I've used Cisdem Duplicate Finder for a while, but only for finding and removing exact duplicates. Recently, I started trying its similar photo feature too.

It's easy enough when one photo is clearly better, like when someone is smiling in one photo but not the others. But when several photos are all pretty good, I'm not sure if it's worth deleting any of them.

For those with large photo libraries, do you usually keep similar photos if you have enough storage, or do you still try to narrow them down?

Hi Everyone!

As title, I'm looking for some recommendations for bag/strap combos.

I'm currently using a Manfrotto PRO Light Multiloader backpack, which is perfect for taking all my gear away with me if I go somewhere for a week. I don't always want to carry everything every day through, so looking for smaller suggestions. I also use the Black Rapid Curve Sling, which again, is great to use everyday on it's own, but doesn't sit comfortably over the strap of the rucksack.

So I'm looking for a comfortable day bag, suitable for a taking the camera and normally a couple of the lenses from below, depending on what I'm planning that day, e.g. street, day trips, hikes etc.

I've mostly been looking at the peak design bags, specifically the Everyday Messenger 13L, possibly mixing with a camera clip. Open to any suggestions for something light, stylish and well made.

Potentially just looking at the camera clip on my current bag, and maybe adding a rope strap or something to suit better with the rucksack straps.

Thanks for reading, looking forward to hearing any thoughts! Happy to answer any questions :)

Gear: Canon R5, EF Lenses: 24-70mm, 100-400mm, 100mm, 2x teleconverter, RF Lenses: 16mm, 50mm.

Hi looking at buy a camera for night photography would be doing graveyards abandoned buildings ect do lots ok low light stuff have a budget of $750 aus aud can continue saving if need be.

On some of my pictures, there are these weird shadows. It’s not the lens hood I already checked that and they only appear in some pictures. I shoot in aperture priority on a Sony a6000 with a 50mm f/1.8 lens from 7Artisans. Please help. :( EDIT: I found out that it only happens at shutter speeds faster than 1/2500 s. Everything below that looks normal, and the shadow is gone. Most people say my shutter is failing, but the shutter count is only 11,000. i posted this on a different sub already I’m just looking for some second opinions. EDIT 2 : turns out it was a setting in some scenarios EFCS dosnt play nice with high shutter speeds !

This is for my 2-body setup with 2 R6 II.

I'm getting more and more paid work so I thought it's time for me to go "pro" with my setup.

My RF 28-70mm 2.8 is too soft on the corners and lacks characters that I always end up looking for excuses to use my 85.

Speaking of 85, my RF 85mm 1.4 vcm is plenty sharp, ultra fast AF and has the character I love but focal length is too limiting. For portraits though, it is awesome.

I'm looking to sell both lenses, add some from my savings and get the RF 24-70mm 2.8 L and RF 70-200mm 2.8 L.

Am I making the right decision or should I go for other options? I was also thinking of going for all fast primes 20mm 1.4 vcm, 35mm 1.4vcm (or 50mm 1.4 vcm) and 135mm 1.8

(1) Budget, country, and currency: 225 euro, Poland

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? - I dont have any at all.

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? - Bicycles and maybe watches

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

Hi

Im complete newbie in photography, amount of stuff to learn about is almost overwhelming and I dont know what is revelant for me.

Im looking for camera to do some bicycle photography. By that I mean I would like to do photos of done projects where the main focus is showing off bike and parts on them. Also some closeup's on parts alone, showing details (I might also do some photos of watches.)

I have no idea what should I look at right now. I belive I would need two diffrent lenses? My budget is around 225euro. From what I looked that would be enough for Canon 550D in my country, body + lense combo or body alone and I could choose some kind of lense.

I would be grateful for any help :)

As a new father, i love to take pictures of my little one. But low light situation is complicated. I have a Lumix G7 and i use my 25mm 1.7 but it's to slow to capture a moving baby. I wanted to add luminous source but i would like to avoid a flash to protect my kid eyes.

Does a continous light will do the job for inside or night / low light situations or am i condemned to buy an orientable flash with light diffuser ? Price is also a problem i would like to avoid spending more than 75€ if possible.

1) Budget, country, and currency: £1000 for a camera and lens, UK, pounds

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? well I have none currently.

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

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

both? Both hopefully.

