hap
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Most likely, yes. But process just didn't appeal at the time.
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FR, We all make decisions about what works for us. To your point about breaking a Leica, they're very robust. As for theft, I'm betting your cell phone is worth more than $200. The other day I was looking through a stack of prints and found a small mounted BW print given to me 40+ years ago. The photographer was a young woman, an art school student & she had a wonderful eye. She worked with a Pentax Spotmatic and a 28mm lens and she did everything with that; eventually some commercial work and weddings too. None of her clients ever complained about her lack of equipment. Later when that camera was stolen she got a Pentax K1000 with a 28mm lens. I remember looking through stacks of her prints. The compositions were beautiful and the images did not look all the same. She had complete mastery (including the printing) over the camera and lens she used. All these years later, her print is still a great image.
Timmyjoe
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Oh Great, Thanks A Lot! Now I'm gonna be lusting after that until it sells. :bang::bang::bang:
https://prophotosupply.com/collections/used-inventory/products/leica-null-serie-0-series-35mm-camera
Does it look as good in person as it does in the picture (which they say is not of the actual camera).
Hope you're staying safe out there in Portland. We used to live on Mt. Scott in the southeast. Scary times.
Best,
-Tim
Larry Cloetta
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Thieves are targeting IIIc's now? Dang.
tbhv55
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I've done the same, Huss. On more than one occasion.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
There is this one:
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/pentax-lx-am-i-a-heretic.98834/#post-1310618
Further on in the thread he comments on the LX's metering pattern.
Timmyjoe
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Auto exposure measures down to -6.5 EV on the LX. I have never heard of a camera reading that low of a light level. Impressive.
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
Dogman
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I lusted for a Nikon D3 from the time it was introduced even though I was using Canons at the time. Nikon's first full frame digital, built like a tank and still considered a viable pro camera by many. I found one in "well used" condition that had a moderate shutter count so I bought it. I only owned it for the weekend. It had multiple problems and the more I tried using it, the more problems I found. Sadly, it had to go back.
Since then I've seen a number of D3s for really good prices that seemed to be in much better shape. Every time I thought about it, the less appealing it seemed. I rationalized that I don't need a boat anchor with 9 fps drive just to take the mundane and simple photos I shoot. So I've given up the desire for the D3. Maybe a back up body for my D700 instead. Yeah, yeah...that's an idea.
Since then I've seen a number of D3s for really good prices that seemed to be in much better shape. Every time I thought about it, the less appealing it seemed. I rationalized that I don't need a boat anchor with 9 fps drive just to take the mundane and simple photos I shoot. So I've given up the desire for the D3. Maybe a back up body for my D700 instead. Yeah, yeah...that's an idea.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
The LX together with the F6 and the M3 are the three cameras that i would love to have but are so out of my budget that i will never pay the money for them. I thought i don't experience any GAS since i am quite happy with cameras i have...
That's until recently when i got a GAS attack for a Nikon F3. I have the F4 and the F5 and thought to sell my OM4 and a lens and fund it. I very briefly put a listing online before taking it down again - I just can't make myself sell the little jewel (despite using the OM-2n more) to get the F3. I always had a soft spot in my heart for the Olympuses.
That's until recently when i got a GAS attack for a Nikon F3. I have the F4 and the F5 and thought to sell my OM4 and a lens and fund it. I very briefly put a listing online before taking it down again - I just can't make myself sell the little jewel (despite using the OM-2n more) to get the F3. I always had a soft spot in my heart for the Olympuses.
shawn
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The problem with having a F5, F4 and getting a F3 is you are going to have to keep the progression going....
.. and a F2 is a seriously nice camera. I have a 1979 F2as and I like shooting it more than the F3. More tactile and I think even smoother, the metering display is better too but of course no auto exposure for the times that is useful.
Shawn
.. and a F2 is a seriously nice camera. I have a 1979 F2as and I like shooting it more than the F3. More tactile and I think even smoother, the metering display is better too but of course no auto exposure for the times that is useful.
Shawn
Huss
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Weird thing for me is my F link is broken by the F5. That is the one I never had an interest in. Still don't. And I think a part of it is the ones I checked out had electrical issues, which I then read are common.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Huss, what electrical problems have you heard of?
Huss
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Batteries being drained really quickly, but the issues I saw first hand with the ones I checked out is the selector dials did not work correctly. If I tried to change shutter speed for instance, it would bounce all over the place. Same for iso.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Yes, the F5 loves chewing batteries but I have never found myself in the unpleasant situation of running out of battery.
I have heard of the dials skipping through settings. I forgot of the name of the guys in London who repair Nikons, this issue is easily repairable. Of course it does add to the overall cost so you need to get it cheap in the first place.
I have heard of the dials skipping through settings. I forgot of the name of the guys in London who repair Nikons, this issue is easily repairable. Of course it does add to the overall cost so you need to get it cheap in the first place.
shawn
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I bought my F5 new before the F3 or F2, definitely eats batteries. No problems with dials or anything though. Beast of a camera but extremely comfortable to hold and the metering on it is great. For fast film shooting it is great, but really that role is better handled by digital. So I use the simpler film cameras more at this point.
Shawn
Shawn
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Olympus OM-2 and OM-4/OM-4T
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I bought one new when they just came out. The first 3 months the F5 went back and forth to Nikon, as it wouldn't rewind a single roll of film without killing the battery. Nikon never really fixed it, so i ended up selling off all my Nikon lenses and bodies.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
The only problem that the F5 has ever given me is some sort of bizarre incompatibility with early non-D lenses. I had an early AF50 f/1.8 non-D and I still have an AF 35f2 that do not focus on infinity (they do focus but it never gives the green light to trip the shutter in AF-s). In AF-c they work well. The 35f2 works great on the F4.
Going back to Huss' original post about the LX, back in 1989 as a teenager I remember reading a review in a Greek photographic magazine comparing the Nikon F4, Canon Eos 1, Pentax LX and Minolta 9000. I always found them to be a bit biased towards Nikon but they described the F4 as "the Holy Grail", they admired the Eos1 "as a technological marvel" and they placed the LX also on the podium as amazing camera/system. They were rather underwhelmed by the 9000 as they considered it a manual focus camera with AF being "a bonus feature".
I suppose that review has something to do with my fascination with the LX.
Going back to Huss' original post about the LX, back in 1989 as a teenager I remember reading a review in a Greek photographic magazine comparing the Nikon F4, Canon Eos 1, Pentax LX and Minolta 9000. I always found them to be a bit biased towards Nikon but they described the F4 as "the Holy Grail", they admired the Eos1 "as a technological marvel" and they placed the LX also on the podium as amazing camera/system. They were rather underwhelmed by the 9000 as they considered it a manual focus camera with AF being "a bonus feature".
I suppose that review has something to do with my fascination with the LX.
shawn
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You can change AF-S to release priority. Set custom setting #2 to option 1.
The way I typically shot my Nikon AF SLRs( F5,D1H or D700) was to just leave the camera in AF-C and set AF for AF-ON button only. Custom setting #4 option 1 to turn off AF on the shutter button. Make sure you have #2 set to Option 1 as well. Set this way the camera will AF only when you press the AF-On button. In essence AF-C becomes AF-S if you press the AF-On button and release it when the camera focuses. If you press and hold the AF-On button the camera continuously AFs.
Used this way makes it really easy to prefocus without needing to hold down the shutter button or a AF lock button so that as soon as you hit the shutter button it fires with no delay.
Shawn
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Great tip Shawn, thsnks