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disemjg
Joined: 10 Jan 2002
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Location: Washington, DC
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 Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: BIG Bertha comes home |
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She is not yet mine, but is in my kitchen awaiting a proper evaluation and price check. She is very well endowed with a 40" f8 B&L Telestigmat. Unfortunately she also needs two new bellows, and that is going to be an issue.
This is clearly something the newspaper had cobbled together locally; as I understand it that is typical of the breed. It weighs about sixty or seventy pounds and I think about forty pounds of that has to be the lens. The lens appears to detach to facilitate transportation, but I have not yet gotten it off.
Overall a wonderful white elephant, presenting unique storage and handling problems for me to resolve.
Dang; I just realized that I should have put this in the Lenses category. Now I cannot figure out how to move it. ' ' |
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Les
Joined: 09 May 2001
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Location: Detroit, MI
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:35 am Post subject: |
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So moved. ( I think only moderators can move things around)
Les
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Discpad
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 81
Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: Where did you find it? |
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I've been looking at acquiring a Big Bertha myself, for auto races... Where did you find yours?
Would you care to rent it out next May? 
Dan Schwartz
Sayreville, NJ |
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Discpad
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 81
Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:23 am Post subject: Big Bertha's new home |
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Well, it looks like Jim's place is too small, so when the opportunity arose to lasso her big butt, I jumped on her like a cheap whore!
Here is my blog on her, with the photos from the gentleman whom I bought it from.
David Burnett has already challenged me to get a real photo out of her... Just watch! |
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pv17vv
Joined: 22 Dec 2001
Posts: 255
Location: The Ardennes, Belgium
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Speaking of getting a real photo out of a camera, what did you manage to do with your Aero-Ektar during Thanksgiving ? IIRC you had the greatest expectations. |
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Discpad
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanksgiving dinner got Very Ugly, just as I was about to bite down on the turkey. Let's not go there. 
| pv17vv wrote: | | Speaking of getting a real photo out of a camera, what did you manage to do with your Aero-Ektar during Thanksgiving ? IIRC you had the greatest expectations. |
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