: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I used to really lust after an Arri 16SB, and I
> actually had no use for
> the thing at all. Quality for its own sake seems to
> have an attaction.
I feel the same way now about Leicas and &#
Oh, gaud, I hope not.
Pancho Hasselbach wrote:
>Folks,
>
>today in the train, I finally got it. The misterious feature of upcoming
>K10D will be a sensor with an aspect ration near 4x5, like the 6x7 has.
>As Pentax people lately like weird numbers, it'll be something like
>27x23mm, which is cl
Folks,
today in the train, I finally got it. The misterious feature of upcoming
K10D will be a sensor with an aspect ration near 4x5, like the 6x7 has.
As Pentax people lately like weird numbers, it'll be something like
27x23mm, which is close to the 69x56mm ration of 6x7. This will make
print
;d be shooting film regularly.
Regards,
Anthony Farr
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In a message dated 8/27/2006 7:34:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax
I probably should test that my Stereo Realist still works, while there is
still a lab around that can handle it.
Did they use ordinary 35mm film? That's sort
P.S. A Stereo Realist and a Fuji Instax
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> On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Same guy. I'll debate you when I
--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I used to really lust after an Arri 16SB, and I
> actually had no use for
> the thing at all. Quality for its own sake seems to
> have an attaction.
I feel the same way now about Leicas and 'blads. I
just can't have everything I want.
-Brendan
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I used to really lust after an Arri 16SB, and I actually had no use for
the thing at all. Quality for its own sake seems to have an attaction.
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On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>> Exactly what I do, but I don't hold onto things that I am not using
>> unless I feel that I might need them again within a reasonable period
>> of time.
>
> Those are the things that I rent!
Much of the stuff that I listed was not rentable, o
Cotty wrote:
> On 24/8/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>>This is what a *real* news cameraman looks like:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/k8lbn
>>
>>http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/CSearchZ_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchThumb_S
>>earchZoom&o=&Total=46&FP=2652601&E=2V6DH6VRW3FX8&SID=JMGEJNTIYTGV0&Pic
Must not comment...
Cotty wrote:
>On 24/8/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>
>>This is what a *real* news cameraman looks like:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/k8lbn
>>
>>http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/CSearchZ_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchThumb_S
>>earchZoom&o=&Total=46&FP=2652601&E=2V6D
He should try to tell that to the IRS. It's all paper until it's realized.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>Dear John,
>
>A couple of friends recently sold their home in Berkeley. They got
>$1,850,000 for it. During the time their house was for sale the market
>softened, and they didn't get the $2,100,0
On Aug 24, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> Exactly what I do, but I don't hold onto things that I am not using
> unless I feel that I might need them again within a reasonable period
> of time.
Those are the things that I rent!
In a decade I was never able to accumulate more than t
Scott Loveless wrote:
>
>
> At one time I blamed Bill Robb for my "enablements". Now, however, I
> think part of the blame goes Mike Johnston.
>
> What have you used?
>
> --
> Scott Loveless
> http://www.twosixteen.com
> Shoot more film!
>
Ok I' ll play - the laundry is in the dryer, th
> This thread simply proves to me that I'm not a gearhead. I tend to
> buy
> something to do something specific, and keep it.
Exactly what I do, but I don't hold onto things that I am not using
unless I feel that I might need them again within a reasonable period
of time.
Money vested into
--- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This is what a *real* news cameraman looks like:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/k8lbn
>
>
http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/CSearchZ_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchThumb_S
>
earchZoom&o=&Total=46&FP=2652601&E=2V6DH6VRW3FX8&SID=JMGEJNTIYTGV0&Pic
> =1&SubE=2S5RYDIEYZL6
>
Ahh, the Arriflex...what a great camera. The first
time I shot with the SRII I was so knocked out by it
that the 2nd AC finally put his hand on my shoulder
and said, "Ok, Brendan, we get it, you like the
camera."
The Eclair's have their following but they're really
awful. The two examples I worked
> >
> >This is what a *real* news cameraman looks like:
> >
> >http://tinyurl.com/k8lbn
> >
> >http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/CSearchZ_MAG.aspx?Stat=Sear
> chThumb_S
> >earchZoom&o=&Total=46&FP=2652601&E=2V6DH6VRW3FX8&SID=JMGEJNTI
> YTGV0&Pic
> >=1&SubE=2S5RYDIEYZL6
>
> Agreed. If I had that no
Cameras I used to own
Ashiaflex
Honeywell cannot remember the model
Pen EE half frame
Tachihara 4X5
Film Cameras I now own
Spotmatic F
Rolleichord IVb
SF1n
SFXn
MZ5n
Shen Hao 4X5
Crown Graphic 4X5
Seneca Improved 5X7 with 4X5 back
Kodak 2D without lens or lensboard (to rebuild or sell)
Pentax A110
On 24/8/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>This is what a *real* news cameraman looks like:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/k8lbn
>
>http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/CSearchZ_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchThumb_S
>earchZoom&o=&Total=46&FP=2652601&E=2V6DH6VRW3FX8&SID=JMGEJNTIYTGV0&Pic
>=1&SubE=2S5RYDIEYZL6
Ag
> Fra: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Same guy. I'll debate you when I think you're attacking Pentax unfairly.
