Ray,
The Sansui Linear Tracking, Direct Drive, Computerized, blah blah blah turntable was very expensive when I got it 30-40 years ago. The sales rep told me that I would never need to replace a belt like I had to with my previous S-tonearm Garrard turntable, because it was direct drive and had no belts. When I got home the die cast platter was not true/flat - so I went back to the store to exchange it. We had to open 6 or 7 new units to find one good casting. The year Sansui went out of business (2014) the turntable quit working. When I opened it up guess what it had? A 2.5-3" inch rubber-band sized belt that had rotted off it's pulleys. Everything worked off that belt, which cost $40 to replace through proper OEM parts suppliers. I just couldn't make myself pay $40 for a rubber band - so I went to the dollar store and got about 500 of them in a variety of sizes for 99 cents. Every 6-12 months it needed to be replaced until I went to a wonderful plumbing supply store that had the exact square edged, neoprene bands that looked identical to the original. They were 65 cents each - so I splurged and got two. I still have the spare and it has been quite a number of years.
Even with all the above it is a great turntable. It can find the blank area between tracks. The signal is equally strong in the left/right channels. No wow or flutter. No cartridge weight & position adjustment needed. My Nakamichi cassette deck died just sitting there, but I am hoping it can be fixed as easily.
pbraymond wrote:
James, I actually like the 55mm turntable shots more. A parallel tracking table even, love it.
Kingfishphoto wrote:
A Cholla cactus with Spring buds frames a near by hillside of California Poppies near Mesa Arizona, 3/20/2023 (my 90th. birthday) Nikon 400 F3.5 EDIF lens used.
Harry Palmer
Eye-level wrote:
I tried to PM but my post count isn't high enough yet.
Serge,
I have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind.
Do you use the free download Nik software? Does Silver Efex handle RAF files? Will it convert RAF files? I have always used Nikon software and Gimp for post work and I am way rusty with my photography as I haven't been shooting much for the last 6 or 7 years and haven't owned an S5 since about that time. I had the Fuji software back then and that is what I used.
I received the camera today. Ordered Saturday came today - from Japan to Oklahoma...amazing. It's near mint came with charger battery cf card neckstrap. 4600 shutter count. Not bad for $300!
I use the free Nik collection and convert the processed color file. Nik Silver Efex will handle TIFF and jpeg. I messed around with Hyper-Utility but found it too cumbersome and slow.
In case you do not recall, best to set the noise reduction off, ORG setting in the menu.
That is one heck of a deal and a rare find these days.
Kingfishphoto wrote:
A Cholla cactus with Spring buds frames a near by hillside of California Poppies near Mesa Arizona, 3/20/2023 (my 90th. birthday) Nikon 400 F3.5 EDIF lens used.
Harry Palmer
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!!! And yes, I am shouting it!!!
Thanks everyone for all the very kind comments. I have some Arizona wild horses and wilflower images from the past few days that i plan to post on the Nikon forum.
Harry
Michigan has fast changing weather in the spring, and on the 18th it ran from warm sunshine, to freezing cold with 40-50mph winds, to blinding snow in just a handful of hours. In 2007 this same pattern drove a flock of RWBB, and Cow birds into my backyard for a few hours. On this last 18th of March it was Starlings. I have seen murmurations, but not individual birds up close. The white markings are V shaped, and when they close their eyes the pattern makes their location impossible to determine. I have no idea how many there were, but all my strategically placed perches, cedars, and trees were full. They had trouble keeping their balance due to the wind, and almost in unison would dip their heads low and close their eyes. When they found all the food I put out for birds it became impossible to shoot photos due to all the constant motion.
EDIT: D800 with the Nikkor 600mm f5.6 ais & the TC-16A
James Markus wrote:
Michigan has fast changing weather in the spring, and on the 18th it ran from warm sunshine, to freezing cold with 40-50mph winds, to blinding snow in just a handful of hours. In 2007 this same pattern drove a flock of RWBB, and Cow birds into my backyard for a few hours. On this last 18th of March it was Starlings. I have seen murmations, but not individual birds up close. The white markings are V shaped, and when they close their eyes the pattern makes their location impossible to determine. I have no idea how many there were, but all my strategically placed perches, cedars, and trees were full. They had trouble keeping their balance due to the wind, and almost in unison would dip their heads low and close their eyes. When they found all the food I put out for birds it became impossible to shoot photos due to all the constant motion.
EDIT: D800 with the Nikkor 600mm f5.6 ais & the TC-16A
I love these Jim.
At the moment the eaves of my house provide shelter/nesting to 3 pairs of Starlings.
I should have blocked up their entrance points last autumn but forgot to.....
Iam guilty of importing a later version to the USA. While loading a C-124 Globemaster at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany, unknown to us, a Starling flew into the aircraft thru the open clamshell doors. Half way across the Atlantic ocean he flew up onto the flight deck seeing the sky, hit the windshield and knocked himself out, falling in my lap ? We got him back in the cagro compartment secured. He flew out the clamshell doors at Fort Campbell Air Field when we off loaded our cargo.
THe C-124 here at the museum is closed up for a couple months for maintenance inside, I'm guessing.
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Iam guilty of importing a later version to the USA. While loading a C-124 Globemaster at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany, unknown to us, a Starling flew into the aircraft thru the open clamshell doors. Half way across the Atlantic ocean he flew up onto the flight deck seeing the sky, hit the windshield and knocked himself out, falling in my lap ? We got him back in the cagro compartment secured. He flew out the clamshell doors at Fort Campbell Air Field when we off loaded our cargo.
Leighton...I've owned the 135/2.8 before. A very good lens indeed. Cheap too.
Here is some more playing around with the Fuji S5 and getting used to shooting again. 105/2.5K with a Y48 filter. The Fuji is becoming my TriX sensor I think. I will test it vs the Df then I'll know.
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