Recent content by Acticus

We used Nikon cameras because the "rumor" was that Canon lens were junk and Nikkors were The Second Coming. I think Nikon also approached photojournalists with lots of freebees and excellent support. In any case, the Canon FD lenses, once one looked at the tests, were clearly not junk, and in...

The reason many thought Nikkors superior was the excellent marketing Nikon targeted to people in the industry, not some etherial quality of the images made.

i worked in a camera shop in the 80's, and like many others involved in the industry at the time, we all believed that Nikkors were superior to Canon FD. Then I started looking at reviews, Modern Photography and others, and I came to realize that it was likely the other way around...Canon FD...

I remember seeing one post in some forum in which an FM3a owner said his repairman said there's a plastic gear in the FM3a's shutter mechanism that "begins to wear from day one." Maybe that one post is the source of the rumor?

I find the K3 screen annoying in the way the split image behaves. The split images are out of focus until the images line up. The K2 doesn't have this behavior, and I much prefer it for anything but with the slowest lenses.

F3 blows, FM2 sux, FM2T rules. What can I tell you, I have two of them. Nananana. :D

I can get it tomorrow! I'm in Philly. IM sent!

I'm 60 yrs old and bike 90 miles of a week, mostly gravel. I also lift weights 2-3 days a week. That said, I'm selling all my equipment except a little Olympus 35 RD, to carry everywhere I go!

Depends on the film. Rodinal and Tmax 400 is amazing. Rodinal and HP5, not so much.

Jeez. Zombie film. Let it be...Kodachrome RIP.

I managed a camera store in the mid 80's. Nikkor was god, Canon was junk, or that's what we all believed. I remember one day a guy came in to buy another dirt cheap 2 1/4 TLR, I forget the brand. We were all puzzled when he said he got far better results with the cheap TLR than with any 35mm...

Nikon lenses had a better reputation than Canon among photo dealers and journalists, but I think that was mostly savvy marketing on Nikon's part. In the early 80's, I too drank that Nikkor koolaid, that is, until I starting looking at Modern Photography lens tests. The Canon lenses were...

Ha! Zone System Schmone system.....Just bracket!

i've souped XP-2 in Rodinal. Came out nice.

You don't need a nuclear was, just one EMP device detonated 300 miles over Kansas. That would fry all unprotected electronics in the entire continental United States. Your negatives would survive though.