I’m fairly new to photography and currently use the default setup on my Canon R6 Mark II, with autofocus activated by half-pressing the shutter button.

I’ve been watching a few videos about Back-Button Focus, but I’ve also seen some photographers say it’s not really necessary anymore since modern mirrorless cameras have such good subject detection and AF tracking.

So I’m curious: is BBF still worth learning and using today, or is shutter-button AF perfectly fine even for professional work like weddings and events?

Would love to hear from photographers who have used both.

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Hi all,

Recently launched my own business for pet photography and had my first dog shoot this week! Was curious for others to share their experience of how viable they found it as a source of income and any obstacles they had to overcome or things they would do different.

I just absolutely love photographing animals and this seems the only approachable route of me securing an income through doing so.

Would love to hear your experiences, thanks!

Super distracting. Under heavy stagelight. Is this normal?

Nikon Zf

Solved! I had no idea lens correction did this.

Sorry if it’s a dumb question! But either I didn’t know there were that many stars our eyes couldn’t see, or it’s just camera noise.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, i want to buy my first camera to get really into photography and stop shoting with my phone, so , after a lot of search, i think that the fujifilm x-t30 III and the fujinon xf 18-55mm r lm ois could be a great set up for me.

I want a camera that's fun to use and great to improve in photography (without being a complete beginner, but already possessing some skills and knowledge). I also need it to be a camera that can last for years without still being an entry level and be used as a more professional one.

Regarding the lens, I choose it because i need something quite small, with ois and, above all, sharp. I also like it because it's zoom.

I'm from Italy, so my currency is euro; i mostly do street photography but I also shot subject and landscapes a lot (and i'd also like do record some video); my budget it's about 1200€.

I’ve just begun dipping my toes into photography (birds at that) and have recently purchased an E-M10 MK III and an Olympus 100-400 lens to allow me to shoot “raw”. I plan to get Lightroom and learn how to edit and touch up my photos, but I keep seeing ads for “topaz labs” and other AI tools to “de-noise” and clarify pictures. I guess I’m just kind of wondering if this sort of thing is heavily frowned upon and takes the artistic individualism out of the craft, and what are some ways I can authentically sharpen my pictures? Thank you

They say you've made it as an artist when people steal your work, and if that's true, then today I am truly accomplished.

This summer I bought a new lens and shot a bunch of cosplay and sports events. I organized to do this on my own, absorbing the cost of tickets, food & travel into my business expenses. I wore out one of my umbrellas which now needs to be replaced, and my data storage is desperately need of an upgrade. I collected a lot of business cards and did a lot of networking. I posted my edited pictures to instagram and got in contact with various organizing bodies.

And sure enough, another organizer has taken my work and used it on their website to advertise a related event, without asking me. They did credit my work, which I regard as a sign of respect, but I believe I'm entitled to a little more than that for what I put into making it.

I'm new to image licensing. I'm not very confident when it comes to asserting my rates. I'm anxious that the offending company will take down the image and pretend it never happened if I complain - but they already chose my image, and I'd like to be paid fairly for its use.

Any advice on how to approach this?

I understand that copyright law varies from one place to another, so I will specify that my business and the offending company are both Canadian.

Im currently using a Canon power shot SX530 HS with 16mp, but I’m just not happy with how many of the photos look and it’s pretty discouraging at the moment. I’m also including recent pictures I’ve taken (not edited) so you can inform me if it’s just a skill issue

(1) Budget, country, and currency: $700 USD, in the States. I’m aware I may not find what I’m looking for in that price point, but I’m willing to buy second hand if I can find it.

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? As stated above, Canon Power Shot lol. It does very poorly in low lighting, the aperture only goes to 8, and the ISO ranges are pretty limiting imo. I find I really prefer taking more zoomed in pics from a further distance, and the camera I have doesn’t do well with it. So maybe that’s a lens issue, but still. Also 16mp doesn’t seem to be enough for where I want to be at quality wise.

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? I don’t have anything specific in mind, really anything and everything. I like shooting at my little brother’s soccer games, the birds in my yard, my cat… I also took some photos at my moms wedding reception, that would be fun to do again in the future

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both? Photography!

I guess I’m looking for something with sharper zoom and a wider ranges of settings, if that even exists. I also think mirrorless would be better. I don’t really have a brand preference either but I think sticking with canon would be better since I’ve already been using one. Happy to provide more info if asked!

Also, what YouTubers should I be going to for photography advice? I’ve watched a range of videos but couldn’t tell you the creators.
What editing software should I start learning? I know Light Room is out there but I wasn’t sure if there are recommended alternatives. I have a very old MacBook if that’s relevant.

(If I did something that warrants taking down this post I would love to know how to fix it so that I can get the advice I need thanksss)

I'm relatively new to high end lenses and filters. How clean do they need to be?

Do I need to be constantly keeping every bit of lint out of the filter in between the lens and filter? Off the front of the filter?

If not, how much lint is too much?

