[Eyewanders]

Thank you. I'm impressed by them. I have one that looks like it just came out of the box and one that was REALLY used. I'm also sitting on an FE2, which on paper I should like more but I'm not sure yet. The FM2 is nice. Honestly, though, if you haven't tried an Alpha/Maxxum/Dynax 9 before, that's worth getting. It's simply unbelievable.

My dad shot a Maxxum around the late 80s when I was shooting his Nikkormat. Sometimes he let me use it. It was so fannnncy!

[ffking]

Primula with aphids: one of the few pictures I've still got from the LX - 100mm macro, Kodachrome 64, lots of flashes (cumulative until the shutter closed)

[cooltouch]

Minolta Alpha 9, Vivitar 135mm f/2.5, Fuji Natura 1600, 15-minute-ish exposure

I like your astrophoto. Got a couple of questions. Can I assume that the flat disk in the upper right quadrant is Andromeda? Also, I'm wondering what you used to stabilize your shot. 15 minutes should be showing evidence of light trails, but your pic doesn't have any. Lastly, how dark was the sky when you took the shot? Were you away from the city under dark skies?

[dsmithhfx]

[Swift1]

Honestly, though, if you haven't tried an Alpha/Maxxum/Dynax 9 before, that's worth getting. It's simply unbelievable.

The first real camera I ever used was my Dad's Minolta Alpha 303si Super (Maxxum 500si). I still have that camera, along with a Maxxum XTsi and RS 50/1.7. I really wanted a Maxxum 7 for along time and finally got one a few years ago, but it died after 2 rolls
I would have loved to have a Maxxum 9, but it was always too pricey for me.
Interestingly, when I got into digital photography, my first choice for a DSLR was the then new Sony A700. I really wanted one because of the Minolta heritage, and I very nearly spent $1800 on a body and 16-105mm lens, but I couldn't justify the expense. The next day I went to my small local camera store and they had a new Pentax K10D and kit lens for $700, so I bought that and that's kinda how I ended up here
After all these years, I still want an A700...

[aurele]

I like your astrophoto. Got a couple of questions. Can I assume that the flat disk in the upper right quadrant is Andromeda? Also, I'm wondering what you used to stabilize your shot. 15 minutes should be showing evidence of light trails, but your pic doesn't have any. Lastly, how dark was the sky when you took the shot? Were you away from the city under dark skies?

With film, it's harder to get startrail compared to digital. The stars appear on the film only when light hit the same area long enought.

[Eyewanders]

The first real camera I ever used was my Dad's Minolta Alpha 303si Super (Maxxum 500si). I still have that camera, along with a Maxxum XTsi and RS 50/1.7. I really wanted a Maxxum 7 for along time and finally got one a few years ago, but it died after 2 rolls
I would have loved to have a Maxxum 9, but it was always too pricey for me.
Interestingly, when I got into digital photography, my first choice for a DSLR was the then new Sony A700. I really wanted one because of the Minolta heritage, and I very nearly spent $1800 on a body and 16-105mm lens, but I couldn't justify the expense. The next day I went to my small local camera store and they had a new Pentax K10D and kit lens for $700, so I bought that and that's kinda how I ended up here
After all these years, I still want an A700...

I looked at the A700 as well when I was picking out my first real DSLR. That's funny. I handled one in a Best Buy at the time and didn't care for it. Or the Canon. Or the Nikon (to a lesser extent). So I did the exact same thing - went into a local dedicated shop (since closed unfortunately). I was really torn in the shop between the K10D and the K100D Super but a day or two later went with the K100D Super simply because of price and I thought the option for AA batts was nice. About 2 months later my girlfriend at the time and were practically fighting over that camera. So I found a *perfect* condition K10D on Craigslist. All the amazingly priced legacy K-mount glass only solidified the choice as time when on even though I'd never shot a film Pentax in years before that. And..... well, here I am.

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With film, it's harder to get startrail compared to digital. The stars appear on the film only when light hit the same area long enought.

That's not been my experience at all, but rather it is much harder to obtain very clean "pin-point" stars on film, due simply to how sensitive imaging sensors have become and their extremely good high ISO performance. Trails on the other seem, in many respects, far easier since you're able to leave a shutter open for, literally, hours with many cameras and not be worried about washing out the image entirely or running down a battery (camera depending, obviously).

---------- Post added 03-11-16 at 06:45 PM ----------

A bit of the city...


Pentax 67 | SMC-67 90/2.8 | Velvia 50 | V750 scan

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Last edited by Eyewanders; 03-11-2016 at 07:38 PM.

[arnold]

A bit of the city...


Pentax 67 | SMC-67 90/2.8 | Velvia 50 | V750 scan

Good afternoon light. Nice one.

[Jonathan Mac]

The first real camera I ever used was my Dad's Minolta Alpha 303si Super (Maxxum 500si). I still have that camera, along with a Maxxum XTsi and RS 50/1.7. I really wanted a Maxxum 7 for along time and finally got one a few years ago, but it died after 2 rolls
I would have loved to have a Maxxum 9, but it was always too pricey for me.
Interestingly, when I got into digital photography, my first choice for a DSLR was the then new Sony A700. I really wanted one because of the Minolta heritage, and I very nearly spent $1800 on a body and 16-105mm lens, but I couldn't justify the expense. The next day I went to my small local camera store and they had a new Pentax K10D and kit lens for $700, so I bought that and that's kinda how I ended up here
After all these years, I still want an A700...

I looked at the A700 as well when I was picking out my first real DSLR. That's funny. I handled one in a Best Buy at the time and didn't care for it. Or the Canon. Or the Nikon (to a lesser extent). So I did the exact same thing - went into a local dedicated shop (since closed unfortunately). I was really torn in the shop between the K10D and the K100D Super but a day or two later went with the K100D Super simply because of price and I thought the option for AA batts was nice. About 2 months later my girlfriend at the time and were practically fighting over that camera. So I found a *perfect* condition K10D on Craigslist. All the amazingly priced legacy K-mount glass only solidified the choice as time when on even though I'd never shot a film Pentax in years before that. And..... well, here I am.[

I also chose Pentax because I handled a DSLR in a shop. It was a big electronics chain though and I don't even know what model it was, but I went away thinking "this is for me" and started my long research period before choosing the K200D over the K20D.

[dsmithhfx]

[Swift1]

Zenza Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon MC 50/2.8
Expired 220 FujiPro 160C
Epson V500

[dsmithhfx]

[Jonathan Mac]

Some scans I hadn't yet processed from Seattle last summer. MZ-5N, Portra 160, Epson V500.


Seattle, MZ-5N, Portra 160 034a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Seattle, MZ-5N, Portra 160 023a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr


Seattle, MZ-5N, Portra 160 029a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

[Swift1]

Revisiting an older one of mine. From 2010, and with a Pentax

Pentax MZ-L
SMC Pentax-FA 50/1.4
Ilford HP5
Epson V500

[dsmithhfx]