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<p>I am not in the USA, so they repair if I pay them, well they are not Nikon but a authorised repairer, actually I think we have a different repairer now anyway, haha. They swapped.</p> <p>To me is that I prefer to buy used. Much cheaper. I am not one of those who need cutting edge every interval. Even if I buy new, it's not like I will be upgrading every 3 or what few years as they come out so I will always be dated. By the time they don't have spare parts probably cheaper to buy another used one than to pay for the repair (and it probably be a newer model still). </p>

<p>Thanks for all that. </p> <p>I guess the thing is if I was alone and I could do what I wanted, escape the busier places I could get away with it. But if you are with family not necessarily children but adults, you are heading to cafes and shopping malls are you still going to lug the tripod? There won't be cars. Public transportation ie like Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo etc. I've travelled 3x to Japan alone and I haven't really gone into malls apart from he odd occasion. The times I have traveler I have used a belt shoulder bag that only house a body and 3 compact lenses and a traveler Gitzo. </p>

<p>My 2c - as an amateur. Not gotten it yet but it looks like a Ricoh GR. I can live with a fixed lens for point and shoot. The Sony RX100 is too expensive. </p>

<p>I just happened to have a handle with a mirrorless camera. Seems to be a nice travel camera without moving subjects. Then I looked at the lens prices. Am I right to assume they cost as much as more than a dSLR lens? Like the Fuji ultrawide zoom and 90mm prime. Sony doesn't have short telephoto primes for their E mount APC. Olympus seems cheaper 9-18mm I don't need F2.8 and their 45mm F1.8. </p> <p>Cheers ..... </p>

<p>I enjoy a bit of landscapes and cityscapes on my travel. Do you guys leave it in your hotel and just take it out when required? Do you carry with you all day while you are heading into restaurants and shopping malls, walking inside churches / castles etc? Do you leave your heavy rig in your hotel and only take that at certain times after coming back for it and just carry your lighter system out daily?</p> <p>I have avoided malls b/c just too awkward with m backpack and my tripod. I have switched to a Gitzo traveler and just went to the local eateries. I have learnt to take less shots though. The staff do mention it is heavy when I go inside a museum and have to check-in my bag. Can still travel alone so that helps! </p> <p>Cheers</p>

<p>Would a body "without" MLU be out of the question? We don't get much 120 cameras here and these non-digital stuff here are even a bit cheaper than abroad. The longest lens I anticipate using is the 200mm. </p>

<p>Hi all, I am looking into getting into medium format this year. I am in New Zealand where the less trendy stuff can be a better price and the trendy stuff have more a premium. The P67 is more on the cheaper side.</p> <p>1. How does the WLF on the P67 compare with traditional box systems?<br /> 2. If one opted for the standard prism on the P67 is manual focussing tricky?</p> <p>I am sort of cut in the middle. I do mainly landscapes for my hobby. The P67 is cheaper and a lager neg and possibly less dated than the H-500CM with the C T* lenses. Althou one can say good stuff about Zeiss that is up for debate and the C T* are more dated. A bit of a inconvenience but I may not need to swap film on the go that often. And something tells me I do enjoy a box system but the SLR might be quicker to use.</p> <p>Cheers</p>

<p>Thanks Rick :)</p> <p>Was it 120 format, was it also developed at @80 ISO or shot at ISO 80 and developed at box speed? </p> <p>Thanks again.</p>

<p>Thanks Rick.</p> <p>Is this the developer you used? Was it rated at ISO 100, I will give that a try. From your experience standard ID-11 developers would not achieve such a look? 120 format? </p> <p>http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/123487-REG/Photographers_Formulary_01_5060_PMK_Pyro_Metol_Kodalk_Developer.html</p> <p> </p>

<p>Thanks all. </p> <p>I don't do this often enough. Thanks for reminding me about digital. Most of it was about shooting film and getting that look. </p> <p>@Steve Murray - yes I am looking at medium format hopefully this year. For argument sake if one were looking for a websize shot could they shoot 35mm sized b/w film and get a similar look? </p>

