rono
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Post by rono on Jun 26, 2015 21:36:13 GMT -5
Finally found a copy of John Fosters book Olympus pen SLR HalF-Frame System Cameras. Wow, amazing book, wish some one would create one for the OM system. Own just a PEN FT and a few lenses. Just added a Olympus 38mm f2.8 enlarging lenses to my collection. When I first saw it I thought it was a misidentified 38mm macro lens, but closer inspection it was an enlarging lens. I first saw it on a system diagram in a very early M-1 OM-1 brochure. Did find info about it in John Foster's book sounds like an amazing lens for 1/2 frame negatives. Now need to find a lens board for my Bessler MX 45. This and a half frame projector are my cool PEN F accesories. Any other Pen F enthusiasts.
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Stephen
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Still collecting.......
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Post by Stephen on Jun 28, 2015 11:33:06 GMT -5
I have the Olympus Pen F, excellent cameras all round, only limit is the 1/2th frame format, but with fine grain film B/W can get good results. slides were a bit disappointing, and colour prints hopeless as the labs hated printing them.
However with processing the film to colour neg and then digital scanning, the results are really good. Best scanned at home or check with lab to get highest resolution scan.
Stephen.
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rono
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Post by rono on Jun 29, 2015 21:04:18 GMT -5
Have a few lots of half-frame slides they hold up pretty well. Both sets contain a quite a few pictures of military bases. They would have been a perfect camera for guys in the military traveling around. Small size and a incredible number of pictures per roll so would have been cheaper to shoot. I think the half frame was more popular in the pacific region and europe.
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