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Post by truls on Feb 9, 2015 7:19:46 GMT -5
The Olympus Pen F series are almost more pretty than Leica's... (I am swearing in the church now?) So clean and simple design, the camera invites the photographer to use it. I believe there were a Pen FV version also, but it had no light meter. Good photographs! Ilford XP2 shines when used in nature photography, I find it too contrasty for portraits, where Kodak BW400CN renders better skin tones. Yes, Fomapan 400 is a very good film, I have discovered it too. It shines in the darkroom, and have good latitude, making it a good film for estimating light levels. I have used different developers, but landed on Kodak HC110 in 1/63 dilution for 13 minutes, making it a great allround kit. Rodinal gives it grain, but also excellent sharpness. Very good exposure in the first image, snow makes it tricky to reveal details in both highlights and shadows.
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Post by truls on Feb 8, 2015 16:10:47 GMT -5
Looks like a great camera, in fair to good condition. Anyone have this camera? As I understand it is not so easy to get, but shows now and then at the auction. There is no information at camerapedia, only AL, AL-F and ALS. I consider bidding on this one. Starting at $9.
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Post by truls on Feb 8, 2015 10:10:37 GMT -5
Gord, I think you set a new standard of what images we can show on the forum. Very good. The first image is just stunning, not easy to capture a scene far away. It is like a painting from an artist. Top composition, the diagonal lines in the mountain works so well, also the texture stands out. Placement of trees are perfect. I bet it would be a fine art framing on the wall. As for lenses, I guess you can make very nice images with any lens, or brand.
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Post by truls on Feb 8, 2015 4:39:11 GMT -5
Hello Gord! Welcome to the center of collecting madness. It seems joining this forum has an effect of a slight increase in number of cameras, at least for me. Fun to have another printer "freak" at the forum. I also enjoy the art of printing BW images. They get scanned as well, to get a better overview.
Lately I also discovered the nice Olympus PEN half frame cameras, a true beauty and I believe a capable shooter, considering the fine Olympus lenses.
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Post by truls on Feb 6, 2015 14:33:48 GMT -5
At Cameraquest.Strangest thing of camera, a half frame Nikon Fm2. But WHY??
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Post by truls on Feb 6, 2015 5:04:59 GMT -5
Welcome back Doug! Mickey and Wayne states the truth. Lession learned, Electronics are all over us, and we have to cope With it whether we like it or not. We have a coffee machine... An Electronic one, from Switzerland. We push he button, the coffee is ready in 30 Seconds. It also states when it is out of beans, need cleaning, full of Garbage, and so on. The coffee quality matches the best coffee in fine restaurants. I will never manually Cook my coffee, I like the "Electronic" one. Truls, I still make my coffee the way my grandfather did in a little pot on the stove. Except the pot is now glass instead of copper and the stove is a microwave. My method takes five minutes and 30 seconds. By the way I still save the grounds for scouring pots and pans and then as fertilizer for my tangled, ugly garden. I modestly admit my ersatz Turkish coffee is better than the real stuff in many coffee shops and I can not use real sugar, only the artificial stuff allowed diabetics. Not following the leader can be creative and fun.
I appreciate Your disobedience for authorities, not being mainstream. That is a healthy point of view. I am not good at making good coffee, that takes special skills doing right. Manually made coffe is the best, when done properly. Turkish coffee is a delicacy, not easy to make!
As for the technological point of view, I hope the NeXT edition of the coffee machine not are sending data to my doctor, claiming I drink too much coffee! (haha)
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Post by truls on Feb 6, 2015 4:52:43 GMT -5
Kiev 19 lens Mount, seems it only have the locking pin: Stop Down metering With any fitting lens, original Helios-81A, Nikon Ai, Nikon Non-Ai, Nikon AF lens With aperture ring. Kiev 19 With Nikkor AF-lens:
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Post by truls on Feb 5, 2015 3:09:18 GMT -5
Welcome back Doug! Mickey and Wayne states the truth. Lession learned, Electronics are all over us, and we have to cope With it whether we like it or not. We have a coffee machine... An Electronic one, from Switzerland. We push he button, the coffee is ready in 30 Seconds. It also states when it is out of beans, need cleaning, full of Garbage, and so on. The coffee quality matches the best coffee in fine restaurants. I will never manually Cook my coffee, I like the "Electronic" one.
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Post by truls on Feb 5, 2015 2:46:28 GMT -5
There was a discussion at Flickr, a user claiming selenium meters never dies... It is the internal Construction and wire setup that broke Down, making a repair possible.
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Post by truls on Feb 5, 2015 2:41:59 GMT -5
Thanks Phil pointing out image limit size - not good. The trusty Pixlr editor might be much better - accepted large images, and even more easy user Interface: Photoscape is a promising piece of software, often overlooked. I have used it a few times, but the user Interface seemed some outdated. Later, being more used to the menus, it is a quite capabe program. But if travelling, or other occations, an online editor could be handy. Thanks for pointing out weaknesses. May be other collectors have a favourite photo editor, let us know!
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Post by truls on Feb 4, 2015 16:40:39 GMT -5
Out shooting With the Kiev 19 today. In practical use the camera is like a Nikkormat, Heavy, simple, straight forward. However, the light meter is unreliable. The viewfinder is a positive surprise, Bright and easy to focus, good viev of what is in the scene.
Old engine, severe underexposure.
Better exposure this time.
As good as it gets, perhaps.
The Kiev is a Notorious under-exposer. I will judge the exposure myself NeXT ime.
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Post by truls on Feb 3, 2015 7:23:30 GMT -5
I dont know how you find these cameras, I find the menus and search very confusing and 'literal' Ebay shows up a lot of irrelevant junk but you can find what you want even with the vaguest of descriptions. Sometimes there is a mis-spelling, so "1a" becomes "la" (La). A search for "retina" makes it easy to spot cameras, even if other junk turns up. The search is case sensitive, "L" is not "l".
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Post by truls on Feb 3, 2015 7:19:28 GMT -5
I won these two cameras at the japanese auction site: Ricoh 35 - not rare but a fun rangefinder from Ricoh, made from 1955. Camerapedia states it has a triplet designed by Tomioka. Petri 2.8 - a handsome camera, standard Tessar type 4 element 2.8 lens. $15 for both cameras.
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Post by truls on Feb 2, 2015 15:55:33 GMT -5
I never realized how beautiful those Retinas are... I should really get one for myself. $8 and no bids... (Japan Auctions).
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Post by truls on Feb 2, 2015 15:34:31 GMT -5
I have one since a few weeks, did not yet run a film through. The meter responds very slow to changes of aperture. It seems a little bit inaccurate. The diodes on my FM respond quicker to changes. I think I will run the first film through the Kiev with the FM or an external meter as reference side by side. Fun you also have the same camera! Dont know the story why Kiev SLR cameras ended up With the Nikon F Mount? The light meter Works well, and the upper light suggest overexposure, lower light underexposure. When both lights up, exposure is correct. It can be a Challenge in good light to see both lights, as they are kind of dim. Also mounting Non-ai lenss are simpler than on Nikon FM, you do not have to lift the small tab. The viewinder is fairly Bright for a russian camera, also With a 2.8 or 3.5 lens.
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