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<p>I just received a refurb d600 from Adorama as well. After digging around to figure out how to find the number of shots (Just switched from an F100 so its not obvious to me), I discovered I only had about 90 actuations.</p>

<p>I'm not sure how I would feel about 5,000 to tell you the truth. The price discount would probably make it worthwhile to me, but on the other hand that does seem quite "used".</p>

<p>@Peter:</p>

<p>I did sign up. Not sure if I'm supposed to get an email or anything, but I did sign up. I have put the camera in my cart even. No option for a warranty outside of expensive Mack warranty shows up anywhere that I see.<br /><br />I did call Adorama even and they said that it is no longer available... I have no idea. </p>

<p>Ugh. I'm jealous. Thinking about pulling a trigger at Adorama on a refurb and they no longer have the $7.95 extended warranty offer. Not a deal-breaker, but a bit frustrating.</p>

I think your drive might be dying myself with files being corrupted..... If you have 16 gigs left out of 100, you are absolutely fine for any virtual memory being used by your computer.....

This "long in the tooth" crap for Nikon's primes is gibberish... Sounds like too many people are being affected by upgrade-itis....typical these days.

 

My 20mm 2.8 AF-D is a fine lens. One of my favorites on my F100 (bought it oh so long ago...5 years...I shudder). There MIGHT be issues with digital cameras..and their light-wells (light is better if it comes straight into them as I understand it), but I seriously doubt it.

 

Screwdriver lens? On a 20mm lens that takes about a 1/10th of a second to focus.... AF-S would be worthless for such a small amount of glass.

Weird....I still shoot film with my f100, and I have never noticed dark corners with my 20mm. Its one of my favorite lenses.

For 200-300 you can easily get a mamiya c220 or c330 TLR in good condition with 2 lenses.

It will rock your world.

 

You can also probably get a bronica SLR, but it will probably cost a bit more with 2 lenses.

Just because something hasn't been "updated" for the new Intel Macs does not mean it won't

run on them. It USUALLY means it will run...just not as fast. I will say I can't speak

specifically for the Nikon Scan software however.

This posting inspired me to go replace the foam on the focus screen for my C220F a few

days ago. It seems much easier for the C220 than your C330.

 

I just pulled off the finder hood. slid a little slide and could pull out the screen with no

problem. My foam was definitely gunky as hell and luckily I had foam left over from doing

the film back several years ago. It also allowed me to clean off the mirror very gently...I never

knew I could do that so easily! My focus screen has never been so clear and bright!

I have two 5x7 images with matching resolutions fit on one 8.5x11 image area (again with the same

resolution) in Photoshop. It shows the images with the right borders, etc....

 

When I just printed it using my 7960 printer...both images came out basically 1/8 wider and taller (so the

borders are completely screwed up). I have checked my settings and neither the printer driver or the print

with preview window have been set to scale the image so it should print what I see right? Any ideas?

 

Oh and I'm using a Mac.

I just use the crop tool and set it to say 1000 by 667 pixels.... drag across the picture..it fits

the ratio....and do shift enter to crop.

 

Use the unsharp filter to make it look better....

 

Save as jpeg.

 

With my 6x6 I just set it to 1000x1000 for the crop tool.

I'd buy 20-30 rolls...or more. UC is probably my favorite medium format print film...hell I

love it in 35mm too...that is where I used it first.

The focusing mechanism of my ~4yr old Sigma EX 28-70 /2.8 lens seems to have just broken (its

extremely stiff to turn...and I think maybe something stripped..) When I do turn it by hand the focusing

screw is still turning in the back, but I don't think the lens is actually focusing over at least part of the

range

 

Is it worth taking it somewhere to see if it can be fixed or does it sound like a major problem with the

lens?

I will second the recommendatin for Mr. Goodman.... I bought his kit from ebay to use for

my Mamiya C220...and it was simple and effective....

I use the print cutter that I bought so I could trim down my printed photos.

I have literally no problem with medium format film in my area (Chicago) You can always

buy the film mail order (B&H Photo; bhphotovideo.com). You can also find mail order film

processiing/printing/scanning for reasonable prices.....

 

Medium format is far far far from being dead....

 

In terms of equipment...I think it depends on what you like... Personally I LOVE the look of

square prints...so a 645 camera isn't something I would personally consider.... A 67 kit

would be fun...but I don't have the cash...and will stick with my mamiya c220 TLR that

does allow lens changes (though I don't have any) and was found on Ebay for $150.

I refoamed the door on my C220 with no problem without removing anything. I bought the

refoaming kit from somebody or another easily found mentioned here on Ebay... The

instructions were easy.. And the rotting foam wasn't much of a problem to remove.

I just bought an old kodak 600 slide projector at a garage sale for $10. It turns on and light comes out,

but I'm not sure if the fan is operating.....

 

Should the fan turn on IMMEDIATELY...or does it have to get hot first before the fan works? It definitely

hasn't been used in a while.....

 

The "fan" setting doesn't turn on the fan immediately, but I don't know if it should either....

 

If the fan is broken can it be easily fixed?

I recently obtained an Epson 750 as well and I also live in Chicago...spooky..... I've loaded up

a couple of single images I've taken using my mamiya tlr and scanned onto my photo pages

here recently....

 

I contacted Aztek about wet-mounting supplies in the area and they said to try "Enovation

Graphic Systems" and said that not all of the locations stocked the kami fluid. They also have

their own "starter" pack they can ship UPS ground for $160.

Yeah...this doesn't sound right....at all...dual processor g5's are pretty amazing

machines....

 

You are also asking a bunch of photographers about computer tech stuff.... *8^)

 

If you want real tech stuff..maybe try macosxhints.com. There are true tech geeks there

who will be more than willing to offer some tech stuff. In my experience, lots of newbies

have posted problems there....and some of the moderators have asked them to do some

pretty complicated stuff in the terminal application (usually by telling you exactly what to

type) and post the results...and VOILA they come up with the problem and solutions. And

no I'm not affiliated with them at all.

 

You can also just take it to the apple store and deal with their "genius" bar...which I have

taken to calling the morons at the juice bar...but they can eventually get you fixed up.

Antonio,

 

Time to buy one of those portable battery powered lightboxes for $50 or so.....

Any wideangle shot using an already owned Nikkor 20mm 2.8 is one shot I can think of that can only be made with a 24x35 sensor....

The last time I used my C220 a few months ago I noticed that the foam

was rotting away at the bottom of the camera...(it was leaving "slime"

on the paper backing of the film... So I removed it. I have not used

it since. Looking at the mechanism it seems like it would be light

tight without the foam... Can anybody comment on this?

 

I am probably going to waste a roll of film to test it, but if its a

definite problem in somebody's experience, then I would rather save

the film + development costs.

Thanks for the responses everybody! It looks like I'll either talk the shop down (doubtful) or just head on over to KEH.

I recently came across a Chrome-series 135mm lens for a Mamiya TLR for

$125 that appears to be in excellent shape. Is this a good price for

something that would have a "decent" return policy (i.e. I will have

the time to run a roll of film through it to see if the shutter is

working)? Its being sold by a good camera store I've been a customer

of for years...

 

I see KEH has a black series lens for cheaper, but it is described as

being in "bargain" shape.