What camera(s) are you using this weekend?

I don't even pre-cut the film anymore when I load a bottomfeeder. I unscrew the lens and guide the film into place through the open shutter. ;)

 

Hi, I read somewhere that not cutting a 10cm tail can potentially damage the shutter curtain. Is that not correct?

Yes, basically that is why you cut the film leader, if you want to load the camera the suggested way. It prevents the top edge of the film snagging on the top of the film gate as you're inserting the film into the camera. If you force uncut film into the camera you can indeed get all kinds of trouble, including shutter damage.

 

But by removing the lens and opening the shutter (using the Time/Zeit setting and holding down the shutter button) you can guide the film into place through the film gate without the need to pre-cut the 10cm tail.

 

Another emergency trick is inserting a business card in the camera and let the film slide in behind it. But this is one I will never use.

That my friend is an ABLON, which is used as a guide to properly trim a film leader. I prefer to use the tiny pair of scissors that are on my Swiss Army - stye pen knife.

 

The scissors work much better on modern film that are coated on a polyester base as opposed to acetate.

 

Hello

I have used the lens removal method and used the scissors on my SAK money clip to trim film, but I have found it is much easier to use the ABLON, put the film in the device and use an exacto knife and with one slice it is done.

 

I have one of the Photonbox models that I use all the time and it works perfect. Leica accessories

Never used the film leader guide to trim leaders even though I think I got one back in the late 70's when I was in college. I practice trimming the leader without a guide until I got it right. I found that varying the length worked for various cameras.

The Red Fed-2 is headed to a S unday Market with UFX400 in it. Bill

Pen D3, loaded with FP4+ for a short half-frame roll. Rain is not helping much.

 

Andrew. My Isolettes fit into the Qt size Zip bags. . I am sure your Perkeo would also. Let me know when you find a bag for the 6x9's ! Bill

Didn't get around to the OM-1 last weekend so it's still in the plans for the next few days. Ready to run another roll of Plus-X through my Konica Auto S1.6.

I haven't taken a photo of it yet, but I will be out with my new to me Nikon F3. I already owned an F3T but came across a good bit of Nikon gear at a local consignment store. I sold some stuff I had duplicates of, but kept the F3 non HP with 50mm f1.4Ais and MD-4. I have it loaded with Ektar 100 and my other F3 loaded with T-max 100.

I don't even pre-cut the film anymore when I load a bottomfeeder. I unscrew the lens and guide the film into place through the open shutter. ;)

I do the same thing with my Leica iiif. Remove the lens, lock the shutter open on the "T" setting then wiggle film into bottom track. Works great, no issues.

 

This Kiev IV with a newly acquired 1958 Jupiter 12 3.5cm 1:2.8 and KMZ turret finder. This lens is from the Arsenal plant in Kiev and according to my good Russian-Ukrainian Flickr friend Yuri (who once worked as a optical technician in the Arsenal complex, but not for Kiev cameras), 1957-58 lenses have the best quality glass, having the quartz sand mined from the Odessa region. This particular lens looks unused so I'm looking forward to seeing the results. I also like the turret finder, though perhaps it sits too high on the Kiev IV (with light meter) for the close-range parallax correction to work well. Will use it on other rangefinders too.

I've been running a 1959 Yashica/Nicca YF and 50mm f1.8 Yashinon through its paces. This weekend I also took shots with a Canon 135mm f3.5 LTM attached to the camera. It's a pleasant camera to use, and the 50mm Yashinon is very sharp. The attached shots are a mix of Tri-X and TMax in D76.

From the 1959 Yashica/Nicca YF and 50mm f1.8 Yashinon: Tri-X in D76.

From the 1959 Yashica/Nicca YF and 135mm f3.5 Canon: Tmax in D76.

From the 1959 Yashica/Nicca YF and 135mm f3.5 Canon: Tmax in D76.

Great work, LMar. Thanks for sharing.

Great work, LMar. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Don't have much planned for the weekend, and haven't got anything loaded either at this moment.

Looking at the Nicca 3-f though.

SRT SCII with Tamron Adaptamatic 105mm f 2.5 and Rollei 35S- both with Plus-X.

I'm off and about Thursday with several of my "collection" pieces & the Fuji X-e1 set. Kart racing Friday-Saturday and venturing about for several days after that. Bill

I'm off and about Thursday with several of my "collection" pieces & the Fuji X-e1 set. Kart racing Friday-Saturday and venturing about for several days after that. Bill[ATTACH=full]1297192[/ATTACH]

 

I have a pre-war Isollette that I've been itching to try. The original shutter was a lost cause. I'm waiting for another to arrive from eBay, - hopefully this weekend.

I logged onto our local auction site a few days, about 30 seconds after some slightly naive seller had listed this camera with a "Buy Now" of $15. One could add another nought to that sum to reach an average sale price for a Canonet QL17 GIII down here, and despite the fact that the seller stated that he wasn't sure if it was going, my mouse hand seemed to think it was worth a punt and it duly came my way. It's in flawless cosmetic condition, and I cleaned the battery terminals and fitted a new battery and the little beauty sprang into life. I've cleaned out the gooey light seals and fitted fresh ones, and run a test film, and the results are up to expectations. Weather permitting, I'll try to do something serious with this iconic little rangefinder this weekend.

 

Canonet QL17 GIII

 

Great find, Rick. Especially good deal for the price. The Canonets have gotten expensive in recent years. I still have mine which I bought new from family camera shop stock in 1982. I bought a 48-49 adapter ring so I could use my collection of 49mm filters. I leave the adapter on camera even with no filter and just use a generic 49mm lens cap,

Mike Gammill said:

I bought a 48-49 adapter ring so I could use my collection of 49mm filters.

 

Good tip, Mike. 48mm is certainly an oddball size, though I'm sure Canon offered a range of filters etc. in this size... This one came with a UV filter and a generic clip-on lens cap, so the lens had been well-protected.

Rick- when my family had a camera shop we had some skylight 48mm and polarizers in that size as well. They were close outs from the maker, which was actually Canon. Unfortunately the plastic pouch they were contained in tended to give off a vapor which deposited a fine haze on every new filter. Had to clean before use. I think I still have one of each somewhere in my filter box.

A bit off topic but I heard the 48mm filters were the same size as filters for 2" telescope eyepieces. However, the threads might have been different, All of my eyepieces are 1 1/4" so I won't be trying to make one fit.