Forum: General Photography
10-04-2021, 01:12 PM
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I guess I had some plastic 35mm cameras first. But, my first real camera was a K1000. My parents got it for me when I took photography in school. I had the original 50mm kit lens for it and a 24mm picked up on holiday in england so I could get pics of buildings without having to stand a block away. I loved that camera. Well meaning friends talked me into a nikon since apparently that was required in order to get better pics. I HATED the nikon. Ultimately my hatred for it made me give up on film cameras and go digital. After a year or two of cooling off and shooting the digital, I realized I really missed film and more particularly, I missed the K1000. I was very happy taking pics with it. It suited me. So, I got another and this time out, since digital had become the "thing", all the old film cameras and lenses were practically free. I bought all the lenses I always wanted and could never afford when I was a kid.
I finally broke down and got a proper digital slr two years ago and went Pentax on that as well. The kit lenses are just fine. But, I also like being able to use all the primes I've got for the K1000 as well. So, even with newer cameras, I'm sticking with Pentax.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-12-2021, 02:34 PM
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Current list is;
Pentax K1000, ME Super (black), SL (I have three of these. two silver, one black)
Nikon FM2, FG, N6006
Canon AE1P
Olympus OM1
Bronica SQ-A
Yashicamat 124G (I have 2 of these)
and a few holgas
--- I probably have a few more that aren't keepers. I think there's a minolta in there and a bunch of old lenses i would love to be rid of.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-12-2021, 02:27 PM
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I've had three me supers. I had all three CLA'd by Eric and the lights on the left did curious blinky things on all of them both before an after the CLA. They all work great, though. I've learned not to sweat it even though I find it odd.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-08-2019, 01:55 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
08-08-2019, 01:55 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-21-2018, 08:32 PM
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Everything went well. On the test shots I used 28mm, 35mm and 50mm. Through the lens, the 50 looked gorgeous. I was sure that was going to be the best. But, in print, the results from all three lenses were comparable.
For the party I used the 28 and the 35. I probably could have used only the 35 and been just fine. I shot fuji 400 but exposed it as 200. Flash sync on the mesuper is 1/120. So, the only thing I had to keep an eye on was focus and f stop. Most everything was shot between f/11 and f/16.
A few days after I gave her the pics, one of the ladies from the party asked if I would do some portrait work for her.
Thanks everybody for the tips!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2018, 02:36 PM
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I'm going to do some test shots tonight.
Going with the me super/35/diffused flash setup, with fuji 400 exposed as if it's 200. At 6 feet that get's me f16, f11 at 8 feet and f8 at 12. Shutter speed for all is 1/125.
If these turn out nicely that's the rig I'll run at the party.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2018, 11:52 AM
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I did some fooling around with different lenses today to see what the fov would be and the 20 is definitely too wide. Whoever it was that said it would look like the 'whole room' in every shot was spot on. 35 is what I have on there now and I'm thinking that's going to be the winner. I may even end up using the kit 50/1.7 on this.
After looking at the recommended flash settings 200 asa is what would fit the bill. I've got some kodak 200. I would rather shoot fuji, but all I've got for that is 400.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2018, 07:54 AM
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Thanks!
400 is as fast a film as I shoot. I've always been unhappy with the look of higher speed films when I've tried them. I know in the past I shot plenty of indoor with kodachrome (at 60 asa) and a flash. I honestly thought about going with 200, but figured the extra stop or two would be worth the tradeoff. I've actually taken a few portraits in this restaurant in the daytime because it gets great mid-day light. But night time, I'm not sure what to expect... and groups... I figure the wider lens will put me closer to the subject, make the flash that more effective, etc. I'm sort of worried about blinding everybody, being too much in their face or getting a look that's too wide lens-ey. I would normally shoot people with a longer lens. I just have this feeling that being 10-15 feet away in this situation isn't going to get me the good shot.
Way back when, there was a standard party shot setup, because it was a real profitable business. SLR, flash mounted off the camera, angled/bounced and diffused... I just can't remember the lens. I'm pretty sure it was wide, and that way anything 3 feet to infinity would be in focus. The photog would try to be 3'-6' from the subject and wouldn't have to do much more than frame and shoot. Digital really killed that business. If I could figure out how to work a digital camera, that's what I'd use for something like this. I'm just not that bright!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-11-2018, 09:50 PM
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I have a ring flash that can be nice. But, it vignettes with the 20mm. Maybe vignettes isn't the right term. It's actually in the shot because the lens is so wide. I haven't tried it with the 28 or 35. I'm going to use a regular flash with a little diffuser. B&W could be nice. But, she wants color. I may put a longer lens on the second camera. I have an 80 and a 100 that each produce great portraits and would allow me to get some candids from a little distance. probably without the flash, though (because of the distance).
