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Astigmatism and 5 others reacted to Greybeard for a topic
I understand the site has a need to bring in revenue but the "Advertisement" and "Ad" replies to every forum post are useless and annoying - seeing a possible response to your post and instead being sent to Amazon is just irritating - perhaps the site could switch back to normal ads.6 points -
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MARRIEDGUY9 and 4 others reacted to toddjwain for a topic
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Ektachrome and 3 others reacted to N.Rio for a topic
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Fuji Birds
Plaatje and 3 others reacted to MARRIEDGUY9 for a topic
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Macro-Closeup Photography !!
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How has your photography evolved since you started shooting
caliwinter and 3 others reacted to Astigmatism for a topic
Welcome to the forum! I've been thinking about this exact question lately. I did a LOT of amateur photography in about 1978-1985, including my own darkroom with some simple color processes. Much of my attention was on how to do the wet chemistry and using the enlarger. Polycontrast paper, which involved purple and yellow filters on the enlarger, was new, and I tried a lot with that, including burning and dodging with different filters to do local increase or decrease of the contrast. For a while I was on a sepia toning kick. On the camera side of things, I liked macrophotography including a bellows and special bellows lenses, and I worked pretty hard to make depth of field work. Generally I tried to practice better focusing technique, and had about 4 or 5 different focusing screens. I tried to practice better holding technique, too, using tips from archery to control my breath and get less blurry pictures when struggling with long shutter times. I got into Fuji X cameras within the last couple years. This was my introduction to digital cameras with interchangeable lenses. What evolved the most was that all the wet chemistry went away, including a lot of work that had nothing to do with controlling the images I made. Do I need to improve my temperature control? How fresh are all my batches of chemicals and how fresh do they need to be? Do I need to add a fan because the fumes are bothering me? Can I make a homemade vacuum easel to keep the paper from curling under the enlarger? Can I load some more cartridges today or is it so hot I will sweat inside the changing bag and ruin them all? ALL of that stuff just went away. Lots more evolved. Autofocus mostly made focusing technique go away, or reduced it to thinking about what part of the image I wanted sharp. Rather than having to decide whether to accept the grain of Tri-X or the speed of Pan-X or compromise on Plus-X, and having to stick with that for the whole session, I get sensitivity that is somewhere between better and way way better. Handheld shots can be so much slower now without shake. And the lenses are faster -- I used to have one lens that went to f/1.4, and now I have several that can do that, and one that incredibly goes to f/1.0. Not only that, I can do focus stacking now, and get what used to be flat out impossible shots. Long story short, mostly, the hard stuff went away, or at least got several stops better. I guess the downside is that now I struggle sometimes with software, installations that don't go right, needing to track updates, and camera instructions that are 10 or 100 times more complex. Before automatic exposure and other microprocessor driven stuff came along, there just weren't that many details. My favorite camera, the Canon F-1, did have a battery for the light meter, but other than the meter not functioning it was the same user experience if I left the battery out. Sunny 16 and I was good to go.4 points -
Dynamic range of the X-T5 in action.
SergePhoto and 3 others reacted to Edp for a topic
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Winter Landscapes
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Fuji Birds
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Astro-photography (open thread)
MARRIEDGUY9 and 2 others reacted to the_hefay for a topic
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Proportion of people who have never had a problem
Golden Oxen and 2 others reacted to jlmphotos for a topic
I've only had one issue with ONE camera (Fujifilm S2 Pro) and that includes owning between 1973 and today: Minolta SR-T101 (my sister still owns it) Minolta X-E7 ( I still own it and it still works) Digital: Fuji 4900z 4.3 megapixel - outstanding camera Nikon 8700 8mp - never had an issue through sale Nikon 300 6mp - never had an issue through sale Nikon D700 12mp - Still use it and still works perfectly with over 200,000 images RB67 Pro Medium Format 2 ea Mamiya 645 AFD Medium Format 2 ea Yashicamat Twin Lens reflex Fujifilm S1 Pro - ONE of the BEST early digital cameras with gorgeous colors and a Base ISO of 320, 3.2mp Fujifilm S2 Pro. The S2 Pro developed a bad sensor and Fuji in Edison replaced the sensor, and shutter free of charge with a. two day turnaround after I dropped it off. X-E1 - never had an issue X-T1 still own it. Rubber grip started to come loose and I used gorilla glue to fix it X-T2 Camera took a salt water bath and self-destructed. Not worth repairing per Fuji's repair estimate, sold for parts X-H1 - Still shoot with it never had an issue G50R and 100S. -- Haven't had an issue. Fingers crossed I don't3 points -
