The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

[blessingx]

You and I are a lot alike on the reflection front. What's the old quote I can never find a record of? "We live just long enough to doubt everything we believed in" (or something similar)? 

Anyway, within photography, and I know not everyone agrees, gear got good enough at least a decade ago (and probably much longer - four decades?) and common big photographic questions answered (at least in pursuit of realism?), so whatever constitutes image making now seems at least partially tied with experimentation and alternative views, no? I mean is a mouth camera much crazier than the fact that the mouth camera is a film pinhole camera in 2024? Anyway, looking forward to other orifices in 2025. 🫠

 

Edited January 2 by blessingx

[Torpedo]

I for one I'm waiting for something like the extinct Google glasses with video features, so I can wear them while operating or attending a concert, or walking the city for pictures. While discreet, the mouth camera won't be so convenient

Edited January 2 by Torpedo

[Knuckledragger]

Flickr turned 21 and did post on Instagram about it because Zucc won't rest until he consumes us all that's the age we live in.  Apparently a shot I took in 2006 is featured in it.

Instagram ruins the shot, as it does to all things including the mental health of anyone who uses it.

The original isn't bad, if I do say so myself.

 

[MexicanDragon]

On 2/5/2025 at 9:57 AM, Knuckledragger said:

Flickr turned 21 and did post on Instagram about it because Zucc won't rest until he consumes us all that's the age we live in.  Apparently a shot I took in 2006 is featured in it.

Instagram ruins the shot, as it does to all things including the mental health of anyone who uses it.

The original isn't bad, if I do say so myself.

 

So, did they actually ask permission, or was that in some ToS that you signed away everything years ago?

Also, did they let you know, or just... you found it?

[blessingx]

Been rainy here, but trying to record the rapidly disintegrating, once great Alviso next door (I've mentioned before). Almost no remaining connection to the surrounding Silicon Valley (Polycom and TiVo once had their HQs there), except the tech bros/brogrammers who visit the TopGolf near the town border. This time with a Hassy 500cm, II 50c back and Zeiss F4 Distagon CF T*.

 

Edited February 23 by blessingx

[Torpedo]

The images are sad, but I like the photos.

[Knuckledragger]

On 2/6/2025 at 3:29 PM, MexicanDragon said:

So, did they actually ask permission, or was that in some ToS that you signed away everything years ago?

Also, did they let you know, or just... you found it?

The first part is a good question, fathead.  Since I took and uploaded that photo, the ownership of Flickr has changed at least twice and the ToS has changed I have no idea how many times.  I learned about the photo being featured because someone commented on it ...on my Flickr page.

Also, I've been up to a lot here.  I can scarcely get into it now.  The woman who had the pile of Canon gear sold off some of it while I was out of commission due to covid (I can hardly blame her) but she recently contact me about the rest.  She still has the 7D II (shrug), the 24-70 F/2.8 II (great daily driver) and the 135mm F/2L (endgame lens for certain lunatics.)  Stay tuned.

I attended two talks by a local photographer who shoots medium and large format black and white film.  He captured the covid pandemic era of life on the Vineyard and did an exhibition about it at the MV Museum.  He doesn't GAF at all about exposure or lens use, but is greatly concerned with the subject in frame and to a lesser extent the date the photo was taken.  I could probably learn a lot from him.

I've been busy with my 300mm, capturing local fauna and even some skaters on our pond.  More on that later.

[MexicanDragon]

Hmmmm... 7D II was on my radar for a while, since most of my lenses are EF-S these days.

[blessingx]

Not likely for anyone here, but…

 

[blessingx]

I suggest this standard for all future lens tests. 

 

[jpelg]

^"Image quality is clean as a germaphobe's cellphone. Or a nice-guy's empty online-dating in-box" 🤣

[Grahame]

On 2/23/2025 at 9:32 PM, blessingx said:

Not likely for anyone here, but…

 

After a hands on, you don't need this, right, @blessingx ? 

 

[blessingx]

Nah, no need to order, 'cause I already have.  The reviews on this one (not above) have been pretty depressing. That said, of course, it's not for most with no manual shutter, no viewfinder, no flippy screen, and not video focused (as someone who makes a living in video, hybrid video specs discussions are the worst) or an "only body". I'm already in the M/L-mount space so worth a try. With them reportedly only milling 7-9 a day, if interested best to jump now and pull out later. We'll see, especially on that electronic shutter. My experiences have been poor, though with older and larger size/slower readout sensors. I'm curious how many will be released before they kill the model. Sony/Nikon/Canon are probably not under threat. And yes, I almost bought a Leica TL2 at one point too.

Sigma is my favorite failed cameras company (still have two Foveons). 

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by blessingx

[Knuckledragger]

The lady I mentioned a few pages ago with the pile of Canon gear to sell has been pestering me, which means she's a motivated seller.  Now maybe she'll face up to the fact that her prices are retarded come down a bit.  I really want that 135L.  I would make much better use of the 24-70mm F/2.8 II (which is a pro grade workhorse of a lens.)  I dunno what to think of the 7D II.  I learned quite recently that Canon R series mirrorless bodies can use EF and EF-S lenses with the same adapter.  Neat.
I swear I used to post photos in this thread.

Last December, right before I got covid, I took the 50D and 35mm F/3.5 Takumar out for a stroll.

I have a bad habit of taking photos of the same thing over and over again.

 

Since I took this photo, both the house (built 1940) and barn no longer stand.  The EDG Yacht Club bought the property as-is for over $1M and bulldozed the whole thing.  They're butting in high density housing for their staff because no one can afford to live on this fucking island.

Cannonball Park, looking quite cheery on late fall.

This is what the houses of MV residents who are still hanging on by an economic fingernail look like.

Same idea, but after it's been sold to off-islanders who then dump a fortune into renovations.   In this case, I'm not talking shit.  The new owners did a really nice job with the house.  It's too bad they stay here like 2 weeks a year at most and the rest of the time the place is empty.

 

Until quite recently, this house belonged to the descendants of my great aunt.  It's an old house that sits on a double lot, across from Cannonball Park.

Sweetened Water Farm's horse barn.  One of the most famous views on MV.  It's a 5 minute walk from my front door.  I really should bitch about things less.  I will literally never stop.  Mr Norton, the owner, died last month at 95 years old.

Back in the creepy woods.  It's not actually creepy at all.

 

Tune in next time for a frozen pond and 300mm prime!