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Post by pompiere on Apr 18, 2010 13:06:31 GMT -5
Mickey, PeterW, what is cadence braking. I am not too old to learn. Mickey I think that is what we in the US call pumping the brakes.
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Post by pompiere on Apr 16, 2010 22:58:41 GMT -5
My daughter took this last spring. It was not photoshopped, the background was really that grey.
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Post by pompiere on Apr 16, 2010 3:23:11 GMT -5
In the US on 9/11/01, and for a few days after, all air traffic was grounded except for a few military flights. It was kind of eerie.
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Post by pompiere on Apr 13, 2010 6:41:57 GMT -5
As much as we gather information about obsure old cameras, one would think that maybe somewhere out on the world wide web, someone has the proper recipe for processing that film. I did find this lab with Google: www.rockymountainfilm.com/ecn.htm
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Post by pompiere on Apr 8, 2010 1:43:42 GMT -5
Sorry for coming in late. The first outsourced Leica compact was a badge-engineered Minolta zoom compact, I have the Minolta version of that camera, the Freedom Tele in the US, also known as the AF-Tele Super. The Leica version was the AF-C1. The lens is sharp, but the flash is slow to charge, and in low light, you don't get a choice, you have to wait. It also uses a $10 2CR5 battery. Now that I have another camera that can use that battery, I may let the Minolta go.
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Post by pompiere on Apr 7, 2010 6:47:30 GMT -5
I have known a lot of people who could not come to terms with that concept, especially when the item cost a lot of money back in the day. The longer they hold onto it, the more worthless it becomes, until their heirs are paying someone to haul it away.
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Post by pompiere on Apr 2, 2010 20:28:26 GMT -5
I just brought home a 3000i with a Tokina 28-70 lens and the D314i flash. I also still have the 28-100 lens from my wife's broken Maxxum 5. I was a bit nervous because the battery was dead in the antique mall, but I took a chance for $30 since there was no obvious signs of abuse. I was relieved when I got home and dropped a fresh battery in and everything powered up.
Kurt or Alex, is that a built in lens cover on your Minolta lens?
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Post by pompiere on Mar 29, 2010 6:05:39 GMT -5
I got the brother to this camera at Goodwill, but I paid 75% more to get the 170mm zoom. I mostly wanted it for the weatherproof seals to take camping. It had a fresh battery, so I got my money's worth, even if the camera didn't work.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 28, 2010 5:57:21 GMT -5
Tagging is spray painting one's graffiti signature on outdoor places. Gangs use them to mark their turf and warn rival gangs to stay away. Rival gangs can start a turf war by painting over another gang's tags. The lads in Peter's post don't appear to be involved with a gang, but were tagging just for thrills.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 28, 2010 5:43:15 GMT -5
www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Falcon_MiniatureIt's not mine, but it is very similar. The Deluxe has a folding viewfinder. The same camera was sold under various names. It takes half frame images on 127 film. You wind "1" to the A window, take a picture, wind "1" to the B window, take a picture, repeat for "2". The Falcon came out around the same time as the Argus A, so the styling is very similar, but the Falcon is a simple point and shoot camera and the lens does not collapse like the Argus.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 26, 2010 6:26:19 GMT -5
I have a Falcon Deluxe Miniature that has a space for a spare roll of 127 film inside.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 25, 2010 6:35:49 GMT -5
If it was me, I would keep it and maybe shoot a roll now and then for sentimantal reasons. I doubt that you could get much for it, since it isn't a well known model that is sought out by collectors. It is worth more to you as a family treasure to pass your interest in photography along to future generations.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 23, 2010 4:16:28 GMT -5
I had not seen lenses like that for Instamatic cameras, but my wife had a set for her Canon Sure Shot. The camera didn't have filter threads so the lens had a bracket to clamp it in place over the top of the camera. Last Christmas I saw the same type of telephoto lens for a cell phone camera.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 23, 2010 4:06:52 GMT -5
When I had a little green truck, I would always have trouble getting people to move out of the way when I was going to a fire call. When I got a big red truck (not as bright as yours), that problem mostly went away. Congratulations on your retirement.
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Post by pompiere on Mar 17, 2010 6:27:08 GMT -5
I now have a Pentax 1.4 Super Multi Coated lens that I can test. It was pretty yellowed when I got it, but I left it on a sunny window ledge for a month and it has cleared up. I've been pretty busy at work lately so it may be a little while before I can check it out. We have some pretty good equipment at work, but I may not get my lens back if I take it there.
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