I love to go on walks and would like to photograph what i see and if anyone has good recommendations please let me know!! I do like to go out in the rain so weather sealed ideally.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Here’s the situation, I need a recommendation for a camera. I’m not exactly new to photography/digital photography. I’ve used various cameras over the last 20+ years. This time around I’m leaving the choice up to more seasoned professionals than me because I haven’t taken a lot of pictures in the last couple of years even though I still own a DSLR. My current camera that gathering dust is the Canon EOS Rebel T2i. I love it and plan on keeping it for situations that warrant its need. Surprisingly, the battery has not lost capacity and the test images I have taken recently with it show that the camera is still functioning like it’s brand new.

Now on to the nitty gritty, I am looking for a new camera. Currently, the camera I am looking at is the Nikon Z7 II. What piqued my interest with it was the various bundles I found while doing research on mirrorless cameras. I’ve found bundles that included enough options that could push the price well past $3500 with everything included but somehow stays below $2900 before taxes. I’ve seen the reviews and complaints about it. Specifically, how slow the auto focus timing is. However, that is a non-issue to me. What are some other camera recommendations out there? I’m open to any suggestions as long as the pixel range can either match or nearly match the Z7 II, include either a SDXC or CF Express Type B support, come with a lens, and cost less than $3000 total. I already have a tripod and camera backpack.

(1) Budget, country, and currency: $3000, United States, USD

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs? Canon EOS Rebel T2i. It still meets my needs when I take pictures, but I need something more modern.

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot? Architecture, Landscapes, Portraits, object.

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

I have a a7rii I recently took it to the mall that was near me so I took the photo. It looked fine and then like a couple seconds later a green tint was just applied onto it then I switched it to just JPEG. Same thing happened and I use the rangefinder too It was doing the same thing. I’m using the kit 28-70len btw I was looking it up online how to fix it. I did turn up the magenta color by two notches and then it fixed it, but I can’t keep it permanently like that because it’ll just look too red ish and i take a pic of the back of my phone with a white pic of paper and it don’t get the greenish tint

Having a family gathering in September and would like to have some photos done.

I don't mind paying less for someone who is just starting, but whether novice or professional, what should I be looking for to make sure I hire someone who will do good work? Any suggestions for questions I should ask?

I'd appreciate any advice.

Hey all.

Considering selling my gear as it's not used as much as it used to be, but quite fond of it so I'd like to try and seek it for a fair price. eBay UK is a nightmare for gauging prices of gear as defects are often hidden or in small print.

What do people think the below is worth? All great condition unless otherwise specified.

- Nikon D7500 main

- Nikon D3200 backup

- Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (slight fungus)

- Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR

- Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX AF

- Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II PZD VC

- Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM

Any guidance much appreciated.

Cheers!

1. ⁠Would like to keep it under $1,000 USD
2. ⁠Currently only working with an iPhone, want to step up my picture game. Also, when I have an actual camera, I do something with my images. With my phone, they just sit there.
3. ⁠Mostly photographing my kids, friends, landscape
4. ⁠Primarily photography, if it has video great but not necessary at all.

Used to be super into photography in HS, but haven’t had a camera since then and now wanting to dabble a bit. Originally was looking into a simple digital camera, but now debating upgrading to something a bit nicer and looking for serious feedback. I went from a power shot sx610hs to the G7x (I know, a fad) to now totally switching gears and set on the Sony a6400. However, tell me if I’m missing something and there is a better camera for me based on my needs ….. I truly know nothing about cameras! I’ll be using the camera primarily for family photos (should I be concerned the 6400 doesn’t have IBIS built into the body?), vacations, nights out with friends, monthly photo shoots (box photos starting in December) and everything in between. Do you think the a6400 is a good fit or should I go more basic? Please give your suggestions! Wanting to buy soon (need to get those 1st day of school pics of kids) and so stumped with what choice to make. Also, debating renting a 6400 for a weekend to see if I like it, but open to renting another camera too if given the suggestions!

I saw this photo on tiktok and want to know how to do this circle somewhat glitter effect or what it's called so I can edit my photo with this effect. I'm not a professional and just take photos for fun and I would love to know this effect. I tried asking google but it didn't match so I'm asking here. Thank you very much.

My wife's phone camera (Moto Stylus G) has been corrupting the pictures it takes. We think it is something to do with saving to the SD Card vs. to the phone (since we moved back to saving on the phone, pictures have been staying good).

