Adam, that's nice to know. What I'm finding I also like about the Bessaflex, when on tripod, is the 'mirror-up' on the self timer which, of course, permits...
Mirror slap is , unfortunately, the big weakness of the Cosina SLR's. They can rival a MF body for it, as the mirrors are poorly damped. So MLU is a useful...
I gather from your post that you believe Bessaflex mirror slap is somehow worse than on other SLR's? I just now grabbed a Pentax Spotmatic body and compared...
I've found my Cosina bodies to be the worst damped bodies I own. Certainly much worse than my Pentax *istD or Nikon F601m. The Spotmatic is pretty close...
From what I recall from the Bessaflex I used to have, it was a tad noisy (most copal square shutters are) ... but the mirror slap wasn't worse than any other ...
In article <dpd0g3+dlc3@eGroups.com>, hypochek@... (Ted White) ... Nothing is worse than the Russian copy of an early Hassleblad that was sold in the UK...
Egads! I'll stay away from that one. Re: the Kowa Six, I was shooting a model portfolio for a young, wannabe model, with the camera and after about the 10th...
(In reply) - When working with an untrained model, always shoot "dry" without film so they get used to it, and moreso with flash involved. It feels to the...
Re: the "ad guy." I once shot wine glasses in a commercial house two days a week with a nervous little art director flitting about behind me saying, "Oh no,...
for those of you desrious of one, there is one listed in ebay now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7579827824 [Non-text portions of this...
Fortunately my 55/1.8 is a Super Takumar and not an SMC so I heave, as I write, a sigh of relief. Plus I rarely use a 'normal' lens so it plays out its life...
Hmmm, intellesting How does that compare to the radioactivity of fluorescent hands and dials of watches? Also, I thought some materials (perhaps not lead which...
I am stressing that ALL standard Takumars ALL series: Super Takumar, Super -multicoated and SMC sereis are radioactive. Even my 2.0 Super-Takumar has...
I have an acquaintance that loves the earlier Pentax cameras and lenses - with the exception of the 55 f1.8. They are all hot and, he works at the Rochester...
Hi, Couple of questions, -are your geigercounters properly calibrated? (every geigercounter Needs to be calibrated every so often) -if they are as dangerous as...
Are you implying that there is a danger to users of these "hot" Takumar lenses? I have been using Takumar lenses for over 30 years now and I have previously...
I am medical doctor and will tell you that if somthing is 35 times more then normal level, it is really a concern, not to say 100 time more than normal. If...
Hi Gang, Two useful links: http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/cameralens.htm http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q1356.html Cheers, Bob...
Thanks, Bob. Those links were very informative. I have bookmarked them for further use. I did not think there was much to worry about. But after 30 years of...
... " ... I must admit that the third arm I have grown is very handy when changing screw mount lenses. ..." Well, I guess that radioactivity paid off, after...
Hey? These are just some questions, don't get all insulted all of a sudden. So please answer my questions. Two geigers at random? What type of geigers, what...
What is the normal level? Do you mean the standard background radiation we receive every day? Do you have any examples of people who got sick after using the ...
Well, if anyone is fearful of some kind of radiation problem from their camera's lenses, you can always send that "radio active" glass to either Tom or me....
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