nigel_sinkins

Hi there, just wondered if someone could give me some advice on my Contax 167mt camera, which has a motor drive "power pack", for want of a better word, with a centered tripod thread attached. The LED window on the camera, ( which has new batteries inserted), constantly flashes and the shutter does not fire. any suggestions would be very welcome!!! Thanks Nigel Sinkins

Hi there, am not sure I have the right category here, so apologies if that's the case. I am seeking some advice regarding my Contax 167mt which I use with the base battery pack (which has the centered tripod mount) the problem iam having is that despite changing the batteries in the "power pack, for want of a better word" and in the camera , without the "pack" attached, the camera is not working and all that happens when I press the shutter release button is the LED display continually flashes. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Nige Sinkins

Just to follow up on my last thread where i asked for advice because i thought my Olympus OM2n had packed up, i have just taken the existing film out and put a new one in and the camera seems to be working fine now. i cant really understand that but i could not rewind the film but had to open tthee camrera back and loose the exitisting film, to replace it with a new one, so maybe the actual film was stuck, but the new film seems to be winding on ok, Strange, again ideas would be gratefully accepted. Cheers Nigel Sinkins

Hi there, just wondered if someone can give me a litttle advice regarding my Olympus OM2n not working, in that it seems to have have packed up completly. I say that because despite working OK up untill rcently and despite having put in new batterries, the shutter doesn't fire and/or I can't wind the film on. I have tried the batttery check and reset but again there is no response, the camera just seems comoletly dead. any advice would bee greatly appreciated.. Thanks Nigel Sinkins

Hi there iam looking to usr Ilford FB single weight paper as paper negatives. I have some old stock of 8 by 10 Matt but am unable to tell if its single or double weight. Any help would be great. Cheers Nigel Sinkins

Hi there, I am interested in traditional monochroome photograpghy, that is using film etc, I use Contax SLR's, Olympus OM's and sometime Mamiya 330's. Using my own darkroom up untill now have been satisfied with producing photos that have a good definition, in focus etc? However would like to experiment i bit, especially with my landscapes and try something a little more abstract, as in trying to get a "turner" effect, if that is the right way to describe it, where the skies for example are not so much blurred but as i said " abstract" in apperance. Realise that might be quite difficult but any suggestions would be more than welcome. Hope i have expressed myself OK there! Cheers Nigel Sinkins

Hi Richard, thanks for your interest, The 50 mm lens is not an MM lens and the 28 mm lens is, in that its smalleset aperture is painted green.While the answer to your question is that both cameras are set to aperture priority, that said there is an aperture reading in the both camera viewfinders but as ive said it doesn't correspond to that set on the lens. For exampple with the Contax 159 the aperture is about on stop out while in its viewfinder the aperture reading at the bottom flickers and then goes out. Hope that helps. Cheers nigel

Hi there. am looking for a little advice regarding a Contax 159 I bought recently and my Contax 167mt, when fitting my Contax 28 mm and 50 mm lens's to the cameras the aperture reading in the cameras viewfinders does not correspond with that set on the lens's. However when I attach the same lens's to two Yashica FR's I have the lens aperture settings does correspond with the aperture readings in the camera viewfinder. I can only assume that there must be some failure, electrical or otherwise with the Contax camera bodies. Any advice would be greatly welcome. Thanks Nigel Sinkins

Hi there, just wondering if someone could give me a little advice. Have just bought a second hand Contax 159, which is really lovely, however when attaching my 28 mm and 50 mm Contax lens's, the aperture reading on the lens's does not correspond with the reading shown in the camera's viewfinder. This I have noticed is also the case when attaching the lens's to a Contax 167mt I have. That said I have recently attached the very same lens's to two Yashica FR's I have and the aperture lens setting does correspond to the aperture readings in the viewfinders of the Yashica's. So my assumption is that it must be the Contax SLR's that are possibly faulty? Just wondering if there is anyone who might be able to give me some advice reading this problem? Cheers Nigel Sinkins

<p>hi there<br> firstly i am not sure iam in the right category here, so if not apologies. if Iam hoping someone is going to give me a little help. i have just bought a Contax 167mt with what i think its called a P5 battery holder which is ideal for me because it has the tripod mount in the middle of the base plate. However that said there were no instructions with the camera and seems little or no indication as to where the batterries should be/go. Soo i was wondering do i need to put "two" batteries in the camera base as well as the four in the battery holder and also in what " sequence" do put the batteries in because there seem to be no plus or minus indications on the camera or battery holder. Hope all of that doesn't sound stupid or too confusing. <br> Any advice would be more than welcome</p> <p>Cheers<br> nigel sinkins</p>

<p>hi there<br /> Here iam again? I am wanting to upgrade my system to possibly a 6by7 medium format camera. At present i use Olympus and Contax 35 mm gear, which iam very happy with. I also use a Mamiya 330s tlr camera, which i am also quite happy with but would like something a little more modern with better lens quality. I have considered buying maybe a 645 camera, Mamiya 645 pro tl for example but thought why not go for the bigger negative, hence the interest in the <strong>Bronica GS1</strong> as it seems very reasonably priced with really good reviews, esp the lenses.</p> <p>However my main concern is its weight, having said that reading on the internet somewhere that the <strong>Bronica</strong> <strong>GS1</strong> is not that much heavier than the <strong>Mamiya 330s</strong> which i don't find too bad. Sooo question, has anyone any knowledge of both these cameras and if so how would you compare them, especially the comparison on weight with the Bronica also having the handgrip and metered prism..</p> <p>Oh also i have also some time ago again owned a <strong>Bronica SQi </strong> which i also found quite comfortable to use and hold, so any comparison with that would also give me some idea about the size of The GS1 with both having speedgrips and metered prisms attached. And also while iam here wondered if anyone has any ideas of how the GS1 lenses compared to the SQ1's lenses i.e. the latest versions, the PS lenses!</p> <p>thanks again<br /> any advice much appreciated!<br /> <br />Nigel Sinkins</p> <p> </p>