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Post by belgiumreporter on May 7, 2023 10:39:13 GMT -5
It has been some time since I've been on the forum as I've been travelling a lot. Still I was able to buy some camera's here and there and this is what I've found: A very nice Canon VT, I've put on a jupiter 8 just to close the body up but in due time this will be replaced with some Canon glass: Next is this Topcon RE super with the desirable Topcor 1:1.4 f58mm the latch wich holds the prism in place is damaged but I've got a solution for that. Then there's another Pentax LX, it's got a slight case of the sticky mirror syndrome, but nothing that can't be fixed. To complete the Hasselblad 500 series I've found this 500 EL/X, wich works fine but the lens won't lock so there'se another one I'll have to put some attention to. And the last (for now ) is this yellow silicone skin for my Z6 wich makes it look like a submarine camera
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Post by paulhofseth on May 8, 2023 1:02:41 GMT -5
I recall with pleasure the VI T I used to have before I switched to the better viewfinder but less innovative film-charging andtransport of the M3- Yesterday however I came across a Contina at a fleamarket with the special SVS shutter AND a working light meter (plus a ddefunct Horvex as a bonus. The Zeiss just needed some exercise of the slowest speeds to get them up to full speed.
With some cautious use of its big rewind handle i may be able to get a film partially exposed (Ilford XP) in order to compare its Tessar with a Color Skopar on a VitoB, an early F2 Ektar on an old Retina as well as the Ultron and Nokton on a Prominent.. All with just one scanning operation but beyond keeping strict control of numbers, possibly needing darkroom bag fiddling if the cartridge swallows the film end.
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Post by belgiumreporter on May 16, 2023 15:21:08 GMT -5
With some cautious use of its big rewind handle i may be able to get a film partially exposed (Ilford XP) in order to compare its Tessar with a Color Skopar on a VitoB, an early F2 Ektar on an old Retina as well as the Ultron and Nokton on a Prominent.. All with just one scanning operation but beyond keeping strict control of numbers, possibly needing darkroom bag fiddling if the cartridge swallows the film end. p. p. Not waisting any film when testing different cameras is allways a bit of a problem. These days as far as lenses are concerned mirrorless cameras are a blessing as they are suited to adapt allmost any lens on so you don't need to waist any film. The problem comes with lenses for wich no adapters exist so when you want to test them you're forced to use them on the film bodies to wich they belong. Currently I find it difficult to buy an expensive exacta/ topcon to Z mount adapter to test some of my topcon lenses of wich I am sure, after testing, I will never use them again. So the alternative will be to use them on the Topcon super Dm with some fine grain film. The next problem is finding usefull subjects wich will be worthy of photographing and suitable to bring out the best or worst of the lens on test (brick walls get boring very fast 😄 ) so be kind and rewind, to try to use the film in different bodies, in most cases no 36 shots are needed to evaluate one camera or lens. This goes for 35mm 120 is somewhat more complicated.
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Post by yashica1943 on May 24, 2023 9:40:58 GMT -5
The problem of the film being rewound into the cassette is easily fixed. Ilford make a film retriever which works surprisingly well.
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