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Great, thank you all!!

<p>I have a Leica R4 that is in cosmetically beautiful shape, but with crumbling light and door seals. I have two questions:</p>

<p>1. Who repairs/replaces and does CLA/repairs on these cameras?</p>

<p>2. Would it be worth it for me to send this in? I assume that any camera of this vintage is going to need new seals, so even if I were to, say, buy one on the auction site or one of the reputable retailers, I might have to do this anyways?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

Steve, have you looked into using the magnifying

eyepieces? I know that the viewfinder image of the

D7100 is slightly smaller than that of the D610. I

think it's the DK-21m, and should give 1.17x

magnification. I haven't used one, so I don't know if

it makes it more difficult to see the settings bank

along the bottom of the viewfinder, or vignetting of

the viewfinder.

Steve, to be honest, the 55 is the easiest, followed

very closely by the 105. The 35 has a rather short

focus throw in comparison, and was easily the

most difficult of the three to learn to "get right." It

did take some getting used to, as well as

calibration with the body. The focus assist

illuminator has been pretty good for all three with

all three. It helps that I had always used the ground

fresnel focusing screen on the F3, so wasn't used

to split prism. The F3's Finder seems much better

than the D610's.

<p>I wound up doing the South Loop (including Wabash under the L). Skipped digital and only took the F3 w/ 50mm f/1.4 and 24mm f/2.8!</p>

<p>I have a hard time choosing, but my top 3 would be (in order of focal length): 35mm f/2.5 Series E, AI converted 55mm f/1.2, and 105mm f/1.8 AIS. Usually on an F3, but now often on my D610.</p>

<p>Bill - Dwayne's only destroys negatives if you select "Process Only - No Prints and Upload."</p>

Thank you, Ron and Stephen!

Thanks, Stephen! Wabash under the L is one of my

favorite places to photograph. I used to buy all of

my film from Central Camera when I lived there. I'm

planning on heading to the Christmas market at

Daley Plaza at noon for some spiced wine and

lunch before I take off. How about Taylor street?

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I'm going to have a free morning in Chicago in the next week or so, and was planning on spending the morning doing some photography. I used to live in the Loop, and spent a lot of time in the River North, West Loop, South Loop, Hyde Park, Ravenswood, Bucktown, Chinatown. Does anyone have any suggestions for places that I can spend a few hours walking around doing photography?</p>

<p>I'm taking either an X-Pro1 with a 27 or 35, or a Canon 7d with 17-85. I may be taking a Nikon F3 and 24mm loaded with Tri-X in addition to one digital camera.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!<br /><br /><br>

L.</p>

<p>Good afternoon,<br>

<br />I have had this lens for several years now in Nikon mount, used it on an F100, D200, 5D w/ adapter, and now a D610 with no problems. However, the zoom ring has become rough - you can feel "gears" while turning it, and the focus ring has become loose. Optically, it seems just fine, and autofocus works fine as well. However, zooming is becoming difficult.</p>

<p>I contacted Tokina, who responded saying that they no longer work on these lenses as they no longer have the parts. They were quite helpful and cordial.</p>

<p>However, I am wondering if anyone has any experience with third-party repair services who will repair older Tokina lenses. I know that KEH has fixed-price repair services, and was wondering if anyone has experience with them, as well as any other repair services.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

You may want to try out Dodge-

Chrome. They have locations in

McLean, VA; Silver Spring, MD; and

DC. Someone on this forum

recommended them to me, and I have

been very happy with them for all of my

enlargement and non-C41 work.

 

I suspect that they will probably scan

and print from the scan in your case,

but you may want to ask to find out.

Central Camera, Calumet, or Helix

might have what you are looking for. All

3 are in Chicago. Central seems to

have a lot of NOS as well.

Kris, is your first photo looking west

along van Buren from State St (with

Harold Washington Library on the left)?

I'm reminded of my walk to school

every morning.

 

Great photos! Always happy to see my

second city!

<p>Oh wow, thank you for all of the responses! I noticed that Dodge Chrome also has a storefront drop-off in McLean, which is nearby. I may send a roll to all 3 over the next few weeks to try them out.</p>

<p>Richard - that is good to know about the rental scanner - I may do that at some point!</p>

<p>Thanks, Matt! I am near Old Town Alexandria for both live and work. I have a fridge shelf full of exposed film waiting to go in. It's mostly 120 with some 35mm mixed in so far; I'm doing my first fall foliage drive next weekend and have a few rolls of Velvia 50 that are going along - have you had any experiences with Penn's E-6?</p>

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I've recently moved to the DC area and am looking for a local lab. I found this thread:</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/film-and-processing-forum/00Togw</p>

