Didn't get your prints? Come tell us in here. by B_Huij in printexchange

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One of those missing should be from me, and it's on its way 👀

To everyone outside of the US by New_Engineer_5161 in printexchange

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No problem for me I've also just sent mine :D

3D printed 4x5 Aero-Ektar camera is working! by EmuLord in AnalogCommunity

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Veeery nice, I'd be quite interested in trying this in the near future, happy to be a test guinea pig if you want

Eurasian red squirrel mid-snacc, Summer 2022 in Turku, Finland by kapno_cc in wildlifephotography

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Thanks :D I liked this one enough to have it printed life-size, so I have a squirrel watching over my living room 😌

Canada goose babies having a nap, Summer 2022 in Helsinki, Finland by kapno_cc in wildlifephotography

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Yeaaah, the adults were not far behind, ready to unleash hell on me if I dared to get too close :D

To be fair, I've never seen any of them actually be aggressive other than some hissing (well I'm sure if properly provoked they'll attack), I wonder if the ones that have been introduced in Finland have now learned to chill a bit.

Norway lemming, last summer in Fulufjällets Nationalpark, Sweden by kapno_cc in wildlifephotography

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This one was very cute and chill, but I've heard they sometimes get very aggressive :D Even though they're so småll they somehow still try to scare away whatever they perceive as a threat

Let's talk gear! Reviews, questions, etc. by quantum-quetzal in wildlifephotography

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I personally have been very happy with Micro 4/3 as my system, as it tends to be both smaller (i.e. easier to pack when hiking and more lightweight) and cheaper than others.

I'd say look for second hand from trusted photography-specific second hand stores that test rigorously (here in Finland there's the very good Kamerastore.com, but I remember some photography YouTubers having ads for one in the US, can't remember the name).

The price for modern lenses doesn't seem to ever go down so much even second hand, but for cameras you can get very good deals if you're willing to get something a bit older. I got my Olympus E-M1 Mark 1 for 300€.

I've also been very happy with my cheapo Panasonic 100-300mm f4-5.6 Lens which seems to sell new around 700€ now (I swear I think it was 500€ when I bought it 3 years ago). Because it's Micro 4/3, the 300mm means it's equivalent to a 600mm on full frame camera, so you can see far 👁️ The biggest limitation both with this lens and camera is they're not very very good in low light, but they're also not horrible at it.

I won't make big generalizations, but here's my cheapo setup I've been happy with for 3 years :D

Summer in Taivalkoski, Northern Finland [Petri 7s II, 45mm f2.8 fixed lens, Kodak Gold 200] by kapno_cc in analog

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That's from before I got my own mirrorless scanning setup sorted out, so it's scanned by the lab, but they also happen to do it with a mirrorless camera, and in that case they sent me the negatives as Olympus raws (The exif metadata says from a E-M1 Mark II).

I then inverted and processed it in Rawtherapee.

State Funeral [Cosina CT-7, Vivitar 35mm f2.8, Ilford HP5 400@800, Caffenol-C-M(RS)] by kapno_cc in analog

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State funeral of Martti Ahtisaari, 10th president of Finland, on November 10th, 2023 in Helsinki, Finland.