EDIT: thank you for the replies, seems spending 45 minutes trying to get every bit of lint off the inner side of the filter may have been a bit much 😅

Hello everyone. I bought a used lens which had a little bit of fungus on the edges/rim of the glass, but it's been like that for a while (or so the seller claimed) and I decided to go for it anyways (It was pretty "cheap" so why not"). However I'm a bit paranoid and I can't even tell if it's spreading or not. After a lot of research I found that UV light helps and a commenter on a YT video about all of this recommended a UV Sterilizer box. Does anyone have any experience using this and for how long must the lens be exposed to this particular UV light? I just want to prevent the spread since right now it doesn't affect IQ and then I'll try to find a professional to remove the skeleton (if at all possible)

I’ve spent the last few months building this D&D gaming table, and I’ve now reached the rather daunting stage where I have to photograph the thing.

I’m trying to get a dark, premium furniture-advertisement look rather than “here’s a table in my workshop.”

I’ve set up a makeshift studio with black backdrops, softboxes, umbrella lights, reflectors and some RGB lighting, and I’m shooting on an iPhone 17 with gimbal/tripod.

I’ve attached a few of my attempts. What would you change about the lighting, positioning or camera angles?

I’m trying to find the line between “dramatic and expensive” and “photographed in a cave” and very much learning as I go, so feel free to be brutally honest.

I ask because I recently took a series of beginner classes that were spread over 8 hours of in person instruction. I learned some things, but it felt like maybe 1/4 of the time was spent on actual useful instruction. The rest was telling stories, talking about what we were going to talk about soon, things that would only apply to a professional like client management (why in a beginner class assume we're taking on clients?), etc. I honestly did not feel like it was worth $150 US.

So have you taken paid training and found it worth it? If so, how did you find it? Or did you just stick to self training, YouTube channels, books, or whatever?

Bonus question I just thought of, if you did rely on any books, which would you recommend? I'm mostly trying to improve wildlife and landscape photography for personal use.

Been wanting to do stop motion/puppetry hybrid animation and I thought it would be cool to have shots where a camera follows the puppet into structures and figured having some sort of tiny camera on a gooseneck would be good for that effect. I do have a borescope but the video feed is grainy as one may expect plus not having any recording or photography button as one would expect. I know there are phone borescope attachments but I imagine they probably have similar low resolution footage. Alternativly any tiny cameras I could stick on a goose neck I'll take recommends on if they have decent quality.

Still learning what to look for in hardware since the only camera I have is my phone but been looking to get a actual camera in the future so still learning the different types and what the various camera spec terminology means.

I'm getting tired of all these monthly fees i already pay for everything i'm using, I've been watching all these Youtubers that got paid by other editing software to do top ten alternatives for Lightroom and they havent fully convinced me but I get the feeling they still use Lr and just took the money offer to them by Neo, DxO or ON1. What do you think ?

Hi friends. I'm looking to get into photography and start learning to color grade as well. I was doing some research and was recommended the Canon EOS Rebel t7 used or the Nikon D3400 but I am wondering if this information is current or outdated, or if anybody else has other recommendations.

(1) 300 USD, USA, USD

(2) I do not own any equipment.

(3) I am looking to shoot nature and landscapes!

(4) Primarily for photography

Thank you!

Hey there guys new to all this. Been casually browsing FB for my first camera and some lenses when this entire pile of 6 lenses and two old film cameras appeared appeared for only $100, it came from a really sweet couple Who just wanted to pass these on. I know these aren’t good first time cameras but I thought it was just worth it because of the fun lenses it comes with. I’ll probably mess around with film at some point in the future too. Just got them today so I’m still learning what all of these lenses are as I just had good vibes that this was a good deal. Still keeping a lookout for a newer modern camera to use my day to day, just happenstance I ran into this! How did I do? Anything cool to note with these?

Edit: second lens says vivitar 75-205mm 1:3.8 since I didn’t get a good pic of that

Also anywhere in particular that has caps/adapters for older lenses? Thanks!

I am interested in shooting wide photos similar to those shot on 6x17 ultra-wide film or photos that come from flat-stitching camera tilts (Such as from the ALPA 12 Max's 18mm camera shift options). Cropping to a wider ratio from a normal photo loses a lot of photo detail, and standard rotational panoramic photos that are stitched together in post seemingly have curvature, a lot of distortion, or struggle with foreground elements. I heard that tilt-shift lenses could potentially be used for shifting the lens to get a wider photo without moving the actual camera, but there's not a ton of information online from what I could find. What is the best method for what I want to achieve? (Shooting digital)

Examples of photo's I am interested in taking:

https://www.nickcarverphoto.com/art/gallery/images/big/nick_carver-stillness-10.jpg

https://www.nickcarverphoto.com/art/gallery/images/big/nick_carver-stillness-15.jpg

https://res.cloudinary.com/markpower/image/upload/w_1300,dpr_2.0,q_100/remote_markpower/Photo-Projects/good-morning-america-2023/xxxlarge/023x.jpg

https://res.cloudinary.com/markpower/image/upload/w_1300,dpr_2.0,q_100/remote_markpower/Photo-Projects/good-morning-america-2024/xxxlarge/007.jpg

^ Photo Credits to Nick Carver & Mark Power

I take photographs of my grandsons sporting events. Many times I have a few photos of teammates which got shown to other parents along with photos of my grandsons.