<p>I am more aware of the layout involved ie I have 1 internal backup drive and 2 externals. </p> <p>Since 2009 my 500GB are becoming a bit tight. Esp since 2-3yr ago I added a 24MP dSLR even though I don't shoot a lot of images. I doubt my 30-50GB would last long. Are you guys still using standard HDD and maybe SSD for more recent files and the OS? SSD prices for the 1TB are still not cheap. </p>

<p>@ Rick Drawbridge </p> <p>I like how you captured the slickness and tonal range on your photograph re: Chambers Building. How did you achieve that look? </p> <p>I am a late comer to b/w film. I have only done the development stage, no printing. I have shot with Delta 100 and HP5+; and Tri-X at 400 and 250. When I have shot with Delta 100 at the standard ID-11 rated at 100, I sitll have some grain on mine. Or is it your photo downsized or something? </p>

<p>Will contact him.</p> <p>I shoot both film and digital. When I shot film my look is more what you find on Flickr mostly, there isn't that smooth or slickness. When I shoot digital yes I shoot in RAW. I use Lightroom mostly even with my film scans.</p> <p>Just to double check - with b/w film - it would be different if I use colored filters in my software after scanning the film? </p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00dfCF?start=10</p> <p>The second photograph on the page. <br> I like the low contrast, wide tonal and smooth look. How can this be achieved in software? I develop my own film and scan and edit with Adobe. The same can be applied with a digital camera right? </p> <p>The other question is that with b/w film. I don't have the yellow, red filters etc. Can those filters be done in software?</p> <p>Cheers</p>

<p>I have only got into photography as a hobby for the last 10-12yrs and if you count the family's film SLR with a single kit lens, Kodak Max etc add on an extra 5yr.</p> <p>Over this time, film SLR, Kodak Max point and shoot for my 6x4 D+P's. Then it was a Nikon D70, then a F100, FM2N and now the D600 but I use film for at least half of the time. D70 I was super excited, shoot lots oh now how am I ever going to post process all these images sitting on my hard drive at the time using Nikon View, Nikon Capture and Photoshop 6.0 then I got into Lightroom and shot even less b/c I was after certain specific photographs - I don't really do sports or people or wildlife or events. I only do a handful of people shots and pretty much run them thru a 15 sec edit in LR.</p> <p>Over time, I thought including when I was on holiday. Sure I can take all these shots, film is cheap still relatively to the holiday budget or digital but what do I really do with these images and what happened to my holiday time. So I shoot less now, walk inside a museum and just enjoy it take maybe 3 or 4 frames to show i been there done that. Taking a travel tripod, waiting for time, scout my location take a few frames and head back to my hotel or grab a meal. I think over time photography to be has been more clearer b/c I have learnt more. In the early days I see these images and said wow wow wow, these days it is more like fine dining - the lego building of different components together. Maybe how a chef gets sick of cooking food sometimes he might just have a humble sandwich or a apple crumble for dessert. Or like how IT workers get sick of computers, they get home and spend time with the family instead. When I on travel my target is 1 shot per day to keep or 1 shot per session when I go out near home. </p> <p>For now the journey is maybe continue film shooting into a 6x6 perhaps a 4x5 doing my low volumes like 10-20 rolls a year. I am still running on 32GB cards with my D600. I shoot maybe 25 a day with digital or 12 shots a day with color slides and add another 18 for b/w which I shoot more since I don't need to worry about color.</p> <p>I am also quite OK with the older AF-D lenses too and have been getting lenses used now, I only have the 70-200 AFS F4 because the 80-200 F2.8 AFD didn't work that well on my digital bodies the two could have been at the edges of acceptability that tipped the snowberg? Cos I sent the lens for check but it was OK. To me is a photographed prepped, printed submitted to the camera club or hung on my own wall...</p>

<p>Edward got it. I was after comparable "noise" or grain. </p> <p>I thought about this b/c people used NPZ 800 for professional work but these days we hear about with a dSLR you can go higher but you still shouldn't go that high and we haven't even talked about 1600 speed film or pushed to 1600. </p>

