Classic Manual Camera Weekend, April 1

[chuck_foreman1]

A refreshing look in summer too gry to enjoy today

[chuck_foreman1]

A refreshing look in summer too gray to enjoy today<div></div>

[richard_]

<p>like all the shots so far, and thanks Chuck...</p>

[Mike Gammill]

<p>Great shots, everyone. The skill and creativity continue to impress. Looking forward to seeing more. And hoping that someone will post that "fourth" image on our 365 day thread.</p>

[User_2019667]

<p>Here are a couple photos taken in Arizona last month.<br>

The bridge is at Roosevelt Lake and is the longest 2 lane suspended bridge in the US. <br>

The second photo is Canyon Lake. </p><div></div>

[User_2019667]

<p>Canyon Lake Arizona</p><div></div>

[donald_miller5]

<p>A couple from various batches. I have to wait for fresh supply of chemicals. Now that JDM is back here is one from my CTAPT in the Dingle Peninsula in July. The sun went down so fast that it got dark by the time I went in and came out with my camera.</p><div></div>

[donald_miller5]

<p>1943 with the family Bantam which I still use. I do not know what happened but we never spoke of Chevies in our house.</p><div></div>

[donald_miller5]

<p>I do not think I posted this one before. Edinex at Castle Cashel</p><div></div>

[Argenticien]

<p><strong>Rick Drawbridge</strong>, 'Exits' especially is brilliant. Ain't that Vitessa great? Even though mine was CLAed, I have a nagging fear that some day as I depress the plunger to wind on, there will be a small mechanical explosion resulting in a terminal mess of springs, sprockets, and shredded film upon removing the back. Unless/until that happens, they're great, if wacky, little machines.<br>

Sorry I had nothing to contribute for the weekend; I'm out and about with a new Minolta XE-7. Great camera, but if I posted pictures from that with its electronic shutter and auto mode, I would probably be defenestrated by the Manualness Police here.<br>

<em>--Dave</em></p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p><strong>Dave</strong>, in most respects the XE-7 is manual, and many a camera with an auto mode and electronic shutter has featured on this forum, myself being one of the guilty parties... Yes, my Vitessa needs a CLA, and every now and then it misses a beat and fails to wind on, creating double exposures, and I think about all those springs and things... Unique and beautiful little cameras, for all that.</p>

[Mike Gammill]

And the XE-7 will work w/o battery at 1/90 sec and B.