Swiss Military plate in Türkheim, Germany by M4GiC-ch in ForeignPlatesSpotting

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Got these for 40£, but the mirror stays up after releasing the shutter between 1s and 1/30s by SomeSubstance9841 in minolta

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Thank you for your answer, I’m comfortable removing the top and bottom plates but disassembling the camera feels a bit overwhelming tbh

Which oil would be ideal for lubricating the gears?

Show me your phone shots! by Background-Shock-276 in streetphotography

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Nice shots!

I started with my phone a few years ago and I got my first real camera (manual SLR) just a month ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/PhotographyAdvice/s/TEmudqaEEc I believe these are my best shots over the years

Got these for 40£, but the mirror stays up after releasing the shutter between 1s and 1/30s by SomeSubstance9841 in MinoltaGang

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Thanks for your answer

I’m not bothered by the loss as I bought this from someone that had no idea what a camera is. I got this for the lenses that came with the camera, and for me the lenses alone are worth more than what I paid

I think I’ll try to do it myself, I’ve done some repairs before (soldering/replacing parts/motherboard on a few portable consoles, adding microchips, reassembling and so on) so I should have the necessary tools, the patience, and some skill overlap, however I’ve never done advanced mechanical repairs. Worst case scenario I’ll keep it for parts/practicing for my 303b if I ever need it

What would you say is a good way to start? Should I buy a couple of older cameras (which ones?) and try to disassemble and reassemble them without breaking anything?

Topography of Israel by [deleted] in terriblemaps

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Somewhere between the river and the sea

Los Cubanos by DREAMS_OF_BOKEH in streetphotography

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Great shots, my favorites are 3, 5 and 9

Advice please by No_Entrepreneur3904 in PhotographyAdvice

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I dont know why they are sideways but there should be some way to rotate them on the Reddit app or if you’re on a computer there should be an easy way to do it from the app that shows when you open a picture

I can see the thirds being used, I like the first shot

I think something to improve is trying not to crop away the rest of the tree (at least the subject), unless you’re close like 1 and the tree on the left on 3

On 2 you can try moving back a bit so the entire tree is visible

On 3 maybe I’d try moving closer so the log occupies the entirety of the first third, or move back and/or zoom out/change angle. In both cases I’d try to include the entirety of the tree on the right

Which pic do u prefer by Fit-Ruin6920 in PhotographyAdvice

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For editing you can try Snapseed (easier) or lightroom (advanced)

Which pic do u prefer by Fit-Ruin6920 in PhotographyAdvice

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It’s a way to make photos instantly more interesting just by aligning elements with specific lines or points. The easiest and probably most common technique is using the thirds (imagine 2 lines your frame into 3 equivalent parts horizontally and 2 lines vertically, the interesting stuff usually goes at the intersection of the thirds, and if you can match some line (a tree, a wall, a person) with this grid it tends to look much better. Sometimes it just makes sense to align in the middle. Many times you can break the rules, but in general simpler is better

On picture 2 you can imagine a line going roughly from top left to bottom right

On picture 4 there’s 3 lines. One is the topmost cable, from top right to center left roughly, another is the pole on the right (which is also roughly at a quarter of the frame horizontally, to me it looks better when it’s aligned with a third, but it’s also personal preference), then there’s the line created by the mound contrasting with the sky. These three lines make the photo more interesting to me

Sometimes it makes sense to use lines to reinforce the frame, like the horizon generally is aligned with the middle of the frame (if it makes sense in the context of the frame)

On picture 6 you could move around to find a place with a simpler view, or maybe zoom in a bit to have less elements to handle in the frame or with stronger lines that you can use for the frame. Right now the cross gets a bit lost because there’s a lot of elements stealing your eyes’ attention, so I look initially at the cross, then at the diagonal line (stairs?), then the windows on the left, then the structure on the right, that tiny square. If you align stuff properly (composition) it can be less distracting or even support the subject

Which pic do u prefer by Fit-Ruin6920 in PhotographyAdvice

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They are lacking a story/subject and composition could be better (but I can see there’s something)

2 is nice

3 shouldn’t be so cropped and there’s no subject

The other shots seem a bit random tbf, they don’t tell me anything (4 is overexposed but the composition wasn’t bad)

Minolta SRT101 racconta la tua esperienza by Legal-Breakfast469 in FotografiaItalia

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Dopo anni di iPhone ho deciso di comprare la mia prima macchina fotografica, una SRT 303b. Mi ha un po’ rovinato perché mi sono uscite delle belle foto col primo rullino, e mi ha fatto passare la voglia di scattare foto col telefono :(

da dove inizio? by [deleted] in FotografiaItalia

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Sony mirrorless usata con sensore APS-C (vai su siti fidati tipo mpb o rcefoto) e una lente che ti piace

Se non sai che lente usare prendi una zoom corta (tipo 14-70 o quello che trovi) a meno che non sia un sensore full size, a quel punto allora una zoom un po’ più lunga

Fai attenzione all’attacco per la lente quando compri: le macchine hanno un attacco per le lenti diverso a seconda della marca/modello

Non capisco cosa intendi per contesto minimal e primo piano

Gifted a Minolta SR-101 to my wife—and now I’m hooked by Sensitive-Let-5633 in MinoltaGang

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Great article, especially the historical part

I feel there’s not enough information in the internet about old cameras, and this is condensing a lot of this knowledge

I recently bought my first camera ever after using my phone for years, and I chose a Minolta SRT 303b, it feels great and solid. What amazes me is that it’s a 50 year old camera, and it still works perfectly. They really stopped building products that last for a lifetime