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As I’ve mentioned in the past, I want to make sure that I track good camera repair people so I list them here.

I have seen many posts referring to the repairs made by John Titterington on Minolta cameras. Though he apparently repairs several brands.

I don’t know him. I haven’t used him, but I haven’t seen anything negative about him. And most importantly, he restores Minolta cameras.

So, if you need a repair to a camera, you might check him out.

Also, here is a link to his auctions of restored cameras on ebay. He usually has some nice looking cameras there.

John Titterington’s Cameras on Ebay

Here’s a copy of his blurb on ebay:

John Titterington has been repairing and selling fine photographic equipment in the Kansas City area since 1976. He specializes in refurbishing older Canon, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and Pentax single lens reflex cameras.

If you are interested in getting your camera repaired you can reach him at J T Camera@aol.com

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I ran across this 3 part video talking about how to become a sports photographer and almost ignored it because I’m not really into sports photography. That would have been a mistake. This is a good video.

Before you get too excited, this does not go into great detail about becoming a sports photographer, but it has some good general information.

First, here’s a pro photographer, Harry How, who works for Getty Images. He talks about becoming a professional sports photographer. He gives a little of his background, talks a little about portfolios and the advantages of coming up in the digital photography age. Then he moves on to give lens recommendations for the professional sports photographer. He caps it off with a tour through his camera bag.

Along the way, he gives some tips for shooting basketball games and hockey goals. He shows how he uses the monopod and what to look for when buying a monopod. He also shows how he secures his photography equipment for flight and when it is unattended.

All in all, this was worth the time to watch it.

For those of you that would rather see the list than watch the video, he carries:
Think Tank bag
Velbon Monopod
Laptop Computer
UDMA Card Reader

Here is his Canon equipment list:
Canon EOS 1DS Mark III (x2)
Canon 400 f2.8
Canon 300 2.8
Canon 70-200 f2.8
Canon 24-70
Canon 16-35 f2.8
Canon 15 fisheye
Canon 580EX
Canon EF 1.4x Extender

Here are the Nikon equivalents:
Nikon D3X (x2)
Nikon 400 f2.8
Nikon 300 2.8
Nikon 70-200 f2.8
Nikon 24-70 f2.8
Nikon 17-35 f2.8
Nikon 16 fisheye
Nikon SB-900
Nikon TC-14E Teleconverter

But do yourself a favor and watch the video anyway.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

As someone who is always out checking out cameras and looking for cool old stuff especially on ebay or craigslist, I keep seeing people selling some nice Pentax film camera systems. Some of these people might have 3 or 4 lenses.

Often, I see someone say. “I’m selling this to go digital” or “This would be a great student camera”

Craziness, I say.

I know, I’ve been guilty of extolling the virtues of some new Nikon or Canon gear, but I can’t imagine people just dumping a perfectly good Pentax system to go digital. But then again, I like film and digital.

I wonder why people don’t take those lenses and use them on a new Pentax digital body if they want a digital body. Pentax has made some really nice glass. Why go spend all the money to switch systems?

Maybe some of them are going to digital point and shoot cameras. I don’t know.

The Pentax K-7 is a very capable camera. Check it out before you go dumping that nice old gear. You might like it.

K-7 Video Samples

K-7 Moving Picture Sample