The TPU Darkroom - Digital SLR and Photography Club

[micropage7]

just bought Fujimoto Ind. E-Lucky Anastigmat 50mm f3.5 Enlargement Lens, after waiting the helicoid from china, at last i can use this lens

 

[micropage7]

it looks when i run it on 3.5 the contrast is lower, could be from the coating or something

 

[Jetster]

Turn down the ISO and slow it down. Use a tripod

 

[Ferrum Master]

It is a vintage glass, it will do so by design. The contrast drop is due to internal reflections in between the lenses when wide open. Lack of coating mostly. There is nothing you can do. Just get better glass.

 

[micropage7]

It is a vintage glass, it will do so by design. The contrast drop is due to internal reflections in between the lenses when wide open. Lack of coating mostly. There is nothing you can do. Just get better glass.

yeah, i just find that in F4.5 the color is better than F3.5

 

[Ferrum Master]

yeah, i just find that in F4.5 the color is better than F3.5

Yea pretty logical. You send less light, thus it doesn't reflect astray so much causing the contrast drop. Early glass does suffer from it. Try shooting black and white with those... I have a feeling it will cause that silver effect due to this anomaly.

 

[Space Lynx]

I hate phones. So, I am in need of a camera for my upcoming nature adventures. I don't want anything hardcore like you guys want, but I do want high quality point and shoot stuff. Here is the list I am choosing from so far... but any recommendations welcome as I have no idea what I am doing. No I do not want anything fancy like you guys use, I want simple, but nicer than phone cameras.

Sony DSCHX80/B High Zoom Point & Shoot Camera $368 (this is pushing my budget a little too far so it probably won't happen)

Canon Cameras US 1084C001 Canon PowerShot ELPH 190 Digital Camera w/ 10x Optical Zoom and Image Stabilization - Wi-Fi & NFC Enabled $175 (this is most likely going to be the winner for me personally)

Panasonic Lumix 4K Digital Camera with 30X LEICA DC Vario-ELMAR Lens F3.3-6.4, 18 Megapixels, and High Sensitivity Sensor - Point and Shoot Camera - DMC-ZS60K $247

OLYMPUS Tough TG-6 Waterproof Camera $370 (this one has its benefits just in fact it will survive anything... but again pushing limit of my budget so probably a no go)

 

[Ferrum Master]

I hate phones. So, I am in need of a camera for my upcoming nature adventures. I don't want anything hardcore like you guys want, but I do want high quality point and shoot stuff. Here is the list I am choosing from so far... but any recommendations welcome as I have no idea what I am doing. No I do not want anything fancy like you guys use, I want simple, but nicer than phone cameras.

Sony DSCHX80/B High Zoom Point & Shoot Camera $368 (this is pushing my budget a little too far so it probably won't happen)

Canon Cameras US 1084C001 Canon PowerShot ELPH 190 Digital Camera w/ 10x Optical Zoom and Image Stabilization - Wi-Fi & NFC Enabled $175 (this is most likely going to be the winner for me personally)

Panasonic Lumix 4K Digital Camera with 30X LEICA DC Vario-ELMAR Lens F3.3-6.4, 18 Megapixels, and High Sensitivity Sensor - Point and Shoot Camera - DMC-ZS60K $247

OLYMPUS Tough TG-6 Waterproof Camera $370 (this one has its benefits just in fact it will survive anything... but again pushing limit of my budget so probably a no go)

Not fancy, but those cameras are not that better than an average phone camera, especially in good lighting situations. I would not justify spending additional $$ on those. Unless you have a budget potato phone.

It ain't much about the body... but the glass matters.

 

[Space Lynx]

Not fancy, but those cameras are not that better than an average phone camera, especially in good lighting situations. I would not justify spending additional $$ on those. Unless you have a budget potato phone.

It ain't much about the body... but the glass matters.

Thanks, I had a feeling this might be the answer I would get. My phone is Samsung Galaxy A50, I will just keep using it... it did just get upgraded to Android 11 recently. I just hate having to carry a power bank with me and cable, battery just doesn't last very long in it anymore.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Thanks, I had a feeling this might be the answer I would get. My phone is Samsung Galaxy A50, I will just keep using it... it did just get upgraded to Android 11 recently. I just hate having to carry a power bank with me and cable, battery just doesn't last very long in it anymore.

