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Could you be a bit more specific about what kind of photography you want to do (travel, street, people), black and white or colour, and budget upper limits?

In general I'd suggest the Ricoh GRII, Fujifilm X100F, and the Sony RX III

>>3065669
Just the type of photos you'd find in a family album basically. Not sure about budget, but preferably nothing over 300$ or so.

>>3065682
For that purpose, most modern phone cameras do the job pretty well. Otherwise I'd recommend trying to pick up a used Sony RX I or II.

Ultrafineonline and fpp have some E6 stuff. I heard something about agfa having some rebranded c41 bulk, but that thread was from 2008

Ebay. Search for expired film stock or internegative film for good deals.

If you use cine film make sure to clean it before sending to a lab, the coating will mess up their machines and chemicals.

>>3065393
They have Konica 160 stuff for c41 bulk

>>3065272
It's a fine camera

Honestly its a fine camera. I have one.

I kinda regret buying it because it feels and sounds like a toy with its fake shutter. Not having a viewfinder makes you look like an idiot and I feel that it really reduces the quality of pictures because of its nonexistence

If you can manage 100 more bucks then getting the 6000 is a much better idea. I see a lot of them used around here.

>>3065272
There's nothing wrong with the sensor or controls but it's lacking lots of necessary mid-tier features to really enjoy photography like a viewfinder.
And the lens is shit.

>>3064747
No, I prefer to use my imagination instead.

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>>3064747
>real camera

>not using a potato camera

>>3064494
i have an old panasonic point and shoot.
should i open it up?

>>3064531
yes
open it up and give it a big warm hug

I love fingerboxes! This one is particularly nice.

>>3064392
>it was full of fungus so I passed.
Are you a idiot?

Just keep it away of your other lenses and you will be fine. I can dissasemble and clean it too.

>>3064409
Meh, I'd rather not risk it.

>>3064004
disembodied legs at the top are a distraction that merit subtraction. take action or live with dissatisfaction.

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>>3064004
Gregory Crewdson

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>>3064004
Thomas Demand

too much dead space up top

decent for snapshit, but the forced perspective literally leads me nowhere.

also read the sticky

>>3064232
what does snapshit mean

Walter White productions

>>3063920
https://youtu.be/Gt698n_8Xc8?t=3m1s

>>3063927
he's not a fat unfuckable sperglord tho
I mean seriously even terry richardson doesn't look this bad

I always make sure to not reveal the most important step - smearing Vaseline all over the shutter button.

The internet has revolutionized and screwed over decades worth of trade secrets. It's super fucking easy to get into something and know how it works thanks to forums/ youtube.

Don't get wrong, there's always people making a profit of this knowledge. But really thats what it comes down to. How can you exploit, teach, and make a profit off of these trade secrets.

And then you have people that are tired of being taken advantage of, being put into huge areas of debt, and what do they get out of it? Really, nothing. So in a way; fuck those who keep things a "secret". There are some things the world should know. Especially if you're just getting into said field and not have to go into college debt just to find out trade secrets.

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>>3063149
The world changes and the only way is to adapt. I get it, even though I am extremely butthurt for studying practical film n video for 6 years and now I see that almost all the notes I have from my teachers can be found online from your basement..

I really like that shot.

But as for social media - how to become successful I don't know but I know on Twitter at least there are a few tags you can use where you are basically automatically reposted so your image gets shared immediately with everyone who follows that particular group. There's also Flickr and multiple groups on Flickr even for individual lenses and such.

>>3062947
thanks!

I found that flickr groups I've tried to use are just dead and places where people dump photos and don't really look or engage that much. Do you have more info on the twitter thing?

>>3062947

not OP but thanks for the flickr direction. I havent used the site in a long time but it seems theres still people who publish and comment there

Keep in mind Patreon is not charity, it's crowd-sourced payment. If a "creator" is at the point where they hire a commercial photograph, they are at the point where they sort this kind of stuff out like professional businessmen.

Imagine you're shooting some art collection in a museum, and the custodian wants to license the photos for postcards in the souvenir shop or whatever. That's how you should approach this.

>>3062785
honestly not going to read all your examples
clients will do all kinds of stupid shit and I gave up, just charge what you can up front and give them a high res Jpg

for that reason I'm shooting less and less digital and going back to analogue, I charge $600 half day and $1200 full day plus film / processing (mostly 120, 4x5 but I have a fridge stocked with hard to find 135 film stock). They get the negs / transparencies, and I recommend a scanning service who offers drum scanning

the local market for digi has just been murdered, so many people offer $100 photo shoots. I'll do cheap shit like that but use a shit a6000 and take 6 months to give the clients their photos because i don't want them to call me again, but is some cases this has the opposite effect.

>>3062785
I guess I don't understand what the problem is.. Once you agreed to shoot for a negotiated price, what the customer does or does not do with the photos they commissioned you to take for them is none of your business right? Or am I missing something in your post?

>>3062364
I fucking hate the nikon 18-55 kit lens. Thinking about the tamron 17-55 VC whateverthefuck as a replacement. Thoughts?

>>3062370
Why the hate? It's a great kit lens

You got the 35mm 1.8 dx? If not get that before anything else

>>3062370
You mean the 17-50/2.8 VC? It is an excellent lens, you will love it.

>>3062307
I'd you don't count /p/ as social media (anti-social?), then yeah, I don't share my photos.
I think images can be best appreciated only in print, but /p/ is still a good place for critique.

>>3062307

I share it with friends and family only.

I occasionally post in /p/ threads, but only if I want feedback or have a specific question.

Only a small IG account.

The people who follow are mostly family, friends and contacts. All other followers, at least those that stay more than 48 hours, seem to be genuinely interested in what I do.

I don't have any other social media at all.

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