. (there's bound to be more in the attic in some boxes...)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133310444@N06/sets/72157652747595068

Camera list:
Ricoh AF-50
Nomo (?) T-22
Voigtländer 30mm Brilliant AF
Pentax ME (Asahi) 2x (one defect)
Pentax K1000 (Asahi)
Pentax MZ-50
Pentax Pino 35
Exakta IIb
Exakta RTL1000
Fodorflex

P/K mount lenses:
Panagor Auto Macro Converter
Sigma 600mm 1:8 Mirror Telephoto
Sigma 28mm 1:2,8 Mini-Wide
Sigma 125mm 1:3,5 Mini-Tele
Pentax-M 80-200 1:4,5 Zoom (Asahi)
Pentax-M 40-80mm 1:2,8-4 Zoom
Pentax-M 50mm 1:1,7
Pentax-A 100mmm 1:4 Macro
Pentax 55mm 1:2 (Asahi)
Pentax 35-80mm (plastic lens, kit w/ MZ-50)
Vivitar 400mm 1:5,6 Auto Telephoto
Cosina 35-70mm 1:3,5-4,8 Macro
Pallas 135mm 1:2,8

Exa mount lenses:
Meyer Optik Görlitz 50mm 2,8
Meyer Optik Görlitz 50mm 1,8
Fodor 135mm 1:3,5

 

[Tang]

I'll take all those K-mount lenses off you. No problem.

 

[UnderTheSign]

I just bought a K mount adapter so sorry, not up for grabs right now. Might save up for a Pentax dslr at some point too.

 

[Tang]

been shooting my Pentax a bit more.. turns out in can take shots my phone can't apologies for all the dog shots. They just have a knack for hanging out in great light!

naps by nrrfed, on Flickr

sid and the light by nrrfed, on Flickr

mona by nrrfed, on Flickr

phones #2 by nrrfed, on Flickr

horizontal by nrrfed, on Flickr

 

[soliloquy]

just messing around with light painting

 

[ThePhilosopher]

New Gear Day: Paul C. Buff Vagabond Mini Lithium - I'm awaiting a stand mount that I ordered, but this will simplify my location shooting significantly.

 

[Philligan]

Awesome. I'd love to pick up a couple Alien Bees sometime, for the faster recycle times and modelling lights. His stuff is really well priced.

 

[ghostred7]

I pretty much hate you all lol (not really, but still dammit)

I'm *STILL* stuck with my only camera being my phone

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I usually don't use his lights, I am mostly a Bowens/Calumet user. I do have an ABR800 that I don't use all that often.

Ghost: You can do some good work on composition and such with just a phone. Getting the technical side down to shooting in manual is tougher with a phone, but there are almost always good deals on 35mm film cameras with lenses and you could shoot and develop b&w film at home if you're really eager to learn.

 

[ghostred7]

Ghost: You can do some good work on composition and such with just a phone. Getting the technical side down to shooting in manual is tougher with a phone, but there are almost always good deals on 35mm film cameras with lenses and you could shoot and develop b&w film at home if you're really eager to learn.

Ya, and I do prac comp and such with the phone, it just gets discouraging (and cramping on the hand lol) using it like I used to use my SLRs. I think I still have an old 35mm somewhere in this house. I haven't seen it since the move and had my old DSLR (at the time, RIP 1st gen digital Rebel/300D) so didn't look.

When we finish remodeling and remediation on black mold, I'll probably start scouring pawn shops and the like. At this point I think my old glass is MIA w/ the old film body. Only one I can find is the stock EF-S 18-55mm (?) that came w/ the body.