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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 15, 2013 2:14:14 GMT -5
My feelings exactly. I never heard from them either. Webshots was very convenient for sizing and posting pictures here and other places.
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 13, 2013 4:01:43 GMT -5
Been gone for a while and have just discovered that Webshots and my stored pictures there are no more. Isn't digital wonderful. Does anyone have a recommendation for an on-line photo storage. Webshots replacement, "Smile" does not seem very user friendly.
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Post by aceroadholder on Feb 3, 2012 22:01:12 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on Jan 12, 2012 23:10:03 GMT -5
Berndt, it isn't too much trouble to put the camera into a light bag, remove the film and put it back into the 35mm canister it came from... practice doing it with a strip of negative film in the light and then doing it in the bag will be easy... remember your friend who is blind will roll around laughing if you complain that this is a difficult task!
If you can reuse the backing paper you have (see rewinding 120 roll film to 620 spools) you can use the camera normally. For a test, you could cover the counter window with tape and experiment with a strip of negative 35mm film and count wind turns required to avoid exposed frame overlap.
The camera is a real find.... we want photographs!
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Jan 8, 2012 1:57:44 GMT -5
I give up ... on that really nice light meter there are 3 scales: O,C, and A. O is light shield open and C is closed.... What is A? I see that the A scale is 2 EV numbers down from the corresponding O scale. Is it compensation for a filter? I like the camera too.. that's very nice looking.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 27, 2011 3:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 10, 2011 23:14:40 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on Jul 12, 2011 23:40:02 GMT -5
Re your 124... my experience has been that hiring the best to repair a camera is usually the bargain in the long run.
Wouldn't want to be on a walk with your Mat 124 and have Elvis, Jackie Onassis, and the Loch Ness Monster step out of the forest on an outing and have the camera fail now would you?
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Jun 23, 2011 23:14:38 GMT -5
Mickey, from the articles that I've read, this camera focuses on everything in the scene. The data is all saved in the picture file and then you pick out what you want to be in focus. The process is detailed in the inventor's 2005 PhD thesis . The core of this thing is that the sensor doesn't work at all like the current sensors or film. The data collected then uses some souped up software to render the collected data as a viewable picture. Since all the data is there, if you don't like the final product, you can redo it again. Here is the link to the website. The link to the thesis is on page 4. www.lytro.com/science_inside
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Post by aceroadholder on Jun 22, 2011 12:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on May 31, 2011 20:01:44 GMT -5
Montgomery Ward went bankrupt in 2001. There is an on-line store that has the name but is not associated with the old company.
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Post by aceroadholder on Mar 7, 2011 19:36:30 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on Jan 31, 2011 19:32:52 GMT -5
I use Webshots.com and it is easy enough to use. Free account allows 8500 pictures.
Orlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Dec 17, 2010 13:32:30 GMT -5
122 film is available.. the bad news is that it isn't cheap. The reason for the high price I would assume is the 3 1/4" (83mm) width and having to hand roll it onto the spool. On a positive note, you do get a negative that is 3.5 times the size of a 120 roll film 2.25 square negative. The film is also ASA 50.. just the thing for your camera. www.centralcamera.com/_search.php?page=1&q=122+filmOrlin in SC/USA
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Post by aceroadholder on Oct 1, 2010 14:09:04 GMT -5
There is a reason you might anodize one aluminum part and paint the other. If you are looking just for surface protection, anodize the lot and let it go. If you want the appearance of the parts to match, then you can have problems. I've worked at manufacturing plant where black anodize was done for FN Arms, Winchester Division. Surface preparation was critical for appearance match. If one part is cast or stamped and another is machined, when anodized, they will have a very different appearance when they come out of the tank. Stamped parts may have a beautiful shine, whilst the machined parts will be a dull flat black. Machined parts have to be polished to a mirror finish to get really good anodized finishes. Anodize hides no flaws in the part. I can readily imagine that at Argus, they weren't going to spend a lot of time trying to polish out parts they could just paint and be done with it... especially with a very short run product. To boot, there's nothing wrong with well done paint on a camera.. for my 2 cents worth.
Orlin in SC/USA
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