Photograph and Camera talk

[Marc2706]

I have tested a new and very very cool camera! The Sigma BF is really a very special camera, I think you love or you hate it. It is such a beautiful design and it is such a joy to use with the compact Sigma lenses. Here with the 2/65

[Jett129]

@Marc2706 Really great shot,love the slight shadow on the right side of her face,and that her expression,especially her eyes,says to me that she might be slightly annoyed at you for taking her picture. Last but not least the shot probably doesn’t have the same effect in color.

[nomadic]

hi everyone, i'm new to photography and thinking of getting the sony A7C II. I will take mostly street / travel photos so do you think 35mm prime lens is a good choice or go for a zoom lens?

[pechelman]

It's all personal preference, but for a long time now I've preferred shooting with prime lenses over zoom. As for if 35mm or whatever, it just depends on how you see scenes most often. I used to be a big fan of 35mm but now it's one of my least favorites, always feeling not wide enough or too wide. I guess that's why a lot of people like it as a single lense kit.

Certainly though, that camera and lense will be an amazing starting kit for someone new to photography, but you could also go much simpler/lower cost to start like one of the older x100s.

[Marc2706]

@Jett129 Thanks a lot Jett. Because of the light/shadow situation I preferred b/w , but I have to admit, that most of my portraits are in b/w

[SFMCfranky]

Tucker

Leica M6, 35mm 1.4, Tri-X.

[Jett129]

Sunset light peering through the Double Arches.

[Jett129]

When I was in Arches National Park this guy pulls into the parking lot,in a van,takes two big ass parrots out and lets this one go. If I didn't take a picture you never would've believed me.

[atm23]

I shoot a Nikon F4S with a multitude of lenses. I usually shoot Portra 400 or HP5.

IG: at_moser

[SFMCfranky]

Mambo, Miyamoto Musashi and Maasai.
Shot with an iPhone on the morning of May 16, 2024. Available light, no filters.

[Jett129]

@SFMCfranky Interesting composition.

[SFMCfranky]

@Jett129

I was sitting on the couch, drinking my morning coffee. It was just there.

[Jett129]

@SFMCfranky Sometimes that's how some of the best shots happen,but you did have the presence of mind to pick up your phone and take the shot. I'm a strong believer in the old adage "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

[weftyarn]

Cretan Swimmers

[Jett129]

@weftyarn There’s a group on Facebook called Minimalist Photography. I think they’d love that shot, as do I.

[weftyarn]

A very good reason to revive my Facebook account haha!

[alexxedge]

@AllAhoo so sorry I’ve been away, but you said if. Got great use of it on the trip, too! Here’s a handful of shots from the Great Ocean Road. Shot with the Fuji 100 from Japan.

[alexxedge]

@SFMCfranky the colors in this are so nice!

[SFMCfranky]

@alexxedge

Thanks! But I can take no credit for that. It was a calm, sunny, pandemic morning. Right place, right time.

[ROman]

@alexxedge really nice shots.