menaulus wrote in post #15570555
Rudy those are some very nice images, was that with the 1DS or DII? Anyways I have a question for all of you who have multiple bodies. Last year the 1D bug hit me and as I saw deals too good to pass up I ended up with THREE 1D II bodies, 1 DS body along with TWO Fuji S3 bodies. I'm not a professional by any means and have never been paid for taking a picture, strictly an amateur hobbyist and use one camera once or twice a week. My question is would leaving a camera unused for long periods of time actually cause it to malfunction or break sooner than it's rated shutter life? What are your opinions of that? I'm applying the analogy of leaving a car parked in the garage for years on end would not be good unless you drove it every once in a while. The problem with me is I have more than I can use and I'm not a volume shooter. Even when I take pictures it's maybe 50-100 per shoot.
Rudy those are some very nice images, was that with the 1DS or DII? Anyways I have a question for all of you who have multiple bodies. Last year the 1D bug hit me and as I saw deals too good to pass up I ended up with THREE 1D II bodies, 1 DS body along with TWO Fuji S3 bodies. I'm not a professional by any means and have never been paid for taking a picture, strictly an amateur hobbyist and use one camera once or twice a week. My question is would leaving a camera unused for long periods of time actually cause it to malfunction or break sooner than it's rated shutter life? What are your opinions of that? I'm applying the analogy of leaving a car parked in the garage for years on end would not be good unless you drove it every once in a while. The problem with me is I have more than I can use and I'm not a volume shooter. Even when I take pictures it's maybe 50-100 per shoot.
Store them dry and dust free and without the battery. When storing it for a longer periode I recommend to remove the backup battery prefenting it from leaking and corrosion.
On the hunt for lenses I found a Sigma 50mm 2.8 Ex for less than 40$. The seller sold it as defect, err99 and no focus. On the 1Ds no err99 (thanks to the old software 
) I knew the focus with the micro motor is done with a rubber band. replaced the rubber band and it works like a charm. 
Image sample with the 1Ds in combination with the Sigma 50mm 2.8 EX
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by Feedhorn, on FlickrI like the old stuff, starting a new experiment bought a Asahi Super Multi Coated Takumar 1,8/55mm M42 for 25$ and a m42 to eos adapter for 8$.
Can't wait until they arrive
, first shot:
