User ID wrote:
Acoarst. Same here. Different camera but same idea. Come to think of it, I actually could afford one and recently spent that on a used camera instead. Great minds think alike :-)
Could you please explain the word Acoarst. It appears on my screen as a mis-spelled word. Are you, and you alone , using acoarst instead of 'of course'?. Does not seem to be a common word in use. I'm asking you, as you seem to be the only poster using the word. Thanks in advance.
My Sigma 'Ring-Flash (EM 140-DG)has adjustable settings to give different light outputs to the two heads, so soft shadows can be created if desired. The unit works on manual , or TTL settings. I've had it for some time, might not be the current model on the market.
Why not let a Pro' Photographer handle the 'Delicate ' situation. That is what they are used to.(Perhaps trained to do it better).
Got your QTC Pepsiman. Thanks for the back-up. Still sending QSL Cards? .- .-.
Gene51 wrote:
So what is YOUR positive contribution?
Learning / read books etc. BEFORE purchase.
Arca-Swiss and Manfroto plates look very similar, but just enough difference to make them reject each other. Sods Law!!
Makes me wonder why people spend tons of money on items they know nothing about. Learning/research reading books , before purchase, would be a better journey. Hence the phrase..."All the gear, no idea".
Real Nikon Lover wrote:
Exactly right. Its the invisible stuff that grows after you assume its clean. We used rice one time to try and dry out a tent stored in a metal box. Months later we discovered the rice had sprouted into a plant surviving on the moisture from the tent box! LOL
My friend Paddy Fields told me about the sprouting rice problem.
ecurb wrote:
Have you tried reverse rolling the film and putting it back in the can for a few days?
There would be a danger of scratching the emulsion. Personally, I would load the film onto a developing tank spiral, and soak in water with a few drops of Photo-Flo added, for half an hour or so. The rolled film needs to be returned to a flat state gradually. Removed from the spiral, and hung to dry, as others have suggested. P.S. You might not have a Developing Tank and Spiral...Pity... Good luck..
Spirit Vision Photography wrote:
What is focus peaking? 🤔
As Bill Burkholder said in his post...Look at earlier answers to your post. The answer is there.
Blurryeyed wrote:
It is great for using older manual focus vintage lenses, collecting old lenses is a hobby of mine and every now and again I actually mount them for a day of fun.
Agree with the above post. I use Vintage Leica 1940/50's and 1960's Takumar lenses on my Sony 5000 E mount camera, which has no viewfinder. I find Peak Focussing very useful. It gives the 'Oldies' a new lease of life. I also count myself, in with the 'oldies'. I am a 1930's vintage.
First camera I used, was an older brother's Ensign Full-View, took 12 x 2 1/4 sq' negatives on 120 film. 120 was the most popular size film, and sometimes the less popular 620 (sometimes short, or outdated) could be obtained cheaper. I would re-wind the 620 film onto a 120 spool in my cellar darkroom. As I developed my films , I collected plenty of empty spools. The first camera I bought, was from Woolworths. It took 127 film, had two red windows at the rear. One would wind number 1 into first window, take picture, wind number 1 to the second red window take another picture, wind number 2 into first red window etc etc The 16 numbers gave 32 pictures. Very small camera, no frills, but handy for taking on cycle-rides, my other passion. I did have a Kodak Autographic with the little flap to give access for writing notes which would imprint onto the border of the negative. Think it gave 8 negatives per roll. Think?...well it was 70 years ago.
I see you have been advised not to get the Leica, in preference to another make. Not by the posters experience with owning/using a Leica. but by assumptions. I never regret buying my Leica camera.
Nah.............. Never make resolutions!
Quite an outfit there. I have two MPP 1940/50's cameras, one roll film back. The other items that work with the cameras are more of a universal nature, not dedicated MPP items. Thanks for showing.