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Post by tsiya on Mar 25, 2011 20:24:30 GMT -5
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Post by colray on Mar 25, 2011 20:27:12 GMT -5
I use the Minolta 50mm prime with my Sony.. it's 100% better than the modern Sony stuff  |
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Post by tsiya on Mar 25, 2011 20:40:07 GMT -5
That's another story, LOL I was prowling the corners of one of my favorite thrift shops and saw a lens in the back of a display case. The clerk dug it out, said "it's all dirty" but what I saw was 50mm f1.4 and Maxxum on the ring. They had written $5.00 on it with one of those silver paint pencils. It cleaned up 99% perfect, just a very small amount of internal dust.
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Post by olroy2044 on Mar 25, 2011 21:07:57 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, another curmudgeon! ;D Welcome, sir! You will fit right in here! Especially since you are already afflicted with two of the pre-requisites, GAS ( gear acquisition syndrome  ) and a list of thrift shops! I am afraid you are doomed! Seriously, that is a nice group of Minolta stuff you've got there. Thanks for joining, and --- HAVE FUN!Roy |
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Post by Randy on Mar 25, 2011 22:10:04 GMT -5
Ahhhh, another Minolta Fan! I've got so many Minoltas my house foundation groans.
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Mar 26, 2011 0:22:49 GMT -5
Welcome.
That Soligor 300/5.5 would go just dandy on the front of my XE.
All I turn up at thrift stores are multiple variations on the 80-200 theme.
Michael.
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Post by tsiya on Mar 26, 2011 3:49:54 GMT -5
Welcome. That Soligor 300/5.5 would go just dandy on the front of my XE. All I turn up at thrift stores are multiple variations on the 80-200 theme. Michael. We might deal on that one. I don't have any idea what it would cost to ship it to New Zealand though, it is a heavy piece of metal. I don't know who made this one but it is very nice work. I know I want to keep my Sears 80-200, it is another well made and finished lens, but the 300 won't get much use here, too easy to take the Sony and my Beercan or Big Beercan. Film processing is hit or miss around here, I get very frustrated having someone with little interest handle the film after I work to get good shots. With the 300 f5.5 things are more of a production, it is not a walk around and snap a fast shot lens. It wants a steady tripod and careful release. |
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 26, 2011 4:38:05 GMT -5
Film processing is hit or miss around here, I get very frustrated having someone with little interest handle the film after I work to get good shots. There are two places in Lincoln where I can get films developed. One is run by very young people who only have a vague idea as to what film is. They actually do quite a good job, but it frustrates me so much when I try to tell them what I want I cannot bear to go there. The other place presents it self as a Kodak lab and has knowledgeable people but the two films of mine they developed both had the emulsion damaged while wet. I now post my films to Birmingham where they do an excellent job - even to the point of phoning if they are not sure. |
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Post by colray on Mar 26, 2011 4:45:36 GMT -5
Down here in Albany the local Kodak shop still will do 35mm they do a very good job process and scan for just $A15 for 120 the place I can get processing is at a couple of labs in Perth one of them will process the odd single roll .. but the other needs a batch at least 20 rolls ..Col
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Post by PeterW on Mar 26, 2011 13:44:40 GMT -5
Col, I think the reason the lab in Perth wants a minimum of 20 rolls to process is that it doesn't pay them to mix the C41 chemicals for machine processing a smaller batch. Mixed C41 chemicals don't keep very well.
Here in Ashford there's a shop run by a very friendly New Zealander. He no longer offers his one-hour C41 process and print service, but he will do individual tank processed 35mm or 120, process only, C41 or black and white, for £7.49 a roll, and he does an excellent job.
Prints, if you want them, are extra. He still stocks a small amount of film, brands I hadn't heard of, mostly I think from the Far East, and a short time ago he had about 50 rolls of short-dated Fujicolor 200.
He also does portraits, passport photos etc, but not weddings where he says he can't compete on price with weekend part-time pros. His main front-of-shop business seems to be a one-hour service of prints from customers' compact digital cameras. They hand the camera to him, he downloads the pictures into a computer and hands it back. An hour later their prints are ready, complete with a CD.
He will also do basic Photoshop work like correcting colour balance or under/over exposure of customers' digital pictures or negatives plus removing spots and blemishes from old "heirloom" photos, but not full restorations.
All in all a pretty good varied service. I don't know how well he's doing. He now has only two assistants instead of four, but when I go past I usually see one or two customers in his shop. So far he seems to be surviving. The other two one-hour process and print shops in the town closed more than a year ago.
PeterW
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) and a list of thrift shops! I am afraid you are doomed!
