I just plunked down a lot of change on a rather expensive piece of glass,
and I am wondering if people generally put protective filters on their
expensive lenses or not.
  The lens in question is a wide angled zoom.

[sigh]
I'm still waiting for that Olympus XA to show up...
Anyone had anything shipped from Europe to Australia (or vice versa)?
How long should it take?

I've been struggling to get a wide enough tonal range out of the black
and white film I've been using.
If I scan the negatives and look at the histogram there's often a very
compressed tonal range and, in particular, a lack of mid-tones.

I've tried various optical cleaning solutions (Rexton, Clear Sight,
Canon, and even mild soap and water) on this lens and everyone of them
leaves a white residue after my wiping.  I use lens tissues and a
microfiber cloth as well with no luck.  I'm afraid to rub hard on this

Can anyone tell me what the function is of the clamp knob on the side
of the Pentax FA 50 mm 2.8 macro lens?

Old Technology assists the 10D.  Thank you 2002!
http://jlkramer.net/Pictures/LynxgetsaHummer.htm
Enjoy,
Jim Kramer

Will be attending the Auburn-Cord-Dusenburg Festival and auction Labor
day weekend.
http://www.acdfestival.org/index.asp
Seeing how I've never shot classic automobiles I am asking if anyone

Hi all. I've noticed of late that one of my camera bodies (an old manual
everything Hanimex) seems to be not focusing correctly, and it's light meter
seems to be having a few headaches too - it under-exposes in low-ish light
and over-exposes in bright light. It's going to be ...

A useful but not authoritative text (3 Stars)
Ivor Matanle may be the first writer on classic cameras to write of
them not merely as baubles but working photographic equipment for
contemporary use, and for that alone he deserves a certain kudos.

I have an old 85mm Nikkor lens
with what appears to be a hundreds
of fine scratches on the inside of the front
element. There is a little fungus inside but

I have a Canon Elan IIe and need a good ~100mm macro lens for mushroom
photography. I'm leaning toward the Tamron 90mm Macro f/2.8 based on the
review on photo.net and a Google search of past posts to this group. I
have a couple questions:

In the '50s, some Tower cameras were Leica copies.
Does anyone have info on these cameras, or a link where someone might
have a page describing them?
I'm thinking of a purchase--the IIIs seems to be common--but how does

Folks,
I've been using a 28mm f2.8 AIS MF Nikkor for quite some time as a
street lens. Recently I got some back some photos that I had taken on
a trip and noticed that I just didn't seem to be getting the

Are photographers "upgrading" from film to digital and getting better
images, or are they just following the crowd, which has continually heard
the "film is dead" argument for several years?
I wonder what percentage of former film users would argue that their images

I'm trying to decide which Nikon macro lens I should get for my D70. I have
no SPECIFIC plans for the lens; I just want to have a good macro for nature,
anything. Please ignore the cost of the lenses.
The lenses are, of course: