Great images, and congrats on the F6! Having had to recently send out an F5 for repair and learning that there there are no options to replace the grips, I'm looking more seriously at an F6 as a go-to film body. I've read that Nikon offered an upgrade to the F6 to allow pre-Ai use, and that just might be the deal-maker if that's still the case... hmm.
OffTrail wrote:
Great images, and congrats on the F6! Having had to recently send out an F5 for repair and learning that there there are no options to replace the grips, I'm looking more seriously at an F6 as a go-to film body. I've read that Nikon offered an upgrade to the F6 to allow pre-Ai use, and that just might be the deal-maker if that's still the case... hmm.
Thanks!
I'm pretty sure you can still get the pre-ai mod for the F6 but you'd have to check. I know John Crane from the "F6 Project" site had his done in the US. I think you have to use stop down metering though and there wont be any Matrix available.
But yeah, it's an amazing camera. With this and my F3, I keep telling myself I'm set
This is a nice interview with Tomohisa Ikeno who was on the development team of the F6. It used to be on Nikon's website but they removed it for some reason. It's now kept on the F6 Project's site. Worth reading. The lengths that they went to with this camera was pretty amazing.
I'm pretty sure you can still get the pre-ai mod for the F6 but you'd have to check. I know John Crane from the "F6 Project" site had his done in the US. I think you have to use stop down metering though and there wont be any Matrix available.
But yeah, it's an amazing camera. With this and my F3, I keep telling myself I'm set
This is a nice interview with Tomohisa Ikeno who was on the development team of the F6. It used to be on Nikon's website but they removed it for some reason. It's now kept on the F6 Project's site. Worth reading. The lengths that they went to with this camera was pretty amazing.
Oh cool, I didn't know about the serial number thing. Good info!
And that interview with Ikeno essentially highlights all the reasons why I prefer to pick up an F5 before just about any other camera. Despite the functional similarities, the user experience is just different from my modern gear and the attention to detail is clear as day. I've not gotten my hands on an F6, but the refinements discussed in that interview are right up my alley.
Scanned with Epson V700. There's limitations to what that scanner can do, but it does the job.
This is the Baltimore National Cemetery, just south of the city. Its for members of the armed forces. Very humbling to be in a place where so many who risk their lives defending the nation and many who have made the ultimate sacrifice, rest eternally.
Scanned with Epson V700. There's limitations to what that scanner can do, but it does the job.
This is the Baltimore National Cemetery, just south of the city. Its for members of the armed forces. Very humbling to be in a place where so many who risk their lives defending the nation and many who have made the ultimate sacrifice, rest eternally.
As some may have noticed, I bought a full set of mutlphot macro Nikkors that looked nice outside. Unfortunately the 35mm and 19mm were defective and I had to return the set. Th e-bay seller has put the lenses up for sale again, this time not as a set but individually, and is not disclosing the defects. Seller does take returns so I will leave it at that.
I am not a Macro expert, not likely I would buy these lenses again.
As consolation I decided to round up my macro /micro lenses and to take a family photo, excluded from this set is the 200mm 5.6 Medical as it is genus of its own.
Recently bought the 135mm 4 Bellows rangefinder mount with the BR-1 F mount adapter, and the 55mm 3.5 compensating with the metal focus ring.
Included: 135mm 4 bellows, 55mm 3.5 compensating, 55mm 3.5 K ai'd, 105mm 4 bellows, 105mm 4 micro, 60mm 2.8 AF micro. PB-6 Bellows and a whole host of nikon brand extensions and adapters.
Hope I am not intruding on your beautiful display.
But I have just listed my last 55mm 3.5 micro on the Buy & Sell board and perhaps someone scanning your fabulous collection might have their interest peaked for a nice "K" too!
I've noticed this stripe on the side of many of the scans from my F6. This is a really pronounced example, but many of the shots have this on the same side to varying degrees. Some dont have it all ... not that I can see anyway.
I see this on three seperate rolls. 2 x Ektar and 1 x Portra 400.
Light leak or development artifact? Something going on at the top of the roll in the development tank?
But if its only on the rolls from the F6 then it could also be light sneaking in at the top or bottom in the camera.
Somehow though looking closely at that artifact reminds me of times when I had less than the recommended amount of chemicals in a tank - happens in the SP-445 during inversion if enough liquid leaks out.
Talking about messed up film. I had a whole roll of Rollei RPX 25 in an F4E I shot a week ago that did not work out at all. Not one of the 36 odd frames. The roll got stuck while unspooling inside the Lab Box and clearly did not get well agitated during development.
For b&w self development I am going to stick mostly to Tri-X.
saph wrote:
Light leak or development artifact? Something going on at the top of the roll in the development tank?
But if its only on the rolls from the F6 then it could also be light sneaking in at the top or bottom in the camera.
Somehow though looking closely at that artifact reminds me of times when I had less than the recommended amount of chemicals in a tank - happens in the SP-445 during inversion if enough liquid leaks out.
Given the aspect of the negative wouldn't it be on the long edge if it was something common to the top or bottom of the roll? Since this is the short edge of the frame and if it is doing it on all frames, I would be suspect of something in the F6. It almost looks like a stain.
But then again, I am just starting my first cup of coffee this morning
saph wrote:
Light leak or development artifact? Something going on at the top of the roll in the development tank?
But if its only on the rolls from the F6 then it could also be light sneaking in at the top or bottom in the camera.
Somehow though looking closely at that artifact reminds me of times when I had less than the recommended amount of chemicals in a tank - happens in the SP-445 during inversion if enough liquid leaks out.
Thanks for the reply.
I had these rolls developed at the same lab over different days. Not sure it would be the chemicals. It’s only from this camera too so I don’t think it has anything to do with my scanning... although the colour of the Strip looks a lot like the colour of the orange neg mask.
As mentioned, it’s only ever on the left hand side and most of the time you can not tell it’s there. When I crop the scan for 3:2 ratio, It basically all cropped as well.
I did inform the seller whose offered me a $150 refund (it’s mint and cost me $950)... not sure what to do
Bad luck on the roll of Rollei RPX 25 btw. TRI-X is a great film and I developed loads of it, but always found the curling of the negs to be a PITA to scan.
gbohannon wrote:
Given the aspect of the negative wouldn't it be on the long edge if it was something common to the top or bottom of the roll? Since this is the short edge of the frame and if it is doing it on all frames, I would be suspect of something in the F6. It almost looks like a stain.
But then again, I am just starting my first cup of coffee this morning
George
Thanks George.
It’s not common to the top and bottom of the roll. Happens to many of the frames... but hardly noticeable on many and not noticeable at all on 90% of the shots This example I gave was the worse by miles out of the rolls I shot.
It's a joy to use with these lenses. 
