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http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40935 "GASBAG CHARACTERISTICS," BY BILL "Unfortunately most GASbags either don't recognize what they are or they are unwilling to accept the truth. Here are some common characteristics of the GASbag:
If you exhibit 4 or more of these characteristics then you are a GASbag." (A big cheer for Bill! An insightful piece indeed.) "TREATING GAS IN MONTREAL," BY MICHEL "I am going to be in Montreal for a few days. I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for some GAS relief? Michel. Latest addition: Kodak Brownie Flash six 20." "it's so cute!!" BY BACKDOOR ALLEY "my cv 25/4 p lens finally showed up today. it was in limbo (according to the tracking) for about 4 days. and it's so cute! i am amazed at how small and precise these cv lenses are. what a perfect fit for the r4m also. i may be in the minority with not panting for fast lenses but these 3.5 and f4 lenses work great outdoors and that's where most of my shooting takes place. and the f2 and 2.8 lenses do great indoors with a good 400 speed film. i was hoping to do some side by side shots with the zm 25 and cv 25 but my cv lens arrived without a hood and i'm not sure if it would be a fair fight. of course i guess i could shoot both w/o hoods, duh! i have said it before and i'll repeat it again, the r4 cameras and these small lenses are perfect for a small, light kit, even with 6 lenses there is still room in the small f6 domke bag. i could not be more pleased. joe" CHINESE PROVERBS POSTED ON RFF "Man who lay woman on ground find 'peace' on Earth." "Virginity like bubble. One prick, all gone." "Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day." "Man with big family always in hole." "Man who stand on toilet is high on pot." BACKDOOR ALLEY DEFENDS CHRIS WEEKS Richard writes, "This is a grown man who uses juvenile delinquent profanity toward others in order to prop himself up." Now Joe Rizzuto dumps a big one. Back-door Alley responds, "i have had enough of you belligerent cretin lacking in photo skill and slamming someone who is hollywood's no 1 celebrity photographer. what do you know is all i'm saying. joe" Here's more Chris Weeks slamming on RFF: www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42949
CAVEGIRL DUMPS RICHARD After a 2-year camera love affair (which began when the misses gave Richard the boot), Cavegirl caught the whack-job redhanded making love with his Canon Sweet P. Disgusted, Cavegirl went berserk, smashing little Richard and Sweet P with a baseball bat along with everything else in her path. Of course 911 was called by a concerned neighbor, but Cavegirl fled for a dig near Cairo. Not that the cops didn't believe poor Richard, that a girl could be so mean, but they decided not to bother and recommended a psychiatrist instead. Only recently did poor Richard start posting again. This is a true story passed on to the poo by you know who. "NOKTON BOKEH," BY DAVID WATTS "Please see attached, taken at a dinner party with friends a couple of weeks ago. I used an M7 with my new VC Nokton 40mm wide open at f1.4. Film was Tri-X 400 dev in ID11 1:1 but I think I over developed by a couple of minutes by accident. I'm not making any claims for the shot, but am interested in the bokeh-ish bits in the background, particularly the second figure from the left, in profile. I've attached an enlarged crop below too. The question is whether this is a characteristic of this lens - it's quite peculiar, but I think I like it though, reminds me a bit of solarisation. nb the only adjustments I've made in PS Elements was to remove dust and scratches." John Richard Massey adds, "The very reason I sold this lens quite rapidly, only my results were even weirder, similar situation but with bar lighting that included pin-spots and such. Didn't like the effect at all, but that's down to personal taste." KEN'S TAKE ON CAMERA GASBAGS, & OTHER GOODIES http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/7.htm Roscoe comments: "That's funny, Frank. Ken Rockwell must have read photopoo. Frank Schitrowsky, Raid, Rover, Kimberly Cockson, Jorge Terrible and Backdoor alley are some of the biggest 'equipment measurebators' on the internet!" Posted by FrankS: "Only the individual user can assess whether the sound difference is important to them." "How true. Unfortunately this is not the way the whole issue is usually discussed. The reason Must be that some gearheads simply cannot live with the differentiations of a relative point of view, tho this is the only reasonable approach. Easier to rely on an absolute value no matter if it exists or not. The very most gear discussions suffer from that illnes. ---Bertram. Gone elsewhere" (Elsewhere is Aplug.) Brian Shaw's rebuttal to Frank Shitowsky's honourable 'my shit doesn't stick' nonsense: "Honourable men don't air their dirty laundry in public... unless it is a duel at noon." "IF i were to buy another camera...," BY BACKDOOR ALLEY "IF i were to buy another camera......it would have built in 40mm framelines. and you? joe" Back Alley (Moe) already owns like 5 Leica CLs which have 40mm frame-lines. What a shill. He should quit eating Tim Horton donuts and regulate his insulin injections. "the more you use a camera the less you notice it"
