New York NYC August Meet-Up

[SuperUJ]

Harry is clearly the best.

Harry is going to provide me with an estimate. I called him and he was very helpful and even responded to my email confirmation almost instantly. If you still remember my story about my M2 being held up in Luton, UK for three years, mostly due to back timing and bad luck. So, a responsive repairman is very important to me. I am contemplating to have a Maxwell screen installed as well. Will bring it to one of our meeting after it returns back to me, hopefully less than three years this time. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Cal!!! I was very concerned when Krimar told me on the phone a couple days ago that he does not service 2.8C. And, I remember your Whiteface back in the studio at CCNY. It's brilliant!

John

 

[jsrockit]

Funny how things go, John. I finally completed my off-loading of my Nikon DSLRs.

Yep, who would have guessed? However, you have to use what is best for your photography right?

 

[Calzone]

Harry is going to provide me with an estimate. I called him and he was very helpful and even responded to my email confirmation almost instantly. If you still remember my story about my M2 being held up in Luton, UK for three years, mostly due to back timing and bad luck. So, a responsive repairman is very important for me. I am contemplating to have a Maxwell screen installed as well. Will bring it to our meeting after it returns back to me, hopefully less than three years this time. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Cal!!! I was very concerned when Krimar told me on the phone a couple days ago that he does not service 2.8C. And, I have seen your Whiteface in the studio at CCNY. It's brilliant!

John

John,

I found Harry to be timely. When he told me 12 weeks, that is what it was. I'm with you. I could never deal with DAG, the uncertainty, and the axiety it creates.

Harry is not inexpensive, but by far margin he is the best. As I remember it was around 6 hundred dollars with a Maxwell screen installed. BTW Harry is meticulus and he pointed out every small defect in the finish of my camera that I considered a very clean example. There was free labor for installing and calibrating the focusing since I was getting a shutter overhaul and a film transplant overhaul. This saved me $40.00 but this was close to seven years ago.

Andre likes when I say that my Rollie was "Fleenored." BTW if you ever sell, that Fleenor sticker inside your camera and your reciept makes selling any Rollie really easy, and most of the money spent can be recovered. Harry's name carries a lot of weight. That is why I would only consider Harry for Rollie's.

BTW big difference between a CLA and an overhaul. One thing is new parts, another is the level of disassembly.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

I think you will find that the heavier cameras are more steady. Sniper rifles are big and heavy for a reason.

I think it is really cool that you are continuing to evolve and do some surprising things. I would have never thought that DSLR's would be good for you.

Me neither Cal... and I'm not so sure anything but the Df IS good for me...but I will try the D800e and see.

For me it seems the auto focus lens I have is mighty accurate and blazing fast, and my 28/1.4 G is not as fast as those autofocus lenses with servowave motors. Maggie plans on buying me a 58/1.4 D like yours when she gets the big check from her last modeling gig.

I'm completely set on AF to the point where I don't want MF lenses at all. After working super fast with the Df, there is no going back. Well, unless I move on from photographing in the streets.

I absolutely love the 58mm 1.4g (as everyone knows) and believe it is worth every penny. It seems that for me, each body i use has a lens that fits and balances right... for the Df it is the 58mm 1.4g, for my Sony A7II it is the 35mm Sonnar... for the D800e, not sure yet, but I look forward to using the 60mm macro on it.

 

[Calzone]

Yep, who would have guessed? However, you have to use what is best for your photography right?

John,

Who would think that Calzone would like and enjoy shooting color? LOL.

I'm going to start shooting that 28/1.4 at night with the D3X.

BTW the autofocus works great for me. Fast enough, although not servowave.

Growing is part of the fun. Also we are lucky guys who have the flexability to experiment and learn.

Lately my mantra has been: Crazy is good.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

John,
Who would think that Calzone would like and enjoy shooting color? LOL.

or digital, or DSLRs.

BTW the autofocus works great for me. Fast enough, although not servowave.

Every Nikon lens I've used has been fast for me (compared to mirrorless). Even the macro is fast going from 1:1 to infinity. I'm not sure what ones truly suck in this regard.

 

[Calzone]

I'm completely set on AF to the point where I don't want MF lenses at all. After working super fast with the Df, there is no going back. Well, unless I move on from photographing in the streets.

I absolutely love the 58mm 1.4g (as everyone knows) and believe it is worth every penny. It seems that for me, each body i use has a lens that fits and balances right... for the Df it is the 58mm 1.4g, for my Sony A7II it is the 35mm Sonnar... for the D800e, not sure yet, but I look forward to using the 60mm macro on it.

John,

Sharp focus at 58mm is very hard using manual focus fast reliably with a Noct-Nikkor. Not a lot of DOF even when compared to a standard 50. This is part of the charm. AF is a big asset here.

I can't wait untill Maggie gets paid that $5K for that modeling gig. Then she'll buy me a 58/1.4G. My friend Dirk is right, the rendering is very much like my Noct-Nikkor and the ergonomics better on a DSLR.

All my cameras kinda get set up like fixed lenses, and very few lenses are shared or changed.

