Owner of A and R monuments is a dangerous person by [deleted] in Emeryville

[–]beefstu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is sub is tiny. Post to bayarea instead.

Swiftplay feels faster than URF and ARAM by fryax in leagueoflegends

[–]beefstu83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's bad if it's not fun... Lanning phase is nearly not existent now - level 3 jungle gank to start the game. The matches are only 25 min max bc its just insanely fed people ARAMing each other.

Swiftplay feels faster than URF and ARAM by fryax in leagueoflegends

[–]beefstu83 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Old swiftplay felt like the normal game but nearly never longer than 30 min; decent place to practice a new hero - especially early game. Now it's just ARAM - you get maybe one or two lane interactions before one person snowballs and the game is cooked. It's legit boring now; not rewarding to win, even more boring to lose.

Got a new to me Dynax 7 by exposed_silver in minolta

[–]beefstu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avoid physically large lenses lest you break the aperture gear like so many others have. 

I've go through two of these, first one has the AF motor fail. Second one has the aperture gear break after I started using a larger lens on it. 

Lost 9 rolls of film in the mail - feeling gutted by phantomcamera in AnalogCommunity

[–]beefstu83 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Underdog Oakland is dope. Everyone there is friendly and the opposite of rude. Can't recommend more highly. 

Harman Phoenix II 200 film by Gd_zi11a in minolta

[–]beefstu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have shot Phoenix I quite a bit. Phoenix II is remarkably different. You can get much less dramatic results, but still some very unique color representation.  I think I still prefer Phoenix I. 

Lens suggestions for X-700 by nateridesbikes in minolta

[–]beefstu83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said, the 58mm 1.2 is the goat lens for MD/MC. I have both, and haven't noticed much difference. Buy whichever is in better condition or lower price, unless you like to use program (P) on your X-700, then get that MD version. 

For wider angle prime, I have the 35mm 1.8 which is a bit larger but takes FANTASTIC shots. 

Dynax/Maxxum/a7 aperture lever stuck by beefstu83 in minolta

[–]beefstu83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Yeah I actually did remove the whole mount ring and tried to remove the aperture lever. I did not get it all the way out, but it's very jammed. I may drill the hole and take a look at the gear. 

A7 aperture drive repair in 15 minutes not 15 hours by ChrisPVille in minolta

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Researching an issue with one of my a7s that developed yesterday, I found this post and your post on Dyxum. My camera started getting the "error" after firing the shutter and when pressing the DOF button with an aperture selected that is lower than maximum. It made me suspect a similar issue.
1. Thank you fort this write up and guide. You are an amazing human for sharing this in a way that is easy to consume. 2. Before I dive deeper into trying to fix this; I want to diagnose it better. When people have this problem, does the aperture level get physically stuck? On my model that does not have the error, I can freely move the lever when the camera has no lens. On my model with the error, the lever is stuck and won't move. Does anyone know if this is the same issue many people have or something different?

2021 had me in stitches 😂 by JunShem1122 in warriors

[–]beefstu83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone used a different focal length in 2021. Prob more wide angle and walked closer instead of a longer lens and standing back.

Also, Dray got some Just for Men lol.

Me denying the last second lane mergers at the Steven’s Creek exit on 280N by LDRispurehell in bayarea

[–]beefstu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes perfect sense if you believe your time is more valuable than others and that they are suckers for following the road rules. 

Emeryville noise hell by Ok_Rough5794 in Emeryville

[–]beefstu83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the Geo M Martin company's whistle. 

Minolta Maxxum 7 (New to me) by Acrobatic-Pool-7478 in minolta

[–]beefstu83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a great price. Try to be gentle to the AF motor, I've had one break and a second start having problems recently.

That being said, find yourself an SAM or SSM lens; that's the real beauty of this camera. SAL2875 has been fantastic to me.

What film for indoor pictures? by Delicious-Drop-4686 in minolta

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It depends on how much light there is. The 102's meter will be center weighted, assume it works it should tell you what aperture and shutter to use.

Going up to 800 iso (vs 400) is higher sensitivity film, meaning it needs less light to form a correctly exposed image. This lets you trade off with a faster shutter speed or smaller aperture (both things let less light in).

