what photography related item did you buy this week?

[ektar]

^^^^^
That's a gem right there.

 

[John King]

Hey John. I grabbed FastStone - it can edit and convert both the old NEF raws as well as the old ORF raws from my E-500 which DxO can’t do either. However it handles the NEFs very poorly, so I’m thinking I’ll stick with jpg on the Nikon (although I’ve got a few more things to try). It does however handle the ORF files nicely. I’ll shoot jpg plus raw on the E-500. Thanks for the suggestion.

Chris, I downloaded some D1x RAW files from you-know-who, and Bridge and Photoshop CC both work properly with the files. I haven't tried CS6 or CS5 with them yet.

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

Chris, I downloaded some D1x RAW files from you-know-who, and Bridge and Photoshop CC both work properly with the files. I haven't tried CS6 or CS5 with them yet.

Well imagine this, but the free Nikon software link you pointed me towards works like a charm on the files. No need for me to surrender to Adobe yet.

 

[RichardC]

Waiting on UPS to deliver a 12-100. Last time they delivered to the wrong house...it was interesting, to say the least. This time the delivery info requests a signature, we will see how that works out.

Wow. You mean they actually get round to delivering? UPS have been sitting on my international parcels for up to 14 days and sending them back to me. According to the driver, it's because they can't cope with the volume.

 

[John King]

Well imagine this, but the free Nikon software link you pointed me towards works like a charm on the files. No need for me to surrender to Adobe yet.

Great to hear, mate.

Just checked. CS5 and ACR 6.7 will also open the Nikon D1x RAW files.

Some early versions of Photoshop are now downloadable from Adobe for free.
If these support your camera, they are still extremely powerful editing tools. Check the Adobe web site.

 

[kanakanatwo]

So my $30 E-PL2 came in yesterday. It works fine, mechanically, and surprisingly isn't in too bad a shape cosmetically, all things considered. The only thing is that the front grip is missing (have seen this issue in more than a few 2nd-hand E-PL2 units when I was window shopping).

Before I try my hand at DIYing a grip for myself, does anyone know where one might find a third-party replacement? I've tried eBay, Amazon, AliEx, Etsy, Shopee... No luck. I know it's an old camera but I find it a bit strange that I literally can't find anything online...

 

[John King]

@kanakanatwo Have you thought of cutting a piece of leather to fit. Use it suede side out. Glue it on with a silicone adhesive.

 

[kanakanatwo]

@kanakanatwo Have you thought of cutting a piece of leather to fit. Use it suede side out. Glue it on with a silicone adhesive.

Yes, as I mentioned, I will most likely end up DIYing something if I can't find one that's premade. It's just curious to me that nothing currently exists. I know it's a 10-year old camera, but still...

 

[John King]

Fortunately my just purchased E-PM2 came with nearly everything - except the two flash covers and the cover for the flash itself.

Can I find any for sale? Nooooo ...

 

[Mike Wingate]

A PixaPro light stand with stud from Essential

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Photo.

 

[RichardC]

Yes, as I mentioned, I will most likely end up DIYing something if I can't find one that's premade. It's just curious to me that nothing currently exists. I know it's a 10-year old camera, but still...

This would hide things nicely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Handmade...774882?hash=item3d93bf06a2:g:vHYAAOxy~dNQ~90w

An absolute steal at just 9 bucks more than you paid for the camera

 

[Panolyman]

Wow. You mean they actually get round to delivering? UPS have been sitting on my international parcels for up to 14 days and sending them back to me. According to the driver, it's because they can't cope with the volume.

Can you put them in a smaller box?

As an aside, I bought a microphone boom arm t'other day, which was 800mm long and about 25mm in diameter.
I couldn't believe it when the delivery driver opened his van and struggled with a large box, 750mm x 500mm x 300mm.
Yes, they mustn't do one long enough, so it had to be in diagonally.
The thing was, it had 85 of those air bags in the box too.

 

[RichardC]

Can you put them in a smaller box?

