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John Robertson
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Remember - a bird in the hand is worth two in the Bush.
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RML
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backalley photo said:
What's hotter and sexier than PINK? And it will get noticed! And admired if you frequent the right places. 🙂
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Russ said:
That really is a very nice colour, isn't it? I think it matches very well with the chrome. And it'll match nicely with one of my tan summer jackets.
taffer
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Now I want to cover my future P in Japanesque Gold 🙄
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candy apple red!
Sequins?
Sonnar Brian
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When a Lady wants to look really sharp, she puts on the "Classic Black Dress". Some Gold or Silver for effect. Lesson to be learned here, cameras look best in Black!
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pshinkaw
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That's how the lunchbox collecting thing got started. One guy started a newsletter about collecting lunchboxes and primed the collecting market up until his own collection became valuable.
We could do the same thing here with Kodak Signet 40's or Fed-5B's. First we buy a whole bunch. Then we talk it up a lot with sample photos. When we get the interest up high enough we start trickling them in into e-Bay. While everyone else is buying Signet's we can buy Canons.
A couple of years ago Moskva-5's cost a lot more than they do now. However, several websites on Moskva's disappeared over the intervening years. I think there is less exposure now than just 3 years ago. Less demand...lower prices.
We could do the same thing here with Kodak Signet 40's or Fed-5B's. First we buy a whole bunch. Then we talk it up a lot with sample photos. When we get the interest up high enough we start trickling them in into e-Bay. While everyone else is buying Signet's we can buy Canons.
A couple of years ago Moskva-5's cost a lot more than they do now. However, several websites on Moskva's disappeared over the intervening years. I think there is less exposure now than just 3 years ago. Less demand...lower prices.
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Brian Sweeney said:
Perhaps that goes in the West. In other parts of the world (Mongolia and India come to my mind) women dress up in bright colours for festivities and celebrations. Lesson to be learned here: cameras look good in colour too. 🙂
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pshinkaw said:
That's exactly what those guys at Lomography have done! Those plastic cameras are crap, not nearly in the same league as a Holga, but still they sell them like hot cakes because of the hype they've created around those crappy plastic things. IIRC they already jumped on the FED5 bandwagon as well.
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Natalia
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Brian Sweeney said:
can't seem to find one in $200 range. All I see is about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30099&item=3859454906&rd=1
Russ
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LilRedSpy said:
It's a toss-up, between the Vivitar ES & the Oly RC.
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nwcanonman
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Olympus SP dude!
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Sonnar Brian
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Doohhh. Not a Jeapordy Fan.
Anyway, my Favorite camera that I paid $200 for is the Canon 7. Actually, it was $395 with the 50mm f1.4 lens.
My favorite lens that actually cost $200 was the Canon 50mm F0.95. That is known as a Happy BINge on Ebay.
Anyway, my Favorite camera that I paid $200 for is the Canon 7. Actually, it was $395 with the 50mm f1.4 lens.
My favorite lens that actually cost $200 was the Canon 50mm F0.95. That is known as a Happy BINge on Ebay.
oftheherd
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Wow! A 50mm f/0.95. What a catch, Brian. I would love to see that in Coffee and Camera. Did you already post it there? That thing must be a trip in low light. How is it optically?
Sonnar Brian
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Camera and Coffee Page with the Canon 50mm F0.95
Canon 50mm F0.95 Album
Here are some samples. The 5x7's are really nice, even wide-open. Very little flare, even illumination across the entire image, a little soft wide-open. Overall, the sharpness of the lens is a bit better than the 40mm F1.7 lens Canonet QL 17. An amazing accomplishment for a faster than f1.0 lens designed in the '50s.
My favorite, Close-up and Wide-Open. and shot with the lens, right out of the box.
Canon 50mm F0.95 Album
Here are some samples. The 5x7's are really nice, even wide-open. Very little flare, even illumination across the entire image, a little soft wide-open. Overall, the sharpness of the lens is a bit better than the 40mm F1.7 lens Canonet QL 17. An amazing accomplishment for a faster than f1.0 lens designed in the '50s.
My favorite, Close-up and Wide-Open. and shot with the lens, right out of the box.
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Russ
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Brian Sweeney said:
Sonnar Brian
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Russ,
The lens on the Canonet is "sharp-enough" for 8x10's. I have some really good shots with it, usually get 5x7's as my standard print size from BJ's. Stopped down to F4 it is sharp, but by no means the sharpest lens out there. NO ONE is going to look at a well-exposed canonet shot that you hand-held nicely and think "Oh! What a soft Lens!"
The lens on the Canonet is "sharp-enough" for 8x10's. I have some really good shots with it, usually get 5x7's as my standard print size from BJ's. Stopped down to F4 it is sharp, but by no means the sharpest lens out there. NO ONE is going to look at a well-exposed canonet shot that you hand-held nicely and think "Oh! What a soft Lens!"
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Brian Sweeney said:
If I ever win the lotto or come with some kind of 'vapoorize' invention which makes me rich, I think I'll send the 'P' to Hattori Hanzo... er I mean Shintaro in Japan for one of his black paint jobs.
Of course that would mean I'd have to get another one just to remember how the chrome one is 😀
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