Another pointless thread

You are obviously mad.
Or have never had a guitarist in the house.

GBA is worse than LBA. trust me.

What guitars did you buy Hyram?

I too use FF - I try to avoid Google products as much as possible. Big brother is watching you and his name is Google.

I like Firefox. Adblock Plus to keep the adverts down and Youtube Comment Snob to hide the idiocy of, well, most Youtube comments. It blocks comments lacking punctuation, or written entirely in upper/lower case, or with multiple spelling errors. In general the few worth reading are left!

Gwyn - I wondered if you might see the post

I bought :-

Fender Stratocaster (sunburst finish)
Hofner Violin Bass 500/1
Rickenbacker 325
Gretsch Country Gentleman








.........but I have to say that they are not full size

I used to have two and a half guitars with the half guitar being an unfinished violin bass.

I can't justify the money that the real instruments would command - perhaps when I retire and can learn to play again

Is there a filter available for Pentax User to completely block certain user's comments? I can think of one person who I would never like to see another comment from!

Perfectly sober when bidding, more's the shame!

Total cost for all 3 and a Kodak44A (127 film camera) was £15 inc postage. At these prices I an afford to play.

Welcome back Gwyn, sorry to hear about your sad loss.

I suspect weird old non-Pentax cameras will be next on my list when I get bored with acquiring screw mount gear. I still fancy a FED II with the folding Industar 50mm and a Voigtlander Bessa...

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I keep looking at FED IIs but don't seem to trust the russianvendors.

I should, if I can get film from Hong Kong why should I worry about Russia?

If you find a Bessa at the right price, after learning how it works, you should get good results.

Just a thought, for 120 films you can get one of these CLICKY LINK which makes developing easier.

Going to give my good lady a lemsip now, she's down with 'man flu'


EDIT: This ones a better bet.

Yep, acquiring a Rondinax 60 (got the 35mm model which is great) has to come before buying a Bessa.

It isn't so much not trusting the Russian vendors (Paypal will refund if they fail to deliver) as the risk of getting stung for VAT/duty/Parcelfarce's fine that puts me off. Is postage included in the £18 limit up to which items are exempt from these?

It used to be just the value of the goods. Worth checking
in case it's changed.

It's Europe-wide now. And it should be €75 or £10 / €15 tax, something of that ilk.

Bret

Yep, within the EU you can buy whatever you like from another member state without paying duty/VAT. Problem is, the people selling FEDs all seem to be in Russia or Ukraine...

The other thing putting me off is that they seem to be fiendishly complicated bits of kit with a million and one possible adjustments which could cause you to end up with a roll of blurry malexposed mayhem rather than a film! I've read a few FED enthusiast sites and it seems to be a case of "if you need to adjust the rangefinder, good luck..."

I got a nice Fed 2 a few months ago. It was in a market in Budapest though. They are nice cameras, but the rangefinder focusing takes a bit of practice.........

Fortunately i don't think anything needs adjusting.......!!