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bluedust
10-11-2005, 12:06
I just would like to thank all RFF members who have helped discover RF photography. Unlike some other sites everyone has been so friendly and polite. This place feels like a cosy community. When I first started photography a few years ago I was constantly getting flamed due to my green status but there is none of that here. Today has been a good day for me; the Bessa R came today and I am impressed. My girlfriend is going to buy a film scanner for my birthday so it looks like everything is falling into place for me this month. My Canon 20D is getting jelous ;)
cp_ste.croix
10-11-2005, 12:10
Welcome to the best kept secret on the net!
You'll find the atmosphere here is more like a religious cult we want you to join us
sockdaddy
10-11-2005, 12:18
heck - you're further along than i am! i've been shooting with my old Canon GIII for a couple years, and have been wanting to get a Bessa since i discovered this site, but haven't managed to pick one up yet.
back alley
10-11-2005, 12:40
we like being friendly, it seems to works better for us.
some others think we are bland...and i hope they continue to believe that.
as for your being green...got any colour pics? ;)
joe
vincentbenoit
10-11-2005, 12:48
Today has been a good day for me; the Bessa R came today and I am impressed. My girlfriend is going to buy a film scanner for my birthday so it looks like everything is falling into place for me this month. My Canon 20D is getting jelous ;)You know you can trade your 20D and Canon glass for hundreds of rolls of Tri-X plus all you need to develop it, dont' you? ;)
Enjoy your Bessa, it's a cool camera.
Cheers
Vincent
JoeFriday
10-11-2005, 13:15
"It's nice to be nice to the nice."
who can place that quote?
bluedust
10-11-2005, 13:20
i took to roles of film with a canon GIII; just to get a feel for RF photography and I was sold. None of them were serious photos.
Right now I have got a role of ilford xp2 in the bessa and I can't wait to see the results.
Brian Sweeney
10-11-2005, 13:39
You are in the grace period. Before you know it there will be a tug-of-war for your photographic soul into the Canon and Leica camps.
So M3any caM3eras, so little time..
Listen to the voices..........
You'll end up with GAS like the rest of us. Seriously we're an OK bunch, and remember that there is always someone greener than you. Like the rest of us for instance :-)
darkkavenger
10-11-2005, 13:55
Zeiss-Opton! Kiev! Pentacon Six! (OT) Sonnar! Contax! Fed! Zorki! Hi-Matic! Aires! aaaaaah sorry I'm suffering a GAS attack right now!!!!! *screams, shouting camera manufacturer names in a frenzy*
;)
Skinny McGee
10-11-2005, 13:59
Welcome, Everyone here is great it is good place to be... Buttttttttt... i hope you have a good job because you have step into a place where money seems to fly out of your pocket like it suppose to... Why would you save money for food when you can buy another camerea
Food! I've not eaten since I joined the RFF, but I do have a couple of RFs with some good glass. I'll get myself checked out at the vet sometime.
I second the sentiment. I have been collecting cameras for years, but am relatively new to photography. I gravitated straight to the rangefinders because that's what I would find while out looking for other antiques. I work in a lab with many complex instruments, so it is relaxing to not have to worry about settings on a digital camera. The info and nice people here make the experience that much better. Thanks.
You are in the grace period. Before you know it there will be a tug-of-war for your photographic soul into the Canon and Leica camps.
So M3any caM3eras, so little time..
Is it too soon to mention the "red menace" of the FSU gear? Or should we just surprise him?<cue scary laughter> :rolleyes:
Bluedust, I absolutly agree with you about the atmosphere here: it's wonderfuly warm and welcoming and the other guys are very well informed.
Rob
They're not joking about the GAS.. I'm serious.. I showed up here with intentions of learning b&w film for my existing rangefinder, and in less than a month I purchase this 50+ year old camera when my current one works perfectly well, and now I need a lens and a whole buncha other stuff.
