Just got this in the mail today from my bud Felix who knows I'm into this sort of stuff. And by the looks of it he only used it a few times! Funny remembering reading about this camera when I was a kid!
A really nice unexpected surprise. Package also contained the OG Minolta 7000 - talk about Casio calculator styling!
Desmolicious wrote:
Just got this in the mail today from my bud Felix who knows I'm into this sort of stuff. And by the looks of it he only used it a few times! Funny remembering reading about this camera when I was a kid!
A really nice unexpected surprise. Package also contained the OG Minolta 7000 - talk about Casio calculator styling!
Sorry in advance for asking an equipment question in this thread, but I figured this is the right audience.
A lens for my RZ67 Pro II is acting up, and while it is just a nuisance (not really a problem, since there is an easy hack) I am curious if this can be fixed.
When I install my 210 mm apo, at first everything is ok: The shutter is open as it should be, so I can see an image when looking through the viewfinder. I then put the camera on the passenger seat of my car and drive to my location. The camera is off during all this. Upon arriving, I notice that the shutter has closed randomly, meaning I can no longer see anything through the viewfinder (yes, the lens cap has been removed). My hack is to put the lens cap back on, set the camera to multiexposure, smallest aperture, shortest exposure, expose, and "advance" the film (which will only reset the mirror and cock the shutter). I am then ready to expose for real, and switch out of multiexposure when I get the frame.
How would I go about diagnosing this? It routinely happens on just this one lens.
Tried cross processing Ilford XP2 Super in black and white chemistry. Let's just say I need to experiment some more. Two thirds of the roll came out extremely thin and contrasty. Here's one frame I salvaged with some work in Lightroom.
Pentax 6x7, S-M-C Takumar 6x7 105mm f/2.4, Ilford XP2 Super (expired 2017), developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:49 for 10 minutes.
Desmolicious wrote:
That looks great, the miracles of software!
I tried to develop BW400CN with DF96 Monobath.
Total failure, barely visible negatives.
Thanks, Desmolicious! Yeah, most of this roll had much more severe shadow detail drop-off, some probably unrecoverable with software.
