4chan outage - /p/ (#4422611) [Archived: 945 hours ago]

Anonymous
4/26/2025, 9:27:49 PM No.4422611
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Hi /p/eople, it's nice to see you there!
I was wondering about a few things. What impact had the site outage on your habits? Did it help you to realise something, photography or life related?

For me, even if I despise gear threads, I always loved this place for the honest critic ant input I received here. I don't know any other forum like this one, so I was pretty aimless during the maintenance. We're a pretty dysfunctional community, but we are one nonetheless.

So, how was it for you?
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Anonymous
4/26/2025, 10:07:32 PM No.4422618
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>>4422611 (OP)
hi anon!
my bf was really happy that this board and the rest of 4chins was down. he doesnt approve of me going on thie site. but i missed p alot! Luckily i have alot of other outlets to post my photography, other than here, so i survived that but still, it was sucky. i made a few little imovie videos when i was bored.
also is anyone else having these stupid 2 minute timers for each post? does that go away eventually?
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Anonymous
4/26/2025, 10:20:24 PM No.4422620
>>4422611 (OP)
welcome back!!
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 9:30:28 AM No.4422734
not really, as always this place is just a waste of time, I might post some pics in the future, maybe not, I realized more things by going outside to some shitty event and trying to take picture with a p&s than from being here.
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 9:41:34 AM No.4422737
>>4422611 (OP)
The snoy schizo probably went crazy that he was unable to defend sony for more than a day
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 11:39:53 AM No.4422750
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>>4422611 (OP)
I missed having somewhere that isn't just a way to push ads
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 11:51:25 AM No.4422751
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I posted some photos on reddit and got roasted in the comments for being a perverted freak:

>I hope you took these photos and then uploaded them with the permission of those pictured or in the case of the kids, their parent/guardian. Weird.

>Super weird to take pics of random people

>dont appreciate candid pics of random especially when poorly composed zzz youll get better tho keep at it

>Really crossing the line on taking the pics of those children, especially without parental consent.

>Very very exploitative and voyeuristic photos. Delete and start again without taking pics of people without permission.

I fucking hate redditors so much bros...
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 4:05:07 PM No.4422783
>>4422618
>also is anyone else having these stupid 2 minute timers for each post? does that go away eventually?
i've only gotten it once per board color, its meant to stay away unless you've blocked cookies or something like that i think.
>my bf
post twink bum
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 4:35:54 PM No.4422786
>>4422737
Plot twist: the snoy schizo and the anti-snoy schizo are multiple personalities of the same guy arguing with himself
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 5:03:22 PM No.4422792
>>4422734
quite the opposite, i was sad /p/ and /o/ went down but happy /pol/ went down. i got into the hobby because i like sharing my pictures and crappy opinions on /p/.

>>4422751
try here next time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/streetphotography/
Anonymous
4/27/2025, 5:42:52 PM No.4422805
>>4422751
found it

https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/1k71d05/just_finished_writing_my_last_exam_at_ubc_here/

>posts it in /r/ubc (full of sensitive students, liberals, and teenage retards)
>surprised he doesnt get upvotes

just post it in a actual real deal motherfucking nigga ass photography subreddit and you'll get the response you want, this is like complaining why doesn't /r/fuckcars appreciate my 500whp lancer evo build
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 6:01:25 PM No.4422811
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>>4422751
Snapshots of people walking by are very accessible, but rarely end up looking that good, if you're going street I feel like you need to be even more direct with the subject, or be even more removed and focus more on the scene
The walking by at angle just does a weird creepshot vibe most of the time
Posting my old street for accountability, did the same thing
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 7:21:38 PM No.4422832
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First, thank you to those who responded.

>>4422618
Haha, I have the same problem telling my friends that 4chan isn't only /pol/.
>Luckily i have alot of other outlets to post my photography
What are they? Other social media platforms?

>>4422620
Thanks, mate!

>>4422734
Actual experience trumps a list of advice, indeed. What did you learn?

1/2
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 7:27:47 PM No.4422833
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>>4422750
True, this website is a bad place for advertisements, that's its blessing and curse.

>>4422751
Yes, but as >>4422805 said, you posted it in the wrong sub. I could go to reddit too, but all this karma thing looks like a gigantic pain in the ass.

>>4422811
Excellent point.

