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Portraits of Your Gear

MGrayson

Subscriber and Workshop Member
I shot >100 digital and 10 film images the other day. It was about 4 hours on the digital images (sorting and post) and 6 hours on the film (developing, scanning, post). Keepers were 5 and 1. Film is behind about 7.5 to 1 on keepers/hour :rolleyes: I'm doing it as much to have another tool in the quiver (as it were) and because there *is* something fun about the old mechanical processes long as you don't have to do it all day, every day.

Oh, a portrait of gear... this isn't what I used the other day. 10 shots from this would be a lot more work. That was just one roll of Ilford Delta 400 in a Mamiya 7II :)



--Matt
 

pegelli

Well-known member
Scored an A7 yesterday, with 3 original Sony batteries and a Meike vertical grip.

Not sure I need/want the bulk of the grip, but for the rest everything works fine.

The Hawk adapter and M39-Elmarit 90/2.8 (1959) were already mine, and were mounted because using a 90 mm lens on the 90th day of the year seems like a good idea :salute:

 

Shashin

Well-known member
What I have been shooting recently. Fujifilm X Pro2 with XF 23mm, f/2.0, XF 14mm, f/2.8, and Minolta M-Rokkor 90mm, f/4.0. What I have been not doing recently: cleaning lenses.

 

bensonga

Well-known member
Still happily shooting with my trusty X-Pro1. I really enjoy using the smaller XF f2 R WR lenses on this camera.

Gary

 

bensonga

Well-known member
After a long search, I finally found a mint condition Mamiya 645 200mm f2.8 APO this morning. On its way from Japan to Alaska now. :grin:

 

bensonga

Well-known member
Not a portrait, just a snapshot. I'm trying to decide which system to take on a walking trip in Europe. Every time I use the SL, I wish I'd used the S, but the S and 3 primes weigh twice as much as the SL+WATE+zoom.

:banghead:,

Matt
Matt -- I had read the SL was big, but your photo really shows how much smaller it is than the S. I know which camera I would take if I was was going on a walking trip in Europe or anywhere else. Over the last several years, as I've aged into my mid-60s, I've come to appreciate the pleasure of traveling with and carrying lighter gear.

Gary
 

MGrayson

Subscriber and Workshop Member
Matt -- I had read the SL was big, but your photo really shows how much smaller it is than the S. I know which camera I would take if I was was going on a walking trip in Europe or anywhere else. Over the last several years, as I've aged into my mid-60s, I've come to appreciate the pleasure of traveling with and carrying lighter gear.

Gary
Whoops! I'd deleted that post as I was going to take a better picture of the two cameras. In the meantime, here it is again:



The SL with the 24-90 zoom is much closer in size to the S. Here they both have very wide angle lenses. The SL with a 50 Cron is downright tiny. :)

Best,

Matt
 

Shashin

Well-known member
But that S sure looks pretty. But that is the dilemma--cameras that feel good in the hands, don't always feel good around the neck or in the bag. Still, I err to the "in the hands" thing. If a camera is not satisfying to use, it probably does not get used. Still, I am really enjoying the X Pro2. It is small and light, but big enough to feel like a camera.

But weight is a thing (or rather gravity mixed with mass (I might move to the moon at some point)). I never used quick release plates just because the weight added up; the extra time to mount a camera on a tripod never bothered me. I always use the mountain climbing credo--watch the ounces and the pounds will take care of themselves. It is surprising how all the little things add to the load.
 

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
But that S sure looks pretty. But that is the dilemma--cameras that feel good in the hands, don't always feel good around the neck or in the bag. Still, I err to the "in the hands" thing. If a camera is not satisfying to use, it probably does not get used.
This is so true, and one of the reasons why I use m4/3 for travel and good, old Nikon DSLRs for 8 hours around the race track.
 

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Ummm... Santa Claus, or was it the mailman, did a sharp u-turn around these parts the other day, and look what fell out of his bag. Rather convenient if you ask me, since I needed a smaller medium format alternative to the GX680. In more or less mint condition and a price tag of $680 all included, it won't break any banks.

Just to ensure that it won't feel alone, I hurriedly ordered a 150mm f/3.5, a couple of new-in-box film holders and a couple more, also new-in-box, film inserts plus a new-in-box +2 diopter lens that's perfect for my eyesight and another +3 that will be perfect in ten years, so I'm approaching a thousand dollars here. It's so cheap it almost makes me feel sad :ROTFL:

Next: Buy batteries and load some film!

 

MGrayson

Subscriber and Workshop Member
Congrats, Jorgen!

Speaking of gear, here are three cameras with the same FoV and DoF. TL2 with 35/1.4, SL with 50/2, and S with 70/2.5. It's not perfect (the S is a bit long), but it's astonishingly close for a comparison. The S wins for beautiful bokeh, but the 50 Cron on the SL and the 35 Lux on the TL2 are remarkably similar. And the 35 has AF!



Best,

Matt
 

pegelli

Well-known member
A shot of my eleven "nifty-fifties" taken in honour of the yearly week 50 challenge over at Dyxum (December 11-17)



Even though Dyxum is a Minolta/Sony site "Week 50" is a gear agnostic challenge, so if you want to read about what it entails (and maybe sign up) you can do that in this thread.
 
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