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Impressive, if you need such things, and have the dosh to burn.

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1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

Impressive, if you need such things, and have the dosh to burn.

I wouldn't spend the money. mostly just talking about how informative it was

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8 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

if you'll haven't seen this video get yourself 35-40 mins and watch it

 

Crazy some of the stuff in film production. Always impressed at IMAX costing half a million a camera, shooting 12K years ago and running through film at 3x the normal rate. 

Dirty Windows Peasants :P ?

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4 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

I wouldn't spend the money. mostly just talking about how informative it was

I hear ya. I constantly see Cine lenses on ebay and I admit I've been curious, but the prices have deterred me (that, and finding a use for the party tricks it can do)

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4 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I hear ya. I constantly see Cine lenses on ebay and I admit I've been curious, but the prices have deterred me (that, and finding a use for the party tricks it can do)

most of the cine primes are about getting the best image they can with as little issues as possible. they also range from how sharp to how smooth

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Just got the "plastic fantastic" Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 macro for my Canon 1D Mark II.

The AF motor sounds like a cement truck mixing a 1970s VW beetle and a lot of angry pigs, but I knew this was a "feature" of the lens.

The lens "only" goes to 1:2 as to 1:1, with a minimal focal distance of 1,41 feet, but true to form, it's very sharp.

 

I look forward to trying this out on all the insect life around my land.

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52 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

The AF motor sounds like a cement truck mixing a 1970s VW beetle and a lot of angry pigs, but I knew this was a "feature" of the lens

sounds about right for any cheap lens.

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I've currently got the Sony 24-105mm f4 G lens and am trying to decide which lens I should get next: the Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 or the Sigma 100-400mm DN. Both are the same price right now. It's a tough call. I've never had a 400mm lens, so I'm a bit more interested in seeing what I can do with telephoto landscapes. I've had UWAs in the past, so I know what I'd be getting there, but 24mm is usually enough for landscapes (I also have my Tokina 20mm f2 that I primarily use for the stars if I need something wider than 24mm).

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On 7/17/2020 at 6:51 AM, Lord Vile said:

Crazy some of the stuff in film production. Always impressed at IMAX costing half a million a camera, shooting 12K years ago and running through film at 3x the normal rate. 

IMAX is crazy

50 minutes ago, YellowJersey said:

I've currently got the Sony 24-105mm f4 G lens and am trying to decide which lens I should get next: the Tamron 17-28mm 2.8 or the Sigma 100-400mm DN. Both are the same price right now. It's a tough call. I've never had a 400mm lens, so I'm a bit more interested in seeing what I can do with telephoto landscapes. I've had UWAs in the past, so I know what I'd be getting there, but 24mm is usually enough for landscapes (I also have my Tokina 20mm f2 that I primarily use for the stars if I need something wider than 24mm).

I'd grab the 100-400

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On 7/21/2020 at 1:35 PM, Radium_Angel said:

Just got the "plastic fantastic" Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 macro for my Canon 1D Mark II.

The AF motor sounds like a cement truck mixing a 1970s VW beetle and a lot of angry pigs, but I knew this was a "feature" of the lens.

The lens "only" goes to 1:2 as to 1:1, with a minimal focal distance of 1,41 feet, but true to form, it's very sharp.

 

I look forward to trying this out on all the insect life around my land.

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5 hours ago, Action_Johnson said:

Extension tubes may be in your future!

Yeah but my eyesight isn't what it used to be, manual focusing for me is no longer in the cards. Do they make autofocusing extension tubes yet?

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this is a new cine lens company that I cant wait to see some reviews on.

20-55 and 50-125 T2.9 S35 in EF, PL are out now with E and LPL out later. they are parpfocal and seem to compete a lot with the Fuji MK/MKX line while being on more traditional cine mounts (EF, PL)

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1574481-REG/dzofilm_dzo_7220001b_2_b_bundle_pictor_20_to_55mm.html

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2 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

this is a new cine lens company that I cant wait to see some reviews on.

