SharpShooter wrote:
Petals are for zooms, straight for primes. It's not a one vs the other.
SS
I don't believe it's a matter of zoom vs. prime, but rather a matter of the focal length.
WIDE lenses usually have petal shaped hoods to prevent vignetting at the largest side of the frame (that's why they have the "cut-out" only on the one side of the frame).
Talk about a way to go FULL FRAME....
Mamiya RB and a couple of lenses $500: decent scanner $500; dark changing bag, a tank, and a few chemicals $200
What does $1,200 to $1,500 get you in the ever obsolescent digital world?
Easy to find an RB for under $300 with a lens, 120 back, and waist level finders. You might have to "part" it out by buying each separately, but that's the good thing about the RB.
I bought a RB-ProS body for about $60 (including the waist level finder), a 127mm coated lens for about $90, and the 120 back for about $40 within the last 6 months. Then added a nice 50mm for about $150 and a prism finder a little later.
Lots of them on ebay, but I went through Roberts Camera for most pieces.
Be careful it's not a 220 back. Can't buy 220 film anymore (other than expired) or VERY costly.
Wallbanger wrote:
That's pretty easy.
http://www.adorama.com/ilsfx36.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjw8pC9BRCqrq37zZil4a0BEiQAZO_zrKvGMNvIBOvxKwlll4q2dQv9Q5DD6vwFNzHXPQX4Uw8aAl2K8P8HAQ
Yes, I know.
But it's not a conversion like he said.
BIG ROB wrote:
No, you misunderstand me, and haven't carefully read my OP! I've clearly stated in my OP, and I state again, that Canon makes cameras having image sensor's which have good dynamic range and low light ISO performance; however, these are ALL, FULL FRAME Image Sensor DSLR's and none are ASP-C DSLR's (Except, for the new 80D).
The camera's in Canon's ASP-C line in comparison to Nikon's and Sony's are inadequate in their image sensor performance; they actually have the specs of Canons old camera's image sensor's and are still being used today!
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Simple, if you don't believe in Canon, buy a Nikon or Sony.
Life's too short to fret and worry about what a big camera company is doing (or not doing).
Now you've opened up another can.
Canon rangefinders are one of the hardest cameras of that period to get specific details on.
Lots and lots of variations.
BullMoose wrote:
Not a focus scale, but this is the film counter dial.
I can't find pictures of any all black bodies with chrome dials, but a lot of manufacturers at that time were known to put together odd combinations of parts and pieces.
Be a shame if this camera is a painted version. If someone did paint it (and I still don't think so), they did a real good job.
OK, I did a little more digging and found this link that may add a little more proof that this is really an S2 black.
http://petapixel.com/2015/06/08/have-a-black-nikon-s2-rangefinder-it-may-be-worth-a-pretty-penny/
Seems like there were all black ones made with chrome dials before they changed to black-dial, all black versions. Another clue is the lack of the chrome ring around the shutter speed dial on the OPs camera instead of the one in the link with the small chrome ring.
Serial number may prove it one way or the other, but I can't seem to find a good record of which ones were the first version of all black. This link says the all black with black dials started at 618xxxx and the OPs camera is 616xxxx.
I really think this is one of the very rare all black S2s. Made about 1956 and only for "professional" photographers.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
If it's anything like the early Nikon F bodies, take the back off and look at the base.
There will be a round hole in one of the plates that allows a pin to contact to "some part" (not sure what) of the motor drive.
Real long shot to have a motor drive all black Nikon S2E.....
Only 10 to 15 made, only 4 or 5 known to exist still.
Price range up to $90,000
Are we getting close to PowerBall odds?
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Yours has a chrome focus scale..
Does that make a difference?
I'm not an expert in this by any stretch, just interested.
Not a focus scale, but this is the film counter dial.
I can't find pictures of any all black bodies with chrome dials, but a lot of manufacturers at that time were known to put together odd combinations of parts and pieces.
Be a shame if this camera is a painted version. If someone did paint it (and I still don't think so), they did a real good job.
jerryc41 wrote:
After reading GoofyNewfie's post, I looked on ebay. Here's what they've sold for lately.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=nikon%20Black%20Dial%20S2&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684
Jerry,
These are black dial S2.
The one is question is an all black S2.
WAY BIG difference to collectors.
The first is about $600, the latter is about $15,000.
Now look on the bottom and see if there's a connection for a motor drive. If there is, price more than double the cost of a black S2.
$50k or more possible.
If you got it that long ago, I wouldn't think they were worth painting black then. The value of a black one hadn't gone crazy by then.
Worth checking. See this link.
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Nikon/Nikon-S2-black.html
By-the-way...I have an excellent condition S2 chrome that I shoot with all the time. If it was black, it would be sitting on a shelf (maybe not my shelf, but someones).
via the lens wrote:
Go to Export and in the box that says "File Settings," use the pull down menu at Image Format. Choose TIff. Choose your color space, print would be most likely be AdobeRGB or sRGB, determined by your expected use. Check whatever bit depth you want and probably no compression unless someone said to choose Zip. Check any other settings you want in Export and export it.
This is how you save as a TIFF file.
To save as a JPG file (as the OP asked), follow essentially the same process, but save as JPG from pull down menu. You can adjust the quality of the saved JPG in this same window.
BullMoose wrote:
I just looked at this.
If I buy the $135 combo pack of ink for my P-10, it comes with $620 worth of free paper.
And free shipping.
Last page of the order.
I know they want to sell ink, and what better way than to give the paper away.