2/2
Anonymous
4/27/2025, 7:36:54 PM No.4422834
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>>4422786
It is extremely likely

Wb everyone, the absence of exif is driving my inner gearfag mad tho

picrel is me being retarded, not realizing frame was that tight, and its shot at 200 on a 70200 so no excuses even
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 7:46:30 PM No.4422837
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>>4422811
>I feel like you need to be even more direct with the subject, or be even more removed and focus more on the scene
This is the conundrum I'm facing right now. To get more direct with the subject, I feel like I need to do the same thing as Bruce Gilden (and at that point I would just be another one of his 1,000,000 imitators). But to remove my emphasis on the subject would be doing a disservice to the RICOH camera I'm using which really excels close up.
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 11:11:24 PM No.4422874
>>4422611 (OP)
I missed /p/. my phone is way more addictive when the 'chan was down. im glad is was only 2 weeks.

i checked out 4chan substitutes and their /p/ boards but those are all super dead. i also tried to use the r/photography discord as a substitute but GOD do those fuckers suck. and it even moves slower than /p/ somehow

nowhere like /p/
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Anonymous
4/27/2025, 11:32:40 PM No.4422880
>>4422834
>the absence of exif is driving my inner gearfag mad tho
I just noticed it, maybe it's for the best, lol.

>>4422874
>nowhere like /p/
There really aren't.
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 12:15:37 AM No.4422897
>>4422783
if u were on b yesterday u might've seen it
>>4422832
i show my work at uni and get lots of critique there. i also have a good amount of friends that i share work with. i also shoot for work so that gets reviewed and put up on their site and insta. and then there's my instagram but that's more of an archive
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 1:12:11 AM No.4422918
>>4422611 (OP)
I tried using the /rpt/ on the sharty but couldn't post a lot since I shoot film and it takes time
also it was dead as fuck
So I continued working on my projects, watched the Alec Soth Masterclass and bought 2 photobooks
I'm also looking for the Gregory Halpern Magnum learn if anyone has it downloaded
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 1:20:02 AM No.4422920
Not much
I was already out of town recording, it was a mild annoyance not being able to phonepost here before bed but I found a couple of altchans to shitpost on
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 3:14:25 AM No.4422939
>>4422611 (OP)
wasted my time anyway and sometimes on normie slop which is even worse. Also I posted a bit more on photrio and that's about it
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 4:35:19 AM No.4422955
>>4422611 (OP)
definitely missed /p/, did a bit of shooting but haven't gotten the rolls developed yet.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 4:53:23 AM No.4422958
>>4422611 (OP)
I missed it. Now that it is back I see all of the flaws for what they are. 4Chan simply is not as cool and edgy as it used to be.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 8:23:13 AM No.4422968
i didn't change any habits- just kept shooting as normal. but i missed having a carefree place to post pictures and talk about photography
>>4422750
same. sure the average post quality is literal garbage here, but i don't need to login and i can go look at every post without having to sift through 75 ads and sponsored content. board culture could use work, but the 4chan structure is good. nice mood btw but i wish the subject was isolated more
>>4422751
welcome back, fellow pervert
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 8:26:39 AM No.4422969
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>>4422968
el photo drop

>>4422811
i've been intuiting this the hard way but hadn't realized consciously or so plainly until you mentioned it
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 11:02:02 AM No.4422981
I went and photographed beehives and beekepers
got chased by fucking bees for like 500m and had 2 stuck in my hair buzzing loudly behind my ears
I wasn't even close to the hive, fuck these motherfuckers
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Zach
4/28/2025, 11:14:13 AM No.4422983
In my mind I was expecting a news documentary from RapeApe, talking about his adventures of 4chan giving an obituary of the good times on the site. I was also kind of expecting me to finally get my lolcow status so that I can finally have my youtube channel be popular as well as my images.
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 11:34:22 AM No.4422984
Being honest, I missed /p/ a lot.

I'm a brazilian that lives in Japan, none of my friends likes photography so here was the only place I could get some real feedbacks on my photos.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 1:24:14 PM No.4422991
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>>4422611 (OP)
The deer are tame in these parts.
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 1:35:15 PM No.4422992
Anons, I did a few threads about the history of photography last year and was thinking about doing some again but this time about photographers I like (not in a historical way, simply presenting them)
Would that interest any of you or is it a waste of threads?
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 2:01:42 PM No.4422995
>>4422992
please do
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 2:57:51 PM No.4422997
>>4422992
Please do!
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 3:21:23 PM No.4423002
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>>4422897
Ok, cool. Don't hesitate to post your handle in the next Instagram thread.

>>4422918
Eh, second time I'm helping you friend : https://hacksnation.com/d/8715-download-magnum-photos-gregory-halpern-documentary-sur-realism-for-free
I find Alex Soth boring as fuck, what do you see in him?

>>4422955
Post them when you do!
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 3:21:54 PM No.4423003
>>4422958
We grew older. That doesn't mean we can't be fun sometimes.

>>4422981
Hahaha, bees are territorial, use a protection next time.

