Out of Focus & Off Topic MkIII...

GBX · 15-02-2019 3:32pm

A brand new DSLR even entry level might be a nice carrot for a beginner. But in the T&C of any of their comps "you may need to sign a publicity release". So would the be expecting full hand over of the images?

ED E · 20-02-2019 12:14am

Just went back to try and do a better edit on some shots from an old trip.

JPEG. Back before I started shooting RAW. Goddamnit.

dinneenp · 20-02-2019 9:14pm

GBX wrote: »

A brand new DSLR even entry level might be a nice carrot for a beginner. But in the T&C of any of their comps "you may need to sign a publicity release". So would the be expecting full hand over of the images?

Worldwide use of your photo.....

dinneenp · 10-03-2019 4:42pm

YouTube--Leica Hall of Fame. Mini documentaries, profiling some photographers who used Leica.

magicbastarder · 22-06-2019 12:34pm

we were just down in the botanic gardens, there's a photo exhibition from the an oige photo competition upstairs.
by far the best photo on show there didn't win a prize (and it looks much better in the flesh):

https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/13174168/

Effects · 06-07-2019 1:00am

Someone took a photo of a portrait of David Lynch, then uploaded it to a stock website, and then Big Issue licensed the image for use from the stock image website. Interesting to see where this copyright infringement ends up.

Nadav Kander

ED E · 20-07-2019 1:25am

Im super jealous at the fvcks that got EOS R's for 95 bucks.

Nforce · 20-07-2019 11:57pm

https://fstoppers.com/news/wedding-photographers-called-abusive-and-unprofessional-refusing-work-influencer-388594?fbclid=IwAR1gHCFD_tnMksRqfZ2tKY0tba5usy0Ry3ZDaSh0R1yUDnIEWJA7QeY7R-4

magicbastarder · 08-08-2019 11:52pm

certainly not a new video, but if you've not seen it, quite interesting to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmjeCchGRQo

Mr Crispy · 09-08-2019 2:54am

^Hadn't seen that before. Thanks for posting!

Alanstrainor · 21-08-2019 10:59am

Bought a new full frame camera to go along with my Eos R. An Eos 650 SLR film camera. Bought on ebay for 15eur delivered. The camera was the first Eos camera released by Canon, so it supports a lot of my existing lenses. It looked brand new when I took it out of the box, absolutely perfect. Honestly it's cleaner than my Eos R is, and at 32 years old that's not bad going. Auto-focus works, the metering system is weird but functional. All in all it's a beauty to shoot with. Looking forward to putting a few rolls through it.

magicbastarder · 25-08-2019 4:17pm

this is great:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-49450520/unlocking-the-secrets-of-orphaned-old-camera-film-rolls

CelticRambler · 26-08-2019 10:18am

magicbastarder wrote: »

this is great:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-49450520/unlocking-the-secrets-of-orphaned-old-camera-film-rolls

Interesting that working with those old photos has made him question the value of taking pictures today. Even though I moved to the "unlimited" potential of digital more than 20 years ago, I still think back to the days when I'd be trying to squeeze 28 shots out of a 24-exposure film, and having to wait for a month or more for that last photo-worthy shot to finish the film ...

But that guy who shot all those rolls and never developed them :eek: - there must be a documentary to be made out of that story alone!

dinneenp · 30-08-2019 4:18pm

Now here's an engagement shoot with an original/odd/funny ending

https://www.boredpanda.com/friday-the-13th-engagement-photos-brandon-gray/

Dartz · 30-08-2019 11:55pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Bought a new full frame camera to go along with my Eos R. An Eos 650 SLR film camera. Bought on ebay for 15eur delivered. The camera was the first Eos camera released by Canon, so it supports a lot of my existing lenses. It looked brand new when I took it out of the box, absolutely perfect. Honestly it's cleaner than my Eos R is, and at 32 years old that's not bad going. Auto-focus works, the metering system is weird but functional. All in all it's a beauty to shoot with. Looking forward to putting a few rolls through it.

I have one with the basic 50mm F1.8. It's clear why the automation took off - especially when coupled with a 420EZ flash unit.

It's a bit big, but I ran a few rolls through it at Worldcon 2 weeks ago - including making full use of focus tracking servo mode, and the auto fill flash to take pictures of some knights in shining armour going at it.

