Thanks Godfrey. This is somewhat reassuring. However I will assume you don’t have collarbones that stick out like coat hooks, as I do. A conservatively loaded Pilot 7l with its very nicely padded strap will start to dig in after an hour or less. Even my Billingham L2 with the SP15 strap pad managed to leave a bruise after a couple of days. I realise I’m in the overwhelming minority in this regard.
Yes, I have thick, meaty shoulders ... LOL! I recall a doctor's summary of my physique some years back: "... Tall and powerfully built ..." I should have framed it, wish I'd had that as a certificate back when I was young enough for it to matter. 😉
Are you doing your own processing? My understanding is that it is illegal to sell or commercially process Velvia 100 (and only Velvia 100) in the USA because of environmental regulations that were passed a while ago. I'm sure it's possible to bypass sales regulations if purchasing online, but commercial labs won't touch it. I think these restrictions are true for EU countries as well.
Fujifilm can’t distribute it in the US anymore but that does not prevent it from changing hands between private sellers (it’s available on eBay still). I ship all of mine to Canada for processing. I shot most of a 20-pack of it earlier this year and have a few rolls left but wanted to restock since there’s more of it available than Provia.
As I thought. Thanks for the clarification! Let's hope the supply situation for Fuji transparency films improves sometime soon; I switched to E100 because of that, but I'm less than thrilled with its look. I'm afraid we can't be too choosy these days. Using eBay for film gives me the willies!
I hate to use the phrase "thinking outside the box", but Fuji really did some creative thinking in the design of this system. I'm sure you're enjoying it!Fuji magnifying finder for the GX680. Tried to buy one of these from KEH a few months ago and after a few days they came back and said they couldn't complete the order. They just had another one so I snagged it and this time it arrived.
These are a little different than your typical magnifying finder. The loupe is articulated and can move all over the focusing screen to better see the effects of the movements.
It is also hinged to see the entire focus screen.
It is a cool system, and very fun. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use it most of the summer as I have thrown my back out, twice. Just about better and want to get out with it to burn some film and to try out the 180mm f3.2 which is supposed to be gorgeous.
Bad backs and medium format are not always such a good combination. One of the reasons I love my little Rolleiflexes! Take care of your back, and maybe don't use the Fuji with that neck strap! 😉
Yup, I moved the strap back to the svelte Pentax 6x7.
I love mine -- when I got it, it had capping at 1/2000 (an issue with the SL2) and desilvering in the prism -- Don made it good as new and it's been great since then (20 years give or take). A really nice camera -- mine has the Summilux so it's a hefty package.
It was sentiment like that which has led me to having now four, perfect, recently refurbished and serviced Kodak Retina IIc cameras... Sigh!
