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Feb 27, 2008 18:19:09 GMT -8
Post by nemrod on Feb 27, 2008 18:19:09 GMT -8
Yank, you can still get film and if need be load it yourself. That is a 2.25 square format camera isn't it? Do you shoot B&W? Do you have a darkroom? I love B&W and I have a twin lens, not in a housing however. Never used it much. I almost sold all my stuff and chickened out. The biggest kick in the face would be if film makes a come back someday for purist as a niche market.
JES, yes they are built like tanks but also built to be incompatible with competitors superior lenses and strobes.
JFGI, I am convinced the Inon DC-12 AD adapter would fit the Fantasea Nikon P5100 housing with some home machine work. The Fantasea housing is quite heavy built also, very compact also.
Not a P&S but some of these new mini slr digi cams might be cool in that SeaTool housing, but your back into a 5,000 dollars (plus) rig.
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Feb 27, 2008 21:01:22 GMT -8
Post by JES on Feb 27, 2008 21:01:22 GMT -8
.... JES, yes they are built like tanks but also built to be incompatible with competitors superior lenses and strobes. .... Nemrod, Before you spend $5,000 on the SeaTool housing remember that the INON UWL-100 Wide Angle Lens is an excellent lens that is compatible with the Ikelite cases. Additionally, the Ikelite DS-125 is a really great strobe. It puts out an awesome amount of light, has great coverage, it recycles in just 1 second, and it has manual controls. I believe it compares very favorably with other high-end strobes.
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Mar 19, 2008 18:04:05 GMT -8
Post by SeaRat on Mar 19, 2008 18:04:05 GMT -8
Nem,
I like yours a lot. I'm still trying to get my ol' Canon F-1N back into usable shape (I need a working Ikelite strobe).
John
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Mar 19, 2008 18:39:46 GMT -8
Post by kgehring on Mar 19, 2008 18:39:46 GMT -8
John, What strobe are you looking for? I can probably find one for next to nothing cost wise. I am getting ready to clean and throw away a bunch of strobes and parts. I am sure I can put something together that works.
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Mar 21, 2008 4:54:01 GMT -8
Post by SeaRat on Mar 21, 2008 4:54:01 GMT -8
Karl,
I'll PM you tonight with specifics. But I appreciate the offer, as I want to get that system back in operation this year.
John
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Mar 22, 2008 0:38:19 GMT -8
Post by Nalu on Mar 22, 2008 0:38:19 GMT -8
Nem, you should check out the D3 then. Solid construction, full-size CMOS means you can use even old manual Nikon-mount lenses!
However, by the time you buy the camera and a housing you will only be able to fin in circles, IYKWIM.
I happen to agree with dhaas. My in-water time is intensive and episodic. Even though I have a U/W swappable strobe system that can give me 72 shots on a dive, the learning curve of film hurts me and gives digital the win. Once I retire and can dive every week, I'll move back to film at least part-time.
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Mar 26, 2008 19:21:22 GMT -8
Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2008 19:21:22 GMT -8
Anyone solved the battery problem with digitals yet? With my Nikon digital the batteries go dead quite often. With my Nikonos; never happens. (SB101 a different story ...) My digital has no "battery life meter" built into it. It just displays "battery exhausted"; then, no more pictures can be taken. My Nikonos has a film counter. Lets me know when I cna't take anymore pictures. Just curious .... Try lithium batteries.......I bought 6 before my trip to Brasil.....took 209 photos with my olympus sp-320 on 4 of them........swapped out the first set when I did my diving just to be sure.....shot 49 flicks then.........and another 50 or so later.........still have them in my camera........damm things last a while.............. Gave the other 2 out of the 6 to my girlfriend.......she said last weekend she was still using the same ones............... They are expensive but pay back in not using the old alki's.....
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Apr 1, 2008 9:16:42 GMT -8
Post by duckbill on Apr 1, 2008 9:16:42 GMT -8
Those look really good, James.
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Apr 1, 2008 11:29:24 GMT -8
Post by nemrod on Apr 1, 2008 11:29:24 GMT -8
Not bad, the Canon 570IS can now be gotten as cheap as 119 dollars and the housing for under 150. Not bad for a cheapo. Heck, National Treasure or whatever that rag is will soon be hiring me for cover shots -haha. The Oly 770SW is easier to use and it is on clearance now also. Good thing about it too is that it is a water proof camera in a water proof housing means it can flood and your still Ok. Just use the bubble floating in the housing to tell level and up.
I ran both cameras hard, lot's of strobe use, ran the batteries completely dead on each--no getting hot, no fogging, nothing but easy and simple point and shoot.
Nem
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Apr 1, 2008 14:57:23 GMT -8
Post by JES on Apr 1, 2008 14:57:23 GMT -8
James, Those are really great pictures!
I must find an Inon Wide Angle Lens for my setup. ;D
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Apr 10, 2008 6:32:05 GMT -8
Post by nemrod on Apr 10, 2008 6:32:05 GMT -8
More and more is usually less and less until you have all of nothing. That applies to many things, especially photography, I could have spent 6,000 dollars on a camera and gotten the same pictures I did for a fraction of that and when this stuff is obsolete I can toss it in the landfill without regret.
The best pics I ever took were B&W with a Yashica range finder, not all of my Nikon junk, that was a lesson learned and I will not forget. Cheap cameras can take really good pictures with a modicum of luck and a smidge of skill.
Nem
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Apr 10, 2008 11:48:52 GMT -8
Post by swimjim on Apr 10, 2008 11:48:52 GMT -8
Lance Armstrong said "It's not about the bike". That holds true in photography and many other things. Having a great lens is helpful. I've shot a lot of wonderful images with the Leica IIIF I inherited from my father. Composition is more important though. If you don't have that, the camera is of little meaning.
Jim
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Apr 19, 2008 8:20:38 GMT -8
Post by Captain on Apr 19, 2008 8:20:38 GMT -8
You can scratch the old Paul Simon song "Kodachrome" off the photographer's top ten list.
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Apr 29, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -8
Post by scubadiverbob on Apr 29, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -8
More and more is usually less and less until you have all of nothing. That applies to many things, especially photography, I could have spent 6,000 dollars on a camera and gotten the same pictures I did for a fraction of that and when this stuff is obsolete I can toss it in the landfill without regret. The best pics I ever took were B&W with a Yashica range finder, not all of my Nikon junk, that was a lesson learned and I will not forget. Cheap cameras can take really good pictures with a modicum of luck and a smidge of skill. Nem Some of the best pictures I ever took was with a Kodak camera that used 828 film .... a little more vintage than 116 film. Did that when I was a kid. don't think they make vintage film like that anymore ...
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Apr 30, 2008 6:16:57 GMT -8
Post by nemrod on Apr 30, 2008 6:16:57 GMT -8
You can still get the 828.
Most old formats were square like the 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 which were often contact printed at that size. Then 35 MM of course was not. Now it seems most digi snaps are somewhere in between in format. When you print to 4X6 I loose some of the photo on the top and bottom with my Canon and Oly digis. They are more like a 5X6 format.
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