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Post by k38 on Oct 23, 2006 21:36:11 GMT -5
I have heard quite a few people who were really taken with the T90. It seems like a halfway point between the metal cameras and the EOS1. I was using my EOS1n today, and it always feels just great in my hands. I'm afraid that I am becoming a victim of Canon FD-itis. Is the T90 reliable? I have shied away from the early electro wizard cameras, but I like the look of the T90.
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Post by k38 on Oct 23, 2006 18:44:23 GMT -5
I got my Canon EF in today. It is in absolutely beautiful shape I would put it at 98% It seems to have all functions working and everything operates very smoothly. The only dig is that it seems to want to over expose by about one stop. Considering I almost always shoot color negative film or B/W it probably makes no difference. If you are going to make a mistake better to over expose than under expose (not slides!). We would all be pretty good if we got it within a stop all the time anyway! I just set the ASA to 200 instead of 100 and it agrees with my F1, EOS1n, and LeicaflexSL. I had lots of fun having the EF, F1, EOS1n, and 30D all out at the same time. The EF has features that I have never seen on a manual focus SLR such as automatic wind-on without clicking blanks to load. It seems to run OK on the alky PX625A batteries. Legend has it that the EF has a voltage regulator in the meter circuit so it can use the replacement batteries.
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Post by k38 on Dec 16, 2006 23:17:41 GMT -5
The black Bessaflex is very nice looking. It looks like a Nikon F with a plain prism. I like the satin finish.
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Post by k38 on Oct 21, 2006 17:00:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the response Peter,
I wish I had stayed with Canon back in the late 70's rather than go with Pentax K models. I was very taken with the MX and later the LX. My LX was a bit of a lemon letting me down on the job and in England at my brother's wedding. I used Mamiya twin lens a lot for work and I still have my first one, A C220 that I bought in 1976 with money from my first real job. I try not to sell cameras or guns anymore as I end up missing them and buying another (very inefficient). I tried a Nikon 6006 at the beginning of the Auto focus film SLR era (very short era!) but I was put off a bit by the idea of all the black paint coming off the back of a Nikon. So I bounced back to Canon with an EOS 1n they were going very cheap when the EOS 1v was coming out. I have been pleased with my EOS lenses on the 30D digital as well. My Nikon thing is mostly a collection I concentrate on the 1959 to the advent of AI lenses time period which was really the heyday for Nikon (my opinion only). I really like a plain prism Nikon F with the GN Nikkor and a Weston Master V as a walk around outfit. I also like a Leicaflex SL as overhauled by Sherry Krauter - she is a real character to talk to on the telephone! I think that my next sort of system to assemble will be based around my Canon F1 and EF. I have 5 lenses; I tend to shy away from zooms though. I would like to get some super wide angle lenses for Nikon or Canon as I always find that is the way I see things in my head.
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Post by k38 on Oct 20, 2006 20:11:24 GMT -5
I succumbed to a Canon EF this week. I can't wait until it gets here. I have always liked the F1 and the EF, but I don't know if I have ever had one in my hands, but I always liked the design of the shutter speed dial. As a shutter priority camera it would seem like a nice touch to be able to change shutter speeds with just your index finger while the camera is up to your eye. The Canon FD stuff is certainly nicely put together, I think I will need a nice FTb next. It was my first SLR, and I always regret selling it.
Joy!
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Post by k38 on Oct 12, 2006 22:31:33 GMT -5
I like the Canons as well. I have a really clean original F1 and a P rangefinder, My "serious" equipment is an EOS 1n and a 39D and a batch of lenses. My first "real" camera was a Canon FTb. The thing was built like a tank, wish I still had it but I had a long flirtation with Pentax K mount (2 MX's, and an LX) The LX was a great disappointment as it died on a wonderful trip to the UK. I think in many ways the Canon F1 first model is a more elegant camera than the Nikon f or F2. The finder attachment and the lens linkages were way ahead, and much smoother. That said I really like a plain prism Nikon F. My only regret with these fine cameras is the only truly criminal urge I have had in my whole life. I want to start a black market, underground, highly hush-hush PX 625 mercury battery factory. I am however afraid I will wind up as the villain in a James Bond movie (just call me quick silver finger) I guess I will have to make due with the substitutes. One bright note I understand that the Canon EF has a built in voltage regulator and will run off two of the alkali substitutes.
