Caught this loud creature today:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/64333661
Also, a few more I took today start here:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/64333664

I picked up a Minolta XG-9 at the local flea market for a song today
with 200X flash.
The camera is in excellent working condition except for one issue.
With the flash attached and turned on the shutter stays open till the

I had never heard of this before.  What do you think?
"HOT TIP OF THE DAY: The numbers and brand name you see on the edge of
developed film were put there by the film maker.  If those letters and
numbers are not solid black ... the film was not developed properly.  If the

Who needs flash when you can go down to f/1.2?
http://www.pbase.com/image/64263482

This is a question to garner opinions from 35mm camera savvy folks
about the "sellability" of a Nikon N75 camera body (body only) that I
have...
The camera had been used 1-2 times by a friend of my wife's.  She

My light meter tests
18% gray card reflection of sky light, 9:30 - 10:00 AM,
high sun behind thin high clouds, bright enough.
ISO 100 set for all meters:

....are still in the camera.  I finally finished a 36-shot roll of
Astia 100F today, but the place that processes my slides is closed on
the weekend.  So it'll be at least Monday before I even see them.  If I
get any keepers, I'll have to scan them.  Look for something about next

Does anyone have experience with using MF lenses on Pentax ZX-5?
I want to buy a 50mm prime -- the 50/1.7 M version seems to be the
cheapest option. But, the focusing screen does not seems to be
very MF friendly. Will the "in focus" LED work with MF lenses? Also,

i have a canon eos 3000 which one day stopped auto focusing. i was told
it is a serious problem.
now the funny part.... when i hold the same camera upside down while
focusing the auto focus works fantastic. i tried with 2 different

These guys are considered good luck in Hawaii, on the main land they
seem to just sell car insurance.
http://www.pbase.com/konascott/image/64194155/original
He (she?) was peeking from behind our porch light.  Everybody who lives

Some may recall a reference in this group to the incredibly beautiful
insect photos that appeared on the pishmo.com site in Bulgaria. I have
been most fortunate that the photographer who took  the original images
sent me all the information I had hoped to uncover, somewhere, somehow ...

i like to heard your opinion about the camera.  and, it was said that
the camera only has a scale meter, i don't know what that means.  is
the scale meter easy to use?
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Ken has graced us with a rather dry interpretation of "River"
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/64041792
The entire gallery at
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/river

Another night at the ballpark tonight.
The pics start here:
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/64203293

Curious to the experts in this group, was there ever an M42 camera body that
has mirror lock up?
Reason I ask:
I love to do artist shots when I can, then scan the film into Photoshop for further