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I never owned an FTb as by the time the family camera shop added Canon to our line the A series (AE-1, AT-1, etc) was current. One of my friends had an FTb and the only time he ever had a problem was when the mercury cell had a bit of tarnish that kept the meter from working, I cleaned it off and it worked fine. Good, solid, and reliable workhorse of a camera.
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Mike, the Ultrafine films have/had715348344_2k18-DSCF3032ces13-horz-vert.jpg.232530998fa95b9897c88c454c064e39.jpg the identical characteristics as the Kentmere emulsions. I was the Ultrafine warrior, until my stocks ran out, since the emulsions were offered in 120 formats, which Kentmere has yet to dream of offering for us MF shooters.

This Friday and Saturday I am off to the races, Road Racing Karts that is, and will use this combo of Old & New cameras. The Fed-2 / Jupiter-8 will be for the Pit Work (with Kentmere 400) along with the X-e1 & XC 16-50 and the X-e1 & XC 50-230 will be for On-Track time.

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Mike, the Ultrafine films have/had[ATTACH=full]1403685[/ATTACH] the identical characteristics as the Kentmere emulsions. I was the Ultrafine warrior, until my stocks ran out, since the emulsions were offered in 120 formats, which Kentmere has yet to dream of offering for us MF shooters.

This Friday and Saturday I am off to the races, Road Racing Karts that is, and will use this combo of Old & New cameras. The Fed-2 / Jupiter-8 will be for the Pit Work (with Kentmere 400) along with the X-e1 & XC 16-50 and the X-e1 & XC 50-230 will be for On-Track time.

I just shot my last roll of Ultrafine 100 a few days ago. I will post the shots in tomorrow’s film camera thread but have to say I am not super thrilled with it in D76. Rather grainy for a 100 speed film. Maybe it’s my processing?

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Fall.

This is today's harvest. A handful of chestnuts from the park and two classic cameras: A black paint Leica II (mod. D) with nickel trimmings and a Cosina CX-1 w 33mm/3.5, the camera behind the Lomo LC-A

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Both loaded w HP5 but won't be finished until after the weekend.

The Leica II already has an appointment with a tech.

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Since I've been trapped inside by the rain yet again, I've spent a couple of hours cleaning this Braun Super Paxette 1 outfit, and if the weather improves for the weekend I just might run a film. I recall our college Camera Club had a couple of these Paxettes, so it might be something of a nostalgia trip.The Paxette was one of several little rangefinder cameras that laboured under the "poor man's Leica" tag, rather unkindly as the Paxettes were aimed at a completely different market. I rather like them, though the lenses leave a little to be desired.

 

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I still have a Super Paxette in the que for a check-up and clean. Should get round to working on it this weekend.

 

 

For this weekend I've got a roll of film in an Exakta Varex IIa with a CZJ 50mm f/2.8 Tessar (I think)

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Fixed some pinholes in the shutter and gave the lens and camera a clean.

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Kodak Pro Image 100 color film in the F2 today. Lens is <New> Nikkor 35mm/2.0 (non-Ai).

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Niels, how are you liking that Kodak ProImage 100 film? I am curious, and sometime need to try a roll or three. I like the ColorPlus 200 a lot, and a favorite film of mine.

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' date=' post: 5923057, member: 10999298"']how are you liking that Kodak ProImage 100 film?

 

Nice rich colors but can have a grainy appearance in shots that are not brightly lit.

 

Taken with an Olympus XA and using it's inbuilt light meter. No post processing accept for cropping and a little sharpening.

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' date=' post: 5923057, member: 10999298"']Niels, how are you liking that Kodak ProImage 100 film? I am curious, and sometime need to try a roll or three. I like the ColorPlus 200 a lot, and a favorite film of mine.

It is my first roll and have yet to process it. I bought it because Fujicolor C200 took a sudden price hike and Pro Image 100 was the cheaper color film available in my local shop.

I hope that is less warm than ColorPlus, at least it is said to offer better skin tones.

I think it is only available in boxes of 5 - unless the shop opens the carton and sell the rolls individually. In case of the latter, you don't get the expiry date information.

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Congrats on finding a 43.5 mm filter, mjferron. I have that same filter for my 35RC and also and 85A.
Yeah I found one for $25 at the big auction site. I had been using a filter via adapter but it fell off during a walk and I was not able to find it. I am glad to have a real replacement.
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