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Kevin, Richard: are you saying that there's a price the RD-1 "should" sell for?

Sorry, Trevor. I should have made myself clear. I was reacting to the reviewer, not to you.

What does "Overpriced" mean, anyway? When I hear this term used, it seems to be used in place of "I wish it was cheaper", or "I'm not prepared to pay that much for it". Folks talk as if there's some price that an item "should" sell for. But there isn't. The price is only high or low, relative to some potential purchaser, and not all potential purchasers are the same.

 

When you say something is overpriced, you're making a statement about yourself, not about the item.

I'm using tri-X 400 rated at 1600 in Diafine, and TMX rated at 160 in Diafine.

 

I like Diafine, because it's so goof proof. You can develop different films together, and the time and temperature are relatively non critical. Also, lasts for a long time in the bottle.

Acetone

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Select.

 

It's not a photography magazine per se, yet it contains nothing but the best work from talented commercial/fashion photographers from around the world. Gorgeous reproduction, and chock full of great photos.

I have no problem with the shutter lag. It's not as fast as an M, but I can't say I've ever missed a shot because of it. Much faster than a digicam. There's no DX override, but there is an easy to use exposure compensation control. I always shoot Provia 400F in this camera, and the exposure compensation gives me plenty of control. I've never shot conventional B&W in it. I totally love this camera, and don't want to swap it for anything.

Oh, another butt shot.

Nothing exceeds the bandwidth of a station wagon full of mag tapes.

 

(Can't remember who said it, but I always liked it).

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The Canon S400 or S410 comes close to what you want. More pocketable than the stylus epic (About the same size an an Oly XA). Doesn't go to 28mm though.

Edward,

 

did the profiling make any difference at all? I.e., are you sure that you are using the profile generated by the calibrator? You should be able to get a neutral grayscale easily.

 

Maybe your photoshop color management is not set up right?

This is like asking: "Why do people pay so much for a BMW? After all, a Volkswagen will get you from A to B just as well".

 

Whoever made the rule that purchases must be 'justified' by some supposedly rational, practical argument? If that was truly how the world worked, it would be a very dull place.

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OK, _now_ I get it. I'll try to remember next time. Thanks.

Thanks Monkey.

I don't get it. There are photos larger than mine above.

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Is there a bayonet mount rear cap that will fit on a collapsible lens

that's collapsed?

 

Specifically, a Summtar 50/2 with an LTM to bayonet adapter attached?

I bought PS 4 on ebay, from the registered owner. He transferred the license to me, and then I upgraded it to PS7. Now I can upgrade that to CS.

 

At the time, there were a number of sellers on ebay offering deals like this. They tended to shop around for auctions when companies went out of business, etc. or departments got closed, and buy up the licences for exactly this purpose. If they're still doing it, it's a good cheap legal way to get a full PS licence.

 

Just make sure the seller can transfer the registration to you. Adobe has a form you can download for this purpose.

Jamie,

 

I just bought one, and am waiting for it to come back from camp Krauter so I can try it out. Looking forward to it.

It needs a CLA. You should send it back. It's probably not worth repairing.

--> The Contax 90mm - f4 is slow

 

The Contax 90mm is f2.8, not f4

I don't get it. Cameras and optical systems have long been able to surpass the human eye in various ways - e.g. microscopy, spy cameras, x ray cameras, etc. And the human visual system has never been surpassed in other ways - e.g. white balance, feature extraction, object recognition etc. So what? What follows from that, or the eye chart thing? Beats me.