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Post by belgiumreporter on Feb 2, 2020 11:04:45 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Feb 2, 2020 10:39:09 GMT -5
Went to the classic camera fair today, didn't find anything intersting save for this Werra 3. One more for my Werra collectrion. the trouble collecting Werra's is there are so many versions of the basic 5 types it's very difficult to keep them apart, for instance the type 3 i just bought exists in at least 2 completely diffrent looking versions , the same goes for all the other types as well. Luckily the ones i was able to pick up are all diffrent types so far no un intended doubles in the collection. For the rest of the fair, the few things wich caught my attention were to expensive, some dealers still don't seem to know the existence of the internet and what's being sold there.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Jan 3, 2020 13:42:28 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 16, 2019 9:08:26 GMT -5
I used tot have both the metered and non metered Pentagon six prism. The metered one made the image a lot darker.Still any "real" prism" is better than a Porro prism, save for the weight.When i get back home in januari i'll try the hasselblad prism on the C33 just to see what happens
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 4, 2019 9:43:49 GMT -5
Very nice shot, capturing the mood. Perfect B&W desspite the obvious low light situation no grain or noice in the image and well defined tones. What, where, how??? :-)
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 2, 2019 8:03:48 GMT -5
Janus, i don't think there are industry standards on how much a camera can be cleaned/ restored,but some common sence will take you a long way. As long as a camera is "cleaned", internals made dustfree, external dust and grime wich accumulated over the years removed you can't go wrong. I am strongly against touching up the paint or laquer of the body though i don't mind replacing the leatherette when it's beyond restoration (especially on "cheaper" cameras) I've replaced the notoriously bad leatherette on some later model contaxes with some crazy colour snake skin leatherette and sold them to people wich were very happy with how they looked. All in all how good a camera looks same model good shape/bad shape will be reflected by it's (resale) value. I wouldn't mess with expensive or rare cameras apart from a gentle wipe with a soft brush or cloth. Here's a nice black pentax after a thourough clean, some people will find it not worthy of collecting, others may beg to differ and say the camera has a beautifull patina...it has no dings or dents and every thing works so for me it's an ok camera. The other extreme, a perfect 1958 asahiflex with extra period correct lenses,all the boxes and paperwork like it just left the factory.This is a best case scenario, no cleaning needed. Here's where i draw the line, these dents cannot be repaired, unless the top plate is replaced,wich raises the question if it would be worthwile or cheaper to just get another one in a better condition.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 1, 2019 9:51:36 GMT -5
You may choose only one, wich one, why?
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 1, 2019 9:31:35 GMT -5
Two new additions to my TLR collection, the Mamiya C33 and the Yashica 44, next to each other the diffrence in size is obvious. The C33 becomes even more "monstrous" with the addition of the porro prism and the 135mm lenses. Had to sell my mamiyaflex to pay part of the bill for the C33.( no regrets though)
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 1, 2019 7:52:25 GMT -5
Iceland's diamond beach is a popular tourist spot the chunks of ice on the beach are cristal clear, shimmering like diamonds on the black vulcanic sands. Get there in the "wrong" season and not much diamonds are left. November, enough ice to freese hell. August, just enough to cool evy's drink
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Post by belgiumreporter on Dec 1, 2019 6:20:43 GMT -5
This is the Godafoss waterfall in the river Skjálfandafljót 40Km upstream is the aldeyjarfoss waterfall, once we needed to leave the car behind (no 4x4) t took us a 2hour rain and windswept hike to get there,despite our wheather gear we were soaked up to our underwear.To add to our misery, the fields of blue lupines wich were supposed to be in full bloom that time of the year, didn't survive the storm and no flowers were left.On a positive? note, despite Iceland is said to be flooded by mass tourism, once you leave the "golden circle" circuit you can drive/ hike for hours without meeting a living soul, the lonelyness and closeness to nature then becomes overwhelming. These shots were made with the infra red converted D70s.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 29, 2019 9:08:39 GMT -5
