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Such lines are frequently seen as a result of card damage. Try another card.

No. No, nothing. FD lenses are purely mechanical. I don't. But then I'm from the film days when it wasn't possible - unless we carried a pencil and a notebook which I and most others didn't.

The AI-S version weights 435g with its built in hood. But even with that, I agree that with adapter it's significantly heavier than the lightest alternatives.

The lens as such is well reputed. However,  whether it's worth it for you is absolutely impossible to say. It depends on your own ideosyncratic preferences. Focal length,  max aperture,  size, ...

I agree. It's somebody/something passing by. The ghost of a long gone Doge? ;-) It is tilted exacly as one would expect with a WA lens and the same way and to the same degree as the unbrella to ...

The Nikon 105/2.5 Ai/AI-S is a very fine lens optically as well as mechanically - one of the all time classics. It can be had cheaper than the Leica Tele Elmarit M 90/2.8,  but it's also a bit ...

That happens with Nikon DSLRs too but with Nikon one can buy replacement rubber covers on ebay and Amazon.  That doesn't seem to be the case with Sony cameras, so it likely has to be sent in if ...

In which exposure mode (s, a, m etc.) are you shooting?  If you are shooting in S mode, the aperture will be set automatically according to the light in the scene no matter how you try to turn the ...

That was a classic combo for Leica shooters back in the day - 35 and 90mm. I added a 21mm to it  at some point. Now my travel gear is a Leica WATE (the LEICA 21MM doesn't work well with a A7X ...

....  and this adjustment option is especially nice with lenses which fucuses with a tab and not the whole ring (many Leica lenses).

Leica Tele Elmarit M 90/2.8 slim version. Maybe a bit over your budget, but not much. It's also a classic travel lens.

With a 50 or 55mm, a 24 or 25m would be my choice for a versatile WA prime. I find 28 too close to the 50. With a 35mm instead of a 50mm, I'd choose a 20 or 21mm as the WA. I'd also add a compact ...

The Leica table tripod is rugged and extemely simple with no fancy mechanics. Thus it's very, very sturdy. Used with a small ball head it can be used standing on a table or pressed against a ...

You can "cheat" and get closer, though not very close, with an adapter with a helicoid thread such as the Voiglander. BTW, there are some WA RF lenses which doesn't work well with the sensor stack ...

Here and now my travel outfit consists of an A7S, a Leica WATE, a Leica Sumiicron M 35 type 4 and a Leica Tele-Elmarit M 90. However in Venice there's so many interesting architectural details not ...

Fading of old color slides seems to depend on the film brand and type. Maybe Kodachrome or E-6 processing made a difference? I have 50 years old slides on Ferrania film which have survived with ...

IMHO, it's not correct.  For me, the biggest advantage of the A7X cameras - and my reason for buying one - is the potential to use almost any lens, past or present, big or small, with an ...

Originally the ES-1 slide copier was designed to be used with a Nikon 55/2.8 micro AI-S lens on a PK-13 extension tube. If one have a Nikon to NEX adapter and the old Micro Nikkor lens, it's a ...

Oh, but it does indeed change aperture and/or shutter speed and/or ISO - depending on the mode selected. In aperture priority it changes shutter speed. In shutter priority it changes aperture ...

The A7II was the eight wonder of the world when it was introduced about 1½ years ago. I can't possibly have turned into crap in that short time, so it's still a very capable camera. If used with ...