peter_chiappini Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Hello, I just uploaded a site I started working on a while ago. Itspretty close to being done as far as layout and all that goes, but itsalmost all just pictures right now and doesn't have any of the info Iwant to include about the cameras. In any case I would like to knowwhat you think. Its at www.butteryourshutter.netfirms.com, which isfree web hosting with only 1gb of transfer a month which will probablybe used up after only 10 people look at it. -Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_overton1 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Nice beginning there. I like the clickable logos; you did a good job of scanning those (or you did your own artwork?). That Canon IVsb sure is a beauty, isn't it? The quality of your photos is good, making the cameras look appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_evans4 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 <p>You have a number of images of cameras that look as if they're duplicates (or near-duplicates) of what could be found elsewhere. What do you have that's new? I'd restart by choosing any <em>one</em> camera and providing information about it -- whether photos of it or text about it -- that isn't provided elsewhere. When you've done that, go on to a second camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_. Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 i look forward to seeing pix from all these.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_chiappini Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 Mark, thank you for your comments, I did find some of the logos on other sites, but none of what I found was actually usable and had to be almost completely redrawn so it didn't look fuzzy or pixelated when at the right size for the site. The Kodak one was a little tiny red and orange picture on a box for a kodak I had, as was the "o" in the minolta; these I took a photo of with my digital camera. The rest of the minolta logo, along with the olympus logo is just a typeface. The Canon IVSB is surely a beauty, I kinda wish I didn't sell it now, but I could probably pick up a less expensive one in "user" condition.<p> Peter, thank you for your advice; I took all of the photos on the site myself and granted none of it is very original as of yet I was thinking of ways to set it apart from other websites. I thought that by doing something much like you suggested, and what I have written on the front page of the site as to what I would like to do with it in the future would be a good start on setting it apart from some other sites. What I have now is really just the skeltal system. I really don't have too many rare cameras, so the camera section will probably be more helpful to people new to vintage cameras than it would somebody more experienced. It sort of seems like the most useful section will be the lens section.<p> Grant, I already sold some of the cameras pictured on the site before I began it without getting a chance to shoot any film with them. I'm not worried about getting pics with most of the slrs, but there are a few I regret selling before using, like the goerz tenax and the feca with the rodenstock lens. But I am really glad that I have and I look forward to shooting with the Zeiss Orix, and most of the lenses I have up on the site I kept. I really regret selling the aero-xenar lens, but without a suitable way to mount it would be impossible to use.<p> Thanks again everyone for taking a look, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elek Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Peter, good start. Like the others, I look forward to seeing more. Don't forget to post updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_chiappini Posted July 4, 2004 Author Share Posted July 4, 2004 Thanks Mike, I saw your site a while ago and I remember liking it a lot. If you want to, post the link to it and I'll put in on my site. -Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david dutchison Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 A real pleasure to see a Pentax S1a again (had a couple when I was a kid, never liked the meter much though). As a Dial-up user, I found your site a tad slow to load, and as your host has you on a 1gb/month limit, you might want to work at reducing the size of the index pictures. Us Luddites on dial-up (and old cameras appeal to Luddites) will be happier, and more folks will get to see your pages before the 1gb cut-off hits. By way of example, I downoaded the index pic if the S1a (which weighed in at 36841k), opened it in a photo editor, and resaved at 75% compression. It looked just as good at a slim 5030k. Anyway, nice site, I'm looking forward to seeing it fill out.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohuu Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 I have a few images of the SR7 if you like.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacsa Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Just one thing: how about putting the Spotmatic picture with a pentax lens instead of the yashinon?:) Nice site, good luck with building it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r s Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 David, I think you mean 5000 bytes and not 5000Kb ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudia__ Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 there is a good image reduction site to help make your site more dialup friendly http://www.netmechanic.com/GIFBot/optimize-graphic.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_chiappini Posted July 5, 2004 Author Share Posted July 5, 2004 Hello, thanks again for all of the replies. I too have a computer with only a dial-up modem... it took a very long time to upload everything. I will definitely compress all of the small icons.<p> I have an SR-7 already but its the later version without the fancy edges and I like the one you have better, so I will take you up on your offer, Lucius; thank you very much I really appreciate it.<p> I don't like the Spotmatic with the crumby Yashinon either, but it was the only pic I had of it that was ok; my camera pics aren't organized too well on my computer so if I find one without the Yashinon I'll replace it.<p> Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titrisol Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I have a coouple of Spotmatics if you want pics of those.. they have Takumar lenses :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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