What's your weapon?
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stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Real camera Rolleiflex that is
Why did you go for the E500 - was it the built in anti dust mechanism? I keep on looking at a digital SLR's and find this dust issue to be the main reason I have not purchased one. I had a D70 for a couple of days but returned it as it came "out of box" with a sensor covered in dust! At least with film this is not an issue as the sensor is renewed for each frame
I was looking at getting a E300 at £299. It came as a kit with a couple of lenses but now they have stopped doing the offer
Real camera Rolleiflex that is
Why did you go for the E500 - was it the built in anti dust mechanism? I keep on looking at a digital SLR's and find this dust issue to be the main reason I have not purchased one. I had a D70 for a couple of days but returned it as it came "out of box" with a sensor covered in dust! At least with film this is not an issue as the sensor is renewed for each frame
I was looking at getting a E300 at £299. It came as a kit with a couple of lenses but now they have stopped doing the offer
Best thing about the Rollei is I found it in a junk shop in the bazaar in Gaziantep and it was an absolute steal!
Now all I have to do is improve my photography.
Looking back, I'm not entirely sure why I went for an E500. I used to play around with an OM2 of my Mums, and I like Olympus's so thats where the brand came from. Its a perfectly good dSLR, and the dust jobby certainly works well. My only complaint with it is that the cleaning program is automaticly run when you turn it on, but it only takes a couple of seconds so its not a big issue. I ended up ordering it from the States on some special offer job, and even taking into account postage and a £50 customs charge it still worked out a good bit cheaper than buying one in the UK. Have to say I prefer the OM2, tho.
my thoughts and one reson i got mine was the good press (sometimes it is good to with the hype)
Then a shit load of cannon i like the D20 do not get me wrong i fucking love it,
not been home as yet so not sure if the 400 has come in the post, today i woke and got out the old k 100d to take images of mother earth wakeing..
I have been thinking of late going another way ie scanner and good old non digital i know why not but it seems i have become a sheep, and i was always a goat and looking at the stats link has made me think further.
Paul if you are going for big images try office world and the cannon photo copys (full colour) ive had some good images this way round and you might know of http://www.peak-imaging.co.uk/ they also use a lot cannon never used them as yet (due to cost) in fact it is a good day of sunshine i might just get the old tram here in sheffield and go and have a chat see what there like face to face as it might be..
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Cheers e numbers. I've heard good things about Peak Imaging again and again -- I'm lucky enough to have an OK "pro" photo lab just down the road from me so I tend to use them for big prints. Just that a few more pixels would come in handy when printing really big (hence unrequited D300 lust).
I've had my Pentax MX for 15 years. I won't be getting a dslr because the cost of autofocus lenses is like gillette razors but I will probably get a semi-dslr compact. I might get a medium or large format camera one day. I am not dazzled by camera technology, I say if you want something that flashes and beeps buy a pokemon.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
I have whatever the photographic equivalent of penis envy is, I think.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
snap.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I bought this last week
Rolleiflex 3.5E Planar
:Gurn:
We've got 2 of those at work, they dont get used nearly enough.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Shit poll no D90 option
hikiwari
Active Member
Probably because it takes time and concentration to shoot with and then time and money to develop/print or develop/scan. I've never used anything like this before so it's going to be a steep learning curve for me - but I'm really excited.
My other camera? 5D MkI
RoyReed
Must fly!
I don't think the D90 was released in the UK until after this thread was started.Shit poll no D90 option
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Shit poll. Needs updating
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Probably because it takes time and concentration to shoot with and then time and money to develop/print or develop/scan. I've never used anything like this before so it's going to be a steep learning curve for me - but I'm really excited.
My other camera? 5D MkI
Yeah we're teaching a level too which probably doesn't help
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Zombie thread alert
I've been shooting with a Zorki-4 and Jupiter-8 2/50 today which should make stowpirate happy.
I've been shooting with a Zorki-4 and Jupiter-8 2/50 today which should make stowpirate happy.
Yes this is a zombie thread as Fridge points out.
This kind of thread with its obviously outdated poll is a good example of why people should ignore pogofish and his campaign against new versions of apparently already-dealt-with topics. As the world changes, especially products on sale being replaced with shiny new versions, so we need shiny new threads covering those topics.
This kind of thread with its obviously outdated poll is a good example of why people should ignore pogofish and his campaign against new versions of apparently already-dealt-with topics. As the world changes, especially products on sale being replaced with shiny new versions, so we need shiny new threads covering those topics.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
Last in
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
I'm still using the same 20D I was four years ago
mattie
missing in inaction
I just bought a Pentax K30, for some reason they dropped it in price from £600 to £370 and then offered £50 cashback on top.
Anyway, it's water-resistant and it's got a built-in spirit level. Which does make it sound like it belongs on a building site, but bloody handy as I'm guff at level horizons and it's not exactly been a dry year.
No LCD top-screen, which is a departure for Pentax and a bit of a shame, but a nice big bright screen on the back.
Anyway, it's water-resistant and it's got a built-in spirit level. Which does make it sound like it belongs on a building site, but bloody handy as I'm guff at level horizons and it's not exactly been a dry year.
No LCD top-screen, which is a departure for Pentax and a bit of a shame, but a nice big bright screen on the back.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i go through phases with different cameras, i tend to hop from one to another. i counted my cameras once 
ToothlessFerret
Well-Known Member
Not a Canikon Fanboy.
Sony A200 DSLR. Pentax K110D DSLR, Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR. Kodak Retinette IIA 35mm viewfinder. I'm currently using those four cameras.
My and the girlfriends's present tool kit (the camera one that is):
Sony A200 DSLR. Pentax K110D DSLR, Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR. Kodak Retinette IIA 35mm viewfinder. I'm currently using those four cameras.
My and the girlfriends's present tool kit (the camera one that is):
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
okay here goes nikon d40 sigma 1.4 lens
pentax k1000 (35mm film)
cameraphone (nokia lumia 800 due today)
polaroid sx-70 (square format)
polaroid land camera (peel apart)
polaroid spectra (rectangular format)
instax mini (credit card sided instant)
lomo fisheye (35mm film)
baldixette (120 film)
rolleicord (120 film)
lomo 6x12 due after xmas (panoramic 120 film)
yashica electro rangefinder (35mm film)
that may be all
ToothlessFerret
Well-Known Member
Hikiwari - some of the recent photos taken with my Kodak Retinette. Paid two quid for it at a car boot sale.
fractionMan
Custom Title
I just bought a Pentax K30, for some reason they dropped it in price from £600 to £370 and then offered £50 cashback on top.
Anyway, it's water-resistant and it's got a built-in spirit level. Which does make it sound like it belongs on a building site, but bloody handy as I'm guff at level horizons and it's not exactly been a dry year.
No LCD top-screen, which is a departure for Pentax and a bit of a shame, but a nice big bright screen on the back.
Nice camera the k-30.
My Kx has no top LCD screen either. Not missed it.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I'm seriously thinking of getting a Nikon F5 and a fast 50mm prime. I don't know why, I think there's something wrong with me.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
People seem scared of TLRs. Well, maybe not "scared", but I've known a couple of photographers who happily used in one case a Praktisix, and in the other a Bronica SQ-A, who had a hard job using my Mamiya TLRs. IMO using a WLF when you've been used to a pentaprism can be a bit wearing, though.
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