philipp

<p>@Tom: Thanks for the info, that was quick and quite interesting, I have a (very) small collection of some vintage cameras, I guess I will put the cable release next to it!</p>

<p>@Chauncey: When used some metal strips, glue and a cable release to create a cable release for my long dead Coolpix 4500 I also would have needed it!</p>

<p>looking at the picture, I just saw that there isa logo on the release button:<br>

it is something like a 3-bladed propeller with the letters A G e:<br>

<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_CeTKUI7gs3E/S188bCcsfKI/AAAAAAAAPPI/vdc-kC3E_Yw/s400/DSC_4918.JPG" alt="" /></p>

<p>Hi Everybody!<br>

recently I came across this strange cable release and am wondering what type of camera it might have been used for! Any ideas?<br>

<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_CeTKUI7gs3E/S186qQQxStI/AAAAAAAAPOs/IXyiJx4je_o/s800/DSC_4916.JPG" alt="" /></p>

<p>any info is appreciated!<br>

thanks,<br>

Philipp</p>

Hi,<p>

what you have in mind should be possible with the Harbortonics Digisnap 2100 and the IR cable:<p>

<a href="http://www.harbortronics.com/detail.php?id=48">http://www.harbortronics.com/detail.php?id=48</a><br>

<a href="http://www.harbortronics.com/detail.php?id=18">http://www.harbortronics.com/detail.php?id=18</a>

<p>

cheers,<p>

philipp

Hi,

I am wondering if the plug the MC-DC1 (wired release cable for Nikon

D70s) uses is the same one as the one on the Coolpix USB-to-camera cables.

What intrigues me is the possibility to use a Harbortronics digisnap

with the serial cable to trigger a Nikon D70s...

any help is appreciated

Philipp Salzgeber

To Bill Pfeifer:

Thank you for your elaborate posting!

My Pentax was still not repaired, so I gave it a try. With your instructions it was a (quite) painless effort...

Luckily the chain was not broken, so all I had to do was to attach it to the hook on the aperture coupling ring. Afterwards I compared the metering prism with values from my Nikon FM2, and it seems it works quite good!

Thank you very much! (the repair would have been quite expensive. A new shutter cost me about 700USD two years ago...)

During the process I made some documentation images. Would you mind if I post your instructions together with some annotations and photos on my home-page? Of course your authorship will be clearly presented.

Philipp Salzgeber

http://www.salzgeber.at

I have an old Pentax 6x7 camera. Obviously I did something wrong with

it (possibly taking the prism off while a lens was attached...).

The metering prism stopped working and the chain which translates the

aperture setting to the prism now is loose on one side.

Since the repair shop is far away and expensive - can anybody give me

a hint if there is an easy fix, possibly DIY?

with best regards

Philipp Salzgeber

Hi!

I am in the market for a medium format architectural camera.

I know of models made by Rollei, Linhof and Arca-Swiss.

What I am interested in is experiences and/or advice from users of

medium format cameras in architectural photography.

I am thinking of 120 film because of the reduced film and processing

cost and the reduced size (and weight?) of the gear.

any help is appreciated

Philipp Salzgeber

www.salzgeber.at

Hi!

I sent my own 6x7 to repair and they lend me a 6x7II.

I haven4t got a manual, so I want to knwo what the buttons "PS-Time"

and "ML" are for, and how they are used. I want to take some time

exposures this night so it would be great if I could use the battery-

saving time exposure mode, which I think is operated by at least one

of these buttons.

Help! Thanks in advance

Philipp Salzgeber

philipp@salzgeber.at

Hi!

The mirror keeps getting stuck 2/3 of the way up when firing the

shutter. It seems that this is a battery problem. I inserted the

battery about two months ago and didn4t use the camera since then.

(The meter of the Prism was off)

Searching in this archive I found out this could be a contact problem.

my questions: just at the battery contacts or elsewhere in the

camera? How long lasts a battery in a unused 6x7

Philipp Salzgeber

philipp@salzgeber.at

fyi: the designer4s story of the P67II:

http://www.pentaxeurope.com/web/online/cam/672/672d.htm

I have problems mounting an old 400/4 on a Pentax 6x7 (old model).

The outside collar on the lens is loose, i.e. I can turn it all

around.

The camera kind of "clicks" when mounting the lens, but the lens is

hold only loosely and it will come free easily. Since the problem

persists on two bodies, it has to be the lens. What am I doing wrong??