Fortkentdad
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Currently Win10 is available as a Beta - not brave enough for that. Fotojack apparently is using it.
Post your latest purchases.
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Whiskeyman
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I have waited for quite a long time, greater than a year, to find one of these, an MB-23 for my F4. They are rare as hen's teeth unless they are attached to an F4 body. It is immaculate, just like my camera body. The only downside was it came from Turkey (I got it on Ebay) and I think they sent it via camel, it took 3 weeks to get here. It changes it from an F4S to an F4E but that is insignificant. Granted, this battery pack is more attractive than the MB-21 I have had for years, but there is one HUGE advantage it has; EASE OF CHANGING BATTERIES. With the MB-21, you must remove the entire battery pack and change 3 batteries in the bottom and 3 in the grip. Now, I just pull the tray out, like all of the battery packs now, and change all 6. No more taking off the entire pack in the dark to change batteries.
I envy you. Was over in Pensacola a couple of weeks ago and spied the film rack at the shop, and I almost bought a few rolls of film.
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Every program I have on my computer works with Windows 10...including Photoshop and Lightroom.
Bourbon Neat
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Nero
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Doesn't need to be the latest and greatest.
D7100 is still a great camera. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 4
Well it has been a while since I had the chance to post in this part of the forum!
My step son sold his Canon gear a couple of years ago to fund a different hobby and has recently wanted to get back into it - Luckily for me he decided he wanted the D5500 so we have a new camera in our house! Since we bought body only we also picked up a Tamron 70-300mm with the camera and I have lent / given him my 18-55mm and 35mm F1.8.
Obviously this lens-loan made my camera bag a little lighter, but then I saw one of these for less than £100 brand new! (Not my pic)
My step son sold his Canon gear a couple of years ago to fund a different hobby and has recently wanted to get back into it - Luckily for me he decided he wanted the D5500 so we have a new camera in our house! Since we bought body only we also picked up a Tamron 70-300mm with the camera and I have lent / given him my 18-55mm and 35mm F1.8.
Obviously this lens-loan made my camera bag a little lighter, but then I saw one of these for less than £100 brand new! (Not my pic)
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That's great - nice find. I love the sound of my winder on my MinoltaI have waited for quite a long time, greater than a year, to find one of these, an MB-23 for my F4. They are rare as hen's teeth unless they are attached to an F4 body. It is immaculate, just like my camera body. The only downside was it came from Turkey (I got it on Ebay) and I think they sent it via camel, it took 3 weeks to get here. It changes it from an F4S to an F4E but that is insignificant. Granted, this battery pack is more attractive than the MB-21 I have had for years, but there is one HUGE advantage it has; EASE OF CHANGING BATTERIES. With the MB-21, you must remove the entire battery pack and change 3 batteries in the bottom and 3 in the grip. Now, I just pull the tray out, like all of the battery packs now, and change all 6. No more taking off the entire pack in the dark to change batteries.
Enjoy it! I shot that lens for quite a while before I began upgrading. Rock solid.
sonicbuffalo_RIP
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I don't miss paying for developing and the film itself. Glad those days are over!
Fortkentdad
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Well it has been a while since I had the chance to post in this part of the forum!
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Obviously this lens-loan made my camera bag a little lighter, but then I saw one of these for less than £100 brand new! (Not my pic)
Enjoy your Nifty Fifty - I know I do. Small and mighty - and oh so affordable.
That's great - nice find. I love the sound of my winder on my Minolta
As motor driven cameras go, the F4 is very quiet. My F2 is easily twice as loud as the F4. And the F4 has a Cs mode (Continuous Silent) that is cycles very slowly and very quietly, easily half as noisy as the normal mode.
I process all of my black and white myself and what little color I do in film I have the lab process the film and that is it. I tell them not to even cut it. I will cut it myself. For the web at least I can scan it with my Nikon LS-8000 and when I get home I can print it myself in my darkroom.
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TL Robinson
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I see you use the mix the toys in with the needed things no one will notice
Yeah - fortunately I'm not married so I don't need to justify toys .vs necessity...
My fiancee loves the fact I take pictures and am a nerd...I can add to the list (no photo gear tho):
Intel I7-4960K
Asus Z97M-Plus Motherboard
Crucial 250GB M.2 SSD
Samsung 1TB EVO SSD
16GB DDR3
Fractal Design Define Mini (I have four of these, best cases ever made IMO)
520W Seasonic PSU (no other brand to buy, again, IMO)
A few weeks ago I cracked for this one, still missing from my Konica collection:
Never had a 85mm f1.8 before, did not like to work with it, but love the results.
Yesterday the next arrived, solves my issue of finding FF too wide and is really nice in weight, operation and result:
Still have a 28mm f2.8 Osawa for Nikon to pick up (need to get there) and cracking for a Vivitar 19-35 f3.5-4.5. Not really in need for those two last, but difficult to resist.
Never had a 85mm f1.8 before, did not like to work with it, but love the results.
Yesterday the next arrived, solves my issue of finding FF too wide and is really nice in weight, operation and result:
Still have a 28mm f2.8 Osawa for Nikon to pick up (need to get there) and cracking for a Vivitar 19-35 f3.5-4.5. Not really in need for those two last, but difficult to resist.
undercoverbrother
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Nikon D750
Tamron 24-70 Di VC USD F/2.8
Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
Next few days if I have time
Lenspen & Rocket Air Brush
Tamron 24-70 Di VC USD F/2.8
Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
Next few days if I have time
Lenspen & Rocket Air Brush
Two little goodies that have shown up this week:
A 52/52mm macro coupling ring (I have one, but wanted another so my film kit doesn't have to borrow from my 4-lens prime digital kit), and an 8x10 paper safe for the darkroom. Whoo hoo! No more opening cardboard boxes with black wrappers in them!
A 52/52mm macro coupling ring (I have one, but wanted another so my film kit doesn't have to borrow from my 4-lens prime digital kit), and an 8x10 paper safe for the darkroom. Whoo hoo! No more opening cardboard boxes with black wrappers in them!
A well stocked bag I'd say -
