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Yes I did do it much longer than anticipated and it was now time to focus on doing things with my wife when she retires and do other content on my channel like I use too many months ago. Although that is not viewed a lot it gives me personal satisfaction. We are happy to see Chuck come back on his channel and many are excited to go back to his brand/style of livestream, let's face it I can't rant like Chuck. I wish him the best and will still do a livestream once a month for the Photo Review. Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it. - Jeff

Thanks for watching. I didn't really look for a auto winder to be honest the camera and the lens cost enough. I bought (2) other Topcon camera bodies 1 that works but I have to change the seals and the mirror foam and is in great shape although I will have a few specs I'll see thru the viewfinder while the other body works but the viewfinder and focusing screen are so filthy I can barely see thru it, not worth sending out, may work on it myself someday but I still made out OK, nice camera case, flash that works and 2 lenses for around $55.00.

I have had no luck finding a motor drive for this camera but I found out it would cover the switch that turns on the meter, you would have to turn this on before mounting the drive/winder.

It was a contributing factor I am sure because the glass eventually wasn't as fast as the competitors and like I said limited to the 20mm focal length at the wide end but many lenses were exceptional for their time. Some camera manufacturers couldn't respond when electronics started becoming prominent within camera bodies but they made great mechanical cameras. Topcon did have some electronics early compared to others but Nikon and Canon really went fast with technology but think of it, even Minolta, who were first with a lot of camera features didn't survive. Leica needed help from Minolta to have electronics in their early cameras otherwise they might have fallen but their build quality and the aura of a hand crafted camera and their exceptional glass kept them in the game.

Your very welcome, take care.

Glad you liked it, I'm sure the seals and mirror foam are shot, I had to do that, somewhat of a pain to do but worth it.

Thanks David, a special group of folks that make it a wonderful show.

Woody it's a great photo and I am pleased you made a print, she will remember that moment now for years to come.

@@selectiveimagery Gave her the print for Christmas

We are fortunate to have such a skilled group of Photographers that are willing to share some of their work with everyone. It's a pleasure to host. - Jeff

Thanks Paul appreciate it and thanks for you sharing your thoughts the other night on the Z50/Z50II and D500, great job!

Dear Martin, gerne doch. I think it is not about comparing the D500 to the z50 ii. On one side in 2016 the D500 was a Baby-Flagship camera but on the other side after 8 years cameras got better. But so far i'm happy with it. As many of the people on the channel often say, there is no "bad" camera that is current today, we are spoiled (not only with nikon)

@ True!

It's alway tough to switch to a new system and not cost effective overall plus dealing with different Menu systems can be a real pain. I try to recommend to folks to stay in their ecosystem, if you shoot Sony and have a lot of glass stay there, same with other damera systems. Unless a brand does something unique you have to have to do a specific thing for your business it's tough to leave.

No problem, I can't remember what I had for dinner 2 nights ago. 🤣

No Problem, watch it if a football game gets boring!

Thanks for the info!

Thanks Jim, glad it happened then the next weeks temperatures are not going to thrill me to go out and shoot.

Thank you for your kind words and participation on the Panel and the Photo reviews. thats what makes the show, the interaction between fellow photographers and willingness to share.

No AI on anything I do other than what camera manufacturers tout as AI in their gear. Have a Happy New Year unfortunately with this mornings news it's not starting off in the right direction.

Thanks, I am very happy that Ray is improving so much and able to create content a real trooper as my late Dad would say and Chuck comes back for the New Year as well 👍

Happy New Year my friend, my friend Bob was sick so unfortunately he missed out on this but this is apparently the 2nd Duck killing by an eagle in the last 4-5 days so we may see this again, who knows. The swimming part was not what I expected, maybe I should have called it the duck stroke vs the breat stroke 🙂

Don't know if I'll ever see anything like this again but who knows, it was wonderful for everyone except the duck.

Thanks Terry, we try to keep things interesting if nature cooperates that is.

Lucked out but I did blow an opportunuty with an osprey but that's a tale for another day. 🙁

When I looked at a few images quick I thought the duck I saw was it's mate but it was a loner and it fought hard but the eagle had to swim a few laps, it did hold the duck under the water for a bit so it was probably pretty worn out getting towed to the little island before being finished off.

