A
Anonymous08/25/25, 01:26No.4462404/sqt/ stupid questions thread
This is the post for stupid questions that don't deserve their own thread.
334
Replies
A
Anon08/25/25, 10:55No.4462476
how close can you go if you set camera flash on AA mode
A
Anon08/25/25, 18:21No.4462555
Will a creepy grin behind the viewfinder each time I'm about to shoot make my photography better?
A
Anon08/26/25, 00:26No.4462616
Will we ever get flashes with AF assist lamps compatible with mirrorless cameras? It's been years.
A
Anon08/26/25, 01:40No.4462645
should i buy a nikon z f ? by my completely ignorant and low IQ estimation, it seems to shit over its direct competitors.the main complaint from people seems to be that it’s heavier? but are these critics weak? do they suffer from muscular dystrophy?
A
Anon08/26/25, 11:33No.4462771
is it normal to have random debris on your sensor every time you take your camera out? i bought an old dslr and i have to use a handheld dust blower everytime i take it out
A
Anon08/26/25, 19:07No.4462890
Zoom is very important to me, i live on one of the busiest avenues in my city the p1100 focus is so slow and the quality of the 1/2.3 inch sensor is just a bit too bad for me, i only take pics and video of peopleSo an aps c is the best option for me right? i was thinking about canon with their 1.6x crop factor with a 200-800mm or 150-600mm?
A
Anon08/26/25, 22:05No.4462948
any decent way to extend camera strap? i bought one from a junk shop and it looks like the previous owner cut the ends a bit short
i want to keep it, but use it cross-body
A
Anon08/27/25, 03:11No.4463030
How do I get this?
Video format (.webm) not supported YET!
View here : Click here
A
Anon08/27/25, 05:35No.4463047
I've got an old Olympus C-8080, it only takes CF and xD cards. xD is obsolete and CF is expensive so I tried a CF to SD adapter but it no worky. Tried formatting both on the PC and in the camera. Is there any formatting trick or magic adapter/SD card that will work here, or am I just SOL?
A
Anon08/27/25, 05:50No.4463049
The feedback loop for long exposures in low light is so damn slow.
Anyone have tips or tricks for figuring out the right exposure when the exposure time and in-camera metering can't calculate it?Talking 15minute or bulb mode time frames, with tight apertures like f/16 for deep DOF behind circular polarizer in low light.I know adding light is probably recommended but I want to snap some pics of super dark areas with a tripod without adding artificial lighting.
A
Anon08/27/25, 08:19No.4463075
What's a good (enough), cheap camera I can pick up for photographing artwork?
A
Anon08/27/25, 09:02No.4463089
What would you say that makes a post be worth it its own thread, please? :) (just asking because I am trying to learn (of curiosity, not some real or imagined "job") + I am half self-discouraged of googling what many terms here even mean :) )
A
Anon08/27/25, 11:36No.4463142
I'm selling some of my K Mount stuff to pair down. I'm in the USA btw.Pentax DA 18-135mm - $80 locally / $100 on eBay (I paid $60, next cheapest is $100 from a Japanese seller)KF w/18-55 kit lens and 7869 shot count - $340 locally / $400 on eBay (next cheapest is $450 body only)Pentax-F 100mm Macro - $40 locally / $60 on eBay (bad internal hazing but still takes decent pics, pic related)Left: 18-135mm - 1/100 f5.6 1600 60mm Focal Length (brighter image)
Right: 100mm Macro - 1/125 f7.1 1600 (darker image)Both SOOC jpeg (top) and edited (bottom, macro was darker requiring a -0.7 exposure for 18-135mm to match)Am I asking too much?
A
Anon08/27/25, 11:51No.4463144
Should I get a griii or a griiix
A
Anon08/27/25, 21:35No.4463304
what’s the goal when editing photos
i just play around with stuff until i think it looks goods to me
anytime i share it, it’s always shit
A
Anon09/02/25, 09:22No.4464851
What's the best open source or freeware option for quickly browsing large number of RAWs to rate them before importing to target software to work on?
A
Anon09/02/25, 09:31No.4464852
are there any resources online with production ranges for film boxes or canisters to guesstimate the production and expiration year?
A
Anon09/03/25, 03:06No.4465055
how fragile are modern high end cameras?
if I get Leica Q3, is it going to survive being in a backpack on my back while I'm on a run outside and jumping up and down?
A
Anon09/03/25, 22:10No.4465270
I know nothing about photography. Inherited a Nikon f70/n70 in the us.Keep or get rid ?
