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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-05-2022, 11:50 PM
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You'll get a flat spot in that hood if you park that kit too long.
:lol:
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-30-2022, 10:40 PM
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Daaaaayum son!
(Which is also what your father should have said!)
Gorgeous. My Kiev is, I think, as close as I may come. We'll see.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-29-2022, 11:34 AM
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More MZ-S ruminating brought me back to this combo. I need to give it some shooting laps; been too long. (Though I did hand this combo off to my sister-in-law to use at my wedding in late 2020.)
 A Magic Pair by Kevin Rosinbum, on Flickr
Shot with: Pentax MX | SMC-A 35/2.0 | Superia 800 | Pakon F135 scan
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-26-2022, 05:08 PM
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Just put this looker up for local sale. Fantastic camera, just don't shoot it enough.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-22-2022, 09:52 AM
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I used to do that but more often than not these days I rarely use auction sites at all for my own sales. It can definitely go the other way if you list and there's suddenly several others of the same that might appear, but it's a pretty good practice for sure.
For certain. This one just tickled me more than most for some reason. (I do know Chinon made some quite decent stuff, but I've only had very poor experiences with them, particularly from that mid-to-late 80s era).
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-18-2022, 10:29 PM
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I posted this IC-1 up for sale on a whim on Friday morning (too many cameras... once in a while one just gets shown the door) and it took less than a day. Buyer was to arrived at 6:30p tonight. I took it out and lifted the mirror to double check everything (I'd repaired it a couple years ago) and didn't remember that I'd already advanced it.... Something happened when I lifted the mirror and now the advance is very nicely jammed. Took the bottom plate off but going to have to get more serious and take the top off and likely the mount. I could get the shutter to charge and the mirror to go up and release, but the advance is very much out of whack, something binding it in there.
I let the buyer know and in the end he came anyway and bought a Konica TC. :lol: Anyhow.... three or so years of using that IC-1 off and on without so much as a hiccup... then literally an hour and half before sale, boom. SMH
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-14-2022, 10:43 PM
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Just got a test roll back from the SRT-202. Here's a very Rokkor-y shot of the first Topcon I picked up 2 or 3 years ago.
The IC-1 Auto (they're stupid cheap and about 20x nicer than I was expecting. Glass is great. Build is fantastic. Shutter-priority very much like the Autoreflexes.
It's basically a more reliable Unirex but with a focal plane shutter (i'm parroting - I've never had a Unirex).
Super interesting glass that is clearly converted from those earlier models, shutter control ring at base of lens mount and aperture control just in front of it (not on the lens barrel itself).
(And the Minolta was, obviously, a success!)
 IC-1 dreams by Kevin Rosinbum (Eyewanders Foto), on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-09-2022, 10:39 AM
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I purged all my Soviet RF cameras about 4 or 5 years ago, except for a black Kiev 4A (with Helios-103) and a non-quite-functioning Zorki 4 (with Jupiter-8) which I kept.
I had a really lovely Fed 2E during that time before for quite a while. Enjoyed that camera a lot. It had a small, weird front-originating light leak that I could never quite track down, but other than that it was a fantastic shooter.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-07-2022, 09:14 PM
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:D Quite welcome. Definitely handier than most in the power department with that little addition. I only learned that a couple months ago when I started sorting this 202 out.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-07-2022, 04:58 PM
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:asleep:
I usually short hand-rolls for that kinda thing, but my main bulk film I've used for a good while (Delta400 usually) has doubled in price since I last bought 100ft.
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Bulk for sure.
As for number of cameras. I'm just not gonna list that cuz it's become "excessive". lol
I know there are many collectors around here and I applaud it, but personally when I have so many that I'm no longer sure what all I have with a quick thought... it's too many.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-07-2022, 11:47 AM
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Though I enjoyed shooting the test roll in the 202 (very much, and more than I expected) it'll be for sale in the near term. I'm not traveling down yet another 35mm system chasm. :D I'm already well at capacity for that camera era in terms of number of cameras I can reasonably shoot in a year, let alone give more attention to one I like. Hahaha.
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Yes, I know; they all originally took mercuries in 625 size to my knowledge. The SRTs though don't need any modification to use modern cells (with diode addition or otherwise) is my understanding. They have a bridge circuit already which serves this function (better) and makes the meter voltage independent, unlike so many others (Nikkormats, many Konicas, etc. etc.). I confirmed this (only practically) myself a couple times pointing the camera at constant light sources using both Zinc-air types as well as silver-oxide; no notable difference in the reading at the needle.
