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Anonymous09/20/25, 01:34No.4469276/Gear/ General

Your worst nightmare edition Previously: >>4468045 [/p/thread/4468045#p4468045]

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Anon09/20/25, 02:20No.4469284

You know sony cameras are good when /p/ has a full time shill making sure to cherry pick anti-sony content for the OPLast time he pit the cheapest sony 50mm up against a $3000 nikon prime with best buy demo shelf default settings lmao >cuz real photographers shoot sooc, sootb, to ensure the brand wars have some ground rules to prevent filthy dumb setting changing scum from pretending all ff mirrorless are the same He will now write a seethe post about some bullshit and then people will point out it happened to every brand He will then cry about indians because he is one

Anon09/20/25, 02:58No.4469288

Why does Sony being superior cause so much butthurt here?

Anon09/20/25, 04:54No.4469303

>pov you're a wedding photographer and don't have proper gear insurance why are women so dumb?

Anon09/20/25, 05:15No.4469308

I got to use a leica... it felt amazing, now all I can think about is buying one.

Anon09/20/25, 12:21No.4469344

I hope that never happens to me and I hope I can just rip out the curtain and use ES if it does. I've seen that people were locked out of cameras because some sensor noticed that the M shutter was broken.

Anon09/20/25, 14:30No.4469370

Rate the haul /p/, I posted this in the last gear thread and then another thread by accident. I love Pentax and Minolta because it lets me consoom for relatively cheapVelbon VGB-32B for $10 New Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 for $50Both off craigslist in my neighborhoodI might turn around and sell the Manfrotto for $100 on eBay, I just bought a Slik off eBay on the right that better fits my needs for $30 all in (this thing is nice but huge + it needs a head)The Velbon is actually pretty nice I would've just bought that but the Manfrotto was just $50 realizing I didn't need it and it's overkill.I fucked up buying the Tamron 17-50mm, didn't realize it was a APSC format lens until after I won the auction and I'm using it on a FF K1II. Probably gonna sell it for what I paid for it.The flash is nice to have a spare especially at $35 vs the $80 they go for new. The teleconverter I got at a crazy deal but I don't know if it'll work with my camera, the pins are different than the other Pz-AF version that's also commonly sold (this says Mx-AF). If it's Minolta I have A Mount lenses I can use it with.On the lookout for a few primes next. I definitely need a Pentax 50mm f1.4 and maybe a Tamron 90mm 272E. Just wanna pay under $100 (maybe $150 if it's the HD 50mm or 35mm f 2). I would also like a 28-105mm D-FA K1 kit lens but I wanna pay under $200.

Anon09/20/25, 18:13No.4469402

I got into photography recently when I inherited my dad's old system as he upgraded to GFX. I am contemplating upgrading as I feel the size and weight of the system is too large for EDCGot a 5d mkii and quite a few of the best EF primes as well as some zeiss primes from that era. Love the camera, works flawless I am in no way limited by my gear. Thing is I want a camera I can somewhat carry as an EDC, and the 5d+lens is just too much. Also draws a lot of attention.Was thinking of maybe getting into the z-system, maybe the ZF as I have heard great things about it, and especially lens adaptability. I have a nikon F3 I also shoot on, and a couple of lenses, would be cool to be have an overlap of lenses between a digital and my film camera.Looking for advice, maybe something completely different would suit me better? Budget doesn't really matter, but a flip screen would be welcomed. I like doing portraits of friends and family as well as taking it on the occasional hike/roadtripthanks in advancedont wanna be a nopic so here is one from a museum I took last year

Anon09/20/25, 18:34No.4469409

>professional >doesn't have all his gear under warranty

Anon09/20/25, 18:46No.4469412

sucks to be these people

Anon09/20/25, 19:19No.4469420

Imagine a world without videotards neutering cameras with useless garbage.

Anon09/20/25, 19:26No.4469423

Did jewtubers inflate the price of the EM5/10? I was looking for an early one but they seem expensive now if you want a not dragged behind a car condition one by the grading scales of these reseller.

Anon09/20/25, 21:12No.4469441

What is the cheapest camera with an evf with focus peaking?