20-55 and 50-125 T2.9 S35 in EF, PL are out now with E and LPL out later. they are parpfocal and seem to compete a lot with the Fuji MK/MKX line while being on more traditional cine mounts (EF, PL)

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1574481-REG/dzofilm_dzo_7220001b_2_b_bundle_pictor_20_to_55mm.html

Pretty. Price is disturbing tho.

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Current Lenses

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4

My go to lens of choice because of the 35mm equivalence. Nice rendition solid bokeh, no severe optical flaws, appropriately small and surprisingly light considering the all metal build - unfortunately lacks weather sealing.

 

Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8

Very small, with one of the E-series Fuji bodies fits into a regular sized pocket of a jacket, not much bokeh due to slow speed, why they opted for that focus ring instead of an aperture ring is beyond me.

 

Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2

Yes. This one has it all for portraits. Nice bokeh, good image quality, reasonably fast focus, very well built, very smooth focus ring, solid aperture ring, surprisingly light for the size and built - again unfortunately lacks weather sealing

 

Tokina AT-X 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Canon FD

Wouldn't have bought it but it came along with my father's Canon A-1, solid build quality though

 

Canon FD 28mm f/2.8

Nice lens, couldn't get my hands on a reasonably priced 35mm with an aperture of f/2 or better. That was what I got instead. Still works well

 

Canon FD 50mm f/1.8

It's a bit of a boring focal length, reasonably fast (especially for the time and the size of it), works well.

 

Canon FD 100-300 f/5.6

Again, came with my father's A-1, wouldn't have bought it since I don't need that focal length and it's a bit on the slow side. It's big.

 

To Buy List

Fujifilm XF 90mm f/2 (the Viltrox 85mm is a good "bargain" but it lacks the aperture ring)

Fujifilm XF 16-55 f/2.8 (backup/workhorse on jobs - keep this as the general use one and add either the 23, 56 or 90 for extra bokeh on the second body)

Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 (mainly group portraits in confined spaces and the occasional landscape shot as a personal project)

 

Previous Lenses

*Mamiya 645M 45mm f/2.8 N

Nice reportage lens, good handling, good image quality, built like a tank

 

*Mamiya 645M 50mm f/4 Shift

Brilliant lens for architecture, a tad on the slow side especially when making use of the shift mechanism, built like a tank

 

*Mamiya 645M 80mm f/2.8 N

Lovely standard lens, good image quality, fairly small, again, build like a tank

 

*Mamiya 645M 200mm f/2.8 APO

Lens p**n, a beautiful lens, astonishingly great image quality, smooth feeling, absolutely beefy and I assume indestructible - even the lens hood was metal

 

*Mamiya 645M 500mm f/5.6

one heck of a long lens - like, LONG and heavy, some people might confuse this with a telescope

 

*Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L mk i USM

Beautiful rendition, a bit of a busy bokeh, well built, beefy

 

*Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Good quality for the money, nice rendition, fairly small, overall a bit boring for me

 

*Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L mk i USM

Hubble, beautifull smooth bokeh, noticeably slow to focus but buttery smooth focus ring, has some chromatic abberation issues

 

*Nikon F kit of unknown specs that was so plasticky that it broke apart at some point.

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How to clean the inside of lens?

My lens got some dust in the inside of it, it sticks on the surface of the glass in the inside of the barrel because it's not a dust resistant lens, somehow the dust managed to get in when I shoot alot when I was outside and traveling. How to clean it? ( -_-)a

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3 hours ago, Tonberry said:

How to clean it?

Send to a professional camera repair.

Trust me, I once tried to clean an old (manual focus) lens, the parts involved and special tools needed, are not worth it, I ended up breaking the lens without even meaning to.

 

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15 hours ago, Tonberry said:

How to clean the inside of lens?

My lens got some dust in the inside of it, it sticks on the surface of the glass in the inside of the barrel because it's not a dust resistant lens, somehow the dust managed to get in when I shoot alot when I was outside and traveling. How to clean it? ( -_-)a

1st find out wether the dust is visible by taking a shot of a uniform surface (no structure!)

