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Swift1 · 11-03-2015, 11:10 AM - **5 Likes**

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Cuthbert · 11-03-2015, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by cooltouch

Not yet. $200 for the repairs is a bit too extreme for my budget at this time.

Ok this pic is dedicated to you:

SPF+ Macro Tak + Fujipro400 + Aurora Optima + Persol 9714.

The Aurora costs more than $200.

dsmithhfx · 11-03-2015, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Cuthbert

Ok this pic is dedicated to you:

SPF+ Macro Tak + Fujipro400 + Aurora Optima + Persol 9714.

The Aurora costs more than $200.

And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod?

cooltouch · 11-03-2015, 02:39 PM

BTDT-GTTS. I've got an assortment of expensive fountain pens, but I've never paid that much for any of them:

Mont Black Meisterstuck 146 (a Christmas gift from my wife)
Parker Duofold International Fountain Pen and Roller Ball Set (bought at a pawn shop for $100)
Pelikan M800 Soveran (free!)
Sheaffer Vintage Balance Lifetime in red-veined gray pearl (rare) w/matching pencil, made between 1931 and 1935 (found at a swap meet for $25)

Plus I've got a drawer full of lesser collectibles. (I've been collecting fountain pens for about 25 years)

Although my favorite "user" pen is my 1938 Parker Canadian Vacumatic with a broad stub nib.

And, no, I'm not selling any of them. I'd no more part with one than I'd part with, well, my LX. That's a pretty Aurora you got there, though. I like that color. What's it called? It can't be Lapis because the reflective pieces are too large.

g026r · 11-03-2015, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by dsmithhfx

And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod?

Hand-held, I suspect.

Cuthbert · 11-03-2015, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by dsmithhfx

And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod?

Handheld...unfortunately at very narrow opening (I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose. I think I shot at 1/30s and f16 under direct sunlight, not the most ideal conditions but I wanted to shoot the translucent celluloid of the glasses and the pen...unfortunately I don't have a Omas Extra Lucens, that's a beautiful pen, translucent to allow you to see the ink level.

Alas, I'm a poor man!

Originally posted by cooltouch

BTDT-GTTS. I've got an assortment of expensive fountain pens, but I've never paid that much for any of them:

Mont Black Meisterstuck 146 (a Christmas gift from my wife)
Parker Duofold International Fountain Pen and Roller Ball Set (bought at a pawn shop for $100)
Pelikan M800 Soveran (free!)
Sheaffer Vintage Balance Lifetime in red-veined gray pearl (rare) w/matching pencil, made between 1931 and 1935 (found at a swap meet for $25)

Plus I've got a drawer full of lesser collectibles. (I've been collecting fountain pens for about 25 years)

Although my favorite "user" pen is my 1938 Parker Canadian Vacumatic with a broad stub nib.

And, no, I'm not selling any of them. I'd no more part with one than I'd part with, well, my LX. That's a pretty Aurora you got there, though. I like that color. What's it called? It can't be Lapis because the reflective pieces are too large.

I'm mostly interested in celluloid pens because I like the material, the Aurora is a blue Optima with oblique nib, late 90s, bought for 30 euros (!!!) from a shop that didn't know what they were selling...it had a wrong price tag, they forgot a zero.

Originally posted by g026r

Hand-held, I suspect.

Are my macro shots so bad?

Here there are others:

Detail of the lens.

My vintage (1982) Porsche Design by Orfina.

Detail of the bridge of my Martin HD28V with special celluloid pickguard and mammoth pins...I should have cleaned it a little better.

dsmithhfx · 11-03-2015, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by Cuthbert

Handheld...unfortunately at very narrow opening (I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose. I think I shot at 1/30s and f16 under direct sunlight, not the most ideal conditions but I wanted to shoot the translucent celluloid of the glasses and the pen...unfortunately I don't have a Omas Extra Lucens, that's a beautiful pen, translucent to allow you to see the ink level.

Alas, I'm a poor man!

I'm mostly interested in celluloid pens because I like the material, the Aurora is a blue Optima with oblique nib, late 90s, bought for 30 euros (!!!) from a shop that didn't know what they were selling...it had a wrong price tag, they forgot a zero.

Are my macro shots so bad?

Here there are others:

Detail of the lens.

My vintage (1982) Porsche Design by Orfina.

Detail of the bridge of my Martin HD28V with special celluloid pickguard and mammoth pins...I should have cleaned it a little better.

OIC. I thought it had something to do with the photo. My bad.