A
Anon09/03/25, 22:38No.4465279
nx studio image looks different from lightroom without any effects done with the same camera standard profile
how do i tell nx studio not to fuck around with the image and start the raw development from scratch?
picrel: lightroom, 100%, wb as shot, profile: camera standard
A
Anon09/03/25, 22:39No.4465280
nx studio, 100%, standard picture control, original value everything
A
Anon09/04/25, 17:28No.4465487
Nobody replied to this question in Instagram thread so I repost it here since it probably IS pretty stupid question - how people are expected to use Instagram? Various people tells me it is absolutely essential so I guess I will have to make account after all. But what to put in it? I upload galleries of my photos at private site so I guess I should put 5-10-15 "best of" photos from such galleries when I upload one and provide link? I'm sorry but I never used IG and have barely even experience with FB or other social media.
A
Anon09/04/25, 18:22No.4465507
Drunk purchased a x100vi. What do I do first?
A
Anon09/04/25, 22:20No.4465565
retarded fuji doesn't have a good 28 mm equivalent lenswhat do?
35mm is shit....
A
Anon09/05/25, 00:40No.4465592
If put my camera on a tripod and aim it at myself does it still count as a selfie
A
Anon09/05/25, 08:29No.4465668
Best camera/lens to shoot homemade couple sex? Holding my smartphone is too close up.
A
Anon09/05/25, 20:14No.4465768
Does lower f mean better?
For example regarding ultrawide, is f/1.7 (Pixel 10 Pro) better than f/2.2 (Pixel 10 base)?
I don't know much about photography but I know lower number = less light (bad), but makes background blurry which apparently the photography people like it for some reason.
I prioritize low light capabilities, if that makes any difference.
A
Anon09/05/25, 21:01No.4465774
How do you get this page to show info of photos, I’m on iPad and it doesnt
A
Anon09/06/25, 02:57No.4465842
Hello,I am a completely new photography enthusiast and would like recommendations for a good DSLR brand or model that is preferably affordable/second hand please.I have never owned a camera before so any recommendations would be really appreciated!
A
Anon09/06/25, 05:06No.4465867
How do you ask models to pose nude for you?
A
Anon09/06/25, 13:07No.4465940
Why are there so many namefags on /p/.
Is it just because "artists" are attention whores, or maybe because /p/ is (seemingly) very focused on posting OC?
A
Anon09/06/25, 22:57No.4466084
What material can I use to line a hard lens case? I'm thinking adhesive backed neoprene sheets, is anything better/more appropriate?
A
Anon09/07/25, 12:17No.4466183
Is topaz AI a sensible purchase? I'm against subscriptions so it's like 199 which feels kinda expensive but not really
A
Anon09/07/25, 17:07No.4466246
>constructive interference in out-of-focus area
neat but also a little annoying
A
Anon09/11/25, 18:42No.4467205
So do you ever get your passion back after starting to do this for money after it being a simple hobby? Shifting direction and style from only caring about my own personal satisfaction to needing to satisfy my client's wants and needs is starting to make this feel stale, like actual work rather than it being a creative outlet. I feel like I'm pumping out uninspiring boring garbage that the client ends up being happy and satisfied with, who in turn brings in more people who want the same basic portraits.
A
Anon09/11/25, 20:39No.4467232
Hello, I’m unironically one of those assholes who wants to take ultra warm ‘70s “filmic” pictures with a digital camera.
I have no proof, but I liked this before it was trendy. Problem - now everyone thinks it’s trendy and Fuji prices are through the roof.
Was gonna go Fuji a couple years ago, but now a used X-pro3 costs $5-700 more than an x-t3 with the same sensor, and almost as much as a Nikon zf that’s objectively higher performing full-frame with the downside of needing a bit more work in post.
I fucking hate dicking around in LR, but I really enjoy the other aspects of photography.
I actually learned on film as a little kid, and I’d go back to that if it wasn’t for the headache of needing to deal with rolls, mail them to development, etc. My buddy who shoots on Fuji has his little dialed in Kodak-lite simulation, and he can send his pics straight to a phone and then onto his and the models social media. It’s just wildly more convenient. Also claims that the rangefinder style body is friendlier and easier to work with amateur/social-media models.
For documentary/travel shit I feel like the smallness of the Fuji bodies+lenses would be nicer. But the ZF is tempting for the raw numbers and performance. Either way, I’ve found the retro look really helps avoid negative attention as a tourist, big black blob camera makes people think you’re Doing Things.Anyway - I don’t have Leica money lmao, and autofocus is nice sometimes, and the instant feedback on digital would really help with what I’m trying to do over real 35mm. Also kinda worried about buying high selling low with Fuji, whenever this retro thing peaks and fades
A
Anon09/12/25, 09:01No.4467296
I want to learn to make nsfw edits using GIMP.