"the more you use a camera the less you notice it," writes Backdoor Alley. "the sound you are noticing is likely more the type of sound then the actual decibel level. i did a check with my spl (sound pressure level) meter and the bessa was not significantly louder than other cameras i had on hand. (the results are posted here somewhere)" "In my personal experience with 3 Bessa cameras (2 R's and an R2) and my Leica cameras (M2,3,6, IIf), I have noticed that he Bessas were all louder than any of the Leicas. The Leicas are NOT silent, and they are louder than almost all leaf shutter cameras. In most cases however, a Bessa will be quiet enough. I have been in situations though where the Bessa would be too loud, and where the Leicas were quiet enough. This has been my personal experience. This cannot be argued. Frank S - Pagan Buddhist, we are star dust - photo-sensitive to the sublime in the banal" www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43386
HERE'S MOE CALLING THIS BESSA R3A OWNER STUPID Sanardo22: "Bessa R3a shutter release problem. I have trouble depressing the shutter release buttom 'half way' to view the Exposure Time in the view finder without tripping the shutter. I have a Canonet lll g 17 and a Mamya 7 which have the same feature but rather than having a vauge feeling their release buttons have a two stages of stroke resistance." Backdoor Alley: "how long have you had the r3a? my zeiss ikon and r4m seem ok as long as i am paying attention to them. joe"
What do you think about the RFF/Popflash contest? Were the rules clear? Was the judging fair? Do you know that Popflash and RFF can use your photographs for up to 5 years free of charge? Do you remember this post made by the person who later won the prize? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=203475&postcount=179 Here's what you can do: An individual operating under the assumed business name of "Range Finder Forum" 3495 Vista Ridge Dr, West Linn, OR 97068 sponsored a photography contest during the first three months of 2006. The prize was a Zeiss Ikon camera and lens valued at more than $2,000. After reading the information on the Oregon Attorney General's website, it appears that this contest may have violated several Oregon laws. http://www.doj.state.or.us/finfraud/prize74.shtml The official contest rules posted on the owner's website did not disclose the "identity of or description of the qualifications of the judges" nor the "method used in judging." The official rules stated: "No more than 3 entries may be submitted by each photographer." "All entries must be posted in the RFF photo gallery dedicated to the contest no later than March 31, 2006. By submitting your photographs, you agree to allow PopFlash Photo or RFF to use the photographs for promotional events for period of up to (5) five years related to rangefinder photography." "After the deadline of March 31, 2006 PopFlash Photo and the RFF staff will judge and select a group of finalists from all the qualifying entries. The number of final photographs selected will be determined by PopFlash Photo and RFF.." "As with the previous contest, the forum members will choose the winner from the group of finalists by casting their votes." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=199529 The contest wasn't closed until 4-4-06 although the deadline in the official rules was 3-31-06: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=270400 On 4-5-06, the owner of Range Finder Forum announced that 12 finalists had been chosen and that members had 30 days to vote for their favorite photograph in a poll: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=271716 On 4-24-06, the owner of Range Finder Forum encouraged new visitors to the website to register so they could cast their votes. These votes would have been made by people who registered AFTER the 12 finalists were announced. "A word to our members and visitors about the contest." The contest is almost over and we are really lacking votes. I would encourage you to please cast your vote for your favorite photograph. If you are a visitor to the forum, please take the time to register and cast your vote. The photographers are depending on your votes for deciding a winner. The more votes the better for all." http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=285282 Please look into to this matter as the owner and sponsor presently have free use of my photographs for the next 5 years. 
