Do you hire a UHaul trailer to move all that stuff back north come
springtime? :-)
Cya,
Johnny
On Feb 13, 2012 4:20 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I've already used up all the available space in my "office" (the 4th
> bedroom). If I expand further I'll draw the extreme ire of SWMBO. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/13/2012 1:48 PM, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> > Sounds like you got somewhat of a "Fang" Chuck. The manual focus 50/1.7
> > Rokker lens has a great reputation among some folks. I wonder if your
> "new"
> > 50mm AF used the same design as far as number and type of elements.
> >
> > So, you got enough room on your collector shelf for all that new stuff?
> >
> > Cya,
> > Johnny
> > On Feb 13, 2012 1:31 PM, "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I had the same experience even when film was being processed in higher
> >> volumes. I'll never forget the last time I had film processed in a
> >> local store. I walked in to get my film and discovered the clerk
> >> cutting my film into strips and holding it between her thumb and fingers
> >> with no gloves on... fingerprints everywhere.
> >>
> >> For a while I sent film to Mpix who did a good processing job but their
> >> scans on CD were only sufficient to make a 4x6" print at 250ppi (1.5MP).
> >> I'd like to find a place that scans at 6MP so I don't have to scan
> >> again if I can help it. But it hasn't been a priority since I think
> >> I've only shot a couple rolls of film in the last 5 years.
> >>
> >> But I do have a couple of new-to-me film cameras. Last week I saw an ad
> >> in the local paper for a Minolta AF film camera and lens for $50. I
> >> thought maybe I could add something to my shelf-queen collection on the
> >> cheap. When I inquired I discovered there was more to the "package".
> >> It includes a very large Tamrac shoulder/waist-belt bag (big enough to
> >> hold everything), two Minolta Maxxum 5000s with Tamrac straps, an AF
> >> Minolta 50mm/1.7, Sigma 28-70/3.5-4.5, Sigma 70-210/4-5.6, Sigma
> >> 75-300/4.5-5.6, a 1.7X "Photoco" AF converter and hoods and UV filters
> >> for all. Also a Minolta right-angle finder, a set of 3 Cambron
> >> extension tubes, +1,+2,+4 49mm close-up lenses, a Minolta 1800 AF TTL
> >> flash unit (T20 size) with case& wide diffuser, Minolta 2800 AF TTL
> >> flash unit, Vivitar 5000 macro ring flash and connecting cable, optical
> >> trigger for remote flash, extra lens caps, a Minolta AF/T-2 adapter with
> >> some sort of T-2 telescope adapter screwed into it which I don't
> >> recognize and, finally user's manuals for most everything.
> >>
> >> I learned something about Minoltas with this acquisition. Minolta/Sony
> >> AF cameras use a non-ISO standard hot shoe. What I hadn't realized was
> >> that the earliest Minolta AF cameras still used a standard ISO shoe.
> >> That means that my late model Minolta MF TTL flash unit, the 360PX, will
> >> also work in these AF 5000 bodies (I think). But these 5000 AF bodies
> >> are a bit strange. They have only two exposure modes, program and
> >> manual. No aperture or shutter preferred auto modes.
> >>
> >> I know the 2800 AF flash unit works because I have some AA batteries for
> >> it but the Vivitar 5000 appears to be dead (rats!!!). Everything else
> >> requires AAA or lithium 6V batteries which I haven't gotten yet so I
> >> have no idea whether the bodies and lenses work at all. DX film
> >> encoding also means no test without film.
> >>
> >> The seller was a heavy smoker and the equipment smells it. Everything
> >> could stand a good cleaning. The Sigma lenses seem to have rather loose
> >> manual focus rings but maybe that doesn't matter for these AF lenses.
> >> The Minolta 50mm though moves freely but precisely.
> >>
> >> An interesting find. If nothing else I've gotten a huge Tamrac bag.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/13/2012 11:22 AM, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> >>> Your comment made me smile Chuck. I ran a roll of Ektar 100 through a
> new
> >>> (to me) camera last week to check for light leaks, exposure accuracy,
> >> etc.
> >>> I had the film processed by the local drugstore and was really
> >> disappointed
> >>> with their quality control - scratches& dust on most frames. They
> were
> >>> still doing a pretty good job when I last used them a couple of years
> ago
> >>> but I'm guessing that they don't do enough volume now to keep people
> >>> trained. Looks like mail order processing is in the cards for me if I
> do
> >>> decide to shoot any more film.
> >>>
> >>> BTW, that was my first time for using Ektar and it shows a lot of
> >> potential
> >>> - sharp, nice saturation, fine grained and scans as easily as positive
> >>> films.
> >>>
> >>> Cya,
> >>> Johnny
> >>>
> >>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> "The fallacy with quotes on Twitter is that you never know the context
> >> that
> >>> they were given in - or if they're even real." - Thomas Edison
> >>> On Feb 13, 2012 10:44 AM, "Chuck Norcutt"<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Having purchased 5 rolls of film from B&H this past week (the first in
> >>>> many years) I have suddenly become even less attached to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Chuck Norcutt
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2/13/2012 10:00 AM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Chuck, and all :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, never left the list but turned to a lurking mode, defining this
> >>>>> to myself as reading and learning rather than speaking. Sort of
> >>>>> active lurking.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Besides, explored dozens of other "photographic" websites.
> >>>>> Amazed that in these days, billions of people considered themselves
> >>>>> "photographers" - I'm just running out of another 'social network'
> >>>>> named Diaspora.
> >>>>> You know, maybe Facebook is not that bad, compared to the others I
> >>>>> visited. Flickr qualifies as rather good enough, far above average
> >>>>> (photo-speaking).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Besides, I have not been shooting that much. Could add that among
> >>>>> other things, sending film to Dwayne's for processing has put a more
> >>>>> strict judgement about what I would be shooting to. And that this
> >>>>> summer, I got a long lasting back-ache when trying to pick-up my
> >>>>> medium weight Manfrotto out of my car's trunk :-(
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The more I wander through the internet, the more I become attached to
> >>>> film.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fernando.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Chuck Norcutt
> >>>>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>> Hey, Fernando is still here! :-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
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