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merry christmas!

i almost forgot my username and pw.

I'm looking for a split prism to aid in focusing with manual lens on Nikon d300. Saw a couple of brands in ebay. 1. Any concerns using branded and brandless split prism? 2. Is diy installation easy to do for the inexperienced? 3. Where can i get a split prism at reasonable price in shops...

so the reason why people prefer b+w over hoya is because b+w is easier to clean?? Not about the glass quality? so if i dont complain of cleaning filters, should i just get a jhoya if both filters give the same quality performance?

Hmm. I went to Nikon Service Center today and the staff checked the flash. They said that due to corrosion, the repairs would probably cost as high as a new flash. I did not go ahead with the repair, but i do not want my flash to be a paper-weight. I strongly suspect that the charging circuit...

sb600 repair manual. NIKON SB-600-REPAIR-MANUAL Service Manual free download, schematics, eeprom, repair info for electronics

I probed the capacitor by poking wires into the side of the flash with a voltmeter. With the power turned on, the voltage across the cap shows only 12V. I also observed that everytime i turned the flash on, the red light will light up almost instantaneously. With these signs, is 1. Charging...

I took out the hinge containing the capacitor, and yea, the cap was so huge and was nicely and tightly package and i just did not bother to take it out further. I put in the batteries, probe the contacts of the xenon tube, and press the flash button at the same time. The voltmeter shows a...

I have taken apart flashes b4, and i got zapped b4, but its not as painful as i though.. haha I read somewhere that caps if not used for a long peroid of time, will degrade and eventually spoil. Dunno how true it is. I might want to test the discharge voltage of the cap next when i have the...

SB600: When batteries are put in, the LCD display lights up, red light turns on. When i pressed the flash test button, the red light goes off for a split second and turn back on, but they are no flash coming out from the xenon tube. The flash tube was not broken, no damage to the flash at...

hk customs requires you to check in your tripod. USA customs allows tripod to be carried onto planes.

is photography even allowed?

Do you send lens for maintenance on a regular basis? I think my lens is out of lubrication as i can feel some grinding while turning the zoom. do you think its time for a checkup?

Did not bring filters, so I shot a burst of 32 images, and average them using a program i wrote:

I don't recommend you streaming big chunks of data over the network, as wifi network is rather congested nowadays. just get a 16gb usb drive, download the movie in it and play it over your media side, if it has a usb socket.