The Coffee House

Cody'sCaptures · Mar 29, 2018

Ohhh Amazon deal of the day is eneloop batteries.. although I heard the Ikea AA's are the same as the pro for like $7

davidharmier60 · Mar 29, 2018

Yippee! I was motoring along with the floor machine and the lights went OUT!
Until SHECO (Sam Houston Electric Company) gets the power on I can't start the buffer. The are fooling with a generator to get a couple of lights on and a few check out lines open. Does nothing for frozen or refrigerated food....

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waday · Mar 29, 2018

The wife and I are almost fully caught up on Doctor Who, just need to finish up Season 10.

JonA_CT · Mar 29, 2018

Cody'sCaptures said:
Ohhh Amazon deal of the day is eneloop batteries.. although I heard the Ikea AA's are the same as the pro for like $7

I’ve had really good luck with the IKEA batteries.

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2018

Cody'sCaptures said:
Ohhh Amazon deal of the day is eneloop batteries.. although I heard the Ikea AA's are the same as the pro for like $7

Gary purchased some eneloop at Costco the other day. AA, AAA, charger, plus adaptors for D&C cells, all in a nifty carrying case.

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2018

Max's human Mike, took Mary Lou and Gary out for dinner last night. It was a thank you gift for harboring Max last week, while Mike took off to Oakland to see his newly born granddaughter. Tapas and Spanish vino ... a very very pleasant evening. Mike remarked that he remembers when Bob's Big Boy was the best restaurant in Whittier. The wine was priced well, the food was exceptional, but way overpriced. Thursday's are Samy's Camera day in the newspaper. There is a half page ad today, but the prices don't scream doorbuster: A7R III body - $3198, A9 body - 4498, Rebel T6 w/kit - $449, D850 body $3296.95, D500 $1896.95, et al.

davidharmier60 · Mar 29, 2018

T6 with kit sounds like a reasonable deal at that price. I know nothing about the other stuff. They got power back at 8ish. They don't want the buffer running after 8 unless it already is. So 3.75 hours and start over in the morning.

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waday · Mar 29, 2018

Gary A. said:
Samy's Camera day in the newspaper

Supporting the local camera store (which is "local" about 40 minutes away) is great, but mine doesn't carry anything outside CaNikoSony. I was told, "we don't carry a huge selection of brands" the last time I asked about m4/3.

I understand their perspective as a seller, but it's frustrating from a consumer's perspective when I can't go hold any of the cameras or lenses. I'd much rather buy from them than any of the other large retailers.

Speaking of, does anyone know if we have any threads on here about "what photography related item did you buy recently"? There's a fairly active one on another forum I frequent, and while it's pretty bad for GAS and GIGS*, it's really opened my eyes to products and brands available that I may not be familiar with. @terri, @tirediron, @SquarePeg, @limr, do any of you know if we have a similar thread somewhere? If not, I might start one...

*GIGS - Grass is greener syndrome

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2018

Lumix DC-GH5 body - $1797.99, DMC-GX85 w/12-32 & 45-150 $499 (open box)

waday · Mar 29, 2018

Gary A. said:
DMC-GX85 w/12-32 & 45-150 $499 (open box)

Wow! That's a great deal...

terri · Mar 29, 2018

waday said:
Gary A. said:

Samy's Camera day in the newspaper

Click to expand...

Supporting the local camera store (which is "local" about 40 minutes away) is great, but mine doesn't carry anything outside CaNikoSony. I was told, "we don't carry a huge selection of brands" the last time I asked about m4/3.

I understand their perspective as a seller, but it's frustrating from a consumer's perspective when I can't go hold any of the cameras or lenses. I'd much rather buy from them than any of the other large retailers.

Speaking of, does anyone know if we have any threads on here about "what photography related item did you buy recently"? There's a fairly active one on another forum I frequent, and while it's pretty bad for GAS and GIGS*, it's really opened my eyes to products and brands available that I may not be familiar with. @terri, @tirediron, @SquarePeg, @limr, do any of you know if we have a similar thread somewhere? If not, I might start one...

*GIGS - Grass is greener syndrome

Hmm. Not off the top of my head, no. If you're wanting an all-purpose, both for analog/digital type of thread, you might want to open one here.

waday · Mar 29, 2018

terri said:
Hmm. Not off the top of my head, no. If you're wanting an all-purpose, both for analog/digital type of thread, you might want to open one here.

Thanks! Just opened on here: What photography related item did you acquire?

smoke665 · Mar 29, 2018

waday said:
Supporting the local camera store (which is "local" about 40 minutes away) is great, but mine doesn't carry anything outside CaNikoSony.

We have like 3 camera stores in the entire state. One is 70 miles away, one is 160 miles away, and one is 320 miles away. None of the stores in question carries much. Ritz, had a pretty decent store in Birmingham (50 miles) for a few months. They actually were stocking inventory, holding classes, seemed to be getting a good start, then boom they were gone.

waday · Mar 29, 2018

smoke665 said:
waday said:

Supporting the local camera store (which is "local" about 40 minutes away) is great, but mine doesn't carry anything outside CaNikoSony.

Click to expand...

We have like 3 camera stores in the entire state. One is 70 miles away, one is 160 miles away, and one is 320 miles away. None of the stores in question carries much. Ritz, had a pretty decent store in Birmingham (50 miles) for a few months. They actually were stocking inventory, holding classes, seemed to be getting a good start, then boom they were gone.

Ugh, that's sad to hear. I used to frequent Ritz as a kid, because it was located inside of the Boscov's at the mall. As my mom would shop, I'd look at the cameras.

Gary A. · Mar 29, 2018

We still have many camera shops out here. But not like it was during the film days when every little city and town had a camera store. Back then a small camera shop could survive on film processing alone. Of the remaining shops, it's about a 50/50 between shops with a decent stock and those which are fading fast. Gary's camera store of choice is OC Camera in Mission Viejo. Really nice people and a fun place just to hang and talk cameras and crap. The owner sees the sun setting and he's looking to get out and into something else. We've been chatting about marijuana sales ... but the market seems unstable as nobody knows what the Feds will do. Samy's is now a chain of six stores.