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Dean, many thanks! Finally, an interesting camera (GX8). I can't wait to find it in a store and play a little. I hope that it is still in production, because I can only find GX100 (another good digicam) for now. At $700, it's quite expensive, though...

I can't believe I can't find a digicam even close to my requests... I just want a very small, fast and simple digicam, you know, the kind that a photojournalist would take with him in vacation. I don't need shutter lag, large displays and vf which eat batteries, huge (and dark) zooms, face detection (!), movie recording (w sound!), and so on... And MF is always on stupid buttons - why not the old ring on the lens? Isn't there a sort of "digital Canonet"? Wouldn't be expensive, nor complicated to build. I don't understand... I think I'm getting old.

:) Sorry, I told you I don't know what's going on in digital world... However, I'll try to find something close to my needs in R Jackson's link. Oh well...

Hi all,

<br><br>

I want to buy a point and shoot digital camera. Since I don't have much

experience in "digital world", would you please recommend me a camera? All that

I need is:

<br><br>

-a compact, pocketable camera<br><br>

-short shutter lag is a must!<br><br>

-manual exposure feature<br><br>

-manual focus feature<br><br>

-fast auto-focus<br><br>

-optical viewfinder<br><br>

-fast lens, f2.8 or faster would be nice<br><br>

-2x or 3x zoom would be enough, something like 24-70mm (35mm equivalent); fixed

lens would be also OK, 35 to 50mm (35mm equivalent)<br><br>

-able to record tiff or raw<br><br>

<br><br>

Thanks a lot!

(Late update): I finally bought the lens. The answer is NO (as Joe said). A 72-77mm step ring on 45/2.8 lens hits the two bayonet mount tabs of the hood.

I finally decided on Rodinal 1:50, 6.5 min at 20C. The film came out fine, it's hard to tell the difference between it and one exposed at 400 ISO. There is some base fog, but again I always get this from Rodinal and the new Tri-X.

 

Thank you all for the advices!

Dear friends,

 

I have a roll of Tri-X 400 (the 'new' version, code 400TX) shot at ISO 100 by

mistake :( . I have only 4 developers availabe: HC-110, X-tol, Rodinal, and

Ilfosol-S. What is the processing time in any of these chemicals? The only time

I found (on digitaltruth.com) is 7.5 min at 20C in Rodinal 1+50. Can anybody

confirm this? It's quite an important roll.

 

Thanks!

Dear friends, thanks for the advices! Very useful.

Hello,

 

I'm tired of searching on Google about this... Maybe there is somebody who can

help me:

 

I need a rangefinder to shoot in low-light. I'm too lazy to meter, so I would

like an auto-exposure camera. The lightmeter should be able to work with ISO1600

or ISO3200 films. Fixed-lens (no baionet or screw mount) would be OK too, 35mm

to 45mm. And of course, the lens has to be fast, f2 or faster. It may be an old

camera, does not matters - it just has to work with batteries avalable today.

 

Does anybody knows which RF would fit these requests?

 

Thanks a lot!

It hapened to me too. Look here: <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00J7F1">http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00J7F1</a>

I finally managed to find the right tools to open the lens. The bracket was OK and after loosened its screw nothing happened. I even took it off, with no results. After some force applied to the barrel I managed to have the focusing ring loosened, but only to jam again in seconds. Now is even stiffer. There is a large helicoid inside, used to move the optical system back and forth for focusing. The problem may be there, the helicoid feels wear out and it stalls. Well, that's it, I guess is time to declare this lens as dead. RIP

Lovely, David. Now, where I put that screwdriver?... >:)

Thanks to all for the answers.

Hello,

 

The last weekend I borrowed an EF 35mm f2 from a friend to shoot an assignment.

It was pretty cold outside, around freezing, dense fog but no rain or dust.

After some hours the AF started to make strange noises and in short time it

jammed completely. I tried to switch to MF but I was unable to turn the the

focusing ring in any direction. I left the lens inside an office to warm up, but

useless - still jammed.

 

Now I have to pay for the lens, but what concerns me is that I was thinking to

buy a copy for myself. I wonder if this lens has AF issues (like some 50mm/f1.4

use to have) or I just was unlucky that day. Do you have similar experiences

with your 35mm/f2?

 

Thank you for your time.

Hello,

 

Does anybody knows whether the TS-E 45mm f2.8 with a 72->77mm step-up ring

attached will still accept its lens hood? The hood is EW-79BII, so its back

diameter is 79mm. I'm asking this because all my lenses are on 77mm and I'm

wondering if I'll be able to use my existing filters on this lens.

 

Thanks!