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Post by Peltigera on Mar 14, 2012 14:25:29 GMT -5
Thanks for all then information. I finally went for Cam-spares and the foam arrived today. Very (and surprisingly) easy to fit.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 11, 2012 7:26:34 GMT -5
I have copied this from the Adox web site in case it interests anyone with 110 cmeras in their collections. www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/110/110.htmlThe 110 Film project is slowly moving foreward. We have remanufactured the cassettes, found backing paper, are working on the perforating group and need to solve problems with the ultrasonic cassette melter and the spooling process. Also we need to finish the general construction works in the factory which will provide us with cool and clean air, compressed air and a safelight environment. At this point we cannot tell you when the films will be available. It might be the summer it might be the fall it might be the end of the year of next year. You will find updates here as we move along with the project. The project is funded from the income stream derived from Fotoimpex. If sales are down with Fotoimpex this project is put to hold and will not proceed. This happened e.g. over the period April to October 2010. Please do not send us emails asking if and when the films will be available as we have to redirect you to this website as an answer. All we announce here and officially is that we attempt to restart the production of 110 films as soon as we can. ADOX Feb. 14th. 2011
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 10, 2012 12:56:34 GMT -5
I have a couple of cameras that need new light seals - an Olympus trip and a Voigtlander Bessamatic. The Olympus's seals are a sticky mess and the Bessamatic's are squashed so falt they are doing nothing (except let light in!).
What can I use for new light seal material? Can I actually buy 'proper' light seals from somewhere?
Any advice much appreciated.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 10, 2012 6:45:38 GMT -5
Thank you very much.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 10, 2012 6:41:26 GMT -5
This is the camera I (ok, Bestbeloved) bought a week or two ago. Thanks for the warning that a stuck mirror is really a flat battery. Not happened yet but bound to at some point.
I am finding it a really nice camera to use.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 3, 2012 14:01:04 GMT -5
Mickey, it maintains its focus through the zoom range (and the aperture!). The zoom setting does "adjust" itself if you point the camera down, but I rarely take photos of my feet, so I don't care, not for what I (or Bestbeloved) just paid for it.
Just got my test film back - all exposed ok so the aperture must be working ok - I made sure I took some with a small aperture to be sure.
Thanks for the aperture info, Roy. Not had a look at the Kiron-Klub site yet but will do so when i am more relaxed.
For a modern (ie after 1960) camera, I really like it.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 2, 2012 16:50:46 GMT -5
My new Olympus OM10, courtesy of Bestbeloved. It came with a Vivitar 75-205 mm zoom lens rather than with a Zuiko lens so I shall have to keep my eyes open for a 50mm Zuiko OM fit lens. Actually, I quite like the Vivitar - it has a push/pull zoom mechanism rather than a twist one which I rather like. It claims to have macro focussing capabilities - but not with the usual definition of macro. Still on my first test film but the camera seems to operate very well. Not sure, though, that the lens is stopping down. The depth of field preview button does nothing which does not necessarily mean the lens does not stop down in use - I shall see tomorrow when I get the film developed.
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Post by Peltigera on Mar 1, 2012 8:08:25 GMT -5
Temptations? I was looking at an Olympus OM10 in a shop window and Bestbeloved said she had some spare money. What else should I need?
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 27, 2012 7:56:15 GMT -5
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 20, 2012 9:09:13 GMT -5
When I got interested in photography in the early 1970s I could only afford a Soviet Zenit and a friend of mine had a Spotmatic. I wanted one so bad - easy focussing with a split screen thingy, exposure meter inside, not on top, somewhere to fix a strap, light as a feather, and more. They cost over a month's wages and I could not begin to justify the cost.
One of the joys of collecting old cameras is that I can afford better quality than I ever could buying new.
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 18, 2012 6:30:36 GMT -5
This is my all-time favourite camera - so nice in so many ways. A lot of these get advertised on Ebay as having faulty shutters.
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Ilford
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 17, 2012 13:49:29 GMT -5
What is confusing is that the Ilford name is also used on the excellent Galerie series of digital printing papers, though these come from a different company. What is really confusing is that Ilford Photo also make Galerie papers: light sensitive Galerie paper - Ilford Photo Inkjet Galerie paper - Ilford Imaging.
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 13, 2012 13:14:10 GMT -5
I am running out of spousal tolerance at a mere twenty and a few. I got a bit of grace by selling a few and forgetting to mention I also bought a few more. When she asks me how many, I do not include light meters, or range-finders, or cases, or various occult devices that seem to have found their way into my collection.
41 in a year is very nearly one a week - far too many.
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 9, 2012 1:53:58 GMT -5
Impressive!
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Post by Peltigera on Feb 5, 2012 14:36:41 GMT -5
We had a good fall of snow here in Lincoln last night - and, no, it is not normal. This is the third time in the ten years I have lived in Lincoln that we have had snow. Fortunately, it will only be for a few days.
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