The best thing about it is how utterly fuss-free it is. It just sort of works without much, if anything to fiddle with.

If I get some money in the new year I might try find a new lens for it - something that'll work with the barely used digital EOS floating around. A 35-70 F4 maybe....

magicbastarder · 10-09-2019 9:00am

this is rather irritating; i have a google pixel 3, and one of the main reasons i chose it was the camera. i upgraded to android 10 last week, and for whatever reason - which i cannot fathom - they've removed the colour temperature and white balance controls from the inbuilt camera app. which is a little puzzling.

11-09-2019 4:17pm

What do you call a tripod with a rotating center that allows you to shoot directly down? This isn't a setup for a joke. I'm looking for one and not sure what to google.

GBX · 11-09-2019 4:44pm

Not sure the name, but I know some from Vanguard allow for inverting the centre column

https://www.vanguardworld.co.uk/collections/tripods

Adrian.Sadlier · 19-09-2019 6:19pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What do you call a tripod with a rotating center that allows you to shoot directly down? This isn't a setup for a joke. I'm looking for one and not sure what to google.

I know Manfrotto does a few which support this. https://youtu.be/jOW9xp5Bi3A

Dartz · 19-10-2019 5:50pm

Went in to town to pick up some film for a trip in two weeks and get soime Tri-X developed to test an aquisition. Left with a new lens

I'd been thinking about it.

It is nice to own one 'new' piece of equipment, with warranty and all that. No decade-old shirt fibres in the glass, or that microcrumb of bread going mouldy, or the ancient cleaning marks or slack in the focus. It's brand new.

It was - literally, 16 times the price of the body.

I'm genuinely amazed that it worked immediately on a 32 year old body. But, I suppose, you'd expect as much.

The 650 is getting the flight ticket this time - because this time I want some pictures of me. Last time I brought a manual camera I was the one who had to stay behind the lens.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 29-12-2019 12:03am

So, my Canon 50mm 1.4 started jamming. The AF on it is not working. And, when I manually turned the focus ring, it felt like it wasn't catching the mechanism correctly in order it for it to function/turn. I found out that the lens barrel inside warps causing the lens to jam. So, I disassembled it and tried to straighten the barrel again. Put it back together. At least now I can manually focus. It's an improvement but not completely fixed. It's just too stiff for the motor to move it. With my hand, slowly, it works. I'm guessing the metal lens barrel is just too warped.

But today I was happy to find replacement barrels for around £10 on eBay. Going to buy one and replace the current lens barrel. Man, 2 years ago, I would never dream of trying to fix a lens. But with YouTube tutorials, I feel more confident. I've taken to just doing rather than being to worried about it.

Granted, this item was used before I bought it and I wouldn't get much for it used. What did I have to lose?

If anyone else is experiencing this issue, here's a post to the guide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32DuKs3xZnk

Sonics2k · 03-01-2020 12:14am

Hopefully some people in here will find this interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHrNuXPVck

Dartz · 07-01-2020 11:50pm

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

So, my Canon 50mm 1.4 started jamming.....

An interesting watch. I've tinkered with things but, normally had less than a 50% success rate. I may need it soon enough

On the matter of dumber things, I ended up with a gift voucher over Christmas. It put a lot of things not otherwise affordable in range of affordability - especially with a quick January sale on the go. It was only good for new equipment, bought off the shelf. Most of which is non-compatible, or just not worth getting.

I own one camera that'll work with a new lens still in production.

There's a brand new 24-70 F4 L on order from Canon to go with my ancient EOS650. Just waiting for the message from the shop to say it's arrived.

Probably small change for most folk here, but I'm especially amused by the idea of seeing how well it'll work - and I genuinely can't spend it on anything else.

Effects · 14-01-2020 2:14pm

Doesn't matter if people think it's small change, it's a great lens.

Dartz · 29-01-2020 10:07pm

Effects wrote: »

Doesn't matter if people think it's small change, it's a great lens.

It would be if it ever arrived. ;P

Last I heard the retailer's out of stock in Ireland, the distributor is out of stock and the distributor's been in contact with Canon of Europe. That was last Wednesday

At this stage it's probably gone all the way back to Japan to figure out where they can get one.

