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Just got a note that my 2 M39->M-bay. adapters from Merkle Camera are ready for pickup at the post-office - the bad thing: customs wants 16 Euros... 
I also won the auction for a bay. 1 yellow filter for my YashicaMat (which I have been using a lot more recently - eventually I will have to look for a brighter screen for that one, too).
And non-photo related, I'm waiting for a huge pack of ancient accordion song-books bought very cheaply - I'm progressing much faster on that instrument than I thought, so I need new practice material...
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04-07-2005
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At the beginning again.
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I am waiting on my Electro GSN...and have been since the 21st...man I hate waiting!
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04-07-2005
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Originally Posted by Roman
Just got a note that my 2 M39->M-bay. adapters from Merkle Camera are ready for pickup at the post-office - the bad thing: customs wants 16 Euros...
I also won the auction for a bay. 1 yellow filter for my YashicaMat (which I have been using a lot more recently - eventually I will have to look for a brighter screen for that one, too).
And non-photo related, I'm waiting for a huge pack of ancient accordion song-books bought very cheaply - I'm progressing much faster on that instrument than I thought, so I need new practice material...
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Did you hear about the accordian player who was driving across the country. He stopped at a cafe. Leaving the accordian in the bacK seat, he carefully locked the car. He was eating lunch when he heard a crash in the parking lot. He ran to his car expecting the worst. Sure enough, the rear window of the car was broken! And there were two accordians in the back seat!
My wife once was state accordian champion. She only smiles faintly when I tell that story. |
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04-07-2005
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No Sleep Till Solms
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Currently waiting for a googled Summaron 35/3.5
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04-07-2005
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Kiev4a, that's a funny story but I can tell one that's completely true.
I was stationed at a base (Mactan) in the Southern Philippines during 1967. At times the USO would send entertainers to put on shows for the GI's. I clearly recall the time Brook Benton performed but that was not my story.
On one occassion a young man was scheduled to perform and he was an Accordionist. He strolled to his spot with a smile on his face and began to play to an almost empty club. By the second song the place was half filled and by his third song you couldn't jam another body in the place.... and his smile never changed. He was absolutely fantastic and the crowd didn't leave until he'd been called back for encore after encore. True story about an accordian player who knew how to wow a crowd of young GI's.
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Let's see... waiting on a PX19 battery, a couple of Polaroid film packs (I forgot exactly what I ordered... one of the black-and-white types I believe), and a Minolta Hi-Matic 11.
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Well, UPS came through with the film and paper order that my girlfriend and I split from B&H, but I'm still waiting on my Canon 7s and 50/1.2 to get back from Essex Camera. Iit's onlyl been two weeks/it's already been two weeks  I want to call Essex so bad to find out what's up, and I have to reason with myself that this is still a normal wait time. Curse those recommdations from people who had quick turnarounds! . Besides those, I'm waiting on an Industar-61 from Sockeyed, which could save me in case the Canon 50 doesn't restore. And, the Industar will be my first tinkering project, as I try my hand at relubing the thing. Anyway, patience, patience ... |
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Wayne,
yeah, there's an abundance of accordion jokes.
Walker,
I'm not that good yet... 
I tend to believe that accordions are a bit like rangefinders - undervalued outsiders, a bit quaint and old-fashioned - but you can do lots of excellent things with them...
Roman
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04-07-2005
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ok, waiting for the mail story, just to show (remind) you all how sick this gas can get.
i come home from work today, hoping that SOMETHING i ordered would be there today. the camera bag, maybe a lens or the grip would be cool too, any THING.
but what was in the mailbox? only money!
money-cold hard cash-$$
but you can't play with money!
i can be such a brat at times...
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now, danny boy, be nice!
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Woo-hoo! Now I can add a Canon 85mm f2 lens to the waiting list.
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Yea I get home from work and my film is on the doorstep!  Now I'm all set for my trip in a couple weeks. |
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excellent frank, we want details!!
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"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
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...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
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i did say i was a brat!
joe
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"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
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...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
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Joe,
I'm going to stake-out your mail box - LOL.
If you've got an over abundence of that pesky cash, please send my way.
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Joe,
I'm going to stake-out your mail box - LOL.
If you've got an over abundence of that pesky cash, please send my way.
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i wish that was a problem for me.
but send me your address and i'll send you g'man's 'trick' film canister!
g'man wants me to tell the story and make my foolishness public...maybe later...
joe
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Woo-hoo! Now I can add a Canon 85mm f2 lens to the waiting list.
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You are on fire, OUCH HOT!!!! What gives? |
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looks like franks not talkin'
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"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
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...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
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looks like franks not talkin'
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He gave a huge hint- Looks all shiny if you ask me, with lots of glass.
If it is what I think it is- congrats Frank!
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Checked my list.
Fed5b from the Ukraine
QL17 from a member
Kiev 4am skin from Japan.
Sheesh, this is the shortest it's been in months.
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another kiev?
you got it bad, eh?
joe
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"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
pablo picasso
...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
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fedzilla,
i want some details, the who what when etc!
knowing frank, he got a good lens at a good price...
joe
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heart soul and a camera
flickr
x-pro1...x-e1...8...14...18...27...35...60
rx100
"learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist"
pablo picasso
...it is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple...
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Originally Posted by backalley photo
fedzilla,
i want some details, the who what when etc!
knowing frank, he got a good lens at a good price...
joe
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Charades...
I am pointing at my nose... I did a little search to see what just sold...
I could be wrong 
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Singing, any fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate
Many fish bites, if you got good bait
I'm a goin fishing, yes I'm goin fishing
and my Baby goin fishing, too
Taj Mahall
My Gallery
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Joe,
I don't know what brand/type of SLR you've got, but if it's manual focus (ssshhh, this is a secret) one of the world's BEST macro lens is the Kiron 105mm macro lens. For 1/4 the price of say the Nikon 105mm f2.8 micro, you get the same or better sharpness.
I LOVE mine.
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Can the Kiron 105 be adapted to fit M42? Naturally I've got Pentax Spotmatics.
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Hi guys,
Sorry for giving just a bit of info and then disappearing. I just got back from visiting with my wife's sister who is visiting Canada from England and is leaving tomorrow.
Late this afternoon I checked my email. I receive a digest list from IDCC, a group into used cameras on the internet. Once a month is swap day and I spied a Canon 85mm f2 lens offered for sale for $200US and was the first to respond.
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