Archive for the ‘Cameras’ Category

August 25th, 2011

Where Can I Get My Camera (Still/Video) Repaired?

We get this question a lot from friends and family here in San Diego and abroad. If you do live here in San Diego we highly suggest

Kurt’s Camera Repair
7811 Mission Gorge Road, #E
San Diego, CA 92120
Phone: (619) 286-1810

Kurt’s Camera Repair is a family-owned, factory-equipped camera and projector repair facility. They are a authorized warranty service for Nikon, Canon, and 3M audiovisual equipment as well as perform out-of-warranty repair on most other cameras including Pentax, Hasselbad, Bronica, Kodak, JVC, Ricoh, Panasonic, Sony, Casio, Fuji, Mamiya, Toyo, most enlargers and large format equipment, Kodak A.V. equipment and tripods.
*You can ship your products to Kurt’s as they will in return once fixed ship it back to you.

Now if you live in Orange County we are positive there are many camera repair places, but the only repair shop that we have personally been to is

Canon USA (*yes they only repair Canon products)
15955 Alton Parkway
Irvine, CA 92618-3731
Phone: (949) 753-4000

August 23rd, 2011

The 1200mm Monster Telephoto Lens By Canon

The Canon 1200/5.6L USM, the longest fixed telephoto lens ever built by Canon, contains 13 elements (2 Fluorite) in 10 groups and focus’ down to 49.5′. With an angle-of- view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera, calling this lens a ‘tele’ is like calling King Kong a monkey.

Built-to-order by Canon from 1993 to 2005, each lens was hand-crafted at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. Only a dozen-or-so were ever made. Who bought them? National Geographic magazine and Sports Illustrated are known to own a couple, the Feds probably have a few squirreled away somewhere, and a few well-heeled photo enthusiasts.

Apart from a few minor cosmetic blemishes, this particular lens is extremely clean inside and out. Included with this lens is a leather slip-on ‘lens cap’, a fitted aluminum trunk case, and a prodigious measure of ego satisfaction. Weighing in at over 36lbs and an overall length of 33 inches, a sturdy tripod and pan/tilt head is highly recommended. Pack mule not included. Watch the video here

August 16th, 2011

Hasselblad H4D-200MS Digital Camera (Body and Digital Back)

For $43,995.00 you would think it would come with a lens.