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Post by Just Plain Curt on Sept 28, 2006 8:13:22 GMT -5
Hi Ron, Cool little digital there. I've always found you don't need great resolution for blackmail photos, just the general idea does the trick. Seriously I used to follow a group on either MSN or Yahoo (one of the many I've let slide along with Delphi, BestStuff, RFF, Nelsonfoto, Ace Forums etc.) and it was only for cheaper digicams but some of the folk there were actually pretty good with these micro marvels. Each to his own, hey, I still follow toy camera forums once in a while too.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Sept 20, 2006 8:41:21 GMT -5
Nice set up Rick. Nothing wrong with Canon. I have a TX, TLb, Ftb, AT1, AE1, 3 AE1 Programs, an EX/Auto, a Bell & Howell EE Auto/35 (rebadged Canon), and an EOS that I use ONLY with my m42 adapter. (mainly because the lens that came with it is broken LOL). I have a few aftermarket lenses but in Canon I only have 4-50 f1.8 FD, a 50 f1.4 FD, a 50 f1.4 FL, and a 200 f3.5 FL. Can't say a bad word about any of them except the odd "Canon squeak".
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Jul 31, 2006 6:00:38 GMT -5
Nice collection Randy. Muscle cars and oldies of every sort I see. Cougar Eliminator and Superbird/Daytonas too, nice. Your collection reminds me of a friend's. He has three display cases of models/die casts of every sort from sprint cars to Vettes, muscle cars and Nascar racers. Personally I have approx. 200 Hot Wheels and in the basement I have 85 unbuilt car models, mainly muscle cars and a few trucks. Also plenty of slot cars and tracks, both HO and 1/26 Eldon/Strombecker. What can I say, you can't only collect cameras ya know.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Aug 3, 2006 19:47:31 GMT -5
Had a conversation this afternoon with two photogs from our local paper on the merits of film vs. digital. Both said they have several film cameras at home but never use them. One recalls many hours spent developing in the dark room. Both deadset on digital. They called me the last of the diehard film buffs. Kinda sad since I went to high school with one of the ladies and they were talking like I was old. I told them I had hundreds of cameras and rolls of film at home. You could have heard a pin drop, then the inevitable, "That's weird".
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Post by Just Plain Curt on May 8, 2006 8:17:12 GMT -5
Hi Gene, Nicely done. Hope you don't mind but I saved the yellow tulip shot to use as my wallpaper on my desktop. I like to change shots every few days and yours just beckoned. I can relate to the heavier SLR gear too. Yesterday I had my Minolta XG-1 out with three new to me lenses to try out: a Rexatar 300 f4.5 (between 3-4 pounds by itself), a 300 Accura Supertel f5.5 and a Vivitar 85-205 f3.8. Both the Accura and Vivitar are so old they're pre-set aperture models. After lugging this around our harbour area I was glad to stop and discuss gear with an older fellow that seemed interested. As he was leaving I noticed the back of my camera had popped open and ruined an hour's shooting. Oh well, that digital sure looks good sometimes, lol.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Jun 2, 2007 7:13:17 GMT -5
Hi John. Sorry but I took the liberty of fixing the image size here.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Apr 9, 2007 6:56:40 GMT -5
Hi Paul, Yes, that is definitely a great book for anyone interested in cameras from China. It sure whetted my interest in a Five Goats TLR and a Seagull DF-1 or Pearl River-201 SLR.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Jul 16, 2006 12:36:28 GMT -5
Not sure, but possibly what you're after??? Item number: 260009055246 Ebay of course.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Jul 10, 2006 19:51:34 GMT -5
Just curious, you never know. I have three DeJur D-1 scale focus cameras. One works and looks great, one works nicely, but the lens has cloudy fungus beginnings and the third works but came in a box of goodies minus a lens. Anyone happen to have a spare parts camera or lens they'd part with? For a giggle, I put my Jupiter 8 50 f2 on since they're m39 leica thread, but not RF lenses. Lordomat, Zenit 3M, De Jur and several others all can mount M39 LTM lenses, but won't focus properly. Still look funky with a big gob of glass on such a tiny old camera.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Apr 4, 2008 22:02:51 GMT -5
Interesting. I read your sellers profile but eBay says you have no items listed for sale. Am I too early?
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 9, 2008 4:09:03 GMT -5
Hi Dave, I've sent you a PM if the camera is still available. Thanks.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Oct 17, 2006 20:25:54 GMT -5
Hi Mickey, As Colyn says, you simply check your personal messages to the right of The Camera Collector logo. Should say Hey, mickeyobe, you have 1 message, 1 is new. Also as Joe says, you're better off either doing business after exchanging email addresses thru the personal message route or at least using something like Dr. Zhivago at Siberia dot com just to throw off those contemptible spambots and their users.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Oct 2, 2006 5:04:02 GMT -5
Sorely tempted by the Fujica ST801 and the Spotmatic but I'm tapped out right now, sorry.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 24, 2008 4:28:08 GMT -5
Hi Rachel, Oddly enough of all the SLR's I own, this is the only one with a plain glass screen, no focus aids of any sort so it's actually pretty straightforward and clear. If it weren't for a tiny mark or two I'd swear this Praktica had never been out of the case, it's like new. The strap lugs you mentioned are used on both my Voigtlander B series as well as a few other oldies I own. The strap for them doesn't inspire confidence. Beautiful IV F you have there.
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 23, 2008 20:31:41 GMT -5
My latest arrivals: Praktica IV B with Zeiss Tessar 50 f2.8. Is it just me or does anyone else hate screwing around with Photobucket's new resizing program? And also: Start SLR with bayonet mount Helios, different than my other Start with M39 Helios.
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