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Who.Me? 
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| Xevin wrote: |
| The best cameras are the ones that capture the moment. |
Surely you mean the best photographers?
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Xevin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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| Who.Me? wrote: |
| Xevin wrote: |
| The best cameras are the ones that capture the moment. |
Surely you mean the best photographers? |
That’s right. Thanks for the correction. 
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Chickensoup
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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| Globespotter wrote: |
| I have and use a digital Canon EOS 800D/Rebel T7i and love it. I used to shoot with an AE-1. |
The EOS rebel line is FANTASTIC. For film cameras, you cannot go wrong with a Nikon A1.
For beginners, the Nikon d3400 and d3500 is a great budget camera. A T2i EOS rebel or new is even better if you can afford it.
But then again, my s22 is pretty darn good for a phone.
^^s22
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Xevin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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In the 70s as a kid. I couldn’t afford a med format camera like Hass, Mami, or Rollei. But I got me one of these disposable cameras. I miss a good view finder.
I should’ve popped the detail lens
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| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
| Clatter wrote: |
| Damn that Xevin... |
| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
| SGKent wrote: |
| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| Who.Me? wrote: |
| Xevin wrote: |
| The best cameras are the ones that capture the moment. |
Surely you mean the best photographers? |
That’s right. Thanks for the correction. |
...and don’t call him Shirley...
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Q-Dog
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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I like my Canon DSLR and I have a few $$$ in lenses, but if I were starting from scratch I would look at the new mirrorless cameras.
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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07-08, dumpster diving at my apartment in Vallejo Ca.
I found a camera bag. Inside was a set of filters, a 55mm lens, unused 35mm Fuji film.
Puzzled by this discovery. I dug deeper and found a Cannon 35mm SLR. OK!
Digging even deeper, I found a 50x200 telephoto lens for the camera body. Sweet!
I gathered up my prize and gave it a look over. The Body, and lenses were in working condition.
I can only summarize, that either a guy or a gal had a bad split, or a death and didn't want to deal with the leftover camera goodies.
An eBay check revealed that this camera setup, at that time was worth $35USD at that time.
I turned the camera package over to Mrs. 67RA.
She was a gifted photographer. She had what I call the "Gift" when it came to taking great photo's. I suck at it!
She promptly turned over the camera package to her Meth addicted son who traded it for some small amount of Meth. And the story ends there.
Really sad that such a great camera package was worth nothing and lost to a drug addict.
Now a days, I use either my smart phone. Or a DJI II action cam, to capture pics/vids of the moment.
This is a recent video capture from the DJI II action cam.
Link
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SGKent
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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so if the goal was to take good quality photos documenting work on a bay in low light - say the engine bay, under it, macro shots, is this one of the best solutions?
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| Globespotter wrote: |
| I have and use a digital Canon EOS 800D/Rebel T7i and love it. I used to shoot with an AE-1. |
The EOS rebel line is FANTASTIC. For film cameras, you cannot go wrong with a Nikon A1.
For beginners, the Nikon d3400 and d3500 is a great budget camera. A T2i EOS rebel or new is even better if you can afford it.
But then again, my s22 is pretty darn good for a phone.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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Consider the workflow too. Do you really want to deal with a plug-in card reader and manual image importing every time you use it? I'm only familiar with older Canon and Fuji stuff when they were first employing wireless transfer but even years ago it was extremely useful.
And you KNOW I'm going to say it… Don't discount smartphones these days! 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:56 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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I’ve got a ring lit medical Nikkor lens that eliminates reflections. I think it isn’t more that any of my cars I drive. I have a clip on my IPhone that works just as well.
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SGKent
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:06 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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the pixel 4a 5 works fine for quick shots. It does not do as well as the Canon AE-1 I had. I want something equal. When I am done getting which ever camera it is, I am going to document an epic BAY FI engine pull, and rebuild that every person doing one for years to come will want to read, copyright it, and post it on a competitor's site because the stupid controlling moderator(s) here don't know a good thing when they have one.
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Chickensoup
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:09 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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| SGKent wrote: |
so if the goal was to take good quality photos documenting work on a bay in low light - say the engine bay, under it, macro shots, is this one of the best solutions?
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I believe it is and i will tell you why. Aside from the d3400 being a really good learner camera with excellent image quality....
You can download the nikon smart bridge app, that allows you to automatically have the camera send the photos over to your phone via bluetooth. it also has a lot of other neat futures in the app.
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Chickensoup
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:12 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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| Consider the workflow too. Do you really want to deal with a plug-in card reader and manual image importing every time you use it? |
not true. even the cheapest of nikons are snap bridge compatible. and even if, so what? It take 30 seconds to pop in the sd card.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:39 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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It takes even less to synchronize a WiFi SD card to your library without any hardware interaction
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SGKent
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:50 am Post subject: Re: camera |
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Back on topic - if your investment is big in Canon FD, you could always try something like https://www.kentfaith.com/KF06.082_canon-fd-to-canon-eos-mount-adapter and buy an Canon EOS family camera.
I went Canon FTb -> AE1p -> A1 then a series of disappointing digital cameras, from 0.3MP to 7MP.
I went on the holiday of a lifetime to California in 2009 and I regretted only having a 7MP point and shoot Samsung camera..
In 2013, I bought an 18MP Canon EOS100 and two EF zoom lenses covering 18mm to 250mm focal length, with the longer lens having image stabilisation..
That has covered me from drunken snapshots at VW events, to taking pictures of yacht racing out on the water between laying racing marks for the yachts.
No, mobile phones cannot take pictures as sharp as a decent DSLR with the same number of pixels - the camera sensors are smaller compared with the wavelength of light, so no matter how amazing the optics, the pictures are always slightly fuzzy .. |
Do you know if the above adapter allows full functionality of the FD lenses? I had read that some adapters are made but they do not allow full functionality of the FD lenses. If the adapter mentioned above (and I did look at their webpage) allowed full functionality of the FD lenses than all I would need would be the EOS camera body, and I could keep both the 35mm and a digital with the same set of lenses.
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SGKent
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I want to thank the moderators for killing this thread. I had to take some photos the other day, and the smartphone did not cut it. I also looked up the adapters, they appear to be less than desirable but they do allow new photographers access to the many inexpensive lenses on fleabay. There are also known issues with them. (Darn). It is a shame I can't do something special to help TheSamba Bay forum for lack of the information needed. It was Bay specific due to lighting conditions in and under a bay or split, something one does not get because you won't be crawling under a bug etc to take a photo.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: camera |
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To close this thread. A friend from my early 20's, almost a brother-in-law at one point in my life, got back to me on cameras. He is a professional photographer in Hollywood who is well known for some of his shots like the ones below of his borrowed from public domain. I didn't know when he would get back to me because he has been on an extended RV vacation in Alaska. He said that he is using both his Iphone and a pocket camera, a Sony RX100. I looked it up and it come with a Zeiss 24-70mm zoom lens built in, and fits in a pocket. I may consider getting one of these.
Some of his more well known photos. My Favorite - Jay Leno and Terry Bradshaw fighting over a cake. Have to click the link at Getty images to see it.:
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/episode-4378-...=2048x2048
Jay Leno and Obama
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