john_shaeffer2

Topcon Super D

http://www.clarkcolor.com/howitworks

 

 

http://www.yorkphoto.com/howitworks

 

If you have any doubt about York and Clark (and District) being the same, check out the

pages above. I believe the address on the York mailers gets your film sent to WVA. For Clark

it is MD. It all probably gets developed in the same place.

Try contacting District Photo in Beltsville MD at (301) 937-5300. Clark/District owns lots of

formerly independent photo developers and is the outfit that processes 35 mm print film that

is sent via Kodak mailers. Don't get your hopes up. I'll bet the reason no number is listed is

because they don't want a lot of calls about subpar developing. Good luck!

 

I used to live not too far from the District plant and took print film there--results varied. My

guess is that the York business goes through he Maryland plant like most other low cost

developing.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--photographerconvi0831aug31,0,1478911.story

Does your cell phone have image stabilization? :)

http://www.chromeagecamera.com/Bella.htm

 

A good page on the different variations of Biloras.

Here it is with its case.

LOL

I was watching the movie Alfie (1966) today--the first version that featured

Michael Caine. In one scene he was a photog soliciting shots along the Thames

River in London--this is how he met the Shelley Winter's character in the

flick. What kind of camera was he using? It looked like a SLR Exakta model.

Anybody know for sure?

 

Thanks

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006yu6&tag=

Philip--thanks, I was only kidding--about the sharpness. I have read a lot about the M8. Your pics really show the M8 issue everybody's talking about. Since you obviously have one, do you feel as a customer that you have been betrayed or anything like that?

 

I'll never own either the expensive Canon or Leica, but I appreciate you posting so that I could REALLY see what all the discussion is about.

Phillip:

 

LOL--but isn't the Leica pic sharper :).

Canon A530--a durable full featured digital P&S. That way the parents don't have to develop a lot of film, if the little guy goes nutty--with a $15 card reader the pics go right into any computer and can be viewed with any free downloadable software (a good one is Picasa 2 from Google). Price of the A530 is down to the point ($130 US) where it rivals the cost of a cheap 35mm and a few rolls of film plus developing.

The internut has nothing to do with it. They had no choice since everything is going digital--even film developing is now digital--compare it to the analog developing of maybe 6 years ago and see what you are now missing.

 

Plenty of Leicaphiles have and will buy the M8, even with its faults--they got to have the brand and they got to use the lenses. Leica will survive, on this alone. In the meantime, Cosina or somebody will solve the digital rangefinder probs. and Leica can eventually copy it and sell it for 3x more, when they introduce the M9.

"Sony Corp has announced that it has discovered a defect in eight of its Cyber-

shot models. The cameras affected were sold between September 2003 and January

2005, they are the DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40

and DSC-U50. The problem is said to be related to the use of these cameras in

hot and/or humid environments and can lead to a loss of image on the LCD (we

assume this vague description to mean that live view fails due to overheating

of the CCD). Sony has said it will repair any camera (of the above) which show

signs of this problem." This is from news releases on 11.24.06

 

Just for your info, in case you have one of these.

Oh no, not Walmart--my local one's film and print processing is the best advertisement for digital photography. Mpix is more expensive and not perfect, but leaps above Walmart.

Zorki 6 (former USSR) for interchangeable lenses is a good choice on the cheap. There are lots of nice fixed lens rangefinders from Canon that can be had for not much $ on fleabay. Canon also made interchangeable lens RFs that are considerably more expensive. Read about some here:http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/f_camera.html

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http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/topcon/topcon35sl.htm

 

Above is a link, in case anybody wants to see what you have.

 

I guess you could get in touch with Essex and see if they will work on it, but I would guess if they did the cost would be much higher than what you paid for the camera.

http://essexcamera.com/

Its all subjective--whatever works! In my experience the lens on a 1983 Canon MC P&S is as good as the Z2X. The trick is finding an MC that works and the same could be said about any camera after 20 plus years, digital or film.

The Leica Z2X is an OK camera, but you don't have much control and it isn't a lot more advanced than a frigging 1980's Canon P&S for all intents and purposes. Shelling out anything on a Z2X compared to even a used Canon A70 or A80 , from KEH, is a waste. Go up a little higher and a new budget A530 or A540 will simply blow away the Z2X, Stylus film camera or similar ones. Been there! I still shoot both. Got film left :).

LOL! That is a good question.

Been there--don't limit yourself, the best P&S cameras that offer the most control are digitals taken off the green auto bar and used in program or manual mode, like the Canon A series.

 

I shoot film, too--but for just a carrying around camera, get yourself free and you don't have to worry about someone screwing up your film in a shrinking world of film processors.

 

Also--shutter lag is not that big a concern. You can take perfectly acceptable action shots with an old Canon A70. The trick is just to push the shutter button down halfway until you are prefocused--most digitals have wider depth of field than film cameras so pin point focusing is not that important.

Murty:

 

Just wanted to clarify that I am not advocating buying an A70, because there are some well known CCD issues with it. Although I have never experienced it with the two I have, just wanted to point it out. A good place to go to read more about the P&S Canons is:

 

http://forums.powershot-a.com/forumdisplay.php?s=0f832e1e8273599b705aa69f672620f5&forumid=11

 

Lots of comparisons between different Canon P&S models here and plenty of advice on how you can blow your stash of cash :), if you really want to!

The A530 is fine--I have one. It is a budget camera--that is why I bought it. All the Powershot A series cameras are similar. The A530 does not allow you to use conversion lenses and may be a bit smaller than the A610, using only 2 AA batteries instead of the A610's 4 AAs. Flash recycle is longer in the A530.

 

Most people here will tell you to go with the more expensive camera, because it will have a few more features, a bigger LCD, etc. If you just want something for quick snaps, the A530 will do the job. In the program mode you still have lots of control over the settings, if you don't want to use it on the auto green bar all the time.

 

A little background--I have this camera as well as two of the dinosaur A-70's. Imagine, the A-70 is a dinosaur after what 3 years or less? The A-70 is a 3.2 megapixel camera and is bigger and heavier than the A530. I still use both models of camera. The A530 is less noisy at higher ISOs. The MP thing is not that significant, really, in these cameras. You can still pick up a good working A-70 for around $100 at KEH.com or someplace like that. I think the A-530 sells for around $150 (US) now.