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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 19:12:13 GMT -5
Out in the Nevada desert . . .
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 18:34:07 GMT -5
Here's a selection of the best slr camera's that were on offer in the early seventies, anyone serious about photography had one or desperatly wanted one of these. 7 i would have liked to add pentax but they were still struggeling with the M42 mount and had nothing to compete with the above mentionned, we had to wait until 1980 when the LX was launched. Once '75 passed everything changed.... Of course Pentax released the K mount in 1975 with the release of the K2, KX & KM followed by the K1000 in 1976. Since you still need a 7th, how about the Olympus OM-2 (1975), Pentax MX (1976) or Minolta XD-11 (1977)?
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Rivers.
Feb 24, 2015 18:11:06 GMT -5
Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 18:11:06 GMT -5
I also have a pano shot of a river using 35mm Kodak Ektar 100. The final stitch with the four frames shown below. Watson Mill Bridge on the South Fork River, Comer, Georgia.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 18:01:20 GMT -5
I don't know why the exif file is blank, it is not set to remove in my graphic programs and is on my copy, which I have already deleted. I wonder if photobucket have a setting to remove, or they affect the file in some way. No harm no foul really as I wasn't that attached to it but just thought you might like to know.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 17:58:32 GMT -5
My thoughts too so I went and scoured info on the SL2. From what I gather the build quality was on the same level as the Nikon F2 and Canon F-1. I found this interesting bit though -> Nikon F2 R -- Leica R Mount Nikon!
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 9:54:37 GMT -5
My apologies if your good with Photoshop etc., but for reference for others, it is possible to rescue such shots, this only took a few minutes, with extra work it could be improved more....and it must be 1955 onwards as there is a Citroen Pallas in front of the van......... Stephen. Thanks for identifying the year based on the Citroen Pallas as I depended on the the auction information which we all know is reliable . . . Just to be sure, I wanted to represent the current color of the chrome as a personal preference. Although I did in fact correct the color of my own and did not share it here, I do not have a problem with you doing so. However, my concern is that you did not keep the EXIF info of my originally posted image which included my copyright info. No big deal but something for you to keep in mind in the future.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 24, 2015 9:29:01 GMT -5
Already shown here are models from Canon, Exakta, Minolta, Miranda, Nikon, Pentax and Topcon. There are many more brands and models not represented here that I am aware of such as - Edixa, Praktica and Praktina. There are likely many others that I am not aware of so please share what you have. The main reasons for changeable prism cameras is flexibility to change viewing perspectives. Usually eye and waist level. However, both perspectives are not limited to interchangeable VF cameras. There are usually 90° adapters available for fixed prism SLRs - like the Olympus OM Varimagni Finder shown below, but not many has a built-in 2.5X magnifier. Not only does this accessory fit Olympus OM cameras, but I have found it to fit practically most of my SLRs. Then there is the Ricoh TLS401 which is the only camera I have encountered with a dual perspective design built-in - eye and waist level. Each perspective is selectable by a change over knob on the side of the prism and a sliding cover on top of the prism. So there are alternatives if you just need eye and waist level.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 23, 2015 13:14:13 GMT -5
Well, the canon F1 isn't that hard to find, the canonflex is another story, but even then i have seen a few passing for less than i've paid mine ( it seems to me the canonflex range is devaluating exept for the flex 2000 and the black versions)The Minolta XM is the real tough one, but i see we both have one so that's one less problem ;-) I myselve still need a Pentax LX but i haven't found one for the right price and i am a bit afraid of buying one online because it's a camera where a few expensive things can go wrong wich you won't notice untill you start using the camera. Another problem is finding the alternative prisms or viewfinders as often, if you find one, they'll set you back more than you paid for the camera. Anyway, interchangable viewfinders have fascinated me from the moment i got my exacta way back in the sixties, and now they are one of the main themes of my collection. As you said, it's not that I haven't found one, it's just not in the condition and price I would like! You are right about the viewfinders/accessories, they can get pricier than the bodies themselves. I have been just exercising patience as it has taken quite awhile to accumulate these reasonably. The two Pentax LX's I have are fully functional and factory accurate. The only camera I have encountered (of any brand and model or year) that can aperture priority auto expose a scene for as long as it takes (or batteries die) and monitor the scene while adjusting exposure accordingly. I have conducted hours long exposures on either and they are accurate and repeatable.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 23, 2015 12:45:33 GMT -5
Overhead shot of the bodies without viewfinders installed. The Topcon/Beseler B has no metered viewfinder. The Nikon F has metered viewfinders which also held the batteries. Metering only with appropriate prisms. The Nikon F2 incorporated batteries in the body but metering is still in the appropriate viewfinders only. The XK incorporated batteries in the body but metering is in the appropriate viewfinders only. Note that without a prism, there is no indication of the shutter speed, ASA/ISO and compensation setting - all on the viewfinder. The New F-1 incorporated batteries and metering in the body but without the prism, you cannot see the meter settings. The F3 incorporated batteries and metering in the body and is fully functional without a prism on if you can view the tiny LCD. The LX is fully functional without a viewfinder and the LED meters are easiest to see.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 23, 2015 8:52:22 GMT -5
Are these interchangable viewfinders anything special? as i've got some old cameras laying around here and they all seem to have this feature. That must have been the question that some asked themselves given the additional complexity, weight, size and cost associated with this feature. In the early development of SLRs, they provided a way for the manufacturer to provide eye level prism alternative to the waist level. Then came in-camera metering prisms and this made it easy to add TTL - first with CDS cels then with silicon cels. In this case just buying prisms was cheaper than buying a whole camera body. From all I have seen, I believe the Pentax LX offered not only the widest variety of prisms - all metered, but also provided the widest range of eye relief as well as built-in diopter adjustments. Additionally, the Pentax LX small size puts it in the category of other fixed prism cameras. All the cameras with changeable prisms also had changeable focusing screens. So this added another level of flexibility by allowing a variety of screens. From what I have seen, the Canon New F-1 (1981 model) offered the widest selection. For instance changing screens give the option of spot metering. Canon also introduced a split image rangefinder screen that never blacks out even when using slow lenses or bellows. No doubt not everyone needed the flexibility of changeable viewfinders and focusing screens and this generally saves cost, weight, size and complexity. BTW, nice collection there. I see you have at least two other bodies I am looking to acquire - the Canonflex and Canon F-1.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 22:26:20 GMT -5
At night in the Florida Gulf coast with the Pentax LX using Kodak Portra 800 at about >2 minutes I was curious how my phonecam would take the same shot . . . Exif shows ISO 1000, 0.06666 s, f/2.25
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 21:58:54 GMT -5
I recently won an auction for some 1940's chromes of Paris. It is mostly red now. Then I remembered I took a photo from a similar vantage point on Kodak Gold 100 so I cropped the 4X5 to more closely match mine. Different cars, busier street and street lamps are different . . .
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 21:04:36 GMT -5
I don't currently have as extensive a collection of viewfinders for my Nikons F, F2 and F3.
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Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 20:47:34 GMT -5
How the ocean is tamed by time exposure. Fuji 100 with the Pentax LX. lesdmess,Congratulations, You succeeded in doing what King Cnut could not do. You stopped the tide. Mickey Wow I had to google that reference, Thanks!
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Bellows
Feb 22, 2015 18:16:59 GMT -5
Post by lesdmess on Feb 22, 2015 18:16:59 GMT -5
OK so the "P-adapter" is the M42 to Minolta MC/MD adapter and not the bellows. I suppose this is the Minolta counterpart to the M42 to Pentax K Mount adapter that I use.
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