james_ogara1

Sayeeda Zayzab, Old Cairo, April 2004, 85 1.4, E-100G<div></div>

Darb el Ahmar, Old Cairo, April 2004, 28 1.4, E-100G.<div></div>

Very nice -- I like 1, 2 and 5. The "normal lens" is an amazing thing. When I got my M-6 all I could afford was a 35mm; same deal -- I think my pohotos were better then when I ddin't have as many choices.

Yeah 30 mins sounds about right -- the SA-30 is great -- never jams. Scanning Tmax with it is a chore though due to dust.

Never at Heathrow. I did look up the equipment they were using, online -- Rapid scan or Rapiscan or some such -- and it seemed quite innoccuous.

SB-25, 25, and 26 are very similar and all would be good for an N90.

 

The SB-25 is a bit more evolved than 24, and 26 adds some rmeote triggering capabilities.

Just to add to what Frank wrote, G and ED are not mutually exclusive -- a lens can have both. G means no aperture ring. ED refers to the extra low dispersion glass.

Juergen, this all looks like good advice. I would say Portra 160 NC or VC.

I use them constantly with my Nikon Speedlights and have had great results.

What Scott said, but with the bias of using the 160 if at all possible.

Kodak DP-36 mailers (about $9) can actually be used to process B&W film (not chromogenic) too.

The 28 1.4 is spectacular but it is *heavy*.

 

Re price, I got mine like new from some outfit in kansas -- $950 or so.

Not generally but places like Adorama, B&H etc have closeouts. I just bought 100 rolls of E-100G (short-dated) from profilm.com and they could not have been nicer.

Robert thanks. Can you say roughly how much you paid for a) the tripod and b) the collar?

I have ordered from B&H for years and had no problems. Profil.com --- which is out of CA -- is closer to you, has great prices, and ships in well-marked boxes.

I had one of those -- bought it at a Salvation Army for $6. Basically an East German knockoff of the Rolleicord if I am not mistaken. Took good enough pictures though.

Hard to argue with that kind of intellectual candlepower.

What's up with all this talk of abusing our beloved Nikons? Are most of the people on this forum involved in war or in-the-ring roler derby photography? Seems unlikely. Do people abuse their gear because the pros do and, well...? Seems more likely.

Thanks for yet another response basically saying "shut up and stop complaining."

 

Ever occur to you that in a discussion, as various other PN patrons point out to you with regularity, comments like "shut up "or "crawl back in your hole" don't get you very far?

"So you'd rather complain masochistically, to no avail?"

 

You're doing what scientists call "assuming that which was to be proved."

 

If calling attention to the acknowledged problem of moderator-rage can limit th epractice, I'm going to call attention to it. If you think it won't, then hey, your call. Then again, you might be the sort of person to counsel the Burmese to stop complaining about that government of theirs because it doesn't seem to be having an impact.

The person with the symbol for a name wrote: "No, it means you keep bitching about this site when it costs you nothing to use it, and when you could leave whenever you want if you find alleged 'contemptuous and censorious' behavior so appalling."

 

Hmmm, quite the persuasive argument.

 

I guess one should not expect people to be polite to one another at the local community center because we are not paying money to use the tennis courts.

A gentleman who will not identify himself by name wrote: "Maybe you should ask for your membership money back, James. Oh, wait...."

 

Interetsing. So, modreators' overweening totalitarian instincts recede at the site of a little gift box icon.

 

Doesn't seem to be the consensus here, unfortunately.

"Also after many months of being a subscriber to this site I have to say that I am generally appalled by the attitude of many of the moderators towards subscribers."

 

The members complain. The non-members (me, for instance) complain. The moderators delete. Rather not be bothered.

 

They are busy, they say. Indeed.

 

They are unpaid, they say. Indeed.

 

But they are also contemptuous and censorious. Maybe that is how they get their job satisfaction after working a shift down at the local Ruby Tuesdays.

People need to stop worrying so much about the opinion of people they have never met.

 

Anyone here ever have an opening and lurk around listening to comments? It's not that different.

E100-G is lovely.