Canon 7 test run

[belgiumreporter]

The following days, if the weather allows for it i'll be taking this canon 7 set loaded with the Pan F for a walk. Can't promise anything for the results i guess i'll be as surprised as you are.

[paulhofseth]

I used the / for a while, then switched to an M3 because I liked its viewfinder better and did not have to worry about crumpling the sensitive shutter foil-

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[julio1fer]

You should get very sharp results!

[belgiumreporter]

So i developed the Pan F for 11 minutes in rodinal 1+50 and this is what came out:

I still found the negatives to "light" and had to pull out all stops to get some contrast. I have some developing plans for my next film we'll see.

The canon 7 has a light leak, maybe i'll fix it maybe i won't as i am not planning to use it anymore.

I've used the Jupiter 8 50mm f2, Jupiter 12 35mm f2.8, Canon 50mm 1.8 and Canon Serenar 135mm f4.

The Canon 50 still has some haze left after cleaning it but at this point i can't see it is degrading the image, maybe my Samsung 20Mp outresolves film so i have to try it again on the samsung to see if there's a problem.

The selenium light meter on the Canon is still pretty accurate but a little difficult to operate without glasses so half way through the film i switched to the sixtomat digital to do my meter readings.

I was surprised by the Jupiter 12 35mm as i've read a lot of bad things about it, in this session i found it quite capable.

The Canon 7 confirmed once more i don't like range finders, my next camera / film test will probably be with one of the Mamiya medium format cameras.

Meanwhile i'll keep myselve busy with the Nikon Z more adapters are on the way so there will be a lot of lenses i can test.




A100% enlargement of the scan taken with the "crippled" Canon 50mm at f4

[julio1fer]

Good job with the 50/1.8 Canon!

The Jupiter-12 that I have used (one for M39, the other for Kiev/Contax) were very decent lenses.

It is tough to use RF cameras if you are used to SLRs. The ergonomics are just not at the same level. SLRs won the market for good reasons.