Here we get 'the Aurora' for free:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/northern_lights_aurora_borealis...space/53372720

Funny that.

Eyewanders · 11-03-2015, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by Swift1

Zenza Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon MC 150/4
Kodak Ektar 100
Epson V750-M Pro

Could be my favorite of yours. It's a contender at least. Adore it.

Swift1 · 11-03-2015, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by chickentender

Could be my favorite of yours. It's a contender at least. Adore it.

Thanks Kevin.
That photo was a bit of being in the right place at the right time

g026r · 11-04-2015, 07:17 AM

Originally posted by Cuthbert

Are my macro shots so bad?

Nah. It was meant to be a pen joke that seems to have fallen flat.

stevebrot · 11-04-2015, 01:07 PM

Originally posted by Cuthbert

(I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose.

That is why you focus, compose and shoot wide open AFTER you get your meter reading.

Steve

stevebrot · 11-04-2015, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by g026r

Nah. It was meant to be a pen joke that seems to have fallen flat.

The joke was fine...I laughed

Steve

Cuthbert · 11-04-2015, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by stevebrot

That is why you focus, compose and shoot wide open AFTER you get your meter reading.

Steve

Yes but if the camera is hand held at short distance it's not easy, as you notice the first pic is slightly tilted. And I didn' need to read the meter (as a SPF it works a full aperture) but I needed to check the DOF.

However few shots with the K2DMD, agfa 100 and various lenses:

K24mm f2.8:

35-210 Zoom:

K50 mm f1.4 bokeh:

45 Mike · 11-04-2015, 05:47 PM - **3 Likes**

Some reds from my Pentax P30t and FujiColor 200 processed in Unicolor by Mois.

45 Mike · 11-04-2015, 07:51 PM - **2 Likes**

And a few from my Minolta Hi-Matic AF. I kinda almost really like this camera. I hope I will like my Oly 35 RC better. The Konica C35 is likely going to be my bang around. Oh well. On FujiColor 200 also.

With the onboard flash:

No Pizza, No Fireworks, but yep all kind of smoking products.

And Coulee walls above Banks Lake.

11-03-2015, 03:41 PM	#12276
Cuthbert Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,740	Originally posted by dsmithhfx And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod? Handheld...unfortunately at very narrow opening (I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose. I think I shot at 1/30s and f16 under direct sunlight, not the most ideal conditions but I wanted to shoot the translucent celluloid of the glasses and the pen...unfortunately I don't have a Omas Extra Lucens, that's a beautiful pen, translucent to allow you to see the ink level. Alas, I'm a poor man! Originally posted by cooltouch BTDT-GTTS. I've got an assortment of expensive fountain pens, but I've never paid that much for any of them: Mont Black Meisterstuck 146 (a Christmas gift from my wife) Parker Duofold International Fountain Pen and Roller Ball Set (bought at a pawn shop for $100) Pelikan M800 Soveran (free!) Sheaffer Vintage Balance Lifetime in red-veined gray pearl (rare) w/matching pencil, made between 1931 and 1935 (found at a swap meet for $25) Plus I've got a drawer full of lesser collectibles. (I've been collecting fountain pens for about 25 years) Although my favorite "user" pen is my 1938 Parker Canadian Vacumatic with a broad stub nib. And, no, I'm not selling any of them. I'd no more part with one than I'd part with, well, my LX. That's a pretty Aurora you got there, though. I like that color. What's it called? It can't be Lapis because the reflective pieces are too large. I'm mostly interested in celluloid pens because I like the material, the Aurora is a blue Optima with oblique nib, late 90s, bought for 30 euros (!!!) from a shop that didn't know what they were selling...it had a wrong price tag, they forgot a zero. Originally posted by g026r Hand-held, I suspect. Are my macro shots so bad? Here there are others: Detail of the lens. My vintage (1982) Porsche Design by Orfina. Detail of the bridge of my Martin HD28V with special celluloid pickguard and mammoth pins...I should have cleaned it a little better. Last edited by Cuthbert; 11-03-2015 at 03:49 PM.

11-04-2015, 01:44 PM	#12283
Cuthbert Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,740	Originally posted by stevebrot That is why you focus, compose and shoot wide open AFTER you get your meter reading. Steve Yes but if the camera is hand held at short distance it's not easy, as you notice the first pic is slightly tilted. And I didn' need to read the meter (as a SPF it works a full aperture) but I needed to check the DOF. However few shots with the K2DMD, agfa 100 and various lenses: K24mm f2.8: 35-210 Zoom: K50 mm f1.4 bokeh: Last edited by Cuthbert; 11-04-2015 at 02:09 PM.

