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[afranklin]

Hi,

I found a GREAT bag for my G cameras... It's a LowePro Lynx 80. You can see it at the LowePro web site, and you can order it from www.shopdirect.com, item # 21080 for $30, includes shipping.

It is a "balistic" nylon bag, very very very small and thin. I can put one body (G1 or G2), with data back, FOUR lenses (90/45/35/28) with shades & caps, plus a tla-140, extra batteries AND four plus rolls of film...in this tiny bag, and they fit PERFECTLY. I've searched far and wide for, what I consider, a perfect bag...as I HATE bags to have room in them, I want my camera bags to be as small as they can, and as large as they need to be, and no larger.

It comes with one divider, which I use to separate the body from the lenses...and I made some other dividers out of some thin black foam (I think they're called "foamies") that I got from Michael's, the craft store. I don't use the lense pouches, but do use the TLA-140 pouch, and that goes in the front pocket.

I just ordered two more, one for my Leica M6, and one for either the Aria or S2...they should fit nice.

Just thought I'd pass this along!

Regards,

Austin

 

[nomed]

I have the 167MT and RSTII models. There seems to be no shutter release delay at all on my RTSII when compared with the 167MT or my Canon Elan II. Sometimes, it is a bit like a hairtrigger.

I don't have an Aria but have looked at one and would certainly consider one in future.

 

[pickle]

My experience with my RTSII is the same as Rob's, which I find great for action photography: the moment you press the shutter is the moment you get on film. I know there has to be a physical lag, because things take a certain time to happen, but I took some pictures at the indoor motorbike trials in Sheffield UK this month and although some have slight focusing errors and exposure under spotlights was tricky, I always caught the moment.

 

[ou1954]

Just noticed the following on the Tom's corner section of the Nelson Photo= =20 website:

With Great Sadness

2004-01-04

I recently found out that Kodak is no longer going to manufacture the=20 Carousel/Ektagraphic Slide Projector. Being in the business as long as I=20 have I kinda figured that the day would come when it was no longer=20 economical for them to produce something that was seldom purchased anymore.= =20 When I got a personal letter from the AV department at Kodak signed by two= =20 guys who I have known forever it hit home. Heck, this is something that I=20 grew up with. Going with my Dad on Saturday morning to Brown's Photo on=20 Washington St. in Minneapolis, picking up the slides and then looking=20 forward to seeing them on Saturday night. My Mom would make popcorn, my Dad= =20 would on occasion curse the Airequipt projector (no Carousel back then),=20 and my sister and I would tease each other as to how dumb each of us=20 looked. It was good family entertainment! My first photo job was working=20 for a repair shop doing warranty repair on the Carousel 800 which was the=20 second generation of the product. For many years I supplemented my income=20 repairing them on the side. I would enjoy the conversations when people=20 would bring them in for repair. It just stopped advancing was a common=20 response. When I would ask them when was the last time you had it serviced= =20 the answer was usually never. There is a date code and most of the time it= =20 had been in use for 25 or more years. Don't you wish everything you bought= =20 in your lifetime would last that long!

My advice to you is to buy one in the next few months if you have any=20 desire to have one. Service will be around for a few years but eventually=20 that will go away also. The people that know how to repair them really well= =20 will have retired and there won't be enough business to train a new person= =20 to properly repair them.

Digital projection is not as good as a slide projector. This is still the=20 one area along with black and white that film still shines.

Especially in the industry we have complained to no end about some of the=20 crazy products that Kodak brought into the marketplace. The Disc camera is= =20 just one ex&le. However, I will say that the Carousel was an award=20 winning product! Nothing fancy, it just worked for hour after hour. I am=20 sorry to see it go.

The URL for that website is: http://63.215.254.22/Nelson/ and you can=20 scan the section headed "Toms Corner" for other tidbits.

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In another note he responded to a note I sent him from a posting on another= =20 list. It has to do with digital cameras and film stock. He writes as= follows:

Hi Don:

Here are a couple of thoughts that you can pass along. What was said is=20 sadly true. Look at San Diego as an ex&le. The county has 3.5 million=20 people and 3 decent size camera stores left. As far as some of the=20 speciality films etc. are concerned, we are happy to stock anything our=20 customers want provided we can sell enough of the minimum quantities=20 involved from the manufacturer before the film goes out of date. If a film= =20 goes out of date on our shelf my rule is a fair one. I can't stock it=20 because I can't afford to give away the expired film at a 50% loss. I=20 can't stay in business that way!! Sadly there are fewer people who have a= =20 true interest in photography like your group. If there are things that=20 your group wants please let me know and I would be happy to do business=20 with you.

Tom

 

[bobbl46]

Don .... say news indeed!

As a very satisfied user of two 2050's, I can understand your feelings.

I suppose the only good thoughts are that they will probably go on for ever, be available second-hand for years to come, requiring little service, will be cannibalised ad infinitum until only one exists

, and anyone with an inquiring mind and the inclination will be able to service them.

Slightly selfish, I know, but mine will outlast me!

Cheers, Kyocera Kid.

 

[Colin645]

At least we are still be able to buy quality projectors from Leica and Rollei. I have never been a fan of the Carousel; the optical quality has never been there for me. If you shoot with Leica or Zeiss lenses, the projector should also be top of the line in my opinion
Colin

 

[pkipnis]

don't discount the quality of the carousel with Navatar optics. They also made condensor lenses to correct for the cardboard mounts. If you're really serious about projection, then GEPE mounts are your only choice. Glass or glassless, they will hold the slide as flat as my head!

 

[ou1954]

I think there were several quality levels in the Carousel line. Some for casual use and some for industrial use. I fought the concept for a long time but finally had to buy a magazine so I could show slides at presentations off-site because the Carousel was everywhere and became a standard for commercial use. You could go into any company or government agency with a slide tray and be sure a Carousel would be there.

I think for the most part they ran and ran, and were pretty good at not jamming.

I also think they were acceptible in the optical area, or they wouldn't have been used in industrial applications.

 

[bobbl46]

The S-AV2000 series lenses were quality lenses too. No plastic in these. They were not the budget line that most people would have seen and used.

I can vouch for the Retinar 150mm f2.8.

I tried a Zeiss projector, let me down a couple of times by jamming, it went back to the shop ..... still have my Carousels

Cheers, Kyocera Kid.