steven_moseley1

<p>"Yeah, yeah. Phil's joke was a bad one and nobody liked it"<br>

Not true..there are some people who liked it a lot. I do...but I understand why many may not. IMO it is just a little too close to the truth for some...</p>

<p>I had a Hoya PRO-1, supposed to be their best...it stuck on the lens thread first time out...they may be good, but they are still not anti-binding BRASS mounts, like the<strong> B+W</strong> and <strong>Heliopan</strong>. I would always stick with one of the two German made ones.</p>

<p>1. Not sure if any of us needed a review to tell us this: "small, slow" :)</p>

<p>2. It will be interesting to see if other reviews agree and whether users on PN also agree...</p>

<p>cheers Steve.</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

Miles...there seems to be a lack of forthcoming replies. I know there are a fair few UK folk on here, but this is mostly a USA forum and a lot of what Kelly says makes perfect sense.</p>

<p>Even then, recommendations for one particular canvas print supplier can be misleading. Very few photographers would be able to judge what is and what is not a good canvas print. An artist may know better. You may have a much more discerning attitude than others. The point I am making is that I think you need to see the product yourself to judge by your own standards.</p>

<p>I have to say that photo printing on canvas has become very in vogue over the last 2 years and there is much competition now, but pretty much all the ones I have seen have felt a little tacky and on the cheap side. A visit to the once yearly NEC photo show is every helpful for this type of enquiry.</p>

<p>cheers Steve.</p>

<p>I am confused...why not email your list of criteria to the websites you have already been to?</p>

<p>quirks:= poor design.</p>

<p>I keep seeing many more threads like this, especially on the wedding forum and I have to say in all honesty and speaking as an ex pro, that IMO anyone who is intending to soon become a pro, if they need to ask such a basic question as 'what camera' or 'what lens' should I buy, then IMO you are not in any way ready for pro photography...</p>

<p>No.</p>

<p>"I bought one in Watford yesterday for £479"</p>

<p>...If you go back to Watford today, you will find it is now 599 GBP....</p>

<p>If you are unable to get excellent results with Olympus gear then it is your technique which is not good enough...not the gear. Changing gear will not magically improve your own ability.</p>

<p>Yep..no customs from EU, but there is from USA.</p>

<p>The SRS (UK) price was 479 GBP 10 days ago and has just gone up to 599 GBP.</p>

<p>The Park cameras (UK) price is an eye watering 769 GBP...and they are usually one of the cheapest for Pentax gear.</p>

<p>"I don't want to go through the hassle of selling items one-by-one.)"</p>

<p>....being lazy WILL cost you lots of money. Dealers buy whole outfits anf then make lots of profit by not being lazy and selling all the items separately...</p>

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>UK buyer here, very frustrated with the crazy UK prices. I know all about customs fees etc, so have any US or EURO guys (& gals) any good priced but reliable dealers to try in the US or EU please?</p>

<p>cheers Steve.M. (UK)</p>

<p>Contax S2b, Canon F-1 (original) & Leica R-6....all superb for slightly differing reasons.</p>

<p>But the Nikon F must remain the seminal manual SLR for it started the SLR craze.</p>

<p>Matt clearly likes to lose lots of money...</p>

<p>As others have said many times....photography has NO rules. I know a very, very good shooter who uses a Canon FD 17mm lens for his street portraits...</p>

<p>"immerse myself into the rangefinder world for street and social photos"</p>

<p>....it is a very large myth that you need a rangefinder for this...there are many, many excellent street photogs using SLR's, in fact I recently saw some stunning work by a street shooter using a medium format camera.</p>

<p>..all this talk of 'this lens' is best or 'that lens ' is best.</p>

<p>Does anyone here REALLY think that if someone took identical photos under the same circumstances, then showed you 12x10 prints of each lenses shot, that you could see any meaningful differences?</p>

<p>..all this talk of 'this lens' is best or 'that lens ' is best.</p>

<p>Does anyone here REALLY think that if someone took identical photos under the same circumstances, then showed you 12x10 prints of each lenses shot, that you could see any meaningful differences?</p>

<p>"Some people have compared it (favorably!) to the A* 85/1.4 and the Zeiss 85/1.4"</p>

<p>....so who are these 'some people' exactly?......'some people' thought the earth was flat...</p>

<p>Many manufacturers of all sorts of things now work a system of 'just in time' where they only order parts 'at the last minute' only make items 'at the last minute' and manufacture in batches at the last minute to satisfy current predicted demand. Due to so much competition and retailers being ever more squeezed on margins, none want to over stock on anything...so stock shortages are common everywhere.</p>

<p>"Originality trumps all other criteria"</p>

<p>....the trouble is that one persons 'originality' is another persons 'seen it a thousand times'...as with most things, depends on your own particular standpoint...subjectivity is all...</p>

<p>"I would ask the professional who will be professionally converting the lens"</p>

<p>Exactly.....why would we know better and why would the 'professional' not know?</p>

a roll of HIE

 

or

 

two rolls of HIE.....(what's HIE?)

<p>Instead of allowing Holga to rip you off, why not get a shoe box and make a pinhole camera?</p>