OregonSun wrote:
I read about this when I got my GSW690II. I just keep my left thumb on the roll when I advance to the start arrow. Also, I wait to advance the film until just before taking a shot (instead of doing it just after) to reduce the chance of low tension affecting film flatness. Never had any fat rolls or other issues with film tension using these techniques.
I did just that on the roll I loaded this afternoon. We shall see if I was successful.
Like many of us, I suspect, my favorite camera is usually the last one I acquired.
Just got my first pinhole camera, an Agfa Click (6x6) that I picked up on eBay for $85 from a guy in Lithuania who coverts various old cameras to pinhole.
The conversion is quite simple. The lens was removed and a 58mm filter ring was epoxied into the body. The pinhole is in a thin, coated sheet of magnetic metal that fits into the filter ring and is held in place by another 58mm filter. The 'shutter' is a magnet that you slide back and forth over the pinhole (yes, it came with a googly eye stuck on it).
Since the 'shutter' is under any filters, I've replaced the outer 58mm filter ring with a 58-67mm step-up ring fitted with the Kase magnetic filter adapter kit so I can quickly add/remove filters.
I'll definitely be picking up some high-precision pinholes of different diameters so I can make some additional 'lenses' for it myself.
This is my favourite film camera (at least in 35mm) and below that are some of my other favourites unfortunately shot with an iPhone quite a few years ago {cringe}. The latter are a Ikeda 2.5lb 4x5 field camera, a Seitz 28-220 Roundshot with a 28PC Nikkor, a Leica Standard with a Nickel Elmar and a Cambo Wide with a 47 Grandagon XL and centre filter.
The Leica M6 with the Hologon (which I bought new in 1975) is an LHSA black paint special with a Tom Abrahamsson Rapidwinder and Grip.
cosmom3 wrote:
If anyone is interested in this combo that used to belong to "Mr. Titanic", let me know.
He owned two Nikon FM sets like these. The other one being silver. I got the black one.
Stockton Rush?
Aesthetically, the FM2 is my favourite camera. The design is perfect. Its a pity that Nikon was obsessed with saving weight at the expense of the rugged build quality that the Nikkormats had. The prisms just need to be breathed on enthusiastically to dent.
The only two film cameras I still own are the first cameras I ever owned. In Jr High (1974), I took a photography class and used these two camera which had been in my family since new. Both are still in working condition
* Vollenda 68 (1930s)- 120 film with a very fast 6.3 lens !
* Cine-Kodak Eight Model 60 (1930s) - wind-up. runs for about 30 seconds. 8mm and a 1.9 lens
* NEW purchase - Olympus 35 Model IV (1949) with the earlier Copal lens. I have a digital Olympus Pen-F (and other OM photography gear) and bought this for the cool retro styling and it is in working condition. The image is from the listing. Due to arrive from Japan next week.
offtraildog wrote:
* NEW purchase - Olympus 35 Model IV (1949) with the earlier Copal lens. I have a digital Olympus Pen-F (and other OM photography gear) and bought this for the cool retro styling and it is in working condition. The image is from the listing. Due to arrive from Japan next week.
offtraildog wrote:
have not bought 35mm film in years. Am thinking Kodak ColorPlus 200
any other suggestions?
BTW - found the original manual for the Oly camera online. fun reading.
nice camera, built well, ive got the original machined metal domed lenscap for mine, its an amazing piece of vintage machinery.
as far as film, i always shoot first with a roll of BW , you can easily develop it yourself if so inclined. Given lens is reasonably slow, 400 iso might be optimal
leolab wrote:
nice camera, built well, ive got the original machined metal domed lenscap for mine, its an amazing piece of vintage machinery.
as far as film, i always shoot first with a roll of BW , you can easily develop it yourself if so inclined. Given lens is reasonably slow, 400 iso might be optimal
This one is suppose to come with the original metal lens cap
Thanks for the film suggestion.
Any operating anomalies you have discovered?
