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The Official Camera Equipment Megathread
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Valkyr Junkie
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That medium format Sony RX is gonna be a helluva camera......
I thought the 654z uses the new Sony MF CMOS sensor?
Valkyr Junkie
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645Z, and yes, it does. All the MF boys run this new Sony sensor now.
like all photography equipment, go used.
I had an iq180 i got last year used, for less than half of what it was new when it came out. I have since sold it, but the files from it are simply amazing. I now have a D800e, and to be honest, there is a definite medium format advantage, like you the problem I have is price justification.
But eventually that iq180 will be down to 10-15k like all gear.
Hello Camera-GAF!
OK so I have a very low usage Canon EOS 1ds Mark III 21.1MP SLR. I also have a EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens, and a EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens. BTW, the camera just got a $300 thorough Canon factory cleaning.
This stuff was a gift and so far I haven't really gotten into learning all about this complicated camera.
So I am thinking about selling. And maybe using the cash to by a mirror-less camera. Possibly a FujiFilm x100s + necessary peripheral items.
Where is the best place to sell my camera (where I can get the best price while taking the minimal risks and selling it without too much fuss)? (I am not on ebay.) How much should I try to get for this equipment? Thanks!
OK so I have a very low usage Canon EOS 1ds Mark III 21.1MP SLR. I also have a EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens, and a EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens. BTW, the camera just got a $300 thorough Canon factory cleaning.
This stuff was a gift and so far I haven't really gotten into learning all about this complicated camera.
So I am thinking about selling. And maybe using the cash to by a mirror-less camera. Possibly a FujiFilm x100s + necessary peripheral items.
Where is the best place to sell my camera (where I can get the best price while taking the minimal risks and selling it without too much fuss)? (I am not on ebay.) How much should I try to get for this equipment? Thanks!
$1500+ for the 85mm, the 1Ds Mark 3 is going for $2000-$2500 used, and the 24-105 can be bought for $800-1000.
edit: Try ebay?
TBH, mirrorless doesn't really matter. Just trade down to a used 6D and if you have enough leftover cash get a Ricoh GR for something more portable.
Holy crap you got that stuff as a gift?
Fred Miranda IMO is the best place to sell camera gear for no fuss because sellers have to pay in order to use their selling forums. I've bought and sold from there in the past with no problems at all.
Thanks! What do you like about the Ricoh?
Thanks! Do you know how much Fred Miranda costs to sell?
I personally prefer the 28mm focal length. That combined with the snappy shutter delay, solid dynamic range, small size, APS-C sensor, really reasonable price, and great low-light flexibility makes it one of the better compact cameras out there. While I will always prefer my 6D over compacts or m4/3 due to the battery life the GR is a really good companion camera.
It depends on how long you want to be active you do it for a few weeks, months, or years. For how much money you will get for your gear it's chump change for the security of finding buyers who won't fuck around with you and know what they are buying.
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
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I have 35mm color film that expired in 1994. can it still be shot with decent results? what can I expect shooting it at box speed? any recommendations on how to shoot it?
just noticed the adobe Creative Cloud photography offer, as I upgraded to the latest lightroom and was curious about lightroom mobile.
First I was annoyed that lightroom mobile required a CC subscription, but the offer does seem pretty good.
In the UK its £8.78 per month and that gives you access to photoshop CC, lightroom and lightroom mobile - along with 20GB online storage and some other stuff.
Considering a copy of lightroom 5 is about £100, which is roughly the same as the monthly sub, but you get photoshop as well, it seems pretty good value? offer runs until May 31st and you don't need to own any previous adobe products to qualify.
First I was annoyed that lightroom mobile required a CC subscription, but the offer does seem pretty good.
In the UK its £8.78 per month and that gives you access to photoshop CC, lightroom and lightroom mobile - along with 20GB online storage and some other stuff.
Considering a copy of lightroom 5 is about £100, which is roughly the same as the monthly sub, but you get photoshop as well, it seems pretty good value? offer runs until May 31st and you don't need to own any previous adobe products to qualify.
Art Teitlebaum
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I used some colour film that was expired more than 15 years and got some sort of greyish haze that was absolutely tolerable.
Maybe you shouldn't use it for important wedding pics or your dream holiday in Thailand, but it will be okay for a walk on a cemetery or street photography, I guess. I'd give it a slightly more open aperture, around 2/3 EV.
Yea, I generally get my gears used but I think I can only justify MF if I were making money with photography.
It is good deal because their current offering all kind of suck. I really don't feel like I need to be tied in for a life long subscription. It was still cheaper when I was able to choose when I need to upgrade the software.
it also has a video mode which is really interesting. Those samples on the Pentax website are really quite incredible coming from a camera with a MF sensor for 8k.
Got a link for this?
https://creative.adobe.com/plans/offer/photoshop+lightroom?store_code=gb&locale=en&promoid=KLCOH
UK link, but should be able to change the currency
Purchase of new gear will have to be delayed a few weeks as the house sale is delayed 
List is now at
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8
Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro
New monitor, either Dell 3014 or Eizo EV2736W (maybe 2). Still weighing up.
Manfrotto 324RC2 head for my tripod.
Also will be starting "The Art of Photography" course form the Open College of the Arts. Never went to Uni so this is going to be a big challenge for me to complete just this first course. Lots of writing which I don;t have a problem with, but lots of analysis of mine and others work which I think I'm going to struggle with.
