freddy333

Monday - no fashion, just style

I agree with Ubi. Also, while you can never say never with vintage Rolex, I think the crown is wrong for a 60s+ series Sub. It looks more like the large-mouthed designs used on earlier 50s series Subs. Compare the crown on your dial with the crown on this gen 5513 Now compare with the crown on this gen 6536/1

Good idea. I have never understood why people say straps are better in hot/humid weather. Yes & the reason they are still so popular is this guy

Wearing my Patek 5107 Sunday

If the dial says 'Oyster', then it should have screw pushers. If it does not say 'Oyster', then it should have button pushers.

VERY helpful. Thanks again, Chief.

Looks like you may have gotten lucky on this 1.

Thanks, Chief. I will check that out. This brings up another question. I found a number of these lenses for sale on ebay, but I am hesitant to buy a used lens that I cannot inspect in person. Of course, like anything else, you buy the seller. But how often do people sell lenses of this quality, unless it has a problem (scratched glass, defective motor, etc)? Got it. Thanks.

I thought of that & snapped a number of pics with IS disabled. Same noise. I know IS does not help matters, but the noise I was seeing was in just about every pic that contained large areas of dark or solid colors. I infer from that that the noise is inherent in the camera's image sensor system. According to a number of reviews, alot of it is due to the small sensor size & the size/number of pixels they crammed onto it. But point taken.

Wore this tonight & I must say that its low profile case & light weight steel bracelet makes it a dream to wear Let the weekend begin.

Good points, all, Chief. But I was thinking in terms of using the lens for portraiture as well. During my research, I am coming across alot of really beautiful portraits done with this lens. That is the primary reason for inquiring about IS. On a related topic, since the camera is on the way, I am starting to price lenses.......well, this lens. After checking all of my usual sources, I found that Dell has them for just under $500 (new). Is that in the right ballpark? Thanks.

Thank you, but I actually got it backwards. The 'film' pic in the center should have been b&w & the background color. It was part of a pair with the previous pic showing the b&w shot of the film camera 'taking the picture' of the watch. Serves me right for rushing. But I am glad it worked for you.

Wow, that tube!!!!!!!!

Chief (or anyone) - Not a big deal since most of my shooting with the 400D/Xti (which I ordered (body only) this morning) will be based on a tripod, but I was wondering if this lens has any form of anti-shake compensation? Again, not a big deal since I will be using the LX3 as my walk-about shooter. But, in my brief time with the SX10, its Image Stabilization saved my cookies on more than 1 occasion.

Much obliged, Cat.

Chubbchubb & Demsey - a number of the editing/posting functions (like the multi-reply option) are missing from the Full editor, but I want to thank you both (and anyone else I may have missed) for your kind words. The music is Lena Horne - Stormy Weather, which I thought was sufficiently old that its original 1940s copyright would have lapsed by now. But, since youtube clipped the soundtrack on their copy, I guess not.

Ending the work week with my beater Admin - The editing functions are missing from the top of the editor. I had to write the tags manually.

Keep 'em coming, Ubi

Hi Bill. What brought you back? Looking for a new fix?

It looks like a genuine insert, but a modern service replacement instead of an original (or vintage replacement). Similar to what I have on mine (though mine came from PMWF instead of an RSC).

Yes, I came across that (& another similar mod) early on in my research & I might, at some point, give it a try. This pic was shot in a fairly dark room using the built-in flash from a distance of about 10' in Auto mode. The gray sack in the background is about 1' behind the watch. There is no way you could get such a shallow dof with a standard point-&-shoot As you can see above, there is a good deal of noise throughout the picture. This is 1 of the SX10 IS's (& G10's) Achilles heels (the other being chromatic aberrations (color fringing)). The version I originally posted (below) was run through NoiseNinja to tone down as much of the noise as I could without sacrificing too much detail N.B. both shots were made without any Photoshop filtering/tricks & without my tripod. That is, the camera was hand-held - like most of the better modern cameras, the SX10 IS has a very effective image stabilizer).

Thanks, Pug.

Thanks, Chief. That is exactly the kind of user impression I was looking for. I found a factory refurbed XTi (body only) for $370 (year warranty). Does this seem reasonable?

Definitely gen & the seller has a tremendous collection of vintage Rolex (I have used a number of his pieces as models for some of my projects)

You need to unfold the links, remove or add new links as needed & then refold the original links. There is a special tool that Rolex & some watchmakers have that performs this task in a way that deformation of the unfolded links is kept to a minimum. But I do not know anyone who has the tool, so the only options are to use a pair of screwdrivers to carefully pry the links apart or take the bracelet to a watchmaker & let him handle the work (most older professional watchmakers have done this enough times that they are able to resize the bracelet without mangling the links too much).