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Eye-level

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Thank you for the kind words sir and thank you for seconding it Sam. You guys are great too.

*yes I opened my page and it was like 88 likes and my first thought was damn I better email JDEG something is frigging wrong with the board!*

Photography has always been a part of my life just like it probably is for everyone here. I tried to get serious about a few years back when I realized that my children were growing up astonishingly fast. I'm hard headed so naturally I pushed digital aside and went back to the old school. I figured if I could learn that stuff to a t than digital would be a breeze. I still believe that BTW. One thing I discovered right away, which is true in a lot of other things too, is that there are some people who are so naturally gifted they could be given any camera and any setting and they would be able to make a better snap than you and me. On top of that I discovered that I was a camera person that just sucked period despite coming from a fine art background and making really cool upholstery. So I struggled hard with it. I studied and still study it hard. I work on it when I can. I get a lot more acceptable ones nowadays. I'm getting better at it everyday - learning new things and recycling the old.

I agree with the sentiments concerning the projects. The projects are a nice thing. They are the threads that I like to try to follow closely. It is a great to thing to be able to see the world from so many perspectives through these Nikons.

Now I am a gearhead which is a whole other topic probably haha but Carroll I must ask do you own a bunch of Contaflexes?
 
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Carroll

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Eye-Level wrote:
Now I am a gearhead which is a whole other topic probably haha but Carroll I must ask do you own a bunch of Contaflexes?

My first thought in answer to your question was, "Conta-whats?" No, I do not have any Contaflexes.So I looked up what they were, and surprise! Cameras!

One search result had a link to eBay, where the "Buy It Now" search showed one that you could get for 5589.00, if I remember right. Free shipping, though...LOL. Cool looking camera... Seller said it was in good shape, and everything worked.

Do you collect Contaflex cameras?
 

Eye-level

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Once had an internet friend named Carroll who had some nice cameras haven't heard from him in a long time. I've had a few Contaflexes and they are worth more like 100-200 than 5 grand lol. Don't have a body currently but I do have a 115mm Tessar that is sweet. If I ever own another flex it will be a black one from 1970 the year I was born. They are incredible almost point and shoot manual film cameras. They were extremely high end in their day now they are very reasonable. Everyone should own one. Made in Stuttgart Germany...you know what else is made in Stuttgart Germany? :)
 

Carroll

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Sorry to take so long to reply...I am off and on the computer here.

I really don't know what is made in Stuttgart....
 
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Eye-level

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Porsche. There is no substitute! :)

Contaflexes and the pro level Contarexes were made in West Germany. The Contarex lenses to this day are acclaimed as some of the finest 35mm lenses ever made.

Kevin Li of Kevincamera offers some Zeiss Ikon Contarex lenses that have been converted to F mount. They are fixed aperture rigs. They are insanely expensive. They deal with light like you wouldn't believe.
 
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Eye-level

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It is missing the reflector sir but it is composed on the angle which helps in this case.

How about some blown out eggs? It reminds me of a bra or boobs or something...hahaha I just ate them and they were good. :)

 
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Eye-level

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Bonus Booty shot...she wouldn't quit shaking it so I couldn't focus...LOL

Booty.JPG
 

Eye-level

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Steam baby!

This is how you clean your iron...after it is done boiling you oil it up and it is ready to feed people! No soap...EVEH...or however they say it...soap = bad!

Humidity is our main enemy in the camera world...well sand and rust are pretty bad too...and battery failure and corrosion...and tin whiskers...man I am getting depressed...Eggs are bad for you...really??? LOL

 
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Eye-level

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Nope...testing the Salvatore I mean Ballatore Gran Spumante :) ...it is not that bad really...but I just ran out of it damnit. hahha

No man that was the picture when I cleaned my skillet before I cooked the eggs last night... LOL

I bet you have a fire burning right now don't you Sam?
 

RockyNH_RIP

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Nice Jeff... I took a moon shot for my day 2 also... It was full dark though. I will not be able to process until I get home tonight.

Pat in NH
 

Eye-level

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Thanks Rocky...yeah I got up this morning opened the back door and thought dang the moon is still out. So I made a snap. You have to open a little bit wider than normal when the moon is in the daylight sky.
 
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