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by melek
Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:36 am
Forum: Technical and Site Issues / Spammer Alerts
Topic: Site is back online
Replies: 2
Views: 57

Site is back online

You might have noticed that the forum was offline. My webhost said that the site's IP address had been blocked. I'm not sure what that was about. I'm sure it was related to some spammer/scammer trying to brute force their way onto the server. Anyway, things are good. I also noticed that I have to lo...
by melek
Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:34 am
Forum: The Fix-It Forum
Topic: RIP...
Replies: 4
Views: 178

Re: RIP...

That's rough and aggravating at the same time.
by melek
Thu Dec 11, 2025 8:30 am
Forum: Large Format
Topic: Thanksgiving portrait with a new lens
Replies: 2
Views: 878

Re: Thanksgiving portrait with a new lens

Nice shot. Many years have passed since you first posted photos of your daughter as a kid. I'm glad to see that she's now joined the rest of us adults!
by melek
Mon Dec 01, 2025 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Photo calendar.
Replies: 27
Views: 4610

Re: Photo calendar.

June 20 is 620 film day. 6/20
by melek
Sun Nov 16, 2025 6:30 pm
Forum: TLRs, SLRs, RFs, non-folders
Topic: Pretending to be an XPan
Replies: 9
Views: 2750

Re: Pretending to be an XPan

Whenever I hear about the XPan, I shed a little tear. Sold mine around 2009 or so. One of five cameras that I regret selling.
by melek
Fri Oct 17, 2025 3:30 pm
Forum: Technical and Site Issues / Spammer Alerts
Topic: Anyone else sick and tired of having to log in every time?
Replies: 4
Views: 3749

Anyone else sick and tired of having to log in every time?

This has been on my mind for some time, but I'm tired of having to log into this forum every time. And if the browser sits idle for a bit, you're logged out.

I'm going to look into it (now that I have more time in retirement) and see if I can resolve this.
by melek
Fri Oct 17, 2025 9:10 am
Forum: SLRs and Rangefinders
Topic: A praying mantis and the Vivitar Series 1 90mm Macro
Replies: 2
Views: 4111

A praying mantis and the Vivitar Series 1 90mm Macro

This was hanging on to the frame of the front door last night, and it was still there this morning. mantis_01_10.17.25.jpg mantis_02_10.17.25.jpg It looks like it's missing an antenna, but I looked again. The other antenna is still there. These are such bizarre-looking insects with their triangular ...
by melek
Wed Oct 01, 2025 4:45 pm
Forum: Rangefinders
Topic: Cape May, NJ (mostly) and a Super Regent...
Replies: 6
Views: 3821

Re: Cape May, NJ (mostly) and a Super Regent...

Hey, nice work. Did you take the ferry between Cape May and Delaware?
by melek
Thu Jul 31, 2025 2:24 pm
Forum: Developing, Enlarging and Scanning
Topic: The Vello NSD-355 film scanner
Replies: 1
Views: 3565

The Vello NSD-355 film scanner

I bought this from B&H Photo at a discounted price - roughly 50% of the US$135 retail price. I split this into two parts, because the video started to get way too long. Anyway, I thought this works very well. This has two advantages over other approaches that use a digital camera: The negative r...
by melek
Thu Jul 31, 2025 2:19 pm
Forum: Rangefinders
Topic: The Argus V-100
Replies: 0
Views: 5737

The Argus V-100

I can't recall where I learned about these cameras, but once I saw them I had to buy one. Well, two actually, because they are the same camera but with different lens offerings. These were made by Iloca, and they're very nice little cameras, except for the EV lock of the aperture and shutter speed r...