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<p>Here's mine from a Minolta SR-7 on Tri-X film.</p><div>
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<p>Rick, I had an identical outfit to yours, only I also had the 200mm. I bought the camera and 58mm new in 1964 for about $275. My eyes started to go bad in the late 70s and I was having trouble focusing, so I traded it all for a Yashica 24. While I liked the Yashica, I always wished I still had the SR-7. It's a really great camera.</p>
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<p>In my opinion your best buy would be a Pentax K1000. There are literally hundreds of lenses available to fit it.</p>
<p>Bob Zellner</p>
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<p>I bought this Ricoh 500 new in 1957 and used it until I got my first SLR in 1964 (a Minolta SR-7). You can tell it's one of the early ones because it has both the trigger advance on the bottom and the regular advance knob on the top. Later models dropped the knob but still had the step on that corner, and still later models evened off the step so the top was straight across. Back in those days Kodachrome was ASA 10. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when it went up to 25.</p><div></div>
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<p>Any film lab will have a tool to pull out the end. It's happened to me a few times and I took it in to Walmart and they got it out in about three seconds.</p>
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<p>I agree with all of the above. It's an excellent lens at the new price, for $200 it's a steal. However, it is big and heavy, you won't wear it around your neck very much. When my grandson was still in high school I used to use it to take pictures of wrestling and got some very nice photos.</p>
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<p>Re: "Its build isn't that great.....".<br>
That's correct compared to an L lens, but everything is relative. Its build is actually pretty good, especially compared to the 55-250mm IS. I'm very happy with mine.</p>
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<p>A very nice test Yakim. I like everything about the Sigma except its weight. My Xti with the Canon 1.4 makes a real light weight package that I can wear around my neck all day.</p>
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I think it looks pretty good except the highlights are blown a little. I suggest you look at the histogram when you're shooting and make sure there's a little space left on the right side.
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I think you would probably be pleased with the Canon 18-55mm ef-s IS kit lens. If you really need the gap filled between 55 and 70mm, then I agree with everyone else, Save your money and wait until you can afford a better lens.
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IMHO, the main problem with plastic mounts would be long term wear, and that would be function of how often the lens was changed. I suspect it would take years for the average amateur to wear one out. When I mount my 18-55mm I always make sure it's line up properly before I rotate it.
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It looks to me as though the lens was tilted down a little when he took the picture.
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One book that I found really helpful is The Photoshop CS Book For Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby. It focuses on how to use the various featurs of Photoshop as opposed to what the features are. I imagine there is a CS2 and a CS3 upgrade to the book by now.
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Re: line up of prime lenses. I guess I'm about to show my age too. I used to carry a 35mm, a 55mm, a 135mm and a 200mm. I didn't miss the gaps because I didn't know any better, and I used my feet. I can't use my feet as much any more, so I appreciated the zooms.
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Remember back in the days of film all you had to do was read the manual once and then put it away? Or if you did want to carry it, it didn't take up much room.
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One possible alternative would be to sell your present lenses and get the new Canon 18-55mm EF-S IS and the Canon 55-250MM EF-S IS. This gives you the advantage of image stabilization plus somewhat better optics for a very reasonable price, about $475USD.
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IMHO, filters on such a wide angle lens don't contribute much except for front element protection. The effect of a polarizer is much dependent on the angle of the light, being most effective when the light is at 90 degrees. This lens is so wide that the light comes in from many angles so the polarizing effect varies across the frame. So I depend on a hood and a lens cap for protection and don't use any filters.
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JDM, If you're dyslexic it's DCO.
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If your budget can handle it, the new Canon 18-55mm IS lens would be better than either of the other two. It's going for about $175US now.
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Richard, it would be a good idea to test the Canon 35mm f2.0 before buying it. It's a very good lens, but IQ at f2 is a little soft. It sharpens up nicely by f2.5, but if you really need f2 you mightbe disappointed.
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I would think a Dremel tool would do a good job of modifying a lens hood. You probably should mark it to show where you plan on cutting the way a plastic surgeon does.
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Mark's reference to an ebay seller is correct, he's asking $119USD, but he also wants $56 to ship it from Hong Kong. That puts it up to just about what Amazon is asking. I've bought a couple of small items from dealers in Hong Kong and had no problem except it takes a little longer for shipping.
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Over time I've taken a number of portraits with a full frame SLR using 50, 85 and 135mm lenses, and to get proper perspective in a portrait the size of the ears and the nose should be correctly proportional. IMO using a 50 the nose appears a little large and using a 135 the ears seem too large and the facial features flatten out some. With an 85 everything is just right. Translating that to a 1.6 crop camera, I think the 50mm is good and the 85mm a little long. However, this can all be mitigated by shooting from the proper distance and cropping in PS.
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I agree pretty much with what Dan said with the following observation. As I got older and more feeble, (I got my first serious camera back in 1957) I found it very difficult to carry an SLR or DSLR around my neck with a battery grip and a heavy zoom lens mounted on it. By the end of the day I could hardly turn my head. My first solution was to sell all my SLR gear and go to a Canon G6, but I couldn't stand the crumby view finder and the shutter lag. My second solution was to get a Canon Xti, which only weighs 22 oz. and a 50mm f1.4 which only weighs 10 oz. I find I can handle this pretty well and I really enjoy the wide aperture and the sharpness of the lens. The only drawback is now I have to learn to do without a zoom. I've got the 18-55mm IS lens also, and I'll probably find myself using that from time to time. My main point is, heavy unbalanced equipment can become a real drag after a long day.
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