Nothing major, just the standard clean up portrait, enhance breast size, add make up, "beautify filter" but manually, etc.
Where is the best place to learn that?
A
Anon09/13/25, 13:54No.4467517
In Rawtherapee my RAWs look pretty much exactly like they do in-camera (D800), but in Lightroom I always have to fiddle with them A LOT, because they look so washed out and pale.
Do any of you know why? Can I get the same default rendering in Lightroom?
A
Anon09/13/25, 19:32No.4467580
Is there a good work flow for adjusting the image and color settings in a Canon camera? I have a color checker and liked the colors and contrast of my old camera better. Do I just compare the color values side by side and try eyeballing the settings if I want to fix the issue in camera?
A
Anon09/14/25, 00:44No.4467654
what are the differences between these automatic color balance options?
i can see that they're different, i just want to know the logical reasoning/equation behind them
A
Anon09/14/25, 03:51No.4467690
I have an itch to try a 100 megapickels medium format camera. What is the current best bang per buck option?
A
Anon09/14/25, 06:09No.4467756
I zoomed in on my CCD sensor photos and found hot pixel but they are not prominent if I don't zoom. How fucked I am? What is the meaning of this?
A
Anon09/15/25, 10:51No.4468192
How do I calculate my settings properly when using multiple ND filters?
If I put my ND4 on top of my ND2 is that the same as using an ND6?
Want to try some long exposure on 35mm film where I don't have the luxury of just trying out a few settings and seeing what workd
A
Anon09/15/25, 18:20No.4468295
When I open a jpeg with faststone image viewer it looks like pic2. If I open the raw with the windows Fotoeditor it looks like pic1. And if I open the raw again with faststone, it looks like pic2 again.What is going wrong? I don't get it. And I would like to have a reproduceable editing strategy
A
Anon09/15/25, 21:06No.4468332
Which option is better: new sony zv-e10 for 630e/$740 or used sony a7c for 850e/$1000 (looks great, but has 16k shots and without original box)
A
Anon09/16/25, 03:04No.4468388
Where on this website can I get advice on photo editing like GIMP?
A
Anon09/17/25, 05:05No.4468657
Is photography the right place to ask about learning about GIMP?
A
Anon09/17/25, 05:42No.4468660
What the fuck causes this kind of obvious banding? SOOC Pano using a CPL. I was thinking maybe the CPL was changing the polarisation of the sky as it panned, but I thought the result would be a gradient not obvious lines.
A
Anon09/18/25, 03:02No.4468818
My dad got me an olympus 8080 for $5 at a garage sale but a modern 2 gb SanDisk card wont format and the local camera place doesn't have test card
What's the best place to buy a CF or XD card that would work I don't know fuck all about cameras
A
Anon09/18/25, 07:05No.4468848
Calibrating is fucking retarded. You either accept that your chosen medium has inherent characteristics and enjoy your day or you spiral into insanity trying to get "the right colors".
It's the same mental illness like looking at charts and shooting screws to "test" lenses.
A
Anon09/18/25, 09:06No.4468874
More like venting off but - does it make sense to maintain your own site to host photos anymore? I mean, years ago, when I would make (compared to my current ones - rather clearly lacking) cosplay/event/con photos, I would get 200-400 views, nowadays after spending week or two on working out similar photos, I get max 10-30 views instead. Sure, photographing is fun in itself but I really want to show my work to others. Everyone I met expects Instagram account and focusing there but I find it quite restrictive - not only it cuts photo in odd square proportions in preview (can show in original proportions after clicking but it still looks bad) but also easily marks account for spamming if you upload too much. I'm just sad.
A
Anon09/18/25, 19:16No.4468996
How difficult is it to develop firmware updates for different cameras on the same processor? I want to know if it's a financial decision to not bring the Z8 update to the Z5ii or if it's not possible/too much work. I don't want to get a new body if it can't do Maximum Aperture Live View like any camera should be able to.
A
Anon09/19/25, 00:43No.4469065
Where to learn portrait editing with GIMP?
Don't tell me no one here edits their photos after taking them.