October 11, 2006. I did see a professional Leica photographer today. He was standing near the corner of Broadway and Granville with a Leica M slung around his neck. I did see him standing and staring and finally placing his Teutonic tool on his eyeball and firing one off. Haha. I do know who he is too. He has his picture posted on RFF. So, yes, I did recognize him (haha). I did also snap a few today but with a modern non-Teutonic Bessa R3A; and the snapping was pristine (but not professional). Yes, I did snap pics of a professional Leica photographer today.
Click here for screen shot of Moe's appreciation. September 14, 2006: Richard Silfverberg (RFF's double cheese) posts some drivel on RFF about Brian Mottershead's resignation from Pnut. 12 minutes later Silfverberg edits his post. 7 minutes after the edit, Moderator Curly Melisso, posts "Inappropriate Richard. Need you be reminded about using vulgarity here?" What are you talking about, Curly? Silfverberg edited out the profanity? Three minutes later, Dave Swain (Greyhoundman) posts "Good on ya, Rover." (Dave, Curly is confused. He thinks he's a 4th grade teacher like FrankS.) September 22, 2006: Silfverberg, who typically posts 8 times a day, hasn't posted for 8 days! That’s a record for Rich. Perhaps he’s pissed at Dave Swain for his post or Teresa Wu for suing his ass so Silfverberg digs up one of Greyhoundman's posts on cameramentor.com where Swain referred to RFF members as "they." Silfverberg concludes that that post has to be fake because Greyhoundman is one of the core RFF members and as such, should have said "we" instead of "they." Then it gets uglier. Swain posts a PM that he received from Silfverberg, "Well, it's good to know what you are really like. I bet Moses is happy he finally got rid of you." Can you believe a retarded statement such as that one was made by an IT person making more than $200,000 per year? Hey, Silfverberg, do you work for Intel, too? (Dave Swain’s dog, Moses, died a few months back.) Then Silfverberg posts a PM that he received from Greyhoundman, "Piss off you primp. Not all of us buy into your holier than thou horse ****. Why don't you and Joe go and rub some seamen over your cameras or go and shoot some toilets? G'man." Great idea, Dave! Silfverberg please leave the seat down for joe. And Jeni, please send joe that pic of your naval because the RFF "camera porn" isn’t doing anything for him.
"Is a three year old kid too young for a camera? Some of you may have seen my daughter, Dana, in my tests of lenses. She now wants to do what Dad does and she wants a camera bad. She already had before some fancy fake camera that makes sounds and has a flash, but now she wants a real camera...Does anyone here have a suitable digital camera to sell me for Dana? Thanks. Regards, Raid Amin." Raid baby, forget digital. They suck. Buy your 3-year-old a Voigtlander Bessa R3A from Camera Quest. The black one. She'll grow up a straight shooter and with style. You're welcome.
Click here for "sex is cheaper than cheese" screen shot. Anyone bought this wrist strap? "Made in China looks like the A&A strap...says it's made of leather. I might try one but if anyone already has i would appreciate some eval on it. Thanks, Joe." (It has "Leica" embossed in the leather, it’s from China, it’s cheap and it may look good with Rizzuto’s "lovely diamond stud" earring. Man, that guy has class.) Did you ever wonder why tough guy Rizzuto uses wrist straps instead of neck straps? "I can't use a neck strap. The smallest amount of pressure applied to my neck results in a massive headache. I put a wrist strap on the mat for safety from dropping it." Stute Verkehrs-GmbH, Hans Böckler Str. 48, D-28217 Bremen Germany. Fon.: +49 421 3862-324; Fax: +49 421 3862-292; E-Mail: volker hett (bei) stute.de.