> > But that's just to help maintain list equilibrium. If I'm a fan of any
> > camera, I guess it would be Leica t
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> A couple of friends recently sold their home in Berkeley. They got
> $1,850,000 for it. During the time their house was for sale the market
> softened, and they didn't get the $2,100,000 they were asking for it. John
> complained that he lost $250,00
Dear John,
A couple of friends recently sold their home in Berkeley. They got
$1,850,000 for it. During the time their house was for sale the market
softened, and they didn't get the $2,100,000 they were asking for it. John
complained that he lost $250,000. I asked how much he paid for the hou
> >To be honest, I don't miss it much. I met enough prima
> >donnas in that world to last me the rest of my life.
> >
> >;-]
>
> Har! I have a prima donna bullshit filter with added gain for the
real
> difficult ones ;-)
>
> If only I had been born a couple of decades or so earlier, I
> would h
[...] expensive stuff [...]
>
> I really must check my insurance policy!
>
Good idea! I have a new-for-old policy which paid dividends when all
my 2nd-hand Pentax stuff was stolen and replaced with new Contax/CZ
stuff.
Now I want to sell some of the CZ lenses to fund some digital buys,
but eve
At 07:00 AM 8/24/2006, you wrote:
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>This thread simply proves to me that
This thread simply proves to me that I'm not a gearhead. I tend to buy
something to do something specific, and keep it.
-Aaron
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On 23/8/06, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> Pentax *istDs
>
>Ah Ha.
Well, it *is* my wife's (officially) and she loves using it.
It's a cute little thing, can be a bit slow on the uptake, and you have
to handle it right to get the best results, but boy it goes the distance.
And t
On 23/8/06, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed:
>No, unfortunately. I owned the Beaulieu and had an
>Arri S for a time but no longer. I haven't done any
>movie work in long time. And even then it was all
>semiprofessional stuff. I worked on a few videos and
>such with decent budgets but it
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From: "Lucas Rijnders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
from memory:
Cameras:-
Voigtlander Vito CD -1967-76
Pentax SV - 1968-
Old Pentax 35mm P&S (about 30 years old, still have it, but don't know it's
designation), Pentax K1000, Pentax ZX-5n, Canon Elan 7e, Canon 300D (Digital
Rebel, have now), Pentax Optio S4i (have now), and soon, the Pentax K10D.
That's about it except an old 35mm non-SLR with bellows back in the d
Which reminds me of another nifty little rangefinder I
mooched from my father: an Olympus 35 RC. Lovely.
Rick
--- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find it interesting that those lovely little
> Canonets are showing up
> on several gear lists.
>
> -Adam
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Quoting Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Digital:
> Canon D60, 1D mark II
> Pentax *istDs
Ah Ha.
D
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From: "Scott Loveless"
Subject: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
> What have you used?
Fujica
Pentax
Olympus
Nikon
Pentax 6x7
Burke & James 4x5
Pentax 35mm
Tachihara 4x5
Pentax digital.
William Robb
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On 23-Aug-06, at 4:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
>>Canonet GIII QL17
>I find it interesting that those lovely little Canonets are showing up
>on several gear lists.
It was actually my parents camera that they bought in 1978 (i think!). I
really enjoy it, though I've only put a few rolls of film throu
No, unfortunately. I owned the Beaulieu and had an
Arri S for a time but no longer. I haven't done any
movie work in long time. And even then it was all
semiprofessional stuff. I worked on a few videos and
such with decent budgets but it all went into gear,
food and post-production. It was all good
>What have you used?
Owned:
50s:
Brownie 127
My dad's folding camera (an Agfa, I believe)
60s:
A 'Hanimex' 35mm rangefinder
An Olympus half-frame camera.
70s:
Pentax SP II
Pentax MX (still got this one)
Pentax ME
Pentax ME Super
80s:
Pentax Super Program (got this one, too)
90s:
It's amazing how much 4x5 has shown up in the responses.
Sincerely,
Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.brendemuehl.net
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>>What have you used?
>
>
> I'm a newbie compared to you all!
>
> Pentax:
> MZ-60
> MZ-6
> *ist DS
> ME F
> MZ-5
>
> other:
> Canonet GIII QL17
> Yashicamat 124G
>
> :)
>
>
I find it interesting that those lovely little Canonets are showing up
on several gear lists
Oh, used? Let's see
Various folding Kodaks.
