sleepyhead the buffalo said:sweet!
I've been meaning to ask if there were any results in this thread over the last few days.
I found out there was a pretty major update to darktable (4.2.0), and I've been fooling around with it to see if I can get it to do what I want.
I paid for a class for darktable on udemy with the hopes of forcing myself to learn it. So far it's not bad but importing is quirky as hell
For you photogs...
Collector camera auction in Ohio and online: https://www.bid-assets.com/auctions/22879
In reply to John Welsh :
Leicas aren't cheap, but I have the budget alternative: a FED.
And I have a non-car shoot on Sunday, so taking the X-T3 with me. Batteries are all charged, and we'll see how it goes.
David S. Wallens said:In reply to John Welsh :
Leicas aren't cheap, but I have the budget alternative: a FED.
Canon Lecia thread mount Rangefinders are a good inbetween the FED/Zorkis and the Lecias, been really enjoying mine so far.
But I did buy a lot of two Zorki 1s from Ukraine back in December, one needs a full shutter curtain/ribbon repair and the other was sold as working, yeah right, tons of pin hole light leaks that I liquied electric taped up but know its going to need to be replaced. Seems easier than other cameras to take apart too so going to see if I can actually fix it myself.
And a few pics from yesterday's shoot. These are right out of the camera–just click and drag. The day's theme was Think Pink.
Well... I'm clumsy. I smashed the stock 16-50 lens on my A6400 when I stepped into a hole between large rocks making my way down to the beach in Aotea. I also removed a not insignificant amount of skin and possibly broke a rib(?). Oops.
Anyway, I'm pondering a few things: 1) if the body of the camera is still good, do I snag a different lens? And if so, what? 2) if the camera body is bad also, do I replace it and if so, with what? And 3) as good as phones are now, am I really going to use an SLR? I love cropping/ editing/ touching up photos, but I found on this vacation I took about 3x as many photos with my phone as I did with my camera, because it just wasn't with me much of the time. It's much more cumbersome to deal with when hiking, mountain biking, etc. Is there some middle ground where I would be happy using a phone for 99% of my travel and only a slr for stuff I need a true zoom lens for?
ProDarwin: I think there's some questions to answer before good advice can be given. Questions like "how much were you using the camera before?" and "when you did take the camera out, what kind of shooting were you doing and what were the conditions that made you reach for it vs. your phone?"
Sony's A6400 has been around a little while but I think it's still "relevant" if that makes sense. And you cannot argue with lens availability for the Sony E mount. I've never gravitated towards the Sony bodies but that's probably me being stubborn as much as other reasons that I have had in the past.
Let's say the A6400 you have is good and working. What's your budget for a lens if you want to keep shooting with a "real camera"? If the A6400 is dead, do you have more money available for a body + lens combo?
there should be a setting in the A6400 to allow you to take a picture without a lens attached. It'll probably just be "white", though, without an actual lens on it (that's how you shoot some of the adapted lenses). But, it'll prove that the shutter works (you should be able to watch it... just be careful, since that means you can get dirt/dust on the sensor.
I should look around at what cheap, 'don't-bother-attempting-to-sell-them-back' e-mount lenses I have kicking around.
In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
I use my phone when I don't have my camera with me. Many times it's just at points I wouldn't normally have a camera. But traveling it's usually when I am either A) just walking around and I forgot it, or B) doing something more active, so my phone is much more accessible. I can mtb with my phone in my pocket but my camera needs to go in a backpack. Even hiking dealing with a camera strap is a pain in the ass - I'm sure a holster or something similar would help me get much more use out of it.
the times when I absolutely want to use my camera are usually low light, high speed action stuff, or stuff that benefits from a real zoom. Landscape shots that I plan on editing are good, but honestly in daylight modern phones are pretty amazing at that. Actually even low light stuff on modern phones is impressive as long as it's stills.
I have to say I find the autofocus speed on the a6400 kind of disappointing. I doubt my D60 was faster but it sure felt like it was. Perhaps the real viewfinder impacted that.
I could be talked into spending $1200 or so I imagine.
I went looking and you could pick up a good used Fuji X-T20 and the 18-55 kit zoom, which seems pretty decent, for about $800. $400 gets you a good used copy of the Sigma 56mm f1.4. $200 would get you a used Samyang 12mm manual focusing ultra-wide if that's more interesting. So you either have a great low light almost-telephoto prime or a great landscapes prime lens + a decent walk-around zoom on a fairly recently made Fuji APS-C body that seems to offer pretty good autofocusing ability (with lenses that are also up to the task, obviously) and the low light performance is pretty good.
I think it'd be a nice step up from your Sony A6400 in pretty much all areas. I don't find the Fuji the most intuitive to use, myself; I have an X-H1 which is from the same general generation as the X-T20 although that camera might actually be a bit easier to get along with.
I also have a Fujifilm X100V. I did the pre-order, and it arrived the Monday of lockdown. Perfect timing, right? MSRP was $1399.
Fast forward to today, and they're hard to get. I saw this one for sale yesterday.
Yup, $2100. That's more or less the current buy-it-now price on eBay.
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