TBH, it's probably far from a priority for them. Not when there's stuff selling off the shelves for 3k and I'm unlikely to buy anything else new.

I'll ping an email next wednesday maybe.

Would've been nice to have it this weekend but so it goes.

In the meantime I might try and find somewhere to service the old P and F-1.

Dartz · 14-02-2020 12:24am

It arrived Monday.

I sort of wanted to edit my previous post to include a shoutout to the folks at Blanch Camera Centre who ordered it for me - despite it being a bit weird to order something the way I did - and were sort of on the receiving end of some supply-chain pain through no fault of their own but were always quiuck to answer an email looking for an update, and offered my a polarizing filter due to the delay.

I've more to say on pressure and stuff - but that's not for now.

Unfortunately, I'd left my EOS650 on the other side of the country - but I borrowed a 100D to test it and I am pleased with what it can do. It's also a bit bigger and heavier than I expected and feels really good in the hand. Everything's smooth and clean and it feels solid in the way my old all-metal lenses.

And it came with a pouch.

dinneenp · 02-03-2020 6:01pm

BBC4 9 p.m. Tonight Monday
A new reality
James Fox explores how technological advances in the early 20th century created new ways of seeing the world, making links between artists, film-makers, photographers and scientists.

flyingsnail · 08-03-2020 8:47am

The Irish photographer who won a Pulitzer, then quit ‘the best job in the world’

An interesting read.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/the-irish-photographer-who-won-a-pulitzer-then-quit-the-best-job-in-the-world-1.4192729?mode=amp

dinneenp · 21-03-2020 1:59pm

A deserted Galway this morning
http://www.photoblog.ie/deserted-galway-coronavirus-covid-19/

Portlawslim · 23-03-2020 11:46pm

flyingsnail wrote: »

The Irish photographer who won a Pulitzer, then quit ‘the best job in the world’

An interesting read.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/the-irish-photographer-who-won-a-pulitzer-then-quit-the-best-job-in-the-world-1.4192729?mode=amp

Great article, thanks for sharing..

02-04-2020 3:34pm

Hello there!

I'm not a photography forum frequenter but I was thinking about this whole virus apocalypse (slight exaggeration) and I thought maybe it could be fun or at least a good distraction from the gloom to have a thread where people could take a photo a day of something in their house or garden and share it.

I think usually you would go out and about on the hunt for a great photo so I thought it might be a nice challenge to find something worth taking a photo of on your home turf. Even if it's just your cat or new buds on a tree in your garden.

I'm not good at photography and I only have an exceptionally cheap and crap camera phone but I'd love to see your photos. I know there's some very talented people here.

Just this idea inspired me to wander around my own garden today and notice things I otherwise wouldn't like a bright yellow buttercup standing taller than all his little friends. It was a nice break from the worry for my mind tbh.

So yeah I don't know that my own pics would be good enough to share but I'd love looking at yours and taking a tiny sneak peek into someone elses life even just to see their cat or their houseplant! Or that jigsaw they just completed. I don't know. Maybe it's a dumb idea.

Anywho, I'll leave it with ye!

As you were!

OldGoat · 03-04-2020 12:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

... but I'd love looking at yours and taking a tiny sneak peek into someone elses life even just to see their cat or their houseplant!

Here's what I did this morning. It's a photo of me editing a photograph that I took of your post.
I may be going a tad stir crazy.

GBX · 03-04-2020 12:10pm

This story showed up yesterday.

https://petapixel.com/2020/04/02/irelands-most-loved-wedding-photographer-is-stealing-my-work/

Myksyk · 03-04-2020 3:59pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Hello there!

I'm not a photography forum frequenter but I was thinking about this whole virus apocalypse (slight exaggeration) and I thought maybe it could be fun or at least a good distraction from the gloom to have a thread where people could take a photo a day of something in their house or garden and share it.

I think usually you would go out and about on the hunt for a great photo so I thought it might be a nice challenge to find something worth taking a photo of on your home turf. Even if it's just your cat or new buds on a tree in your garden.

I'm not good at photography and I only have an exceptionally cheap and crap camera phone but I'd love to see your photos. I know there's some very talented people here.

Just this idea inspired me to wander around my own garden today and notice things I otherwise wouldn't like a bright yellow buttercup standing taller than all his little friends. It was a nice break from the worry for my mind tbh.

