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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 20:22:20 GMT -5
Sold my D50 this weekend. wasn't using it and the D300 enough to justify keeping both.
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Post by Randy on May 4, 2015 20:44:32 GMT -5
I would have to say my Kodak DSLR.
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Post by mickeyobe on May 5, 2015 0:27:45 GMT -5
I am still madly in love with my wonderful but now unused Canon T90.
But I must admit my digital Pentax K5 is edging its way into my emotions.
Mickey
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Post by barbarian on May 9, 2015 15:40:39 GMT -5
I have one of those. Really nice, although a bit of a bother cutting the film leader to size. I have a 35mm Summaron with it.
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Post by philbirch on May 10, 2015 9:50:48 GMT -5
I've got the hang of the leader now. Its not too bad, I batch cut a bunch of films beforehand. Mine has the Summaron too.
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Post by Stephen on May 10, 2015 11:35:34 GMT -5
Personally I have never bothered with altering the short leaders to suit Leica, Reid or Zorki, the film will ride over the far sprocket sideways quite nicely, as the cassette, and the spool are pressed home. you just have to know what is happening as it goes home, checking the outer sprocket is in line, which means the other is OK. I othen load from bulk 35mm film with no leader at all, if the take up grips full width film.
The Leica cut end with longer leader helps make it less of a three handed operation, but the left hand thumb can press down the cassette and the other hand press down and adjust the sprockets to line up.
I can't help feeling the Leica tried to hard to make loading easier, and it became part of the leica lour and ritual to trim the film. It helps of course to have fitted hundreds of films for customers! and Leica,(and copies), were the only major make that caused issues.
For once the Russians got it completly right, make the back open!!
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Post by philbirch on May 11, 2015 13:15:44 GMT -5
I totally agree about the opening back. And as you say practice makes perfect. I can load a Leica or Zorki in the same time it takes to load any other 35mm cam.
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Post by Stephen on May 11, 2015 13:39:26 GMT -5
Thinking about it, it was long experience with 35 mm projectors that makes loading a Leica easier, the hassles you could have with an older Kalee projector make loading any camera seem easy. Leaders on commercial cinema films are nearly always full of torn spockets, and you watched in agony as the loops got smaller at each lost sprocket. In the west end we used to change all the leaders to new stock each time they came in, or after a week, but the leader got very near to the British Film censors frames as the length reduced. All you could do if the projector lost the loops was a quick fade to black, and silence for several seconds whilt it was re looped again, it did not matter on Ist reel start, but awkward with reel changes!
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Post by Randy on May 17, 2015 1:30:03 GMT -5
You guys gotta remember, this is the digital slr board.
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Post by mickeyobe on May 17, 2015 4:30:05 GMT -5
Yup. Digital SLR bored. "Point and - Fire! No more guessing. No more surprises. All is cut and dried." He sighed as he fondled his beloved Canon T90 all the while grinning from ear to ear. Mickey Uh Oh. Digital SLR. Pentax K-5.
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Post by philbirch on May 17, 2015 18:04:22 GMT -5
You guys gotta remember, this is the digital slr board. And as always, don't forget, it appears to be the custom that subjects go off topic
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2015 20:56:27 GMT -5
Personally I have never bothered with altering the short leaders to suit Leica, Reid or Zorki, the film will ride over the far sprocket sideways quite nicely, as the cassette, and the spool are pressed home. you just have to know what is happening as it goes home, checking the outer sprocket is in line, which means the other is OK. I othen load from bulk 35mm film with no leader at all, if the take up grips full width film. The Leica cut end with longer leader helps make it less of a three handed operation, but the left hand thumb can press down the cassette and the other hand press down and adjust the sprockets to line up. I can't help feeling the Leica tried to hard to make loading easier, and it became part of the leica lour and ritual to trim the film. It helps of course to have fitted hundreds of films for customers! and Leica,(and copies), were the only major make that caused issues. For once the Russians got it completly right, make the back open!! Stephen. I've never had much trouble with bottom loading Leica types. The one exception was a Zorki 1B with the soft body shell (a problem suffered by the early Zorki 1s. Over the years the metal snaps on the leather never-ready case had pushed in the camera back to the point where there wasn't enough space for the film to slide down into the track. I managed to very carefully pull the back into position. One of my favorite bottom loaders was a MIOJ Leotax copy of a Leica II. It operated as smooth as any Leica which may be why they now fetch more than a real Leica from the same period. (I got $75 for mine as part of a trade in for a Nikon lens back in the early '70s. Another of life decision I truly regret (along with selling my Microsoft stock for a whopping $800 profit. If I had held onto it there was a point where it would have been worth about $3 million.)
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Post by hannes on May 18, 2015 14:14:49 GMT -5
I did not use many different digital SLRs till now. My all time favourite is the D300. I really like it and I'm happy that I decided for that one and not for a D90 or D7100.
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Post by mickeyobe on May 22, 2015 8:46:47 GMT -5
Personally I have never bothered with altering the short leaders to suit Leica, Reid or Zorki, the film will ride over the far sprocket sideways quite nicely, as the cassette, and the spool are pressed home. you just have to know what is happening as it goes home, checking the outer sprocket is in line, which means the other is OK. I othen load from bulk 35mm film with no leader at all, if the take up grips full width film. The Leica cut end with longer leader helps make it less of a three handed operation, but the left hand thumb can press down the cassette and the other hand press down and adjust the sprockets to line up. I can't help feeling the Leica tried to hard to make loading easier, and it became part of the leica lour and ritual to trim the film. It helps of course to have fitted hundreds of films for customers! and Leica,(and copies), were the only major make that caused issues. For once the Russians got it completly right, make the back open!! Stephen. Less than 1 minute with the proper fine Exacto blade. Mickey
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Post by philbirch on May 23, 2015 17:43:06 GMT -5
Quicker still with a pair of scissors. It's not an exact science Mickey, a slightly longer tongue is all you need. If know how to load a Leica/Zorki properly they can be loaded with an un-modified film.
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