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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-25-2020, 05:33 PM
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A quantitative way to find both your effective film speed and find your BW development time. For years I've used a hack of converting a Pentax one-degree spot meter into a densitometer. But this X-Rite 301 is more accurate and a snap to use by comparison.
X-Rite 301 by tuco, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-31-2020, 06:16 AM
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Asahi Pentax 137917 via eBay from St. Petersburg Russia.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-02-2020, 11:54 AM
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I recently sold all my 4x5 camera gear, so bought this to "replace" it :)
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
03-05-2019, 08:38 AM
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To my western eyes, that camera is perfectly hideous but it's important to remember that in many Asian cultures, red is a color associated with good fortune, which may be what the seller is trying to reap by asking such an exorbitant price for it.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-08-2019, 03:46 PM
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There are quite a few very old Honeywell and Asahi Pentax 6x7 cameras in non-working order lining the displays of antique and second hand dealers in the country. Passed through two towns last week (one of which I lived in for 12 years) and the specimen there (Asahi Pentax 6x7) in an 'antique and old wares store' locked glass case, looked like it has been exhumed from the grave! He wanted $300 for it (I thought to myself $3.00 would be more reasonable...). Dented, dinged, rusted, busted and missing the wind-on lever, a scratched and filthy mirror and abraded lens mount, he had no idea what sort of lens fitted it (!), and suggested blithely "...any snap-on lens you can find should fit...". Antique. Real antique (the dealer, I mean! ;)). That fleeting experience had me stroll back to the car and give my super trooper P67 a hug. :o
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-08-2019, 05:04 AM
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Ricoh should re-visit the 67 and issue a digital version. That would flabbergast the mirrorless MF fraction.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-07-2019, 11:21 AM
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 Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr Leica M2
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35/2.5
Kodak Portra 400
Epson V750 |
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-06-2019, 08:00 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-06-2019, 09:01 AM
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we got a little snow on our local mountain
 Mt. Diablo
645Z & FA150
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-05-2019, 11:35 AM
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Congrats and I look forward to seeing more, @Blasst
Playing around with my view camera. I used a window with a nylon sheet over it. Some window framing artifacts showed up through it however. It takes me forever rotating and tilting standards over-and-over trying to get everything in focus with a 180mm focal length.
4x5 FP4+, Symmar-S 180/5.6, PMK Pyro
Woodinville Burbon by tuco, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-05-2019, 11:54 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-04-2019, 06:42 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-31-2019, 06:54 PM
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The OP has long-gone, but this information could possibly be made into a Sticky here on Pentax Forums for the reference of other members who find themselves with this "...unusual silver switch with M for Murder? on it..."
The switch is a Pentax factory-modification to enable the camera to make multiple exposures – no limit!
It is a fairly rare feature (my camera has it, and I am sort of addicted to "overlaying" exposures for creative effect), and much valued on those cameras that do have it.
The modus operandi of the 'ME' swich is thus—
1. Compose and fire the camera, but do not wind on.
2. Push down the button so that the M is showing
3. Make the next exposure, and if no more exposures on the same frame are required, return the swich so that the M is hidden
4. Wind on the film.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-29-2019, 11:43 AM
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More steam locomotive related pictures.
Top: Pressure Gauges & Valves
Middle: Rotary Oil Pump
Bottom: Water Level Indicator
Shot on expired Delta 100 with Ricoh XR-X 3PF & SMC-A 50mm f/2.
Developed in Agfa Rondinax 35U with Rodinal 1:40, 14 minutes at 17.5c. |
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-17-2018, 07:26 AM
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I thought I'd toss this quick and dirty scan into the mix. I have a lot of negatives that have not had any particularly careful storage, and they all seem to have held up OK. Faded prints are more of an issue.
This is a colour negative of some 116 Safety Film I scanned a year ago in Vuescan using default settings, no post processing on this so you can see the dust and scratches.
This was shot in the spring of 1972, on my grandfathers Kodak Autographic 1A Junior when I took a photography class in junior high school, professionally developed through Super S Drug Mart, which would have sent it to an unknown lab.
Just an interesting curiosity.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-26-2019, 09:09 AM
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That is hardened tar behind them and all along the shore.
The native Chumash Indians used it to seal their ocean
going canoes.
FujiFilm GW690II, Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 EBC, Fujicolor NS220 Pro 160
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-27-2019, 03:11 AM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-26-2019, 01:27 PM
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-25-2019, 12:46 PM
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Amsterdam
Pentax 645Z Mamiya shift 55/4
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-25-2019, 09:10 AM
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Carpinteria, California
FujiFilm GW690III, Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 EBC, Fujicolor NS220 Pro 160
Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-22-2019, 08:57 PM
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Trying out my recently repaired ZX-5n autofocus, autoexposure 35mm film SLR. I got the camera for US$36 on ebay in 2015, including an FA 28-80 lens, a Tamron AF 80-210 lens, red 25A and yellow filters, and Vivitar 102 flash, with everything working and in great cosmetic condition. The camera worked for a couple rolls, then the mirror stopped half way up. I thought it was the dreaded mirror gear problem, so put it away in a box for a future consideration, and contented myself with several other Pentax film SLRs. I've been studying posts here and elsewhere on how to repair, but it seemed more challenging than I was prepared to tackle. Then I decided to take a chance - I emailed Garry's Camera here in Illinois - do you think you can fix it? He said he'd take a look. I mailed it off over the Christmas holidays. He took it apart, said it was a broken mirror lever, ordered a part and fixed it as part of his CLA cost. Turn around time including shipping was about 3 weeks, over the holidays. Everything seems to work so far.
Shown with the battery grip FG attached, along with a Pentax FA 28-90 AF lens, Tamron 80-210 AF lens, Pentax-A 50mm F1.4 MF lens, Pentax AF200T TTL auto flash, and my new Peak Designs quick-release strap mounts. It's loaded up with TMAX 400 for a trial run.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-23-2019, 01:39 PM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-08-2009, 02:07 PM
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Pentax ME Super with Kodak 400 Hi def film
I was using my M50 F/1.4 @F22 set to hyper focal for max dof
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
01-14-2019, 10:22 PM
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Two night time shots from Sadang in Seoul
Z and 28 - 45
 Sadang after dark by singingsnapper, on Flickr
An old guy who stank of soju decided he would grab my tripod. I didn't understand much of what he said, though he appeared to be trying to tell me I wasn't allowed to take photos where I was. He eventually grabbed my hand explaining that male friends often hold hands (in Korean, I got the gist of what he said, and he was right as many Korean men of all ages hold hands -there are subtle differences between the way the fingers are positioned between lovers holding hands and friends). He wanted to take me to a 'Norebang" or Karaoke bar. I managed to get away...
 Hyundai Petrol station after dark by singingsnapper, on Flickr
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