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I carry a Leica M6 and would not expect anyone to be able to operate the camera.

That should weed out most of their customers.

One more from the quilt show in Santa Cruz. My wife is a quilter and so I go to a lot of places with quilting, fabrics, machines and all that. Sewing machines are kind of like camera's as over the last few years they have turned from mechanical precision machines to computerized marvels. 1/30th a second and at f2.5 as it was dark inside the building.

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I have no issues spooling 35mm or 120 but I still hate Patterson[sic] tanks. Seems like after a year they leak where the red ring meets the black plastic on the outside. No problems leaking from the lid but I understand others have had that issue.

Santa Cruz County Quilt Show, Lieca M6 with Kodak 400.. It was dark in there so I got to practice shooting at 1/30th with the camera. No problem for quilts. My lens is a f2.5 so that does not help a great deal but it's all I own.

Carmel Mission, LeicaM6 Kodak 400

Whatever gear you decide on you will be able to take a lot of nice photos if you put your heart into it. Just go with what feels right. It's not a tattoo so you can change your mind later on.

Wall Art, testing Kodak Gold 200 as a general purpose cheap film:

Just whatever you want to do. It's just taking pictures of stuff. I shot 35mm for years and gave it up for MF film and then a couple weeks ago my son gave me a Leica M6 and now I am back to 35mm. I have a digital camera and it works fine. It's not a fun camera to me but I wanted it for travel and a bit of video. I think digital camera's should have wifi so you could use it like a tablet.

Unicolor C41 powder kits are not labeled hazardous. I have seen it on Amazon for sale so it's a place to look if you wanted to. However I just buy C41 chemicals from Freestyle photo in LA. I am only 400miles away and it shows up pretty fast.

Never thought about it before but I figure turning the lens all the way until it stops is the correct spot. On my Leica it stops at the "B" location and when looking into the viewfinder the focusing spot lines up perfectly with a distant subject.

Thanks for the update. Good news.

Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz County. I buy a state park pass every year so that I can drop into the various places to mull around and take photos Kodak 400 on this barn. This place has an abundance of barns and old farm equipment. I was wrong about film for sale. We have a new Wallgreens that I had not gone into and so I dropped by today and they sell Kodak in 200 and 400 for a high price. I asked the young girl if they sell film and she said "You mean film for digital cameras" It made me laugh inside but with a little kind discussion she showed me where photo stuff was at and there it was. I bought a 3 pack of Gold 200.

A cup of coffee as I wandered around downtown Santa Cruz with my camera. Met a guy with a 1/2 frame Olympus and had a nice chat. A cup of coffee and a pastry was $10.00. Ouch but I ordered without checking the prices. My fault. Kodak UltraMax shot wide open.

Trying to adjust to 35mm photography using cheap film. This is Kodak UltraMax. Sometimes it looks ok and sometimes the colors are bizarre. At least so far. Now that I have the Leica M6 I figure the thing to do is use it for most photos and Portra is to expensive to snap away. Currently I am out of film and there is not a roll for sale in the county so I am waiting on the truck.

I have been using Unicolor C41 but will try the new Powder Cinestill when I see it for sale. Maybe BHPhoto will ship it since it since it's not labeled hazardous.

This is a better exposure with the Kodak UltraMax400 in Santa Cruz Calif. . No experience with the film but it seems to do better with overexposure. Leica M6

First roll of film from my Leica M6/Voightlander 35mm f2.5 lens and Kodak UltraMax400. The camera is a gift from my oldest son. The photo is of some old Army Barracks Fort Ord Ca. which is now CSUMB (Monterey). I did basic there back in 67.

Niccos photography on you tube has a weekly photography news show and he will be bringing updates on tetenal and the impact on the film industry along with the loss that film photographers may experience.

The new V600 is up and running and I have no issues with it's operation. My already installed software works no problem.

I ordered a new one this morning. Plan to keep the old one for possible parts and will just store it away in the box the new one arrives in. . Thank you for all the help but I am just a poor scanner repairman. Glad I am not replacing a V700 or 800.

Thanks for the tip but with the ISRD broken I am not going to work on it again. As it is now I can still use it with fresh developed negatives which is what I do the most. However I am going to purchase a new V600 shortly or possibly the V800. I am just trying to decide if I want to buy a 4x5 or not. E6 photography with a 4x5 would possibly yield some great things in print and some terrible news to the wallet. I did just upload a photo that I took this morning with Ektar at Gibson beach in the classic camera forrum. Scanned with my broken scanner.

Gibson Beach, Point Lobos Calif. Ektar 120. 33seconds at F22