If you still have warranty, just send it it to repair. It is a non removable battery and it should be replaced without a fee. I service also Samsung phones warranty phones as my daily job. It may be some nutheads in some other service locations, but it is illegal to charge for a non removable battery during the warranty period here. Also check for OLED burn in whether you have it, then the battery will be replaced automatically. We do not reuse batteries.

Other than that... yeah... The first investment into camera hobby ain't cheap. Unless you go full manual vintage route as a starter, till you put together money for a decent lens.

Plan B it to stalk some selling sites for used gear. But the risk to have a defective piece is high tho. There should be loads of Canon gear as they migrate to new RF mount and some of the older EF mount devices should be there. Nikon users are latent as they still lack new glass to migrate to on the new Z mount, there's ongoing deficit also. Sony is either love or hate... but it is the most versatile and mature platform offering most 3rd parity lens makers. SIGMA, Tamron now Laowa manuals offer superb quality lenses with greatly cheaper price than Sony counterparts.

 

[the54thvoid]

Thanks, I had a feeling this might be the answer I would get. My phone is Samsung Galaxy A50, I will just keep using it... it did just get upgraded to Android 11 recently. I just hate having to carry a power bank with me and cable, battery just doesn't last very long in it anymore.

It depends on use. If you're looking at capturing 'the moment', a good eye is better than any camera. But if you want a landscape shot, or nature you can't get close to, you need something more.

Think of what you want to photograph and base your choices on that. Before I went to lens systems, I had a Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. I think it's just FZ300 in the states. It had the option of 2.8 aperture across an effective zoom up to 600mm. But, the sensor was no better than that in a good smartphone.

 

[Ahhzz]

Couldn't bring myself to wake him up, so I'll leave those for the birds... Not the best quality, but without a macro, I default to just grabbing my phone a lot of the time.

 

[grunt_408]

 

[the54thvoid]

Came across this lovely relic up north. I think it's a home for the critter above. Or, it's a cleverly disguised man-eating arachno-alien.

Taken with my pixel 5.

 

[grunt_408]

haha i think home to much bigger critters ;P

 

[tabascosauz]

Went back to my 35/2D that I haven't touched for a year. Not as sharp, not as fast, distortion is a pain, can't go past f/8 because of D model purple spot flaw, but it sure focuses much closer than my 50/1.8G.

 

[suraswami]

Muscovy Duck

 

[the54thvoid]

Tough being a momma...

 

[grunt_408]

UVIVF Image of a lemon.

 

[Ahhzz]

Had to take a quick shot of these. Beautiful to look at, but almost as bad as Bradford Pears when it comes to fragility

 

[grunt_408]

Playing with the lemon and UVIVF again. Played with wb to suit my taste I think this one is more pleasing than the first shot.

 

[Jetster]

So for Fathers Day, my daughter had two of my photos from a hike we went on together, framed on wood
I teared up a little when I saw them

That's me standing on the ledge. Three Sisters, Mt Washington, Three Finger Jack, Mt Jefferson, Mt Hood
Taken from Broken Top, a 16 mile day hike. Most beautiful hike I've been on

 

[tabascosauz]

In the spirit of last year's photo I went and sat amongst my flowers and waited until the good ol boyzgirls(?) came around for photos:

Big pollen baskets!

The best I can do on a 35/2D without a zoom or macro; I really want to pick up a 105mm 2.8G this year.

 

[grunt_408]

Ultraviolet induced visible fluorescence

Thought I would add to my post and make a double post haha. This mushroom is omphalotus nidiformis it glows in the dark. You cannot see the glow with naked eye but with long exposure photography all is revealed.

omphalotus nidiformis glowing..... 102 second exposure F5 ISO 5000

omphalotus nidiformis under UV lighting to make it fluoresce.

Here is the log that the small mushroom was on fluorescing under UV lighting

Here is one of the many Millipedes that reside inside the tree stump or log what ever you name it....

 

[the54thvoid]

I can't compete with UV imagery. Voodoo optical sorcery.