jamesrachal

December 15, 2003

I got the Camera for $1380.00 total using coupon and Best Buy rewards. No shipping charges. That is the reason for my purchasing through Best Buy. The Best Buy online inventory is not accurate. Best Buy has a screwed up way of being able to access inventory on instore orders. If I knew of a store with a camera, I could have it sent to my store.

December 15, 2003

Does anyone know of a Best Buy in your area that has a Canon 10D in

stock. I have one ordered through my local Best Buy, but it has been

on back order for two weeks. The manger would have it brought in from

another store if I can locate one.

October 20, 2003

I had the 180mm black lens serviced (CLA) about five years ago. It cost $85.00 at a local shop, here in Atlanta.

October 1, 2003

Here is a pic of area in question:

http://www.pbase.com/jrachal/inbox

October 1, 2003

I have two Mamiya RZ67 bodies. The serial numbers are different. I

just aquired one which has an H117*** and the other only has numbers

112***. I was comparing the two bodies and notice that inside the

camera body where the shutter knob is located I can see a small

circuit board and some capacitors of some sort. On my other body a

black plate covers this up.Both cameras appear to be complete with no

parts missing, just different design of this area. Were there design

changes within the same make of bodies? Which is the newer of the two

bodies. Are either of them prone to light leaks through the shutter

knob in this area? Why the differance?

September 26, 2003

Scans to post pictures on this site and to make casual prints at home on a inkjet printer. If I need quality prints, I would have done with film photgraphically. I have a Mamiya Rz 67 and a Canon 1N. I am looking for a scanning solution that would work well with both formats. If I need print quality scans for commercial use, I would have those done somewhere. I would still like to be able to get good quality scans for my personal use. What brand scaner should I look for?

September 25, 2003

What are you using to scan 6 x 7 slides and negatives to produce

digital output. Work flow?

September 12, 2003

I just recently bought an RZ67 camera with the 110 mm RZ lens. The

shutter does not appear to change speeds on the different shutter

settings. I set the camera on M. I took the back off. When I press

the shutter release button at the different shutter sppeds they all

seem to be the same speed. The battery is showing up as being good.

How can I test the shutter speeds? The shutter button release is set

white to white.

Thanks,

James

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September 10, 2003

What is the max print sizes users are printing from this camera with

good results? I had a Canon D30. Can I expect results close to that

camera? I shoot my kids sports and am looking for something quicker.

August 23, 2003

After veiwing several pages of photos, the images stop displaying. Is

there something wrong with Photo net or is there something I need to

change in my browser settings. I am using Windows 2000 with IE6. If I

close out my browser, restart it and open photo.net, images start

displaying correctly again, but then quit after about 10 pages.

July 21, 2003

I have an Eos 3 and a D30. The D30 will make great prints up to 8 x 10 and even larger. I find that I don't use my EOS 3 at all, prefering to shoot with the D30. The AF is slow in low light and you will have to deal with the shutter lag and 3 FPS. Not an idea camera for Sports but great for portraits, snapshots, etc.

July 10, 2003

Does the d10 have the same kind of command dial as the old Eos A2?

Push button in and turn to different shooting profiles. If so, has

anyone had any problems with it?

May 24, 2003

I am shooting in raw format with a Eos D30. I download my files to

the harddrive and open BreezeBrowser to convert to .tif files

(Canon's software sucks). I will be proofing and doing some prints on

an Epson Stylus 600 using photo quality gloss paper. I will take my

best prints to Sam's Fuji Frontier. I will be producing 8 x 10, 11 x

14 and 4 x 6. I have the folloing questions concerning the settings

to use for best results.

In Breezebrowser:

Tiff resolution resolution (DPI) 180 default or ?

Under the settings for raw processing(Enable postprocessing settings)

Saturation ?

Gamma ?

Sharpen settings ?

save as 8 bit or 16 bit.

DPI setting?