With his new avatar self-portrait in a black nightrobe, Joe mod freaks out over jamming his CL's shutter (while fondling it in front of the computer naked). "I just jammed my CL! Oh man," he cries out to RFF's fondling community. "The shutter won't fire! Not lucky!" After some suggestions the crisis gets resolved, "Fixed it! Thank goodness. When in doubt a little blunt force trauma, I gently banged the bottom of the camera against my work bench and the lever advanced and the shutter fired. I am breathing normally again. Thanks guys. Good thing I have the Z1 as a good back-up camera or I would have panicked." The Zeiss Ikon as a back-up camera for the crappy Leica CL? One outstanding former RFF'er did write to me about that thread where back alley Joe Rizzuto asked 27 year old Jenni MacAulay if she had any nice navel pics for him to see for the next time he sits on the toilet and runs out of film. Ok, she’s 27 and married and she flirts with 55 year old back alley Joe from Edmonchuck; but she quickly realized that he's a pervert and perhaps a whole lot more scary. The thread continued and she never did post a pic of her naval. Members suggested Rizzuto’s camera porn wasn’t turning him on and that was why he created the twisted thread. In fact, some members begged him to shut it down but it was Kim Coxon who finally locked it after Joe refused to cease and delete it. Anyway, this outstanding former RFF'er sent me the whole thread via screen caps and concluded with, "Joe Rizzuto’s avatar went from a little girl to a self portrait of himself sitting on the toilet pissing. Now he’s a Leica CL. Oh well, the camera porn isn’t doing much for Joe right now. He needs a photo of a 27 year old woman’s naval. This creep needs to be investigated." Backdoor alley's fabulous advice: "a cheap trick and one that works pretty well is to use a slide mount and just look at 'life' through it for a few weeks. Keep evaluating a scene over and over, breaking it up into sections till you find the 'best' one or the one you like the best. As for prints, the real thing on a wall is a great way to go. As for galleries here on RFF: Todd H., Ray G., Graksi all come to mind. There are lots and don't forget to learn from the not so good shooters also. Look at everything you can and ask yourself what do I like/not like about this photo."
Herr Hett and Sir Hare first met picking up their papas at a camp reunion. Sadly they did lose touch soon after because Hogan had given the list to Colonel Klink and then it was passed on to Schultz for safe keeping. Well, Schultz will be Schults and it did fall into the sauerkraut so it was accidentally eaten. Yes, it was a joyous time back at Stalag 13, even though the blitzkrieg was all around. The capers, the schnapps, the women.... Not until the Pnut was born did they finally reunite. Now Hett and Hare are best of friends and planning a trip for hot meat and, of course, the Cuban cigars. "Hey buddy! Here's more funny poo: Jorge did write I work for Intel in Chandler now. I have a 1 year tour of duty and will berenting. It would be dumb to buy in a market that will crash anytime soon. If I can get out sooner I will but doubtful. Yes people are not very friendly here, including Paul Otellini. Don't get me wrong. I don't fit in very well with the progressive crowd in Oregon. But its sure nice up there. Rain never bothered me and driving is nice except in rush hour. One day I will get back. If any of you are an Intel executive and can get me back NOW, I will give you all of my brand new M gear. Arizona is hot! Send me your MO's to my Oregon address. My mail is being forwarded." Posted in the Leica forum, the troll, Eric Milner did poo with this one: "I haven't used filters for years, and lenses with hoods rarely get their lens cap on." This D.P. uses a Nikon digital and Leica not. Oh, and Eric's also posting under John Graham so that he can attack good old Al without incriminating himself to the loser mods. What a twit. That Richard Silfverberg did write, "What I think about the Sonnar 50/1.5. I absolutely love this lens...it pains me to even write this. I believe the Sonnar beats my beloved first version rigid Summicron 50/2 when it comes to how creamy it renders the out of focus areas and how pleasingly it captures skin tones. It's sharp where needed as well." Thank you, Richard. Here's a new-old one from Joe (this is Joe's favourite line): "I'm about ready to close this thread. As far as I'm concerned there are too many old ladies on this site with too much time and an obsession for Bill, who no longer posts here; and if you continue to criticize the moderation here or quote that criticism, then perhaps there are other internet forums that would welcome that sort of thing but it's getting tired here and getting there fast. I hope this is clear." Richard Sillverberg jumps in: "Joe, with all due respect, didn't Jorge say that this off-topic forum was open for anything as long as there were no profanities used? He even mentioned, flame away!. To close down an off-topic thread because a moderator doesn't like the topic doesn't seem very consistent with the previous guidelines. If people enjoy talking about Bill, why not let them? What's the difference between that and talking about soccer or anything else? Just my $0.02." 