Just when you start to loose faith in the corporate world some company
turns around and does business the way it ought to be done.
In early January the warranty on my Canon Elan 7, which has performed
flawlessly, expired.  In early May my camera realized it was just

When I owned a Canon AE-1P, I always wanted, but never bought, one of the
focus screen changing tools that I saw in the back of my manual (or in some
other Canon publication.) The reason was that after several years, stuff
collected on the surface of the focusing screen and became ...

       You inspired me (and you'll never hear that ever again) - I had to
try a panoramic. Tell me what you think:
       http://wading-in.net/Add/Nightpan.html
       I like the 'hook', myself.

Hello photo group,
Does anybody know if the Olympus OM 7 mm automatic extension tube lacks a
spring for the aperture simulator and setting,  or is mine broken?
It looks to me that there is no room for it.

Re: Compact analog camera with wide and fast lens?
"Have now done a simple test of the Fujifilm Zoom Date F2.8 (supposed
to be "Silvi F2.8" in Japan) compact film based camera. It definitely
looks like I will be using it a lot for KAP (Kite Aerial Photography).

   Hello. We are looking for a photographer in the Cape Town
section of South Africa. We have a great budget. Quality
assurance is our number one priority.
   In particular, there is one individual we would not consider

Matt Clara: Nice Shot!!!  Didn't make me laugh, though.
Joseph Kewfi: Looks like you walked up to a kid and said, Make me laugh.
Didn't make _me_ laugh, though.  It'd been nice if we could see the eyes.
Jim Kramer: A fine shot of a funny sign--didn't make me laugh, though.

  I have a pretty decent colour enlarger. I've been printing and developing
B&W for about a year. Far from being great at it, I've got a "handle" shall we
say.
  Lately I have been thinking about maybe trying colour. From what I have

I have been working for a company that stipulates horizontal framing
of all 35mm slides.
Can someone with broader experience in the commercial field advise if
there is a prevalent bias against vertical framing in terms of general

I am looking into buying a used portrait lens for use with my Pentax MX and am
considering the following three options: Takumar (bayonet) 135mm f2.5; SMC
120mm f2.8; & SMC 100mm f2.8.  Please kindly advise with pros & cons with each
of these lenses.  Thanks in advance.

What is the film format in single-use cameras? Regular perforated 135?
Ralf

I just saw this camera and it startled me (i guess by its phallic
appearance).
http://pix.auctiva.com/pix/01/41/06/PENTAX_CAMERA_1.JPG
it's 70-200, i think, which isn't much. But it makes me wonder, just

OK so I want to take another step in my photography education ;-)
I've been shooting a bit of tri-x recently and think that mabybe I
should start developing it myself.
From what I can gather from the inter-web, chemical wise I need a