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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-18-2013, 05:08 AM
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O H WOW!!! That's an even better smoking 6x7 ad!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
11-14-2013, 07:03 AM
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:lol::lol::lol: You saw it!
See in the film days we didn't talk about crop formats. There was 35mm, there was 1/2 frame, and there was ideal format jumbo 35mm :p:p
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-04-2012, 03:41 AM
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LOL, well, luckily the two received counseling and decided to get along
air elements by Nesster, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-03-2012, 04:38 PM
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I will say I find something similar as Steve, there's a different style of seeing with a rangefinder.
After the instant return mirror and TTL metering there really is little stopping the SLR - as a general purpose, all purpose camera. You really can apply it in more situations, and with ease, than you can with other types (well, looks like the EVIL will evolve into an even more versatile platform)...
But here, just off the top of my head, are some rangefinder advantages:
- when using filters viewing is unaffected; ditto for when using slower lenses. Slow aperture blades are no problem. The shutter usually is quieter than on an SLR. With the modern viewfinders, you have good vision as to what is in the frame, and also what is just outside the frame. This in part lets you see differently. With the old time rangefinders, you get to put on cool turrets and play with heavy brass n glass. That by itself is a reason to prefer a rangefinder (though not as the sole camera!! Though, if I had to, I could happily live with my Kiev, and my photography would improve)...
But a good early Pentax gives me the tactile brass / glass / leather thing, and does so much more than a Kiev or a Konica (say) RF.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-03-2012, 09:46 AM
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Paleo Pete - you can get plenty of film from B&H, Adorama, Freestyle... and apart from 'real' b&w film which is cheapest developed at home, if you don't have a CVS or Wal Mart handy, Dwayne's mail order developing is inexpensive and excellent.
Really, film is still there and a viable format ;)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-29-2012, 06:10 AM
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+1 on that - I have an all black Pgm Plus, but your panda looks so nice I want one like that too.
The other panda SLR that I really like once I had it is the Minolta XE-5:
Creampuff picks cameras by Nesster, on Flickr
The XE-5 however is big and heavy where the Pgm Plus is small and light.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-26-2011, 07:43 AM
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Jeez that's a sweet camera, and makes me miss mine -- it was the lizard skin one, and a prior owner made me an offer I could not refuse to get it back. Yes, the black Spotties inspire such behavior.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-17-2011, 08:33 AM
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:( I can definitely say that neck straps and cameras with open backs don't mix well...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-23-2011, 07:04 AM
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:p and people worry about lens fungus... infection by LBA and CBA is far worse
Nice bunch there - of these 4 which is your favorite currently?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-24-2010, 11:37 AM
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This package, so carefully marked FRAGILE, came yesterday
The Pacakge Marked Fragile by Nesster, on Flickr
But no worry, there was a smaller box inside which kept the contents in good shape
Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f/2.8-4 ver 3 by Nesster, on Flickr
Version 3 of the Vivitar Ser 1 70-210 (Komine), I was hoping it would be a K-A version but it is K... anyway, first I've ever had. I don't like tele zooms and have a couple of others - I probably will end up selling this one to partly finance the whole package :)
Pentax MX SMC-M 50mm f/1.7, Hippie Strap by Nesster, on Flickr
With a nice Hippie Strap, a MZ with a SMC-M 50/1.7
I already cleaned it up a bit, put in new light seals (which seemed to be missing, as I didn't have to clean off much at all), and a roll of Fomapan 400.
It is nice to have a working camera with a mechanical shutter for winter. If daughter likes the looks of this maybe I'll swing a trade with her for her SP1000 - the MX I think is easier to use and at this stage more reliable for her photography class.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-12-2010, 05:10 AM
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Lovely cameras, Steve, there's something about those Russian RF's that's enticing, usually the lines are beautiful and the innards are assembled like tractors ;)
Here's the Fed 3 (note the high tech lever advance) with the panda industar and the Jupiter 12 that will soon be Steve's :)
Fed 3b top by Nesster, on Flickr
The P645 is such a dear - here's a series I took yesterday for my user review entry (using the preset Macro-Takumar 50/4)
Loading a Pentax 645 A by Nesster, on Flickr
Loading a Pentax 645 B by Nesster, on Flickr
Loading a Pentax 634 C by Nesster, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-16-2010, 03:16 PM
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I suppose this goes here...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-18-2010, 12:33 PM
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Blue, that's an awesome set of Pentaxes you have there. Yes indeed!
Today was a wee miracle: the snake-skin black Spotmatic decided its meter would work, after all. At first there had been no motion, though battery and switch continuity were present.
Anyway, in celebration, a couple of camera glamour pics (taken with the FA 43):
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-14-2010, 09:50 AM
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The black lizard skin Spotmatic:
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2010, 07:42 AM
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LOL, I was also - so I put in what I thought was a lowball bid. I need a mechanical shutter M42 body for the winter anyhow, as I gave away my good Fuji ST605 to a friend of my daughter's. The replacement $3 ST605n works except it is missing the rewind release button. I tried it without film, and I thought I was able to release the film by pushing in with a screwdriver/pen sort of thing. But when it came to reality: I have an exposed roll sitting on the take up spool :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2010, 07:15 AM
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Jason, not to worry - the auction ended yesterday ;)
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I was surprised it went <$30
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-12-2010, 04:12 AM
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I'm psyched - yesterday somehow nobody else bid on a black Spotmatic with snake skin leather. My first black Spottie, and I'm hoping my first fully functional 'real' spottie since my daughter stole the SP1000.
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