List is now at
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8
Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro
New monitor, either Dell 3014 or Eizo EV2736W (maybe 2). Still weighing up.
Manfrotto 324RC2 head for my tripod.
Also will be starting "The Art of Photography" course form the Open College of the Arts. Never went to Uni so this is going to be a big challenge for me to complete just this first course. Lots of writing which I don;t have a problem with, but lots of analysis of mine and others work which I think I'm going to struggle with.
heliconsoul
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This is one hell of an offer, however I know bugger all about Photoshop. Just about getting to grips with Lightroom and PS seems plenty intimidating.
I take it the PS learning curve is quite steep?
Cool thanks
sechsterangriff
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Guys, I'm in the market for a SEL35F18 e-mount lens. If anyone has one to sell, please PM me.
The original one was awful, so I'd be a bit wary of this one.
milkham
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I own the original camera and I agree it was awful. this seems more promising but after that I'm extremely hesitant to lay down the money even with 20% discount for owners of the previous camera.
zephervack
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This company is still around? havent heard anything about it in years, I guess the original Lytro sold good enough for a sequel.
Most people could get a 6D/ D610/ A7 for the price...
CrudeDiatribe
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Do you have a hardware colour calibrator? If not add one and then fill a nice monitor in with the remaining budget.
I have a Spyder 3 Pro.
Still deciding if I need a wide gamut display (30) or not. I'm not at the kind of level where I'm going to notice the difference by a long shot. But the Dell is at least 16:10 which the Eizo isn't.
I have a Dell 2711 and I have to say for the money the dells are the best. The Eizos are so fucking expensive.
The dell is wide gamut and after calibration my prints from my Epson 7900 match it perfectly.
HOMEBOY OVER HERE
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what do you mean by 2/3 ev? over expose it by two extra stops on my camera?
Well the Dell's I'm looking at are £600(27") & £1000 (30"), both wide gamut, while that Eizo is £570 but not wide gamut.
I've seen some comments that the Eizo deals with the IPS glow better too but that model can't be hardware calibrated in the LUT like the Dell 3014 can.
Probably two thirds of a stop. It's probably going to be hard to recommend without knowing the type of film. Lots of people shoot expired slides or Portra or something so there's a decent amount of feedback on how much to overexpose but if it's not a common film it's harder to guess how to adjust.
heliconsoul
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Yup, I believe the rule for decently stored film (i.e. fridge or freezer stored) is overexpose one stop for every 8-10years out of date or so. If it's been stored in a car boot since 1994 it could be a real crap-shoot for what you get out of it.
You could get some nice "arty" colour shifts.
Art Teitlebaum
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^^Yeah heliconsoul is right. Give it a bit more light and two thirds or one full stop should be enough to compensate. Depending on the temperature and light during the storage of the film you can experiment with more or less overexposure.
if it cant be hardware calibrated I wouldnt even consider it, while pretty good the Apple Cinema displays have no physical controls to calibrate with.
RX100 for $400? Great deal, too bad I have way too many cameras.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201075713395
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201075713395
Doc Holliday
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Leica t 701 site is up
http://leicarumors.com/2014/04/23/leica-t-website-now-live.aspx/
Why can't they just update the M8 at a reasonable price for us non filthy rich folk that want to use digital rangefinder :/
Edit: Guess it was made live by accident before the big reveal..oops
Looks like the baby of a Nex and a samsung camera. The X vario looked better imo
http://leicarumors.com/2014/04/23/leica-t-website-now-live.aspx/
Why can't they just update the M8 at a reasonable price for us non filthy rich folk that want to use digital rangefinder :/
Edit: Guess it was made live by accident before the big reveal..oops
Looks like the baby of a Nex and a samsung camera. The X vario looked better imo
Leica t 701 site is up
http://leicarumors.com/2014/04/23/leica-t-website-now-live.aspx/
Why can't they just update the M8 at a reasonable price for us non filthy rich folk that want to use digital rangefinder :/
Edit: Guess it was made live by accident before the big reveal..oops
Looks like the baby of a Nex and a samsung camera. The X vario looked better imo
Hmm what pricerange are we looking at here?
Doc Holliday
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Don't know yet, but i would be shocked if it was less than 2 grand
radios shipping overview
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Looks like an upmarket NEX-3 with an added dial.
At least it'll have a compact 23/2 right out of the gate, unlike E-mount.
At least it'll have a compact 23/2 right out of the gate, unlike E-mount.
hitsugi
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I do see a red dot on it so you're definitely going to be correct.
It's up here:
http://leicastoremiami.com/collections/leica-t-system/#a_aid=4ec1e34531802
$1850. Such a shame they can't just do the M8 thing like mentioned above. I might actually be tempted to buy something like that.
http://leicastoremiami.com/collections/leica-t-system/#a_aid=4ec1e34531802
$1850. Such a shame they can't just do the M8 thing like mentioned above. I might actually be tempted to buy something like that.
StopMakingSense
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Grabbed a Nikon 75-150 f3.5 Series E lens off craigslist today for 50 bucks. REALLY nifty lens, very light and compact. Really looking forward to trying it out as a street photography lens. Should be more manageable than the 200mm f4 lens I was using earlier.
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