I guess Roberts must be hanging in there, though. I live in Texas, but I've bought film gear from them off eBay, then visited their Used Photo Pro website and bought even more gear. They have a good selection of Pentax 6x7 stuff, and their prices are at least as good as KEH's. I wish them all the best.
Here in Houston we have only two real camera shops left. It's kinda sad -- in a greater metropolitan area of over 4 million people, only two are left. The Wolf Camera and Prinz Camera shops all closed down years ago. But these two shops have good stuff. Both have a decent selection of used gear and sometimes really good prices on it. I've bought used items from both places on several occasions. I wish them well, also.
What about Camera Exchange?
well its a rather lengthy drive from my place (45minutes) this place: http://www.downtowncamera.com/ probably has the best film selection. all the kodak, ilford and fuji films, and a lot of other film related stuff.
From their website: "120mm" really?
Speaking of noisy drives, I bought a Pentax Winder LX and it arrived today. Mounted it to my LX and gave it a dry run. Geez looooeeez! It sounded loud enough to cause the dogs next door to start barking! Sounded like somebody dropped a bunch of rocks in a box and then rattled it around as hard as they could. This can't possibly be normal! It was doing the film advance and all the way it should; it was just being very noisy getting it done. I can't imagine taking that setup to a model shoot these days. I thought my F-1's winder was bad; it's positively muted compared to this thing.
I've got to send my LX in to fix the sticky mirror syndrome it's afflicted with and I think I'm gonna include the winder and ask him if he thinks there's anything to be done about the racket.
In Japan the sounds are on all cameras, including phone cameras - they cannot be turned off. It's to let people (near the photographer) know that a photo is being taken. Of course, there are ways around that, but it's useful if you don't want someone taking your photo unknowingly (upskirt photos are quite popular here, I've seen male students doing it to their fellow classmates here). However, as a photographer I find it quite annoying.
I guess Roberts must be hanging in there, though. I live in Texas, but I've bought film gear from them off eBay, then visited their Used Photo Pro website and bought even more gear. They have a good selection of Pentax 6x7 stuff, and their prices are at least as good as KEH's. I wish them all the best.
Here in Houston we have only two real camera shops left. It's kinda sad -- in a greater metropolitan area of over 4 million people, only two are left. The Wolf Camera and Prinz Camera shops all closed down years ago. But these two shops have good stuff. Both have a decent selection of used gear and sometimes really good prices on it. I've bought used items from both places on several occasions. I wish them well, also.
What about Camera Exchange?
That's weird, my LX winder is very quiet, probably yours needs some fix, but nothing major I assume.
When are you showing us your LX pics?
Annoying isn't quite the word. I'd call it sick and illegal.
...and not the creeperiffic reason for their existence.mooseontheloose said:the sounds are on all cameras, including phone cameras - they cannot be turned off.
I think she was using the adjective "annoying" to describe...
...and not the creeperiffic reason for their existence.
Canon F-1, Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 SSC Aspherical @ f/1.2, Kodak Elite Chrome:
That is a very nice photograph. Colours are very rich and nice use of aperture.
well its a rather lengthy drive from my place (45minutes) this place: http://www.downtowncamera.com/ probably has the best film selection. all the kodak, ilford and fuji films, and a lot of other film related stuff.
Annex Photo on Bloor just west of Spadina has the lowest prices on some films that I've found in TO. It's also easier to park on the street than downtown ;-)Downtown Camera is great! Do you know of Film Plus towards the West end of the city?? Different kind of store (more towards rental), but they have competitive prices and some interesting stuff for sale. I'll warn you, the staff is definitely not as cheery as the predominantly Asian people working at Downtown Camera!
I don't have a gun so I don't shoot film. I expose it.ive mostly got the question from people "can i see the the picture" or "can u delete the picture".
A guy who just repaired some old speakers for me ... for the same price ...
You'd think someone who repairs classic audio and builds custom tube amps and preamps would get it.
Yes, but the speaker guy does it commercially.
"how do people react when you tell them you shoot film?"
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