But yes, this is one of the most new-user friendly sites I've ever come across, you ask a question, and regardless of the fact that hundreds of others have asked it in the past, you get clear responses, none of the "search the forum" or "it's the photographer, not the camera" b.s. you always get from them uptites :D
Today has been a good day for me; the Bessa R came today and I am impressed. ... My Canon 20D is getting jelous ;)
Welcome to the world of postdigital photography. :)
I just would like to thank all RFF members who have helped discover RF photography. Unlike some other sites everyone has been so friendly and polite. This place feels like a cosy community. When I first started photography a few years ago I was constantly getting flamed due to my green status but there is none of that here.
Welcome, and I agree it's one of the best behaved forums (fora?) anywhere on the net. I know I've asked some rather naive questions at times here and never have I been flamed. (... yet) :) :) :)
Seriously, I think you'll like it here. :)
Mah Jano, once u join this place u will go nuts, eversince i've joined, and there's a camera i'm hunting, i bought another fed 3, a couple of months ago...And i'm hunting a Mamiya right now...I'm only saving my money for film and processing :D
And i'll never be able to recover...:D
bluedust
10-11-2005, 21:39
I am assuming GAS = gear addiction syndrome ?
FSU? no idea
I once got flamed so bad in a digital forum that one member dug up my first post on the forum asking for critique on my first ever photos (of course the photos were terrible) and mocked my efforts.
To be honest I am tired of "this camera has banding when using the flash" and "this camera searchs to much when autofocusing". I want to concentrate on taking photos and not on the technology that stands in between the photo to be taken and the photographer.
I like it here :-)
Is it too soon to mention the "red menace" of the FSU gear? Or should we just surprise him?
Bluedust ~ Welcome aboard!
GAS ~ Gear Acqusition Syndrome
FSU ~ Former Soviet Union
And yes, it's easy to see you're new here. Your girlfriend is still actually helping you accumulate gear. I remember "back in the day" when my wife use to do that. I wonder where she went?
Yes, beware of the dreaded Red Menace ~ FED Fanatics, Kiev Komrades and others like Rob who lingered too long in ........... The Zark Side!
Three months down the road you'll be like the rest of us... peeking out the window all day looking for your best friend, Comrade Postman, so you can sneak the packages into the house and down in the basement before she sees 'em! And another... and another... wrinkled brown paper and yak hair string stuffed to the back of your sock drawer. The stench.... I mean... aroma of fine Russian leather cases is permanently embedded in your nostrils. And you're constantly encouraging your girlfriend to buy new purses so you can scavenge her old ones into camera covers.
Hang around. These guys know their RFs. It's fun. And just remember, the less food you buy, the more film you can get in the refrigerator.
I am assuming GAS = gear addiction syndrome ?
FSU? no idea
I once got flamed so bad in a digital forum that one member dug up my first post on the forum asking for critique on my first ever photos (of course the photos were terrible) and mocked my efforts.
To be honest I am tired of "this camera has banding when using the flash" and "this camera searchs to much when autofocusing". I want to concentrate on taking photos and not on the technology that stands in between the photo to be taken and the photographer.
I like it here :-)
I'm kinda new here too but as I uncerstand it:
GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome
FSU: Cameras from the Former Soviet Union (e.g. Kievs and Feds)
You are correct that this is a great website to discover a wonderfully odd backwater of photography.
Discovering it has gotten me in deep trouble to the tune (so far - for GAS is never far away) of a Nikon S2 and a companion Bessa R2S (why have one RF when you can have two for the price of - well - two?)!
Welcome.....
This is a great forum, the best hangout on the net for film photography to me, and (dont tell anyone) I dont even own an rf camera yet :D
That bronica 645 rf sure does look fine though.... :p
"this camera has banding when using the flash" and "this camera searchs to much when autofocusing"
What on earth are you talking about??????????
:D
Welcome anyway, enough people have already warned you about GAS so I won't add my tale of woe.
However, there's another RFF tradition that you need to comply with; whenever you get a new camera we expect a pic in the "Camera and Coffee" thread!
