Photography General - Sperging about taking pictures and shit

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Yes it can, maybe less likely if you have weather sealed lens/body combo. Try taking a picture of a white wall or clear blue sky at f/16-22. Dust on the sensor for ILC isn't a huge deal as it is with non ILC (like point and shoots where you have to disassemble them to get to the sensor). You will only really see the dust usually over f/10 or so. Any camera site or amazon will have tons of options for a "rocket blower", do you have a glass uv filter on your lens? IMG_4360.webp
 
Finally got some nice sunny weather so I got out and took more landscape shots. Got my first decent wildlife pic too, wish I had some better zoom tho.
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I was taking photos of a boat we where burning (unrepairable), and the camera felt like overlapping two of the photos. But it picked exactly the right pair since it worked out pretty well.
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It did the same thing three years ago, where I also fucked up the development in the same spot, so (again) it turned out quite cool.
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Camera in question is a Olympus OM-1
 
Valiko Zizandari said:
I was taking photos of a boat we where burning (unrepairable), and the camera felt like overlapping two of the photos. But it picked exactly the right pair since it worked out pretty well.
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It did the same thing three years ago, where I also fucked up the development in the same spot, so (again) it turned out quite cool.
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Camera in question is a Olympus OM-1
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I'm thinking about buying an OM-1 or 2. Got any advice? I've always enjoyed the aesthetics of older Olympus gear and people really seem to enjoy the OM series, prices on Ebay have shot up the last few years.
 
Clown College 2nd Year said:
I'm thinking about buying an OM-1 or 2. Got any advice? I've always enjoyed the aesthetics of older Olympus gear and people really seem to enjoy the OM series, prices on Ebay have shot up the last few years.
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I'll recomend it, it a very neat and compact camera. Does everything it should. I have two OM-2's but they're both broken, I think the only difference is that the lightmeter is a bit more advanced - but what I like about the OM-1 at least is the minimal amount of electronic components, those seem to break quicker than mecanical. The light meter on mine has allways overshot, but when the battery died, I was unable to find an exact replacement so I put in a slightly weaker one and now the light meter works fine.

I haven't much in regards to advice, mabye just don't trust the light meter. If you ever need to replace the battery you'll find that the only one with correct voltage on the market is a shitty Oxygen-ion battery where it runs out even when not in use. I'm rambeling, but I really just need to get a modern, external light meter, which is also usefull for my older medium format cameras.
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Just bought four rolls of film (Ektar 100, portra 400, sun-kissed 400, and ilford 3200) for my trip to Spain and I’m so excited to test them out.
 
Valiko Zizandari said:
I'll recomend it, it a very neat and compact camera. Does everything it should. I have two OM-2's but they're both broken, I think the only difference is that the lightmeter is a bit more advanced - but what I like about the OM-1 at least is the minimal amount of electronic components, those seem to break quicker than mecanical. The light meter on mine has allways overshot, but when the battery died, I was unable to find an exact replacement so I put in a slightly weaker one and now the light meter works fine.

I haven't much in regards to advice, mabye just don't trust the light meter. If you ever need to replace the battery you'll find that the only one with correct voltage on the market is a shitty Oxygen-ion battery where it runs out even when not in use. I'm rambeling, but I really just need to get a modern, external light meter, which is also usefull for my older medium format cameras.
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Thanks for the write up. I've been using this app on Android for a while, and it seems to work pretty well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dq.fotometroNa&hl=en_US It's $1.99 and has been worth every penny. I might try a cold shoe mount light meter one of these days sometimes whipping the phone out for almost every picture gets a little tedious. I'll keep what you said about the batteries and light meter in mind if I decide to buy one, might have to try one of those Japanese Ebay sellers this time.
 
Jimbobaggins said:
Yes it was, Duluth always has a great airshow. Stayed a few days longer so I could watch the fireworks too. Plus the rest of Duluth is such a nice place, especially in canal park. Or maybe I'm just a autist who likes watching the ships.
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Lol I remembered seeing your photos of the lift bridge from earlier in the thread and knew we had an airshow last weekend. Canal park has always been my favorite part of Duluth too. If sail boats tickle your autism too I think the Duluth Yacht Club goes out for races on Wednesdays (might've changed it's been a while). If the conditions are right a bunch of them will fly their spinnakers (the big colorful sails) for some good photos.

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The Stranger said:
nah. I did notice those spots, I guess I figured they were on the lens rather than the sensor. It's pretty annoying the sensor is already that dirty, I've only taken it out 3ish times :lossmanjack:
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The obvious best indicator is if the spots remain where they are after you've switched to another lens. Also, from personal experience I'll say there's a chance the dirt on the lens is the sticky kind and cannot be removed with a rocket blower as suggested. In that case, get these chineseum disposable cleaning swabs. They're the best way to ensure that you don't accidentally transfer additional dirt to the sensor surface when you clean it.
 
Welp on the plus side I got this Fujifilm x-s20 slightly used (probably a display unit) for a great price. On the downside I dropped my phone from less than 3 feet and now the screen won't turn on. Either way looking forward to putting this new camera through it's paces this weekend.
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Fujis are nice to shoot on, congrats!
I would recommend getting a 35mm lens for it, fujis just don’t feel right with big lenses.
I have like 20 rolls I need to go develop I am not looking forward to the costs 😵‍💫
 
dcss said:
Fujis are nice to shoot on, congrats!
I would recommend getting a 35mm lens for it, fujis just don’t feel right with big lenses.
I have like 20 rolls I need to go develop I am not looking forward to the costs 😵‍💫
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Thanks, ya that's my next lens it's been a long time since I've had a 35mm lens, it's one of my favorite focal lengths.
I now have no less than 6 shops that develop film within 50 miles of me and they've all raised their prices. They're also all $15-20 per roll so ya I feel on film prices.
 
Clown College 2nd Year said:
Thanks, ya that's my next lens it's been a long time since I've had a 35mm lens, it's one of my favorite focal lengths.
I now have no less than 6 shops that develop film within 50 miles of me and they've all raised their prices. They're also all $15-20 per roll so ya I feel on film prices.
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I would recommend picking up a used fuji xf 23mm f/1.4 , I've owned that lens a few times and its a very sharp lens and the bokeh is really really nice. There's a lot of listings on ebay, at $400 it's a great deal for a good condition one. Personally i'd avoid the 23 and 35mm f/2 WR lenses as the image quality was not as great. I could share some pictures if you're interested.
 
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