andrew_brown7

<p>How anyone could be so insensitive as to post up a question about this is beyond me.<br> When you consider that he does not even have the dignity of a name, the picture is casually disrespectful.<br> When you consider a little further and learn that the debris from the WTC site was shipped off to China, you may wonder further, why, at a place where 3000 people were murdered, no DNA was gathered or respect shown to the victims by the US authorities. This forum is obviously not the right one for going further, but I am a lot more paranoid now than when I was young and most things seemed quite simple to understand.<br> The WTC attacks were on a whole new level of complexity and it's not enough to just raise points on the aesthetics of this photo without thinking of it's much darker meaning.</p>

<p>Over the last few years I have bought 3 F cameras and an F2. Each had a metering head and all were cheap because the shops said the meters didn't work. I use the hearing aid batteries and the brass insert and all the meters are fine!<br> My suggestion is therefore to buy one if you see one you like the look of, and not worry too much if you're told the meter doesn't work...see if you can get a discount.<br> The F is the most wonderful piece of engineering.</p>

<p>Well, I like the Photomic heads....in fact I prefer them to the plain head. There, I said it. In for a penny as for a Pound, I have 4 altogether, all with Photomic heads!</p>

<p>Well, Canon know enough to copy a beautiful camera when they see it...the Nex 7 !</p>

<p>Beautiful pictures, Rick; I would say that lens was a very good buy. The Maple is very atmospheric.</p>

<p>If it's not on the film ( and you've definitely made sure the negatives are clean), then it must be on/in the scanner. You seem to have ignored Bob Tilden's point about the scratch remover thingy.<br> So, my suspicions aren't confirmed at all, as I think it's the scanner!<br> Andy.</p>

<p>I've bought 3 extra Duracell batteries for my Nex 6 and 7; they have been perfectly adequate so far, 2 years now,and are a lot cheaper.</p>

<p>Looks a bit like the paper is fogged- by stray light perhaps as you were taking it out of the box. All work should really be done under a red light, and even that at least a yard away from the paper; another thing you might be doing is checking the development under a red light too soon after putting the paper in the tray. You should aim to leave the print at least 2 and a half minutes before putting it near any sort of light, and you should aim in the exposing of the paper to allow it at least the 2+ minutes in the 20deg C developer. Pulling a print before a reasonable time won't lead to a result you want.<br> It is very difficult to offer any sensible advice however with so many variables! Good Luck.</p>

<p><em>(short chubby guy with red goatee)</em><br> <em>Sounds more like TooLoose Lotrek than Sony's secret photographer wandering about in the park<br /></em></p>

<p>Fix is so cheap, it is not worth reusing it. I never do anyway. If I'm doing a few films together then I'll just use the same fix all day and extend the time by 10% each time, and that seems to work. I have films going back to the Seventies and none of them has faded yet.</p>

<p>...and to add, which I forgot before, that's been the same 'system' I've used for the last 35 years!</p>

<p>That's really interesting about Photoflo and the bubbling. I've never used anything but a couple of drops of washing up liquid in the drum, after the wash, and just before hanging the film up to dry.<br> Swirl the film about in the drum to make plenty of bubbles, take it out, unload it from the reel--I use Paterson stuff-- use my 1st and 2nd fingers as a squeegee thingy to get most of the water etc off it and then hang the film up to dry. I use a clothes peg at the bottom to help keep it fairly straight.</p>

<p>Whatever camera you buy, you have to get used to the menu on it..and, of course, to like it as well and get to know it's quirks.<br> I must admit I find a lot of chat about not being able to get a grip on a cameras menu system a bit twee; I mean, what are we looking at here..aperture, shutter speed and ISO. That's all to make a start. That's all the big boys ever needed. All the other guff comes later on. If you like the camera, buy it or save up if you want to waste your money on a Leica; I've owned 3 over the years and thought they were awful; give me my old F and F2 cameras and my Sony Nex 6 and 7 and I'm a happy bunny; awkward menus and all, to me they are perfect.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> just a paterson tank and reel, a bottle of Rodinal, some fixer, a dark bag, a timer and a flask of tea and after an hour and a half you will have a Stand Developed roll of FP4 which you will look at, and if there are any images on the film, say to yourself Ha, that was OK.<br> Of course there will be images on the film and the magic feeling of that moment never goes away, not even after 50 years.</p>

<p>I think SRB Photo (here in the UK) very good with adapters and so on.I've been using them for years and recommend them.</p>