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Sep 14, 2017 11:15:03 #

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Life expectancy of DLSR's

wj cody wrote:

leica so states in their literature, and BAX, the german independent camera/lens institute verifies this also. i have no idea of any interweb link, as i've my information in writing from e leitz and bax.

apologies to all - the testing institute is BAS. they've been doing it since 1954.
getting old, cannon remember a damn thing!!!

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Sep 12, 2017 11:01:28 #

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Jewel or junk

Dziadzi wrote:

I found this in my friend's worldly goods. It appears to be some kind of flash unit. Seems to be missing a cord or two. Is it worth listing, or should I just trash it? It says Honeywell Strobonar Auto Strobonar 682S

i don't know about digital, but for film, the honeywell strobonar was one killer flash unit. everyone use them in the old days in hartford. could not be beat. if battery compartment is clean and everything else checks out, try it with your film camera. as for digital, i do not know.

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Sep 12, 2017 10:55:57 #

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Newbie... need camera advice... Nikon...canon...or Pentax? How do you decide?

teresajewell wrote:

I am looking at becoming more proficient in photography. I currently own a Canon T3i. Yes....quite old, I know, I am looking to upgrade and have done a lot of research. I do have a limited budget but have been considering the following. Canon T7i, Nikon 5600, Pentax K1 or KP. What do you all th9ng about these and are there better options that I should be considering?

Thanks,
Teresa

hi Teresa, and welcome to the site. i've used the Pentax K1 and i don't believe there is another digital slr that comes close to it in build quality and features. the lens system is weather sealed along with the camera. great ergonomics. if you've a chance, get to a camera store and try them all.
good luck!

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Sep 12, 2017 10:53:35 #

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Mystery Russian (?) Car

Just Fred wrote:

It's a Lada, probably a Model 5 (so says my Russian co-worker).

sort of amazes me how much it looks like the old datsun 510 sedans!

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Sep 11, 2017 13:38:07 #

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Who, here, still shoots with film, and how often?

Kuzano wrote:

Not dead, and prices rising. I buy/sell film gear to supplement my income from SSI. Some months even more. All film lenses and most once popular film bodies are rising in value/sales. The hot market is Medium Format, and 4x5/5x7/8x10 cut film. My last 5 large format cameras sold for very good prices and all went international. Three of them (4x5) went to Federation of Russia.

Twenty plus years on eBay and a mix of US and international sales have been solid growth boosted by the "film is dead" crowd causing low prices for camera bodies. (Thank you film is dead morons. You're boosting my income nicely.)

There are still many good deals out there that are imminently "flippable". Not for digital however. You can lose your ass on digital without exercising caution.

The new 850 is a prime example of what to watch. In about a year, refurb and low count used 850's will be in the half of new price bracket, judging by how many are pre-ordering at full tilt pricing. Quite scary as I see it.

The new film? some is re-packaged, but each one opens a new marketing door. I know of a half dozen film processing labs that have built or added to new facilities. Ilfords presence in the US was new as of about 3 years ago. Others are ramping up for more business in film.

I shoot mostly medium format because of Walmart "Send Out Only" processing on 120 with Fujifilm Pro Labs. Ten day turnaround and prices less than their 35mm film processing. They do E6 and C41.(no scanning)

All in all the trends seem to be new users (never having shot digital, other than cell phones). Old users who have grudgingly moved to both film and digital, and converts who have moved to digital and become quite frustrated with the whole "hey my camera is a computer" and "What's all this crap with post processing?"

Digital is not in trouble for sure.... Well, maybe not. Hmmm, cell phones, reverts and new film users. Clients who want their work shot on film (Yes, it's true!), perhaps someday soon, we'll be saying....
Digital is Dead.

If Iran, N Korea, Pakistan and others of their ilk pursue EMP producing atomic weapons, some of us may be mixing wet plate chemistry in dark tents along the Columbia River like Carleton Watkins in the late 1800's. And some of us may enjoy it, and the results.

Oh yes, wet plate chemistry is doing well also. Eggs anyone?

Not dead, and prices rising. I buy/sell film gear ... (show quote)

i agree, have been buying and selling for 50 years. and this is exactly what i am seeing. so glad folks want to get rid of their leicas and hasselblads. always happy to oblige them!!

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Sep 11, 2017 12:45:12 #

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Life expectancy of DLSR's

dsmeltz wrote:

Could you give a link to where you found evidence that every camera shutter is tests 100,000 times. I have been unable to find that. I did find that every camera shutter is tested for speed, but could only find reference (and not at Leica) to spot checking for greater testing.

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Sep 11, 2017 12:41:49 #

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Who, here, still shoots with film, and how often?

