The photography thread
Those are nice cameras. I’m a Nikon guy myself, but they’re pretty. Last night, my girlfriend and I watched a movie (like……a full-fledged movie) that was shot with 5d mk2s on steadycam rigs. It was freaking impressive.
Where are you in Beligium? I used to live in Antwerp (east of the river).
Those SLR’s are used in more movies more than you could possibly imagine. When they first came out with the HD video capability in SLR’s it changed the game like nothing else in the world. A $5000 kit of body and a few lenses could accomplish the look of $50,000 worth of gear.
When the 5d first came out we were looking at getting a couple of them and I had a meeting with the Canon rep set, but the higher up’s changed their minds before I could get my hands on one.
The 5D MkII was a complete game changer in almost every way. Definitely THE camera on my wishlist.
The 5D III should be on your wish list 
The ISO capabilities are ridiculous. You can actually USE ISO 25600.
I really haven’t done much with video just yet. A little… I have a decent set of lenses and picked up the Manfrotto video monopod.
Of course to get some of those amazing shots you see in films you need all sorts of gear around the camera, focus assist, trolleys, steadi-cams… It’s surely an art! DSLR’s make pretty terrible “camcorder” like video recorders.
I’ve always found funny the “ISO you can use” phrase. I personally push my XSi all the way up to 1600 (how I’d like to have 6400), and it still renders “usable” shots. It clearly depends on the purpose though, but unless you want to make huge prints it generally won’t matter that much IMO.
Agreed. I’ve seen them used on set before, usually places that they couldn’t fit a fully dolly. Silent House was shot 100% with 5D mk2s (on steadycam rigs and with full lighting & everything else), and I think that’s kind of impressive.
Believe me, jumping ship to Canon has been a serious option. I sold most of my nice lenses to a friend (who needed them for legit work while I happened to be pretty cash poor), so the near future would be the time to make the switch……I don’t think I’ve used anything but my 35/2 in a while. I wonder how much a 5dmk2/3 and a 17-35/2.8 zoom costs (one of the lenses I sold)………then again, I almost bought a MBA today on half a whim. This 13" behemoth is starting to bug me.
We have a broken 10D at work and Canon offered us a 7D for $1000 and a 5D MarkII for $1500 on their loyalty program. The cheap asses at work will most likely get the 7D even though I told them the 5D was the camera to get.
Cool.
I don’t even know that I’d know how to use a view camera. I mean……I could take the picture, but I’d probably fuck up getting the back off……I almost ruined a roll of 120 film in a friend’s mamia………he reminded me about the dark slide just in time.
Gah film! I always wanted to play around with medium format, but the cost barrier is so damn high. Of course now that I have the 5DIII, the quality is so freaking good there is much less point.
You get the hang of it eventually, loading the film sheets is the worst part with LF.
And it’s not really a view camera, it’s a press camera 
It’s meant to be handheld!
Honestly, shooting on a Medium Format or Large Format camera is an experience so different from shooting on a 35mm/Digital SLR. It’s worth experiencing just for the difference, I like it a lot more than shooting with a 35mm camera.
Also, I got my medium format camera (Yashica 124-G) for ~$30 (200SEK), so it doesn’t really have to be that expensive
Less point, yes. And I still feel like digital wins for color (because E6 processing and color printing from positives or negatives is a nightmare). But there is some textural detail in B&W film + darkroom prints that I just haven’t seen equaled with an all-digital process.
That being said, I don’t know anyone who prints digital as well as some people I know who print B&W film.
And if you’re not going for gallery quality prints, it doesn’t matter. ……which is why I shoot digital.
Moved your convo out of the latest purchase thread lads, carry on.
How about we post some of our shots?
I’ll start…
Shot with a friends 5d classic + 24-70L
7d + 85L
7d + 85L
7d + 85L
Now that I’m posting these, I really miss shooting. I had sold my 7d last year to pickup a S4… Think I’ll be getting a 5d + the 85L once I get the funds. Shooting was my favourite hobby before the dj bug bit me.
Right now I am on the fence… a new 5D-III or a new set of 2 K-12’s and a KW181 (with some $$ left over).
It’s a tough choice that I am going to need to make pretty soon.
Oh those Full frame shots! I’d love to get my hands on one of them… alas, I think money is better spent on lenses. I still have to fix my 35mm F2.0.
Few shots of mine:
Vicki by J. Andrés Mardones - The Pancaker, on Flickr
The Blue Stare by J. Andrés Mardones - The Pancaker, on Flickr
The Big Shot by J. Andrés Mardones - The Pancaker, on Flickr
Mostly old stuff I have on facebook. I real bad about saving my photos, I have backups of everything that ran in print, but almost none of it is online.
New Orleans iPhone/street photography stuff
The photos I always upload are mostly social stuff. Work almost never gets posted online, just sent to the client and personal projects have been deemed less important against Dj’ing it seems. Mostly because social events just made me tired.. I just hate chasing people around for photos in case of weddings and stuff. Party photos is a different story… I’d like to get back to photography, but I dunno… I might need some time off for now.
Edit: Photojojo, I really like that last picture! Is that a solar eclipse?
I like the Photos so far in this thread. That one with the Ferris Wheel and the Clouds is really nice.
I use to do a lot of Airsoft Event Photography - Which is a sure fire way to suffer camera/lens damage.
One of my more interesting pictures is below
Yes that’s the last one a few months ago. I think all the other photos are from 2010 since thats the last time I went through and uploaded a batch of stuff. I almost never take pictures when I’m off the clock and that pisses my wife off to no end. We have almost no pictures of our kids in the last 10 years that weren’t taken with a cell phone.
