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SSteezle
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This thread's to share what you're most stoked about in the photo/film world. I know people are busy and have a lot of ideas that they want to pursue, and just haven't quite had the time yet to make it happen. Hopefully posting some things you want to film will help you to create some time to get it done.

To start things off--

- I just got back in touch with a friend that four wheels and is so sick at it. I already have a perfect song picked out and have been picturing the shots I'll get for the last day. Can't wait to start filming.

- Finally picked up a sandisk extreme pro 32gb 95mb/s SD card for my t2i and no longer have to worry about "filming has stopped automatically", makes me feel so much more confident when filming important things

- Just purchased a 3tb hard drive, so all my shits backed up!

share your giddyness
Jun 27 2012 9:15AM
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bakedpow
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ohhhh iv been thinking about switching over. iv got no canon lenses anyway so it be pretty easy.

Jan 21 2013 2:30PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Any opinions yet? Id like to hear a review from a NSer.
Jan 21 2013 2:35PM
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blatt
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Haven't shot on the hill yet, but The quality on it is retarded. Hopefully getting it on the slopes by saturday or something
Jan 21 2013 2:40PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Is the layout any better than gh2?
Jan 21 2013 4:42PM
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1337
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Stoked because:
-Just spent three hours brainstorming an awesome trip on my way home from skiing
-Friend is hooking me up with his buddy's Bronica SQ-A this wednesday, it was stupid cheap
-Got a 120 back for a decent price because he was only including a 220, also some film

not stoked that I came home to my computer crashed (again), but glad I found the problem is my graphics card shitting the bed and glad that my dad needed to order a new hard drive and is likely willing to let me order a new GPU through him
Jan 21 2013 4:53PM
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eheath
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New series premiering today! Hyped
Jan 21 2013 5:02PM
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Mag
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One of yours?
Jan 21 2013 5:03PM
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bakedpow
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did you film the whole thing?

this should be a pretty sweet series, a filmer following a filmer/skier haha.
Jan 21 2013 5:07PM
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Mag
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Oh this the thing nicks putting out? So stoked for that,
Jan 21 2013 5:14PM
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eheath
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Yeah the first episodes are gonna be mostly old stuff but we will get more into present day later in the series
Jan 21 2013 5:19PM
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blatt
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Oh yes haha. Far easier to use than a gh2 IMO. My favorite thing is how the ergonomics have gotten way better than the gh2's. When I got to play with a gh2, everything was all over the place. The other huge plus is that it has other codecs besides avchd which was a pain in the ass to deal with. Now I can record into .mov files. 1080p60fps will be a nice feature, will be exciting to see how my computer does with those files though.

Biggest con: accessories cost a fuck ton. 80 for a battery and 300ish for a battery grip. shits fucked. Other con/fear of mine is that there's no mirror protecting the sensor, which I already suck at protecting as is (go watch some of my videos from last spring). Hopefully the sensor cleaner is better than canon's
Jan 21 2013 5:22PM
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[~_~]
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No kidding. Last week while I was changing lenses some snow fell off a tree and caked my sensor mid-shoot.
Jan 21 2013 5:25PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Oh word. Sweet. Post some shit up when you get a chance to film on hill.

I think I will make the switch after ski season, or this summer. I hope by then there are some after market batteries and some hacks.
Jan 21 2013 7:20PM
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zahava
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Any damage?
Jan 21 2013 7:27PM
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[~_~]
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None that I can tell. I absorbed the water droplets by touching them with a microfiber cloth without touching the sensor. Shot the rest of the day and saw no ill effects in the footage. Sensor looks good as new, too.
Jan 21 2013 7:32PM
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blatt
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Not skiing, but good god this is top notch quality. Shot with a pentax 50mm

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Jan 21 2013 8:35PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Im liking it. I have the same lens. Is that a picture or screen shot from video?
Jan 21 2013 8:44PM
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blatt
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screen grab from 1080p
Jan 21 2013 8:46PM
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Brentizzle
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its been interesting for me as well. my mid 2011 mbp 17" has the odd issue playing back the non conformed 1080 60p footage from my ac-160 but it hasnt been that much of an issue. If I hadn't made the decision to swap to a actual video camera this summer (which i dont regret at all) I totally would have made the change to the gh3 from my 7D. pumped to see what you put out with it.
Jan 22 2013 12:16AM
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TijmenDal
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Making my own pinhole camera out of plywood. A lot of fun! I'll post the end-product tomorrow when I hope it'll be done.
Jan 22 2013 8:23AM
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zahava
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What film size?
Jan 22 2013 9:37AM
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TijmenDal
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I'm gonna use 5x7" B&W paper. If it's working well I might make a more advanced version for 8x10"
Jan 22 2013 10:17AM
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loganimlach
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just ordered a super tak 28mm f3.5 as my first vintage lens. pretty stoked.
Jan 22 2013 12:16PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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Its pretty sick, really solid build, but mine has a few fringing issues, but I love it! Hope you like yours.
Jan 22 2013 2:00PM
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SamMcChesney
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just picked up a canon t4i with a Rode mic, LAV mic, 2 lenses and a bunch of other smaller stuff to go with it.