<p>@Michael - was the D610 intentionally left off the list? <br> D3x00, D5x00. </p>

<p>Not much for me, I hardly contribute to the new equipment announcements now. <br> When I began photography as a hobby in 03 and probably joined this site within a year I was excited with each and every product announcement, I used to print the Nikon dSLR brochures out and the lens catalogues but not now and I have since recycled those. I don't doubt the improvements but after they are taken, prepped up and submitted to the camera club better equipment does very little. I had my D70 for about 10yrs and then I got a D600 but I pretty much only have AF-D lenses apart from a 70-200 AFS F4 b/c the 80-200/2.8D for whatever reason didn't work that well on my D70 or my used bought D2h which I sold later on for a bit more than I paid for it. I did send it in for a check but came back fine, perhaps as I have been told the calibration was within spec but maybe the D70 and that lens was just at the edges of acceptability that when combined pushed out it? </p> <p>These days I am shooting more film, got into b/w processing not yet the printing. Sorta thinking whether I should give up color slides and just use color on digital or perhaps depart color film from dSLRs and go the medium format way. To me it is more about the image than having all the best equipment or the best IQ on file. At the end of the day money spent on equip is less elsewhere. I rather be able to go to new places and photograph than to spend on equipment. </p> <p>Kind of wished I got into photograph more in the film era. Every time I go to the library I prefer those older books. </p>

Many of us shot Fuji NPH and NPZ. At the time spoke to a street or stock photographer he liked the latter. D600 would the grain be about 6400?

<p>I don't do low light but out of interest what are the usable ISOs on the D4s say for decent sized prints not web/newspaper? I know the D4s does ~400,000 in the most extreme cases who would use over 51,200? The D5 is 3M. Are the non D4/5 FX like the D600 about 1 of a stop less and DX a further 0.5 less or about there compared to the same ISO - I know the D4/6 etc have ISOs that others cameras might not support. Then the question - who uses ISO ~400,000 I mean the D5 ddoes 3M surely there must be people who use them. </p>

<p>While I don't do action photography at all these both are not for me however for others, maybe the DX has some appeal to move back from FX. Meaning those family people into club level sport photography or even of their own kids or ballet, bird photography. Instead of a D610/750 how about a D500. </p> <p>Maybe the D500 low light ability would be better than a D610/750?</p>

<p>Historically I have limited myself to RRS and Kirk. Nowadays you see all these other brands, any others worth considering? Interesting I have seen Sunwayfoto more expensive and others like Surui and unnamed products. Opinions? </p>

<p>Wellington, Petone Wharf. New Zealand. D600, 18-35 AF-D, 3 stop hard and a 4 stop solid ND.</p><div></div>

<p>Just curious to know. With work lives etc. How often do you guys get time for some serious photography? This could be indoors if you are into portraiture or outside, or travelling etc. or is it mostly just taking some snaps while you are out and about with family / friends?</p> <p>Some people at my camera club have said that in their past or right now they have put photography off the burner for some years due to work and family. I don't have my own family yet but due to a health issue I put stop to the monthly group we had for a few years but I am rejoining next year, I have been with them when they had seminars though. For me - not much before, now and then maybe a month I might go somewhere and get some snaps or else it was when I travel alone that I do more photography - however in 36 months I have not travelled anywhere for a night or more other than the 2 night trip with a group of 10+ friends I needed to save more money for a longer term plan and work have been busy that taking annual leave have been problematic. Actually make that each 3 months I might go to town and take some photographs but this year I forced myself that during my lunch break I would walk around with my camera. Now that I am back with the monthly group it allows me to go out and fulfil those "themes". Trying to do 3 monthly topics in Dec and another 3 topics in Jan with the holiday season. Each topic entails 6 images that we submit and as a group we select the top 3 which gets presented to the club at the end of the year.</p> <p>Cheers</p>

Maybe a torchlight. Yes my F100 is my other film body color slides. FM is black and white.