Anon09/20/25, 21:29No.4469444

having the system switching itch

Anon09/20/25, 22:20No.4469451

DESU, if your lens doesn't feature 5 or 10 aperture blades, I don't even LOOK at it. 12 blades is deemed acceptable. If your movie or documentary feature those, then I know the guys behind it are connoisseurs, men of culture with the finest taste. If it's an 9 or 11 blades vomit-inducing abomination, into the trash it goes.

Anon09/20/25, 22:36No.4469457

I didn't quite get what the deal about new nikon body construction was in the last thread

Anon09/21/25, 00:52No.4469477

But I dont have this problem because I dont shoot Sony

Anon09/21/25, 01:41No.4469482

>shills come out of the woodwork to deny what everyone can notice

Anon09/21/25, 03:09No.4469498

I got some old crap in an estate sale a few years ago and am finally sorting through it. I don't know much about older gear so hopefully someone can help - this 28mm Soligor lens has a T4 mount with an M42 adaptor but the fucking adaptor is stuck.Maybe I'm just fucking retarded but I can't get this damn thing to budge. The big fat Vivitar next to it has T4-FD adaptor which uses the same release design and works no problem, so I don't get what's wrong with this one. Is there something I'm missing or is it just broken?

Anon09/21/25, 03:43No.4469507

What am I in for?

Anon09/21/25, 07:42No.4469537

Shouldnt camera shutters last for well over 100k+ actuations?

Anon09/21/25, 07:52No.4469538

Just picked up a Nikon D90 + Nikkor dx 35mm 1.8g lens and a Fujifilm x100 for a total of $35 at a yard sale.I know nothing about photography or cameras, are these worth using to get into the hobby or dabbling with or should I just resell them? Which of these cameras would you be using?

Anon09/21/25, 08:08No.4469541

by how much is magnification and effective display resolution decreased with the small viewfinder option on these new mirrorless cameras? i wear glasses/sunglasses pretty much every waking hour

Anon09/21/25, 22:34No.4469655

Thinking of buying the EOS R100 Canon is it worth it? should I go for the R50 instead?

Anon09/21/25, 22:59No.4469662

extending the dopamine rush from ordering an R5 yesterday by watching videos about it.

Anon09/22/25, 01:25No.4469678

I like Fujifilm I just think they're neat Also rangefinder-style bodies fuck

Anon09/22/25, 01:35No.4469681

After much deliberation, I have made a decision on which camera I will purchase next

Anon09/22/25, 03:04No.4469695

I'm considering buying a mirrorless camera and I'm looking at the Nikon Z series. Has anyone here used a Z6ii? Is the Z7ii really worth twice the price? I'll probably get the 35mm f/1.8 S, if I go for a Z series camera.

Anon09/22/25, 04:21No.4469712

Thoughts on this backpacking kit for Nikon Z? 28-400, 50mm macro, 20 1.8 for stars. With a flash comes in about 5lbs. Can another system do better while doing landscape, wildlife, macro and astro?

Anon09/22/25, 05:08No.4469719

This bad boy showed up today, 190 dollars for the kit with a bag and all original accessories. It's taken 1720 pictures, seems alright.

Anon09/22/25, 05:08No.4469720

At this point in my life I basically just want to sell everything. I already cleared out most of the EF/EFS mount for a deceent profit, but it's not as if I had anything particularly nice to begin with. What do you think of just keeping these three? >EFS 24mm >EFS 18-135mm >EF 70-200 F4 USM (non IS) L I can fill in gaps with adapted lenses. I got a 400mm Vivitar TX mount thrown in from a nice old photo journalist I got a few other lenses off of, but I need to get a M42 TX mount to adapt it to M42-EF since it's a MD one now. Asides that, I still have a 50mm F1.8 II and a 55-250mm II. If I was on a full frame I'd have some use for the 50mm, but on a crop sensor it's neither wide nor telephoto, so using it by itself is not much use. The extra light is nice, if it was a STM for what I paid I would keep it, but for a plastic fantastic I don't see enough difference in subject separation compared to the 2.8 24mm to justify keeping it if I got a favorable sum for it. I can use the 18-135mm for general use, and the 70-200mm for telephoto and if I bring the 24mm I have an option for wider angle shots. 55-250mm is better than the 75-300 I had, but if I get near what I listed it for I could get a 1.4 tele for the 70/200 and have a longer telephoto with better optics, so it feels redundant.