ChrisT wrote:

It's not dead, yet, I see ....

here we go again. pretty much daily in formats from 35mm, 645, 67, 5x4 and 5x7. i only do film.

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Sep 11, 2017 12:39:04 #

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Would you plonk down five grand for a camera, without blinking twice?

ChrisT wrote:

I think not ....

did so for the contax 645 with the 35mm and 120mm lenses and eye level and waist level prisms and 2 120 film backs. never regretted it for a moment. a joy to use.

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Sep 11, 2017 12:13:32 #

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Sunpak vs. Nikon Flash

i have used both sunpak and nikon flash units for my nikon film camera bodies, with good results from both.
however,with digital and those bodies being electronic, i would stick with the manufacturers' flash units for purposes of warranty and repair in case something should go amiss.

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Sep 7, 2017 19:02:49 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

AlfredU wrote:

Did you know that Canon has always been a camera company and before the war Nikon only made bomb sights for the imperial Japanese Air Force?

following the formation of Nippon Kogaku K.K. in july 1917, they produced camera lenses and optical instruments. during WWII they were the principal supplier of optical equipment to the Japanese Armed Forces.

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Sep 5, 2017 10:15:19 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

blacks2 wrote:

I have Peters book in my library, great information, but it never equaled Rotoloni's book on Nikon RFDR's.

well, as i recall, being an old Nikon user, Mr. Rotoloni was obsessed with Nikon and the history of Nippon Kogaku and spent his life making sure absolutely nothing was left out o his text on Nikon. i am also lucky enough to have a copy and i still find myself, 50 years later, going through it!

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Sep 5, 2017 10:12:27 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

BebuLamar wrote:

And you all can see now that Canon and then Nikon started out making camera without mirror. They couldn't beat Leica no matter how hard they tried. They really surpassed Leica when they started to make cameras with mirror and this is the first Canon with a mirror. The rest is history after that. So now you tell them that they should make camera without the mirror again??

no kidding, everything goes in circles!

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Sep 5, 2017 10:11:29 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

blacks2 wrote:

Thank you very much, I have Peters book, the thing I am saying, the Hansa was the first produced camera for the every day market. The former models were not mass produced and not available for the general market. BTW. Canon was producing scopes and binoculars for the Japanese Navy.

very cool book, by Mr. Dechert. you are the first private person i've met who actually had a Hansa. would have loved to run a roll of film through one. i agree with you in regards to the mass producing of the cameras. having used nikon rangefinders and shredded my right index finger on those miserable zeiss wheels, i can attest to Canon's determination to emulate Leitz with their focusing system.

just a real cool photo of your camera, that's for sure!

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Sep 4, 2017 13:16:01 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

speters wrote:

The Kwanon was Canon's first camera in 1930 and it featured Canon's own lens, a 50mm.3.5 KasayaPa made by the Precision Engineering Research Laboratory (later changed to Canon) and in 1946 they developed and produced the Canon Serenar 50/3.5 in house. That lens went into production and replaced the KasayPa!

according to Dr. Peter Dechert, the first Kwanons date from 1933, under the name Seiki Kogaku (Prescision Optical Research Laboratory). this name was used throughout the end of WW II, when in 1947 the name is changed to Canon Camera Co.

the Canon name is derived from the first 35mm cameras designed by the company in 1933 and called Kwanon.

hope this is of assistance.

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Sep 4, 2017 12:24:48 #

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The beginning of Canon Camera. the first model produced, the Hansa Canon.

blacks2 wrote:

This camera was in my collection for years before we parted. I am scanning some of my old negatives and thought you Canon lover would like to see it. When you look at the lens, just close your eyes, yes, the first Canon cameras had Nikon lenses.

lovely, but to elucidate a little further, this series is called the "Original Series" dating from 1935 to 1940. these were the only Canons with the exposure counter on the front of the camera body. usually speeds of 25-500 and with a Nippon Kogaku Nikkor 3.5 lens. during this 5 year period there were wide variations within this model.

Prior to this run, however, were the Kwanon Canons. from 1934 to 1935. as you say, mostly mock ups. but...there is one working Kwanon Canon known, repurchased by Canon from a private collector in the late 1960's. McKeowan's notes that this is a very roughly made Leica II copy.

there is also the Canon/NK Hansa, produced from 1935-1937. it is original but sometimes made with Kwanon parts. the earliest were assembled at Seiki Kogaku Kenkyujo under the supervision of Nippon Kogaku managers. between 10/1935 and 8/1937. these were marked Nippon Kogaku Tokyo.

all this seems to put an end to the canon vs nikon idiocy that dominates this blog. as all 3 religions (judaism, christianity, islam) emanate from Abraham, so both cameras share the same root.
enough said.

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