Your Cameras

GF went for G3 w/20mm f1.7

off to USVI tomorrow, hopef should get some dece pics

Oh yes. Would love that combo myself.

dayo: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=33956

$450 for a first-gen GW690

hmm, guess that's not as good a deal as I thought, KEH BGN GW690 for $429

thanks for the heads up!

lol at $7k new Leica 50/2

all will be revealed

HEY YOU

patience

I did go to a yard sale today, bought a nimslo 3d and an olympus stylus (the original 35/3.5 one, not the newer epic)

is that the mju-i? i have that, now, having bought an mju-ii on ebay & got burned by the seller. i googled around, i think it's pretty similar just with occasionally less reliable AF.

I am in temporary possession of a summicron 50 (old).

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really really like shooting with this. just for the weight and feel of it.

"Hey, kids, I'm just going to take a photo of this old camera a friend gave me - I'll come and play with you in a minute, ok?" They won.

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aw.

oh X100 why are you such a flake. had mine 3/4 weeks and now it suddenly won't turn on. haven't been out in rain, dropped it, or anything. have tried different batteries.

welp, back to the store with you. ~sigh~

...

it was a corrupt mem card in the end. phewwwww

be careful of the sticky aperture

ya 4 real

picked up a big mini cheap off ebay

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ay
i had a seagull tlr for a while and i loved it but never really properly used it and i had trouble getting interesting film in northeastern china
and i could find plenty of places to develop what i shot but never anywhere to make good scans
it had a pretty soft hazy lens too
it was fun to carry around though
i sold it
i just bought a yashica a
yep

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Have you been alright, through all those lonely nights,
That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything,
If you'd pick up that telephone.

Hey--how you feelin
Are you still the same
Don't you realize the things we did were all for real not a dream,
I just can't believe
They've all faded out of view.

I look into the sky
(the love you need aint gonna see you through.)
And I wonder why
(the little things are finally coming true.)

Chorus
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Telephone line, give me some time, Im living in twilight

O.k. so no--ones answering,
Well can't you just let it ring a little longer
Ill just sit tight, through the shadows of the night
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not sure why i was posting elo lyrics

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On a plane to California and I've got a blacked out viewfinder on my M2!

i have no experience of leicas but can you just remove the lens & check the mirror hasn't snapped up/down, that the lil shelves aren't just sticky? (i don't even know if leicas use mirrored lenses but this works for my om-1).

No mirrors in a rangefinder. Probably the old glue in the rangefinder mechanism has finally given way. Already sent an email to Youxin Ye inquiring about a repair.

so my ("my") cron 50 has never been able to open all the way to f2, the aperture ring just stops at f2.8. having that extra stop sure would be useful, but I'm not sure how much it would cost to repair. anyone done this before? how much is a body CLA anyway?

Already got my estimate back. $150 for CLA, $160 for fix, and $20 to finally shave my 35mm lens to bring up the right framelines. Going for it as soon as I'm able.
Paid $8 for airplane wifi for all this! Can't get it fixed soon enough!

Regarding the 50mm summicron, maybe just see what Youxin Ye quotes? He responded super fast to my email.

what a bummer -- did you take any other cameras on your trip??

and more importantly - did you get a window seat so you could take a window photo before it broke???>???

shooting blind is not so bad imo

gbx, youxin is probably good - I also know a dude out in michigan who does great work

youxin is nothing if not prompt, yikes

while we're talking mail order, who is good for bulk development?

dunno about bulk development

google 'dave's camera repair' to get the number of the dude in michigan if you're interested - calling him is the quickest I think

only place ive done bulk is Dwayne's and we've discussed ppl's likes/dislikes abt them before

North Coast Photo is good. Expensive, tho, IIRC.

Brought the rollei 35 out here too, thank god. Gonna shoot at least one roll blind in the m2 to clear out the camera tho.

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Office Depot near me is closing, I got a Fuji Instax 210 and 100 shots of film for $25!

woah

where's my camera
who the hell signed for its delivery today
argh

sweet relief, got my hunk of metal back.
should prob insure this thing I guess

if i wanted to start fucking w/ an 35mm SLR/Telephoto setup, what would be my cheapest option? Ideally i'd like to be taking pictures of surfers half a mile away i guess?

do you have any good thrift stores? at the better ones I always see some old SLR or other, usually with some lens options. like a canon ae-1 or olympus om-1 or something similar. just run it through all shutter speeds, check the mirror, open and close the back, etc. and grab it!
these things seem to be priced in the $50 range usually (at least back in CA, I haven't priced any out in NYC, where I see them less at thrift stores and more often at flea markets).
otherwise... craigslist?

you're thinking 35mm SLR + something in the 100-200mm range?

I don't know where in Hawaii you are (or even which island...) but this would be interesting to check out maybe: http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/pho/3225770333.html

woah good lookin out

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bought for 1 usd. had a working battery in it.

i love chinese tlrs :(( fingers because i hated the way the bare bulbs in the room reflected in the lenses digital point and shoot fukc

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pretty name for a camera

u need a manicure, bro

i am simultaneously intrigued and insulted. could they be worked on as they are or would i need to grow them out?

ha don't be insulted I'm just fucking around. but since you ask yes they could be worked on as they are now.

is that a lot smaller than most medium format cameras?

TLRs are smaller than you'd expect (aside from the Mamiya Cs) - whether Rollei/Minolta Autocord or the various Chinese TLRs. About half the weight of any given medium format SLR, I'd say.