greg choong

Hi

 

I just came back from Hong Kong. Many retailers have started to sell Leicas for 10% more citing the

reasons of the increased Euros? I was just checking ebay and it seems to lack the usual sellers in the past

few days? Have you gotten your beloved Lecias yet?

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<b>"1st Pix" latest 'cron, "2nd Pix" rigid with Eyes</b>

 

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I bought a latest ver of 'cron and love every shot it made.

They call it the 'rigid', it's produced in 1956-1968 and it has 2 variants. The first can

focuss up to 1 meter and the second, up to 48cm or 51cm (later units). The short

focussing models require a special viewfinder called "glasses" or "eyes" that is placed over

on the camera, these models sometimes are also known as Dual Range. I don't find the

catch in your pix that holds these glasses so I guess your's is not a DR lens.

 

I used to own one of these DR lenses.

 

http://www.gregchoongphotography.com/dr.htm

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Sunny Singapore

<...I don't think that glow is exclusive to Leica, it is more due to lighting, exsposure, and

the properties of aspherical aborrations in certain lenses....><P><P>

 

This is definitely caused by aspherical aborration, you tell me if it constitutes to a 'glow'

shot?

 

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<a href="http://www.leica-gallery.net/gregchoong/image-23584.html">Details of the

shot can be found here</a><p>

why dwell on old ZI when you can have a brand new ZI system and give leica a run for their

money!

 

http://www.zeissikon.com/camera.htm

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Hi.. I searched BH and Adorama but can't seem to find the new TRI-X

(320TX) 220 films? They only have the older TXP 320? A friend of mine

managed to grab a pack of 5 last year but he couldn't remember how

his friend got them? Can you help? Thanks

Great answers guys, thanks! I've since bought the 50mm lens. The external VF is big, I heard you can use the entire VF instead for composition? How about estimating the 135mm frame w/o the use of the external VF? Any experience to share on this?

 

Regards

Hi Donald... where can I find HIE in 120 format? Thanks

Thanks for the answers. Anyone has some pix taken with this lens to show?

Hi.. I read alot of threads regarding the light off problem with

Mamiya 7's 43mm lens. What about the newer 50mm lens? Does it suffer

from this problem too? I'm very tempted to get this lens and your

experience is much appreciated. Thanks.

.. I've done some experiments and posted my findings here..

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<a href="http://www.clubsnap.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58312&highlight=diafine">Neopan 1600 in Diafine and D76 1+1</a><P>

 

..hope it helps...

Hi Kevin... Jakarta and Singapore are neighbours... the next time you pop by the city state, contact some die hards here too :)

.. if the tint is a concern, fix it for 8 mins, soup it in HCA for 5 mins and wash 10 mins. Whatever tint will vanish.

My experience with Diafine has been great and consistent. I use TRI-x almost exclusively and I find Diafine to be the best developer for my street work. Recently I shot some TXP 320 220 films and I think Diafine works even better with these older emulsions.

 

I haven't found any thread mentioned the use of Diafine with Kodak' HIE (Infrared film) so I souped a roll in it recently and found rating it between 400 to 800 is just about right. But I hate one thing, the neg is way too thin and it curls too much. I need to use a glass carrier to hold the film flat inorder to print them. Still, printing tri-x film developed with Diafine is best done with a diffuser at grade 2 on ilford papers.

 

<p><img src="http://www.gregchoongphotography.com/jpghie3.jpg"><P>HIE in Diafine.

.... My apologies, the original pix showed "Korban" where Muslims celebrated Haji by sacrificing the lambs... I've since replaced it.

 

... Secondly, I don't own the D2, it was on loan to me for a couple of days from Schmidth.

<i>How fast does it handle? How is the lag? </i><P>...the shutter lag is almost unnoticeable, especially in MF mode...I didn't miss alot of critical moments. In fact, I find its lag is as small as my Olympus 5060 (touted to have the shortest lag). <P><center><img src="http://www.gregchoongphotography.com/korbansmall.jpg"></center><P>... by the way, I was told this D2 was used by David Alan Harvey before it reached me... hmm....

... it's lighter than it looks weighing 706g a tact lighter than my M6 + 21mm vc...<P><center><img src="http://www.gregchoongphotography.com/digitalmandd.jpg"></center><P>

..DITO Diego...<P><a href="http://www.gregchoongphotography.com">My Street Work </a><P> Have fun.

<p><center><img src="http://www.gregchoongphotography.com/d2.jpg"></center><P>... recently I have a chance taking a digilux 2 out to the street for a couple of days...a nice camera designed for M users like us... well, I'm not ditching my M yet, I like doing photography with my Ms... :)

Yes, I use a M7ii for street photography so the additional length comes in handy. Furthermore, it saves me time and chemical developing them too.

Hi.. did a search but haven't found any store selling this? Most of

them carry the older 320 films? Any idea where I can buy the 400TX

220? Why aren't many using this film? Is it most cameras don't

support this format?

 

Thanks.