First results from Ricoh 519

You're right, the manual doesn't specifically mention the two different threads, and I can't recall where I gleaned the information, but I have a note of the fact on file so I guess it must have come from somewhere! There doesn't appear to be any other way of fitting a 34mm filter to the camera, as a push-on filter of that size would be too small to go over the ring in question. Perhaps, with the Five One Nine, Ricoh decided that it was unnecessarily complicated, having two thread sizes for attaching accessories.The illustration of the filter on page 23 really doesn't help very much.

That's a great example of what I was saying. You just gave me information that may not be documented anywhere else, any more. The manual really isn't very informative. The image of the filter appears to have a stepped, but not threaded, ring around it, but I can't be sure because I don't have any Ricoh brand filters.

I tried one of my Kodak filters on the 500, which is neither threaded nor stepped, and it fits loosely inside the inner ring, but not loosely enough to allow anything to be threaded into that ring at the same time. But, the same three-piece, adapter-filter-hood combo that works on the Five One Nine also works on the 500. One other option that might work would be a push-on hood that goes around the inner ring. If it had a little ridge on the inside, it could hold the filter in place. But, I don't know if they made such a hood.

Now that's interesting, as my 519 does have a threaded inner ring, although it is quite short, shorter than the ones on the 500. As for the Ricoh hood, it does have the 43mm exterior threads, quite short, as well as a threaded inner section, which unscrews with a spanner wrench with a holder for filters.

Yeah, the 519 has a hint of a threaded inner ring, but I don't think it's usable. I can feel it with a thumbnail, but it's barely visible. I'd love to see some photos of that hood.

You inspired me to take out my Ricoh 519 and give it a little bit of exercise:

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The film winder, though very interesting, is rather troublesome and I need to get mine repaired.

You inspired me to take out my Ricoh 519 and give it a little bit of exercise:

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The film winder, though very interesting, is rather troublesome and I need to get mine repaired.

That's cool, but I can't get to the photo page. It gives me "It appears you don’t have permission to view this photo or video."

The only problem I've had with the film advance winder is that it has so much leverage that I pulled the film completely out of the canister. OOPS!

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Well, they don't look much different, do they? I wonder if Ricoh changed the design over the years.

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So, here is my attempt at scanning this shot, using my Epson V370 Photo flatbed scanner with the Epson software, at 4800 DPI and probably 24 bit Color depth. I adjusted the exposure in Lightroom, using their Auto-tone feature, then ran it through Topaz DeNoise 6 and Topaz Clarity. I've scaled it down during the export from Lightroom, to make it the same size as the camera shop's scan.

I didn't use Lightroom's perspective corrections, this time. I'm not sure if I like it better with, or without, those corrections. What do you guys think?

Dave, probably the "dropouts" are dust on the film rather than areas where "nothing got scanned", easily cloned out in post processing. I like this uncorrected perspective; it preserves a sense of towering bulk and loftiness. Good scan, I reckon; my only comment would be that I find it a little "pink" overall, due to an excess of magenta. I took the liberty of correcting it to my taste and post a comparison below.

Dave, probably the "dropouts" are dust on the film rather than areas where "nothing got scanned", easily cloned out in post processing. I like this uncorrected perspective; it preserves a sense of towering bulk and loftiness. Good scan, I reckon; my only comment would be that I find it a little "pink" overall, due to an excess of magenta. I took the liberty of correcting it to my taste and post a comparison below.

 

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Hi, Rick. You're probably right about the white spots being dust. I'm just used to dust spots being dark in digital images. I guess the dust is reflective and bounces back the light from the scanner and "blows out". I've read that some people clean their negatives before scanning. Do you do that?

I don't doubt that my new version looks too magenta to most people. And, it may be, although my sky looks more natural, to me. Yours looks too green, to me. More importantly, I know that this building is the Phoenix Municipal Courts building, and it actually is pretty pinkish. This is "Red Rock Country", due to high amounts of iron in the rock and soil. Even the sand in my front yard is pink, and they used the native sandstone for the facade of that building. That shot was taken close to sunset, so there was more red in the light than during the middle of the day. At midday, it looks much lighter and MUCH brighter, and the color washes out to a pale pink-brown, like a very light-colored brick.

Anyway, it still might be wrong, but it looks like my memory of it, so it feels right to me. But, Lightroom agrees with you :)