Recent content by Tim Murphy

Hello, The picture I posted was taken with a Pentax Spotmatic F. I am a bit of a collector and have cameras from Canon, Kiev, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Topcon and Zeiss-Ikon in 35mm and several 120 film cameras from Mamiya and Yashica. I also use digital cameras, but recently I have...

Dear sonny, I will probably stick with black and white, but I have a couple of rolls of frozen Kodak and Fujicolor film that need to be processed. I might as well ruin it or make something out of it on my own. ;) Regards, Tim Murphy Harrisburg PA :)

Dear LDUBS, B&W film is pretty much something you will only find in a camera store or online. But you can still pick up color film at drugstores, Wal-Mart, and even some grocery stores. Once I get more comfortable with developing B&W film at home I will try to develop color film. It's going...

Dear Board, I just rediscovered the joy of taking picture with a film camera. Not just that, I managed to develop the pictures myself. Now, what do I do next? I did what any goofball like me would do. I scanned the negatives with a digital camera, and then used a computer to turn nothing...

Dear LDUBS, For the last 3 months or so the gas stations closest to my house have been having a gas war. I paid $ 3.63 a gallon to fill up on Sunday this week. Everywhere else is at least $ .30 a gallon more. Even back in the early summer when gas was well over $ 4.25 a gallon around here...

Dear rking, Just to give you an idea I had a Voyager 1685 jon boat with a 20 HP Tracker/Evinrude motor. The bare hull weighed 475 pounds. It easily did 20 mph on plane with 750 to 800 pounds of people and gear in it. It had a 60" flat floor which made it very easy to plane. 25 HP will be...

Dear overboard, I totally understand that the choice is mine and my boat will never be on lake with a less than 20HP limit unless I fish the lake with my trolling motors. I think I'm going to order some 20HP decals and see what happens. At 3/4 throttle no would know if it wasn't a 20HP by...

Dear Board, I love seeing pictures of people's four-leggers. Here is our little fartknocker, Boomer. We have only had him for 3 months, but he has worked his into the heart of both me and my wife. Regards, Tim Murphy Harrisburg PA :D Boomer 7-21-22 -1 by Tim Murphy, on Flickr

Dear Board, I realize this is an ethical question, so I understand that it might not get answered. That said I have an older Grumman 4.6 with a 2017 Yamaha 25HP on it. Many of my local lakes are restricted to 20HP. I was thinking about putting 20HP decals on it and using the boat on the...

Dear Todd, I just wanted to thank you again for your post. I went back to the dealer and and made a deal on a 2018 "demo" Yamaha 25 HP motor. I had been ready to buy the 2010 motor they have but you convinced me that there were real benefits to the newer motor despite it costing more. The...

Dear Bill, Ordinarily I would have said what a crazy idea, but actually, that is a great idea! The dealer actually has a lake on their property that use to test run boats. I told them I'd be in at the end of the month to finalize my decision. I'll ask them if I can do that, and if they say...

Dear Turbotodd, Thanks for your response. It contained a lot of valuable information, some I already knew but quite a bit that I didn't know. You definitely helped me. The Yamaha 25 that I am looking at is a 2010 model and it was serviced and maintained since new by the dealer that is...

Dear Board, I haven't posted here in a couple of years so I hope someone will respond? I have a 1982 Grumman 4.6 boat. It has a pressured treated raised bow platform and a full pressure treated floor. When I bought the boat a couple of years ago it had a bow mounted trolling motor and couple...

Dear 63monark, If you think you'll never need more than a 6 HP motor for the rest of your life then it makes sense to buy a new one. I doubt you think that though? Depending on where you live it's not hard to find good running well maintained 1970's and early 1980's vintage used 5 and 6 HP...