richard_ Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 hopefully my Rolleicord V this coming week. This is the only camera I currently own that I have most all the accessories for. Took me a couple of years to gather them. A true keeper camera IMHO... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_pype Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I've finally gotten my own kit to home develop, so now some cameras I've been waiting to use can finally be used! This Rollei 35 I got for a bargain works beautifully with a little dent that adds "character" lol. Haven't developed the film yet, it was just shot around my house to test both the camera and my developing skills. Still needs a wrist strap possibly a lens cap to protect it in my pocket. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Harpold Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hello Katie I would suggest a case for the Rollei instead of the lens cap, I have a Rollei lens cap and it is press on and does not work that well. The case is much better and with the strap coming thru the hole in the side you just unzip and leave it attached and take the shot and zip back up.. The case and the strap may be more than what you want to spend but if you are going to use it a lot it is worth it. ROLLEI CASE FOR ROLLEI 35, SOFT/213181 | eBay 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_pype Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Hello Katie I would suggest a case for the Rollei instead of the lens cap, I have a Rollei lens cap and it is press on and does not work that well. The case is much better and with the strap coming thru the hole in the side you just unzip and leave it attached and take the shot and zip back up.. The case and the strap may be more than what you want to spend but if you are going to use it a lot it is worth it. ROLLEI CASE FOR ROLLEI 35, SOFT/213181 | eBay [ATTACH=full]1327353[/ATTACH] That's good to know! That price for that case is very reasonable, a small price to pay to keep the camera protected. I have a feeling that I'll be using this a lot come summertime, when I want to get snapshots of little adventures. It'll be much better than the disposables I have used before! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moving On Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 It'll be much better than the disposables I have used before! Welcome out of the darkness.......;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Between films in my SLR's I keep coming back to this beauty- Olympus35 RC Meter went south a while back so exposure on FP4+ by sunny 16. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_shumpert2 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I have a couple of new classic manual cameras I am thinking of using this week. I have a Minolta X-700 that came with a 50mm f1.7 and a Nikon FE that I bought as a body only. I currently have a 50mm f1.8 series E lens on it. I'm going to have them checked out by a camera repair guy in town. He checks the shutter and metering. If they are close to accurate, I will load them with either T-max 100 or Ilford HP5.. I have not been using my film cameras nearly as much as I want to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I've still got half a roll in the Rollei 35S after the weekend. Don't think there'll be much to shoot next weekend, but if there is I'm going to test a Kochmann Reflex-Korelle II that I received yesterday. ....and it appears to be in working condition! :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Looking forward to seeing the results from all this gear. Heading out to darkroom now to develop the roll of Tri-X that I finished in my 8000i earlier today, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I'm partway through a roll of HP5 in the Canon F-1 and I'm trying out the Vivitar Series 1 35-85 f2.8 for the first time. Reviews of the lens seem to be mixed, but it makes for a very precise pairing to work with, if a bit hefty (which I actually like). I've enjoyed the time spent with the combination so far and as to results, I guess we'll see when it gets developed. DSC_6779 by fiddlefye, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I have a couple of these classic Yashica TL Electro X cameras and I'm about to sell this one to free up capital in the camera department, so I'll put it through it's paces this weekend to assure myself that there are no issues. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I will be working with these two from my "hoard" of classics. The N-61 on the Fed is seldom used but this one (from 1961) rivals any of my Jupiter-8's at times. . .must have been a good year in the factory. Aloha, Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I have a couple of these classic Yashica TL Electro X cameras and I'm about to sell this one to free up capital in the camera department, so I'll put it through it's paces this weekend to assure myself that there are no issues. [ATTACH=full]1327742[/ATTACH] Rick--this brings back memories since my second "serious" camera was a TL Electro X with the Yashinon f/1.4 50 mm. I replaced it with a Pentax MX when I got tired of interchanging screw mount lenses and stop down metering, but I used it a lot and got good results from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Went hiking in a nearby arboretum with a recently acquired FT3 and unknown age TMY. 1 -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Using this late manual SLR. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I enjoyed my walkabout with the Yashica TL Electro-X last weekend, so this weekend I'll take out another favourite oldie, the Pentacon Praktica PLC 3. It was one of the first Prakticas to offer open aperture metering, as opposed to the stopped-down metering use by generations of previous Prakticas, and used a range of M42 Pentacon Electric lenses. The meter switches on at a first pressure on the shutter release and uses a centre-the-needle display in the viewfinder. I guess it was pretty much a competitor for the Pentax Spotmatic SPF. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Going on a 19km hike in the Ardennes tomorrow. Doing the "In the Footsteps of the 82nd Airborne" Memorial Walk again. This year they're doing the route around La Gleize again. following paths that the men of the 504th Airborne regiment took during the Battle of the Bulge. Will be carrying this.....The camera, not the tea mug...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Today (Friday) is blocked out for medical "visits", so will put the Fed-2 into my backpack for The Bus ride into Honolulu. My mindset will be "tourist". . . aiming for the many "hot spots" in and around downtown to pass the hours between appointments. Aloha, Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Great variety of gear being used. Sometimes I enjoy looking at the cameras almost as much as seeing the images. Rick- that is a great looking Yashica TL Electro X. I'm sure you won't have any difficulty finding a buyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Starting out a roll of Tri-X in this one Except I will have the Sigma 90mm f 2.8 Macro in place instead of 50mm f 1.7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 Also in use 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I've been looking for a tidy Minolta XD-7 (XD-11) for some time, and last week I had the good fortune to come across not just one but two, in an estate sale, at a price I could afford. Both are cosmetically pretty well pristine, in itself a little unusual, as many I've looked at are a little tired, with shrinkage of the leatherette. The silver one has a strange shutter ailment I mentioned in a previous thread, but the black camera is about as functional and original as one could wish. A quick test film gave me some hint of just why these cameras seem to be so universally acclaimed, and I'm about to take one out for some serious photography. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I took out a recently acquired F2s this afternoon just to make sure it is operating properly. Of course the meter isn’t but no real surprise but the MD-3 was loud. Rick H. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMar Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Traded in a couple of camera bodies and lenses for this "new" circa 1969 Summicron. Hopefully I can get out in the snow this weekend and take some more photos with it . . . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1949 Canon IIb with Canon Serenar 50 and LTM Canon 135 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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