A
Anon09/19/25, 13:58No.4469132
I'm on a business trip in the middle of nowhere with fuck all to do and decided to check out other boards. I've spent more than an hour scrolling this board and it's nothing but bad snapshits on top of -very- bad snapshits on top of snapshits that make me want to gouge my eyes out. I understand newbs & the learning curve, but the curve here just stops abruptly in the beginning with 3/4ths of it missing. Did all the anons who can actually take decent photos leave or were they never here in the first place, or don't they just post their decent photos/videos because of muh doxxin? Judging by the posts, a select few anons have way above average technical- and inside knowledge (current or former pros in the photo/movie industry) yet I see no works of even average quality. I repeat - there's a few photos/videos of even average quality.A lot of you can talk tech (inane drivel mostly) but the artistic side is mindnumbingly bad here. It's like a bunch of faggots getting together talking endlessly about guitars and dj mixers and PA systems, nitpicking over useless technical shite, while all of them can barely strum a single C chord cleanly or beatmatch tracks or work the EQ, with no hope of actually playing or creating a song. But the gearfaggotry talk is L O U D.
A
Anon09/19/25, 16:20No.4469160
Total noob question:
What sort of cameras can take photographs of dust/smoke in the air? My phone camera can't really do it well, even though it's visible to my eyes.
A
Anon09/19/25, 21:02No.4469248
seethe
A
Anon09/19/25, 21:35No.4469257
Now you make me feel bad for using D750 and D5300 before...
A
Anon09/20/25, 02:10No.4469281
The EXIF from photos still showing in this board?
Or did it got removed since the hack?I'm a tourist and noted that I don't see it in any thread here.
A
Anon09/20/25, 03:51No.4469297
>come back to lurk /p/ after being away for a while
>realize /p/ has become one of the worst boards on the 4chan
Holy shit this board went to crap. What the hell happened? Where did all the quality posters go? Why the did jannies turn off exif data?
A
Anon09/20/25, 22:54No.4469460
Whats the point of 24-70 f/2.8 when theres 24-105 f/4?
A
Anon09/21/25, 11:44No.4469559
What I would love is a 18(20)-105/1.8 lens. Something f1.8 but with a wide angle that would also reach around 100mm or more. 70mm isn't cutting it and neither is 24mm or f2.8. I would never take it off and wouldn't care about size or distortion at all (auto-corrected in post or in-camera). Maybe take it off only to attach a 100-300/4 once in a while. There is 35-150/f2-2.8 but 35mm as the widest ... nah.... nah, I need at least 20mm on an everyday lens.(double) IS is great and all, but can't replace light when the subject has even a tiniest bit of motion. But this is all turning this into a gearfaggotry thread.
A
Anon09/21/25, 12:17No.4469561
>2025
>still no one on earth able to emulate analog film, be it video or photography
Why is that? We can split atoms but we are not able to recreate film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T2ygGhK660And don't send me some shitty influencer lightroom presets that "emulate" film. No they don't. Also no lut is getting even close.
A
Anon09/21/25, 15:07No.4469608
>Plug in SD
>Open Lightroom classic
>Hit import
>Automatically finds card
>Automatically targets where my library of photographs is
>Automatically deselects duplicates
>Automatically creates */year/month/YY-MM-DD directories and sorts photographs into them
I recently ditched CC because fuck Adobe and this is the single feature I miss. Darktable can't do it. Someone even requested it and one of the Devs went full freetard and typed out an essay about how cataloguing software and file management software should always be kept separate (despite basically every proprietary equivalent doing it by default).
What should I use for importing that avoids me getting fucked in the SaaS?
A
Anon09/22/25, 03:33No.4469702
guys, what are some of your favorite photographs of all time?
A
Anon09/22/25, 05:40No.4469728
Does anyone know a good video course on making and using my own presets in Lightroom or a Lightroom equivalent?
At the moment I pretty much just edit every photo from scratch based on gut feeling and I would like to slowly build up a library of presets I can use for different looks and to make my photos look more consistent.
I'm mostly interested in some best practices since I assume a preset is supposed to give me the basic look I want but still require some manual adjustment, since the lighting conditions and camera settings in each image are slightly different etc.
Or are presets just a meme that everyone shills so that gullible beginners buy their favorite photographers pack in hopes to make their own images look like theirs?
A
Anon09/23/25, 03:25No.4469965
Are there any good tools out there to scramble EXIF data? Not erase it, but replace it with junk.
A
Anon09/23/25, 20:13No.4470102
For a starter camera, could I do better than a Nikon D300 for $150
A
Anon09/25/25, 05:58No.4470463
Been really wanting to get into photography/film but dont do much besides writing scripts no one reads. Any tips?
A
Anon09/26/25, 05:58No.4470646
Does a camera sensor being 8 bit affect photography as much as it does videography?
