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Post by Berndt on Dec 2, 2011 23:27:56 GMT -5
BTW, bigdawg ... why don't you order from internet then ? It's often even cheaper than buying at a store. I order some film types even from Germany ( to Japan ) and it is cheaper, because they don't charge the sales tax ( if shipping to overseas ), which mostly covers the shipping costs then. www.fotoimpex.de/anglicus/index.htmlFor common film types, a domestic supplier might be cheaper, but they have sometimes rare films as well. For example, I ordered a 35 mm B/W slide film recently, which is impossible to get in Japan ... or a few 120 B/W films at ASA 25, which I can't get here as well. Good luck !!! Berndt
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Post by Berndt on Dec 2, 2011 22:59:17 GMT -5
I think, it all depends on the "value" of the picture ( however everybody would define that for himself ). Scanners like this Ion are actually made for "transforming a bunch of old pictures quickly and efficiently into our digital world" ... and that's what it is an excellent and easy to use tool for. Making a decision like "I want to use film instead of digital" in the present time, might people make desiring a higher quality though. Getting a "decent" scan, can let film look far superior to digital, especially on medium format. Then, the purpose is not so much "restoring a memory from the past", scanners ( which advanced rapidly in their quality during the last years ) ironically - because it's a digital device - helped film to survive. It's the interface from the analog to the digital world and people are using more film again than a few years ago. Companies like www.lomography.com/ are rapidly growing, releasing new film cameras and types of film nearly every month. Film became "sexy" again. Much easier to achieve interesting or even artistic looking results without straying through complicated menues, settings and often useless options, just right out of the camera without the need of RAW, Photoshop, etc. That wouldn't have been possible without an interface to the digital world ... and even we couldn't share any pictures through the internet, couldn't we. I would need to take a plane and bring my photoalbum to visit you guys ... which would be fun too, of course My personal hope as a lover of film and antique film cameras would be, that scan services would become cheaper and/or scanners would become easier to use at home. I think, that will happen. The big lack of those Ion-type scanners is, that they just use a cheap digital camera sensor ( and the same technology as in a digital camera ) for scanning. It's basically a process of taking a digital picture of film. All the benefits of film become lost and then, it would be actually better, taking a picture directly with a digital camera. But I would really like to encourage people, granting the best slides of the past a good scan. The outcoming quality could be surprising, I think. However, for most of the pictures, taken on negative film ( picture film ), especially up from ASA 400, the Ion would do a job, which is more than good enough. What I really would be interested in seeing, are good scans of old Kodachrome slides. I never used one, but it is said, that the quality and resolution has been amazing.
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Post by Berndt on Dec 2, 2011 11:59:10 GMT -5
The price for a standard package ( developing a 35 mm negative film plus DVD ) is acceptable here, but if you need to pay "by frame", I would recommend using mainly slide ( transparency ) film. You can preview the results then and just let the best shots become scanned. Saves some money and depending on what you want to shoot, results on slide film do often look much better. I often use the Kodak E100VS. Super fine grain, brilliant colors ... but of course, for other purposes or more "artistic effects", other film types can be more suitable. I like the Kodak Portra series for portraits for example ( but that's not a slide film ). However, your scans do indeed not look really good. You can get much more out of this camera, I think. Try a high end slide film like the Kodak E100VS just for a test ... and you will be very surprised, what your old baby can do
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Post by Berndt on Dec 2, 2011 9:22:46 GMT -5
Thank you ... but I would actually consider this scan as pretty bad Its just a standard service ( development + DVD ), you can get at any photo shop. Pretty low quality. I get my medium format films scanned in a higher resolution, but then, they charge per frame. Self-scanning is difficult. Some people achieve brilliant results, but I couldn't really succeed in that yet.
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Post by Berndt on Dec 2, 2011 0:54:37 GMT -5
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Post by Berndt on Dec 1, 2011 3:08:01 GMT -5
Lucky, you got the 1:1.9 lens. Beautiful camera. One of my favorite 35 mm film cameras.
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Post by Berndt on Nov 30, 2011 11:18:31 GMT -5
I think, I discovered an Aires Viscount in the middle. The only camera of this collection, I own as well. Great camera BTW. Love its smooth mechanics.
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Post by Berndt on Nov 30, 2011 3:55:29 GMT -5
Beautiful camera ... and a bargain indeed !!!