Well...no, not really. I've put it on the D800 and D3 and results are dissapointing. At first things look good, but when pixel peeping the performance falls apart. Cat lenses are not known for their high contrast, but to some extend that can be overcome, sharpness however is really bad, maybe back in the day on film and for smaller prints, this lens could have been a good performer, now on high res digital, results are unacceptable. I've compared it under the same circumstances with the Sigma 50-500 1:4-6.3 APO DG HSM, not the best of the long tele zooms but still significantly better than the tamron on all levels.The tamron maybe could be used as an "art" lens, calling it "soft" and going for the typical out of focus light rings. It's tempting to hand hold it, but i can assure you manual focus with lens is VERY difficult and keep in mind shutter speeds of below 1/500th are likely to give motion blur. Here's the scene: Here a crop of the drapes both lenses at f8 ( even at 6.3 the sigma's better) The Tamron used for "art" This is what the lenses look like on the cameras: For what it's worth, the tamron has a 1:3 macro closest 1.5 meter focussing distance, once again it takes some skills to get "decent" results
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 29, 2019 7:39:40 GMT -5
This is the river "de Schelde"in the picture the bend of the river where on the right bank the city of Antwerp kinda ends. on the left bank is the Yacht marina and what's left of what was the Antwerp version of Coney Island. At the horizon the beginning of the chemical plants wich reach until the Dutch border and are scattered between the container docks of the Antwerp port.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 28, 2019 7:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 26, 2019 9:02:48 GMT -5
At the recent camera fair i've bought the nikkor*ED300mm 1:4.5 wich i for some time was looking for.I now made a brief comparison between this lens and some other 300mm in my collection. Maybe not fair to compare zooms with primes,but just for the sake of it i wanted to know what i should put in my bag when i'm out and about.The main reason i've bought the 300ED was weight it's "only" 960grams while the other two i've compared it to are the nikkor50-300 4.5 at 2260 grams and the Sigma 120-300 2.8 at 2700 grams I've uploaded the comparison images at full resolution so they can be compared. here's the scene: What immediatly catches the eye, the sigma at the same distance dosn't give trhe same magnification as the nikkors,so their claimed 300mm isn't 300mm at all! Here both nikkors wide open at 4.5, the sigma 2.8 stopped down to 4.5. Nikon 300ED is the sharpest, but has some purple fringing.50-300 Old nikkor zoom not up to todays standards.Sigma 300 less chromatic abberations, more contrast, but a fraction less sharp than the nikkor300ED Do they improve when stopped down to f8? Yes they do, but apparantly all three of them where focussed at a diffrent point, even thoug the point was set at the front of the canon lens,and focus confirmed by the arrows. I would say this is a bit inconclusive... In conclusion to me the Nikkor 300ED is the best of the bunch, it is however not AF and not 2.8. But if i want to travel light and still want the reach of a 300 and good quality as well the 300ED it is. The nikkor 300ED can be found at bargain prices,it's a very well and beautifull constructed lens. Be aware though nikon made many diffrent versions of this lens and the best series(ED glass internal focussing, minimal focussing distance 2.5meter) start from serial 201000 upward, they can be recognised by the green instead of the blue coating and the gold ring on the barrel.. This is what the lenses look like:
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 24, 2019 11:32:41 GMT -5
I went to the november 2019 "collectors fair.The scope of the fair has expanded from cameras to other collectables such as musical instruments, records, model cars, computers, books and cameras.The thing is when visiting the fair, one is inclined to buy more than something for the camera(collection) and that's exactly what happened to me. An overview of the hall. In case you needed parts... RC models at work Some nice guitars Hey, this is Belgium so there's gotto be beer :-) Scale model cars (and trains) And lots of cameras... here's what i brought home: A as new nikkor ED 300mm 4.5 IF A battered canon F1 with a rare canon FD SSC 17mm 1:4 A very pretty grey yashica 44 (the early cranck wind version) A remote controller for my D800 30! flame shaped Led bulbs for my cristal chandelier And i finally found a 1/43 scale model of the jaguar "C" type Yes and i bought some micro sd memory cards. That's all for this fair folks, next one shoul be somewhere beginning 2020.
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