Do any of you ever purposely restrict yourselves in any way for any
reason?
For example, I read one guy posting a couple years ago that he'll
occasionally take only one camera body, type of film, and prime lens on

I recently inherited a Minolta SRT201.  I've got the mechanics
figured out after misloading the first roll of film, but...
1. Where can I find a replacement battery for the meter?
2. Is the meter likely to be accurate after 20 some odd years?

In case you film luddites haven't noticed, film is fading fast.
Digital has taken over even more quickly than we digital users
predicted.  No use denying it or arguing about it any more, thems the
facts!

Anyone tried the 35mm f2.5 ?
Curious if it has the "glow" like the leicas.
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I'm still happy enough with the photo as a whole, but looking at it
again, I have no idea why I didn't lighten it up and crop a little off
the right - it works much better that way.
In case it's not obvious she'd just got to 'the end' of a piece.

I have recently acquired a:
 Nikon ED
 AF Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.8 D
lens for use with my Nikon F4.

Yesterday I pulled out my Elan IIe, and found that the LCD screen
showed nothing.  I turned knobs and pushed buttons, and found that
pushing the shutter while the camera was in "green box" mode showed me
the full LCD display for a fraction of a second, including a

My bro just got his 8x10 photos from his wedding.
The photog used a Canon DSLR, with 4 different lenses(one was
a macro!).
THEY SUCK!

Is it me, or are there actually no new zoom lenses that give you f/4.5
at 200mm for less than $500?
From what I have found:
Minolta: 75-300mm F/4.5-5.6

http://www.edmontoncameraclub.co.uk/
the galleries.  members.  Ian Lincoln.  They aren't the ones i asked to be
put up.  But they aren't the worst ones i shot either.

Please excuse my ignorance, but one of my friends recently told me that
Nikon is pretty much the only brand pro or semi-pros use. However, I
got a totally different picture while googling about the fact:
1. Sony - 21.5% market share (trending down) - 1.73 million cameras

I have an old Wetzlar 50mm summicron which is collapsible,
I dont have a lens cap for this, but do you think its possible to
burn the shutter if its collapsed?  My guess is that the light wont
be in focus. what do you think?

I am pretty much an ameteur.  Okay, I'm a major ameteur.  Anyhow, I was
reading about setting ASA/ISO film speeds, and I don't understand why,
if you set it incorrectly (for example, set a 200 speed film
incorrectly as 400), you can't just have it developed at as a different

My Minolta XD-11 is experiencing shutter speed problems at the higher
speeds and since I don't have the knowledge to go into an electronic
camera, I need a good repair facility with fast turnaround and fair
prices.