Espresso or Medium Format Negatives

[gr82bart]

Learn to love tea...

I second that motion! Go for the Hassey.

Art.

 

[gandolfi]

well - tea is good for toning - and if added a laaarge whisky, good if you're sick.

nothing else..

 

[Jim Chinn]

I know that if I get up in the morning and realize I have totally depleated my espresso bean stock, I will not be in a good mood the rest of the morning.

I can go without food, water, sex, cigars and liquor for quite awhile. I do not know if I could last more then a couple of days without my morning espressos.

Get the espresso machine.

I have my continental European friends to thank for this addiciton. I never enjoyed coffee untill I had the "real" kind in Italy and Germany. Nothing cures that Oktoberfest binge like a good espresso in the morning. Especially when you do it for about 4 nights in a row.

 

[jd callow]

... Just as you can tell that mny of the people here have absolutely no idea of how good a good coffee can be. Go wit hyour instincts - and your nose. If you can't tell the difference between British and Ethiopian coffee, you deserve what you get.

British coffee is as bad as it gets (but their beer is second to none [except possibly Belgian beer]). Jamaican coffee would be my choice for the best.

 

[Jorge]

Why not both? Italians have been making espresso with their stove top brewers for decades, of course you dont get the capuccino feature, but for $40 you can get a pretty good stove top espresso maker.

If you dont want to go with the stove top brewers, presumably you already have a camera, get the espresso maker..

 

[Claire Senft]

Go for the expresso machine so that you know why you have camera shake.

 

[Flotsam]

You already have a camera. Get the Espresso maker, it is double purpose. You can drink the coffee or you can develop your film in it.

 

[medform-norm]

check out www.lauritz.com

under the section "elektronik". there are several hasselblad's for almost nothing!
you could find a nice espresso machine there also...

(but why use hasselblad if you can get Rollei??)

Mr. Gandolfi,
you should be punished for recommending such a fine auction site! If I were modafoto, I'd get even more confused and end up with something completely different, maybe like a nice sidetable, a peasant sleigh or a late sixties lampshade! My eyes ache and yearn when I see the furniture (modern) department...ouch, when is that lottery coming???

 

[Ole]

I agree with medform-norm - but what caught my eye was the nice set of four TLR's...

 

[JeffD]

A camera will get you through times of no coffee better than coffee will get you through times of no camera!

-Jeff

(apologies to the fabulous furry freak brothers...)

 

[BWGirl]

And if I can put in a plug for my favorite coffee, check out--

www.molokaicoffee.com

I recommend the Malulani Estate coffee, the Espresso Roast if you prefer a darker roast (more of a chocolatey flavor than the Malulani Estate, but both make a good espresso), and the Island Princess with Tahitian vanilla if you like flavored coffees.

I don't particularly recommend the "Muleskinner" or "Gold" labels over the others, and haven't tried the decaf.

The Malulani Estate coffee has gotten to be better than 100% Kona, in my opinion, but is about half the price. I just ordered another 5 lb.

Hey David!
Thanks for this link! My hubby is going into Hawaiian coffee withdrawal! I'll have to order some up.

 

[Jeffrey A. Steinberg]

Buy an espresso machine from a photography supply company:

Dead Link Removed

John, the owner makes a great print washer and is the importer of the Split Grade from Heiland.

(no connection, just thought it would be a funny post).

 

[modafoto]

Going out for coffee with that camera is better for your social life too.

ONE GREAT POINT!

 

[Soeren]

Going out for coffee with that camera is better for your social life too.

I'll second that. Besides sitting at a café with a Hassy on the table could get you more models
One year ago I got a Yashica TLR and not long ago I bought a Bronica. I never regretted that and my nikon don't see as much action as it used to.
Cheers Søren

 

[Graeme Hird]

Get a short black camera - a "Minoxiatta".

 

[George Papantoniou]

Originally Posted by arigram
"Going out for coffee with that camera is better for your social life too."

I've been going out for years with Hasselblads, Rolleis and Leicas for a coffee and never did a beautiful young girl approach me and asking me to photograph her... What am I doing wrong ?