>>4422984
You're in kinoland and you're still posting? Don't go back until you bring something good!
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 3:30:43 PM No.4423004
>>4422992
By all means, go for it.
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4/28/2025, 3:32:18 PM No.4423006
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I was home for my 40th birthday doing a LAN party so I spent most of my time doing that and not being on the internet.

I brought a 2006 era cam too.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 4:38:10 PM No.4423015
>>4423006
lol the communist trucker has a midlife crisis
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 5:11:54 PM No.4423019
>>4422611 (OP)
After trying alternative forums I realized that Instagram and Reddit are both dead/bot farms. the amount of AI is a real headscratcher, and they all seem to be for lack of a better term "wierd." Somewhere along the line photography got pushed to the side for TikTok dances, OF ads, political propaganda... basically anything but photography and constructive discussion. I mean people shit talk on here and I kind of like that, but I need to find a new forum that fits.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 5:16:32 PM No.4423020
>>4423019
Reddit is a hivemind / botfarm / indian shitting ground (unsure which one is worst). The only use I can get out of reddit that I don't from 4chan, is that it keeps an archive of it's porn lol.
Instagram/Tiktok/Twitter etc. are just circlejerks where the algo either assfucks any good content away, or you end up scrolling through a mountain of irrelevant shit to maybe see one or two decent things. Not worth.

4chan is a happy middle ground where the only bots we have are the brand shills. Sure we have the occasionaly jeet being paid $1/hr to hype up m43 gear but if that's the price of being able to see and post threads that have actual content in them (sometimes), then done.
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 5:48:37 PM No.4423028
Alec Soth - Preacher Man
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>>4423002
Thanks for the link man! I wasn't the anon that asked for it initially but I did hop on the occasion and downloaded the course
One of the critiques I get the most on here is that my photography lacks coherence as a whole, the individual photos are good (the very few that are) but have no link between each other
I enjoyed Soth's course because he's good at explaining things and kinda made me understand how to edit and link photos together into a coherent project
I bought his Sleeping by the Mississippi book and enjoyed it actually, I'm less attracted to the fancy stuff that is in style today and really dig the simple yet narratively strong work of his
For me it's photo reportage over technical abstract artsy photos (not that it's a bad thing)
Since you are french, have you seen Guillaume Blot's book "Rades"?
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 7:32:56 PM No.4423073
>>4423028
I see, you're more into documentary stuff.

>Since you are french, have you seen Guillaume Blot's book "Rades"?
No, but I've heard of it, since the cafés are part of the core of French identity. I'll snatch a copy out of curiosity.
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Anonymous
4/28/2025, 7:43:53 PM No.4423074
I didn't even notice it was down for a week. Post timers and captcha drove me away. ngl, It was fun figuring how demented our jannies are. Still, I hope pete's all right, that dumbass should know better than register by his site.
Anonymous
4/28/2025, 11:54:03 PM No.4423126
>>4423073
Man that link is kinda ass, I can only download half then have to wait 5h to continue downloading only to be scammed into not being able to download the rest after having waited for half a day,,,
No Halpern for me I guess
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 1:40:19 AM No.4423142
I realised that being connected to so many reviews and spec sheets etc, AFTER I've already bought the camera that suits my need, was just poisoning my mind
I finally started going out and taking photos, what do you know, it's actually fun
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 1:45:13 AM No.4423145
>>4422751
>you're a heckin incel creep weirdo lock him up
>but a 40 year old woman taking photos of teenagers, in their uniform, faces unblurred with no permission? that's fine, slay queen
https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/1it1u8j/imagine_being_posted_by_billie_eilish_in_your/
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 1:46:40 AM No.4423147
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>>4422751
holy fucking kino
You can feel the superior alpha pigeon aura
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 1:48:07 AM No.4423148
>>4422837
What are they doing?
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4/29/2025, 1:57:48 AM No.4423153
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>>4423015

>You will never enjoy the thrill of killing a 12-pack of Bawls in 2003 at 4am in between Unreal Tournament Instagib matches after you captured the game-winning flag for your team, in the middle of a Cat 3 hurricane in the upstairs bedroom of your friend's whitewash upper-class neighborhood

Sucks to be you
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 3:07:20 AM No.4423158
>>4423148
Finishing a concrete slab with a bull float
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 6:15:32 PM No.4423265
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I got paid for a gig for the first time and im having anxiety about how every other photographer is better than me in the area and yet i have 2 other bookings. Ill never be able to compete with digital but atleast i can develop/scan film within 12 hours of the gig for the clients.

I also been doing night photography with expired EXR film.
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 7:02:03 PM No.4423280
>>4423265
If they like it they like it, don't second guess it too much
I'm in the same boat and for some reason get asked again and again, just go with the flow
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 8:36:58 PM No.4423321
>>4423126
Just use Jdownloader 2, the file is legit.