A
Anon09/27/25, 11:06No.4470867
Guys why the fuck should I not just go for an olympus E-M1 mark II instead of something like a Canon RP or a 6D mark II or a Nikon D800 or a sony A7II which is basically the stuff I can realistically get at a similar price point?
Is m43 really, really, really all that bad? People paint it like it's a fucking scam.
Every recommendation I've been getting is out of my budget when I take lenses into consideration.
A
Anon09/30/25, 17:28No.4471658
how do I get a filter thats stuck on my lens off?
A
Anon10/01/25, 03:32No.4471771
any effective DIY cleaning solution recipes?
A
Anon10/02/25, 03:54No.4472041
I learned the exposure triangle on a DSLR using manual mode, not a film camera. Am I retard?
A
Anon10/05/25, 06:31No.4472669
so I was recently gifted a Vivitar 120-600mm ƒ/5.6-8 that I've been adapting to my R10 with a K&F FD-EOS R adapter. When I went to take so moon photos I discovered that it doesn't focus all the way to infinity. I tested with some of my other FD lenses and the issue doesn't seem to be the adapter. Is it worth the time and energy to try adjusting this lens myself? Does anyone have any experience fixing this sort of thing? Paying for a CLA on a lens of this quality seems imprudent.
A
Anon10/05/25, 18:05No.4472804
if I start the journey of developing at home, how do I nail down things like mixture ratios and development time? Is it really just trial by error, keep experimenting until you "figure it out"?
A
Anon10/06/25, 15:19No.4472986
if a dslr lets you change shutter speeds by less than a stop, should i try to remember to keep ratios properly in my head? I was making the newbie mistake to think that each adjustment in shutter speed was literally one stop each rather than calculating the ratio in my head. my photos were too exposed or underexposed, as a result
A
Anon10/09/25, 04:07No.4473601
I got really frustrated over not having inspiration and I lost sleep over dust motes on my camera's sensor. Is this common among photographers? I'm just a newb.
A
Anon10/09/25, 18:06No.4473726
How do I get started with editing photos?
I don't want to pay for Lightroom and I'm too stupid to pirate so I'm stuck with Darkroom and Nikon NX
NX is fine but just doesn't seem to have the features I see in tutorials
Darkroom looks better, but doesn't keep any of the settings from my camera and resets the Raw to 0 edits so I have to start from a colourless image
A
Anon10/11/25, 17:04No.4474094
Been trying to practice with composition recently, figured for fun I would go and use public images from the NASA image archive.
I have also been trying to abandon my chronic over-use of the rule of thirds and the golden spiral recently.
Here is an example I pulled from the online archive
https://images.nasa.gov/
In this instance I just looked up "STS 5," there are a million other photos captured on rich film and expertly scanned from apollo to the early shuttle era to experiment with though!
I am not entirely pleased with the overall composition. I feel like it needs to breathe more? Overlay and "double exposure" type edits are so fascinating to me. I find them hard to compose. And I tip my hat to those who are capable of capturing them natively with a camera instead of just cheating like me and using post processing. How the hell do you compose and plan these types of shots? How do you make sure everything is equally balanced?
A
Anon10/13/25, 07:34No.4474450
is there anything stopping someone from just uploading the paid capture one styles to mediafire or some shit? And is there a site where people do this? The prices people have on styles is fucking insane to me
A
Anon10/16/25, 21:15No.4475371
Why do so many people in the Photography Community seem to shit on Nikon constantly?
I've only been in the Photography space for a year but I love Nikon.
I have several Nikon cameras now from Film to DSLR to Mirrorless.
From my research, Nikon was always top of the line and the choice of professionals for decades.People seem to be obsessed with Sony and their mirrorless cameras, but I've never actually seen a professional using one.
Every single time I'm at a sports game and someone from the news paper is there, their using a Nikon.
Every professional photographer I've ever seen is using a Nikon, or Canon, but never Sony.And Nikon is just better than Sony and Canon. Nikon has always out-spec'd them.
In the 90s, Canon was playing Catch-Up to Nikon all the time. And neither of them cared about Sony.So, where did the Nikon hate come from? Why is there such a disconnect between amateur photographers and actual professionals who do it for a living?
I love Nikon, and I'm happy that I picked the right brand when I bought a D100 off eBay last year.
A
Anon10/18/25, 11:48No.4475748
Yo, is it worth it to spend extra money on a Fujfilm camera with IBIS?
Been thinking it could be useful for night portraits at lower shutter speeds like 1/30 for handheld photos where I don't wanna use flash.
Is it a good idea to go for it or do I have better options for such use case?
