OT: Oh, it feels lovely...
Grimly Curmudgeon
As soon as I touched it I knew it was for me. Just sits snugly and so
purposeful, full of latent power and solidity, every bit designed for
use with no fumbling.
It's not new, of course, people have been using them for years, but this
is the first time I've actually played with one.
EOS 10D.
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ginge
> ...in my hand.
> As soon as I touched it I knew it was for me. Just sits snugly and so
> purposeful, full of latent power and solidity, every bit designed for
> use with no fumbling.
>
> It's not new, of course, people have been using them for years, but this
> is the first time I've actually played with one.
>
> EOS 10D.
Shame that spec-wise it's out performed by a 400D.
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember ginge
<the.gin...@THISgmail.com> saying something like:
>> EOS 10D.
>
>Shame that spec-wise it's out performed by a 400D.
[1]
Not by much and it was a third of the price for a nearly new box. I can
live without the extra 4MP of the 400 - 6MP is enough for now. In a
couple of years the price of some of the higher pixel-count ones like
the 5D will fall within reach. The full frame of the 5D appeals too.
It opens up a new range of clicking for me and a chance to re-use some
of the good old OM-fit lenses I have kicking around. Feck, even the old
Zeiss flashgun works on it.
[1] I never buy new cameras - like all other male jewellery, as soon as
it's out the box it's value plummets like a wounded pheasant, to be
picked up second hand at something like it's true value a mere year or
two later. Often s/h cameras have had little use by the previous owner,
as in this case.
A.Lee
> >> EOS 10D.
> It opens up a new range of clicking for me and a chance to re-use some
> of the good old OM-fit lenses I have kicking around.
How do you achieve that then?
And surely it negates the 'auto-everything' which is the main benefit of
modern cameras?
>Feck, even the old Zeiss flashgun works on it.
Any flash with an hotshoe will work, but again you will be limited to a
certian range of shutter speeds, and no auto-exposure.
I've just been looking for a dedictated flash for mine, still £150+ on
ebay, so it'll have to wait for a while still.
Alan.
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> Minolta 7000
Blimey, I remember those. Lots of square chromed plastic buttons. Wasn't
that the first proper AF SLR?
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> guig <gu...@yerawathame.com> wrote:
>
>> Minolta 7000
>
> Blimey, I remember those. Lots of square chromed plastic buttons. Wasn't
> that the first proper AF SLR?
Indeed it was. Not a bad one, either.
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Grimly Curmudgeon
something like:
>> It opens up a new range of clicking for me and a chance to re-use some
>> of the good old OM-fit lenses I have kicking around.
>
>How do you achieve that then?
Adapters available on ebay which, with some electrickery, manage to fool
the EOS trickery too, allowing me to use an OM lens in manual mode.
>And surely it negates the 'auto-everything' which is the main benefit of
>modern cameras?
Auto-everything is for poofs and always has been. I'm compromising my
principles enough by buying a camera which relies 100% on batteries,
never mind the lens, ffs. Oh, I admit, it's very seductive just pointing
and pressing, but it lacks a certain something.
Just like a hair shirt, some would say.
>>Feck, even the old Zeiss flashgun works on it.
>
>Any flash with an hotshoe will work, but again you will be limited to a
>certian range of shutter speeds, and no auto-exposure.
Now that's where the smart sensor in the Zeiss wins out - not a modern
all-singing and dancing flash, but one that will sear the eyeballs out
of subject if you let it. It's got a nifty slider on the back you simply
select distance, focal length and aperture on and the sensor adjusts the
power to suit. All before chips with everything took hold.
The results with that have always been good, especially in bounce wiv
fill-in.
I find the on-board flash is surprisingly good for smaller indoor stuff
- fairly decently controlled output for a wee one.
entwisi
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember alan@darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) saying
> something like:
>
>>> It opens up a new range of clicking for me and a chance to re-use some
>>> of the good old OM-fit lenses I have kicking around.
>>
>>How do you achieve that then?
>
> Adapters available on ebay which, with some electrickery, manage to fool
> the EOS trickery too, allowing me to use an OM lens in manual mode.
>
I use M42 stuff on my 400D, lovely old Zeiss,Takumars and Russian stuff
like Jupiters and MIRs, sod all cash and optically superb. My adaptor even
has the AF conf chip on it so the lights 'flash' when I hit focus on each
zone.
Grimly Curmudgeon
saying something like:
>> Adapters available on ebay which, with some electrickery, manage to fool
>> the EOS trickery too, allowing me to use an OM lens in manual mode.
