Hi all: I just asked Seaain Gray (Woof) to add the St. Louis Area group as a stop on the Sightseeing Screwmount World Tour. I want to make an outing out of using the camera; more follows. If you are interested ping a reply on the discussion.

Paul

monochrome

Here's a link to the post adding our Group to the list.

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/476129-post95.html

If you haven't seen the thread yet, the Sightseeing Screwmount is an early-model SV with a 55/1.8. The vintage camera is sent from member to member, city to city, and a roll or two of your film of choice is taken at each stop. Then the camera is sent to the next person on the list (same as the Traveling Nifty Fast Fifty). Here's the link to the SSS thread

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-film-slr-discussion/45892-sightseeing-screwmount.html

Let's decide on a place for an outing and meet up - we can each take a portion of a roll with the SV and with our own cameras, have a lunch, a beer or whatever.

PM me if interested and with your location idea. I will make all arrangements, including receiving and shipping the camera.

I would absolutely be up for an outing. Possibly ideas:



1.) Forest Park
2.) Old Town St. Charles (good options in a small area)
3.) Soulard

Yeah - any of those would be great. I've seen some really neat stuff from Soulard and done some of my own in St. Charles. The Park of course includes all the new improvements, the Zoo, but that's been done . . . but then there's beer at the Boathouse afterward!

Sounds like a good idea!!! Do any of you have a hand held meter? I read from Mike Cash that this camera has no meter. I have an old Kalimar that seems to work, but if someone has a better one it would be welcome.

Forest Park sounds good, but access to it is a bitch right now, the Hampton overpass on 40 is closed for like 7 more months, and to be honest, I don't know my a$$ from a hole in the ground down in the city, lol Maybe the Museum of transport? Also like the idea of Old Town St. Charles.

I am open to pretty much anyplace, as long as I can find it


Also, I have several Taks I can bring along,( 28 f3.5, 35 f3.5, 200 f4 ) or are we supposed to shoot with the 55 1.8 exclusively?

I have incident (Sekonic L-398 Studio Deluxe) and a reflective (Sekonic L-98 Micro Leader) meters we can use.

Woof and Mike Cash warned us that most of the Tak lenses are too deep to fit in the mirror box on this camera. We should just use the attached 55/1..8 and let it be.

I just bought a SPF, though, and if you want to bring your Tak's and shoot with that, be my guest!!

I-64E to I-170N to Forest Park Expressway to Skinker or DeBalivere gets you to Forest Park almost as fast as Hampton did. I go to Washington University Hospital 2x a month for eye stuff and it is only a problem right at rush hour.

You can also approach from 44E to Kingshighway N to Grand Drive W.

Forest Park has been done.

Missouri Botanical Garden (Japanese Garden) has potential, but they don't allow tripods, FWIW. Monopods are always an issue, too.

The City is easy - just don't go more than 4 blocks North or South of Lindell and you're OK

IMO, the more interesting of subjects would be those that are unique or identifiable of STL. Flower shots could be taken from anywhere. Old town St. Charles, downtown, museum of transportation, or some other identifiable artifact of the STL area would be interesting.

Here's the list from Woof's thread, a/o 2/14/2009. The camera seems to move about once every two weeks. We should have it between three and 4 months from no - between Memorial Day and Indepence Day.

Stevopedia (completed)
felix68 (camera in hand)
Ratmagiclady
séamuis
blue
ryan s
konraDarnok
stevebrot
St. Louis Area Group (monochrome)
sasquatch
sein06231

IMO, the more interesting of subjects would be those that are unique or identifiable of STL. Flower shots could be taken from anywhere. Old town St. Charles, downtown, museum of transportation, or some other identifiable artifact of the STL area would be interesting.

I agree entirely - your suggestion of Soulard (and Brewery) fits, as does St. Charles.

The Hill (people, night shots)
Riverfront/Laclede's Landing (done a thousand times, unless we shot from the other side)
Zoo (but animals are animals, just like flowers)
Central West End (people, architecture)
Union Station / Transport Museum (I like!!)
Grant's Farm and Home
Jefferson Barracks (landscape)
Delmar/U. City (Dinner after)
Tower Grove Park (birding)

Looks like we are next in line after Stevebrot is finished....

I've had the Sightseer for three weks (a bit long, I think, but understandable with all the issues) and I've finished shooting (at last). I'm waiting for the return of the scans from Schiller's (Monday). Since the St. Louis Group never really gelled (my fault for not being more aggressive, but there doesn't seem to be a system here that allows one to PM a message to the Group List, just make a post to one member of the St. Louis Users Group at a time) we have two options - I can send the camera to Stratman and let him get together with the other St Louis people (MJB and User440) or send it on to the next on the list.

ping ping
am i late?

i should get paid today, and I can pick up a couple of rolls of film!