yay kickstarter. Also hopefully getting my friend to make a glidecam for me.
Jan 22 2013 9:59PM
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Mkvackay
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stoked my screenshot photo made the splash page!

also stoked on this edit!

Jan 23 2013 8:28AM
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TijmenDal
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Got about 40 rolls of film coming in, yeah! Also going to buy 2 100ft rolls of Arista Premium (rebranded Tri-X) soon, so that'll be another 40 rolls. That'll keep my busy for a while
Jan 24 2013 1:16PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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Really excited about filming a huge booter tomorrow, this is going to be such a sick edit!
So pumped right now, shits going down!
Jan 24 2013 3:35PM
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juicedrummer11
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super stoked to finally be filming some legit skiing tomorrow with two other filmers and some legit tahoe riders. can't wait to see how this edit turns out, gonna be epic tho
Jan 24 2013 8:11PM
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zahava
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Stoked I just dropped off my photos to be printed for my university portfolio. The guy at the desk laughed when I gave him 80mb film scans for 8x10's.....
Jan 24 2013 8:20PM
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Balto
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Should have been 500mb tiffs
Jan 24 2013 8:26PM
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1337
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Going down to boston tomorrow hopefully, gonna shoot some filmmmm
Jan 25 2013 2:40AM
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TijmenDal
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Just bought a bunch of new darkroom stuff.
Bought a bunch of new tanks (a 5 roll, 2 roll and 1 roll tank) which'll be great to develop more than one tank at the same time as well as for experimenting with new developers. Want to try a lot of new developers too (Acufine, Diafine, Xtol, HC110 and Rodinal first) as well as new developing techniques.
Jan 25 2013 4:54AM
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TijmenDal
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Also, going to London in a couple hours to shoot street photography!
Jan 25 2013 4:56AM
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HWW
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lol, nice. have a great journey and take lots of pics + post up when you get back!
Jan 25 2013 4:58AM
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Mag
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What you down there for? You can't making that far a trip just for street photos.
Jan 25 2013 5:28AM
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Jaggy_Snake
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All the snow is gone now anyway, no point attempting any urban...
Jan 25 2013 10:07AM
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Mkvackay
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street photography has nothing to do with urban skiing.. haha
Jan 25 2013 12:17PM
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HWW
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this may be obvious, but do you realise that you are trying to explain that to a snake? a cornhole snake?
Jan 25 2013 12:43PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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Hyped on this shot I got today, from tumblr in sig.
Jan 25 2013 12:47PM
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zahava
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I thoroughly enjoy this gif
Jan 25 2013 12:50PM
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Jaggy_Snake
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I know. I was just saying.


Anyway, London has some sweet spots (non tourist) to shot.
Jan 25 2013 1:16PM
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Ethan.G
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That's dope man!
Jan 25 2013 2:21PM
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HWW
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absolute 100% stoke. got more?
Jan 25 2013 2:39PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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thanks boys, there'll be a ski gif posted around twice a week til mid february on my tumblr, so not for now but later.

should I make a ski gifs thread?
they're easy to make if you have photoshop, and bangers, filmers get on this...
Jan 25 2013 3:23PM
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1337
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The guy gave me his second bronica body in with the other stuff I grabbed.

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2x Bronica SQ-A bodies
40 f4
50 f3.5
80 f2.8
2x 120 Film Backs (only one currently on me)
2x 220 Film Backs
1x Polaroid Back
2x Prism Finder
1x Waist Level Finder
1x Speed Winder
Jan 25 2013 3:28PM
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bakedpow
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ohhh thats quite the kit. jealous.
Jan 25 2013 3:34PM
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TijmenDal
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My sister is studying at LSE and lives down there. Hadn't seen in her in half a year so really happy I finally got to see her again!
Jan 25 2013 5:58PM
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CrotchKiller
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stoked my video made it to the top of the home page
Jan 25 2013 6:06PM
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Mag
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Oh that's cool, my bros at ICL, know a couple people going to LSE, you there long?
Jan 25 2013 6:24PM
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