nicole_russell

Hello -

For the weekend i have a Hasselblad 503CW, A16 back, 120mm

lens and bellows - with the intention of shooting macro shots of

Pills. Some shots just 1-2 pills, other shots of up to 5-20pills.

2 questions:

1) I don't own the Ernst Wilde book that i know i should - and i

am wondering if anyone would be so kind to pass on a

conversion chart to me? I am shooting w/ Speedo strobes and a

hand-held meter and am BAD at math -- so i really need a chart

so i don't screw up my exposures. I do have a poloroid back, but

i also don't want to take 10 hit or miss poloroids, trying to get the

exposure in the ballpark. Tips - Charts - i would be VERY

thankful!!!

2) I do own a 55Ext tube. Is there any reason I should use the

Tube instead of the bellows or vice-versa?

Thank you so much. -Nicole

Hello-

i posted several days ago about compensation problems with

my Macro lens. thank you to everyone who emailed me!!

The problem is while im figuring out compensation, something

else is wrong- a roll of film from a Minolta had the same problem

and now today a roll from the Nikon came out with a thick (soft,

but pitch black dark) black line across all of my frames. Mostly it

is about 1/4 of the frame, but in a couple it obliterates the frame

covering it 3/4s. Does this have to do with the lens? It is not a

faulty piece of equipment as it happened ealier in the week with

a Minolta AF 28-85 lens. Am i on the wrong Fstop for my

magnification? or what? It cant be shutter as that would be a

vertical black line, not horizontal. I am using Speedo strobes as

well (for those who didnt read my previous post). And was

shooting around F22 @ 1/250, bracketing ranging from F32 and

F16.

Sorry to be flooding the board with my problems, but thank you

all for helping!!!!!!

Best Regards, Nicole<div></div>

I know this is a rather dumb question.... but if i am shooting with

a 105mm Nikon Macro lens, and shooting with Strobes, do i

need to compenste my meter reading to let in more light?

i wasnt sure if that was only on extension tubes or with Macro

lenses also.

Thanks!!!!

nicole

hello-

i am using a friend's Canon EOS Elan II E (35mm) camera and

can't get it to sync with strobes!

I got a little hot shoe with a sync, (the shoe works on other

35mm cameras), but i am guessing there is a setting on this

camera, that i am unaware of, that needs to be set for it to work?

Both of us are stumped. i can fire the camera, but the strobes

don't fire with it.

Help!!!!

Thank you - Nicole

Hello -

My Hasselbald 500C hasnt gotten a lot of use in the last year

(hopefully that is not the cause of this) and when i got it out to

use recently, it seems i can advance the film with the film back

on or off, but can only fire with the film back OFF. I can not figure

out why this is (and YES i took the dark slide out!!) If i can't fire

with a film back obviously i cant shoot any film....

i dont want to take it in for repair, as i fear it is just on a setting

that i am not aware of. has anyone experienced this before?

Please help!!!

Thank you.... nicole