Thanks,

James

May 8, 2003

What flash units will work well with my Eos 3 and D30 cameras? I

would like to buy a 420 EX. I would like a 550 Ex but don't have the

funds. Sunpack, Sigma or Metz? Pros and cons of the 420ex?

May 7, 2003

I picked the lens up this afternoon. It works fine on both my EOS 3 and on my D30. It is much faster on the Eos 3. It is noisy. It has the 82mm filter size. Thanks for the quick responce.

James

May 7, 2003

Anyone using this older lens (Sigma 70-210 APO 2.8 (older non HSM))

on Eos bodies with an Eos 3 or Eos 30D. Is it noisy when focusing?

Any compatibility problems?

April 27, 2003

I have decided to keep the EOS 3. My Nikon equipment just went up on E-B*y. I had an A2E before the Nikon and had really liked it a lot. I sold it because of the problems people were having with the command dial. I like the lighter weight of the Eos 3. I like the multi spot metering function. It has very fast AF. Much faster than the F4, unless you are using very fast glass on the F4. I will miss the built in diopter. I don't mind the 97% viewfinder. I like the eye control, it works well for me. I am not a Pro, I take pictures of my three kids. They all play sports. I wanted something to shoot with, that would be quick AF and I could trust exposure on Auto. I don't have a lot of time to play with my hand held meter or to spot meter with the Nikon F4. My F4 would always overexspose on very contrasty scenes. The Eos 3 is spot on.

What are the most common special functions to set up on my Eos 3? I have reduced the Af to 11 sensors and have linked the spot meter to the sensor. Any other suggetions for special functions?

Has anyone used the Sigma 70-210 HSM 2.8 on this camera? Optical quality? Any problems?

Do I need the 550 EX or can I use the 420EX for what I shoot. Will the 420 EX work with a D30?

April 26, 2003

I have aquired an Eos 3 in mint condition. It has the Pb-e1 battery

pack. I have a Nikon F4s in mint- condition with a Sb 25 flash, EF

50mm 1.8 metal mount lens and EF 70-210 F4 lens. I am trying to

decide if I should sale the Nikon equipment and go with Canon. I

really like the Eos 3, but the Nikon seems so much better contructed.

Can I get the pros and cons of each to help me make up my mind. Which

ever I sale, I will also buy a used digital camera to go with it.

Either an Eos D30 or Fuji S1. Need help!!!!!

October 11, 2002

When getting an exposure reading in matrix mode, I am getting an

overexposure of one to two stops difference than my Sekonic incident

meter or a spot reading off of a gray card with the cameras spot

meter. This has been on very contrasty sunny days with some clouds. I

shot some film and the shadows had excellent detail but the

highlights were washed out on my prints. (Kodak 200 print film).The

negatives were dense and appeared to have detail in the highlights. I

would blame the color lab, but I am seeing a differance in the

exposure between the camera and the hand held incident meter. I have

noticed it most when there are dark woods in the background (half of

the picture and large bright grassy field in the foreground. Is the

meter picking a happy medium between the two? I thought the matrix

mode was suppose to be fairly accurate in about 90% of situations? I

had a Canon A2E before and it was usually dead on exposure in same

situations. I must admit, this it forcing me to be more methodical it

setting exposure and takinking readings. Also makes me look for

things that might throw the meter off instead of just pointing and

shooting.

September 26, 2002

I have a Nikon F4. It will not fire the shutter if the back of the

camera is open. The film spool turns but the shutter does not open.Is

this normal? I am trying to look through to the lens to check lens

aperature when firing.

September 20, 2002

I have a Nikon F4. The autofocus drive mechanism would not stay out

after pushing in the lens release button. I took the lens mount off

of the camera (4 screws). Everything looked fine and I replaced back

on. After pushing the lens release in and out a lot of times it is

now working as it should. The camera had not been used in a while.

Everything appears to be working correctly. The autofocus focuses

like it should. My question is: By taking off the lens mount, does

anything get out of alignment? Does the autofocus have to be re-

aligned? I did not think about an alignment issue untill after I had

removed it.There are no adjustments that can be made to the mount.

September 20, 2002