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11-03-2015, 12:55 PM	#12272
Cuthbert Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,740	Originally posted by cooltouch Not yet. $200 for the repairs is a bit too extreme for my budget at this time. Ok this pic is dedicated to you: SPF+ Macro Tak + Fujipro400 + Aurora Optima + Persol 9714. The Aurora costs more than $200.

11-03-2015, 02:23 PM	#12273
dsmithhfx Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,144	Originally posted by Cuthbert Ok this pic is dedicated to you: SPF+ Macro Tak + Fujipro400 + Aurora Optima + Persol 9714. The Aurora costs more than $200. And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod?

11-03-2015, 02:39 PM	#12274
cooltouch Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 982	BTDT-GTTS. I've got an assortment of expensive fountain pens, but I've never paid that much for any of them: Mont Black Meisterstuck 146 (a Christmas gift from my wife) Parker Duofold International Fountain Pen and Roller Ball Set (bought at a pawn shop for $100) Pelikan M800 Soveran (free!) Sheaffer Vintage Balance Lifetime in red-veined gray pearl (rare) w/matching pencil, made between 1931 and 1935 (found at a swap meet for $25) Plus I've got a drawer full of lesser collectibles. (I've been collecting fountain pens for about 25 years) Although my favorite "user" pen is my 1938 Parker Canadian Vacumatic with a broad stub nib. And, no, I'm not selling any of them. I'd no more part with one than I'd part with, well, my LX. That's a pretty Aurora you got there, though. I like that color. What's it called? It can't be Lapis because the reflective pieces are too large.

11-03-2015, 03:10 PM	#12275
g026r Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,074	Originally posted by dsmithhfx And you used it how? Shutter release? Monopod? Hand-held, I suspect.

11-03-2015, 06:31 PM	#12277
dsmithhfx Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,144	Originally posted by Cuthbert Handheld...unfortunately at very narrow opening (I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose. I think I shot at 1/30s and f16 under direct sunlight, not the most ideal conditions but I wanted to shoot the translucent celluloid of the glasses and the pen...unfortunately I don't have a Omas Extra Lucens, that's a beautiful pen, translucent to allow you to see the ink level. Alas, I'm a poor man! I'm mostly interested in celluloid pens because I like the material, the Aurora is a blue Optima with oblique nib, late 90s, bought for 30 euros (!!!) from a shop that didn't know what they were selling...it had a wrong price tag, they forgot a zero. Are my macro shots so bad? Here there are others: Detail of the lens. My vintage (1982) Porsche Design by Orfina. Detail of the bridge of my Martin HD28V with special celluloid pickguard and mammoth pins...I should have cleaned it a little better. OIC. I thought it had something to do with the photo. My bad. Here we get 'the Aurora' for free: http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/northern_lights_aurora_borealis...space/53372720 Funny that.

11-03-2015, 10:48 PM	#12278
Eyewanders Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Land of the Salish Sea Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,343	Originally posted by Swift1 Zenza Bronica ETRSi Zenzanon MC 150/4 Kodak Ektar 100 Epson V750-M Pro Could be my favorite of yours. It's a contender at least. Adore it.

11-03-2015, 11:12 PM	#12279
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	Originally posted by chickentender Could be my favorite of yours. It's a contender at least. Adore it. Thanks Kevin. That photo was a bit of being in the right place at the right time

11-04-2015, 07:17 AM	#12280
g026r Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,074	Originally posted by Cuthbert Are my macro shots so bad? Nah. It was meant to be a pen joke that seems to have fallen flat.

11-04-2015, 01:07 PM	#12281
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Cuthbert (I think I shot at f16) the viewfinder of the Spotmatic gets very dark and it's hard to focus and compose. That is why you focus, compose and shoot wide open AFTER you get your meter reading. Steve

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11-04-2015, 01:08 PM	#12282
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by g026r Nah. It was meant to be a pen joke that seems to have fallen flat. The joke was fine...I laughed Steve

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45 Mike Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,350	Some reds from my Pentax P30t and FujiColor 200 processed in Unicolor by Mois.

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45 Mike Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,350	And a few from my Minolta Hi-Matic AF. I kinda almost really like this camera. I hope I will like my Oly 35 RC better. The Konica C35 is likely going to be my bang around. Oh well. On FujiColor 200 also. With the onboard flash: No Pizza, No Fireworks, but yep all kind of smoking products. And Coulee walls above Banks Lake.