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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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How to get the spark back (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by jfeldbauer@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I used to love photography. Started out with a canon 50d and loved that camera and took it everywhere we went. Got some amazing photos thoughtout my time with it and had a blast. Really got into photography from seeing people on social media and YouTube. Photography was a huge reason for us to go out and explore areas. Found out i was actually pretty good at photography. Switched to a few sony mirrorless cameras and it seemed since the switch I lost my spark with photography. Really hated the sony platform and the camera was really small feeling in my hands (a6000). Recently sold all my sony gear and thinking going back to canon. I even have a samsung s22 ultra phone for the camera ability and only use it here and there for quick shots. I also found my dad's old sears film camera and started thinking about having it cleaned to start messing with it. Those that fell out of the hobby and got back in, what did you feel helped?

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[–] bitmaster344@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct, but at the right time. I was a studio guy with 4x5s (Linhoff, Toyo, ended with Sinar), med format (Mamiyas, Bronica, ended with Hasselblad), and 35 film (Canon, Nikon, ended with Leica). Sold much for child support…

A decade and now digital, I went Canon. A lot of Canons, bought and sold most all L lenses. I additionally bought into Fuji for size and weight, but HATE the xtrans files and/or crop. Moved from 5D4s to R5s with all Zeiss primes, sold all the Fuji, and now have M10r and M10m and way too many lenses.

I wasn’t ready for Leica again, even 3 years ago.

[–] RastaBambi@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://preview.redd.it/i011w2olntvb1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c97ddb61e22e22a0c9c8bc2c952bf9ba3d30ec0

I've recently managed to coax out a decent file from my Fuji XT3, but it did take quite some fiddling... playing with the idea of building a collection of Leica M mount Zeiss lenses to see if I can adapt them to the Fuji for the time being while saving up for a Leica M9 body

[–] bitmaster344@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuji glass is generally nice. The 16mm is amazing— I just hated the crop files and xtrans rendering. Didn’t match with my workflow.

[–] RastaBambi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With crop files you mean the aspect ratio or the fact that it's APSC and not full frame?

[–] bitmaster344@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Crop sensor.

[–] bitmaster344@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Stick with Leica glass for Leicas. I’ve had 2 Voightlanders and a Zeiss for m mount and they went back or sold immediately. I’ve got 9 Zeiss ZE primes for Canon, so I love the rendering. Now also 9 Leica lenses that I also adapt to the R5s. I’m about to try the Zeiss on a X1D2.