larry_korhank

Very bad experience with Scan Cafe. Not done in over 2 months. B.S. excuses. Basically lost in India. Did finally get them back, but would never use them again!!!!

I have obtained a NPC Polaroid back for my Hassy but have no idea how

to use it. Before I ruin another pack of film does someone know of a

source of information on how to use it? I also got a used 150 T*. I

think it takes one of those Bay filters, but don�t know which one.

Is there a Bay-screw adaptor I should consider? Thanks for any help

you can kindly provide.

How do you get multiple exposures with a Hasselblad 500c? Thanks in

advance.

Imagination and "conditions" are infrequent lovers, especially for amateurs married to work-a-day life.

My Nikon N70 now fails to fire my SB27. My wife's N60 will fire the flash. Is there an easy fix (besides stealing my wife's body)? Thanks for any advice.

If you must have a zoom, this is a good one as indicated above.

However, when going wide I want to keep turning the zoom for more

angle that's not there. In low light I want to open up more but

can't. When doing near-far @24 I can't get close enough to my

subject. If I had the money I'd get a 20mm, 50mm, and the 70-200 2.8

zoom.

Check out your moderator's nice photo on photonet's nature image critique forum

Another department at work obtained a surplus 500C/M with a 50mm F4.

After getting the lens stuck on the camera they brought it to me to

fix and figure out how to make it work. I don't know a darn thing

about it but want to learn. I notice that B&H sells "The Hasselblad

System" by Bob Shell and "The Hasselblad Manual" by Ernst Wildi.

Which do you recommend? Any other recommendations? Please help save a

great camera from an ugly fate. Thanks! Larry Korhnak

I had the same problem in my area of Florida. What worked for me was

to mount an inexpensive ball head (Bogen 3262QR ~$40) to a large jawed

wood clamp. Be sure to turn off the car, don't move around, and use a

cable release. My major complaint is that although I get the picture,

this kind of nature photography isn't much fun.

I have only used the sigma 400 (non macro) so I can't help with

comparisons. This lens will lock on a bird in flight and it is sharp

wide open. Take a look at my "Early Flight" and "Great White (egret)"

in this forum's nature image postings.

On the web try the game and fish commision wildlife viewing guide.

http://fcn.state.fl.us/gfc/gfchome.html. Another good book is "Florida

Wildlife Viewing Guide" by Susan Cerulean and Ann Morrow. I don't know

the area myself as I try to adviod south Florida.

My lowly Nikon N70 does a good job of tracking flying birds, but I

hear that the canon lenses with internal motors are the best.

I think people are getting tied of special effects without soul. As an

amateur I could careless if people want to make FX nature photos.

Photography to me, and probably lots of other amateurs, is mostly

about experiencing nature. Photography is my way of interfacing with

nature and sharing the experience with friends (an other nature

photograhers). The challenge adds to the enjoyment. I feel sorry for

the "professional" who's "nature experience" is sitting in front of a

flickering screen.

For a "bright contrasty scene" where you need detail in the highlights

and shadows, bracketing often won't help with velvia. You may get

better results by waiting for a cloud to dim the highlights or using a

flash to light the shadows.

Daryl Maher,

I copied the following from photonet.

 

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"I've read some tests about the Tamron 28-105/2.8 in two french magazines Chasseur d'Images and Riponses Photo and in one German magazine called FOTO-magazin. Conclusion : Poor results wide-open, vignetting, distortion, huge shade,impressive (read expensive) filter size (82mm) and expensive. Really not worth the money."

Torsten,

First let me state that I'm just a happy amature. Personally I think that lenses flexibility is more important (and more expensive) than camera body and you should build on your nikon system. You would get a lot more camera system for your money by getting a long lens and a N-70 (and you could use your FE as a 2nd body). Consider yourself lucky that you started with nikon and you can choose to build on your old lenses!

