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This isn't that uncommon (brand new batteries leaking and ruining flashes) This is the first time I've heard of the company making things right though.

Item photographs could be a little better for what he/she is charging. Interesting business model though : )

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I've always heard Harry's the best, but had no experience with him. I've had 2 Rolleiflex Automats and 1 Rolleicord overhauled (including one with a reflex mirror replacement) by Essex Camera Service in New Jersey, and they did an excellent job. Call or e-mail them for an estimate, I think you'll be presently suprised. www.essexcamera.com

It is disapointing that cameras have become a computer peripheral. I have no interest in getting another digital camera, it just seems that going to a digital body (M8 or not) is kind of the antithesis of using a film M. Since I started using Ms (sold my digital stuff to get into rangefinders), digital cameras no longer appeal to me at all. If I was a professional, who had to take pictures for a living, it would be a totally different matter. With that said, I doubt people that bought an M8 will be itching to upgrade it immediately like a computer. The M8 will be a plenty capable camera for the time being, it won't be "obsolete" until it stops working and Leica isn't making parts.

But whatever, add this subject to Stephen W.'s top ten tedious subjects. I'm going out to photograph statues. I'll be the guy out there with 41.1 Olympus Stylus Epic's around my neck. : ]

I'm sorry Dave, I meant no offense. It's just a really ill conceived idea to try and compare the two for price (especially since the lenses used in the price comparison between the Canon and the Leica don't even share the same maximum f-stop) or image quality in a studio, they're both such different cameras. For many applications one simply can not replace the other.

I didn't get a chance to look at the pictures. I was too busy writing an article about how my 4x5 field camera blows the 5D out of the water. I can get several wooden field cameras for the price of a 5D, and if things really go south I can always break them up for firewood. : )

"M-shooting"? Is that taking pictures of M's?

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Olympus XA all the way. Smallest full-frame rangefinder out there. Good auto exposure, and a pretty nice 35mm f/2.8 lens (vignettes wide open though. The shutter release is very very light which makes tripodless long exposures (see below) possible.

I was particularly angry when I found out I could have bought 35 Olympus Stylus Epics for what my MP cost.

There is such a thing as fake markings on a real Leica.

The assertion that a graflex would give a photograph that looks any different from a brand new camera is ridiculous. The lenses are what affects the images end quality. Don't buy the expensive new lenses unless you're loaded with money, there just isn't a justifiable difference in many cases.

As far as the camera, you need to decide what you're going to be doing with it. If you want something portable that you can use for landscapes a field camera would probably be best. Certainly the cheapest, and one of the lightest ways to get into it would be to buy and old press camera (graflex, etc) you can get these for $100-200, but you'll be very limited as to perspective/plane of focus control. The beautiful thing about getting a graflex is if you do buy a few lenses for it, you can always upgrade to a more capable body later on down the road, and still use the film holders and lenses you bought. I use a Shen Hao camera, which can be had for under $600 brand new. They're wood and have extensive front and rear movements which allow for as much control as one is likely to find in a field camera (versus a studio/monorail type design). If you're going for the huge negative size then the press camera is probably a good way to start out, if you need to control that LF cameras are famous for, you probably won't be happy without going to a field or studio camera.

According to this site http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html The AI has a .5mm difference in diameter. Not sure if this would affect things or not. I think you bought the lens from me, keep in touch to let me know if you found what you need.

James Mitchell,

 

It's an old joke, "did you lose a bet?" Implying that she's to pretty to be with you. Didn't mean anything by it. Not saying you're not a dashing bloke yourself.

Christ James, did she lose a bet? : )

Thomas,

 

 

Get off the patco, walk up the stairs. Directly to your left will be the Locust Bar. Pick up a six pack. Procede to 10th Street Camera.

Jeff,

 

I really only sell equipment and supplies. My store is tiny, I wish I had enough room for a gallery. Stop by sometime if only just to introduce yourself.

Learning to use a large format camera isn't necessary to be a good wedding photographer, but I think it's hard to argue that learning "large format photography" wouldn't make her a better photography. Could you learn to fly a plane without a well-rounded knowledge of physics and aerodynamics? Probably, but it wouldn't really make sense. Lighting and composition are certainly the most important, followed by getting to know the gear she chooses to use like the back of her hand. An introduction to Large format photography will teach and reinforce these concepts in a hands-on manor. She might even like it.

You would probably be hard pressed to find a commercial processor willing to soup a B+W roll in their C-41 or E-6, tends to muck things up.

Beautiful work on your site Jeff.

I'm the degenerate, actually. As far as it being film only, I have had some complaints. Future contests will allow for digital, feel free to make any inference you want from it's exclusion.

From the fact they have a "myspace" I'd say it's probably run be a degenerate/n'er do well ; )