Cal

 

[Range-rover]

Hi guy's
I've been using the Nikon D2Xs of late and yesterday went to my favorite
store (ebay) and hopefully purchased a bunch of good lenses.
Tamron 20-40 f2.7-3.5, a Nikkor Af 28mm f2.8 model 2 and a 24-85mm f3.5
-4.5 model 1, two should be here in a couple of days the 24-85 a few weeks
it coming from Europe. Since I gotten the Leica I've been using the micro
4/3rds less, it's just that I'm having such a great time shooting with the M8
in the city that it's you know.

Bob

 

[Calzone]

How did we all turn into Nikon-heads? LOL.

I really think the DF contriversey and all the haters makes that camera extra-extra cool, and I don't even one one. Kinda wants me want to buy one because one sure thing to be creative is to not do what the masses do to have a sense of style and truely stand out.

I still love my M-bodies... then I went Leica-R in a big way... the a "free" boxed D3X with less than 5K actuations that is not grey market shoved me over the edge.

Where is my self control? LOL.

I remember when new-B's to the NYC Meet-Up would apologize saying they didn't own a Leica and only shot a SLR. LOL. "Would it be O.K. if I came," I was asked numerous times. LOL.

Cal

 

[SuperUJ]

How did we all turn into Nikon-heads? LOL

I have always been in the Nikon camp since the first time I held an F2 as a kid. My thinking for small format is: to get a job done, Nikon; to have some fun, Leica. The caveat there is, Zeiss optics on Nikon bodies. Only until recently, Fujifilm X has come into play, but that's sub-small format in a traditional sense.

John

 

[Calzone]

I have always been in the Nikon camp since the first time I held an F2 as a kid. My thinking for small format is: to get a job done, Nikon; to have some fun, Leica. The caveat there is, Zeiss optics on Nikon bodies. Only until recently, Fujifilm X has come into play, but that's sub-small format in a traditional sense.

John

My F3P I have owned since 1991 just after it returned from Operation Desert Storm. It was a real "Press" camera owned by "Newsday." 24 years with the same old camera.

Back when I was in art school my black Nikon F2 was a premium camera, and in the art department it carried some serious status that worked as a credential where I became the Photo Editor and Darkroom Manager for my school's newspaper. Basically I had my own darkroom and office.

More or less have been shooting Nikon SLR's since the mid 70's. Only recently did I get sidetracked by Rangefinders, Rollies...

Cal

 

[robert blu]

How did we all turn into Nikon-heads? LOL.

I really think the DF contriversey and all the haters makes that camera extra-extra cool, and I don't even one one. Kinda wants me want to buy one because one sure thing to be creative is to not do what the masses do to have a sense of style and truely stand out.


Cal

I'm so temped by the Df ...nice to read somebody likes it 🙂

robert

 

[Calzone]

I'm so temped by the Df ...nice to read somebody likes it 🙂

robert

Robert,

John really likes his. If I didn't have my D3X...

A friend in the B&H used department pulled one from the back for me to try out. I did not have any problem using MF lenses on that camera and it is mighty small. What's not to like about the D4 sensor? I thought that Nikon cheezed out with the 31 point autofocus, but on my D3X I only use single point. LOL.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

I thought that Nikon cheezed out with the 31 point autofocus, but on my D3X I only use single point. LOL.

Yeah, 30 points that aren't utilized by me.

 

[Calzone]

Yeah, 30 points that aren't utilized by me.

Call me a lazy slacker. All I need is one. LOL.

Just give me a basic camera. That's what the DF is. The world is full of whiners. I know because I come from Long Island where researchers say that Long Islanders whine five times above the national average. No Lie or exaggeration.

Cal

 

[Range-rover]

Nether do I, single point all the way. I get kinda annoyed with all those
flashing red dots and the camera telling me what to focus on, and all you
guy's becoming Nikonheads it was a matter of time, but you know this is
the first time I have a Nikon,Canon and Leica in the house and you know
there are differences but it's most likely in the electronic's but I say that
the Nikon is on a bit of the warm side which I like better than the Canon
which is a bit cold and it being a older than the Nikon body when you go
up even iso400 it get's spotty that the Nikon at 400 does not have so
Nikon wins that battle so far.

 

[jsrockit]

I think most rangefinder (or manual focus) users prefer single point. It's the whole focus / recompose thing we've been used to.

 

[Range-rover]

Your right, it must be that central focusing point we all know and love.

 

[robert blu]

When photographing with my F100 i prefer central focus point and recompose. The rare times I use my wife's D5100 I'm not able to have a fixed central focus point, it always moves around if by accident I push the pad ...but this is a different story nothing to do with this thread, sorry!
rober

 

[Calzone]

When photographing with my F100 i prefer central focus point and recompose. The rare times I use my wife's D5100 I'm not able to have a fixed central focus point, it always moves around if by accident I push the pad ...but this is a different story nothing to do with this thread, sorry!
rober

Robert,

I go way off topic all the time. LOL. Some would say rant, and that would not be an exaggeration.

Also how foolish it is to have camera beauty pagents every year for the past 6 years.

On my D3X I have 50 focus points I don't use.

Cal