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They're fun to use until the novelty wears out.

Film Leicas are more fun than digital.

I've only owned a Leica M6 and loved it but ended up selling it for a Mamiya 7 or something.

All the people I've met that have had a digital Leica have been ego driven fuckwits.

>>3066604
>All the people I've met that have had a digital Leica have been ego driven fuckwits.

Holy shittt this is so true. Was without a group of photography friends and was trolling a dude I met about his Leica and said my a6000 was the best mirrorless in the world. The joke completely flew past his head and he eventually deleted me from facebook LOL

>>3066605
You shouldn't pick on Charlie Reynolds, he has autism you know.

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because exposure meter

Wysiswyg becomes less worthwhile as you gain experience and thus intuition. RAW shooting also has less necessity for wysiswyg, since it's a more technical form of shooting than merely relying on what your subjective eye sees. It's important to know that evf's aren't an exact representation of the end product, but rather a loosey goosey approximation.

The real breakthrough with evf's is manual focusing, although focus peaking is also an approximation and not absolute. Ironically, however, while your eye is terrible at judging exposure, it's great at discerning sharpest focus, so it's best to turn focus peaking off and just use magnification. Even more ironically, dslr's do just as good a job with this in live view.

Really, the reason to use mirrorless is the form factor. They are typically far less bulky than something with a mirror box. The compromise to form factor, however, is battery life. You still need a physically large battery in 2017 to store a lot of milliamperes, and all manufacturers have opted for lower capacity batteries to maintain the illusion that their cameras are still sleek and smooth. Combine that with the fact that literally operation on a mirrorless camera (including merely looking through the magical viewfinder) draws power, and you end up with truly abysmal battery life.

>>3066021

I see. My problem is with a DSLR, I have tried growing my intuition for the light meter, but I still feel clueless. I have tried all the different types of metering settings, averaging, taking photos at different exposure levels, focusing on an object and adjusting the exposure level for the subject. Maybe its because my DSLR is just old and fading, but I can never seem to get a good picture. They're almost always overexposed.

I'm no pro and I'm certainly attracted to the compactness of mirrorless. I don't even mind shelling out for a few extra batteries to carry around. I just want to know that if I make the leap to mirrorless, I'm not settling for a second rate bit of tech.

>>3066019

See above.

taking photos

>>3065323
Everything

>>3065323
everything 4x5 is better at

Ektar is the only kodak film worth shooting.

>>3065079
>I would shoot tons of Provia if slide film development didn't cost a fortune.

What does it cost you? I get a free development coupon for every roll of slide film I buy from my local shop. It's about 10€ per roll of 120. E6 development alone would be 2.10€

>>3065082
Kodak currently has no good color films period. Hopefully the new Ektachrome is nice.

>>3064118
self portraits with Medium Formats of you killing yourself.

set the camera on 'timer' mode and shoot yourself

>>3064292
>>3064118
there was this nifty camera trigger kickstarter thing a while ago that let you use your smartphone to trigger the camera by sound peaks or motion, that could really help in capturing the decisive moment when the bullet coarses through the gray matter.
>>3064292
>>3064118

>>3064118
the faces of cucked men portrait series

find good background then use low depth of field because you cant handle composing an entire shot

apply portra preset

85mm eqiv. Or 65mm - 100mm if you're a cheap cunt. Try to at least get 2.8f minimum for the lens.

And do basics, don't have the frame cut at joints and shoot the subject at eye level or near eye level etc. Use light to reflect a desired mood. Bring a giant piece of white cardboard and a slave if you shoot in the sun

>>3063820
>what lens?
use a fast 80mm or longer- that will give you nice depth of field and make the face thinner and less "bubbly"

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>>3061399
I got too lazy and just slapped it on in paint. Here's the quality seal

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>>3061433
Too good for sardine head

>>3061399
Not bad, but perhaps lacking that final gloss of awfulness - it's awkward, but not excruciatingly so, and just not drab enough.

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my profile with random stuff is here, check this out

https://www.instagram.com/thirtytwentyseven/

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>>3032778
There's already one up
>>>3021483
But I love how you started a new one just for your shit. Which is what it is. Shit.

>>3067257
hdr mode.

>>3067257
Just merge 2 exposures,one for inside, one for out, don't forget the polarizer.

>>3067257
set up your camera, meter your camera for the outside, maybe 1 stop down, turn down the lights until they are just glowing slightly, set up your flashes, and adjust the power until the interior is exposed right.

I'd recommend watching a youtube channel called DigitalRev TV

>>3064236
This. He's a cool dude, good to listen too, and most important, very understandable.

>>3064236
>>3064491
>>3064498
i thank you all

Because they detract from the original purity of the untarnished image. They introduce falsehood and embellishment where once there was only an unvarnished study.

People protest the use of colour in some photos - never mind filters. A black and white photo is a blueprint for the mind to examine - with no colouring in. A shot of pure narrative with no distraction.

>>3067018
burt im glad you're still around

please make a burt thread

>>3067018
Pseudointellectual hipster cunt

>>3066660

Needs more instagram filters.

>>3066662

the quads have spoken

>>3066660
It's awesome. You're posting one wonderful picture when Sugar will keep flooding us with its shit.
Location?

>>3066665
Those aren't quads, newfag.

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A few minutes later

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Some night stuff

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Early morning, 1/1/17

Don't even bother. You can't possible process the film anyways.

>>3066429
>as cheap as possible
Use your phone.

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Love it for /out/ journalism

Carry it in a military surplass back

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