donald_davis2

This may be the most bizarre question I have ever asked, but has anybody ever cut 220 film in half and respooled it onto 120 backing for use in a 120 only camera? Here's the situation. I have 8 220 rolls of Plus-X that has been stored in a 0F/-18C freezer. It was for my Bronica GS-1 which experienced a mechanical failure with the body that renders the camera useless with ANY back attached. I’ve thought about selling the lenses, backs, and prisms and purchasing a refurbished or lightly used RB67. But I’m putting together a darkroom as I was given an Omega B66 enlarger with a dichroic head. Obviously I cannot use 6x7!in this enlarger but I have a working Minolta Autocord that is a 120 only model. Simply put, I love Plus-X and had great results with it in my Autocord. I see no reason to continue with 6x7 if I do not plan to print larger than 11x14. And I’d love to have a chance to use Plus-X again. I know the film is in good shape as I shot a roll at box speed before the camera malfunctioned. The results were very good.

I’ve used my 16-35 f/4 L IS lens on my 620 on a cold winter morning with a temperature of 9F/-13C. I could tell no appreciable drain on the battery at all.

I always felt the 630 was a bit “unfinished.” Oh the 5fps advance and the slightly faster AF were improvements over the 650/620. The custom functions can be useful especially leader out rewind. And the predictive AF could be a benefit to sports and action photographers. But I still am scratching my head as to why the 1/4000 (1/250 x-sync) shutter was left out? The 630 was quite impressive otherwise for its time. In 1990, I chose the 620 on clearance over the 630 for the faster shutter. It was more suited to what I wanted to do.

EOS 6D, Sigma 100-400 @400mm, 1/1000 @ f/8, ISO 12,800 as it was under heavy overcast at 8am

EOS 620, 50mm f/1.8, program mode. Ektar 100. I had owned this camera for exactly 30 years as I bought it new in April 1990 when I took it out last month for a 30th anniversary celebration. It was my first 35mm SLR I owned. Goodyear Polymer Science Center. University of Akron, Akron Ohio.

East Park, Akron Ohio. Minolta X-370, Ilford FP4+. The smokestacks from the former BF Goodrich tire plant in the background set this photo off for me. Furnace Run Metropark, Richfield Twp, Ohio. Also taken with an X-370 and Ilford FP4+. There's a faint remainder of some mist rising off the lake towards the right.

From my FTb. I only have one lens for the FTb, a 50mm 1.4 Rock formation along a local hiking trail. Ilford Delta 400. Exposure unrecorded but I'm guessing 1/15 or 1/30 at f/4 Early morning sun through light fog. Tri-X at box speed, exposure most likely 1/60 @ f/8 Peninsula, Ohio. Ilford PanF 50 w/yellow #12 filter. Exposure likely 1/125 @ f/8

Cannot believe i've been away for nearly 15 years... :eek: Anyway, from a T80 I bought used a year ago... Lens used for all three was the 35-70 AC at 35mm. Standard program was used on the first two and the bottom one used the deep focus program. Film used was Ilford PanF 50 at box speed. St Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh PA. Reflecting off the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering institute building Soldiers and Sailors Museum, Pittsburgh PA Stack'd Burgers & Beer, Pittsburgh PA