clay_rodman1

Well, actually the red light never comes on so maybe it doesn't even work. Who knows, maybe I got screwed on this one. Does the coin have to be just placed on all four contacts at the same time. I keep thinking that just maybe I'm not doing something right.

 

Clay

Ok, I tried using a key and coin put directly on the gold contacts but nothing happened. Is there something on the camera I'm supposed to adjust maybe? It did make a noise once when I was manually winding the film , but I couldn't duplicate it again. Any more help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

Clay

Well, I tried all the suggestions and after another grueling hour of messing with it, it doesn't work. I can't even detect any sign that it works at all, no sounds or movements at all. Who knows. Thanks anyway though.

Hi, I recently bought a used MD-11 and I can't figure out how to work

it. When I connect it to my FM2(original, not N) and then press the

shutter on the MD-11 the LEDs light up, but when I press the shutter

button nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong, or is there some

little button that's not activated. I can't imagine what it could be

because I've studied the thing for an hour now and can't make it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I thought I had this all figured out long ago, but the

more I read the more confused I become. I'm no stranger to the

darkroom, so when papers came out that people used on inkjet printers

to print their digital images that took some getting used to. I had to

accept that people called these papers that held ink "photo paper",

which to me was wrong. Anyway, now I read somewhere that when you take

your digital image, in whatever form, to a lab, they print on "real"

photo paper, but how can that be? So here are the questions:

 

1. When taking a digital image to a lab, what type of paper is used

and how does the image get onto the paper?

 

2. In regular traditional film photography, do labs transfer the image

to digital first by scanning the negative and then print, and if so,

how?(I had assumed that no lab used an enlarger anymore and always

processed the film, scanned the negatives, and then printed from a

digital image, but now when I think about this, how is this done? I'm

used to using an enlarger when I used to do BW photography?)

 

As you can tell I'm really confused. Any answers would really make my

day because this topic is driving me crazy. Thanks.

 

Clay R.

Hi everyone,

I thought I had this all figured out long ago, but the more I read

the more confused I become. I'm no stranger to the darkroom, so when

papers came out that people used on inkjet printers to print their

digital images that took some getting used to. I had to accept that

people called these papers that held ink "photo paper", which to me

was wrong. Anyway, now I read somewhere that when you take your

digital image, in whatever form, to a lab, they print on "real" photo

paper, but how can that be? So here are the questions:

 

1. When taking a digital image to a lab, what type of paper is used

and how does the image get onto the paper?

 

2. In regular traditional film photography, do labs transfer the

image to digital first by scanning the negative and then print, and if

so, how?(I had assumed that no lab used an enlarger anymore and always

processed the film, scanned the negatives, and then printed from a

digital image, but now when I think about this, how is this done? I'm

used to using an enlarger when I used to do BW photography?)

 

As you can tell I'm really confused. Any answers would really make my

day because this topic is driving me crazy. Thanks.

 

Clay R.

Thanks everyone for the informative responses. I'm leaning strongly now towards an F100 because I believe the build will be up to the FM2 standard if not better.(Am I right on this?) plus even though I can get an F5 at a great price now, there's still about $300 difference between an F100 and F5, so that difference could go a good ways towards new glass. Thanks again, do you think $450 is a good price for an F100 that has only been used slightly, no marks at all on camera?

Hi, I used to be a member of photo.net, but lost my password so I

re-registered.

Anyway, I tried to submit this post earlier, so I apologize if this

is a double post. I have been considering whether to get an F5 or

F100. I'm selling some of my other film cameras in order to

consolidate everything. I currently shoot with an FM2n and an N80. I

never warmed up to the N80 mainly due to the way it feels in my hand

and the build quality. I was wondering whether I would notice a

significant difference if I bought an F100(used) or if I would have to

go to an F5 to feel that I've got a very durable camera. I've never

had a problem with the N80, but I just need better build for peace of

mind, especially since I also shoot with an FM2, which has great build

quality in my opinion. Thanks for any info.

 

Clay

I've just posted in the Nikon forum and my post has not shown up either. I'm not sure if something is wrong, or that we're doing something wrong...