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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-10-2008, 11:42 AM
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congrats, use it, it's a camera
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-08-2008, 04:56 AM
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Well, maybe not insane, but a bit weird.
I take the collection out now and then, but I haven't played checkers with it yet.
I know a guy close by who has a complete set of autofocus pentax, maybe I can play my manual focus against his?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-08-2008, 04:47 AM
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Wow, I'm not into zoom, but I would have paid that price without blinking...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-08-2008, 04:43 AM
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I don't use the k1000 that much anymore btw.
I've become a bit lazy, so mostly I use either the K2 or the LX on automatic.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-07-2008, 04:29 PM
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All good photo, but that last one is excellent.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-07-2008, 04:23 PM
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I bought a LX a month ago for 175 E, but it has all the problems you can expect: Sticky mirror, desintegrated foam and smudges on the ground glass.
I expect to spend at least as much for repair.
I hope it will be ready in a few weeks.
So 330 $ sounds like a good deal if the repairs aren't to expensive.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-07-2008, 04:15 PM
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I paid 150 Euro's for mine last year.
It's been touched up a bit with black paint and two weeks ago the the winder lever fell off when I was a doing a few quick shots.
But... I love it. I've been shooting an average of a roll of illford every two weeks, alternating with my chrome MX which I load with color.
The dust specks and unwanted lines are of course due to my ineptitude with my scanner and photo editor.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-13-2008, 05:41 PM
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Best thread I've read in a while.
Indeed why not make it compatible with the LX finders? I'm thinking waist-level.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-13-2008, 11:25 AM
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Hi,
Great picture, like the color.
I just got me an LX, only it has all the problems I was hoping to avoid.
Sticky mirror, desintegrated rubbers and smudges on the ground glass.
Probably repairs will set me back as much as the selling price, but I got it at last.
Also the guy threw in a smc 135mm f2.5(I didn't even know it existed), a smc 70-200mm and a Rolleicord TLR.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-27-2008, 02:01 PM
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About the handling.
Just yesterday got my new Winder, almost fully functional, only the rewind unlock won't work.
Feels very solid, not sure if it's useful when doing a little candid street photo's. Otherwise a good addition to the collection.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-14-2008, 03:46 PM
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Only I just spoke to a professional artist who was very upset about polaroid film being discontinued.
He says he can't make his large format portraits without the polaroid shot in advance.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-13-2008, 05:45 PM
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No contest. I just saw a 1983 BBC documentary about Ansel Adams, in which he is very excited about the possibilities of digital photography.
What would he be using today?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-12-2008, 07:37 PM
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I see that my obsession with film SLR's is not only shared but dwarfed by many here.
I'm bidding on a LX, btw. Nice to see the Praktica users, the BC1 was my first real camera, I sold it :-(
I own:
Pentax:
MX(2), one black, these I use daily.
K2
K1000
ME
MV1 (It's basically a point and shoot with your favourite lenses)
And:
Agfa optima 335
Zorki 4
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-12-2008, 07:27 PM
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Maybe the amateurs will keep film alive.
There are of course different kinds of professionals, I like to think that real art is still made with a film camera.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-11-2008, 10:37 AM
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-04-2008, 08:24 PM
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Thanks Peter,
If I do an action shot of food cooking on my Big Green Egg or under the lamp in a restaurant, which are the hardest, I can't use indirect flash, the pictures don't come out right. If I use direct flash it comes out passable, but some food items get too shiny.
I did some wikipedia searching after your message, those softboxes aren't that expensive on ebay either.
Did you you mean you put your food in a softbox tent or did you use a softbox flash?
I could try and put my BGE in a tent ;)
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
02-04-2008, 01:40 PM
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Hello there,
Just logged in for the third time.
I own a batch of classic Pentax camera's and quite a few prime lenses.
I'm a Freelance Chef, working out of Rotterdam.
This means I get a little time walking around most of the country with my two MX's.
I mostly do portraits, buildings, kitchen staff in action and restaurant interiors on my tripod.
I want to learn about capturing food, it's pretty difficult. Almost as difficult as preparing it ;-)
Just started using B&W film and doing a 15 day course in a local Photoschool.
Pretty excited about that.
I'm also contemplating the K20d, but I might wait a bit longer.
Groeten,
Jeroen
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-03-2008, 11:33 AM
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Have one, all metal, still can't beat the simplicity of the needle
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-29-2008, 05:44 PM
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Ahem.. I had the same problem and it was the voltage of my batteries, I used two 1,4 V where you should use the 1,55 V varta or at least a 1,5 V.
Stupid, I know, but it might help you
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-29-2008, 05:40 PM
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I actually sold my nikon FE to buy my black (second) MX.
It makes sense with the wealth of K-mount lenses I have..
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