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Post by Peter S. on Jun 11, 2007 15:10:24 GMT -5
Dear Curt, Thank You for Your assistance! Come over, and take a few ;-)
Dear Mickey, so sad, I got the impression, Minolta doesn't care for their great MC mount anymore :-( ... and, er, I see no reason to ignore You (sorry, if I missed something. My English might be worse than You think). But to keep those lenses from watching me, all of them are equiped with caps on both ends.
Dear Dan, for the daily pack, the issue is simple. Over the last few weeks I had those original Minolta glass in my pack: 2.8/24, MC 1.8/35, 1.2/58 or 1.4/50, 1.7/85 (or 4/200), 4/100 macro, 2.8/135, plus from time to time a Tamron SP 5.6/300 close focussing tele lens. I also took the 4/17 with me for a few occasions. It was a tough thing however to select the equipement for the last holidays a few weeks ago. I also had a complete Hasselblad set with me (50, 80, 150 and 250mm, a few backs, light meter, lens shaded, polarizer, and whole lot of other little things). Luckily enough we went there by our own car (VW Passat, 2 persons, plus dog, plus lots of baggage - car was full).
Dear Peter (from Peter :-) ), Today I managed to sell one... but I am not shure, whether this is a clear indication of a healing lens envy (as the day before I bought a 4/40 for my Hassie...).
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jun 10, 2007 11:19:58 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors, I am more a lens than a camera collector - You might have guessed this already. Today I put all my glass on the floor and mady this picture of it: Allmost all of the lenses are original Minolta plus a few Tokina and Tamron SP. And most of them are capable to produce resutls that easily exceed my photographic possibilities. I like them anyway. :-) Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jul 28, 2007 11:59:32 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors, the leather for the second job finally arrived - and so I am please do show You the results. First - for the sake of completeness - I show You again the blue XD-7... I like this camera - and it had been my workhorse ever since I fixed it (and attached that crazy blue skin to it). But the releathered black XD-7 looks even better... see Yourself: That cardinal red skin turned out to look terrific! :-) Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jul 16, 2007 14:37:15 GMT -5
Randy,
I can express You my deep sympahty...
P
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Post by Peter S. on Jul 16, 2007 6:28:13 GMT -5
Dan,
I will post pictures of my blue XD-7 soon. I am waiting for a red leather for a black XD-7 - and I decided to wait posting the pictures until the second job is done.
Randy,
looks like You managed to find Your own style... I like the idea of releathering the winder, too.
Peter W,
Yes, I understand Your attitude. I ordered the red leather in the very moment, when I got the second black XD-7 - I keep one in the original black leather. I didn't look upon the silver XD-7 as a collectible however. It is just a tool - a tool I like very much however. I would however not dare to exchange the (intact) leather of my Hassie...
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jun 7, 2007 10:04:34 GMT -5
Dan,
IIRC You did post this picture some time ago - and in the end, You were the one, who triggered that re-leathering stuff for me. As I am pretty new to camera collecting I never heared of cameraleather.com.
I got this one set in goat skin, and while I don't know their other options, I can still state, that I like the haptic properties of the goat skin very much. Argh, my preference for fine machinery and stuff like that is making me sick... (at least when it comes to my wallet).
I will put a red skin to the black camera. Maybe I am not brave enough for a yellow camera ;-) .
Bob,
Thank You for the compliment! And yes, in conjunction with that blue strap it makes a very appealing set. Even people without any inclination ot cameras do notice that camera.
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jun 6, 2007 7:38:24 GMT -5
PS: did hunt down the second black one... for about 100$. Hope it is OK... P
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Post by Peter S. on Jun 6, 2007 6:21:33 GMT -5
Dear Dan,
Yes, I will do so. It is just, that I want to keep one black XD in its original color. But I will hunt down a second black XD-7, and this one will get a cardinal red skin. But first I have to hunt it down...
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 31, 2006 17:10:27 GMT -5
Hi Dan,
Oh a black XD-7 has been my favorite camera from the very moment I got it (this is not more than a year, but anyway, it was an immediate and decisive moment). Those metal shutter cameras simply aren't comparable to their cloth cousins - I always have been a fan of mechanical smoothness and precision.
The blue strap had been intended as an integral part of the upholstery project. And my friend and colleague Klaus immediatley showed some signs of envy. ;-)
Besides I am just preparing a series of photographs I took last week of the sunrise on top of a mountain peak. Of course I took the XD-7 with me. I think, I'll post a few pics in the "sights of the season" branch.
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 31, 2006 8:42:00 GMT -5
Well, I didn't show You all... here it is with the strap mounted. As noted the blue tone is a bit more pale than it appears on the picture, but it is pretty nice with the blue strap.
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 30, 2006 16:55:30 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera addicts, here it is: my latest method to spill my €€€s down the drain - I bought a silver/black XD-7 with an electronics problem (simple for an electronics engineer). But it had a defective film take-up spool. So I bought another defective XD-7 (those defective XD-7 are much more costy than what seems reasonable to me, argh) and had the spare part transplanted by my local camera repair shop. Anyway, I cleaned it carefully when repairing the poti contact (it turned out to be that simple), and finally applied the new "cobalt" skin. It looks nice, but a real cobalt tone would have been a lot better. So it resembles to a washed out jeans. But I am happy with it, for shure I will forget about having thrown more than 150€ on it. So here it is: Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Mar 7, 2008 14:16:14 GMT -5
"Of course a life without dogs is conceivable. But it is not worthwile." German humorist Loriot.
P
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Post by Peter S. on Feb 28, 2008 17:49:51 GMT -5
Hi there, this is a test of a really beaten (had been fallen off) MC Rokkor-PF 2/100. The focus ring is stiff, but the performance is very good. Zorro. MC Rokkor-PF 2/100. F either 2 or 2.8.
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Post by Peter S. on Feb 12, 2008 13:55:35 GMT -5
Craigh,
Your dog's lying at Your feet are so sweeeet.
Curt,
In the very first moment they all were in Your house You would start having other wishes ... It is not too unlikely a big dogfight would start until the ranks are clear.
But, yes, dogs are great companions. An acquaintance of mine uses to say: since I kown men, I do like dogs...
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Feb 11, 2008 18:33:29 GMT -5
As a part of my Velvia crusade (You made me starting, Thommy ;-) ) here I got two shots of Zorro (mix between Bernese and Appenzeller Mountain Dog). The first one was made in weak front light, which is about sure not to fail (except for being boring maybe...): While the next one tended more towards backlight (it is not even complete backlight): I had to tweak this in PS to bring out the shadow detail, while the first image is straight out of the scanner. Both were taken with a MC Tele Rokkor 2.8/135, a sharp and contrasty lens. Aperture looks like it was something between 2.8 and 4. Best regards Peter
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