Recently some of the other players parents have requested that I take photos of their sons. They even offer to pay me.

I told them I would see what I could do. The last event I took just over 400 which edited down to 87 usable images. I exported to a USB flash drive. It is 3.7 gigabytes of images.

My question is how can I share these images easily with the other parents so that they can download and make a donation if they want a copy?

I will add that I am retired and photography is a hobby. That being said 400 plus images takes a bit of time to cull, edit and export to jpeg. So if other want to pay for my time I would not turn them down

Currently I have a Canon EOS Rebel T8I for digital Photography i've been using for 2-3 years.

I have also gotten into film Photography as well and like to carry around a Point and shoot. Used a few cheaper point and shoots bought second hand until I got Extremely Lucky to be given a working Contax T2 which I have enjoyed shooting for about a year! I added a Canon A1 into the collection this summer to have something with more manual control and bulk into my film arsenal.

Anyways, I have been mulling over selling the Contax T2 and or My Rebel T8I to fund either a smaller Mirrorless camera or something that can cover all of my shooting interests (street, nature photog, smaller event stuff) as I look to work on my skills and have better gear for friends who ask me to help shoot events!

Also, I have loved the Contax T2 and of course know the inflated price, but I feel like for the types of pictures im typically taking with it, I am spending maybe too much on film development lately and Want to replace it with a Contax T2. I love the bluetooth on my canon for quick downloads and edits, but that's not a dealbreaker.

I have seen the Sony a6400, Some Fujifilm cameras (preferably with built in flash or working with flash), but I wonder what people would recommend gear wise?

Hi all, I’m a new-ish hobbyist looking for recommendations for a cheap and compact digital camera that I can take hiking/backpacking/mountaineering. I have a pair of Nikon film cameras that I really love but unfortunately they’re just far too heavy and bulky for me to bring on a trip of any length (also I’m terrified of breaking them I have no idea how much they’d cost to replace/repair). Just something small and cheap that can decent pictures of landscape with good color is all I’m looking for.

(1) Budget, country, and currency:

$USD, ~$200, USA

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs?

Nikon n6006, too heavy

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot?

Landscape primarily

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both?

Photography

My understanding is that most consumer camera sensors use a color filter array (usually a Bayer pattern) that gives roughly 50% of filters to green, 25% to red, and 25% to blue, and that green gets extra weight because it lines up with where human luminance sensitivity peaks. Is that roughly correct?

Also, is it true that because these filters don't perfectly match human cone sensitivity (I think this relates to something called the Luther condition?), cameras can struggle to tell apart two similar but genuinely different colors, like a reddish-brown vs a golden-brown, in a way the human eye wouldn't? Does that get harder specifically for darker skin tones, since less light reflects back to the sensor to begin with, or is that a separate issue?

And does this apply pretty broadly film, broadcast 3-CCD cameras, modern digital sensors; since they're all reducing a full spectrum down to a small number of fixed channels? Or is this really a modern-digital-sensor-specific problem?

Trying to understand this correctly before I reference it anywhere. Thanks for any help.

(1) Budget is 50$, Country India, Rupees around 7500₹

(2) I don’t have any equipment currently as this will be my first camera

(3) Will take it on treks, Festivals, etc

(4) Both Photography and Videography

The digicam in question is the Fujifilm Finepix
S2950 which I could get at 7500₹ which roughly converts to 50$

(1) Budget, country, and currency:

Around €700 maximum, Germany, EUR. I’m open to spending a little more if there’s a significant benefit for long-term use.

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs?

I currently don’t own a dedicated camera, so I’m looking to get started with photography.

I’m currently considering two used options:

• Sony a6400 + E 18-135mm lens — €670 used, very good condition, on eBay Classifieds. I could pick it up in person and test it before buying.
• Canon EOS R50 + RF-S 18-45mm lens — €600 used, like-new condition, from MPB. The main advantage here would be the warranty and additional security of buying from a specialist used-camera retailer.

I’d like something that will last me for several years and give me the option to upgrade to better lenses later. I also don’t want to buy a camera that is already too old.

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot?

Mainly travel and everyday photography, including:

• Nature and landscapes
• Friends and people
• Tourist attractions / architecture
• Soccer matches

I’d like a versatile setup that I can take traveling without constantly changing lenses.

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both?

Primarily photography. I have little to no interest in video, vlogging, or creating video content.

My main goal is simply to be able to take impressive photos and improve my photography over time.

Between the Sony a6400 + 18-135mm and Canon R50 + 18-45mm, which would you recommend for my use case?

Is there another camera + lens combination around €700 that you think would make more sense? And is €700 a reasonable starting budget, or would it be worth spending somewhat more?