90% of the peanut gallery: "hey! my post count has disappeared! Mine too!" Jorge Torralba: "some changes to the site. In an effort to make the site less cluttered, I have combined many forum into just a few to minimize redundancy. I have also made the off topic forum show up on the home page. The forum title will be changed to off topic. All this based on user feedback. Any typos or incorrect spelling are due to electronic transfer errors." Frank S: "you know, all this (current need for change) could have been avoided by not making those changes a few months ago." "The trouble with RFF," Jorge Torralba did write, "I need everyone’s help on deciding how to handle classifieds gone wrong. One of the main concerns is what happens when someone advertises an item as a 10 and the buyer thinks it was a 4 when received? What happens when the buyer contacts the seller to discuss his or her displeasure with the item not being even close to the way it was described? What happens when the seller makes no effort to remedy the situation? This happens regularly all over the internet including RFF. Should other remedies be implemented? Please provide your feedback on this matter since one day you may also be a victim of a misleading ad. Thanks." Jorge has mice running around inside his head! Then the ass kissing, Pherdinand, did suck hard: "you need feedback? User: Jorge Torralba. Feedback: a great guy, easy to deal with, and flexible." Hmmm. I'll stick with e-bay, thanks. At least I can read real feedback & a whole lot more. "Jorge Torralba" "Jorge Torralba" "Jorge Torralba" June 18, 2006. Several more RFF members did get bad-mouthed by Jorge Torralba and his bitch, backdoor alley; then they got booted with IP's locked. As I mentioned somewhere here on this great poo site, soon Jorge ain't gonna have no one left. He doesn't care, though, because he's all ready got their membership fees to buy his new Leica M8 and lenses! The disturbing part of the saga is that the remaining members keep asking, what happened? Why was so and so kicked off? Example: "could folks here just clear the air and answer, what did copake_ham do to get banned?" The thread lived for 1 hour and then it was nuked. Gee, I guess "Terrible" will have to lift his wife's C.C. and do a little Leica shopping to pass the time. Poor whiffy slaving unhappily to make ends meet. Anyway, I wish George (copake_ham) fulfillment on the Aplug. RFF R.I.P. Good news: Jorge announced another forum upgrade; and one of the moderaters has decided to stay on (instead of quiting); and Richard Silfverberg has several new stupid polls! Bad news: Camera Quest will no longer carry Zeiss. This is bad because he sold them at gray market prices. You'll now have to get your Zeiss from Pop Flash. He's a good guy though he did have the wool pulled over his eyes with RFF's fixed Zeiss Ikon contest. However, do keep in mind that Bessa is best and Camera Quest is best for Bessas. Under the pseudo, Paul Chan, Eric Milner, professional troll, did post this thread starter today on the Pnut: "antiquated Old Horse with M & Film? Most of us have probably been through this road before. You're out with a group on a field excursion trip carrying your Ms and bricks of film. They brandish the latest DSLRs, image bank storage device and laptops. When you're all done for the day, they upload their images on CDs, clear their CF cards and tinker with their latest software in the hotel rooms. And they do this while giving you a cursory look on your 20-year old M, extolling the convenience of RAWs and probably saying out loud in thier minds 'you're an old antiquated old horse' with that museum hardware and film you tot around. So if there's any one simple but courteous reply you have to speak out your mind, what could that be? This is not a film v digital thread please." However, some members are on to him and indirectly stated who he was. Eric Milner now only uses a Nikon digital camera, yet he keeps posting on the Pnut's Leica forum. Billy, help save Mike's Leica! Click here quickly, or at least give him your guru prayers; and do use your Catholic beads. Oh, say hello to Bertram Schacherer for Ramon Generoso. Thanks. More from the guru. "Just got back from the eye doctor, it's been about five years since I was last given a checkup. At that time, they wanted to fit me with bifocals, so I said to heck with that noise and didn't go back. But I've finally caved. I admit it, I can't read a bloody thing in a book or magazine without taking off my glasses and holding it really close. Stupid for