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-11-2018, 09:08 PM
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I've been asked to shoot a friend's birthday party. I haven't done party snaps like this since sometime in the 1980's. My recollection is that wide is the way to go here. I'm going to use the ME Super that's a favorite of mine and maybe the K1000. I'm thinking 400 speed film since it's indoors and at night, and a camera-mounted flash. Lens-wise I have three that are possible choices in my mind at the moment. All are M series. 20/4, 28/2.8 and 35/2.8.
Does anybody have experience with this type of shooting? All I've done for the last decade or so is portraits and landscapes.
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
06-08-2016, 06:31 PM
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-03-2016, 07:52 AM
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He repaired an m-series lens for me a few years ago. It had some issues with oil on the blades keeping the aperture settings from working correctly. His work was perfect on it. Came back in good as new condition. I use it all the time and have had zero issues with it since his repair.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-24-2015, 07:14 PM
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The little rollei 35's were used on a lot of Everest expeditions. I'd guess that's a good indicator they can handle the cold.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-23-2015, 07:26 PM
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Olympus trip 35 would be my recommendation. Good quality. Low cost. Easy to use. No batteries. Might be worth a cla with specific winterizing before going so the lube and seals are appropriate for the temps.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-12-2015, 12:22 PM
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The last proto pictured matches the ones unclevanya mentioned to a tee.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-03-2015, 05:05 PM
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I have both me super and k1000 and use the same lenses on both. My lenses are all m series and they work equally well on either camera. I believe any k mount lens will work for either of these cameras.
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Forum: General Talk
10-18-2015, 05:17 PM
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Flickr no longer accepts my user name and password to log in to my account. To get in to the account now requires a yahoo email. If you don't use the email (I don't), they delete it, lock you out of your account and create a set of ridiculous steps to get back in. I had this account long before yahoo took the company over. For a while they insisted on access to all my Facebook contacts in lieu of a yahoo account and although they pledged to allow login via gmail, they didn't.
Flickr is the only thing propping up yahoo as far as I can tell. If it wasn't for Flickr access nobody would ever use their stuff. I'm just tired of playing their games. Every 6 months or so they set up some new set of hoops to jump through, because I don't use their email. If I ever gain access to my account again, I'm pulling all my pics down and deleting it. At the moment I doubt I will get back on as they don't answer emails regarding service issues. They did offer to send some instructions to the email they closed because I didn't use it (not very helpful) or to send instructions to the cell phone I had a few years ago (also not very useful). ---------- Post added 10-18-15 at 08:19 PM ---------- After a bunch of looking around at options, I've decided to give 500px a try. Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences.
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Forum: General Talk
10-06-2015, 03:41 AM
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I had a Flickr account before yahoo bought the company. Over time yahoo made it harder and harder to access my account. Last night I wasted close to two hours trying (unsucessfully) to access my account. This isn't the first time I've gone through issues like this since yahoo took over, but I decided it will be the last.
I tried picassa and liked it, until it was melded with Google+.
Simple and cheap are two major requirements for me. Ability to handle actual photo file sizes would be nice, too.
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Forum: General Talk
10-05-2015, 05:32 PM
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I think I'm done with Flickr.
Can anyone reccomend a place to put my pictures online?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-04-2015, 07:37 PM
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I got one of the blackbird fly tlr 35mm and one of the diy tlr kits. I've been greatly tempted by the holga wide angle 120mm and some of the zero image pinhole cameras as well. Too many cool cameras out there...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-04-2015, 05:50 PM
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I keep pondering this question. I've bought several new film cameras in the last few years, so I suspect I'd be 'in the market' for one if they did a new one. But, what's already out there is so good and so cheap, they would really have to have a killer feature set to get my money.
If I was to spring for something, there are a couple oddball designs I'd be likely to spend money on. If someone made a hasselblad 500 style slr, with waist level viewfinder and all, that shot 35mm and took Pentax lenses, I'd be a sucker for that.
If they did a body that could do either digital or film... That would pique my interest.
Of course, they could go full retro and build a rangefinder.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
09-26-2015, 08:26 AM
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I suspect the mechanism in the film advance is in need of servicing. Eric has done several of my cameras and lenses. I've been very pleased with the result. But, I really wanted those particular items. If you're looking to be more cost effective, you can sell your camera for parts and buy another that works already. Fully functional cameras with lenses and other kit often turn up for less than fifty bucks. Once you find a model of camera that suits you, then you get spares and have Eric get them all good as new.
I got my first me super in a deal where I was after a lens that was part of the kit and it was all or nothing. I'm slowly selling off all the other stuff in the kit. But, I fooled around with the me super and decided I like it. I used it as my travel camera this summer. I usually use a K1000.
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