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To fit in the character count limits some of your words have been redacted. Also, while I thank you for responding so civilly, we’ve both make our points and this will be my final response.
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Ouch.  Now, if you were using PCB products, for example, the pyrex dome on the E640 is $9.95 plus shipping.

"I don't buy it" - and that's the beauty of the "invisible hand" (Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations"), you don't have to buy it, or anything else you don't want to. In every other system you _do_...

It's contrast-based and will hunt. For non-moving subjects, fine. For moving, you'll pull focus manually or live with the hunting. You'll need to get it right in camera, see below. Unless you use ...

Not unlike Coulson, who "dirties up" his sets. His typical backdrop, for example, is far away from a perfect cyc wall. Like this: http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4d80d92265da9/images/bec-1.jpg

"The invisible hand of the free market does not take into account the tragedy of the commons" Of course it doesn't, which is an argument to not have "commons" except in unusual circumstances. In...

"I'm confident that I'm not alone in having dozens of various charging cables scattered around. It's wasteful." Sure it is from the perspective of a bureaucrat. But it's the "invisible hand" in...

Fair enough. I learn from seeing other's work, it's a good way to do things. Also often enjoy the work.  Often there are negative lessons, which help too. I would think also as a learning ...

Given that, why do you post the photos?

Thank you all for your input.  I may have over-reacted because of the lens' reputation. I'll keep it; if oil does become a problem I'll clean it and sell it. I do store lenses front-element up, and ...

First, the rules are there to be understood and occasionally broken with intent. Second, the photographs you link to are mostly "rule compliant" in the sense that I'm not seeing crops directly on ...

I would suggest that the three key things are the availability of Rosco standard-sized gobos for variety; the thickness of included gobos if not (if thicker than a foil the image edges will not be ...

I've read that. KR (I know, but he isn't wrong about everything) says it was solved in later runs, 2001 and up. Ouch. I've seen a youtube video about cleaning the oil off. Doesn't look too fiddly.  ...

That's certainly less expensive than the SB-5000 route.

I think you should. The recycle time is in the manual ( https://cdn-10.nikon-cdn.com/pdf/manuals/Speedlights/SB-600.pdf ) on p 88. NiMH have the fastest listed recycle time. Note that this is from ...

Just took delivery of a used Nikon 35mm f/2D . Like it - it's light, compact, crisp enough, focusses quickly, and so on. But it may have the beginning of oil on the aperture blades, or maybe it's ...

x-sync to kill ambient. Klaus' note is relevant for some trigger / controllers. I mostly use CyberSyncs, which are awesomely fast (1/4000s). Don't know the latency for the more common Godox triggers. ...

That is a fantastic photo essay - thanks for sharing it.

Custom sized and quite thick. The thickness makes it impossible to get a sharp edge on the shape. I have an SA-P, SA-17, and Fomit Bowens / Balcar adapter. This setup, with an E640, gets up to ...

The ones with a screwlock are good - if your camera port is threaded then the sync cord will stay put. if not, then it's just a regular cord and later on you'll be glad you have a screwlock type. F ...