As an aside, I bought a microphone boom arm t'other day, which was 800mm long and about 25mm in diameter.
I couldn't believe it when the delivery driver opened his van and struggled with a large box, 750mm x 500mm x 300mm.
Yes, they mustn't do one long enough, so it had to be in diagonally.
The thing was, it had 85 of those air bags in the box too.

Be grateful they did that, because if they didn't it would have arrived in the new banana shaped design.

Your package gets picked up, goes to the local depot, on to a regional hub, possibly to another regional hub, then local depot, then out for delivery.

A typical courier journey is: supplier>van>wire cage with big gaps in the sides for your boom to poke through and stuff piled on top five feet high>conveyor>conveyor>wire cage with big gaps etc>via lorry>conveyor>another wire cage with big gaps and heavy things dumped on top>lorry>wire cage etc yada yada>van piled up to the roof>your place.

.....and my mate couldn't grasp why his glass fireguards were all arriving smashed up, even though he put 'fragile' tape on the box

 

[Erich_H]

Yes, as I mentioned, I will most likely end up DIYing something if I can't find one that's premade. It's just curious to me that nothing currently exists. I know it's a 10-year old camera, but still...

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Did this on this old Minolta.

Q&D job (piece of worn out jacket and melt glue), to sell the camera, as the rubber handgrip had desintegrated.

But, honest, it's feeling better, and gives a more comfortable grip, than the original!!

 

[ektar]

Low budget report: Lens caps.

 

[BosseBe]

Not photo related but my last (and I mean last as in never again) buy from the UK was a book I ordered as a Christmas gift from Blackwells.
(Nevil Shute's On the beach if anyone is interested.)
I ordered it about a week before Christmas and expected it to arrive before New year, it arrived last week!
And that was only after I had payed as much in tax and handling fee as the books price! If it had been delivered before Christmas I would not have had to pay the tax and handling.
Never again!

 

[RichardC]

Not photo related but my last (and I mean last as in never again) buy from the UK was a book I ordered as a Christmas gift from Blackwells.
(Nevil Shute's On the beach if anyone is interested.)
I ordered it about a week before Christmas and expected it to arrive before New year, it arrived last week!
And that was only after I had payed as much in tax and handling fee as the books price! If it had been delivered before Christmas I would not have had to pay the tax and handling.
Never again!

It's a good book

What did you have to pay Bo?

It should have been 6% on the cost of the goods/postage price (VAT), no duty, and a handling fee charged by the Post Office for collecting the VAT. (assuming that they do not waive this for small orders, say, SEK 250?).

Were you penalised because it did not require a customs declaration (when posted) and it was therefore missing?

 

[Brodhall]

Not photo related but my last (and I mean last as in never again) buy from the UK was a book I ordered as a Christmas gift from Blackwells.
(Nevil Shute's On the beach if anyone is interested.)
I ordered it about a week before Christmas and expected it to arrive before New year, it arrived last week!
And that was only after I had payed as much in tax and handling fee as the books price! If it had been delivered before Christmas I would not have had to pay the tax and handling.
Never again!

I have now resorted to Amazon.de, anything coming from the UK takes an age, and as you said the handling fee is usually way in excess of the additional tax :-(

 

[Brodhall]

It's a good book

What did you have to pay Bo?

It should have been 6% on the cost of the goods (VAT), no duty, and a handling fee charged by the Post Office for collecting the VAT. (assuming that they do not waive this for small orders, say, SEK 250?).

Were you penalised because it did not require a customs declaration (when posted) and it was therefore missing?

I bought a second hand vintage salt cellar, paid£10, from Etsy, charge £1 tax and £9 handling fee. It was declared when posted - go figure

 

[Erich_H]

Not photo related but my last (and I mean last as in never again) buy from the UK was a book I ordered as a Christmas gift from Blackwells.
(Nevil Shute's On the beach if anyone is interested.)
I ordered it about a week before Christmas and expected it to arrive before New year, it arrived last week!
And that was only after I had payed as much in tax and handling fee as the books price! If it had been delivered before Christmas I would not have had to pay the tax and handling.
Never again!

You just gotta love PostNord! Just when you think they can't get any worse, they prove you wrong!
So the UK has joined China on the black list...