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And maybe you've also noticed "supply chain issues" are the go-to excuse du jour for all sorts of mismanagement.

Never let facts interfere with your opinion!

And that sums up Nikon's inability to stock manage a drinks party in a brewery.....:(

 

Amazon holds Z9 stock and Nikon USA don't... Doh!

Maybe you haven't noticed, but everyone is struggling with supply chain issues.

No printer can print the entire color gamut of even sRGB; none. And moot.

Digital cameras (and scanners as well as humans) do not have a color gamut.

As to actual RGB printers and color gamut of sRGB:

It's a question of overlap. Inkjet printers can print quite a few colors that fall outside of the sRGB color space. Fuji Frontier prints, on the other hand, are well covered by sRGB. So the destination of the file matters.

Working Space Comparison: sRGB vs. Adobe RGB 1998

Thanks for your thoughts, folks.

 

. . . I am not sure how much the aperture matters with TTL flash — I thought the whole point of TTL is that the flash knows the aperture along with other variables. But it gives me an idea to check my manual to see if I can use the pop-up flash manually: never considered it.. .

 

Aperture absolutely matters with flash - and staying below the shutter sync speed. A little understanding can help a great deal - here's an excellent resource.

https://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

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6 years ago I bought a IIa and post-war Carl Zeiss 50mm f2 that had been fully restored by Henry Scherer. The outfit looked (and still does today) unused. Beautiful piece of glass and ultra sharp.

 

Assuming they are both in good condition I can’t imagine there’s that much of a difference comparing an f2 and f1.5 from the same generation. I do think the post-war “Carl Zeiss” lenses are the ones to grab. I have a 21/4.5 Biogon, 85mm f2 and 135mm f4 West German Sonnars to go with that 50.

 

What I’d really like to find is one of the Amadeo Contax to Leica M adapters to try those lenses on my digital M262.

Here you go:

Amedeo Lens Adapter Leica M Nikon Rangefinder

It is but then never is a P&S fun. You just point and shoot what's fun is that?

People are different, even within my family. My older son just wants the shot to remember an event. My younger son, on the other hand, is interested in how changes in settings affect the image.

The Contax is but not the Nikon SP. While the Nikon SP is much more fun to use it's neither P&S nor compact.

Agreed. But the Nikon SP is more fun!

Certainly but it's not p&s not compact. I thought about buying the T2 when it came out but didn't buy because it doesn't have full manual controls. I didn't know as an investment it's quite good.

Sorry, but the Contax T2 is a P&S. Your complaint that it lacks full manual controls verifies that. And it is definitely a compact camera.

Maybe the Contax T, T2 or T3 come close to what you want.

Contax P&S prices are a bit nutty. I sold off my T2 about 10 years ago for $200. I much prefer my Nikon SP. Not as portable, but pretty decent. And more fun to shoot.

So in another word you're afraid that he won't finish all of them in his life time?

I think the math is obvious. Scherer has to be at least 80 years old now, and he has only been servicing about 25 cameras per year recently.

Thanks Gerald. Liked the look of his files. I know all those issues of size. Its whey I went mirrorless, but the new GFX models are significantly smaller and lighter then the GFX 100 and like he said, if you want to print, it's a big deal.

He actually said that the GFX is for printing billboards.

That is exactly what happened with 70mm film for the Hasselblad.

The Hasselbad requires a certain type of 70mm sprocket film, that no one makes anymore, so the 70mm gear is not usable. And the last time I looked, the 70mm stuff was very cheap on eBay.

Formats, such as 127, die out. But 127 was never even close to the popularity of 35mm and 120 formats. I'll take my chances because I enjoy printing in a traditional darkroom. The rest of you can wring your hands and worry that the end of the world is near.

I have never seen this, so just checked the 2nd hand prices! Is it made of gold? :)

It was state of the art in the late 1950's. And Nikon reused a lot of the parts for the Nikon F, so getting a titanium replacement shutter isn't difficult. Then again, they never seem to fail.

Nikon Rangefinder SP

Well, good luck making your own 35mm film when that goes out of production!

Nonsense. Not likely to be a problem. You can still buy buggy whips and oil paints.

I guess this is not any different than when Nikon stopped rangefinder lens and camera production, or film cameras.

Alas, my Nikon SP still works well. Mechanical cameras are easier to keep going, though, than are todays electronic wonders.

Thom Hogan has a review of mid-priced travel tripods.

Tripods Today | Cameras and Photography Explained | Thom Hogan

But the RC, Like many compact fixed lens rangefinders of its time is shutter priority and not aperture priority. I personally like the Olympus XA and its aperture priority is OK but I would prefer if it's manual. When new the rangefinder is good but most of the used ones have faded rangefinder patch. One thing I dislike the XA is actually flash. You can't use any other flash besides the A11 or A16 and you have 1 aperture of f/3.5. If the shutter can be fixed at 1/60 or so and I can choose the aperture from f/2,8 to f/16 and use another flash it would be great. I can do that with the RC but not the XA.

Yes, getting the right aperture with shutter priority may require a quick fiddle to check aperture chosen for the selected shutter speed. I've never found it to be much of a hinderance on my RD. Besides - in many conditions I can estimate aperture with variations on sunny 16. Or I pull out the light meter app on my phone for a quick read so that I can set the shutter speed that gets me the aperture that I want.

The bigger problem is that my 24 year old son has taken a liking to my RD, so it's no longer in my possession. But don't feel bad - I kept him away from my Nikon SP!