I'd second Jeff's opinion, "A camera will get you through times of no coffee better than coffee will get you through times of no camera!"... wise thinking, Jeff... A camera has gotten me through times of no anything in the past, I guess that it'll do it again in the future.

Get a GOOD LENS + camera, that's all you're going to need !!!

 

[arigram]

I've been going out for years with Hasselblads, Rolleis and Leicas for a coffee and never did a beautiful young girl approach me and asking me to photograph her... What am I doing wrong ?

Ah, but you know that the most common type of girl cannot differentiate between a camera and an espresso machine. So, it is not the camera, but how you use it that counts!
Come to think of it...
If you have an espresso machine at your house you can always invite the girls for coffee at home. The problem is that espresso will not work for you unless she is very very sleepy...
I only drink two types of coffee: espresso and turkish/greek.
I am quite proud of my technique of the latter type of coffee and when it comes to taste and effect I prefer that one.
It is just that Greek coffee shops make truly awfull coffee (how's that for an irony?) and so I have gotten used to drinking the italian one outside the house.
I will only drink turkish coffee if I make it or someone else whom I trust makes it.

So, my advice in final is this:
Morten, get a new camera and learn to make greek/turkish coffee.
You only need a cheap pot to make it and since it is a matter of technique and style you can flaunt your exotic abillities to the person you have escorted from the coffee shop in promise of better coffee and some photos to go with the experience!

(note: I had an argentinian tango teacher who uppon invited at her house would make you yerba matte to drink and then would snap your photograph while you distort your face at the first bitter sips)

 

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So, my advice in final is this:
Morten, get a new camera and learn to make greek/turkish coffee.
You only need a cheap pot to make it and since it is a matter of technique and style you can flaunt your exotic abillities to the person you have escorted from the coffee shop in promise of better coffee and some photos to go with the experience!

be careful morten ... you WILL become addicted not only to greek/turkish coffee, but to reading your future in the grounds.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[Graeme Hird]

I've been going out for years with Hasselblads, Rolleis and Leicas for a coffee and never did a beautiful young girl approach me and asking me to photograph her... What am I doing wrong ? ...

You need to carry an old 8x10 Deardorff. Then they come out of nowhere and ask "Is that a Hasselblad?"

 

[Donald Qualls]

(note: I had an argentinian tango teacher who uppon invited at her house would make you yerba matte to drink and then would snap your photograph while you distort your face at the first bitter sips)

Why would yerba matte make you distort your face? I rather like the stuff (and did on first sip). But then, when I first tasted yerba matte, I was already experienced with Lapsang Souchong...

 

[arigram]

Yerba Matte can be drunk either straight which is bitter due to the herb's natural taste or sweetened. In Brazil I've drunk it with sugar but I guess the Argentinians drink it bitter.

 

[gandolfi]

British coffee is as bad as it gets (but their beer is second to none [except possibly Belgian beer])..

ever tried the czeck stuff? that beats most bear.........

 

[gandolfi]

Mr. Gandolfi,
you should be punished for recommending such a fine auction site! If I were modafoto, I'd get even more confused and end up with something completely different, maybe like a nice sidetable, a peasant sleigh or a late sixties lampshade! My eyes ache and yearn when I see the furniture (modern) department...ouch, when is that lottery coming???

funny.. I never look at the modera furniture.. it's like digital images to me - without soul...

but for you, I am punishing my self: I am going to drink a large whisky.

 

[George Papantoniou]

If you have an espresso machine at your house you can always invite the girls for coffee at home.

I can't do that !!! My wife will see us... Are there any portable, battery powered espresso machines ? Can I install one in my car (it's an Alfa Romeo, so the Italian coffee will be just what someone expects to find in it...) ?

 

[Ole]

I can't do that !!! My wife will see us... Are there any portable, battery powered espresso machines ? Can I install one in my car (it's an Alfa Romeo, so the Italian coffee will be just what someone expects to find in it...) ?

Now there is something that got lost when car manufacturers concentrated on the infernal combustion engine instead of steam! Imagine a steam-powered car with espresso attachment