What camera(s) are you using this weekend?

A few hours of work & brain storming now has my RB67 kit on the back of my moped. Aloha, Bill[ATTACH=full]1277225[/ATTACH]

 

Very creative.

1/2 " ply the shape of the folding crate ( $12 @ Costco) bottom is held to the 3 point luggage rack of moped with a dozen ty wraps. Crate then strapped to ply. Original "inspiration" was for carring a 24 case of decent beer, but I then noticed the crate fitted the Igloo. . .sorry, can not multi task the design. Aloha, Bill

Here's a beast that will get some exercise soon:

I finished a roll of the new Ektachrome today in my silver FM2n today.

Took a shot on a cheap Ikoflex and it arrived yesterday. Covered in filth I couldn't resist getting out the tools and cleaning materials. Its got some brassing on the nameplate and on top of the finder housing but other than that, its cute. This morning I aligned the viewing lens and taking lens and it was time for a test roll. The leather case needs some stitching but otherwise, well worth $20 including shipping. Here are a couple of shots from it. The shot of the citronella lamp was with the lens wide open at 3.5 and 1/300th.

Rick Drawbridge said

At the family camera shop we stocked the Yashica FR, FRI, and FRII. Great series of cameras. I used to borrow the FR from display and use the Contax Infrared remote with it. The remote was so sensitive that lightning flashes would trigger it. I wish I'd kept one for myself.

I had one for a while, nicely put together camera. It had a failed frame counter that I managed to put right with help from instructions from Cees De Groot, which I still have if anyone is interested. Eventually, I got fed up with the need to have the rewind lever in the out position to turn the meter on, as a left eye viewer, it runs the risk of a black eye, or at least is very awkward.

I'm getting the results of my 3rd MRI on my knee since July (two operations later, and continual swelling). If it doesn't show any new problems, I'm going out with a couple of NIkon F3HP's to take photos in New Orleans' French Quarter. It's been months since I last went out shooting... :(

I burned a couple rolls of Portra 400, pushed three stops to 3200, New Years Eve with the F3 and the 105 f/2.5 glass.

I guess this shouldn't really be included here, but it's such a landmark film camera that I'll break the rules. After the collaboration with Contax that created the excellent FR series of cameras, Yashica apparently saw the writing on the wall and were keen to produce an AF film camera, but Contax weren't ready for such a move. So, Kyocera decided to proceed alone, and the Yashica 230 AF was one of the results, the best of a line of three similar autofocus SLR cameras that finally ended the development of Yashica SLRs. As it happened, it was too little too late; it wasn't a commercial success and from that point on Kyocera concentrated on mainly P&S cameras for the low end of the market. The design of this camera owes much to the earlier Minolta 7000, with hints of the Canon T70 and Pentax P30 thrown in. I must admit that I like these grey 1980's cameras with their boxy design, and the Yashica 230 AF is actually an excellent camera, with a small range of fine lenses for it's dedicated mount. The dedicated flash unit that slides over the pentaprism, as shown in my photograph, is a unique and distinguishing feature. I've loaded some FP4 Plus and I'll take it out with me tomorrow.

 

So, here's the last decent Yashica SLR camera. I've not come across another example down here in New Zealand, but our JDMvW posted an excellent dossier on these cameras about 7 years ago.

 

Yashica 230AF

Yashica AF230

 

 

I'm getting the results of my 3rd MRI on my knee since July (two operations later, and continual swelling). If it doesn't show any new problems, I'm going out with a couple of NIkon F3HP's to take photos in New Orleans' French Quarter. It's been months since I last went out shooting... :(

I hope your knee does what it supposed to do and you get out to shoot your camera without any trouble.

i will try to finish the roll of AGFA Vista 400 in the Minolta Himatic 7S tomorrow.

SRT 101 with MD Rokkor 45mm f 2 and Tri-X. If I finish that roll while I'm out I have a Rollei 35 in my jacket pocket that I will use (also with Tri-X)

I hope your knee does what it supposed to do and you get out to shoot your camera without any trouble.

 

I'll need a third operation in mid January to clean up some more cartilage and remove another Baker's cyst that reformed behind my knee. If all goes well, I'll be off crutches in a day or so and I'll hope for the best.

 

If the weather is good, I'm going out shooting this coming Monday. The French Quarter is too crowded during the weekends.

Rolleiflex 2.8F + Ilford HP5 Plus.

Finished up the film in the SRT 101. In addition to the 45mm f 2, I made a few with my old preset 400mm f 6.3. Up next is Minolta SRT 303 with Minolta 35-70 f 3.5 MD.

This Little Piggy went to Market. . . now developing the film. Aloha, Bill

I'm taking out a very tidy example of the Canon T90, arguably one of the finest manual focus SLR camera made, and certainly my favourite. It was the last of the Canon FD-mount MF cameras, but it's styling came out of left field and set the pattern for Canon EOS cameras right up to today, To me, it's an almost perfect blend of utility and beauty.

 

Canon T90

 

Edited January 11, 2019 by rick_drawbridge

Trusty old Pentax KX with Cosinon 35/2.8 loaded with HP5+.

Trying a Tessar 40mm 2.8, originally for a Tenax II but adapted for Leica screwmount, hopefully even the RF cam works close enough. Let us see how can I frame with an Alpa finder halfway between 35 and 50!

 

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"New" Smena rangefinder arrived in todays mail, so I will grab the Isolette 2 in the morning (sat) & jump on The Bus for Honolulu. Aloha, Bill

Haven't really had a chance to go out and shoot due to the weather.

But carrying this with me, just in case.....

I'll be walking around in the snow with my new-to-me 1964 Leica M2 . . .

Will be developing a roll I shot with that Leica this evening. Also got a short end (about 10 frames) in a Dial-35 that really should be developed soon.

 

Currently got a fresh roll of Retropan 320 Soft in a Zeiss Super Ikonta A 531. But, again no plans for the weekend.

 

Throwback Thursday- back to 1974 and my first 35mm camera: a Konica Auto S2. My family owned a camera shop so I got it at cost.

Up is go- Konica Auto S2 has a fresh Wein cell installed and a roll of Plus-X.

Off to Market with the Green Machine shortly, Aloha Bill