Official, show us your camera thread...

agphotography wrote in post #11767842
Bam! Craigslist Win!

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …agphotography/5​412675806/
Latest Craigslist Victory! (just cleaned them up yesterday, found the missing parts on eBay, and they need new seals, otherwise good to go!) by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr

Got myself a new little restoration project. Some of it will be sold, but I'm gonna have a little Film fun for a while!

Bringing back some fond memories...

I use to tote that exact same set up...lens and all. Two A-1's with motor drives.....

JayCee Images wrote in post #11771262
I really don't understand the lack of trust against the BR systems... I have yet to see a disastrous results from using one that was caused by a blatant problem with the strap.

There used to be a discussion forum, at rphotographers.com, that you would find via BR's webpage, and there were several stories about expensive failures there. Now I can't find the forum, it seems to be gone, and I wonder why ...

I bought a double strap system but have never used it, the D-rings began to split just from trying the strap at home. No way am I hanging thousands of dollars from those weak fasteners.

JayCee Images wrote in post #11771262
I really don't understand the lack of trust against the BR systems... I have yet to see a disastrous results from using one that was caused by a blatant problem with the strap.

There have been a few issues here on our own forum with it falling apart.

Hanging over $10,000 of equipment..yeah, Im going to have a hard time trusting anything that has more than a 1:10,000 failure rate.

KhanhD wrote in post #11771518
There have been a few issues here on our own forum with it falling apart.

Hanging over $10,000 of equipment..yeah, Im going to have a hard time trusting anything that has more than a 1:10,000 failure rate.

Like I said, I have not seen nor experienced a failure of the BR system myself, so my confidence level in them is right there at the top.

But in the event of something disastrous...well, thats why I have insurance. Anyone who carries around that much gear without insurance, pro or not, is a fool.

And im done with the hi-jack of this thread.

Im insured..but insurance wont replace that setup IMMEDIATELY.

IDK about anyone else..but I dont walk around 2 complete setups just for fun..when im doing it, its because Im on assignment. Losing one of my setups during a reception would be a disaster. I have backups, but the backups are backups for a reason..

Anders Östberg wrote in post #11771479
There used to be a discussion forum, at rphotographers.com, that you would find via BR's webpage, and there were several stories about expensive failures there. Now I can't find the forum, it seems to be gone, and I wonder why ...

I bought a double strap system but have never used it, the D-rings began to split just from trying the strap at home. No way am I hanging thousands of dollars from those weak fasteners.

I have both the single and the double BR strap and they work great.
I have the new D-rings (both the stainless version and the casted ones) and they seems very rigid...
Did you use the old original D-rings?

Sorry for the OT

I had an ETRSi kit not too long ago, those were some fine lenses!

agphotography wrote in post #11773039
I had an ETRSi kit not too long ago, those were some fine lenses!

Indeed - I'm really loving the images from it (if only I had time to shoot more!).

Which lenses do you have? I had the 50/75/150 trio myself. All PE versions. I wish i held on to it honestly.

Saw this thread this morning and played with some flashes this afternoon

Cool gear combo and hood sticker

GwagDesigns wrote in post #11774220
Saw this thread this morning and played with some flashes this afternoon

That shot is amazing!