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Let's confess our disgusting perversions

Hey, my 400mm f/5.6L is NOT a perversion. We need to hear from the catadioptric mirror lens users who like DONUT shaped bokeh.

My current perversion, film-wise, is learning to shoot 4 x 5 black and white film. The view camera is a miniature monorail ToHo with all the movements (not ToYo) and the lens is a diminutive Fujinon 150mm f/6.3 - 3# for the camera, 0.2# for the lens and lesnboard, 0.2# for the film holder, and naturally, 3# for the tripod and head. The kit, not counting tripod and head, weighs a few ounces less than my 60D and 400mm f/5.6L birding kit. My OTHER film perversion is finding somewhere isolated so I don't have people asking questions about the view camera.

When I compare myself to the old-timers at the largeformatphotography.info forum, expecially the build-your-own-camera, 8" x 10" and larger format users, and alt-process (wet-plate, etc) practitioners, I seem to be rather vanilla.
 
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It's perverse how many times a day I check this forum and now I am looking at other peoples perversions!

And when I'm not on CR forum I'm drooling over gear or dreaming about what gear I don't need.

Everytime I look at a clock it's taunting me - 10:22am, 16:35pm, 17:40pm ... Damn it I'm missing golden hour!!

I get very anxious when I'm "wasting good light" and get annoyed at people who get in my way of shooting it! (Which is ALWAYS during work!) damn you work! I have things to shoot!

The most exciting thing to look forward to next month are the reviews for the 16-35 f/4L. (And my girlfriend's birthday but whatever!)

And today, I ... I ... I watched a Jared Polin video! Forgive me for I have sinned!! Fro DOES NOT KNOW photo!!!
 
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My camera (1Ds Mkii) was made in 2005. I don't think IQ at low ISOs has improved much since then and have never considered upgrading.

I also have a filter fetish. I've got over 50 at home. But I only ever use three or four.



And boobs.
 
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Hillsilly said:
My camera (1Ds Mkii) was made in 2005. I don't think IQ at low ISOs has improved much since then and have never considered upgrading.

I also have a filter fetish. I've got over 50 at home. But I only ever use three or four.



And boobs.

I was trying to figure out how I could bring my slr into a strip club the other day... and my conclusion is that I need a wider aperture lens which I didn't bring.
 
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I use primes. That's not a perversion . . . but I have Middle-Aged-Male-Syndrome . . . so:
I have to tell you how much better they are.
I know you're not seriously considering them, so I make sure you REALLY know.
Seriously, you should use primes.

WHY ARE YOU NOT ORDERING A 200mm f/2.8L RIGHT NOW?!?!?!?
 
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