The little dummy adapters that provide the correct form factor (usually 675 to 625) are useful but in this particular battery box (like *some* Konicas I have) it doesn't really matter; the way the box contacts are arranged (providing the spring is springy and the solders are good) keep them from shorting and the smaller cells seem to stay put just fine without one. (I do use those in a Topcon and one Konica however.)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2022, 04:04 PM
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Anyone around here know the particulars (a crash course) on how CdS cells function???
Just was telling Sam, I returned to the SRT202 above there about 30 minutes ago and the meter is nearly accurate now. I had to be elsewhere so did not check it thoroughly (could have been coincidence) but it certainly seemed like it was working.
Before, it was 2+ stops or more OVER-sensitive after I got it connected and functioning again at all. I've no idea if simply the multiple cleanings, multiple uses over time in the past few weeks, and it having power again could end in a result like that? Is that possible? Very strange.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2022, 10:00 AM
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It does not. (as far as I know - if it does it's hidden from me) I'm not particularly familiar with the various Minoltas. Had a Dynax for a while, but this is the first (somehow) SRT to come through my hands.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-25-2022, 09:21 AM
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I have one as well. Those are some of the best bargains in film cameras going. Such nice builds, outstanding fast Hexanon, crazy wonderful viewfinder with parallax and perspective correction. Just a really nice camera. I don't shoot mine as often as I might only because it's roughly the same size as some of my SLRs so I'll grab those instead.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-24-2022, 07:24 PM
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Finally buttoned this one up today. Gotta be 5 hours in this Camera-Formerly-Known-as-Dead. The light seals on these are pain - they're applied to the door, not the body, and there are many crevices. Loaded up with a test roll now though.
Restored and Ready to Hang by Kevin Rosinbum (Eyewanders Foto), on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-11-2022, 10:21 PM
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I've had my eye on those for a quite some time. Old folders are perhaps my favorites to shoot with these days overall. The Pearl line looks really nice.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-11-2022, 01:41 PM
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My previous experience is with the IC line (which is nearly unheard of now and wasn't around very long comparatively) and recently the three RE lenses I picked up with this body.... and thus far I have to admit I'm rather surprised. The 58 is as good (or perhaps *nearly* as good if I'm honest) as so many have purported.... but it was the 35/2.8 and 135/3.5 that truly astounded me. They are both utterly fantastic.
I've too have been in the Asahi camp for a very long time (though I began in the Nikkor camp) but must admit to being a far more rabid Hexanon fan in the past 5 years.... Another manufacturer with a far more limited range of glass, but the truth is they are all exceptional and they changed very little over time. I do think it's interesting that both Konica and Topcon were the grandfather's of the Japanese photographic market and both had truly exacting standards for what they produced, which arguably led to their financial troubles ongoing and eventual fall from the market. It's all neither here nor there to me as I've become increasingly brand agnostic as years go by, but my favorite pieces are (still) certainly Pentax and Takumar joined by Konica in an enormous (perhaps larger way). I'm still quite unfamiliar with Topcor but my exposure over the past couple years has been more than favorable. :D
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-11-2022, 07:42 AM
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Kids think/say/do/buy the darndest things.
Hahaha. :lol:
I got this one cuz I'd never had one and it was purdy. Always curious about that 58mm. :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-24-2022, 12:30 AM
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I've stared at a photo taken of my grandfather on Christmas evening in 1974 holding a camera that was just slightly too hidden to quite make out precisely what it was.
I'm still not sure what it was but a couple folks here thought it could be a Topcon. I think they're correct, but ever since I picked up an IC-1 and loved it more than many thought I should, I've been wanting one from their "real" camera line. It's a thing of beauty to be sure.
Grandfather Still Knows Best by Kevin Rosinbum (Eyewanders Foto), on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-20-2022, 08:30 PM
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Been far long since I shot this beauty. Given to me by friend in early 2017.
It's in the queue for shooting soon, but for obvious reasons it's never actually put away but always on a prominent and visible shelf. :)
Autocord RG V3
 heartbreaker, dream maker by Kevin Rosinbum (Eyewanders Foto), on Flickr
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