Anon09/22/25, 08:27No.4469744

Dear /gear/.I'm currently using (second hand) D750 but started to notice that my shutter already reported error few times at short exposition times (1/2000 and the like). If I would want to get replacement camera, is D850 logical choice or I should pickup something else? I already have 7 lenses so complete system change is out of question. Thanks for help.

Anon09/22/25, 15:38No.4469803

Am I the only person not impressed by the Leica "color science" from the Q series cameras?It's distinctive, for sure, but the 'it insists upon itself' meme comes to mind every time I look at sample picture from them. The color isn't really reflective of reality.

Anon09/22/25, 18:30No.4469834

Sweet, as of today my camera is now worth $200 more

Anon09/22/25, 18:38No.4469836

I am tired of people who do this >monday: >why this POS is all you need >tuesday: >why i love my expensive full frame camera >wednesday: >i bought a hasselblad >thursday: >just shoot! this fujifilm is all you need to take great photos >friday: >5 best hasselblad X system lenses

Anon09/22/25, 18:52No.4469850

>And that friends is why the olympuji xf10iii is all you need. >Cut! Thats a wrap >get this garbage away from me. where’s my R5?

Anon09/22/25, 19:19No.4469869

>coping fujislugs are potheads pottery

Anon09/22/25, 20:12No.4469879

>smoke weed >spend $10k on a manual focus only camera >’sall good bruhhhh like, it takes pictures maaaan its a viiiiibe>sober >see $10k manual focus camera >What kind of fucking idiot…

Anon09/22/25, 20:22No.4469881

>be wealthy person in wealthy nation >spend $10k on a manual focus only camera>be poorfag >see $10k manual focus camera >can't afford therefore need to insult others who canpoorfags being poor

Anon09/22/25, 20:55No.4469888

>bro 10k for a toy is nothing because of my magic first world country powers The saddest of larps besides my girlfriend goes to another school and my dad works at nintendoit translates to "i have no kids and live worse than my career allows"

Anon09/23/25, 01:40No.4469937

Rumors about the usual social media influencers having been flown out to Japan. Canon R6MK3 coming up?

Anon09/23/25, 02:02No.4469942

I wish Sigma would make something normal. What is this? It looks like it will give me arthritis. The display panel on the back is a nice touch, thoughever. It seems to take inspiration from Hasselblad's body designs. >No EVF. I just don't get it. Who wants to stare at a screen?

Anon09/23/25, 02:33No.4469949

> Had my camera for a while with just the motorized kit zoom. > It is relatively small and goes back to last selected focal length when the camera turns on. > Think all zooms are like this. > Get a longer zoom. > Its advertised size is at the shortest focal length. > At the useful focal length it becomes a foot long dildo. > No longer fits in the bag. Uncomfortable to carry around. > Have to manually extend and fold it all the time. Fuck it, my next lens is a prime.

Anon09/23/25, 05:07No.4469984

I dreamt of LUMIX S 135mm f1.8. It was a great lens.

Anon09/23/25, 14:53No.4470039

i got a nikon d5000 at a yard sale for like 5 bucks a while ago and forgot that it was missing the lens, are those things really 1-200 fucking dollars and do those "telephoto" things that are like 10 actually work as a normal lens i'm not a photographer or need turbo autist quality i've just never had a camera that wasn't shit and this one was cheap

Anon09/23/25, 17:06No.4470065

>arguing with the DSLR schizo

Anon09/23/25, 17:24No.4470073

>Take a series of 100 pics with the electronic shutter >Check out the first raw file and the last raw file on a shutter count website (tried multiple sites, same results) >mechanical shutter count does a +100 What is this fucking sorcery, it should be +0

Anon09/23/25, 18:04No.4470084

I'm sorry to even ask this question about replacement camera. I will stay on my D750 until it breaks (it's currently at 1/3 of expected shutter life so I'm probably panicking).

Anon09/23/25, 20:34No.4470106

Could someone recommend a body for someone wanting to dabble in the hobby after being gone for awhile? I was using a Nikon D300. I wouldn't mind spending $100-300 for another used DSLR

Anon09/23/25, 22:30No.4470119

Sony sisters, what went wrong?

Anon09/24/25, 02:36No.4470169

buys SNOY, complains about failed shutter. many such cases.

