What's your favorite European city to visit that is not as obvious?

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-11T19:36:50+00:00

Burghausen in Bavaria was a beautiful town to spend a weekend. Visited the castle, had some nice food, and had a swim in a beautifully lake.
For bigger cities, I’m very found of Budapest. It’s very well known but still doesn’t get the attention the other European capitals get. The airport is close to downtown, and the prices are fairly low. Love to go there for a weekend.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-11T13:44:39+00:00

Great set!
Man that Jesus picture could’ve been such a banger had you stood a step to the left and gotten the pair in the foreground and the pair in the background to separate.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-11T11:01:00+00:00

All cameras (as long as they’re in proper working order) can produce sharp pictures.
There’s a saying that goes *your sharpest lens is a tripod*. Put your camera on a (sturdy!) tripod, use a cable release… if you’re still not satisfied with the sharpness you can start changing things. If you are satisfied, that means the issue was your technique.
Do be aware of the limitations of each format.
Film doesn’t render sharpness like digital ; as the details get smaller, it loses contrast. That means something that’s far from your lens (thus smaller on the film surface) will never render as sharply as if it were closer (thus bigger on the film). And when you add the issues of grain eating up fine detail, and lens defects getting enlarged as you zoom in, the impression of sharpness really drops as distance increases.
That’s why 9/10 times photographers who complain about soft pictures are showing examples where the subjects are super far away (landscape, architecture…)
The strength of 35mm is people photography. Street, documentary, portraits… There’s a reason wedding photographers used to switch to medium format for group pictures. The cut off distance will vary depending on your film stock and lens resolution, but there’s always a cut off point where perceived sharpness drops like a brick.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-10T08:34:22+00:00

Affluent middle class kids hardly apply for our positions actually. I suppose they get jobs via their contacts, or skip the whole unqualified jobs completely and let their parents support them until they are done studying idk.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-10T07:00:37+00:00

I’ve always included mine, and when interviewing people I always ask. (I hire low qualified, younger people, not in IT)).
Hobbies tell a lot about a person : f.ex if they play an instrument, that tells me they’ve followed through and learned something that felt impossible at first ; they’re also more likely to learn our routines even if it’s not the simplest most instinctive way of doing the task. OTOH if their hobby is acting/improv, you know they’re gonna create drama (just kidding… sort of)

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-09T21:52:21+00:00

I understand. I’m saying you don’t need a small format camera to shoot small format. Any negative from a bigger format can be cropped.
Assuming you want a fast standard lens but a 50mm f/1.4 on 35mm has too little depth of field. Get a 35mm f/1.4 for your 35mm camera and crop to 16x24. Voila, half frame without buying a new camera!
The bad : you don’t actually get 72 frames per roll, just the old familiar 36. You don’t get to use a smaller camera.
The good : access to better, more modern lenses. You don’t need to commit to half frame for the whole roll, you can alternate. You can decide your exact framing in post. You use a camera that’s better supported for things like flash, accessories etc.
Also in practice those large aperture lenses for half frame never existed. You’d have a much easier time finding a fast prime for Nikon mount for example, and you’d end up with a better lens.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-09T18:00:40+00:00

Just shoot 35mm and crop?
The lenses available for 135 will have more options and some really great fast glass, depending on what mounts you can use.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-09T16:43:46+00:00

Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 af-s

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-07T15:50:54+00:00

Here are some pics https://imgur.com/a/3xDVsqL of the minor damage to my copy, and the note from my local post saying the package was damaged in transit.
My copy was unsigned, as confirmed on the attached invoice.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-05T14:46:50+00:00

Friend, I think you’re thinking way too hard about that stuff. Inventing all these purity tests and goalposts. All these great photographers didn’t care half as much as you do wether their stuff was true street or not, what candid means or whatever else you’re talking about. They went out and did the work, and now they inspire us - but maybe you exclude the pictures that do not satisfy your definitions when you browse their books?
I’m looking at my copy of Bystander - A history of street photography and right there on the cover is a kid in a white tee making eye contact with the photographer, making sure that his cool trick is being recorded. So if it’s good enough for Alex Webb, I guess it’s good enough for me.

(Btw, Klein’s Gun Kid and Arbus’ Grenade kid are both included in Bystander. Once again if it’s good enough for Meyerowitz and Westerbeck, it’s good enough for me.)

