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145923
Evening all Does anyone know if there are any good stores for purchasing Minolta (& related) equipment in Moscow? And also what prices are like for used ...
Colin
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Nov 1, 2008
8:19 pm
145924
... I have one. It is very sharp and contrasty. But it doesn't focus closer than 5ft, except for a fairly useless macro setting at 28mm focal length, and it is...
john worsnop
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Nov 1, 2008
8:20 pm
145925
Colin- Colin- Do you mean something like "Best Circuit Buy Shop" East of the Danube? Enjoy your trip, but pack what you need, photographically. An educated...
ben1boise
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Nov 1, 2008
11:36 pm
145926
I have a maxxum 600si that just started displaying the 'Help' message on the screen. It has been working fine up until now. I had opened the back, not...
wrleigh
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Nov 2, 2008
12:14 am
145927
wrleigh- It didn't flash "help" until you played with the partially exposed film? Not before? If that's the case, IMO, just reload the camera (maybe the...
ben1boise
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Nov 2, 2008
12:47 am
145928
... Just trying a new roll isn't enough and isn't a direct attack on an electronic indication of a problem. I'd first remove the battery and be sure the...
Chuck Cole
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Nov 2, 2008
1:16 am
145929
... anything else stored in the same drawer, cabinet, or bag. It's ... billions and that leaves a few million around, doing their ... Kinda like with my...
Clemmie B. Hooper, III
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Nov 2, 2008
1:36 am
145930
Hi Ben ... something like that.... I've spent time in Russia before, a couple of weeks in the southern part, and will be there again over the holiday period....
Colin
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Nov 2, 2008
1:15 pm
145931
... Behalf ... original ... start ... fresh ... electronic indication of a problem. I'd first remove the ... (days?) so any residual charge in the circuitry...
ben1boise
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Nov 2, 2008
1:15 pm
145932
I have had the same problem with other Maxxums. I took them to my repair guy, who said that  "HELP" usually means the film tranport motor needs replaced. Your...
George Terrill
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Nov 2, 2008
2:59 pm
145933
... From: Colin To: Minolta@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: RE: [Minolta] Re: Minolta stores in Moscow although I must say...
Pako Dominguez
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Nov 2, 2008
3:01 pm
145934
There have been international comparisons made of the price of products (food, living, electronics etc) published in the papers here in Sweden and today Moscow...
Henrik Robeck
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Nov 2, 2008
8:23 pm
145935
Colin- I mentioned before that packing you bag with your used gear and selling it there would be a more likely proposition for money saving. I'm certain the...
ben1boise
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Nov 2, 2008
9:58 pm
145936
I recently took a 3 image pano of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park and ran it with the MS program and Pano Maker Pro 4. I found that the MS...
Karl Snyder
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Nov 3, 2008
5:33 pm
145937
... the camera (Planar Motion). Absolutely zero documentation (that I can find) with the MS program...not that any is really needed, but would be nice if we...
sybersitizen
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Nov 3, 2008
6:04 pm
145938
I had been using the stitching program from www.justsnooping.com, but for the most part I think ICE does a nicer job most of the time on the first...
tim downin jr.
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Nov 3, 2008
6:12 pm
145939
Thanks, that first reference really explains the planar stuff. When you did the 360, did the MS program cut off the overlap at the end of the stitch or did you...
Karl Snyder
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Nov 3, 2008
6:20 pm
145940
... end of the stitch or did you have to do it by hand? All done automatically without intervention. I see a few spots where the seams don't match precisely,...
sybersitizen
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Nov 3, 2008
6:40 pm
145941
I meant to add that the end seam looks very good, which was a surprise. It took just over one minute to shoot the circle and those clouds were moving fast; so...
sybersitizen
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Nov 3, 2008
7:30 pm
145942
If you want to save any of my pages you can see how I've pieced together the ptviewer commands. The only one that I can not get to work is the button to...
Karl Snyder
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Nov 3, 2008
10:17 pm
145943
I have not been in Moscow is 15 months. It is not the best place to get good deals on used cameras. The cost of living is very high in Moscow and the used...
Dale
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Nov 4, 2008
12:41 am
145944
I can comment on my personal use of the Sony software for RAW conversion. Someone advised me awhile ago to NOT use it, and this has greatly enhanced both my...
Layna Johnson
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Nov 4, 2008
1:06 am
145945
Anyone heard of a Minolta K mount and if so would it fit on a Dynax or Maxxum?  Regs, Barry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Barry Walker
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Nov 4, 2008
1:06 am
145946
Barry, I thought that the K-mount was Pentax camera thing. Karl S. http://www.mountevans.com/ http://www.rmnp.com/ Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but...
Karl Snyder
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Nov 4, 2008
2:09 am
145947
... There is no such thing. There are three Minolta mounts: * A, or AF/Alpha, which is the current Sony mount * SR, or MC/MD, which is the old manual focus...
Magnus Wedberg
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Nov 4, 2008
7:53 am
145948
... He must mean an adapter or conversion. I think I'd just as soon look for a Kodak Brownie DSLR :-) Chuck...
Chuck Cole
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Nov 4, 2008
10:49 am
145949
Dear all, I'm selling out of Minolta film and digital kit after several years of happy use. I have not gone over to the enemy, but rather am returning to...
chazgol
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Nov 4, 2008
12:16 pm
145950
Karl, Thanks I think you're right there.  Regs, Barry ... From: Karl Snyder <kws@...> To: Minolta@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 4 November,...
Barry Walker
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Nov 4, 2008
12:51 pm
145951
Hello all, Just popped in to say "hi". Up until about 7 years ago I was the co-owner/moderator of this group when I was a die-hard Minolta Maxxum shooter....
William Rainey
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Nov 4, 2008
10:23 pm
145952
Hi to you, Bill, though we've never met. A check of the archives shows that your last post here was in November 2004, which was a few months before I joined. A...
sybersitizen
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Nov 4, 2008
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