So yeah I don't know that my own pics would be good enough to share but I'd love looking at yours and taking a tiny sneak peek into someone elses life even just to see their cat or their houseplant! Or that jigsaw they just completed. I don't know. Maybe it's a dumb idea.

Anywho, I'll leave it with ye!

As you were!

Good idea but if people are going to do that we'd ask them to see most recent challenge on Photo Challenge Thread ......

03-04-2020 4:07pm

Can I suggest some indoor macro photography for the next photo challenge?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZYqjd5kP0

magicbastarder · 18-04-2020 11:34am

i've only just noticed this, having had the lens and camera for years.
i can understand they might need something to say 'the lens was focussed at infinity', but that coming out at over 4 million kilometres seems slightly random.

DaireQuinlan · 19-04-2020 10:31am

magicbastarder wrote: »

i've only just noticed this, having had the lens and camera for years.
i can understand they might need something to say 'the lens was focussed at infinity', but that coming out at over 4 million kilometres seems slightly random.

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magicbastarder · 19-04-2020 10:34am

hah, i should have guessed it'd be something like that.

ED E · 09-07-2020 11:01pm

Youtube rn:
R5 Video
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R6 Video
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R5 & R6 Video
R5 Video

magicbastarder · 10-07-2020 9:53am

me no understand.

ED E · 10-07-2020 2:49pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

me no understand.

Canon announced two new cameras.

iLikeWaffles · 12-07-2020 4:36am

Is there such a thing as a stick on shoe? Searching everywhere for one, ended up making one, rough cut plastic. Will probably do another thicker at the end as it tends to fall off when vertical.

Bought this wireless Intervalometer but it hangs off the side of the camera. I know there is options for wireless ones that attach onto the camera but they are more expensive. €20 for this one more than half the price.

CelticRambler · 12-07-2020 11:27am

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Is there such a thing as a stick on shoe?

Do you mean something you can stick onto an accessory so that it can then be mounted on the camera's existing shoe? If so, look for a hot-shoe cover on your favourite online plastic tat retailer (e.g. like this one ) and stick it to your intervalometer with a good quality, double-sided sticky pad.

iLikeWaffles · 12-07-2020 5:02pm

CelticRambler wrote: »

Do you mean something you can stick onto an accessory so that it can then be mounted on the camera's existing shoe? If so, look for a hot-shoe cover on your favourite online plastic tat retailer (e.g. like this one ) and stick it to your intervalometer with a good quality, double-sided sticky pad.

Yes might do the job, Cheers!

iLikeWaffles · 23-07-2020 2:02am

Anyone know if a tripod lens collar is compatible with a canon EF 75-300 kit lens. Is there a way to attach one without covering up the AF-MF switch. The only other place it can attach would make the camera body rotate when zooming.

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Yes might do the job, Cheers!

Just to update this works just fine. I super-glued it on. Could be a little stiffer in the shoe but it stays put even at 90°.

AnCatDubh · 30-07-2020 11:09pm

Very powerful photojournalism as per usual in the Big Picture of the Boston Globe - A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic

(if you've been affected by Covid19 or are sensitive viewing people who have passed, then descretion is advised - nothing gratuitous, just not for everyones liking. Powerful images none the less)

AnCatDubh · 02-09-2020 10:16pm

When you take a copyright thief all the way (who is a company/manufacturer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUEbi4r8Pg0

the lawyers win

magicbastarder · 02-09-2020 10:17pm

youtube link doesn't work - you just want the video ID between the tags, rather than the URL.

AnCatDubh · 03-09-2020 9:19pm

Is it time to revisit the 800px on longest side thing on the random photo thread?

Some cracking shots in there which aren't really being allowed showcase their visual merit. Loads of examples recently but for example that one of Little Skellig is a cracking image dwarfed by the restriction.

I recall when 800px was the thing (and the lively debate around it). But i'm thinking the days of 800x600 displays being the norm may have shifted.

Of course it would be the photographers perogative to display it whatever way they want but maybe as a forum, it would be worth revisiting?

magicbastarder · 03-09-2020 9:35pm

agreed, even my phone has a horizontal resolution of 1080 pixels. no one is browsing at a resolution which justifies the restriction anymore.

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