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Post by k38 on Oct 12, 2006 22:36:01 GMT -5
I like the Original F1 or the first update. Built like an M1 Tank. The EOS 1n is wonderful, I have handled the EOS 1V and it has a great viewfinder especially for glasses wearers like me. I have never tried the F1N but I have seen them.
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Post by k38 on Oct 15, 2006 19:29:43 GMT -5
My first new high quality camera was a Canon FTb. At that time the newest advancement in 35mm slr's was open aperture metering. I remember knowing about Nikons and Leicas but The stores anywhere near me did not carry them. The dealers in the back of the magazines usually would not post prices for Nikons or Leicas. I am primarily interested in the "Pro" quality cameras of any vintage. I put the Pro in quotes as it is not always the case! I could tell you a long sad story about a Pentax LX that I bought myself as a graduation present from college. To me, and not to start an argument, I feel the Nikon F is the most important and influential camera of the second half of the 20th Century. My list of 20th century cameras includes: Graflex Speed Graphic Leica screw mount Zeiss Contax Rangefinders Rolleiflex Leica M Hasselblad Nikon F and F2 This is not complete, and it ends before the auto focus era (I love my EOS 1n and it is hell for rugged) The Digital thing makes me feel like I just spent a lifetime learning to do Daguerreotype and I wake up out of a job. Oh well no more boiling mercury. Dwight
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Post by k38 on Mar 14, 2007 1:05:24 GMT -5
Anybody put there with experience with the Contarex Bullseye/Cyclops? I have had one on my "to do" list for a long time.
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Post by k38 on Jan 3, 2007 21:20:43 GMT -5
I would love to feel the bottom winder on one of those. You really have a lot of leverage with that thing.
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Post by k38 on Dec 31, 2006 13:56:04 GMT -5
We have our share of problems here in Texas, but I think people are very polite in general. You still hear please, thank you, yes sir, and no sir. Our son is going to spend his spring semester in Peoria Illinois as an intern with Caterpillar Tractor. He is a mechanical engineering major at Texas A&M University. His mother and I told him not to forget his "Texas Manners" He is afraid that people will think he has an accent, I told him to consider it a compliment. I had a lot to learn when I moved here from Michigan 25 years ago, but everyone cut me a lot of slack. Simple civility adds a great deal of dignity to everyday lives and otherwise everyday jobs. Back to the Exakta IIa...... this is the model I am looking for to add to my collection. I'm pretty sure all the ones I have seen have needed new curtains etc.
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Post by k38 on Nov 12, 2006 12:00:28 GMT -5
I noticed that KEH had a Canon T60 (made by Cosina) for sale under Canon manual focus bodies. It looks like a nice camera.
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Post by k38 on Oct 24, 2006 22:22:25 GMT -5
I have always wanted to add an Exakta to my collection. I'm totally bewildered by the model numbers etc. Is there any good source of information or does anyone have an opinion as to which is the "one to get"
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Post by k38 on Jan 12, 2007 17:39:15 GMT -5
I had always heard that the self timer was primarily for the Japanese home market (they like to get in there own pictures). I have used it when I forget a cable release. On a couple of my 35mm SLRs the self timer has an interesting benefit of raising the mirror when you start the timer and firing the shutter at the end.
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Post by k38 on Jan 3, 2007 1:08:33 GMT -5
Very nice work!
I really like the look of your black & white. Did you scan the negatives with a flat bed or do you have a medium format film scanner? I am wanting to get back to using some of my 120 cameras.
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