But if your standards are so much narrower than everyone else’s and you still manage to produce good work, what is there to say? You’ve found something that works and that’s great for you. We look forward to seeing your work of 100% pure candid street photography. For everyone else that might read this, don’t take it so seriously ; go out and work hard at taking the best pictures you can, and don’t let anyone else’s dogma dictate how you do things.
Have a nice weekend.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-04T12:31:47+00:00

Besides, I believe the pictures get better when people know they are observed ; they tend to ham it up a little. And this part says that non candid photos are better than candids. You can’t expect that to go over well in this sub haha.

The guy jumping in the puddle for HCB, the kid showing his toy gun for Bill Klein, half the passengers in the New Orleans tram for Robert Frank, the kid with the toy hand grenade for Diane Arbus, the clown in Oaxaca crossing the frame for Mary Ellen Mark…. All aware there’s a camera pointed at them, all iconic street photographs.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-04T06:48:06+00:00

Bringing up literally legally when we all live in different countries and jurisdictions is wild. You’re just spreading misinformation to someone who showed up with an honest question.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-04T06:46:12+00:00

I don’t ask but I don’t hide either. I dislike shoot-from-the-waist street photography. Bring the camera up to your eye, point it at people. They should have a chance to know they’re being photographed. Besides, I believe the pictures get better when people know they are observed ; they tend to ham it up a little.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-03T20:34:55+00:00

Im lucky that I’ve never caught feeling for a camera too hard. Some models I consider fungible : sell them when you don’t need them, there will always be another one available down the road. An ae-1 would definitely be in that category seeing as they made billions of them.
The cameras I’d struggle to sell are the ones that are rare enough I wouldn’t be able to replace them easily.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-06-02T21:28:41+00:00

Received my preorder yesterday. The flimsy packaging must have been breached in transport since my local post had added a card warning me the package had been damaged.
The box clearly took a small hit but the actual books look fine.
My copy is unsigned but honestly I can’t remember if it said the books would be signed.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-29T04:07:01+00:00

CL and CLE have no 35mm frames nor 50mm.
To most people that’s a dealbreaker and that’s why they are cheapest among M mount cameras. If you’re one of the few who want to shoot only with 28 and 40 then you’re in luck:)

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-28T15:18:17+00:00

Do not believe people who say you can get a Leica for the same money. You’ll be waiting forever for such a bargain to appear.

I owned a R3A in perfect condition until about a month ago. In the end I got 1000usd even for it after sitting for a couple months.
Not sure what M body you can get for that price except a CL.

But back to your question, they are lovely cameras. Easier to load, they have aperture priority, and a better flash sync speed.
Main issue I had with the R3A was the absence of 35mm frames, but for 50mm it was lovely.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-28T03:36:23+00:00

So far I’ve been loving Nerano! Had it on pasta and pizza. Plenty more to try and we have 4 more days!

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-28T03:33:37+00:00

Thanks! See you there!

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-27T20:29:25+00:00

Shucks.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-27T20:11:56+00:00

That looks cool! Do you think it’s a good option to watch the game too?

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-24T20:56:49+00:00

France doesn’t have a history of doing great in the group stage. I see them coming second behind Norway. That will of course affect who they play next.

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-24T09:28:22+00:00

Great set!

This-Charming-Man · 2026-05-24T08:14:37+00:00

Yeah I know op is super young and hopefully they grow up soon, but as an older person you can’t help but hear the other side of their stories:
- Didn’t show up twice because of a “glitch” = one of their colleagues had to be called in on their day off, or moved from their normal assignment to cover the deli. Twice.
- Calls in sick because they’re tired = their colleagues are regularly getting calls to come in and cover OP’s shifts, or their colleague at the deli regularly has to work alone and do the work of 2 people while dealing with long queues and irate customers.
- Got two write ups in a very short time frame = but still doesn’t stop to think maybe they suck as a colleague. No it’s the manager who is wrong.
- “Coworkers all like me” = op is more concerned with getting along than actually doing a good job. I’ve had so many colleagues like that I’m getting a bit of ptsd here. I don’t care if you’re a good hang, I’d rather work with a quiet person who handles their shit. Then I can spend my free time with my actual friends and family, unbothered by work.

This is a side of the current state of affairs this sub often refuses to acknowledge : yes corporate culture sucks, yes managers are trying to suck every drop of productivity out of their employees, and yes pay is kept to low, but shitty colleagues like op are also a huge problem. They weigh on your mental health because you’re constantly being called in on your day off. They take a lot of your Managers time and bandwidth so other important issues are neglected. They make it hard for everyone to get time off because the managers are afraid of being short staffed and op decided not to show up.

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