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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2020 18:56:10 GMT
Manual Focus - is that a Spanish geezer??
Very rare that I don't use AF when out and about ...
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Post by MartinT on May 27, 2020 19:01:02 GMT
I use focus hold a lot, then re-frame.
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 19:18:06 GMT
Manual Focus - is that a Spanish geezer?? Very rare that I don't use AF when out and about ... Creaky old lenses - I've got over 50 of them and they don't focus themselves, y'know!
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 19:20:09 GMT
My Spotmatic and Takumar collection...
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Post by julesd68 on May 27, 2020 22:40:33 GMT
LOL - do you have a separate wing to the house for your collection?
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Post by ChrisB on May 27, 2020 23:00:18 GMT
Well, we do have a house in a different county. But those two things are not necessarily related.
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Post by julesd68 on May 28, 2020 12:25:51 GMT
One of the issues with having much more resolution is that the camera is less forgiving in any shortcomings in the lens.
A lens I used with my D50 is the old Tamron 17-50 2.8. Not perfection of course but it's a highly rated budget lens and once you know its weak points you can get some really decent results and makes an ideal travel lens.
So I decided to get one - had to get another as a lens focus motor is required for the D3500. Found one in mint cosmetic condition but my test shot of a brick wall exactly front on to me revealed horrendous softness down both edges of the image, not just the corners - that was at 35mm f9 - can you imagine how bad it would have been at 17mm f2.8!! No pixel peeping required, it just stared you in the face. So that had to go back of course. Managed to find another mint, boxed example. This one was better - only one edge was soft, LOL - still totally unacceptable, so that had to go back too.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 21, 2023 19:52:16 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Mar 21, 2023 20:03:26 GMT
Sad that there is no buyer to keep them going?
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 13, 2023 23:23:01 GMT
2023 Sony World Photography Awards - some great pix as you would expect. I think I will go to the exhibition at the most excellent Somerset House, a great favourite of mine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-65208363
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2023 5:13:36 GMT
Some stunners there, particularly the aerial icescape in Poland.
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 14, 2023 14:18:04 GMT
ChrisB - any thoughts on the Nikon N2000/F301 ? At some point I might want something smaller than my 601 ...
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Post by petea on Dec 14, 2023 14:48:44 GMT
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 14, 2023 16:55:56 GMT
I'm afraid I know nothing about Nikon, Jules. I'd never knowingly used one until earlier this year, when a friend loaned me one of his (several) F3s. Pete's opinion will be of far more value than mine. It looks like a nice bit of gear though.
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 15, 2023 16:33:36 GMT
Thanks chaps, I read a review or two that piqued my interest. I've always used Nikon for digital and film so it's a definite maybe ...
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 22, 2024 15:53:26 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Jan 22, 2024 15:57:35 GMT
Designed and developed by Mint Camera – boutique manufacturer of some of the best instant cameras – the Rollei 35AF started in 2022 as a project to apply Mint's ability to engineer brand new instant cameras to the world of 35mm film. At that time, however, it was merely a camera i nspired by the classic Rollei 35; the brand wasn't involved in the project. ...Rollei has graciously granted us permission to use their logo.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 22, 2024 16:06:18 GMT
I don't have a problem with any of that Paul, it's potentially a very interesting product, I'm not fussed if it was branded Rollei or Mint ...
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Post by Slinger on Jan 22, 2024 17:48:58 GMT
I don't have a problem with any of that Paul, it's potentially a very interesting product, I'm not fussed if it was branded Rollei or Mint ... I remember, with great affection, my late father's Rollieflex TLR and how much he enjoyed it, and I completely agree, it's the quality that counts, not the name, but I wonder how many people might get sucked in by the use of the Rollei name, who wouldn't dream of buying a "Mint" camera especially, as Rollei don't actually produce cameras themselves these days.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 22, 2024 21:36:30 GMT
I don't have a problem with any of that Paul, it's potentially a very interesting product, I'm not fussed if it was branded Rollei or Mint ... I remember, with great affection, my late father's Rollieflex TLR and how much he enjoyed it, and I completely agree, it's the quality that counts, not the name, but I wonder how many people might get sucked in by the use of the Rollei name, who wouldn't dream of buying a "Mint" camera especially, as Rollei don't actually produce cameras themselves these days. Yes it's not impossible at all Paul but I think the vast majority of buyers will be enthusiasts who have read about its development on camera gear websites and blogs. I actually came across it as Google had alerted me to news updates on it after I had searched for 35mm film gear previously.
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