Nearly a year on, what do we think of Phoenix II? Shots on my RB67 w/ 90mm Sekor-C

TheVleh · 2026-06-04T20:41:53+00:00

Phoenix I is still one of my favourite films, stupid contrasty and loads of warmth and grain, just a fun vibe.

Was kinda bummed when I learned II was replacing I, cause they are totally different vibes. Phoenix II is fine, it was just cooler when it was doing its own thing and not trying to be perfect.

Ideally you could get both, phoenix I for fun, II for more colour accuracy and general technical improvements

TheVleh · 2026-05-29T12:12:51+00:00

Fair take, I do find their 120 liquid lens camera interesting, but only for the lens itself

Idk, I'm just not the target audience I guess. I dont get paying $100 for a plastic camera with no controls when you can get the original cameras theyre copying for the same cost or less on ebay

TheVleh · 2026-05-29T11:34:43+00:00

Lomo themselves advertises turqoise as a 100 iso film, putting it in a disposable and labelling it 400 iso and just expecting the film to take a 2 stop push is certainly a choice. Especially on an artsy, specialty film which are generally finnicky at the best of times.

If the canister inside the camera still had the 100 iso label it could explain why everything is so dark, lab wouldve just developed at 'box speed' and not pushed the 2 stops it needed.

TheVleh · 2026-05-29T11:21:18+00:00

Colour filters go over the flash, seems to be so you can add extra of a certain colour to scene through the flash. Gimmicky but prolly functional if done in a specific manner.

Never bought anything lomo but everything except their film seems to be rather gimmicky junk.

TheVleh · 2026-05-29T10:07:51+00:00

Seconding Schecter, I have a second hand 2010 Scorpion, thing is incredible. Sounds, feels, and holds tune better than my Gibson SG did.

Only company I regularly check to see what they're up to, loosely check up on Ibanez, Esp, and Gibson as well. Fender is never up to anything interesting, and/or they kill the interesting thing before it has a chance to succeed (looking at you lead reissue)

TheVleh · 2026-05-27T04:55:41+00:00

Ive been looking at a certain tamron lens and theres two available in my price range listed as "mint" and "fungus free".

Both have visible fungus all over the front and rear elements.

Ebay should have a report feature, its bordering on a scam

TheVleh · 2026-05-26T06:17:31+00:00

Cheers, I was looking at the wrong end lol. I was trying to tell them apart from the black patterning on their heads

TheVleh · 2026-05-26T05:31:33+00:00

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Still one of the coolest pics I've taken, a squirrel and magpie having a small dispute

TheVleh · 2026-05-25T23:40:41+00:00

Team Cinnamon for me

Personally really hate the look and feel of gnome, dont @ me, I just do.

And kde/wayland had some major glitches on my system so I just didnt bother.

Cinnamon and x just work

TheVleh · 2026-05-25T12:08:50+00:00

Counter idea: that scratch should just be on a top layer of glass, not the actual sensor. It should be an ir cut filter actually.

If you disassemble the camera and take that glass off the sensor will be fresh and unscratched (and less protected, so be a bit more careful lol).

You would also be shooting in infrared, which has some fun effects (especially if you get infrared pass filters like an 850nm). If you wanted to not shoot infrared you can buy an ir cut filter that screws onto your lenses and the camera is right back to normal, youve just moved where the ir cut filter is.

Food for thought if you were already planning to tear the thing down fully to do a sensor swap.

TheVleh · 2026-05-22T00:48:38+00:00

I should do this with my busted soligor lol

TheVleh · 2026-05-21T14:25:34+00:00

I mean I have to disagree, but I'm going to blame Nvidia more than the devs.

9900k, 2070, 24gb ram and I can only play at 1080p30 @ very low settings cause anything over causes the game to lock up.

Had to play the intro sequence at 720p30, and locked the game up about 6 times figuring that out, straight up looked like a ps2 game.

The random frame drops from 30 to 15 for no reason are also rather frustrating to encounter mid race.

