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    Favorite pancake lens for Leica M (inc LTM w/ adapter)?

    Wow, a lot of votes for the CV 35 f2.5, I have the M mount version on a M4-2 and it is delightfully small. I also have the CV vented hood but...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jan 29, 2016 in forum: Leica and Rangefinders
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    Shooting an Argus Cosina STL1000 [just need some advice]

    "...but I'll be using the self timer if it's not mounted just in case" Don't quite understand. Do you mean that if useing the camera "not...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jan 13, 2016 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras
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    Looking for smallest 4x5 camera

    The smallest and lightest, if it ever gets into regular production, is the TravelWide 90 that was a Kickstarter project. They have started to...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Nov 17, 2015 in forum: Large Format
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    Flash for Olympus 35 SPn

    <p>What are you looking for size wise? If I'm not mistaken the Sp has a GN lens so that any small manual flash will work fine. If looking for a...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Sep 3, 2015 in forum: Leica and Rangefinders
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    Re:Travel with Minox

    <p>Amazing for an 8X11 negative. I'm shooting a IIIs acquired in April. So far the only film I developed was some slit down Ilford Pan F. It has...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Aug 22, 2015 in forum: Minox
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    TravelWide 4x5 portable camera project launched!

    <p>How very long a time has gone by. However update #31 has just posted and here is the nub of it;<br> On 8-23-15, Sunday, there will be a pick-up...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Aug 15, 2015 in forum: Large Format
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    College Years- continued

    <p>Thanks for sharing. That decade seems only yesterday yet so far away. Fall 1975 I was 26 and married 6 months. Not much money but what fun we...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Aug 9, 2015 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras
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    why i bought am olympus om10

    <p>You should consider a OM-1n also. A true classic and not expensive, at least here in the US. KEH has bargain grade bodies for well under...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Aug 4, 2015 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras
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    New super speed direct positive paper

    <p>ISO 120? Probably depends on the color of the light. They have a sample photo exposed in sunlight that is f22 @ 1/30 so effective speed of...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jul 22, 2015 in forum: Extreme, Retro, Instant and More
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    New super speed direct positive paper

    <p>There is a Kickstarter project for this paper that just went live. For those who use paper negatives this paper can be developed as a direct...
    Thread by: john_robison|3, Jul 21, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: Extreme, Retro, Instant and More
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    Olympus OM-1 ISO/ASA Dial

    <p>Find a clean and sharp picture of the top of an OM-1, perhaps from an old Olympus ad for the camera. Download and size the picture so that a...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jul 5, 2015 in forum: Olympus
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    Pentax spotmatic sp

    <p>I suppose you mean the switch on the lens for auto or manual stop down. That switch is there because on some screw mount bodies there was no...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jun 29, 2015 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras
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    Any still camera that can take films designed for 8mm or 16mm movie formats?

    <p>My recommendation, based on experience, is that the Minolta 16II is the most useable of the 16mm cameras. The main bug in the 16II is the focus...
    Post by: john_robison|3, Jun 3, 2015 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras
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    When choosing a classic SLR, consider the Spotmatic

    <p>Could not afford a Spotmatic, went with a Fujica ST701. Nice camera with a brighter screen than the Spottie and the meter was really quick on...
    Post by: john_robison|3, May 28, 2015 in forum: Classic Manual Cameras