The Learning Lensman’s Gift Guide for Christmas 2010 – Part Two

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Dec 172010
 
The Learning Lensman's Gift Guide for Christmas 2010 - Part Two

Roughly 10 days to go and still don’t have something to put under your favorite photographer’s tree? Want to spend more than P10,000 for that person(s), or yourself? Let The Learning Lensman help you (spend more money)! In Part One of The Learning Lensman’s Gift Guide for Christmas this year, the gift suggestions ranged from below P500 up to P10,000. Admittedly those are still on the lower end of the photography spending spectrum. Lower end? P10,000 is still considered “LOWER END”? Yessir. There are more expensive ways to gift the favorite photographer(s) in your life. Read on to find out what’s available out there, and links are provided per item for more information.

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The Learning Lensman’s Gift Guide for Christmas 2010 – Part One

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Dec 132010
 
The Learning Lensman's Gift Guide for Christmas 2010 - Part One

Less than a couple of weeks to go, and you still don’t have anything for the favorite photographer(s) in your life? The Learning Lensman comes to your assistance! Here are a few last-minute suggestions for photography-related things that can be given as gifts (to others or to yourself!) , depending on budget (links provided for more information or pictures). I’ve gone around and have come up with a list of stuff available from the shops here in Metro Manila. This is a list that’s meant for those who aren’t really familiar with photography, but would like to know what’s there to buy out there. Several items here I’ve used myself, or used a similar one, so they’re what I would actually use or at least consider. Without further ado, here they are.

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How-To: Replace A Yashica Electro 35 Battery

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Dec 022010
 
How-To: Replace A Yashica Electro 35 Battery

The Yashica Electro 35 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera that was released in 1966. Its name refers to its then-innovative shutter mechanism, which used an electromagnet to control the shutter speed. Able to automatically compute for correct exposure via Aperture Priority and armed with a fast 45mm f/1.7 Yashinon DX manual focus lens, the Electro 35 was very popular in its day. Today, there are still a lot of Yashica Electro 35 (and its successors, the G, GS and GSN) cameras available. They’re already considered vintage cameras but many of them are either still in working order, or easily restored. They will still take great pictures. The problem lies in its reliance on electric power to function, as the 5.6V battery it was designed to use has been long out of production because of mercury content. The good news is that the modern 6V batteries available in the market today can power the Electro 35. The bad news is that none of them readily fits into the camera’s battery compartment.

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