OOAK Table Tennis Forum

About to turn40 later this year played for a few years "basement" tabletennis as a teenager developed bad habits and now recently joined a club close to home and started to take it more seriously. Looking forward to learning and improving here and meeting likeminded individuals. Total beginner ,possibly early intermediate level.. Blade Butterfly Viscaria FL Tenergy 80BH+fhside.
Occupation Rn in NYC and parenting Other hobbies, Analog photography

Welcome!
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What’s your instagram?

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instagram: rokphishtt

That's.... quite a bat...

Iskandar

What camera are you shooting

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Chasse Patate

thanks rokphish2... oops sorry about that! my instagram is: aciel78

soooo many. Here are a few: Leica M3 DS, Leica M7, Konica Hexar AF, Contax T2&T3, Ricoh GR1V. HOLGA 120, Hasselblad 500CM, Olympus Pen half frame numerous models. Olympus OM1n/Om2n. LOMO LC-A. Polaroid SLR-680. Many more! too much to list at the moment. Thanks for asking!

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Sure is! It's way too fast for me as a developing player so it's sitting in my drawer. I've EJ'd my way to 5 ply all wood blades and non-tensor rubbers. Basically slower setups. All shakehand. Right now i've acquired Clipper Classic ST, Stiga Allround CR ST (got this pretty cheap from friend and LOVE IT!) Stiga OC FL Master, handle too thin to my liking so also sitting in drawer. Nittaku Violin Large ST handle love this blade as well! But exchanging for Acoustic LOL!!! DHS Hurricane 1 International Version, a bit heavy for my liking but Love the flared handle and feeling, POWERFUL blade with some loss in control but that's just my technique. I have much more control with the Allround. Rubbers at the moment are Yasaka Mark V FH 2.0, Sriver BH 2.0, H3 NEO commercial 2.15 black H3 National 2.2 40 and H3 Provincial blue sponge 2.15. Whew that was quite a rant! I basically mix and match setups to see which suits me best. Right now my favorite is the Stiga Allround (Which is also the oldest and cheapest of lot, go figure!). I have MORE than enough gear to last a LOOOOONG time but i really just enjoy the whole process of learning about the gear. At the same time though I enjoy playing and practicing just as much. Proud to be a member here and love learning everytime I log in... Thanks guys see you all in the forums....

-MIKE

Cool. I had an OM2n as my first camera (then a 2SP). Wanted a 4Ti but back then they were $$$$$.
Also had an M7 but never really enjoyed shooting RFs. And my shitty Contax T3 had the broken film spur/tooth issue.

What film do you usually shoot? Hand develop?

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Chasse Patate

Cool. I had an OM2n as my first camera (then a 2SP). Wanted a 4Ti but back then they were $$$$$.
Also had an M7 but never really enjoyed shooting RFs. And my shitty Contax T3 had the broken film spur/tooth issue.

What film do you usually shoot? Hand develop?[/quote]

Hey Silver, man that sucks about the T3, Kyocera resolved the issue by adding an additional "tooth" to the take-up spool AKA "double tooth" version which I'm sure you've heard of. It's still repairable don't dump your T3! They are soaring in value right now. Anyway I mainly shoot BW film, Tri-x (when on sale or if i find cheap), Ilford HP5, and Delta 3200. and yes I develop and print everything myself. Lately I've been shooting Ultrafine 400 BW film it's so good and cheap it's not even funny. $30 bucks for 100' roll. or roughly $3 bucks for a 36exp roll. you can see some of my work on instagram: @aciel78. Thnx for the reply.

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