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Post by Berndt on Nov 30, 2011 3:53:00 GMT -5
It looks fantastic. Congratulations !!!
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Post by Berndt on Nov 29, 2011 9:34:01 GMT -5
Armed to the teeth ;D Nice shot !!!
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Post by Berndt on Nov 29, 2011 9:12:54 GMT -5
Hahaha ... my last wish: A fast shutter speed
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Post by Berndt on Nov 29, 2011 7:34:24 GMT -5
I think, I might need Davehs solution ... hahaha ... this camera is driving me insane I taped everything ( even more than the tiny hole, I discovered ) ... sorry Mickey, I read your comment too late ... and shot a test film again. Guess what ? It's still leaking light That's totally impossible. Last possibility ... the counter windows ... but I can't imagine that. There is some kind of metal plate on the back door of the camera, which is constructed to keep the film plain. Between this and the outer counter windows on the camera back, there is some kind of "ring" around each window, which prevents the light from getting into the camera. It's a pretty sophisticated construction for a camera of that age and seems to work still fine. I also checked that with my flashlight by taping the inner windows of the plain holder plate and even if it is not being pressed on the film ( which would be the case, when the camera is closed ), those rings are tight and no light is leaving the space between this plate and the camera back. I am running out of good ideas I guess, Davehs little man is already hiding in my camera and switching the light on for taunting me
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Post by Berndt on Nov 28, 2011 6:25:49 GMT -5
Mickey, Julio1fer ... you guys might be even more ingenius than my wife I bought an even smaller flashlight today ( a key holder one ), which I could insert into the film spool chambers ( you have been right Mickey - I couldn't check them properly yet ) ... and there is a tiny leak at the film spool holding knob on the left bottom. Is that, what you meant by "holding reel pin", Julio1fer ? I will tape that and shoot a test film. Hope, that was it.
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Post by Berndt on Nov 27, 2011 8:43:26 GMT -5
Thanks so much for the input. Any idea is much appreciated as I still couldn't find the reason for the light leaking yet ron: The Super Ikonta 531/2 is using 120 film, so there is no film rewind What I think, I would say so far is, that the light is most likely leaking from the back/body ( not bellows ). I cropped the example pictures accidentally a little bit too much and if looking closer at the edges of the slides, it seems, that there is an exposure "over" the actual exposure ( outside the actual film frame ). That means for me, that the light doesn't leak during the exposure, it leaks during the time between taking one picture and the next. Is that logical ? And I just did another test. My ingenius wife gave me the idea I took a flash light from my bicycle, which is very small and very bright, put it into the camera, facing the back side and closed the camera. Going into a completely dark room, I actually expected to detect the leak ... but ... nothing. The camera seems to be tight. That riddle really drives me crazy, guys Last possiblitiy would be the counter window ... but the strukture of the light leaking ( on the picture ) doesn't look like coming from that, because I always opened the counter window for a moment while forwarding the film ... but those light trails on all pictures look like there is a light spot "writing" something on the picture, caused by the movements of the camera ... and if the light would come from the counter window, there should be some kind of "red shining" on the color film, because the incoming light is red and not white. But there is not such an effect on any of the pictures. I am slowly running out of ideas Here is one of the pictures, showing also the edges: light leaking borders by bokuwanihongasuki, on Flickr
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Post by Berndt on Nov 26, 2011 9:11:26 GMT -5
Hi everybody ... I really need your help today ... Recently, I purchased a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 531/2 which seemed to be in perfect condition ... but ... the first three testfilms ( two Fuji Velvia 50 and a Kodak T-Max 100 ) showed, that there is obviously some light leaking into the camera The effect occurs on every picture, B/W and color film. I checked the bellows with a super bright flash light ( even in a completely dark room ) again and again and I can't detect even the tiniest hole - the bellows seems to be okay. Also the shutter seems to close perfectly and nothing seems to be broken. The camera is in pretty good condition and looks like new. I have no idea, where the light is leaking through Any ideas would be much appreciated. I think, it's a beautiful camera and I want to use it !!! Thanks a lot. Here are two pics from one of the test films. Others look similar. Sorry, it's just a bad copy, which I quickly did with a digital camera. Leaking light issue 01 by bokuwanihongasuki, on Flickr Leaking light issue 02 by bokuwanihongasuki, on Flickr
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