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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
16 Hours Ago
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GREAT JOB!
Show us pictures tanken with the 150!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-09-2024, 02:22 PM
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Time lapse of all the pics I took (ThousandOaks filter used)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-04-2024, 12:51 PM
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THAT IS AWESOME!!!!
Thanks
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
04-02-2024, 07:17 AM
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OCD? not yet... keep going
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-22-2024, 06:32 AM
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Soviet lenses will probably work fine in soviet cameras
German adjusted lenses (Leica, Nikon, Canon, Voigtlander) may or may not work
I learned the hard way as I had an old Zorki and tried using the Jupiter 8 in a Leica. Lots of back focusing
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-15-2024, 07:03 PM
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You can see the differences here:
SF-Series Film Bodies | The K-Mount Page
The SF1 (87) was the 1st practical AF camera from Pentax (after the MEF)
The SF10 (88) was a follow up, and I'm not sure if this was a middle-tier camera compared to the SF1/SF1N that where the flagship
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-13-2024, 11:09 AM
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The MOskva5 is one of those cameras that are copies of the prewar Ikontas
The earlier your camera the better it is built (check the 1st 2 digits of the S/N in the back)
You cna find the service manual for the SUper Ikonta which will get you 90% there for all your needs
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-10-2024, 02:19 PM
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I think yours is a SP500 or SP1000 depending on the top speed. These are version previous to the SPII that appeared later as entry-level cameras
Especially with that 50/2. Those work fine with Silver batteries and are built like tanks
You can get those service manual for free here: Pentax Manuals
Get the National Camera and both Spotmatic service and parts list
PS The wind lever might just be gummed y the old light seal material that made its way to it. How are the foams seals in the back of the film-gate?
and the late SMC 55/2 is a VG lens (it is the 55/1.8 with a limiter on the diaphragm)
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-05-2024, 12:01 PM
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Yeah, those Tessars are awesome, by the time they were color-corrected and had coating so flare stopped being an issue
I'm addicted to the rigid Contessas and the LK /LKE are probably the best of the bunch
When I open than Contina I'll see if I can transplant one of those lenses from a dead camera to the folder ....
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-05-2024, 07:03 AM
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When the N90 came I wanted one so bad. I had experience with the F3 and F4 for a short stint taking pics for a newspaper and the N90 seemed sooo cooolll
I didint have the money then, but now they go cheap
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-04-2024, 09:40 AM
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Zeisss only made 4 35mm folding cameras ever.
One prewar (Super Nettel) and these 3 postwar
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-02-2024, 12:42 PM
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the Nikkor EL 50 is a great lens
In the helicoid or bellows is brilliant
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
03-01-2024, 11:30 AM
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Finaaly got a Contina II in decent shape for a decent price (not as low as Driline)
So here are the 3 post-war 35mm Folding Zeiss cameras, designed by Hubert Nerwin
Contina II - Contessa 35 - Ikonta 35/Contina
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
02-28-2024, 12:38 PM
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XP2 is easier to scan than true BW
However, the look of real BW film is different; and I prefer it.
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
02-26-2024, 02:10 PM
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I prefer the Spotmatic, for the time (1964) it was a great camera. Light, efficient, reliable and with a great line of lenses to complement it.
The Nikon F was incredibly versatile but it was a heavy beast!
I'dd add the, Topcon, Minolta and MIranda cameras as competitors
The Olympus OM-1 came way later (1972) (OM4 is from the 80s)
A table of Minolta, Canon, Nikon and Pentax timelines: https://minolta.eazypix.de/slrtable/ |
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
02-26-2024, 01:20 PM
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Argos book is the definitive Asahi Pentax collectors resource
Gerjan van Oosten, 2021, "The Definitive ASAHI PENTAX Collector's Guide 1952-1977". 2nd Edition ISBN978-90-9034415-7
Buy it, it is worth every penny!
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Forum: Vintage Cameras and Equipment
02-26-2024, 12:43 PM
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Great deal, I found a Spotmatic with a 20mm/4.5 lens that way
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-26-2024, 06:44 AM
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I believe you can, I'll test when I get back home on friday
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-24-2024, 12:39 PM
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I'm not sure that will be fair, the N90 was the evenly matched camera
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-24-2024, 09:11 AM
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That 2020 is lovely, I'll take it anyday over the Canon!
However the Canon was a queantum leap forward in AF at the time
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-22-2024, 01:48 PM
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That would be correct, humans build tools and use them to create the next set of tools, forgetting how they made the 1st set in the process.
Apollo had many many prblems to solve, starting by learning all the unknowns of what happen to people out in space, how do machines behave, etc. Which should be not part of the equation.
However there are still many other problems that were not part of the euqation at that time, I can't fathom the environmental impact of any of the side-projects and the resources they took.
While in theory we could do it again, there is a problem of RoI on the trips, hardware, etc etc
Yeah, probably an IFone has thousands of times the computing power of the Apollo !
BUT, is it as reliable as those hardwired computers?
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