The DSLR thread
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Lenses. I still use the 70-300 F5.6 IS that I bought in Japan in 2002. It has now noticeably accumulated an annoying amount of crap inside it, a bunch of photos from Fairford airshow were spoiled as the bright sky small aperture made the dirt very obvious.
Is it possible or even worth getting it professionally cleaned? Or better to sell it as is and save for a new Tele? Although the DSLR only occasionally gets an outing these days.
Is it possible or even worth getting it professionally cleaned? Or better to sell it as is and save for a new Tele? Although the DSLR only occasionally gets an outing these days.
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[mention]RobYob[/mention] getting it cleaned is definitely an option, if you can someone to do it. The prices I’ve seen have been ok, nowhere near the cost of a replacement lens.
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Do you even need a Mustang?
It's piqued my interest in snapping again, tis all.
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Of course I need a fucking Mustang!Beany wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:19 pmDo you even need a Mustang?
It's piqued my interest in snapping again, tis all.
I see your point, just didn’t know if you needed one.
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Despite what my mobile snaps may suggest, I do actually like taking *proper* pictures - I've just not had the time nor the scenery the last few years what with being in town these days, not out in the sticks.
I'll probably drag the 40D out and have a play with it before making any rash decisions though
I'll probably drag the 40D out and have a play with it before making any rash decisions though
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Thanks, add that to my post lockdown todo listOrange Cola wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:13 pm @RobYob getting it cleaned is definitely an option, if you can someone to do it. The prices I’ve seen have been ok, nowhere near the cost of a replacement lens.
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This bit is worth honing in on. We spit out at work somewhere in the region of 400GB of images a day, spread among a team of photographers admittedly. I've got each one of them on the highest spec HP workstations we could get, but from a few years ago.
The compute time to convert those RAWs into TIFFs and DNGs for the 5DS cameras is significant. So much so when we run the files from the 5D4 we often double check it worked. I don't know why, but the processing time is not equal to doubling the number of files (25-50MP). None of this matters at all if the PC you process on at home is a sit and let it run while you have dinner, but if crunching through files quickly matters to you - a 5DS is going to cost anyone a new, bang up to date PC. Although in Lightroom which is our primary software, the time while in the Dev module isn't massively effected, just on export.
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My Canon 24-105mm USM IS II F4 has just turned up
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Just looked up the price of those. Nice purchase, that's a cracking all rounder lens
I've got a Sigma 18-200 that I've not used in years, since I got a 70-200 (second hand, and the non-IS version) and use a 40mm pancake or my GRII (18mm) for any wider angle duties. Anyone interested in it? Original box etc. Otherwise I should probably put it on eBay.
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I didn't pay full UK price, I went for one from HDEW instead and saved a fair whack. If it works out I'll be doing that again...
Some really good pictures this evening and I've pushed it a bit in low light, high F-stops, fast moving shots, high contrast shots and found it's very capable and I'm back to being the limiting factor in what my kit can do. Between that and the new camera body I'm taking noticeably better pictures and I'm only just getting into the advanced part of the user manuals
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A cheap ND filter to darken things down and hence allow a wider aperture may be cheaper/simple/quickerRobYob wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:04 pm Lenses. I still use the 70-300 F5.6 IS that I bought in Japan in 2002. It has now noticeably accumulated an annoying amount of crap inside it, a bunch of photos from Fairford airshow were spoiled as the bright sky small aperture made the dirt very obvious.
Is it possible or even worth getting it professionally cleaned? Or better to sell it as is and save for a new Tele? Although the DSLR only occasionally gets an outing these days.
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I was using a circular polariser at Fairford. I'm also a fan of just shooting everything at F8 anyway. The 75-300 isn't the sharpest lense anyway, sounds like a clean and service is well overdue.DaveE wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 4:34 pmA cheap ND filter to darken things down and hence allow a wider aperture may be cheaper/simple/quickerRobYob wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:04 pm Lenses. I still use the 70-300 F5.6 IS that I bought in Japan in 2002. It has now noticeably accumulated an annoying amount of crap inside it, a bunch of photos from Fairford airshow were spoiled as the bright sky small aperture made the dirt very obvious.
Is it possible or even worth getting it professionally cleaned? Or better to sell it as is and save for a new Tele? Although the DSLR only occasionally gets an outing these days.
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RobYob wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 4:47 pmI was using a circular polariser at Fairford. I'm also a fan of just shooting everything at F8 anyway. The 75-300 isn't the sharpest lense anyway, sounds like a clean and service is well overdue.DaveE wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 4:34 pmA cheap ND filter to darken things down and hence allow a wider aperture may be cheaper/simple/quickerRobYob wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:04 pm Lenses. I still use the 70-300 F5.6 IS that I bought in Japan in 2002. It has now noticeably accumulated an annoying amount of crap inside it, a bunch of photos from Fairford airshow were spoiled as the bright sky small aperture made the dirt very obvious.
Is it possible or even worth getting it professionally cleaned? Or better to sell it as is and save for a new Tele? Although the DSLR only occasionally gets an outing these days.
"lense"?!? I hope that was deliberate...
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I've never claimed to be able to spell lenses' or otherwiseDaveE wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 10:02 am
"lense"?!? I hope that was deliberate...
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All this talk of full frame, I’ve dusted off my old EOS 620 and ordered some B&W film stock from Amazon...
It was a gift from my father in law.
I predict I’ll shoot all three rolls, get the prints back and remember I’m not good enough to NOT have instant feedback on my exposure settings...
It was a gift from my father in law.
I predict I’ll shoot all three rolls, get the prints back and remember I’m not good enough to NOT have instant feedback on my exposure settings...
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And from there, you slow down, think a bit more about wtf you're doing and genuinely improve your photographydinny_g wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 8:10 pm All this talk of full frame, I’ve dusted off my old EOS 620 and ordered some B&W film stock from Amazon...
It was a gift from my father in law.
I predict I’ll shoot all three rolls, get the prints back and remember I’m not good enough to NOT have instant feedback on my exposure settings...
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I cheated when I used my Dad's Voightlander and used a light meter or my compact camera to check exposure settings.
Impressed to get a 1960s camera working with a modern speedlite though.
Impressed to get a 1960s camera working with a modern speedlite though.
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That was my first thought...