Members tape Posted May 12, 2012 Members Share Posted May 12, 2012 Absolutely. I'm terrible about that, I talk DSLR stuff all the time, but I really never talk about the stills side. I'm terribly neglectful of my camera's still side. I need to shoot more stills. The em-5 is also way classier. Did you get it in black or silver? They're both looking Silver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 got my oly E-M5 today! here it is next to my 1977 minoltathis thing is slick! holy goddamn yes. lenses I have are the 45mm f1.8 in photo, and the 20mm f1.7 pancake which took the picture (gf1). need a wide prime. can't make up my mind between the 14mm f2.5 pancake which can be found for $160 on ebay, or the 12mm f2 that costs 5 times as much. ...actually, just putting a multiplier on that number probably did it for me. 14mm it is. $600 difference isn't worth half a stop and 2 extra mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted May 19, 2012 Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 anybody here have a Lytro? light field camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted May 23, 2012 Members Share Posted May 23, 2012 got my oly E-M5 today! here it is next to my 1977 minolta this thing is slick! holy goddamn yes. lenses I have are the 45mm f1.8 in photo, and the 20mm f1.7 pancake which took the picture (gf1). need a wide prime. can't make up my mind between the 14mm f2.5 pancake which can be found for $160 on ebay, or the 12mm f2 that costs 5 times as much. ...actually, just putting a multiplier on that number probably did it for me. 14mm it is. $600 difference isn't worth half a stop and 2 extra mm. totally missed this!!!! digging this thread up to ask if you had gotten it. and you have already! My god that thing is sick looking! Impressions so far? How is IBIS??? it looks great from the demo's I've seen, can you speak to that at all? Got my taxes back and a new camera is going to get bought this summer with it. Now I just need to decide what to buy. gh2, 5d mkII or III, Black Magic Cinema Camera, Sony fs100/700... a ton of options available this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted May 23, 2012 Members Share Posted May 23, 2012 New lens day today. Nikon 35mm f/1.8G noice, that is what i picked up too! how are you enjoying it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted May 23, 2012 Members Share Posted May 23, 2012 noice, that is what i picked up too! how are you enjoying it? Really good. I shot a couple of bands playing at a friend's house party and it was great in the semi-dark conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted May 23, 2012 Members Share Posted May 23, 2012 Yeah I was blown away when I got my Nikkor 35 1.4 too shallow to really be pratical, but man you can pretty much see in the dark. It's nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tape Posted May 23, 2012 Members Share Posted May 23, 2012 totally missed this!!!!digging this thread up to ask if you had gotten it. and you have already!My god that thing is sick looking!Impressions so far?How is IBIS??? it looks great from the demo's I've seen, can you speak to that at all?Got my taxes back and a new camera is going to get bought this summer with it.Now I just need to decide what to buy.gh2, 5d mkII or III, Black Magic Cinema Camera, Sony fs100/700...a ton of options available this summer Impressions! Pros: Smaller than it looks in photos! Solid-feeling metal. The grip for the thumb is more awesome than you'd think! Solid solid build quality! IS is mindblowing, frankly. I haven't done any comparasons yet, but I set it up so that I could see it in action when I half press the shutter. It's like having a dolly cam. So smooth! ISO 3200 is perfectly useable. Better output than that of my old canon DSLR. Colors are always spot-on. They're working some kind of WB magic in there. Way better than my GF1. So much customizability, too! Viewfinder is really nice! A buit small by my standards, but that's more a limitation of the M4/3 specs, and not the camera itself. The shutter sound is positivly awesome! Normally i wouldn't care, but there's just something about it! It's silent and muffled just in the *right* way, at least compared to DSLRs and the *clack* of the GF1. It's more of a *fflip* instead of a *clack* or *snap*. Haven't tried video much yet, so no opinion. I heard it's great but that the GH2 beats it in dynamic range for video, but loses for anything photo-wise. Also, one critisism I hear about online is the "hum" or "hiss" the camera emits. I don't hear it unless I'm alone in a room. People made a huge deal out of practically nothing, IMO. Cons: Don't like the buttons. Small, weirdly shapes and awkward for my big fingers. Have to use nail some of the time. They don't "give" right, it feels, but they work. Don't like where the on-off button is. Have to use both hands to turn it on. On the GF1 or on my old DSLR, on-off was reachable either by thumb or finger, holding it one-handed. Battery feels short. Charged it two days ago and it's already nearly dead. Granted I've been playing around with it and showing it off a lot. Menus are a {censored}ing mess! I hear that's standard for olympus. Thankfully there's "balloon popups" for each item when you hit the info button. Gotta spend a couple hours in the menus trying stuff and customizing, or else you probably won't enjoy the shooting experience. EVF->screen toggles automatically when you bring your eye near it, but I find it a bit slow and weird at times. I set it up so that the after-shot preview stays untill you do something else (cool!), but switching between EVF and screen overrides that. Like I take a shot with the EVF, then move my head back to preview it on the screen, I can't do that. Moving brings me to live preview again. Minor nitpicks. All in all, totally worth it! But not perfect. Most cons I'll just get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 ^that is awesome! God is looks sooooo gooood. One of the Best DSLR design I've ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted May 31, 2012 Members Share Posted May 31, 2012 sacrilege.just a heads up, the Snapseed photo editing app for iphone/ipad is FREE today. usually costs 5 bucks. its one of the best photo editing apps for ios apparently. i've just played with it for a couple minutes but it is pretty thorough and good interface. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/snaps...439438619?mt=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted May 31, 2012 Members Share Posted May 31, 2012 seriously dudes, get that app ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 So I went to the REI used gear sale today. Sitting in the bin, in perfect condition was a GoPro Hero. $80. So stoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brett Valentine Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 So I went to the REI used gear sale today. Sitting in the bin, in perfect condition was a GoPro Hero. $80. So stoked. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 So I went to the REI used gear sale today. Sitting in the bin, in perfect condition was a GoPro Hero. $80. So stoked. Very cool and very fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 So my trip to Yosemite is in about 3 weeks. Just checked a lunar calendar and I'm looking at a full moon while I'm there. Bummed because I wanted to do some Milky Way timelapse stuff. I'll settle for a moon rise over Yosemite though. Any tips on photographing the moon? Tried to do it on my last backpacking trip... no matter what I did the photo came out poor. either the moon was just a glowing orb, the horizon was out of focus or way overexposed... Anyone taken good lunar photographs? Halp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 There's a load of stuff on youtube, I found this one pretty useful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8gOQddlHeg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mabepa1jdtA&feature=channel&list=UL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Good pickup on that gopro i use a few for work and love them. Photo every 5 seconds with a 16 gig SD card and you can go forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Awesome, thanks Radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Good pickup on that goproi use a few for work and love them. Photo every 5 seconds with a 16 gig SD card and you can go forever. Yeah stoked on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 How many of you guys shoot in RAW? I think I'm finally stocked up for my trip. 3 batteries and 52GB in SD cards... hoping that will be enough for some video, timelapse, and general photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Raw? any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 subs gtfo. you have no reason to shoot in raw. only photographers with over 5 batteries and over 100 gigs in SD space should shoot in raw. amateur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan. Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 dildo{censored} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I RAW DOG ALL THE TIME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I think I said that right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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