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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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erikK
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Been shooting tons while i'm waiting to finish a job in Las Vegas and Boulder City area. Complete different change in landscape from what I'm used to shooting, pretty exciting.
May 20 2013 1:10PM
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TijmenDal
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The viewfinder is clear. Not Leica-clear (at least not M2/3 clear), but very awesome nonetheless.
Why are you going with 7 and not the 6? The 6 is much smaller because the lenses collapse, comes in black (or at least isn't so rare as a black Mamiya 7) and doesn't need an external viewfinder. Apart from the fact you get the 43mm (which is a 20mm 35mm equiv.), 65mm and 210mm lenses for the 7 I personally don't see much reason for the 7. I would never shoot anything wider than 24mm (50mm on the Mamiya 6). For me, if I'd ever get either, I'd definitely get the Mamiya 6, simply because it's so much smaller. Either way, I'm sure you'd be very happy with either.
May 20 2013 1:46PM
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zahava
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^6x7 over 6x6.....
May 20 2013 2:15PM
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Laurent.
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The 7 gets you more likes on tumblr.
May 20 2013 2:19PM
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[~_~]
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I love 6x6 but it doesn't have the versatility of 6x7. I find more compositions take to a rectangle more than a square.
May 20 2013 4:24PM
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Balto
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6x7, and I rally want both the 43 and 65, plus it is built a little nicer. Size isn't an issue as its already WAY smaller then an RZ

speaking of rz, here is an iphone scan from my shoot yesterday for those who don't follow me on IG, the negs are flattening under some books right now

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May 20 2013 6:38PM
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TijmenDal
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Nice shot Thomas! How did you scan it? Did you use that Lomo scanner thingy?
May 20 2013 6:54PM
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PacificRimJob
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Eh... I just mean that for how much you spend on one of those, you should get something made a little better.

it's OKAY, but it's just pretty damn plasticy...

Regardless, the lenses kick ass, especially the 43 and the 150... so in that regard, it's worth every penny.
May 20 2013 7:01PM
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Balto
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Some app called film scanner
May 20 2013 7:14PM
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1337
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woo just paid, so fucking stoked
May 20 2013 11:03PM
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Laurent.
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Just got delivered by the earliest eager and most jolly deliveryman ever.
As excited as a kid with ADHD who just had six cans of coke I tear open the package and reveal the beast which weights roughly the same as the second moon of Endor and required all my strength to be lifted on the table.

I quickly grabbed some fresh Duracell batteries from a value pack that included a sweet free hot wheels car, chuck them in the endless gaping hole that is the battery well turn it on and I'm greeted with "ERR" Worried but not deterred I load some film which it does without problems, but when I press the shitter button the film advances but the mirror doesn't move.
After searching online it probably has a dead shutter.

I paid only 70 bucks for it but still, great way to ruin my day.

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May 21 2013 1:06AM
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vandersteeze
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Just got a lot of 35mm, which is great because I just sold my MF Camera

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May 21 2013 10:00PM
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ColinB
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real pumped, just launched my own freelance operation. prices might seem like a little much, but believe me, the people in Manchester VT have payed more for a T-Shirt.

http://videoimageryvermont.com/

(not sure whether or not that'll be a hyperlink, or how to make a hyperlink on a post)
May 21 2013 10:27PM
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loganimlach
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I'm just curious, where do all of you dudes run into all of these huge lots of film? I was poking around on eBay and there generally isn't ever lots that big.
May 21 2013 10:35PM
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vandersteeze
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This one was pure luck. Just was walking down the street and this guy I know who works at Glazers Camera in Seattle was walking the other direction with all this film in his hand, saying he was going to get rid of it. So he gave it to me. Its all pretty expired now that I check it but it was kept well
May 21 2013 10:49PM
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zahava
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No more pentax? Or your broni?
May 22 2013 12:01AM
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vandersteeze
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Yeah decided to get rid of them both and just shoot LF when I want a big image until I get a full time job and can put decent money into a really good MF setup.
May 22 2013 12:15AM
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jeano
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expired or not, i came a bit
May 22 2013 6:01PM
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PacificRimJob
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Definitely would have checked that before wasting a roll on it.
May 22 2013 11:16PM
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Laurent.
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I have so much film I don't even know what to do with it all.

Sometimes I go Arabian like this:

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But girls don't seem to like it as much when I pelt them with boxes.
May 23 2013 1:00AM
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PacificRimJob
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Well then make it fucking rain.
May 23 2013 1:42AM
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basedjase
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feel free to offer some of that shit to me if you want hahaa
May 23 2013 3:21AM
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TijmenDal
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Mandatory fridge-shot.
May 23 2013 3:48AM
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PacificRimJob
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just scored an insane deal on one of these.
May 23 2013 6:20PM
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Balto
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Just scored a MINT Mamiya 7 II w/ 65mm lens for $1300 on ebay
May 27 2013 1:35PM
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jeano
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i am sooo jealoussss
May 27 2013 3:24PM
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Mag
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Got myself a vintage tele zoom, damn it sean

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May 28 2013 9:27PM
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Bmo.
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what did you pay?^ i have one of those sitting in the closet from my mom's old nikon
May 28 2013 10:13PM
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Mag
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60$ odd, seemed cheaper than most which is nice
May 29 2013 8:13AM
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Laurent.
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^ You can get those for 4 bucks at a thrift shop.