>>4423265
Congratulations anon, never show anxiety to your clients and everything will be fine.
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 9:01:27 PM No.4423324
>>4423280
>>4423321
Thank for the replies, its for bands and other artists so they have an avant garte portrait or band photo since as much as i hate to say it but i try to match the "vibe" of an artist.
It was weird when i went to my first show for free and was making 100/hr for taking pics of the band. A few people walked up to me and said they were a fan of stuff they saw on my IG and had screenshots of my photos on tap i was taken back by it desu. Shits weird when you have people complimenting you and asking for deeper meaning when in reapity i just it was cool.
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 9:37:08 PM No.4423329
>>4423324
>Shits weird when you have people complimenting you
I understand that it would feel weird when you're used to /p/ kek
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 9:52:58 PM No.4423333
>>4423329
/p/ is the perfect training hub, hahaha
Anonymous
4/29/2025, 10:10:15 PM No.4423339
>>4423321
>As of 2024-07 this means that free users can not download files >=5GB from mega using JDownloader!
I really tried
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 10:11:04 PM No.4423340
>>4423339
I just did, and I have no account. But I have a VPN.
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 10:14:14 PM No.4423341
>>4423340
Guess I need to get a VPN, is there one for people who refuse to paypig?
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 10:21:04 PM No.4423345
>>4423341
Not really.
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 10:23:26 PM No.4423346
>>4423341
mullvad is the best vpn out there
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:10:20 PM No.4423358
>>4423345
>>4423346
Thanks, ended up getting a VPN and paying (kinda makes me sad but it is what it is) am still getting the message
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:11:22 PM No.4423360
>>4423358
sorry :(
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:35:15 PM No.4423364
>>4423360
mind sending it to me through a 10min mail and wetransfer or swisstransfer?
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:41:52 PM No.4423365
>>4423364
https://transfert.free.fr/iGG5qHK
code XDJ
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:48:50 PM No.4423366
>>4423365
Holy shit thanks for babysitting me!
I'll name my first photo expo after you anon
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Anonymous
4/29/2025, 11:49:51 PM No.4423368
>>4423365
>>4423366
and merci Xavier Niel
Anonymous
4/30/2025, 3:30:28 PM No.4423508
>>4423366
Now that you said it, you'd better do it!

>>4422837
Nice picture and composition.
Anonymous
5/3/2025, 4:35:58 PM No.4424271
>>4423365
The course is cool but Gregory Halpern is such a pussy lmao
Anonymous
5/25/2025, 4:09:51 PM No.4429589
>>4422611 (OP)
was this taken in cologne per chance
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 5:50:04 PM No.4429606
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>>4422786
>>4422834
EXIF attracts the Schizo's like flies to shit. Keeping them away is worth losing it imo.

And while the technical details could be interesting, losing it takes us back to the basics of what makes us appreciate a picture - subject, lighting and composition. It also levels the playing field between film and digital.

In a lot of ways, judging pictures by their exif was like judging people by their skin color. I, for one, embrace the exif free /p/.
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 5:51:33 PM No.4429607
>>4429606
now i get to ask m43 people which phone they have
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 6:31:05 PM No.4429615
>>4429607
>posts photo taken with flagship olympus that cost several thousand dollars+
>"Wow, that almost looks as good as my nokia from 2012"
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 8:08:07 PM No.4429653
>>4429615
it really does!
Anonymous
5/25/2025, 8:58:37 PM No.4429665
>>4423028
holy shit that's good, there's like this look, this old school unattainable pro look
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 10:01:40 PM No.4429677
>>4429665
>unattainable
High SNR camera - Z7II, DX medium format, LF film
50mm eq. lens, must be reasonably sharp wide open. Not G master sharp but not pentax soapy either.
Get closer
Hold the camera up high because perspective distortion still exists at 50mm eq
4:5 crop
Anonymous
5/25/2025, 11:35:21 PM No.4429694
>>4429589
Sorry but no :(

>>4429607
My poor buddy, new /p/ must be hard on you.
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Anonymous
5/25/2025, 11:37:55 PM No.4429695
>>4429694
I saw the same trees in there so thought I ask
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Anonymous
5/28/2025, 6:46:43 PM No.4430528
>>4429606
But I do judge ppl based on their skin color. How else would I display my superior pattern recognitions skills otherwise?
Anonymous
5/28/2025, 7:29:58 PM No.4430549
>>4429606
It will make it easier to crop my m43 pictures to 3:2 and say that it's a Z9 with S lenses. Always makes me laugh when /p praises it.
Anonymous
5/28/2025, 9:42:16 PM No.4430584
>>4429695
The flowers are long gone, sadly. :(