daniel_buck1

I just picked up a 2800, thanks!

Hello :-)

 

My friend has a Minolta X-370N camera that I took to a repair shop to

get fixed, and now it's time to get the flash fixed or replaced. The

flash is a Vivitar 2600-D AUTO THYRISTOR flash. The problem with it

is that the plastic piece that slides into the hotshoe mount on the

camera is broken on one side. The flash still works fine, you just

have to hold it onto the shoe mount.

 

I'm sure the flash is not worth sending off to get repaired, and I

have tried looking for a replacement for the mount on the flash to

replace it myself, but I can't find one.

 

What would be a good flash to replace this flash, something that is

cheap and works well in "auto" mode? Sorry, I don't know much about

minolta cameras or vivitar flashes.

 

Daniel Buck

Yep, that sounds exactly like the problem. I 1/2 click the shutter (after first turning it on) and the red metering numbers show up. When I click it all the way, then the numbers go away. Thanks!

Oh yes, and I did put new batteries in, no change.

My friend has a Minolta X-370n, and the trigger to advance to the

next frame won't wind all the way. It's as if the shutter hasn't

been released from the current frame. The shutter release button

does nothing. I don't know much about Minolta cameras (I'm a Canon

guy), or really much about the mechanics of cameras in general.

 

My guess is, that something is blocking (or jammed, whatever) the

trigger button, and it won't wind to the next frame because it hasn't

shot the current frame.

 

I opened the back (the film was already removed) and tried to see if

there was anything stuck in there, but it doesn't look like the

problem is that simple.

 

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Or is it something that will

mostly likely have to be looked at by a shop?

 

Thanks alot!

wow! so many options to choose from! hehe! I'll look into those films, thanks!

 

For color shots, there will be no people in the picture, just a vehicle and a nice background. The colors should probably be close to real life

 

For black and white, I'll be going for a bit of contrast. Should I use filters (red or orange) when I'm shooting vehicles? I mean, will it mess with the look of the paint and reflections? (will it make a dark car look light, or a light car look dark?)

 

We won't be getting TOO expensive here, this isn't a professional shoot, just something for anyone in the club who wants blow ups of their cars. I won't be keeping any of the money for myself, I'm asking exactly what it costs me to do have the prints made (because I'm apart of the club, I'm the photographer). I would hate to ask the guys for more than $25 per picture, is that a reasonable price to get things done with good results?

I am a new film shooter (coming from digital) and I have an EOS-1 body

with a selection of lenses. I will be shooting pictures for some guys

in my camaro car club, and would like to have them blown up to poster

size (maybe around 15-25 inches in the largest direction).

 

They will be both color, and black and white. What film would be best

for this? I assume the lower the ASA/ISO the better quality of the

blow up. would 100 be good enough? or should I go lower? These will

be outdoors, so shutter speed shouldn't be a problem, I'll be using a

tripod anyway.

 

How sharp can I expect large prints to be from a 35mm negative?

 

I have printed 11x17 images from the digital world, with fairly sharp

results, but I don't know much about film. I assume a 35mm film print

be sharper than a 6 megapixel (processed properly to print large)

digital image?

 

thanks for any advice!