MPB Lens fungus? Recently bought a Tamron SP 70-300 off MPB, lens description said “small amount of moisture in lens and won’t effect quality”, it’s about 17 days after I’ve bought this lens and I’ve came to notice about 3 tiny spores of what looks like fungus growing on the front element, although this doesn’t effect image quality, it wasn’t mentioned on the li…

What lenses do you shoot with? Hey all! I’ve been shooting events and portraits as a free-lance photographer with 1 body and my 24-70 2.8 and so far it’s served me well — though i find myself wishing i had a little more reach occasionally! I’m looking to get 2 bodies (excluding a 70-200 2.8) and I’m currently thinking of pairing my 24-70 with a 135mm for telephoto shots. But…

Is it safe to sell on eBay? I’ve sold a graphics card before and the buyer sent me a bogus screenshot of the “cores failing”. I want to sell my z7ii body, but I’m terrified of this happening to me. Has anyone ever gotten scammed so easily selling a camera or lens? submitted by /u/No-Manufacturer-2425

My Camera just came in, what else do I need before I start? Do I need a filter for my lens or anything else? Just got my first camera, thank you for the communities help. It came with one battery and a charger. I also got one lens for now because it’s all I can currently afford. What else do I need before start shooting picture. I working on getting a camera bag. Should I also get a camera strap. Do I need a filter for my lens. Also what size memory ca…

What is best way to clean lens, how do y’all do it. What is best practice for Camera cleaning routine? I just got my first lens and camera and would like to keep good maintenance of both. What is the best way to clean my lens and what is good maintenance routine I should do for Camera submitted by /u/UneducatedPojo

Problems exporting from Lightroom, help? Can’t figure out how to export photos out of Lightroom classic into a folder where I can upload them onto the internet. submitted by /u/TheGreatCratsby

Lens sound normal? I purchased a Samyang 35-150 for a safari trip, and absolutely loved the lens. Maybe I got a good example, but it’s been solid with great image quality and almost no lens creep. The issue is that it’s making a slight “chunk chunk” sound when gaining focus (AF) at 35mm. As I extend the barrel to zoom in, the sound gets softer and eventually goes …

What have you learned about photography over years of practice? This is a question for those who have practiced photography over a number of years. What are some things that you have learned or gotten better at, advice you would give your earlier self? Unlike other arts, like learning an instrument or dance where there is a curriculum, I feel like with photography the advice is just “shoot more”, but I wonde…

In honor of the end of 2024, what accomplishments did you make this year? For me, my biggest one would have to be the fact that I actually started lol. It’s been 8 months since I started, and im so proud of everything I’ve done in that time. Excited to build my business and see what I can accomplish in the new year. What photography based accomplishments did you do this year? Happy 2025, everyone!!! submitted by …

What to do with ‘leftover’ negatives? I have a batch of photos and negatives from the 1970s-80s-90s etc before digital took over – I have already digitized most of the good ones – I need to clean out the photos/negatives and they’re not really worth archiving = I can send people photos to those persons, I can save some just because == but I don’t need the negatives – can…

Overwhelmed – help with Beginner setup? Hello! I’m looking at getting a new fancy digital camera for a few different reasons and I’m completely overwhelmed with options. I’ve read many reviews online including places like dpreview, I’ve talked to my local camera shop, and done some other readings on camera Info and ecosystems. I’m sharing the camera and hoping to use it for the fol…

Photoshop VS Lightroom – For an experienced Graphic Designer? Hi all! For context: I recently took some holiday pictures of my family just to mess around. My wife had an old D3400 that she hadn’t used in 5+ years that I broke out and messed around with. I actually had a ton of fun playing with it and have pretty much spent the majority of the last 2 days getting familiar with the camera, taking pictures, e…

Which eye do you shoot with when using the view finder? I was in a Best Buy the other day that actually had camera’s you can touch. Of interest to me was the Sony A7CII. I had been curious about this camera and was thinking about complimenting my Fuji X-T5 with it. What surprised me the range finder design. I brought it up to my right eye and it just felt weird. And then I had the realization that I …

Gear advice to achieve a similiar look? Is the following gear going to work – AD600BM as the main flash with a 120 softbox. Then two MS300V as the other flashes with 30×120 softboxes ( is it better to go with a 35×160 for them?) And how wide should the backdrop be? Would 2 metres be enough submitted by /u/JCOLE6969

Which lightweight camera for traveling? (better than phone, ultrawide capability and people) At the moment I use two bodies for traveling, Canon R5 and R with two prime lenses, 14mm and 28mm. extreme good picture quality but changing the bodies and weight are my reason I want to switch to only one camera with a zoom lense. Yes I could buy another Canon RF 15-35 2.8 lense, but this is not really pocketable and lightweight, too. Then I th…

Website?? So I’m a few months into photography right now and need help finding a right website for photos. I want to be able to upload photos and allow people to download them for free becuase I take pictures for my high school. What site would allow me to do that? I’ve heard adobe portfolio doesn’t really have full quality downloads through web browsers …

Is Lightroom for iPad worth it? I have an iPad Air 5 M1 2022, with an Apple Pencil. I also have a Bluetooth Logitech mouse for it (not as precise as on a computer but it works). As my camera + lens is heavy, I thought I could use my iPad for RAW editing. For economical reasons, I’ve decided to go back to Canon DPP instead of LR on my computer, but I prefer LR in terms of desig…

what should i do when i can’t see through the viewfinder bcs of my eyesight? long story short i bought a used nikon d40 that has no live screen so therefore i have to use the viewfinder. i thought it was no problem before buying it, but when i tried to take a photo i couldn’t see properly. i have glasses (-2) and even if i adjust the viewfinder it s not enough for my vision. wearing glasses while you use the viewfinder i…

Any thoughts on this lenses setup? Are these good deals? Hi All! Just getting started with full frame photography using the Sony line. I had the Sony a6000 for about 8 years now and have been using the kit lenses with the 50mm f1.8 prime lenses for photography. I use the a6000 for a couple of years for traveling, architecture, landscape, and protraits but now want to step up for…

New-to-me Canon EF-S 17-55 lens soft? Hello! I just made my first lens purchase since buying my Canon 77d +lenses six years ago. I went for an old Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 from MPB because it’s more budget friendly, and it looked like it was supposed to be one of the higher quality efs lenses canon has made. I took it for a quick test today, and thought that the photos ended up lookin…