I had a similar decision, moving from the old to the new, Canon vs Nikon. I have an old canon AE1 and needed to find a long lens for a trip to Glacier/Yellowstone/Teton. I discovered that even used Canon Long lenses are very expensive but found a Sigma 400 for a nikon body for $100. I bought a N-70 and below is my thoughts on moving from the classic into the electronic autofocus world.

 

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Nikon N70 Advantage (vs Canon AE1).

 

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Autofocus- Only useful for tracking a moving target with a long lens. With non-auto focus this is almost impossible for me to do.

 

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Flash- The pop-up flash will improve and save many of your pictures especially with deep shadows. You can a flash on the AE1 hot shoe, but this takes time and the nikon TTL flash system gives better exposures.

 

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Meter- The matrix meter and spot meter on the Nikon will handle many tricky light situations.

 

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Auto DX reading- no more bad exposures because you forgot to change the film speed.

 

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Nikon N70 Disadvantage

 

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Uses expensive batteries

 

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Auto film advance makes me use twice the film

 

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Needs expensive electronic cable release

 

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Too many functions. You will need to have the manual with you at all times to take advantage of them.

 

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Don't use near water. I dunked mine for 1 sec and have been told by 4 camera repair places that it is un repairable.

Look at some of the postings to the question above yours "Florida in September". Note that the Devil's Millhopper staff will crimp your style if you get off the trail inside the sinkhole.

The Florida Game and Fish Commission has a nice "wildlife Viewing" section on their web page at http://fcn.state.fl.us/gfc.gfchome.html

The ichetucknee is one of the most beautiful spring runs in the country, but the crowds discourage a lot of wildlife, especially on the weekend. Wakulla springs (south of Tallahassee) would be a better place for birds and there is a nice lodge on the springs that you can stay at. St. Marks N.W.R. is nearby and can be the best birding spot in the state at times. For a more peaceful river experience near the ichetucknee, try the Santa Fe River river rise run. I'm doing a "Exploring Florida's Forest Ecosystems" web page starting with the Santa Fe River Flood Plain Forest. The page is under construction but you can see the beginnings at http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ExtInfo.html. Also in the Gainesville area try Paynes Prairie and Newmans Lake. Paynes Prairie is also a good spot to see gators and Newmans Lake has a fringe of old cypress trees (beware of snakes and wasps in the trees).

If you use the same lens, at the same exposure, with the same film, will the $200 nikon FM10 produce the same image as the $2,000 F5?

I want to remotely trip the shutter of an older Canon AE1 from about 100 ft. Is there an inexpensive way of doing this? I've seen adds in hunting catalogs for clamp on devices that trip the shutter when the animal breaks a infrared beam, but I want to decide when to trip the shutter. Thanks for your help!

I'm now planning a trip for the spring. I found out that the north rim is closed until May 15 th.

Thanks for your suggestions. We drove through the horse farm area around Lexington. Nice scenry, probably some calender pictures, but not my sort of subject. The red river gorge is about 2 hours from Louisville. I knew I was going to love that place when I came to the "Nada" tunnel. I only had 4 hours, I could have spent 4 days.

We went in the fall (Sept) and there were more elk than people at Mammoth hot springs. We saw Moose at Hayden Valley, but they were far away and the park rules discourage you getting closer. In fact, there are so many "don't" rules that you may feel Yellowstone is a big zoo and that you are in the cage.

For closer shots of Moose try the area around the Jackson Lake Lodge in Teton NP and for Goats and Sheep, try the trail at Logan Pass in Glacier NP.

My best pictures and most memorable moments were shooting the Old Faithful Geyser basin in the moonlight (use T-Max 400).

Don't take a chance on old film and take twice as much as you think you will need as film is expensive inside the park and your choices are limited.

We went in the fall (Sept) and there were more elk than people at Mammoth hot springs. We saw Moose at Hayden Valley, but they were far away and the park rules discourage you getting closer. In fact, there are so many "don't" rules that you may feel Yellowstone is a big zoo and that you are in the cage.

For closer shots of Moose try the area around the Jackson Lake Lodge in Teton NP and for Goats and Sheep, try the trail at Logan Pass in Glacier NP.