>>
>
>I use M42 stuff on my 400D, lovely old Zeiss,Takumars and Russian stuff
>like Jupiters and MIRs, sod all cash and optically superb. My adaptor even
>has the AF conf chip on it so the lights 'flash' when I hit focus on each
>zone.
Yep, I think this one's supposed to do something similar...
URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brass-OM-Lens-Adapter-to-Canon-EOS-350D-5D-20D-30D_W0QQitemZ150015833365
Looks like he's not pleased at the cheaper (by two quid!) copies.
Then I found the same bloke does a direct Tamron Adaptall2/EOS ring...
URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150131297571
Which allows me to get that useable right away.
There's so much great quality glass out there for peanuts, as you say. I
must have a look around for more stuff.
Simon Wilson
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember entwisi <ent...@hotmail.com>
> saying something like:
>
> >> Adapters available on ebay which, with some electrickery, manage
> to fool >> the EOS trickery too, allowing me to use an OM lens in
> manual mode. >>
> >
> > I use M42 stuff on my 400D, lovely old Zeiss,Takumars and Russian
> > stuff like Jupiters and MIRs, sod all cash and optically superb. My
> > adaptor even has the AF conf chip on it so the lights 'flash' when
> > I hit focus on each zone.
>
> Yep, I think this one's supposed to do something similar...
> url:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brass-OM-Lens-Adapter-to-Canon-EOS-350D-5D-20D-3
> 0D_W0QQitemZ150015833365 Looks like he's not pleased at the cheaper
> (by two quid!) copies.
>
> Then I found the same bloke does a direct Tamron Adaptall2/EOS ring...
> url: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150131297571
> Which allows me to get that useable right away.
>
> There's so much great quality glass out there for peanuts, as you
> say. I must have a look around for more stuff.
I'm sure you could make yourself one of those adapters from an old bean
can.
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Eiron
> Anyway, I'm off to try to get some sleep. There is a fucking _weird_ smell
> in this room. It's so bad that I literally got a torch to look under the
> desk 'cos I thought a mouse must have died a week ago and was rotting.
> Fucking ridiculous.
That's not a dead mouse. Do a search for phenylketonuria and "mousy smell"
and check out some of the other symptoms.
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Timo Geusch
> On 2007-07-14 13:30:11 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
> <grimly...@REMOVEgmail.com> said:
>
> > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when
> > the
> >drugs began to take hold. I remember guig <gu...@yerawathame.com>
> saying
> > something like:
> >
> > > > EOS 10D.
> > >
> > > Good innit :) the feel of an SLR. I replaced my old Minolta 7000
> > > with a Nikon D40 back in January and it's great, and as I was
> > > typing this the postman delivered my new Sigma f2.8 150mm macro
> > > lens.
> >
> > Hoyuss - it's almost sexual. This one came with a Sigma 28-105,
> > which seems ok, but I must get out and about with it and see how
> > good it really is.
> >
> > I've always liked Canons, but this is the first one I've actually
> > bought. Camera ergonomics have come on a long way in the past few
> > years, I must say.
> > The way it just fitted like it was designed for my paw was
> > startling.
> >
> > <"You're mine">
> >
> > Just like the gonne.
> >
> > <maniacal laughter>
>
> :)
>
> Since my Minolta lenses wouldn't fit anything else AFAIK
If you're talking Minolta AF lenses, they will (or are at least
supposed to) fit the Sony Alpha. Minolta MF/MD stuff however won't.
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Grimly Curmudgeon
<grimly...@REMOVEgmail.com> saying something like:
>There's so much great quality glass out there for peanuts, as you say. I
>must have a look around for more stuff.
Bad form, blah.
While looking at the Takumars 'n stuff, I came across this cheap shite
copy of a Canon Big Gun...
URL:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/650-2600mm-Tele-Lens-for-Canon-Nikon-Olympus-All-DSLR_W0QQitemZ290138778810
Have a look at the 'demo' shots, pics 8, 9, 10.
Way to sell the product, ffs. What a piece of crap.
ogden
"Untreated PKU children tend to be hyperactive and demonstrate loss of
contact with reality (psychosis)."
You know, I think you might be on to something.
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Eiron
No, I was just bullshitting. Des can't have PKU as it never affects
Ashkenazi Jews.
Pity, as everything else fits. It is genetic, common in Ireland and SW
Scotland,
causes mental problems, and makes you smell like a dead mouse when you
overindulge
(as you might when Bastille Day coincides with the Sabbath).
There's just that one thing that spoils the theory.
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