*Pentax H3.
Mamiya 16.
*Pentax MX outfit (2 cams + 6 lenses).
Speed Graphic outfit.
Mamiya Universal Press with 3.5 lens, 4 backs, and 400ws Lumedyne.
Rolleiflex (owned one used several).
Linhof Super Technika outfit (owned one, used another).
Canon Demi
>What have you used?
I'm a newbie compared to you all!
Pentax:
MZ-60
MZ-6
*ist DS
ME F
MZ-5
other:
Canonet GIII QL17
Yashicamat 124G
:)
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From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: Useless gearhead quiz (was - venting)
> On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>&g
What have I used? Too many, that's for certain.
Pentax --
A3000
KX
K-1000
Super Program
*ist DS
Other 35
Retina IIIc
Canon G-III QL17
Epson Stylus "mju" (because Americans don't know Greek)
various other nifty garage sale/thrift shop finds
LF
Busch Pressman D 4x5
Crown Graphic 4x5
Nagaoka 4x5
K
Who do I blame? I was enabled long before this list existed.
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Scott Loveless wrote:
> On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Sa
> What have you used?
Whoops forgot the TLR
The Family Box Brownie
Ocassionaly Dad's 116 1A Pocket Kodak
Kodak Brownie Holiday, my first camera
King Regula Cita, 35mm range finder
Calumet 4x5 view camera
4x5 Graphics
>Ricohflex 6x6 TLR
Pentax S1A
Pentax SP 500 and 1000
Pentax MX
Pentax ZX5n
Appl
> What have you used?
The Family Box Brownie
Ocassionaly Dad's 116 1A Pocket Kodak
Kodak Brownie Holiday, my first camera
King Regula Cita, 35mm range finder
Calumet 4x5 view camera
4x5 Graphics
Pentax S1A
Pentax SP 500 and 1000
Pentax MX
Pentax ZX5n
Apple Quicktake 150
Canon Power Shot 600
Olymp
On 23/8/06, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Cinema Products 16
>Arriflex S
>Arriflex SR, SRII, and SRIII
>Aaton 16 (AatonCode)
>Eclair ACL
>Beaulieu 16
>Steadicam ProVid
Whoa dude!
Any of those you still use?
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Stills:
Canon A1, Canon AE1
Nikon F3
Yashicamat 124G
Mamiya 1000
Pentax K1000
Pentax Spotmatic F
Pentax P30T
Pentax Super A
Pentax LX
Pentax ZX-5n
Pentax MZ-S
Pentax 67
Pentax 67II
Olympus Camedia 1.3M point and shoot
Pentax Optio W10
Motion Picture:
Cinema Products 16
Arriflex S
Arriflex SR, SRI
Scott Loveless wrote:
> On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Same guy. I'll debate you when I think you're attacking Pentax unfairly. But
>>that's just to help maintain list equilibrium. If I'm a fan of any camera, I
>>guess it would be Leica thread mounts, but I'm a user
Hmmm...
Instamatic 100 (the first camera I bought, in 1964)
Instamatic 300 (mooched from parents)
Kodak Pony (=all= manual, right to cocking the
shutter)
Pentax Spotmatic
Mamiya-Sekor 1000 DTL
Rolleiflex 3.5 TLR
Speed Graphic
Mamiya-Sekor DSX 500 (came with my spouse)
Olympus Stylus
Olympus Stylus
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:02:02 +0200, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> What have you used?
OM-1 (my fathers)
Kodak pocket instamatic (my mothers)
Pentax MZ-50 (my own :o)
Zenith XP-12 (on permanent loan)
Pentax Z-1p, MX, Super Program. Some others (Z-1, MZ-5, MZ-5n) for a short
while
On 23/8/06, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I've used a handful of Pentax cameras (M42 and K mount), a Mamiya TLR,
>Crown Graphic, a couple Polaroids that take the peel-apart film, one
>Canon (and I gave it away), and a few point and shoot digitals. But
>there's always been a Pentax
Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At one time I blamed Bill Robb for my "enablements". Now, however, I
> think part of the blame goes Mike Johnston.
I blame Bill to. My first list aquasition was from him.:-)
>
> What have you used?
Couple of Kodak box cameras at an early age, i forg
On Aug 23, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:
> I've used a handful of Pentax cameras (M42 and K mount), a Mamiya TLR,
> Crown Graphic, a couple Polaroids that take the peel-apart film, one
> Canon (and I gave it away), and a few point and shoot digitals. But
> there's always been a Pentax
On 8/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Same guy. I'll debate you when I think you're attacking Pentax unfairly. But
> that's just to help maintain list equilibrium. If I'm a fan of any camera, I
> guess it would be Leica thread mounts, but I'm a user for the most part. I've
>
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