Official, show us your camera thread... (2)

G-Tus wrote in post #14970490
Got a new medium format camera for some analog fun:

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Mamiya RB67 Pro-SD by GJvdH, on Flickr

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Mamiya RB67 Pro-SD by GJvdH, on Flickr

Great camera. Had one for years and, like an idiot, sold it. Still regretting selling. Oh well.

had to use my cell phone to take this !

My go-everywhere camera (minus the flash)

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My first post on this lovely forum will be in this topic

Because I'd like to show you guys what my gear is.

Here ya go:

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Kypo wrote in post #16080529
My first post on this lovely forum will be in this topic

Because I'd like to show you guys what my gear is.

Here ya go:

A 650D, 17-40mm f4, 85mm f1.8, 50mm f1,4 (sigma), 40mm f2.8 pancake and a 430EXII

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And this was my dad's old gear, he lets me use it now
It's a Pentax ME, with a Asahi 50mm 1.7, Pentax 28mm f2.8 and a Panagor 135mm f2.8. I'm on my first roll of film at the moment, so I can't tell you guys yet what kind of pictures it takes...

Looks like you could use a full frame body

h4ppydaze wrote in post #16083044
Looks like you could use a full frame body

Yeah it's probally going to be a 6D, but I gotta safe some money first

Better take off the protection filters

I've been thinking of doing that, but I'm a poor student... It took me a while to safe money and buy those lenses :P I don't want any scratches on the front elements. Sometimes I shoot at parties and have my gear hanging with a sun sniper strap, and a lot of people bump into my camera when they pass by.
Does it actually make that much of a difference?

I don't like to spend the money on fixxing up the scratches on my lensen, I'd rather spent it on my future 6D :P

Kypo wrote in post #16086308
I've been thinking of doing that, but I'm a poor student... It took me a while to safe money and buy those lenses :P I don't want any scratches on the front elements. Sometimes I shoot at parties and have my gear hanging with a sun sniper strap, and a lot of people bump into my camera when they pass by.
Does it actually make that much of a difference?

I don't like to spend the money on fixxing up the scratches on my lensen, I'd rather spent it on my future 6D :P

I try to keep the clear shield on all of the lenses at all times. Stupid story on the shields. I went to my sons pre-k graduation and was snapping away like I had no tomorrow, and while examining the pics I saw that they were all dark and funny looking. Even though I had ample light and using a flash with the indoor poor fluorescent lighting. I stopped for a moment while the principal was giving a little talk to the children to find out that I had place the UV shield on the lens and was shooting with it on the entire time. I just totally forgot it was on there from a previous shoot.

BTW I will post my latest addition here tomorrow. Getting a lil late gotta go to work in the morning.

I use 3 camera's a Canon 5D III and Fuijfilm x1 pro and a Sony Nex 5r. Hate the Nex (going to sell it) Love the other two

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Superdaantje wrote in post #16086920
I use 3 camera's a Canon 5D III and Fuijfilm x1 pro and a Sony Nex 5r. Hate the Nex (going to sell it) Love the other two

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Great Combo, have both of them too, love the fuji as much as the canon.

Kypo wrote in post #16086308
I've been thinking of doing that, but I'm a poor student... It took me a while to safe money and buy those lenses :P I don't want any scratches on the front elements. Sometimes I shoot at parties and have my gear hanging with a sun sniper strap, and a lot of people bump into my camera when they pass by.
Does it actually make that much of a difference?

I don't like to spend the money on fixxing up the scratches on my lensen, I'd rather spent it on my future 6D :P

I beat my gear to hell and I've never scratched the front element, I also take them to parties and I know all about being a broke college student. Insurance is way better than a worthless UV filter, it's also cheaper than the higher end ones.

Your digital already has one built in why add another?

I for one hate the extra flare they produce, I used them when I was a newbie and quickly found out their downsides.

I don't even use them on my film bodies because the lenses I use have a good coating that they aren't required.

kcrunchone wrote in post #16086526
I try to keep the clear shield on all of the lenses at all times. Stupid story on the shields. I went to my sons pre-k graduation and was snapping away like I had no tomorrow, and while examining the pics I saw that they were all dark and funny looking. Even though I had ample light and using a flash with the indoor poor fluorescent lighting. I stopped for a moment while the principal was giving a little talk to the children to find out that I had place the UV shield on the lens and was shooting with it on the entire time. I just totally forgot it was on there from a previous shoot.

BTW I will post my latest addition here tomorrow. Getting a lil late gotta go to work in the morning.

A UV filter shouldn't make the photo dark.

It is transparent for visible light.

But depending on the quality of the surface coating (anti-reflective treatment) it may create other quality issues.

You might lose contrast in the photo if shooting towards a strong light - reflections because of the filter may black objects become gray.

The light sources may no longer be small and well defined - they smear out.

In some situations, you might get the text on the front of the lens to reflect in the filter.

If you instead of a UV filter have a polarizer, then that will eat light.

pwm2 wrote in post #16087749
A UV filter shouldn't make the photo dark.

It is transparent for visible light.

But depending on the quality of the surface coating (anti-reflective treatment) it may create other quality issues.

You might lose contrast in the photo if shooting towards a strong light - reflections because of the filter may black objects become gray.

The light sources may no longer be small and well defined - they smear out.

In some situations, you might get the text on the front of the lens to reflect in the filter.

If you instead of a UV filter have a polarizer, then that will eat light.

It was the darker lens that I had on the camera, not the UV it drove me nuts the first few pictures taken when I knew I had sufficient light to take a few at least half decent shots. But when I saw them not really dark but rather shaded is the correct word.