I got all your messages! Thanks for the example guys and ideas.

It comforted me on taking the Smug rd.

Yes, it is a Leica "alike" and it use a 39mm Leica mount.
It was the first canon range finder with an adjustable / variable magnification finder!

Great using a 1968 reference for pricing... You can find online 1994 Christies auction ... Sold for 242GBP $300!!! ...

Nan, seriously the "Made in occupied japan" is more of a fake idea as most of those camera were bought by American Soldier placed there ... And so those camera came in mass in USA.
Just my local store have two of those camera one for $75 and the other $100.... I can buy it for you and send it back to you for $450 :).

You can indeed find those camera for crazy pricing - But I wonder if they really sells?
You can -however- find numerous completed sales for the $50-$150 - sometime more depending of the Lens sold with, accessories etc.

Some very low number and pristine condition make it possible to get a very good deal.
I don't know for the Nikkor lens as said.

It is a model I really like despite the view finder being on the darker side.
It is a very fun camera to use actually.

Yeah - I feel you on that one.
I am still dead on my CF... I still have a 4GB San Disk Ultra II 15Mb/s (I remember paying like 100 euros for it in 2007/08 about). I tried it the other day on the 5D MK IV ... in Raw, it was ... hum "buffering-baffeling".

I probably own over 50 CF cards over 15years, I had only 4 fails - 3 were All the same brand (16GB SiliconPower 400X), all the same type, all bought together... I had a 4 cards - The 4Th is with the 4GB in a drawer (Never used after the 3rd one failed).

The 4th failed card was a rely poor use on my side (I removed the battery from the camera while it was buffering due to a very bad series of miss movement ... I still can't believe I did that)... It was a Lexar, they recovered the content at that time for free and gave me a new card with no charge.

I probably own 15 SD cards (For the X100F and Eos R and 6D) and had numerous error over time with 5 dead one in the last few months (3 were Lexar witch as been hard to get the warranty working).

Let me precise more of my previous comment.

The SD card slot do not accept bigger than 32GB card.
However, you can find people saying (on the internet) they did use bigger than 32GB - It is by using the CF slot with an adaptator.
And that information can be miss leading.

Witch I personally do not recommend. As you say it slowdown the card specification most of the time, and it also give you more risk of error as you had a piece of hardware in the middle of your workflow.

No you are right. SDHC.

I know people have used an adaptor to put bigger SD card in the CF slot...
That won't help you and always have bad "feelings" on use an adapter.

The body is canon II-B (Not to be mistaken by S-IIB the front is a tad different)
1949-1952. The body range in the $50-150 depending of the state of it (and the serial number, some people would give more money for the very first model).

It was a top notch camera for it's time.

It was sold with a Serenar lens or a Nikkor 50mm f/3.5 (Due to a shortage of material post WW).
I believe people are more looking for the Serenar Lens rather than the Nikkor.

However, I have rarely see the Nikkor lens, so it might have more value.

Thanks Stue - I checked it online, It does look like a lot's of fun.


Thank you everyone else for the warm welcome!

Thank you - Can I have a look at your website? I am curious of the final look.

I am more and more interested in Smugmug. I think, I am going that way.

Going the "pre made" way is not optimal but it makes you more accessible. And in case of "e-commerce" implanted, it makes it more secured for your clients actually.





2: 60% of internet traffic is from Mobile/tablet. So you do need optimized website for that.

3/4: I am more talking of all the "back office maintenance", you need to brushed up the code of your website to be protected. You also need to update your code to make it working with the new versions...
Or you website won't work on some computer.
You also need to make sure it is compatible and work on any kind of computer (Mac / Pc / Linux) as well as browsers... And you need to do that every time one of those get updated.
And the same every time a new phone OS comes out ...


Yes - You get something "un canned" but if you have a very small traffic on your website... You are probably fine.
If it is your business and you need to make sure anyone can access it and it works... So the "one size fits all style" is probably better...

"DYI": It become a very long and complex tasks. Almost endless tasks.

I am not a web developer, I am a full time photographer that want to spend my "not working time" with my kids, wife, family, or friends... Not spending hours working on a code.

That is the difference.

Thanks everybody for the feedback on Smugmug - It is my first choice.

I do have a question:
Can your client download the photo for free (If you don't want to charge them a fee).
Does it takes very long for them to the link by email?

Best

Actually, it would be impressive if you found your self just with "Photography + your location" or for example just your first name "Bill".

In that case, unless they have a lot's of Bill Harbison photographe in the world, you have no competition in your SEO. That is not luck just logic.

I have a very ranking when people just look for Ann Arbor / Detroit / Michigan and Photographe / Photography.

I also tends to trust the first place in google if people are just looking for my first name (not even photographe) despite competing against a MMA guy and an actor that have last name very closed to my first name.

Thank you - looking now.

I used to do the same but:
1- It takes a lot's of time to build
2- It is not always "mobil friendly".
3- It takes a lot's of time to have it up to date
4- It is hard to maintained good SEO if you don't update time to time.

I stop going that way 5 years ago ...
I did try out Wordpress but same, you have a lot's of maintenance to do.

I need something "rolling" that I don't need to think of. I don't care much for a monthly fee or even a sales commission, to be fair (It is paid).

I also really need the E-commerce to be fully automated. I don't have time to manage the prints - Especially since I have easily 100 to 150 prints orderer a week.

I have client to take care of. Next week is my online "free" time I have to move my portfolio and e-commerce somewhere, or I would have to wait until December to do so.

It is all economy of scales.

It is included with some adobe subscription actually.

You just need to go at:
https://portfolio.adobe.com/


For me it does not propose a "e-commerce" / Print ordering option.

PS provide nice possibility but it is not super optimized, extremely long to make actually ...
And do not provide a way of having a fully automated gallery where your clients can come and order prints etc.

Also, websites made with PS are not optimized for smartphones witch just simply kills your google ranking...