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Well, I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to play too. F Photomic TN, F2 Photomic (DP-1), F3HP I've recently discovered that the DP-1 can be used in place of my non-functioning Photomic TN on the F, so I may have to give that combo a try soon.
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A Surprising Old Sigma
CoryAmmerman replied to rick_drawbridge's topic in Classic Manual Film Cameras
Well, whatever is rattling around in there doesn't seem to have hurt the image quality, from what I can tell. When I was first starting to get serious in photography, I remember that the overriding opinion was that most low-end zooms, particularly third party zooms, were mostly junk and better used as paperweights. So, of course, I started buying all primes. But over the years, I've acquired quite a few inexpensive zooms, mostly from third party manufacturers. Some were included in with other equipment, some I purchased intentionally. There have been a few that were not very good, even for my less than exacting standards. However, most have been perfectly adequate for my uses, which is mostly hand-held middle aperture type stuff. That's not to say that cheap zooms are on par with the more expensive stuff. I don't really have any expensive zooms to compare to. Just that I'd probably have been just as happy running around with a couple of zooms as opposed to 3-4 primes in the bag, if not more so due to the ease of use when not having to change lenses as often is factored in. -
This Year's Olympus Gains
CoryAmmerman replied to rick_drawbridge's topic in Classic Manual Film Cameras
That's quite the haul, Rick. And you can't argue with the price. As far as Olympus stuff goes, I have only an OM-1 with a dead meter and a couple of primes, so I cant add much on that front. I'm interested in your opinions of the Tamron zooms. I recently acquired their 35-135 and 80-210 in Adaptall-2 mounts. I was really impressed with the 80-210. Less so the 35-135, but it has quite a lot of dust and some slight hazing in it. Ill have to try to give that one a clean and try again. -
Film Camera Week for March 26
CoryAmmerman replied to Mike Gammill's topic in Classic Manual Film Cameras
Inspired by the recent "Your First Camera" and "First Film" threads, I spent a couple of hours yesterday re-scanning negatives from one of my first ever rolls of black and white film. The images are from an abandoned creamery that sat abandoned for many years in my hometown of Starkville, Mississippi and were taken in early 2005. Not long afterwards, the building was torn down. Thought I might share a few of the images here. Equipment was a Nikon F65 with the kit 28-80 zoom with Agfa APX 400 loaded. A Tiffen orange filter was used for some of the shots, but I don't remember which ones exactly. Exterior Electrical and graffiti Dark in here Apollo space capsule? -
Leica Standard revival (picture heavy)
CoryAmmerman replied to Rick_van_Nooij's topic in Classic Manual Film Cameras
Nice work Rick. I’ve managed to revive a few leaf shutters and a lens here and there, but never attempted anything as involved as what you’ve accomplished here. In your shoes, I quite possibly would have ended up with nothing more than a box of spare parts. Glad you got it up and running again. -
My first roll was Fujicolor 100, which I posted an image from in the First Camera thread. My first black and white film was Agfa APX 400, which I purchased at the same time as my first camera. Here's a shot from one of those first rolls, even though it wasn't taken with a manual camera.
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