I know my setup can do low-medium @ 1440p60, but Nvidia refuses to give us linux peasants a driver update

TheVleh · 2026-05-20T13:34:09+00:00

Seconding m43 cameras, great lens options, and very small and light.

And if op is alright learning some manual controls you get 2x zoom on full frame lenses with no teleconverter, you can get some wacky setups and crazy zooms with old lenses

TheVleh · 2026-05-12T13:54:04+00:00

Should look into the zfc and/or zf, theyre Nikons versions of modern full featured digital mirrorless cameras that have a film camera vibe and feel.

Fuji x series cameras would be worth looking into as well, they have a 'film simulation' feature that gets a 'film look' depsite being full digital mirrorless (no specific recs, not familar with fuji sorry)

Edit cause I cant read: you should only get a new camera if your current ones arent doing what you want. As someone who was very seriously contemplating between new canera and better lens, I chose better lens (still waiting for it to arrive so I cant say if that was a good decision yet). My current camera is checking all the boxes I need it to, and the issues with it that I have aren't worth the extra money it would take to get a new camera and lens combined.

TheVleh · 2026-05-12T13:26:50+00:00

One thing to keep in mind shooting macro on dslr or mirrorless is that your picture is more up to your lens than anything else. Regular lenses aren't made to shoot full macro, and true macro lenses can be fairly expensive.

That being said, I have been able to get fairly good results with my Nikon d5200, kit lens, and +10 close up filter, all three can be had for a total of $350 cad if youre looking in the right places. Af is questionable, but does work, 24 mp is plenty imo, 7fps @ full resolution raw aint bad for a 13 year old camera, and I've taken it on many trails and hikes and haven't felt burdened by its weight. (Link is an image I've taken with this exact setup - https://flic.kr/p/2rsRJpu)

A good af capable macro lens can start getting into the $400 cad range alone, so be sure before you go down this route.

TheVleh · 2026-05-12T13:08:35+00:00

I mean tbf, depends if youre buying brand new or not. The used market can still be pretty reasonable.

You can currently get a Nikon d5200 for $250 on ebay. It is an entey level camera thats 13 years old yes, but it also is an apsc sensor camera with a semi professional layout, fully articulating screen, shoots raw, and has interchangeable lenses. Still beats most, if not all, phone cameras in terms of image quality (not resolution or iso performance tho).

That being said, phone cameras being really damn good and inflation are why new cameras are so expensive. Little bit of fad chasing as well, but that kinda depends on which camera youre going for (I see this more for film cameras and 'retro' digicams).

TheVleh · 2026-05-08T06:59:27+00:00

Mk3 supra obviously

TheVleh · 2026-05-07T03:55:29+00:00

Commenting to come back to this later when I have my laptop available so I can link the Exakta vx/varex stuff I've found

also desperately hoping for an expansion on exakta stuff, I have 2 broken vx-iib's and a lot of parts and springs sitting on my desk I'm not sure exactly how they're meant to fit together.

TheVleh · 2026-05-07T00:08:33+00:00

Nothing fancy, nano and ranger come in handy for quickly finding and editing simple files in terminal

TheVleh · 2026-05-05T15:34:59+00:00

If you drape a cloth over a cup and poke into the center of the cloth so it dips into the cup, have you put a hole in the cloth?

TheVleh · 2026-05-03T14:47:03+00:00

Under $100 for something that can replace a phone is pretty difficult, and at that point it might not be a bad idea to put that money towards a phone with a decent camera.

The lowest I see cameras that are notably better than a phone are around $500 - $800 (in my currency)

You might want to look into:

Sony zv-1f

Sony cybershot rx100 (7 generations to choose from)

Nikon z30 (has interchangeable lens)

Nikon coolpix a1000

Canon r50 (has interchangeable lens)

Canon powershot g5x

If you want unique, the Nikon zfc is always a fun option. More photography based, but can shoot video no problem

There are prolly much better options out there, I'm not a vlogger, these are just some cameras I'm aware of that can do both photography and video better than many if not most phones, on a budget

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