[clive08]

August 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm

that is very true, apologies. i would take it down but im not sure i can now. there isnt an option to deleat it.

[clive08]

August 24, 2010 at 6:39 pm

i just had a look at that bronica etrsi on the net, god its a lovely looking thing.
thanks for the advice, on ebay at the mo, there’s some cheap enough cables with free postage so just gonna take a chance.
cheers paul

[clive08]

August 24, 2010 at 6:30 pm

while i was going through the process of voting i could not get this nagging thought out of my head. that while the photographs are, in my very untrained opinion, very good technically, there was a lack of imagination and ambition in most if not all. i agree that flowers and birds and insects are living things in this world, and that if you look at their lives it can almost be a world in itself, but i feel that the theme is much more than what seemed like a large number of nature photographs.
as a theme, ‘The Living World’ is quite a hard one to contain in a split secong image but i was bored before i was half way through. alone or in another context all the images are wonderful but to encapsulate such a broad subject i am not sure. i didnt enter an image, i realise thats its very easy for me to judge and pass comment. neasaying was not my intention. unfortunately there is no one around to rant at so this thread has to suffer it.
clive :)

[clive08]

August 24, 2010 at 3:54 pm

these are really nice, some people dont like the vignetting but i bloody love it. like a natural frame. lovely.

[clive08]

August 10, 2010 at 10:14 pm

of course you can ask, when i rang i was told i could have the lot, i had no idea what i was getting or in what condition. the next day i rang to confirm and the person said there had been alot of interest after me so the lots had been split in twain, i got one enlarger and someone else got the other. which i think was the fair thing to do.

i was looking at other equipment on donedeal.ie, there was also some on adverse.com
i am using both 35mm and 120mm
hope those websites help if dont already know them.

[clive08]

August 10, 2010 at 11:56 am

clive08 wrote:

found an ad for a durst m601 and other equipment for free so hopefully that will pull through. it could be all crap but its free crap and i figure what ever it is is more than what i have now which is nothing

i could not have been more wrong, met the person from the ad, drove to their house and they preeceded to give boxes and boxes of stuff plus a durst m805 in perfect condition. when i got a chance to have a rummage i discovered everything i need plus a whole lot more. i was takin back by the generosity, wonderful attitude. instead of letting it collect dust somewhere pass it on to someone woh will use it. cant praise them enough, all ineed now is chemicals…and knowledge…and talent. but i have a start now at least.

[clive08]

August 3, 2010 at 4:21 pm

i am far to easily influenced, just got eddie ephraums book in the post today. i feel i have read all i can read without doing, i have gone as far as i can without experience. learn by doing and so on and so forth. still on hunt for darkroom gear, found an ad for a durst m601 and other equipment for free so hopefully that will pull through. it could be all crap but its free crap and i figure what ever it is is more than what i have now which is nothing. fingers crossed. thanks for the advice by the by.

[clive08]

July 27, 2010 at 2:38 pm

the last one looks like a gi joe action figure. i would watch that film.

[clive08]

July 25, 2010 at 6:19 pm

well its done, i bought a Yashica-24 with f/3.5 80mm Yashinon lens from england for £64.47 p&p included. i am very happy anyway, i dont feel like i have been shafted or hoodwinked so i suppose thats something. will know the full story when it arrives. will post some pics when i figure out how to if anyone is interested. thanks again for all the advice.
slán

[clive08]

July 25, 2010 at 6:03 pm

thanks all, some good stuff there to get me started in positive direction.

[clive08]

July 17, 2010 at 9:06 am

thanks everyone, all quite on the western front for now. still two days left, im hoping that the other bidder has realized that they have been too trigger happy with the increase bid button (i gotta stop with the war analogies). we’ll see what happens.
cheers all.