I used this lens a ton in my snowboard days. All my ads were sold with this lens, including Burton catalog shots etc… All my Snowboard Magazine shots I made with this excellent little lens, including the defunct Plow Magazine. Tore it down, had to use adhesive to get the graphic / name plate unscrewed […]
Read More »Super stoked. Just rebuilt my Nikon Nikkor 85mm. The focus feel on this lens is amazing. I’ve had this lens for maybe 15 years? It’s always had something mechanically wrong with it – the iris jams open, or really wherever you set the f Stop you cannot re-close the iris after it’s mounted on the […]
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My second trip to Limerock, CT raceway. Great racing action. I absolutely love the KTM car – it’s a heavily race modified XBow with massive spoilers, splitter, tail and wraparound panels. Super low, super wide, cornering (if not power) monster. I want one!!
Read More »This “classic” commercial Hobart mixer stopped working. Actually it started sparking, BAD, at the switch. And then it wouldn’t work. I did a little research online and found out a common failure point on these old mixers is the switch itself. The older style switches can only take so many on – off cycles and […]
Read More »I trawled CL country wide last year for an Oktava 012, and found a listed Oktava MC 012 microphone for sale from a Church that was closing it’s doors priced at $40.00! I jumped on it, and had it shipped. In January. Which may have caused the issue… The mic, for me, showed up D.O.A. […]
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