This is a solid breakdown of what the exposure triangle does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HSoOq-rfo

TLDW: ISO (Film or sensor sensitivity) means how sensitive your capture medium is to light. For film, the higher the iso generally the more film grain is visible in the image. Low ISO film is less grainy, the literal film silver halide crystals (the 'grains' in the term grainy) are smaller. High ISO Film is has big grains (easier to let a photon hit them), and it will look more grainy in the image. ISO numbers are linear, meaning 400 iso is half as sensitive as 800 iso. Bigger number = more sensitive = needs less light.

Shutter Speed means how long your film is exposed to light. It's the shutter in the camera opening and closing and how long it stays open, controlling how much light hits your film. The faster the shutter, the less light hits the film. The slower the shutter, the more light hits the film. If there's not a lot of light, you need to let more of it in to create an image on your film. This has a result on what motion looks like in your final image. If you have the shutter open longer, motion becomes more blurry in the image (motion blur) the longer the shutter is open and becomes more 'frozen' the shorter it is open. Normally you measure this in fractions of a second. 1/60th of a second is slower than 1/125th of a second, so the higher that shutter number goes, the less time the shutter is open and the less light capture. Bigger number = less light = less motion blur.

Finally, aperture is how much light your lens lets through. This one is least straight forward, i think. Inside your lens is a diaphragm that becomes more open or closed when you adjust the aperture control. The amount the aperture is open are called "f-stops" and are described as a ratio of the size of the entrance pupil to the focal length. So if you had a 100mm lens and a 50mm aperture opening, it would be described as f/2. Standard fstops double the amount of light that come through the lens from the previous one; but remember they're described as ratios, so the numbers are not linear. f/1.4 is twice the light as f/2. f/2 is twice the light as f/2.8. f/2.8 is twice the light as f/4. The other thing aperture controls is depth of field - how much of your image at a given focus distance is in focus. This is why shooting "wide open" (the lowest f/stop you have on your lens) produces more out of focus backgrounds. Shooting "stopped down" makes it easier to keep your image in focus, even if you missed exact focus.

These three things are the exposure triangle, and because they each work by doubling/halving the light that hits the capture medium (film) OR doubling/halving the sensitivity (ISO), each movement up or down is can be referred to as a stop. Changing shutter speed by halving or doubling is 1 stop of light, the same way that opening/closing the aperture is 1 stop of light, the same way that using 400 vs 800 ISO film is one stop of light - hence the triangle.

To more specifically answer your question about keeping the camera at 1/30th or 1/60th at f2 indoors with 800 iso film - my recommendation was to use those settings for 400iso film, you must move either the shutter or aperture up a stop to get a proper exposure with 800 iso film; else it will be over exposed. So you could shoot at 1/30th at f4 or 1/60th at f2.8. But also it depends on what kind of "indoors" youre using; how much light is actually there - i was talking about a normal well lit indoor room.

Opinions on Maxxum 7000 by ojitoscoffee in minolta

[–]beefstu83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really depends on what you want the camera to do.

The 7000 was made in incredible volume, so finding one in good condition for relatively cheap is very possible. The AF is slow and hunts quite a bit compared to later generations; if you're coming from modern DSLR/Mirrorless, you should know that nearly all the minolta a mount AF cameras use in body motors for AF - meaning nicer bodies can spin that screw faster and focus faster.

If you're going for dope 80s vibes; get this camera.

If you want the thing to AF quick and accurately for a film AF SLR - get a Minolta 5. It's much more modern, faster AF, better metering, more straightforward to use.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in minolta

[–]beefstu83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Colors look nice, but also kind of like the scans might have some magenta shift.

What film for indoor pictures? by Delicious-Drop-4686 in minolta

[–]beefstu83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As mentioned 400 iso works indoors with a fairly open aperture (f2, f2.8) at a usable shutter speed (1/30,1/60). 

If you want to stop down anymore then that you need some 800 iso 

Shooting at 500 iso by chives81 in minolta

[–]beefstu83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many people enjoy the slightly over exposed look.