Speaking about thrift shops, just acquired:

A 135mm f2.8 M42-mount (With bag thing)
A 100-200 f4 Konica-mount (With bag thing)
and an 2X teleconverter M42-mount (with both caps)

I'll clean them up, and take some shots in a moment.
May 29 2013 10:58AM
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Mag
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Maybe, but the only charity shop(thrift) sells exclusively books and old clothes... They Once had a snowboard, years ago haha, and that was like 100$, so anything good isnt cheap.
May 29 2013 11:01AM
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Laurent.
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Alright today's harvest in pictures:

Paragon Teleconverter 2X (M42-mount) (With caps)
Kenlock 135mm f2.8 (M42-mount) (With case and hood)
Sigma 100-200mm f4 (Konica-mount) (With case)

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May 29 2013 1:17PM
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Official_Recap
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Just finished a new piece that took way longer than originally planned. Everything considered, I'm pretty happy with it though.




May 30 2013 6:02PM
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Laurent.
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This is always such an exiting moment:

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Jun 1 2013 11:50AM
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TijmenDal
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You have one crazy-ass thumb...
Jun 1 2013 2:27PM
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Laurent.
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I have skeleton like hands and hypermobility, the tricks I can do with my fingers make a lot of people cringe.
Jun 1 2013 2:43PM
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Balto
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Mamiya 7 is fun to shoot with, but god damn do you go through a roll of 120 fast, need to stock up on some 220
Jun 1 2013 6:07PM
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[~_~]
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Dropped off 13 rolls of 120 at the lab and ordered a V600. No more using the p.o.s. school scanners.
Jun 1 2013 6:11PM
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loganimlach
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looks like i know where i'm mailing my negs to get scanned...
Jun 1 2013 6:43PM
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[~_~]
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Yeah I'll do that stuff. Send 'em my way.
Jun 1 2013 8:00PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Shot my first roll of film today! Going to get them developed tomorrow. Its for a Vietnam project, so lets hope they turn out good.
Jun 1 2013 10:05PM
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[J_Gasper]
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Sorry for my complete idiodic question, but how can you tell the exposure in manual mode for film cameras? I know there are iphone apps to tell you iso, shutter speed, etc for the given conditions, but im sure there is a better way.
Jun 1 2013 11:02PM
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Mag
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The term lightmeter is thrown around a lot, possibly that?

You can roughly get it by eye though
Jun 1 2013 11:04PM
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Balto
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do you know what a light meter is?
Jun 1 2013 11:20PM
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Mag
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Presumably what the name suggests? Although that's why I said possibly, and not that I knew
Jun 1 2013 11:22PM
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eheath
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Exposure for film, by eye?

Something in that sentence seems wrong
Jun 1 2013 11:25PM
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[~_~]
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Actually a lot of experienced film shooters expose without meters. Granted, it's inherently less accurate, but it isn't completely out of the question. Hell, with Ektar in the right conditions I never use a light meter and I nail exposure just fine. Plus there's negative stocks that are practically impossible to fuck up, such as Portra.
Jun 2 2013 12:57AM
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TijmenDal
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This.
You can train your eye, and then there's the Sunny 16 rule of course. Pretty darn acurate starting point.
I mainly shoot B&W film and I train my eye to guess what the exposure is. My main film-camera has a built-in light meter (no aperture priority mode though) and I try guessing the aperture/shutter speed. I find that I'm always within one stop of the exact exposure (according to my lightmeter).

If I'm using a camera without an built-in meter like my TLR I just use a little Sekonic L-8. Nothing fancy, but it's small, acurate and it works. I got a couple, in case one breaks. You can buy 'em for
Jun 2 2013 6:36AM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah, I'm actually trying to re-train myself that way right now, especially being I haven't got a metered prism for the Hass yet, and I've been guessing exposures for every roll I throw through it.

Also, the lightmeter on my Spotmatic F seems to be donezo, and I can't find a battery for my SP500 to even test it, so i've been using sunny 16 on both of them lately. Doesn't hurt that the Zenitar 16mm fisheye I've been borrowing is actually pretty kickass at f16. (pretty interesting to shoot film with a fisheye, too...)
Jun 2 2013 8:20AM
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Balto
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With MF negative film you have 15 stops of dynamic range, so being right on isn't really that crucial, I "eyeball" my exposures quite a bit, typically meter a scene once upfront.

Slide is a completely different story, that shit has to be PERFECT
Jun 2 2013 10:03AM
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