<p>The thread is a few years old, and I haven't been able to find a place that has many reviews online. I am looking for someone who does both color print and slide, and b/w print. I prefer to stay local, and am already aware of the mail-in options. I still have a freezer full of Plus-X and Royal Supra that I've been working through, and the place that I had been doing my processing at went out of business right before I moved away.</p>

<p>Any recommendations are greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>Best,<br>

LB</p>

<p>I don't use LV very much, and tend to only check the first in a set of photos for exposure, etc, so the LCD just doesn't eat up too much of my battery life. Needless to say, it was a huge change over the EN-EL3e performance, which I am very happy about since I take so many "snow" photos. =)</p>

<p>Not so much a question as a comment - I switched over to Canon from Nikon, and I am absolutely thrilled at the battery life of my 5D Mk II in cold weather. I was out shooting at the Christkindl Market Chicago today (where the wind-chill was single digits below zero) for a few hours, with a spare battery in my inside coat pocket, and took about 300 pictures, and only used about 20% of the battery! This is such a welcome surprise to me living in a cold clime - with my Nikons last winter I used to have to carry multiple spare batteries and change frequently (this was with the never EN-EL3e battery).</p>

<p>Thanks for listening - didn't really know where to gush about this other than here. This really is a huge huge deal to me because we get cold weather at least 4 months out of the year and knowing that my batteries will survive makes going out and shooting that much more enjoyable (yes, I enjoy the cold weather!).</p>

<p>Guy - the F3 LCD issue is a little bit overstated. I have never had an LCD problem with any of my F3 bodies (3) and none with my F3/T.</p>

<p>Nikon glass is also incredibly cheap to buy, so failed equipment is easy to replace.</p>

<p>On the other hand, I have been swapping an SL2 back and forth with my father for almost 20 years now, and have never had any mechanical or electrical problems with it, and personally like the performance of Leica glass, some of which has finally come down in price.</p>

<p>Best of luck!<br>

Levon</p>

Thank you for the feedback - I think I have been convinced to buy it new. :)

 

best regards,

Levon

Hi all,

 

I recently switched to Canon from Nikon, and have been borrowing/renting lenses to go with my 5dII before I buy, and have decided that

the 50/1.2 is my favorite of the normal primes, so am looking into picking one up.

 

My question is this:

I want to scour the used market first, and wanted to know if there is anything that I should look out for, or common problems when buying

this used.

 

I shoot a lot of Portraits and low- light, mostly wide open, and come over from the 55/1.2 being my most used Nikon lens, again mostly

wide open, and have been borrowing the Canon 50/1.2 for the last three weeks, so I know what it's capable of.

 

I appreciate any feedback!

 

Best regards,

Levon

<p>Hi Keith,</p>

<p>As a long-time Nikon user who recently switched systems (to Canon), the best advice that I can give after using a D700 extensively and borrowing an A850 is to take both out for a test-spin.</p>

<p>Practically speaking, I have very large hands, so of all of the FF DSLRs, the D700 "fits" into my hands better, and my long experience using Nikon made the controls the most familiar to me. With that said, both Sony and Canon took me time to figure out, and even then, there are a few (very few) things that I still think about and wish were more similar to Nikon. And, surprisingly, the A850 isn't as bad in low light as I was made to believe just based on online reviews.</p>

<p>Since you are into landscapes, is Live View an important feature to you? If not, is the size and coverage of the viewfinder important to view? I honestly found the Sony viewfinder the most pleasing, especially as I no longer see 20/20.</p>

<p>Aside from those, being a Nikon user that used a Sony (and actually switched to Canon), I was more than pleased with how it performed and the simplicity of operation. I would say that all three are a toss-up, so it really comes down to what lenses you think you will be using most, and how the camera feels in your hands.</p>

<p>I highly recommend renting (or borrowing) all bodies that you are interested in buying, and the lenses that you would use, and take them out for a weekend spin. They're all incredibly capable, to the point that I almost felt fortunate to be choosing between the "big three," as I didn't feel like I would be making a poor choice either way.</p>

<p>Best regards,<br>

Levon</p>

hi there,

 

I read those reviews along with the one on the digital picture, but was hoping for some additional feedback. :-)

Hi all,

 

I have been looking for something relatively wide on a budget, and ran across both of these. Both seem to get very mixed reviews, and I

am more of a portrait shooter so am reserving more money for a 50/1.4 and a 100/2. I just bought a 5D II and have been renting or

borrowing to figure out what I'll end up buying.

 

Is the 20/2.8 really that bad? I'll be using it primarily stopped down around f8 or smaller, and same goes for the Sigma. They're both in

roughly the same price ballpark and won't be used as much as the 50 or 100.

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Best regards,

Levon