What camera(s) are you using this weekend?

[Rick_van_Nooij]

 

Still got half a roll in the Agat. It's taking ages to fill up ;)

Will take it with me to the out-door Brocante Flea Market in Heusden tomorrow.

[richard_]

inspired by those post in this forum using Kodak Color Plus 200 I went down to the local film store here in Buenos aires and brought a couple. Never used this film before and also anxious to see how it compares with Gold 200. Nikon fg

[m42dave]

inspired by those post in this forum using Kodak Color Plus 200 I went down to the local film store here in Buenos aires and brought a couple. Never used this film before and also anxious to see how it compares with Gold 200.

 

Richard, ColorPlus 200 seems to be Kodacolor 200 (that's what it says on the cartridge), rebranded for the international market. My recent Agat 18k photos were actually taken with Kodak Gold 200, which I noted incorrectly. If there is any difference between the two, I can't tell.

 

eBay and Amazon also sell ColorPlus at a good price.

Edited December 6, 2019 by m42dave

[richard_]

thanks Dave for the info. Needed to buy some 35mm color film anyway as I forgot to bring more with me; will see how Colorplus 200 goes. There's plenty of film here in Buenos Aires Btw, and though the prices are about double than in the US, the flip side is that there processing is ALOT less; so I guess it all balances out in the end...

[Mike Gammill]

Working with a Minolta XE-5 with 55mm f 1.7 MC Rokkor (FP4+) and Canon GIII 17 also with FP4+.

[Rick_van_Nooij]

Still haven't finished the roll in the Agat 18K,

But I've picked up one of those blue-green Yashica 44 cameras yesterday and I have loaded it with a 127 roll with some 35mm fomapan 100 film spooled in it.

[rick_drawbridge]

The resurrection of JDMvW's thread featuring the fabulous Pentacon Super reminded me that I've yet to test a Pentacon Pentona II, two of which I seem to have accumulated in the past few months.The Pentonas are right at the other end of the scale from the Pentacon Super, and I suspect they're the simplest and most basic camera to carry the Pentacon name. I've used the Pentona , but not the Pentona II, and while they have the same quite good 45mm Trioplan f/3.5 lens I'm interested to compare the performance of the two cameras.

 

[rick_drawbridge]

I've put a short test film through this interesting little Ricoh rangefinder, and I'll use it again this weekend. It's a Ricoh Mate, circa 1960, with an unusual shrouded lens configuration with cut-out windows for aperture and shutter speed settings. One reviewer has suggested it was an attempt on the part of the manufacturers to depart from the Europeon designs Japan was rather slavishly copying, but apparently it wasn't a great sales success. As with most of these early Ricohs it has a very good lens, a 45mm Riken Optical f/2.8. The photograph shows it with a Petri accessory exposure meter attached.

 

[Bill Bowes]

I have "discovered" my KMZ viewer from the 35's works wonders over the Isolette viewing window for composistion. The KMZ is set for 50mm and the horizontal window outlines are right on. Will be wondering about Honolulu both Saturday & Sunday. Aloha, Bill

[Mike Gammill]

Minolta XE-5 with Celtic MD 35mm f 2.8 and Sigma 135mm f 3.5 Mini Tele. Loaded with Tri-X.

[m42dave]

Taking along the FED 50 loaded with Ilford FP4+, one of my favorite cameras to keep in my bag for winter hikes when I mainly shoot black & white. It's fully automatic and doesn't require batteries, so it's always ready to go.

 

[Bill Bowes]

The Vito II is also happy with the KMZ on top. Aloha, Bill

[chuck_foreman1]

I loaded a my Vito B small viewfinder over two weeks ago. Poor weather plus work stress/family/personal health has left me doubting continuing with this passion... need some sunshine to re-awaken my lust for shooting classics.

BTW love the camera porn here Rick and Bill!!

[tomspielman]

Not this weekend exactly but Christmas Eve, - planning on going skiing.

 

Since the Fujica folder I have doesn't fit in my ski jacket pocket very well, I picked up one of those security holsters meant for carrying passports, wallets, etc. It should also keep the camera next to my body and a little warmer. We'll see how it works on the slopes. :)

 

[rick_drawbridge]

A Christmas gift from one of my sons, a young man of good taste and advanced sensibilities, qualities obviously inherited from his mother. I'd been wanting a tidy Minolta X-700 for some time, in light of both the historical significance of the camera and it's reputation as a good shooter, so I'm looking forward to putting it to the test.

 

[Mike Gammill]

The X-700 as outfitted in one of its most popular combinations. The X-700 with motor drive and 35-70 is a well-balanced and great handling setup. We sold several that way when my family had a camera shop. If you're into flash, the Minolta 280 PX is a handy dedicated flash which allows the camera meter flash exposure as reflected off the film. In program mode the camera will blend flash with ambient lighting. For more influence from flash shoot in aperture priority mode.

[Mike Gammill]

One of my favorite short teles (which also is a capable macro lens) is the Sigma 90mm f 2.8. Putting it on my Minolta XE-5 (rather than the SRT 303 in picture)

[rick_drawbridge]

Mike Gammill said:

The X-700 as outfitted in one of its most popular combinations.

 

Yes, the combination of lens, drive and camera certainly handles well. So far I've shot only a quick test film around the garden, and I'm impressed. The metering , while accurate, seems to be weighted slightly differently from the XG-M I'm more familiar with, and I'll have to feel my way into exposure compensation.

[Mike Gammill]

The metering on X700 was more strongly center weighted than X series. Even TTL flash was center weighted. Generally worked well.

[Rick_van_Nooij]

Haven't used my Leica M3 for a while. Loaded it up with another roll of Fomapan 100.

 

Ordered some fresh rolls of Fomapan 100, 200 and 400 on the way in 120 format, and 2 rolls of Rera Pan 100S in 127 for the Yashica-44

[Mike Gammill]

Got film in a camera that I haven't used in several months- Pentax Spotmatic F. Unlike the previous models, the F (with compatible lenses) allows open aperture metering. Older Pentax lenses meter with stop down metering. I'll try to find a picture later to post.

[Mike Gammill]

[Vincent Peri]

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Ah, I had a couple of Spotmatic F's back in 1974, preceeded by an ESII in 1973. Couldn't stand the screw mount Takumars, so I traded it all in and went with a Leicaflex SL2 and some Leitz R lenses.

[Mike Gammill]

I was a little late to the Spotmatic F party. I actually had an early Spotmatic (with inoperative meter) but a friend gave me his complete Spotmatic F system consisting of two bodies (one working the other not), 50mm f 1.4 SMC, 105mm f 2.8, 28mm f 3.5, 35mm f 3.5, and 200mm. All work well. The mirror was stuck in up position in non working F, but later I tried on old Mamiya 135mm f 2.8 on it and the camera worked, except for no meter. That compact 105mm f 2.8 is a neat little package that I don't use often enough. The original Spotmatic along with 55mm f 1.8 SMC was given away here a few years ago when the giving away of classic gear was being done.

[Mike Gammill]

Finished up film in Spotmatic F so I've started a roll of Tri-X in a much later Pentax: ZX-5 with the manual focus 50mm f 2 SMC A. The AF "went south" on this camera a few years ago so I mainly use it with my manual focus Pentax lenses, The AF indicator still confirms focus.

A "hybrid classic" modern ZX-5 and classic 50mm f 2

and Happy New Year to all