2nd if it is visible, find a service point and/or repair shop and get a quote

3rd decide wether that price is okay for you or if you rather clone it out in post

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On 7/26/2020 at 12:45 PM, Tonberry said:

How to clean the inside of lens?

My lens got some dust in the inside of it, it sticks on the surface of the glass in the inside of the barrel because it's not a dust resistant lens, somehow the dust managed to get in when I shoot alot when I was outside and traveling. How to clean it? ( -_-)a

Unless you went to a color run or were in a sand storm and it's big chunks, I guarantee you'd never ever notice them in an image. 

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4 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

Unless you went to a color run or were in a sand storm and it's big chunks, I guarantee you'd never ever notice them in an image. 

And even then, I didn't have an issue with the lens or the body (granted, I used some gaffer tape to seal up the worse gaps)

This was a disposable D100 I bought to shoot from within the colour run, many yeas ago.

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sigma 100-400mm intresting

 

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5 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

And even then, I didn't have an issue with the lens or the body (granted, I used some gaffer tape to seal up the worse gaps)

This was a disposable D100 I bought to shoot from within the colour run, many yeas ago.

Nikon_D100_After.jpg

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On 7/8/2020 at 3:56 PM, Radium_Angel said:

I had the old Nikon push-pull 80-200 f/2.8, and while it was a screw motor focus (which could be slow at times) it never failed to nail the focus, and even at wide open, was a fantastic lens. It was my goto lens at concerts. But let me tell you, working with a Nikon D2X, plus that all-metal 80-200, really gave me a workout...

 

On the plus side, anyone slam-dancing into me, I never had to fear for my camera's life.

Last year I picked up 3 D1Xs along with 3 lenses and a teleconverter. I never got around to using any of them due to battery issues and battery swaps etc...

 

The 3 lenses I do own are:

Sears 300mm f5.6
Kiron 28-105 f3.2-4.5

Tokina AT-X 35-200mm F1:3.5-4.5

Vivitar 2x 1:1 Macro Focusing Teleconverter

 

The end goal was to give 1 camera to a kid that year for at least a weekend to let them learn how to use a camera for under $200 CAD and using 2/3 as basically Guinea Pigs for battery replacement incase I fried one and maybe a bonus one for me, which never happened with the one successful swap I did.

 

The person who I bought from lives locally, great person met them in person at the local Tims and talked for a few minutes, caught them just as they were about to buy something (they didn't want to do, but where only to do so to wait for me).

 

Should really start working on the battery situation again with my time off, hopefully for 2022 when everyone can actually get to gather again... 2021 is starting to look like a wash as well. Also might see if I can pick up any more cheap Nikon F Mount lenses.

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3 minutes ago, Egg-Roll said:

battery issues

I had several Nikon D1x cameras. It was easier (and cheaper) to buy several aftermarket-compatible D1x batteries, than to try to retrofit a battery case with new insides (there are, or at least were, websites with instructions on how to retrofit new batteries into old cases.)

 

If you are willing to go manual focus, there are some fantastic lenses out there for pennies.

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1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

I had several Nikon D1x cameras. It was easier (and cheaper) to buy several aftermarket-compatible D1x batteries, than to try to retrofit a battery case with new insides (there are, or at least were, websites with instructions on how to retrofit new batteries into old cases.)

 

If you are willing to go manual focus, there are some fantastic lenses out there for pennies.

I know $30 on B&H but they have reviews about them not being able to charge using the original charger easily :| I bought used batteries from Henrys for $10 ea (3 or 4) plus a 8 cell laptop for $20, was going to do a open top pop out for easy charge. As mentioned I was successful at one, sadly lost the ability to continue. Might end up just buying the batteries from B&H and see if I have the issues reported, would make the parents happy about the kid not using Lithium "hack jobs" 😂

 

Not at Henrys :( Esp considering I spent $30 avg per lens. I have no issues with manual focus because auto focus in half the situations I used my RP last in caused issues (not focusing, too dark, etc), it will also teach the kid patience.

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