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Post by raybar on Nov 5, 2017 13:11:26 GMT -5
Another ProBoards forum I read has a button on the Quick Reply window labeled "Add image to post." I think - - not certain - - that this feature can be added by an Administrator in the Plug Ins section of the Admin Control Panel where it is listed as "Simple Image Upload." When activated, this feature provides easy uploading of images to a server and automatic linking to the uploaded images. It automatically generates and displays a "thumbnail" size version of the image wherever you place it in your message. Clicking the thumbnail brings up the full size image, along with (unfortunately) some advertising.
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Post by raybar on Oct 24, 2017 11:05:41 GMT -5
Well, some critters you want to pick up, others you don't. I was hiking in the hills above Burbank, California, in an area destroyed by one of the recent wildfires, when I saw what looked like a stick on the ground, and I was going to kick it off the trail. But as I approached, it moved. I had time for one quick shot before it slithered off into the brush.
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Post by raybar on Oct 23, 2017 18:52:12 GMT -5
We found this little critter in the kitchen. Such a cutie pie.
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Post by raybar on Oct 23, 2017 11:50:13 GMT -5
Film is virtually obsolete now. It has been replaced by digital cameras . . . One of my sisters works for a large public school system near Boston where she controls some of the money. Various departments - - photography, music, art, sports - - need her approval when purchasing things, and she has them on a rotating schedule such that each year one department gets money for new equipment while the others just get normal funding for the year. One year the music department can buy new instruments, the next year the sports department gets the money, and so on. A while back when it was photography's turn, they talked her into building new darkrooms. They were adamant that they should stick with film even though it was (or should have been) obvious that the world was going digital. Those new darkrooms became storage rooms within a couple years because nobody was shooting film. A lot of money wasted on obsolete technology. Next time photography got the money, she said they were trying to bamboozle her with technical jargon they knew a former music teacher wouldn't understand. This time they wanted the top model offered by their vendor (a school supply company she is required to use). Well, no, beginning students don't need high-end cameras, and after Susan talked to me, they didn't get them. They got Canon SLRs (one of the cheaper EOS Rebel models) with kit lens for much less per unit than what they "just had to have." Which brings me back to "You should be able to get a good and versatile used digital camera from an honest, money back if not satisfied, dealer at a very reasonable price," with which I completely agree.
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Post by raybar on Oct 22, 2017 0:39:34 GMT -5
If I am remembering correctly, Quantaray was a private label marketed by Ritz Camera stores. I think your camera is a rebranded and perhaps slightly modified Topcon RE300. Here's the manual, which should be "close enough" even if it's not exactly correct. But verify what battery it uses. www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/beseler_topcon_re200_re300.pdf In any case, this is a basic 35mm reflex and they were all very similar. If there's a decent camera store nearby, take it in and ask for a quick lesson. They should be happy to give you a few minutes if they're not busy, especially if you buy a couple rolls of film, and an experienced salesman should be able to figure it out in about 10 seconds even if he has never seen one before. The store I worked in usually had some quiet time after the early morning rush and before the lunch crowd arrived. I very much preferred talking with a customer to dusting and tidying up.
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Post by raybar on Oct 18, 2017 16:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by raybar on Oct 13, 2017 10:28:56 GMT -5
Looks like the Chinon from the 3D thread has visited a label maker.
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Post by raybar on Oct 13, 2017 10:26:36 GMT -5
In film productions, and especially in television productions, they often black out labels on things. More skillful prop masters "greek" labels and logos, meaning to make them illegible in some non-destructive and reversible manner, rather than having a black hole where writing should be. I was told that this was to avoid any possible legal issues from using trademarks without permission and so that advertisers wouldn't see competitor's names in programs they sponsored.
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Post by raybar on Oct 10, 2017 15:07:06 GMT -5
I was tortured with "she sells seashell by the seashore" when I was little. "Try to say fast it three times in a row." Not so easy if you're only 4.
I don't suppose you went to the hobbit village from "Lord of the Rings."
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Post by raybar on Sept 21, 2017 16:01:45 GMT -5
Some people are quite happy and never encountered problems with it . . . We had some of that - - customers with crappy cameras that never broke - - at the camera store. I wondered how much they actually used their cameras. I mean, anything will work when it's new, and a ten year old camera that has only seen 20 rolls of film and hasn't been dropped is pretty much still new.
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Post by raybar on Aug 27, 2017 15:48:43 GMT -5
Schaeffer Photo and Camera Supply, where I worked, was located seven short city blocks west of the Morgan Camera Shop I mentioned above, about 625 meters. The building had been the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and didn't look like a camera store. I started with them shortly after they moved into this location. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I do not have a single picture that shows the front of the store. But it is little changed since then, except that Schaeffer's sign is gone. Here's an article about the building. Schaeffer's is mentioned in the fourth paragraph from the end. ladailymirror.com/2016/02/15/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-hollywood-chamber-of-commerce-building-promotes-great-architecture/
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Post by raybar on Aug 26, 2017 8:23:29 GMT -5
The first link, to the UCLA Library, wasn't working for me. I think it's fixed now.
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Post by raybar on Aug 25, 2017 20:16:06 GMT -5
The Morgan Camera Shop in Hollywood California has been closed for some years, and looks very sad and lonely now. Evidently, it was quite the place in its day, but when I went there looking for work in 1976 it seemed like a sleepy little local shop that was likely to close at any moment. Some historical info: www.library.ucla.edu/blog/special/2017/04/18/the-morgan-camera-shopThe owner's brother, Willard Morgan, was (allegedly) "the first American photographer to use the 35mm Leica as a professional camera." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_D_Morgan1963. It still looked like this when I arrived in Hollywood in 1976 http://instagr.am/p/BJ55yN4j7MK A flickr page by TC Morgan, a grandchild of Gilbert Morgan, with some photos www.flickr.com/photos/tcmorgan/galleries/72157630689369676/Another flickr page with some interior shots www.flickr.com/photos/13015998@N00/sets/72157605511319503Finally, an article about 12 closed camera shops. Morgan appears at the bottom of page 1. Frank's Camera in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, appears at the bottom of page 2. Frank was a major mail order dealer for many years, but he operated out of what was basically a local store. weburbanist.com/2015/06/21/photo-finished-12-closed-abandoned-camera-stores/
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Post by raybar on Aug 23, 2017 16:56:24 GMT -5
There's a soft spot in my heart for Mirandas, not because I ever used them, but because I once sold a used one to a woman named Miranda. She worked near the store and came in for her company all the time. She wanted to get her first "good camera," and when she saw one with her name on it, that was that. Discontinued? Can't get parts? Who cares - - it's got my name on it.
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Post by raybar on Jul 29, 2017 16:31:45 GMT -5
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