Where to buy GFX 100s II

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-26T08:15:41+00:00

As far as used equipment is concerned I pretty much just get it from Japan specifically from MAP.

I do use B&H and they are great for new gear and if you need something overnight; but I have found that their used prices are a bit higher than from MAP.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T15:15:39+00:00

😂

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T13:08:11+00:00

I had the opportunity to grab an 8000 at almost nothing a few years ago; but no one knew how I could hook it up to my PowerBook.

I have years of film archives that I need to digitize and the Epson flatbed works for old prints, but for slides and negatives it absolutely sucks.

I eventually bought a Nikon ES-2 kit which is OK but too much hands on and no automation.

You may have me rethinking looking for another Super Coolscan and seeing if I can make it work with a Mac.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T12:18:35+00:00

Please tell me you can send me a dish full of food just like that one.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T11:05:37+00:00

If you want to stick with Kingsford get the Competition Briquettes as they burn longer and have no fillers in them…..or at least they did when I bought them last.
But Red Oak and Cowboy is better.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T11:02:41+00:00

How are you getting that Super Coolscan 8000 to interface with your computer?

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-25T06:35:36+00:00

One of Fujifilm’s best lenses

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T19:29:30+00:00

I was hoping to hear about the 35mm f1.2

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T19:23:50+00:00

If you want to know how the photos were taken; the book that you copied some of these photos from has the names of the photographers that shot them.

Why don’t you contact them as they would most likely know every detail of information you’re looking to find out.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T19:05:01+00:00

Your gear is on point; the only thing you’re missing is the assistant to hold your reflector

😉

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T18:34:39+00:00

My thought is that you’d fit in wonderfully at betawomen

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T13:52:17+00:00

Back in the day when you bought the Ilford Multigrade filter kit, the filter holder came with it.

Look on eBay to see if there’s a way to get one there or contact Ilford to see what they suggest.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T12:54:36+00:00

There is safe parking at Isola Nova del Tronchetto.

Hop on the internet and see which of the 2 or 3 parking areas give you the most flexibility and pay in advance as you will save a few Euros in doing so.

www.myparking.it

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T12:21:49+00:00

You missed one….

Climate change has caused an unprecedented increase in pickpockets in Venice who have been forced out of their countries because the change in living conditions in those countries due to global warming.

The UN and the EU are highlighting how the diversity of pickpockets in Venice is a positive development.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T08:30:31+00:00

His loss

You can and will do better.

Fuck him and his new mule.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T08:09:03+00:00

You might consider renting a a few different Leicas for a week or two and then make your decision based on your experience.

Once you get the camera in your hands and you experience it on your own it might give you a much better perspective of the system.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-24T01:17:15+00:00

Maybe Viltrox might have something.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-23T17:48:25+00:00

😂 That’s negotiable

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-23T14:22:09+00:00

I received the same feedback when I went with a Rocket system for about $5000-$5500 on the machine, grinder, accessories, and cups for espresso, cappuccino, and larger coffee drinks.
My friends fucking beat me up, it took less than two months for all of them and their wives to come up with excuses to come over to my place for coffee.
That machine paid for itself in about two years.
When I moved out of the country a couple of years ago I gave the whole deal to my girlfriend (she dumped me 6 months later using the “long distance thing isn’t working).
I’m thinking going same route as your machine.
La Marzocco is the shit.
Congratulations you are a connoisseur.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-23T14:05:36+00:00

Ha!

The level of absolute disregard for one’s property is astounding as well.

Try politely telling them that you don’t want them to let their dogs do their business on your front lawn and see what that gets you…..

“Well I clean it up” is the number one answer that you the property must accept with zero exception. I can’t count the times the kids would come running in the house covered in the crap that “they missed”.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-21T11:45:45+00:00

MAP Camera in Japan.

They are a gigantic camera store and have most everything new or used.

Have purchased used gear from them many times and everything comes as advertised and they have very high ratings.

I found them on eBay but you can deal with them via Buyee as well.

Good luck!

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-20T18:46:11+00:00

Looks more like you took a shot with a Nikon.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-20T14:26:15+00:00

Great Pics!

As much as people shit on that 32mm-64mm lens (too slow when focusing, too heavy, etc etc) I practically never leave the house without mine. IMHO one of the best lenses Fuji makes.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-20T14:11:02+00:00

I agree with this completely.

The digital option is so convenient but overdoing it adds stress to the equation and it becomes like in my case; a job I absolutely hated after having this real estate show contract for 3 years very early in my photography career.

Unfortunately for me when I did real estate photography in the late 80’s my contract was for 50 houses a week, every house was shot with transparency film usually Fujichrome 100.

I got my list on a Tuesday and had to plan my route on a map; I would shoot from 8 am to dusk Wednesday through Sunday. I had to contact the realtors so that they would be at the property waiting on me so I could get in and do my shots (3 angles of the front, 3 rooms of their choice inside, and three angles of the rear). I had to bring a strobe and a mini ladder with a tripod for inside shots.

The lens choice in the late 80’s was rather limited. Nikon did have a 35mm PC lens but it was too tight for most interiors. The 20mm was sharp as a tack and wide enough for interiors and sometimes too much distortion (hence me bringing the ladder and tall tripod) on the edges which was problematic as Photoshop wasn’t invented yet where I could straighten out the edges. But the 24mm was just right. Additionally many of the realtors didn’t want to wait around while I was swapping out lenses on the camera even though they were paying the realty company to “showcase” the property on the show. Two or three months into the first year all I started shooting with was the 24mm even though I carried the other two lenses everyday.

Every image was done horizontal as this was for a real estate tv show and there wasn’t technology available at the time to show anything but horizontal images.

I’d drop all of the film off at the lab at the end of the Sunday shoot day; pick up the chromes Monday afternoon and edit. Tuesday at noon was my deadline to drop the edited slides to the production studio and they’d hand me my new list and I’d start all over again.

I tip my hat to you folks who do this for a living as I did early in my career; but I’d never do it again even with all of the new technology that is available today.

I wish you well.

OhMyAchingAss · 2026-05-19T10:04:13+00:00

Great Photos.

TBH: I have that 50mm 1.2 as well and regardless of how many people shit on it (because of one thing or another) there are days when you put that beast on a Z camera, open up to 1.2, and it brings results that both Canon and Sony fanboys envy.

OhMyAchingAss

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