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  6. Posted

    2 hours ago, Salty said:

    302w,

    Not sure what number you class as affordable, but the answer to your question is yes and no.

    I live in Ventnor, just south of AC, (full time) 8 blocks from the beach and 1 block from the back bays. I was able to pick up a 3 bed/2 bath rancher for $240k which in my mind was a great deal. There are currently at least a dozen properties listed for under 200k with a number of foreclosures being listed in the area of 100k.

    On the other side of the coin, If you want to live in the beach block, that is a whole other matter.  Generally speaking,you are going to need as an absolute minimum $1,000,000 just to have the real estate agent even show you a property with most beach block properties selling between 1.75 and 3.25 million.

    Jerry

    I would consider 240k 'permanent residence' pricing. 

    Everyone has different opinions on $$$, but I couldn't imagine buying a second residence at that price. 

    Ideally, I'd love a bungalow 

  7. Posted

    Once upon a time average people built summer homes on the Jersey Shore, Lake Hopatcong, Poconos, etc. Over time as the land became valuable these seem to have disappeared 

    Do affordable summer homes still exist on the Jersey shore? I briefly looked and only saw tenement condos in Atlantic City. I'm in no shape to buy a vacation home, but it's nice to dream. 

    The only average people who own vacation homes seem to have them passed down from family.

  8. Posted

    6 hours ago, Smokin .50 said:

    Your rangefinder sounds like it's out of calibration.  Shots at 50+ feet are covered by "depth-of-field" depending upon lighting conditions & aperture selected.  Other causes could be camera shake? 

    IMPORTANT QUESTION:  When taking a photo at 3-15 feet is there ANY point of sharp focus either in front of OR behind the main subject? If there isn't then the culprit could be lens element separation OR the camera could have sustained a drop, impact or other violent enough encounter to possibly cause the lens helicoid itself to shift off-axis as it's focused closer to its' minimum focusing distance.  In this condition the light waves can't focus on the entire film plane because the lens "shifts" and it's all out of focus.  If this is the case, your C-4 is a paperweight no matter how pretty it looks to the untrained, naked eye. 

    I've been using rangefinder focusing systems since I was 8 years old.  I had a Voitlander Vitessa w/ retractable 50mm F2 lens almost 50 years ago.  At 12 I could check the calibration of a 4 x 5 Speed Graphic with its' Kalart Rangefinder.  Today my Leica M6TTL's film cameras still do a fine job.  Their rangefinders are the most accurate in the world, all the way down to F.95 Noctilux lenses.  Is a used Leica in your future?  Depends on what you need in a camera & your disposal income.

    Here's a great video featuring a Leica M9 digital full frame.  Since this model, Leica has introduced two others.  Although the video features a digital M, all of the "guts of a film camera", the reason you fell in love with a rangefinder, are HERE!  Enjoy!

     

    When focusing my view is quite sharp.. but my photos not so much. I don't see any adjustability in my rangefinder. Is it possible to adjust one?

  9. Posted

    I'm having focus issues. My close up pictures are blurry 

    50+ feet, no problem. Shots are nice and crisp.

    3-15 feet and my photos are coming out very out of focus. I am lining up the edges in my rangefinder but everything is blurry on my developed photos. I had someone at the camera store/lab take a few shots and their photos were even more blurry. This is all across various lighting and aperture settings.

    I was using Fuji 200 speed film shot at 100. Any suggestions? User error? Mechanical issue?

    I compared my rangefinder distances with a tape measure. It appears correct. This is on my Argus C4

  11. Posted

    My first roll of film is very overexposed. I was not aware of bumping up one F stop because I was shooting 200 film at 100. 

    That should actually help in low light, correct? I was taking pictures of my pets at 2.8 in a darkish room. I wonder if it will display anything. 

    I want to keep shooting 200 speed film at 100 to keep learning at this time, but I should probably jump to 1/300 if taking pictures in snow or on a beach, no?

    How abysmal is 200 speed in an average indoor setting at my speed? Should I accelerate my speed to 1/50?

  12. Posted

    8 minutes ago, dajonga said:

    In days of old, without a meter, you matched your shutter speed to your film speed (200 ISO film gets a shutter speed of 200 or thereabouts), and then used the "Sunny 16" mantra. F/16 aperture for a bright sunny scene, adjusting down from that. And always bracket if possible.

    Film boxes used to have a chart. I am sure 12 seconds on Google would get you the chart you need.

    Yes, but my confusion arises with being unable to set my shutter speed to 200. It's 100 or 300

  18. Posted

    Wow. 

    I am.. deeply saddened. It really beats me up as I tried tracking him down for months. 

    Ed was.. Ed. I once posted on this site that I knew cad and was going to school, and a few PMs later I was his intern. It was a truly humbling and wonderful experience that greatly helped my career. I will always be grateful for the oppurtunity he provided and the hospitality he possessed. Ed was a truly humble and kind person, abseloutely crazy but never anything but nice. 

    Damn. 

    Edit:

    Jesus, I never knew his tag was different on PAFOA. Reading about his condition was horrible. I hope to God he listened to my voicemails.

    Second edit:

    There are several threads on the main forum illustrating his deteriorating condition. It is abseloutely heartbreaking and horrible. I don't know what the inital cause is but it makes me sick to know what he went through. 

    I abseloutely regret not seeing him since I moved to PA. 

    Triple Edit:

    One day, I need to post a "Stories from Working for Mipafox" thread. News of his passing is really beating me up..

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    3 hours ago, SmittyMHS said:

    This is what I used. I just swapped out the 60 amp main for a 100. Marked all the breakers that need to be off so you don't overload the genset.

    But even these instructions state to feed a sub panel or a single load. I'm looking to feed my whole panel 

  21. Posted

    I need help finding a transfer switch.

    I'm looking for something that would essentially work as a disconnect switch. Disconnect grid power, connect to a 30 amp recepticle which I would be fed from a generator. 

    It seems most transfer switches mimic a sub panel. It obviously helps idiots not overload their generators. 

  22. Posted

    I was fortunate to have gas hot water during Sandy. Hot showers were nice and it kept family less miserable which helped my sanity. 

    Current home has electric hot water. I plan on connecting my generator to my house panel a few hours a day to do basic things.

    I know there are many, many variables to play with, but on average how long does it take a HW tank to heat, and how quickly will a HW tank lose it's temperature when not powered? 

  25. Posted

    My 039 seemed to not be getting oil. Chain getting hot quick, not cutting well, smoking, etc.

    I cleaned the daylights out if it. Ran briefly with no bar to ensure oil is coming out of the orifice. Cleaned bar, cleaned oil hole in bar, cleaned chain, and everything around the sprocket. No results. 

    Saw looked like this after running. It appears that the saw might be leaking? Again, this was after a minute of running and was spotless before. Using Stihl bar oil. Chain looked wet but not slinging oil. Oil adjustment screw maxed

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