waiting this long...vanity. Not that I cared who could 'tell' that I was wearing bifocals, I don't. I just didn't want to have to wear them. So I went down to the place, and they poked and prodded my poor eyeballs and put drops in, and now I can barely see to type this - very dialated and so on. But I guess my eyes are ok, glacoma-wise. Nothing untoward happening inside the old orbs. The good news is that my right eye hasn't changed much in five years. The bad news is that my left eye has. The good news is that I'm right-eye dominant. The bad news is that I'm no longer correctable to 20/20 in my left eye. The good news is that I have pretty good vision insurance. The bad news is that my eyes are so bad with astigmatism that two pair of glasses still set me back $325.00. The good news is that these eye drops are getting me off work today. The bad news is that I can't read (and can barely see this screen). The good news is that I managed to persuade a nurse (I dunno, what do they call them now?) to pick out my frames for me, so I don't end up looking like Dame Edna or Elton John, because I have no taste when it comes to that sort of thing. The bad news is that I just looked at the bill; they gave me the 'Senior Citizen's Discount' and didn't ask for my ID. The really bad news is that I'm only 45. My opinion on getting old? I'm against it. Best regards, Bill Mattocks." (Billy bolted before RFF could give him the boot.) Hey, did you know that authentic Wigwam Jones 'Gremlin of Love' T-shirts are now available for $14.95 USD? It looks great with a RFF cap and vintage rangefinder camera. Buy one for the next camera fondler convention and show the world just how much you love Wiggy. On May 6, 2006 Jorge Torralba did write, "we have the winner! All, the contest has created some exciting moments here at RFF. Every entrance was great! The 12 finalists that were chosen were great! But now the members have spoken and a winner has been chosen. The winner of the RFF/PopFlash photo contest for the new (silver paint) Zeiss Ikon kit is none other than member RML!!!" Remy (RML) is a RFF core member. Note: a black camera always costs more than it's silver twin, but not with the Voigtlander Bessa R2A and R3A. Cosina decided to deliver black professionalism for less! "Ikonical," eh? There was no protest march here in Vancouver; and the only time we send someone back is when they are not standing on Canadian soil and the CIA snatches them and whisks them away to a foreign CIA-run Gulag. They are given reading material consisting of Playboy and the Holy Bible. Then they are forced to eat apple pie in the nude (in-between the electric shock sessions). Guards, of course, are allowed to photograph these prisoners as long as the photos are not released to the press. In an attemt to regain control of RFF's reins, Joe did write, "we no longer accept registrants with hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc accounts." He is one smart booby, eh? Jorge did write, "my only concern, believe it or not, is what would happen if I were to die? How would RFF continue? I have no disaster plan for the continuation of RFF. I hope RFF never comes to that." (Yeah, right, Jorge. Get a life.) And if you don't believe the Bessa M-mount bodies are better than the Zeiss Ikon body, just visit the RFF forums. Today, April 16, 2006, Charlie posted: "my New ZI lasted exactly 30 days and around 5 rolls of film. Now it's off to Tony at PopPhoto (good thing I saved his original packing box with the airbags). Was rewinding a roll of 800 film yesterday when the rewind crank with a spring-like device came off in my hand. Shit happens, but I expected more from this camera. I can only hope it's not indicative of things to come." Then the moderator jumped to the rescue: "My ZI has been fine since I got the second body. It has been traveling back and forth to work everyday in the domke 5xb bag. It gets thrown onto the passenger seat from the driver's side door. No problems shooting or changing lenses, meter is fine." Wow! the new Zeiss Ikon is crap! At least it's better than the more expensive Leica M7 and MP. You see, folks. This is why I bought not one but two Cosina's Voigtlander Bessa R3A cameras. And now I stand beside myself. I hope your 2nd Ikon body holds up, Joe! The trouble with E-bay. I got some fair deals but I also got ripped-off. Par for the course, I guess. E-baying's sort of like gambling or playing the stock market. What really pisses me off is the lack of item discription half of the time; and when I e-mail the seller, I get either a tardy half-ass reply or none at all. Then there is the peculiar phenomenon of items getting bid up way over it's true cost. Take for example this silver Nikon FM3a I was looking at. The bloody thing sold for about $200 more than what it's selling for new from any Canadian Nikon dealer. Hmmm. Why am I surprised? That was the second inflated FM3a in the last