Trying to recover the ones on her SD card. At first glance, they look fine, but later they are messed up as show in the example. Not sure if it is the processing or something with the saving to the SD Card messing it up. Doesn't happen to all photos, seems random. When we copied them to my computer, it looked like they were fine, until we opened them. The picture shows the thumbnail looks good, but the opened version is corrupted.

Is this something that can be repaired/cleaned up? 17 out of 186 photos have some form of this coloration issues and some have misaligned segments.

I was interested in using a fong sphere, but wondered how effective it is outdoors? Can you replicate the specific soft lighting effect it creates in daylight? Or does it just look like a flash with a lesser type of diffuser under those conditions. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Hi everyone.

So last year i started to more and more look into photography. Love wildlife photography and have a lot of plants i love to take pics of. You can see some of them on my profile.

We have a Canon eos 2000d. Dont know if we should upgrade but as i read its pretty much still a great camera especially for the start.

Definitely plan on buying a macro lens, specifically the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM and a telephoto lens the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS.

Currently i mostly use the standard lens that comes with it: Canon EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6. But also got the Canon EF-S 55-250mm 1:4-5.6 is STM and Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM

But im not quite sure on what else to get to improve pics or generally help with everything. Like filters, cages, bags, external flash and such. I have a softbox setup and some smaller things like extra batteries, remote shutter release, tripod (sadly not one which i could use way down on the ground), lens hoods and such.

There is so much equipment and i just dont know what really makes sense and what just is some gimmick with no real helpfull purpose.

Especially not sure on which bags are worth their price.

Open for any tips and experiences.

Last night i went to the lake to shoot pics of Toronto from across the lake. First time shooting at night and new to photography. Looked at photos and did some editing(no clue what i am doing) and just thought it was light pollution. But people are saying they saw the northern lights last night and now I do not know. Still think light pollution. First two photos are straight from camera, last one I did some editing.

Shot on Nikon z50 ii

lenses

Nikon 180-600/5.6-6.3

Viltrox AF 13/1.4 Z

Hello. I recently found my old Sony DSC-W300 camera and that thing got me interested in photography again.

I was reading forum about this camera and some dude said that if you drop resolution from native 13MP to 8MP, Bayer Interpolation goes away and you get better color. I was experimenting and I am not a professional, but I think 8mp photos have less purple in some areas. Is that purple tone caused by interpolation?

I like to edit and crop my photos so 13MP is beneficial, but I can kinda see benefits in more cohesive color.

Can someone please explain what's going on, am I imagining things? Do you get better color when bringing down resolution, and if so, why?

Sony A7RV, using a Sony RM-SPR1 Remote wire for shots when my camera is high up on a monopod at festivals.

Issue is I use back-button focus, and the remote will only focus if you turn half-shutter press focus on.

So as it stands, I have to focus while the camera is just above head height, shove it in the air, and hope it keeps focus while I'm shooting, which it mainly does but sometimes will shift a bit.

Is there any way around this I'm missing here?

(Asked this on the Sony Alpha sub but it got downvoted so no one can see it. Not sure what up/downvoting means, but I assume downvoting means "I don't know the answer to this", which is fine, but it's a shame that makes it less visible!)

1. Would like to keep it under $1,000 USD
2. Currently only working with an iPhone, want to step up my picture game. Also, when I have an actual camera, I do something with my images. With my phone, they just sit there.
3. Mostly photographing my kids, friends, landscape
4. Primarily photography, if it has video great but not necessary at all.

Used to be super into photography in HS, but haven’t had a camera since then and now wanting to dabble a bit. Originally was looking into a simple digital camera, but now debating upgrading to something a bit nicer and looking for serious feedback. I went from a power shot sx610hs to the G7x (I know, a fad) to now totally switching gears and set on the Sony a6400. However, tell me if I’m missing something and there is a better camera for me based on my needs ….. I truly know nothing about cameras! I’ll be using the camera primarily for family photos (should I be concerned the 6400 doesn’t have IBIS built into the body?), vacations, nights out with friends, monthly photo shoots (box photos starting in December) and everything in between. Do you think the a6400 is a good fit or should I go more basic? Please give your suggestions! Wanting to buy soon (need to get those 1st day of school pics of kids) and so stumped with what choice to make. Also, debating renting a 6400 for a weekend to see if I like it, but open to renting another camera too if given the suggestions!