Anon09/24/25, 03:28No.4470184

Man, Sony has the most autistic shills

Anon09/24/25, 17:29No.4470301

>nooo, the Fuji GFX100RF is overpriced >just get the Leica Q3 43 , it's better and for about the same price!In some cases, Like New / Mint six month old GFX100RF's are being sold for like half the price of a Q3 43, which often come in much rougher condition.Where are these people claiming they are in the same price range even coming from? do they not have access to KEH or Ebay to check for themselves?

Anon09/24/25, 18:11No.4470329

Have KEH and MPB always been out of touch with their used pricing? Trying to find a used Fuji X-H2 seems impossible. >$1650+/- MPB & KEH >$1300+/- sold listings on reddit or fb groups >$1977 new with some discounts Can someone redpill me on anything comparable? Sold my GFX50SII a few years back and I'm looking to get back in.

Anon09/24/25, 19:59No.4470350

I don't have a digital camera. Is it stupid to want to get a 5DMkII? They're cheap and they were good enough for TV n movies n shit, will I be missing anything super important like compatibility with newer lenses?

Anon09/24/25, 20:35No.4470356

If teleconverters magnify the center, does that mean you don't have to stop down to get a sharper image since it isn't using the whole area of the lens, like if it were stopped down?

Anon09/24/25, 22:26No.4470380

This is my sensor, the photo was taken against a white paper sheet on minimum ISO, maximum aperture with nearest possible manual focusThe circular things are some spots on my sensor Is this clean enough, or should I wet clean it? I ask because I already wet cleaned my sensor twice and it always left some spots like that anyway, so I think it's impossible to get rid of all of the spots, and this is a pretty minimal amount from my previous experiences, so I'm thinking I shouldn't clean it at all What do you think?

Anon09/25/25, 01:38No.4470416

Riddle me this, /gear/fags Why does it bother you when someone enjoys a brand of gear that you don't personally shill for?

Anon09/25/25, 05:20No.4470460

Are there any decent non Canon EF teleconverters?

Anon09/26/25, 12:24No.4470691

Hmm, sell the R5 for profit and keep the R7, or keep the R5 and sell the R7. Something to ponder.

Anon09/26/25, 13:09No.4470693

This must have been asked plenty of times but what's a Rebel T7 upgrade for around 600 eurodollar I like to be discrete about taking pictures so something compact would be nice I also like taking pictures at night

Anon09/26/25, 19:16No.4470742

why skin tones on sony cameras look so gray and waxy? or is that because how lightroom treats sony raw?

Anon09/26/25, 20:50No.4470752

Is the Olympus EM-1 MkII really worth twice as much as the first one?

Anon09/26/25, 23:30No.4470778

Sony has that thick sensor, but if you only use sony lenses is should be ok?

Anon09/27/25, 00:34No.4470787

i love gear bros

Anon09/27/25, 03:56No.4470829

Looking at some chinesium ultra fast lenses at the moment as I want to film the night sky, not timelapse photography. Any suggestions? Canon RF.

Anon09/27/25, 07:52No.4470852

I actually hate gearfaggotry It's worse than PC building, it's virtually impossible to get good advice on what to buy

Anon09/27/25, 14:09No.4470886

is a hasselblad 500 really that nice to use? thinking of gasmaxxing for the total eclipse next august

Anon09/27/25, 14:21No.4470891

are these studio tests all that reliable?

Anon09/27/25, 21:40No.4470992

Anon09/27/25, 23:07No.4471006

Should I grab a Z30 or spend more for an A6500?

Anon09/28/25, 12:35No.4471079

Looking for Fuji x-mount lens recommendations. Gonna be shooting at least 1 wedding soon. I have the 23 & 33 primes, plus the 16-80 kit lens. Thinking of picking up the 50-140. Any thoughts/suggestions? I will also have my 28mm leica q3 so I am not super concerned about wider angles.

Anon09/30/25, 16:52No.4471652

>used Nikon D500 for ~200 euros Is that a good deal?

Anon10/01/25, 14:46No.4471849

Should I get the rf 24-70 f/2.8 or the rf 24-105 f/4 for a travel lens

Anon10/02/25, 13:20No.4472096

what kind of camera could i get to take with me camping? im worried about cold and humidity.Was thinking about the om-tg7 but seems like a lot of money for a digital camera