jeff_greenstein

<p>I have two Forscher Probacks (one for my Canon T90, one for my Nikon FM3A) and I love 'em. Don't forget that you can actually get two images on one Polaroid frame. Just take your first shot, pull the white tab to the end of the black fabric, take a second, then pull the rest of the way.</p><div></div>

<p>I have and have used both cameras; in fact, the Canon EF was my very first SLR. Both the EF and the FTbn are rugged and eminently usable. The EF has a few distinct advantages, however.</p> <p>- An unparalleled metering system. The shutter-speed dial goes all the way down to <em>thirty seconds</em>. I can think of no other camera with such a feature.</p> <p>- Speaking of which, the shutter-speed dial hangs over the front of the camera (sort of like the Leica M5) which offers a distinct ergonomic advantage; you can spin the dial with your index finger without removing the camera from your eye.</p> <p>- And speaking of <em>that</em> — and I distinctly remember teenage me choosing the EF over many other cameras for exactly this reason — both shutter speed and aperture are displayed in the viewfinder.</p> <p>- Finally: automatic is nice.</p>

<p>Peter, I think you nailed it: a filmstrip camera. I'd figured out the Title IV B part, but because of many contiguous references to IMC as "Income Maintenance Caseworker"... </p> <p><a href="https://ssw.unc.edu/dssjobsnc/index.php?q=node/1050" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ssw.unc.edu/dssjobsnc/index.php?q=node/1050</a><br /><br />...I assumed that the camera was used by a social worker. Your explanation makes more sense. Thanks for the detective work!</p>

<p>Here's a vintage camera mystery for the photo.net hivemind: What's the story behind this apparently one-of-a-kind half-frame Pentax KX? I snared this unicorn at the Pasadena Camera Show this past weekend; the seller got it from an estate sale on rubylane.com. It's got a modified film gate, masked-off viewfinder, a regeared film advance, and a handwritten 72-frame insert for the frame counter. Beneath the gate is inscribed <strong>MODIFIED BY KLINGER</strong>, and other inscriptions read <strong>I.M.C.</strong> and <strong>TITLE IV B</strong>. Tell me what you know! </p> <p><img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13261003_960111364105543_1629897474_n.jpg" alt="" /><br> <br> <img src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/13183356_860628614048800_143077954_n.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>This very morning I bought what appears to be a one-of-a-kind half-frame Pentax KX at the Pasadena Camera Show. It's got a modified film gate, masked-off viewfinder, regeared film advance, and a handwritten 72-frame insert for the frame counter. Beneath the gate is inscribed "Modified by Klinger." Anyone know anything about this rare beast?</p><div></div>

<p>I've shot a roll of the Delta 400 b&w and a roll of the Portra 400 color and had both of them developed and printed by Blue Moon. Both came out well, but surprisingly I preferred the color more.<br> <img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11905009/Clock.jpeg" alt="" /><br> (This is the basic Blue Moon print style: a 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 image on 5 x 5 paper.)</p>