royall_berndt

I had to recombine your suggestions to come up with a combination that worked. On my camera, the button surrounded by the C/M autofocus lever must be pressed to bring focus boxes up on the viewfinder screen. To move the cursor, I had to use the wheel-like control on the front of the camera close to the shutter. My former D7000 didn't work this way. I suppose Nikon made incremental changes as they kept producing the camera That said, I had found that the D7000 did everything I needed, and had picture quality adequate to my uses. This new example of the camera is really minty, in great cosmetic shape,and with a low shutter count. I imagine it will last me the rest of my life (I am 75 now!)

Is it true that Prakticas take Z eiss lenses?

I decided that, for whatever reason, I would never see my D7000 again. So I bought a replacement. I want to use one focus spot in the dead center of the screen, but can't figure how to move a spot around or save it, Anyone adept at this?

My first digital camera was a Nikon D50. It had many shots in its past and lasted only a year. But it did great work.

The XD-11 lacks an exposure lock. Is there a workaround?

BTW, the D200 took the picture above. That used to be Stephen Sondheim's house, and before that it was the home of Maxwell Perkins. Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald took many a dinner there. Katherine Hepburn lived next door until she died.

Yes, Sanford, you guessed it, and she is 20 years younger. Seemed like a good idea at the time. We have two boys, and she is on a campaign now to make them hate me. You wouldn't believe the lies I've overheard her telling them. To be blunt, she is somewhat insane and more than a little dangerous.

I have had several valuables vanish over the last three weeks. A Kindle, a cell phone. and now the D7000. I hate to say it, but my partner may be gaslighting me. Oh, my passport vanished also. It's too much of a coincidence for all of this to vanish at the same time. I have turned our small apartment upside down, but nada, nada, nada....

Believe it or not, I can't find my D7000. It must be in the house somewhere. Anyway, to tide me over I have returned to using a D200. It is quite good, but tracking autofocus is doing poorly. If I don't find the D7000, should I get another , or is there a much better D Nikon at a similar price?

I bought an XG-7 in late 1978. I used it constantly for eight years and then the electronics fizzled. The unique look of the images and the smooth handling hooked me on Minolta for life. The 85 mm f 2.0 Rokkor.MD is the best lens for 35mm I have ever used.

To reduce the effect of camera shake, I am considering a purchase of Piccure software. Has anyone experience with this? Also, how much does it cost? (They won't tell you at their web site.)

I never thought I would find one of these, but I have scored. I will post shots as soon as I can run a roll through. I haven't been this thrilled since nailing a Voigt. Prominent II. I can't imagine wanting another camera, but G.A.S. has a way of striking when you least suspect.

Gentlemen, I have at long last acquired a Minolta XD-s. Mint! But I don't how to.set the diopter adjustment. How can I get instructions? I don't know what to look at in the finder.

I will shoot the Acros next time at ASA 64.

T hanks for a carefully reasoned and thorough reply. I will have a look at the Sigma.

I have been wanting the 135mm f2 lens. Is an updated version available? Camera store people say the optical design has never changed. Anyone use this? How is it?

I found the negatives for this set of shots. The film was Fuji Acros 100. The negatives are somewhat flat. I do find evidence of underexposure in some frames. So it appears the problem was in the processing and somewhat in the scanning--except where I underexposed. . The frame of the girl above was underexposed, for example; that's why the dress is less than white--it was a bright white in reality.

Here's a scan closer to actual size. Look at the lack of fine detail and the overall fog. Click to enlarge.

My N90s is the best film camera I,ve found. Beats my F, F3, and FM2. It does it all.

A Minolta XG-7. The circuits fizzled in three years. For years thereafter, I stuck to mechanical cameras.

In both shots it was a 50mm Summicron, 4th version. The quality of the shot varies with magnification. On a small screen, the shots aren,t bad, but on a larger one, you see a veiling fog and poor redition of detail. It’s like seeing an enlargement from a box camera with a meniscus lens. Film, btw, was Ilford 100.

How could my M3, recently overhauled by Sherry Krauter, proiduce shots such as these? Outdated film? Mistake in processing? These scans accurately reflect the dreadful negs.

I just took three rolls of color film in for developing and scanning. B&H charged me $71.00 and, remember, I had to pay for the film also. To be sure, I asked for a step up from the basic scan level, but still that is big bucks for processing. I really enjoy the lenses and handling of film cameras, but if the prices go higher I may have to give up the hobby.

It handles beautifully, but I have found it fragile. The advance lever flew off of it a couple of times, and the original shutter went out completely. The meter is still superb.