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Ruthless Rabbit and 2 others reacted to BobJ for a topic
I have just looked at my X-T2. Yes, the peak highlights are hidden in the T2, when the first pressure is taken, as opposed to the T5. The viewfinder information is partially cleared in both cameras and appears to be the same to me. I don't know of a way to alter the behavior.3 points -
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MARRIEDGUY9 and 2 others reacted to Astigmatism for a topic
Discovered this beauty under the fake plastic boulder that covers our well, when I was mowing today. I kept my distance, and cropped after the fact, though I wish I had added my 2X extender to the 80 mm Fuji macro. Handheld at 1/1250 seconds with OIS, f/4, ISO 5000, overcast sky lighting. Google Lens identifies it as a Southern Black Widow.3 points -
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Distortion on car photography 50mm F1.0
man-overboard and 2 others reacted to SGinNorcal for a topic
Ok, I freely admit my sense of humor stop developing at 12 y/o so I found this funny as hell, even if it was just and accidental mis-spell.3 points -
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Ultra-Wide Angle Fujinon XF8mmF3.5 R WR
Astigmatism and 2 others reacted to Edp for a topic
Given the inverse rule, a stable shot at 1/8 second not even including IBIS, there aren’t many compelling reasons for needing faster than f/4 on this UWA lens. Astro maybe, but nearly every other use case it’s not really there. You aren’t going for subject separation on 8mm, nor “bokeh balls”.3 points -
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Scorpius with some Milk(y Way) on the side... This image is also the equivalent of just over 15 minutes exposure. A lot of passing clouds got into this one, but they opened up for the constellation. More Antares info: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/meet-antares-the-star-that-is-not-mars/ https://www.space.com/21905-antares.html3 points
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Astro-photography (open thread)
MARRIEDGUY9 and 2 others reacted to jerryy for a topic
Milky Way in May... This is equivalent to a just-a-touch-over 15 minutes exposure. Milky Way season is underway, and locally, the Milky Way is starting to rotate from landscape mode to portrait mode (it should be fully rotated to vertical in about a month, give or take a few days). On the right side, in this image, the Scorpius Constellation is rising. Antares is the big yellow-red star in Scorpius. https://earthsky.org/constellations/scorpius-heres-your-constellation/ https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/scorpius-constellation/ I hope to be able to post a version that is more centered on the constellation.3 points -
Roma Imperiale
Ektachrome and 2 others reacted to bergat for a topic
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Thinking about the 16mm 1.4 for the X-T5...not on the "list"
man-overboard and 2 others reacted to biglouis for a topic
I owned the 16f1.4 in the absence of a decent 18mm (e.g. 28mm equivalent). As soon as the 18f1.4 came out I traded the 16 in for it. Unless you are desperate for the 24mm equiv fov I can highly recommend the 18f1.4 - quite possibly the best lens in the XF mount line up and one of the lenses on the support list for the X-T5/X-H2? On the other hand, how often do you care about the corners of a photograph? If you print or display the work, no one will ever notice that a lens is only 99% good enough. LouisB3 points -
Thinking about the 16mm 1.4 for the X-T5...not on the "list"
MARRIEDGUY9 and 2 others reacted to BobJ for a topic
Sharpness is not everything in a picture, in fact beyond a certain point it is not important, and chasing after a small increase is pointless. Forget the stupid list and go out and enjoy what you have.3 points -
I was reviewing some more of my shots from my recent trip, and I noticed something in one shot that at first I thought was trouble, but turned out to be shocking. Here are two images.... Here's the first - I purposely used the top of the spire to shield the sun, to allow it to halo the top as part of the composition.... When I zoomed in to see about cropping it some, I noticed spots, and thought, "wow the lens or sensor got REALLY dirty, and that's a shame. Wasted shot." I looked at the other images immediately after and before it, and there were no spots, so I was naturally confused. Zoomed in... That's when I realized, those aren't dust spots or bad pixels, those are... STARS. The dynamic range was wide enough that it could pick up the faint starlight that was mixing in with the sunlight, stars that are always in the sky, but normally invisible due to the intensity of the sun. I am impressed with the ability of the sensor in the X-T5 to resolve these details. post edit - the compression when posting the image ruins the details, sadly. I may post another one REALLY zoomed in to show it better....3 points
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People in black & white (Open Thread)
bergat and 2 others reacted to RSH-Photography for a topic
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Macro-Closeup Photography !!
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black and white (open thread)
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