Sandeha Lynch

Colour rolls of 120 are difficult to get processed in some places. IIRC, no photo companies process colour 120 in Uruguay - they have to be sent to Buenos Aires, which is too costly and slow for the average shooter. 35mm is easier to get done and much cheaper.

Those of you who already have Mamiya Press lenses and are into using them on other formats might be interested in what Ethan Moses is doing here in this vid clip. The new crowdfunder is for the 3D printing files for a 35mm cam that takes the MP lenses, though he also has other designs for 120 film ...

The CAMERADACTYL Brancopan

<p>Greetings, Gene. Is there any chance you will fix the link on this set - <a href="http://westfordcomp.com/foundfilm/argusa/index1.htm"><big>Argus - A - A <br />soldiers camera</big></a> ?</p>

I took my F-Rb out this afternoon to test a roll of old colour neg film. Obviously you can't use the original viewfinder or focus screen, but otherwise no problem.

I'll stick with my 1960s preset Zeiss Biotar 58mm f2. Not as fast, admittedly, but sharp for its size on the Pentax K10D ... x1.5, that's 87mm.

 

It's not the sort of lens you'd want to stop down ... full frame.

 

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I meant to add ... that's uncropped, full frame.

This shot is from the 43mm on the K10D, with the AF 1.7 TC, handheld, SR, ISO200, /30, f3.5.

 

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Close up, not macro, the TC roughly halves the minimum distance, so the lens was probably about 9" from the watch face. Compared with a close-up filter, this pairing scores for convenience because it's also a very nice 110mm portrait.

My 50mm 1.4 and the 43mm both get use, but the 43mm cannot produce the wide open bokeh of the f1.4, no-o-way. OTOH, my 50mm is an old M42, and therefore is less than half as useful all round compared with the 43mm, which is pretty much the on-body walk-around option.

 

I've tried the 43mm on bellows and it didn't make it compared with an M 50mm 1.7. Then again, for reversing I found the 55mm f2 from my Spotmatic worked better - though that's since sold.

 

The big surprise was sticking the x1.7 AF converter under the 43mm ... for ease-of-use and incomparable results close-up, the converter plus the 43mm has been a perfect combo on the K10D.

Have you shot an image? Unless pre-set otherwise, the image number should be the same as the shutter actuations.

M42 lenses are stop-down only. There's nothing to trigger the iris.

 

K-mount lenses are auto iris when the camera setting is M for manual exposure.

 

On the K10D, at least.

On the K10D body, turn the dial to Manual and press the Green button to momentarily stopdown the iris of your K or M. That will tell you if the aperture setting on the lens is 'correct' for the speed setting. Or instead of the button you can just chimp the shot till it's right.

 

On Manual (and only Manual) a K or M lens will stop down automatically when you fire the shutter to whatever aperture is set on the lens.

I paid GBP50 (US100) for mine in 2003 ... rarely used it until slapping it behind a 43mm on the K10D. It's better than fairy dust.

With the new download firmware you can change the ISO as well as view it. Press the OK button to view, and spin the front wheel to change it.

 

It's brill, and the wireless flash from the popup (master or control) has just saved me from turning to radio.

Just two different housings adding variety to the color scheme. The pointy bit looks a bit vulnerable to my eye, but perhaps they wear just as well.

I'm not sure that it is expensive, but that's relative of course. You can compare it with the cheapest on the market, but you could also compare it with the best or most expensive and value it quite differently. Here's my take on it ...

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<a href="http://www.nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1111&highlight=bessaflex">Bessaflex TM</a>

Often cheaper to find another old one than to pay for repairs - but worth looking around for repair people in your area.

On or off camera, the iris will stay fully open (even with the aperture ring set to f22) until you press either the pin at the base of the lens or the lever on the side - then the iris will close. Press either of those and the iris should react snappily to the aperture you have set.

Given the vast range among M42 lenses I guess there are bound to be a few that won't fit on the TM, but it's the vast range that do fit that matter. Apart from a couple of old Japanese lenses, I'm primarily using Meyers and CZJs. They work a treat.

The ME is an old one and the sticky stuff is probably sealant sponge that needs replacing. Contact Robin at http://www.harrowtechnical.co.uk/ as he does a good CLA at a good price. He did my MX and it's now good for another half century.

I honestly think it is the wrong question and mistakes the value of originality ... you <i>have</i> to draw on ideas that you have seen elsewhere <i>if</i> you expect anybody to register what you're doing.

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As mentioned above ... "culture" ... "synapses" ... "creativity" ...

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When teaching writing skills I use the analogy of Edison and the lightbulb. He didn't invent electricity, he didn't invent glass, he didn't invent metal coils, he didn't invent gas vacuums ... the list goes on. So what the heck did he do then, with all those bits and pieces that he copied?

"We" is first person plural. The use of 3rd person singular is very common, sounding either business-like or academic according to taste. Lynch is in the habit of writing about himself in the third person for blurbs, but on his website he writes about himself in first person singular as it's a bit more personable.

Paul, when I first saw a piece of Kiev, I thought the same. But ... I needed a prism, I needed it to fit with a Polaroid back, and I sure needed to save money. Solution was the Kiev Spot/TTL (latest or last version). It looks OK, machining is smooth, and once I had dropped a diopter lens into the eyepiece I was away. At 1/10 of the price.

 

Btw, if you ever want to use a Pola back you'd need the NC-2 100, which is apparently not very easy to find.

A tele-converter uses a couple of elements (more in the good ones) and there may be haze or very fine dust in between them - not usual though if air cannot get in between them. Fungus would be distinct spreading spots or cobwebby lines.

 

Older and cheaper converters are not always great, as image quality is degraded and lens speed reduced to some degree. I managed to get hold of a Pentax FA x1.7 doubler and even though it's an excellent piece of glass, you can see the difference compared with a lens of the right focal length.

Careful reading is as much a learned skill as careful writing, and I frequently come across readers who appear 'lazy' in their attempt to understand what a reader has put across. Understanding pronoun references, for example, requires a secure familiarity with grammar as well as the ability to grasp context.

 

The audience of readers on this site is very diverse, but few, if any, could be called stupid.

 

TTFN ... :)

Ah don fink blimmin nuffink abaht it.