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WBraun
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May 27, 2006 - 11:28pm PT
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Is the Nikon FM-2 not as good?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2006 - 11:28pm PT
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Yeha baby, right down to the extra large thumb rest on the winder, they had it all down.
WOnder what the diff in the TC and the T was? the styling on the rewind looks a little different, and mine was silver.
Oh yeah, my 85 mm was f 1.8 wide open, FAST for that focal length!
HEY you know that copal shutter was cool too, you know that right?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2006 - 11:34pm PT
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Nikons were overpriced, big, clunky, slow, had nothign on the konica except reputation and maybe a little durability and that stupid swapable pentaprism.
WHo needs those?
Spider martin, a pro friend of mine now deceased, who made his mark shooting the civil rights march in Selma and the fire hoses in Bham, used the minolta srt-101, actually, he used several of them.
BUt that camera is nothing compared to the konica.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2006 - 12:12am PT
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Post some pics with your POS guys, come on now, pics!!!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 12:43am PT
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Nikon FM2N is fully manual, battery only needed for exposure "recommendation," it is rugged (and I beat the sh#t out of everything I own)... I like it quite a lot...
A fall sunset on the prarie at Fermilab, the picture is of the MINOS near-detector-hall surface building...
Nikon FM2N 24mm f2.8 on Kodak Ektachrome 100
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 12:51am PT
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The FM-2 is as solid a camera as ever there will be. Sorry Konica dudes. Nikon has a reputation for a reason. Backward compatability being one of them, ruggedness another. Werner could take a swing at ol '46 with that thing, knock 'em out cold then snap a picture as evidence.
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Jerry Dodrill
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Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 12:58am PT
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Kinda like a pair of cheap sunglasses that won't die? I just bought an $80.00 (!!!!) pair of Julbos and the damn things broke in the first week! I'm back to my old $10.00 pair that has a loose lens and is all scratched from falling out.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2006 - 01:05am PT
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Don't waste your breath Jody, these heretics, infidels and doubting Thomases are smug in their ignorance, LOL.
For the money, you could have had 2 or three auto reflex Ts for every one butt-ugly, clunky, slow to act Nikon.
The konica didn't ever miss a shot. It's control layout was perfect. Nikon wishes their stuff had been as good in design.
I had friends with Nikons, I would not have traded for anything.
I shot birds on the wing, 5 or ten feet away, no time to set anything, panning, with my T, got a perfect result. Best auto metering system ever. It was a point and shoot if you needed, that never failed, and it was as serious as any other camera when you wanted.
Do that with your pig nikon of the same era, 1973- 1976.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:07am PT
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"these heretics, infidels and doubting Thomases are smug in their ignorance"
Whew. Back to normal. That "god" status was killing me.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2006 - 01:07am PT
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damn ed, I really want a WIDE angle lens, between your 24 and jer's 22, I am green with envy.
JEr, still waiting on that trade I'm offering you.
beter act fast, I might reconsider, after all, I am doing you a huge favor, LOL.
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Jerry Dodrill
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Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:10am PT
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Sorry. You won't like it. It's a clunky Nikon.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2006 - 01:11am PT
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Jer, even a god can make a judgement call.
They got different religions too, right?
What're the details on those grape shots? film? Digital? format?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2006 - 01:13am PT
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BUt i cna sell the clunker and get a double handful of superior POS's!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:18am PT
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Film. Velvia (RVP) 50, 35mm. I'll keep using RVP 50 as long as I can get it, then the RVP 100. It runs hot though, so I like it at ISO 125. The RVP 100F is CRAP as far as far as I'm concerned and Kodak just isn't putting out anything I like these days. Occasionally I'll use E100VS, but it's usually too much saturation and contrast.
Shot that SkiBASE stuff at the Leap with RVP 100 and Provia400. There's a new Provia400X that I haven't tried yet. Need to switch to digital for the sports stuff but can't afford the camera I want just yet.
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WBraun
climber
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May 28, 2006 - 01:18am PT
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I don't know jack about cameras but I have a Nikon FM2 and just thought to see what you pros have to say about it.
Hahaha Oh man .....
But once I just had some cheap ass point and shoot camera and the picture it took made Patagonia catalogue along with 50 times more than the camera was worth in pay.
Goes to show that any camera can do justice on a good day.
The camera takes the picture I just push the button.
:-)
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:21am PT
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No, you make the picture when you push the button. The camera is just doing what you tell it. It can't put itself at the right place/right time.
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WBraun
climber
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May 28, 2006 - 01:23am PT
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Are you sure?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:24am PT
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I agree with Jerry on that point.. take what ever camera you have and shoot the picture... some of my favorite pictures were taken with pretty dicey gear, but the images are wonderful. There are technical flaws if you want to find them, but I'm not flawless.
Some of those pictures transport me back to that time and place. That is the wonder of it. Not the gear.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 01:43am PT
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I just started shooting with Velvia 100, the first roll I shot I set the ISO to 50 (thought I had Velvia 50) and had to have the film developed to compensate... we'll see how it is, vivid is not usually what I'm looking for, natural is where I'm at.
The film I shoot the most is E100 usually not the VS though...
I'll have to try the Provia 400 for low light. Anyother fast films?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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May 28, 2006 - 02:02am PT
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Provia 400X is "Supposed" to have grain more like "old Provia 100" what ever that means. The original Provia 100 was a bit grainy. Provia II had much better color saturation and blackpoint than Provia 100F (latest version) but was still grainy. Provia 100F has super fine grain but runs cool (81A filter helps) and the blacks are pretty flat, not nearly as much detail as Velvia from my comparisons. So I have no idea what like "old Provia 100" means (quoted from current issue of Outdoor Photographer). I can't recommend other fast films. Maybe someone else can.
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