Thanks!

You are welcome.

To be honest I was a bit jumpy seeing what was going on, didn't think I could go nack and forth between stills and video with my adrenaline pumping, didn't really know what I had until I got home, was still pumped so did a video. Now I can crash.

Never thought I would see an eagle swim, don't know if the duck was too heavy when waterlogged or the effort wore out the eagle, expected him to bring it to the nest to share with the mate but that never happenned.

You too Luke, enjoy the new year. - Jeff

I had to turn so quick to get a capture I will be honest I has to straighten out the image but in the end I'm OK with that.

And I thought it was going to be a wasted day..........Aw Shucks!

Well there is always a new adventure down the road, I will share a few shot's I took with Mozman at Arlie Gardens on Saturday night. Got the cheap camera (Topcon Auto 100) to use with my lenses I talked about last show, Ugh! I got it working but it needs new mirror foam (no big deal) but the old discintegrated mirror foam is on the top side of the Focusing screen and the inside of the viewfinder (can't see well), know how to clean it up the rest of the way but can't figure out how to safely remove the metal disk on top of the rewind crank, it is glued down and if I pry it off to take the top of the camera off I can't replace it. So I either send it out for someone else to do who has spare parts or I try to find the part itself (not likely). Need time to think on this one. Have a Happy New Year.

Thanks, hope you got some eagle shots on your last DAM adventure. Happy New Year to You. - Jeff

@ Thanks Jeff. Eagles and Gators all the way !

@@JRodPhotoArt Absolutely!!!

Thank you my friend, hope to have some time to create video content more often on my channel, we shall see. Need to work on a camera I just got that needs a severe cleaning inside, not sure if I'll send it out or tackle it myself, Need to find more specialized tools for camera repair. Hope you stop by next week for the photo review. - Jeff

Thanks Jim, appreciate the kind words and thanks for your contribution to the photo review and your thoughtfullness towards me during my tenure on the show, hope you still stay active with the Photo Review this coming year. Happy New Year to you and your family. - Jeff

Thank you Terry nice to have some friends down under, my much older cousin lived in Australia and New Zealand for a while before moving back to the states, never got to ask him about his experiences but he doesn't live close and we never got close due to the age difference but I know he enjoyed the experience. See you in 2025, have a Happy New year!

Happy New Year to you as well and thanks so much for sharing your photographic journeys and images with the rest of us, greatly appreciated. - Jeff

Well at some point technology will take the fun out of photography, some will say it allows us to focus on composition and creativity I thinks thats a nice thing to say rather than showing that we are getting lazy. We have had great compositions and creativity for decades with lesser equipment, I hope we dont lose focus on our roots. Working in Electronics my whole career I am aware that technology will never slow down no matter what people think, we will always strive to push the bounderiers of technologies it's in our DNA. Have a Happy New Year and we shall see what surprises camera companies have for us in 2025.

You better look around and make sure you still have your book (Ha, Ha). Happy New Year my friend.

Thank you sir, appreciate it.

Thanks Martin, I really had a good time meeting you and your wife in SC, I luv meeting folks who frequent the show. As you say the community is great and we try to have a good time and respect the work of all of the folks that enjoy getting out with their cameras. Take care and see you next year, have a Happy New Year!

Thanks for the kind words and for participating in the Photo reviews every month, just noticed as you say the last comment was deleted (weird).

Ha Ha funny yeah lets confuse folks by saying ASA instead of ISO and we had some cameras that used Exposure values as well and Lightmeters that used Weston values if I remember correctly. Thanks for watching and I hope for the best with AP Studios and also hope we continue to have participation in the Photo review. Have a Happy New Year!

Thanks a lot, everyone is great in this gathering of photographers and it has been a pleasure, thanks for watching appreciate it. - Jeff

Well what's good is you still get the discounted price as well as the 0%. I held back since I spent enough this year but for many a great opportunity.

Rest is definitely important but if you watched the show we might have helped you sleep quicker 🙂, see you next week.

We all wish you and everyone a Happy Holiday Season, enjoy your time with family and friends. I may never get over the Licorice shot. 🙂