DWScott

Thanks Bill

Or, just one photo. For some reason PNet thinks there is "something wrong" with picture files #2 and #3. They are output exactly the same way as #1, and I've tried a bunch of different sizes and variations, down to 600 pixel @ 80kb. Sorry folks.

A few more from last week's roll of film. Ilford HP5+ in Diafine, shot on a Nikon F100.

Well, the rolls I expected to post from the Pentax 67 didn't turn out (darn filter factor...) Instead I offer some shots that I took years ago and only just processed this weekend. Taking advantage of the newly-expanded rules for this thread, these are all from a Nikon F100 with a Tokina 19-35mm. Film was HP5+ exposed at 640 and processed in Diafine.

The "standard" lenses (75mm or 80mm on 6x6, 50mm on 135) have always felt too "long" for me as well -- so I empathise completely. 60mm is my preferred focal length for shooting 645. (6x6 I almost always crop to 645 anyway, so my experience carries over.) It's taken me a while and a lot of experimenting, but I believe I could happily shoot for the rest of my life with a 60mm and a 150mm.

Walk alone. Pentax P3n, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2, Fuji Superia 400.

I've had two Super Ikonta B's. The image quality is great - comparable to a Rollei TLR. I really like the f/2.8 lenses. The latest models offered a reasonable viewfinder and well coated glass. They are sharp wide open and I find the rangefinder mechanism accurate even with the thin depth of field. I haven't happened to print really large from my cameras, but close inspection of scans makes me confident that you could. These are not modern cameras by any stretch -- but the Zeiss build quality is second to none, and they don't suffer from afflictions common in other folders -- alignment issues, pinholed bellows, etc.

Pentax 67 with the 165mm f/2.8.

The first nice day of the winter brought all of the walkers out to the park. Rolleiflex Automat K4/50 with Ektar 100, three frame pano. I didn't use a Rolleifix (won't fit on the K4/50) and didn't offset the rotation to place it under the lens board, and I didn't use a current version of Photoshop, so the merge is a bit crude.

I appreciate your sentiment John, and would have agreed with you a few years ago. I hope Pentax always makes a traditional SLR -- for some jobs there is no substitute. However, having tasted the mirrorless world with a K-01 and a Fuji X-E1, I love the focus accuracy of mirrorless and the ease of using manual-focus lenses. Getting accurate focus with an SLR started to feel like a Rube Goldbergian experiment, once you could focus directly on the imaging plane. It's like having a view camera ground glass in a handheld camera. And it works so much better than flopping the mirror out of the way for Live View. I couldn't care less about the rest of the "mirrorless" hype ... smaller cameras and shorter lens throws. I want K-mount, I want an eye-level viewfinder and a tilt screen, and I want accurate focus. That won't stop me from buying a KP or a K1. Just hoping for another option that works just as well.

I vote to merge. Love both classic manual and modern film cameras, and there are so many that straddle the gap.

I was about to give up on the forum for a while. But I'll keep giving it a try for now. This thread is my favourite, I look forward to it every week. When I checked the thread this morning, every picture was a thumbnail, and had to be clicked to view. This robbed me of the enjoyment of leisurely scrolling through high quality images. But this afternoon, suddenly all the images are full size. Progress! Hopefully that continues,

Good news. The KP is a very appealing camera. I would definitely have bought it, if I hadn't just bought a K-S2. If Pentax release a camera similar to the KP, but mirrorless/EVF based, I will definitely be buying it.

<p>Marc, your 50 Years Ago posts are going to eventually (sooner rather than later) catch up to my birthdate. I will need to ask you to stop at that point, for fear of feeling old. ;-)</p> <p>Until then, carry on and good work!</p>

<p>Unless the price is unreasonable, I saw go for it. Truly new, or simply lightly used, it's still older. It might need a CLA. But at least you will be CLA'ing a like-new camera :-)</p> <p>I purchased a new-in-box, new-old-stock Wollensak 135mm in a Graflex Raptar shutter. No argument about it -- totally brand new and un-used. I assumed it would be sticky and slow from having sat around in it's original box, surrounded by that stringy "easter basket grass" packing material. Nope! Worked like a charm! Spotless and runs as though it was made yesterday. So perhaps your Nikon will fare just as well.</p>