*OFFICIAL* general photography conversation thread

UdubBadger · 02-07-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The1

half an inch shorter and 145g lighter is a considerable difference.

I'm interested in lens, but the speculation about the pricing has me a bit put off.

I don't understand those primes at all. Isn't half the point of a wide angle prime to have a fast aperture?

I guess most of these will be used on things like the C300 video camera as opposed to the DSLRs though.

bigger opening too... 82mm is massive

Chewy734 · 02-07-2012, 09:31 PM

yeah, it's shorter but fatter.

UdubBadger · 02-07-2012, 09:31 PM

its always about the girth

The1 · 02-07-2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by UdubBadger

its always about the girth

Is that what people have been telling you? they must be trying to keep your confidence up

Chewy734 · 02-07-2012, 11:23 PM

Alright, finally got done writing it...

MacBook Pro + extra memory + SSD review

The1 · 02-07-2012, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

Alright, finally got done writing it...

MacBook Pro + extra memory + SSD review

Now you're just teasing me with more toys.... It's like dangling a carrot in front of my face

Chewy734 · 02-07-2012, 11:46 PM

hehe... you know you want it. It makes LR3 run insanely fast.

The1 · 02-07-2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

hehe... you know you want it. It makes LR3 run insanely fast.

On my newish laptop (bought in summer) it runs "ok" and i sourced out a pretty powerful laptop with a quad core.

On my home PC that's over 3 years old with a quad core and 8gigs of ram (same as my laptop) I have no problem running it at all. I'm wondering if it's because my home PC has a 10k rpm drive in it.

E90Mario · 02-08-2012, 12:11 AM

anyone ever bid for vintage cameras at goodwill? I came across a few that would look cool on my shelf

Weebl · 02-08-2012, 12:17 AM

I saw a Canon 50/55mm F 0.95 which went for almost $1k and some Canon white lenses. Most stuff ends up selling retail.

The1 · 02-08-2012, 12:23 AM

mmmm razor thin....

I bet the cameras have a great deal of difficulty auto focusing that.

Weebl · 02-08-2012, 12:35 AM

It was a 1960 lens, so no autofocusing for you...
You actually had to turn the lens to focus and pick aperture. It was for the Canon 7 rangefinder.

The1 · 02-08-2012, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Weebl

It was a 1960 lens, so no autofocusing for you...
You actually had to turn the lens to focus and pick aperture. It was for the Canon 7 rangefinder.

ahhh gotcha, the only one 1 or .95 I have come across in the recent past is Leica. So that explains it.

Weebl · 02-08-2012, 12:47 AM

I saw someone picking up their F 0.95 Leica lens. Baller.

M_Six · 02-08-2012, 10:56 AM

Heh, heh.

dcstep · 02-08-2012, 11:15 AM

Classic strip Mark.

Chewy734 · 02-08-2012, 12:13 PM

Mark.

The1 · 02-08-2012, 12:37 PM

nice find.

Chewy734 · 02-08-2012, 12:53 PM

I bought this yesterday...

http://www.neewer.com/macro-ring-lig...-a200-new.html

It should be delivered today, along with my new watch. Hopefully this will allow me to take some nicer shots with my Macro lens this weekend.

E90Mario · 02-08-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

I bought this yesterday...

http://www.neewer.com/macro-ring-lig...-a200-new.html

It should be delivered today, along with my new watch. Hopefully this will allow me to take some nicer shots with my Macro lens this weekend.

i bought the same one from amazon 2 weeks ago.. kinda bulky but I like it!

Chewy734 · 02-08-2012, 01:56 PM

does it work well Mario? I got it for like $25... made it hard not to push the 1-click buy button. haha

Chewy734 · 02-08-2012, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by The1

On my newish laptop (bought in summer) it runs "ok" and i sourced out a pretty powerful laptop with a quad core.

On my home PC that's over 3 years old with a quad core and 8gigs of ram (same as my laptop) I have no problem running it at all. I'm wondering if it's because my home PC has a 10k rpm drive in it.

somehow I missed your post Reed. The RAM helps, but it's probably the faster HD that makes the difference.

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02-08-2012, 12:53 PM	#2549
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