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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-11-2008, 03:08 AM
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Nice shots.
I recently started using B/W films as well. The first one (Ilford FP4) was messed up by the lab. Since then I don't take the risk anymore: I love the C41 B/W films, as they're developed in the same process of a color film, so any color lab at least can develop them correctly. I'm VERY happy with the Ilford XP2 Super (the equivalent of your Kodak, which I'm trying out at the moment). Any real B/W film you should take to a pro lab to get them properly developed.
Anyway, are you using filters with those photos? The contrast with the sky seems nice, but you can add a lot with filters.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-11-2008, 02:57 AM
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The last link you sent is identical to my lens, except this is an M42 screw wire mount, not a bayonet.
But that's at least some more info, thanks for that. I'll just have to wait and develop a film to see the result, unless anyone already knows/uses this lens (or the same one with a different brand name) and can show us something. More info on the lens is also appreciated.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-11-2008, 02:42 AM
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Aha! Well that's one thing cleared up. At least nothing's wrong with the camera then. Sorry for making such fuzz :(
Anyway, thanks again for the help, everyone.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-10-2008, 03:50 PM
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Haha, thanks Georg. :lol:
I wouldn't dare open it up: don't wanna risk it unless it's absolutely necessary.
I think I got a bit more to an explanation. The guy told me in darker situations, you're really pushing the light meter's capabilities. My own hypothesis is as follows:
Before, I used to use the Takumar 1.4 lens all the time, without spot metering. Thus: the light meter always used the full 1.4 aperture to meter the light and rarely 'ran out of light' to measure. My new lenses, though, both use spot metering, and with the realtime apertures PLUS the fact that they both start at f2.5 (and not 1.4), in darker situations, it just won't handle the bit of light it receives.
Does this make sense? Or should it work regardless of the darker situation? I was surprised to find this out, as the first attempts were not extremely dark. Furthermore I'm still puzzled as to why when it's darker, the needle sometimes moves the opposite way and sometimes doesn't move at all.
@ Georg: through the viewer it seems nice, but I won't be able to develop the film for a while, so I can't tell yet how the results will be. I started another thread hoping someone could tell me more about the Panagor, curious as I am.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-10-2008, 02:15 PM
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I recently found a Panagor 24mm/f2.5 for not too much. I was wondering if anyone knows this brand or this lens. Is it any good? Do you have any pictures taken with it?
I'm wondering, since 24mm with m42 is hard to find. It's gonna be a while before I get to develop a film, so maybe you guys have any thoughts/comments on the lens in the mean time?
Thanks!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-10-2008, 09:55 AM
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By the way: in darker situation the problem remains.
The battery is still 60% full.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-10-2008, 06:08 AM
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Thanks for the help.
I tried locating the problem with the manual, no luck.
But... I had someone looking at it, and guess what: everything was working fine. I really don't get it. Could it be that when I tried it, it was too dark or something? I mean, the meter should work well in any light condition, right? I don't get it. I just hope it keeps working well, but I'm afraid the problem will return.
There was one other thing: when the guy looked at it, the mirror remained flipped up: he had to make a picture in order for it to return and then it was fine again. Is this connected to my previous issue, or something else?
Does the problem sound familiar to anyone else?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-10-2008, 03:36 AM
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Thanks for the reply.
Only the Takumar has that lever, so no stop-metering on that one? That's one thing cleared up.
I did the battery check and the needle is all the way up... Is it certain it's no battery problem then?
Why does the stop-meter lever have to be down when changing lenses? Could I've broken something by not doing that?
I tried again with the Paragon lens and the needle is still freaking: towards a bigger f-value the image gets darker, but the needle actually rises...
What am I doing wrong?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-09-2008, 07:17 PM
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Hey all,
I sort of need some help from experienced Spotmatic F users... I'm worried something is wrong with mine. I'm a novice analog/Spot F user.
So:
- Recently started using an old Spot F camera with SMC Takumar 1:1.4/50 : everything worked fine, but I never used the stop-metering lever: always had it switched down, didn't really know what it did.
- I purchased some nice extra M42 lenses, a Tamron and a Panagor, knowing I'd probably have to use stop-metering (I read that non-Takumar lenses require that), but I'm not sure why).
- When I used the new lenses (meter lever to up), the light meter gage went a bit crazy: when I aim at a brighter light source the meter responds well, but when I aim at a darker area, the gage sort of goes crazy, sometimes moving the opposite way then supposed to when increasing/decreasing aperture or shutter speed. Sometimes it doesn't at all react to changing the shutter speed. I then noticed it freaks out in the stop-meter mode using the Takumar as well.
I was hoping it's just the battery that need replacing, but I'm worried I bought the wrong lenses or the camera.
So as I see it, there's a couple of options:
- The battery needs replacement. (I hope it's as simple as this.)
- I don't quite understand the stop-metering function yet.
- Something went wrong when I used the new lenses... Could I've broken something? Or was something wrong with it all along?
Oh, I tried both Manual and Auto settings on the lenses themselves.
Can anyone please help me? I really like the camera and just bought the lenses, so I'd hate to find out I could have better spent that money on another camera.
Thanks for the attention and I hope you can help me.
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