...whenever you get a new camera we expect a pic in the "Camera and Coffee" thread!
I didn't know that. Does Jorge send a new membership mail requesting this?
I guess that means I have a few pics to submit.
JoeFriday
10-12-2005, 05:26
my view is that there is a level of maturity that is inherent in the decision to use 50 year old cameras.. it involves priorities centered on the photographic experience as well as the ability to capture emotion and depth
any fool can pick up a digital camera and take snapshots.. and many do :) (in fact, some days I'm one of them)
I didn't know that. Does Jorge send a new membership mail requesting this?
I guess that means I have a few pics to submit.
It's not official RFF policy. It's part of RFF lore -- a grassroots thread started by Rich Silfver and continued to this day. Looking forward to seeing your gear in the Camera and Coffee thread.
Gene
A belated welcome!
One way to avoid stress on your household finances is to just focus on one obscure but workable camera system for which there are few extra lenses and whatnot. Something like the Argus C3.
It's not official RFF policy. It's part of RFF lore -- a grassroots thread started by Rich Silfver and continued to this day. Looking forward to seeing your gear in the Camera and Coffee thread.
And if we don't drink coffee? Okay to replace with our favorite bevarage instead? Maybe start the antithesis thread, "Cameras and Cheese" :D
Oh, bluedust, others have answered GAS and FSU (both of which I found out here a few days after agonizingly trying to udnerstand what they were talking about). Another one I never saw before was "CLA" I think it means camera and lens adjustment -- err.. ?
bluedust
10-12-2005, 07:14
When I get in tonight I will try and get a pic of my RFs (using my canon 20d). I cant wait to develop the shots I took today. At the moment I do not have a film scanner so I may have to print them all.
Looks like I've got behind on the camera and coffee thread. :rolleyes: Gives me an excuse to dust off my digital. :eek:
And if we don't drink coffee? Okay to replace with our favorite bevarage instead?
I was thinking about that too. I so very seldom drink coffee (I don't care for hot drinks for some reason) I've kind of ignored most of that thread.
"Camera And Diet Coke" maybe? :)
"Camera And Beer"? :) :) :)
"Camera And Diet Coke" maybe? :)
"Camera And Beer"? :) :) :)
Well that certainly wouldn't help me, I can't stand either of those.. either. How about Milk, cookies, and camera? Or buttermilk and camera? Or, to be politically correct..
"Favorite relaxing beverage of choice and camera" :D
I was thinking about that too. I so very seldom drink coffee (I don't care for hot drinks for some reason) I've kind of ignored most of that thread.
"Camera And Diet Coke" maybe? :)
"Camera And Beer"? :) :) :)
As long as you call it coffee, anything goes. If you excavate through the thread you'll find some fine cameras alongside some equally fine single-malt scotch ... :D
Gene
TEZillman
10-12-2005, 07:56
[It's nice to be nice to the nice."
who can place that quote?
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I have a lot of catching up to do with the coffee and camera thing. Can I just take a photo of the closet? or do all of the cameras need to come out of the closet?
As long as you call it coffee, anything goes.
ROFL! A guy I used to work with carried a lunch pail with a thermos bottle which he called "coffee" but everybody (except the bosses) :) {yeah, right} knew that it was something a bit more potent. :) :) This was, of course, back in the not so politically correct days. :) :)
Hmmm,
Maybe we should have a dictinary around here somewhere? I recall reading yaers ago that jargon is a way of reinforcing a sense of community and a way of excluding people who aren't part of that community. I know I'm delighted to see new faces/posters here but I also know I throw the various acronyms around without thinking that not everyone heremight not know what the heck I mean.
Before I started this post, though, I figured i'd write a bunch of 'em down but I could only think of the three we've mentined(FSU, GAS, and CLA).
Is this worth a thread of it's own?
Rob
...You are correct that this is a great website to discover a wonderfully odd backwater of photography..
We just lapped the field, it only looks like we are behind. :D
Odd? well yeah... OK point taken... Backwater? I prefer to think of it as a harbor.
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