jon_wang

I've been using one for about a week and my opinions are:

1. very small and light. The front lens el. is so far back in the lens barrel it acts like a shade. Tiny, tiny glass.

2. AF is ok.

3. seems very sharp. Better than 14-45.

4. short tele is a wonderful focal length.

All in all, at the price it sells for? A steal.

Jon Wang

I have taken a few jpeg's with my E-300 now, and have come across a

problem. Every shot I take (at SHQ, supposedly lossless compression)

winds up over 300 ppi and only 20 times 26cm big. Comparing it with

SHQ's from my C-5050 compact, which produces images at about 72ppi and

90cm in height, I just can't figure out why or how to set this right.

I mean, at 8 megpixels, you'd think you at least could fill an A4

print right? I'd be very happy to hear someone go through this PPI

business ONE MORE TIME. Never had this problem in the darkroom

goddamnit...

Jon Wang

I have been using a 645E for about 6 months, alongside a Rolleiflex. I

bought it because I miss my M645 1000S that I had a few years back. It

came (almost unused) with the 80 and a 45N. I must say the 45 is close

to the sharpest lens I have ever used. Zeiss and Leitz included. What

I am a little worried about is the build quality of the 645E.

It's very plastic.

This weekend I noticed a crack in the house. A couple of milimeters

out from the base of the prism housing, a crack was present in the

form of a line, maybe a centimeter and half in length paralell to the

viewfinder housing. I started fiddling with it, and it came off. The

plastic seemed very soft and cracked very easily when pressure was

applied to it. The wound is purely cosmetical and thouroghly annoying,

but it has made me a little nervous around this otherwise wonderfully

fun camera. Now, the entire camera oozes "economical", without the

buttery feel of the Rollei, or even the older M645's. This normally

shouldn't mean anything as most photogs rarely let their expensive

babies go rolling down stairways anyway, but I have no idea how mine

came to be hurt, and I'd like to be reasured.

Any experiences to share out there?

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Hy.

Im waiting on my absurdly inexpensive Zeiss Ikoflex Ib TLR. Does

anyone have any experience with the glass in these? How sad are they

gonna look next to my Hasselblad prints? Anything else I should know?

Hey.

Just got my Fuji GS645 folder, (bellows already changed thank-you-

very-much) and I'm loving it! Except: My negatives are not full

frame. That is, the left hand upright edge of the neg. is curving

slightly inwards, and makes a sharp left hander at the end. What on

gods green earth is this? It ruins my black edges on my prints!

I am waiting for a CL body and 40mm from Ebay. However I know (and

also all I know) is that the lightmeter is not working. I know this

could mean any number of things, but my question is; should I try to

have it fixed, or simply go for a Leica/Voigtlander meter to plug

unto the shoe? Does anyone have any exp. with this? Which meter

should I look for on a budget? and also; how wide a lens can the CL

take?

i just bought a hbl 500elx, but i have no idea how it works.

Can anyone direct me to a FREE manual download, or can anyone tell me

how the "command wheel" works. I set it on A when i shoot, but have

no idea what AS RS or any of it meens.

Help!