couple of weeks, I noticed. E-bay trolling is a love/hate relationship. Now for the final word on the Zeiss Ikon Saga, by Camera Quest. (After this I shall let the Ikon rest.) "I am not going to share sales figures, but so far, zero Zeiss Ikon bodies have been returned to me for any problem. They seem a relatively dependable camera which is likely to only get better as time goes on. Any NEW camera model, much less any entirely NEW camera line, is going to see more than an average number of problems over the first six months. After that, the initial growing pains of an entirely new production production line will only get better, which results in ever better quality control and reliability. Zeiss is not just any camera manufacturer. These guys know how to get it right ! Cosina's Mr. K is there to make sure it can be done right at an unbelievably low price compared to a German production line. So relax people, you have a real quality product at a bargain price!" (Buy your Zeiss from Camera Quest and no where else; and do go for the black professional one with some super-sharp Zeiss lenses.) More garbage from Joe, RFF's double cheese and number 1 mod. "Top 50 posters...I am at the top. I hope this is a good thing." Then he starts a new "who here shoots only rangefinders?...not a poll" thread and writes, "from another thread came this question in my head and so I ask, who here shoots with only rangefinder cameras? I do, for one. I own only rangefinders (except for my little digicam and I only use that to shoot my rangefinders)." No, kidding. Hell---wow! You are so cool. Your crap does plop daily. Call me Moe, says Joe Ruzzuto. "Hex' AF has landed. Camera is in very nice shape, very clean glass. It is a bit more hefty that I recall from fondling it in a camera store many years ago. The lens is so clear I put a UV filter on it. I don't want to be the one to scratch it." ...he writes. Back to using filters are we? You are still a knob. Tight fitting LH-5 hood on Nokton Classic 40mm f/1.4, by Trevor Hare. "The new Nokton Classic 40mm f/1.4 arrived this morning. Good thing too. With the Elmar sold, my M6 was blind for almost 48 hours! Nokton has a suprisingly good feel to it. Much smoother than I expected and much better finished also. Popped it onto the M6 and fitted the B+W MRC UV filter. Great! Now I get to the LH-5 hood. Very nicely finished, solid bit of bit. But why, why did mine almost need force to attach? I was expecting some sort of re-assuring 'snick' or click but no. OK, it went on as designed and nothing broke but it was not an easy moment! Luckily I intend to keep the hood on all the time so will not have to repeat too often." This is a beautiful post, Trevor. Hats off! I'm glad you forced the thing on to make it fit (you fool). I guess you will soon be selling this new lens to some unsuspecting sucker on the pnut. "Hey Frank, Ralph Melisso is Rover, the moderator... the stooge who looks like Curly. LOL." Yes, you can always count on Curly for all of your RFF concerns. His real name is indeed Ralph Meliso; and he lives at 109 Cannon Dr., Amston, CT 06231-1308. His phone number is, 860-228-7612---and his eBay ID is rmeliso (if you ever should have the need to buy a fondling device from him---the double ended dildos are best). If you still don't know who he is, he is Number 2 Son, 'er, moderator at RFF. Check out his toilet pic below. NYUK NYUK NYUK. Disclaimer: non-commercial, photopoo is a satire of online photo forums and is solely for amusement and entertainment purposes. This site is not intended for the physically and/or mentally under-aged, nor for the ironically challenged. |
The GASbags are jealous of CW's photo skills and fame. ---FED 
Here is what Richard Silfverberg did post about me the other day on the Pnut. He was using one of his many Pseudos (Forum Shopper, Mar 19, 2007; 09:55 p.m.): "I don't 'know' anything, Brad, but I infer things from the deafening silence. I have been a subscriber and am unsure if I will subscribe again, based on some of PG's comments during his last period of apparent engagement with the Photo.net business. In one of these, he suggested he didn't even like the subscription model and might soon dispense with it. This username seems to be the one my mobile device is set on, and since my computer immolated itself yesterday I have been confined to the mobile device all day and figured no one would mind if I was civil. Apparently I was mistaken about that. Choosing this persona originally was not a mistake since I was using it to encourage the site to ban that psychopath Frank Granovski (a prescient admonition, it turned out) and I had the presence of mind to think it unwise that an obviously unbalanced individual know my real name. Many whose real names he did fixate on are now regular fixtures on his slanderous website. I am glad not to be among them." Boy, oh, boy. Some dweeb sure does hate this poor poomeister, ha ha. 
