General Photography banter thread - Page 8

norbs · 1st March 2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by csimpson

Woo, I'm back from my month in Japan.

1900 photos. My Tamron 17-50 died. I bought this and this. It was fun.

Flash flash.

Looking forward to the pics.

csimpson · 1st March 2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by norbs

Flash flash.

Looking forward to the pics.

Oh, so am I

I was so glad when I retrieved my portable HDD from my check-in (whoops, I forgot to take it out and keep it safe in carry-on) luggage and it worked just fine.

1900 photos, as near as makes no difference to 30GB of RAWs. They're copied on my PC, now I just have to triplicate them into LightRoom and start messing around

nakey · 1st March 2010, 5:04 PM

csimpson, you got a pentax body, right?

it's a damn sexy flash for Pentax. i wish they made one just as good

<-- has one, loves his

csimpson · 1st March 2010, 6:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nakey

csimpson, you got a pentax body, right?

it's a damn sexy flash for Pentax. i wish they made one just as good

<-- has one, loves his

Yeah, K-7.

My Tamron 17-50 messed up on the last day of the trip - it won't make proper electrical contact with the camera body, so it comes up as F-- and won't AF. It works very intermittently - I guess I'll have to send it off to Maxwell for a check-up. Hope I get a sharp copy back if they have to replace it! (the problem doesn't exist when using my 50-200 or a friend's 30 1.4, so it has to be the lens)

Edit: I also now have to learn about flash photography

wisie · 1st March 2010, 8:30 PM

Noktor 50mm f0.95 goes live with a $750 price-tag.

Looks nice

vindicator · 1st March 2010, 8:55 PM

Can't wait to see the photos csimpson.

Noktor is one ugly lens.

It's soft too

csimpson · 1st March 2010, 11:45 PM

Japan Teaser 2 - Snow Monkey

A few teasers. Already I'm wishing my 50-200 was a F2.8

SyN · 2nd March 2010, 5:58 AM

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Originally Posted by csimpson

Japan Teaser 2 - Snow Monkey

A few teasers. Already I'm wishing my 50-200 was a F2.8

omg snow monkeys
/me is teased

csimpson · 2nd March 2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SyN

omg snow monkeys
/me is teased

Got a few other good ones of them as well

Most of my photos are just "omg holiday" ones, but there's a few relatively artistic ones as well. I'll stick 'em all up on Flickr some time.

csimpson · 3rd March 2010, 10:52 AM

Shot off an email this morning to Maxwell Aus about my Tamron 17-50 problem - hopefully they reply promptly.

Also:

Yodabashi Camera - heaven!

nisstrust · 3rd March 2010, 11:46 AM

Cool Ah.. Japan, please tell me you went pow pow ski or snowboarding in japan!??

csimpson · 3rd March 2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by nisstrust

Cool Ah.. Japan, please tell me you went pow pow ski or snowboarding in japan!??

Four days in Shiga Kogen near Nagano, with fresh powder every morning... so so soft compared to Australian ice-snow!

Got a reply from Maxwell - standard fare, I send them my lens/receipt/info, they take a look and repair it for free if it's under warranty, otherwise it's a $44 quote fee, waived if I decide to go ahead with non-warranty repairs if that's the ruling.

aaaaah · 3rd March 2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by csimpson

Yodabashi Camera - heaven!

I remember my first impression when walking in there being that someone has put JB HiFi on a combination of steroids and acid.

So many expensive bits of equipment they let you play with though. I had a play with an 800mm F5.6L attached to a 1D of some description. So much money in my hands, those trusting Japanese

xhanatos · 3rd March 2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by csimpson

Yeah, K-7.

My Tamron 17-50 messed up on the last day of the trip - it won't make proper electrical contact with the camera body, so it comes up as F-- and won't AF. It works very intermittently - I guess I'll have to send it off to Maxwell for a check-up. Hope I get a sharp copy back if they have to replace it! (the problem doesn't exist when using my 50-200 or a friend's 30 1.4, so it has to be the lens)

Edit: I also now have to learn about flash photography

i hope you've cleaned the contacts? i was having the same problem with my 16-45 lens.. intermittent focusing. cleaned the contacts with a pencil eraser (Read it somewhere..?) and it worked again.

csimpson · 3rd March 2010, 2:03 PM

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Originally Posted by xhanatos

i hope you've cleaned the contacts? i was having the same problem with my 16-45 lens.. intermittent focusing. cleaned the contacts with a pencil eraser (Read it somewhere..?) and it worked again.

Yeah I've given it a fair bit of love and attention. I'll give it another go but I'm not hopeful

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Originally Posted by aaaaah

I remember my first impression when walking in there being that someone has put JB HiFi on a combination of steroids and acid. So many expensive bits of equipment they let you play with though. I had a play with an 800mm F5.6L attached to a 1D of some description. So much money in my hands, those trusting Japanese

I absolutely loved that everything was on display... if there was a store like that in Australia I'd shop there every time without fail.

I stood around for ten minutes machine-gunning a Nikon D3s at 9FPS, played with a 600mm Canon L, a DA* 300mm F2.8 Pentax...

1st March 2010, 8:30 PM	#110
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1st March 2010, 8:55 PM	#111
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3rd March 2010, 10:52 AM	#115
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3rd March 2010, 11:46 AM	#116
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