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Post by pompiere on Dec 2, 2012 21:48:20 GMT -5
BTW: the best thing ever invented for bringing the shine back to a camera body is the microfiber cloth. Do you use any liquid polishing agent, or just the cloth?
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Post by pompiere on Nov 24, 2012 13:28:54 GMT -5
When my sister died a few years ago, we had a message that she had left on our answering machine. We didn't erase it for a long time, but it was one of the newer tapeless machines, so it didn't last forever.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 24, 2012 13:18:16 GMT -5
I have aquired quite a few flash bulbs over the years when I received whole camera kits in their bags from friends. What size are you looking for?
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Post by pompiere on Nov 24, 2012 13:07:11 GMT -5
I started working on a database just the other day, but I forgot about this thread so my effort was pretty lame. I like Jack's format, it may leave my heirs enough information that they don't just chuck it all in the trash when I'm gone.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 20, 2012 13:24:10 GMT -5
Wasn't one of the reasons for the removable lens because Argus also sold an enlarger that you could use with the camera lens, thus saving the cost of buying another lens? When I got my first C3, I had to completely disassemble it due to sticking shutter and focus helical. You could barely turn the rangefinder wheel. Thanks to Rick Olsen, I ws able to get it back together:
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Post by pompiere on Nov 18, 2012 10:47:07 GMT -5
My favorite aspect of collecting is finding things that someone else has deemed broken and bringing them back to life. It must be the engineer in me.
Except for the leather, that is a nice Yashica. Recovering will make it perfect. I have been resisting buying one more lens mount, but I am sure it is only a matter of time.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 18, 2012 10:24:49 GMT -5
col, A perfect example of "Form follows function" and you have shown us the stunning results. Mickey That should be "Foam follows Function". ;D My son was recently in a contest where he had to design and build a model rocket using only recycled items that were supplied. The kids had a lot of fun, especially when they got to see their creations launch perfectly.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 16, 2012 21:13:45 GMT -5
I'm not sure that Kodak was trying to sell cameras to children. They used children in their advertising to show that the cameras were so easy to use that a child could do it. Before Kodak, taking pictures was mainly the domain of professional photographers.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 5, 2012 22:24:52 GMT -5
Was that the 70?
I recently had a package of lenses that I bought from another auction site go cross country twice. They took a long time to ship, so I sent an email to find out what was up. The next day I get an notification that it was shipped and there was a tracking number. So I am eagerly watching USPS tracking as it makes its way to my town, only to be returned as "undeliverable". I called our post office and the postmaster told me that the package they sent back was addressed to another name on a street that didn't exist in our town. Now I wasn't sure if the package even had my stuff in it, since the only thing right was the town. So I send another email, explaining the situation. I tried a different address, since no one actually answered my other ones. The email got someone's attention, because I got a reply right away that it was being looked into and a couple days after my package got back to California, I got a phone call that it had been reshipped with the correct mailing address. Then I got another call to check that I received it. Altogether, it was 4 weeks for "priority" shipping.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 5, 2012 21:55:19 GMT -5
My daughter just took a bag of plastic canisters back to college to use in a fund raising project because they didn't know where to find any locally.
I have enough cans to fill about one row, if I include the different plastic ones.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 3, 2012 19:56:42 GMT -5
The 70 arrived today, put new batteries in it and it came to life. Still need to study the manual before I load film, but so far, everything looks good
I know the feeling of having a perfect camera that wouldn't load, I have an Olympus IS-1 like that.
I looked at the HT and XT, but since I also have a 5, they seemed redundant.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 3, 2012 19:34:27 GMT -5
That is a neat idea. My wife just bought an old printer's drawer that would be perfect.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 3, 2012 19:30:36 GMT -5
My first pair of no-line bifocals worked pretty well after a few days of acclimation. We were building a house and going down makeshift stairs was an adventure. When I got my second pair of no-lines, I had so much trouble that I thought they had made the prescription wrong. After several tries by the optician, the doctor tried an adjustment. It was like he had put in new lenses. The doctor can have the right prescription, but it is the optician who takes the measurements to set the lenses in the frames that can have a huge impact on how well the bifocals work.
I have a set of binoculars with long eye relief that are made for eyeglass wearers. I don't take my glasses off for cameras, but sometimes I have trouble seeing the info displayed at the bottom or sides of the viewfinder.
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Post by pompiere on Nov 2, 2012 7:26:56 GMT -5
I had to pay $21 for my 70, but the shipping was cheap. I am eagerly awaiting USPS delivery. Not long ago, I got both a STsi and a QTsi for the $5 minimum bid.
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Post by pompiere on Oct 26, 2012 19:11:34 GMT -5
I read somewhere that many coin slots were sized to a Japanese coin. I forget the denomination, but it was nearly the same size as an American nickel. My experience has been that a nickel does fit the slot the best. Also, having a smooth perimeter, it doesn't tear up the slot of a stubborn battery cap as much as a quarter.
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