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    Yashica Lynx 14E

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    <p>Hi there.<br>

    I have a Yashica Lynx 14E camera that is in a pretty good shape. But there is one problem. The shutter doesn't seem to move when I take a picture. I can see it jitter a bit when I look through the lens, but it doesn't open.<br>

    Anyone know what might be the problem? I might even be interested in selling it for parts if this is a big operation to fix.<br>

    regards<br>

    Frímann</p>

    Leica Digilux 3 - Good camera? Worth $1200?

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    <p>Someone is offering me a Leica Digilux 3 with the 14-50mm kitlens for $1200 (used). </p>

    <p>What do people think about this camera? Is the price ok?</p>

    <p>I see those cameras going for more on the internet, but for some reason there seems to be not that much of them going around. Was it maybe not that popular?</p>

    <p>The fact that it feels like a film camera and not like some digital tech-toy is rather appealing to me. But I'm wondering about the usability of it. And also I'm wondering if there is allot of lenses available for this camera? I've been considering to get a m4/3 camera because there are 100's of interesting lenses around that fit for it. But what is putting me off is the plastic feel of most of those cameras, like the GF1 and PEN cameras.</p>

    <p>Thanks for any input.<br>

    Frímann</p>

    Full frame ever to show up on a M 4/3 camera?

    in Olympus

    Posted

    <p>Your probably right Alan, but I'm wondering though. If they would design a system with a bigger sensor, then they would have to increase the sensor-to-lens distance, because the projected image from the lens has to be bigger. And by doing that, the lens focus would have to be adjusted, which I guess can be done in software. But I'm not sure if this will put physical restrictions on the system. If we take f.x. one of the modern µ4/3 lenses, wouldn't we loose focus at infinity by increasing the lens-to-sensor distance? Just like when one uses bellows between a lens and a camera for doing macroscopic work.</p>

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    Full frame ever to show up on a M 4/3 camera?

    in Olympus

    Posted

    <p>Well you got a poin there. But these aren't the only type of shoots I'we been looking at. I'we seen some really nice examples of good bokeh in "regular" shots. Good enough for me at least.</p>

    <p>On another note. I'we been thinking about doing a small experiment. Since LF cameras are capable to create very dramatic DOF results, I was thinking about to try to rig togeather a LF camera and some digital camera. Symply taking pictures or videos of the matte screen. I've never actually used a LF camera, but from what I'we heard they are capable of creating hairthin DOF. I'm very interested in this phenomena and use it in animation, scanning objects with the focus plane. Anyone heard of this being done before?<br>

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    Full frame ever to show up on a M 4/3 camera?

    in Olympus

    Posted

    <p>Thanks for all those great replies. This forum sure seems active!</p>

    <p>I'we given this a good thaught and I think I'we come to the conclusion of sticking to the micro 4/3 mount. From examples on the net I'we seen that it's highly possible to create good shallow DOF results with that system. A good example can be seen here:</p>

    <p> After the rain...

    <p>I went to my local camera store and took a looong good look at the Canon 5D and tried out various fast lenses. I came to the same conclusion as before when I sold my Canon 30d about 3-4 years ago. This system is just to big for my taste. Which is the main reason why I'm so fond of the micro 4/3 format.</p>

    <p>The Sony NEX cameras look promising, small formfactor, big sensor, lenses feel sturdy and a good possibility to use 3rd party lenses. But there are a few things that are keeping me from that system. Mostly it is the lack of manual controls, or any exposure controles at all, while shooting video. The NEX-VG10 also looks promizing, but it's lacking RAW capabilities, which I really don't understand. I guess they are keeping things simple for their consumers.</p>

    <p>I do care about things like the size of the camera, manual controls for shooting video and the possibility to use a huge range of 3rd party lenses. And the shallow DOF I'we seen from various lenses on the m4/3 system is quite adequate for my standars. So my conclusions is that I'm sticking to the micro 4/3 mount. So it's probably just a matter of waiting for the GH2.</p>

    <p>regards<br />Frímann</p>

    Full frame ever to show up on a M 4/3 camera?

    in Olympus

    Posted

    <p>I probably know the answer to this question, but I just want to make sure.<br>

    The thing is that I'm currently considering to buy a M4/3 camera. But I'm a big fan of shallow DOF, and I recently learned that the size of the chip has dramatic effects on the DOF (smaller chip = bigger DOF).<br>

    Is it possible that the m4/3 companies will ever put out a full frame camera that has the m4/3 mount? I guess not though, the lenses probably just cover the sensor that they are using today, and nothing bigger.</p>

    <p>regards<br />Frímann</p>

    PLEASE HELP: Unexpected quit of Eye-One Match Calibration!

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>I contacted Panone regarding this. They first adviced me to :</p>

    <p>1 . Hold the "CONTROL" key and click on the Eye-One Match program icon.<br /> <br /> 2. In the pull-down menu, select "'Show Package Contents."<br /> <br /> 3. Navigate to "Contents/Mac OS/Config."<br /> <br /> 4. Double-click on the Config file to open in TextEdit.<br /> <br /> 5. Add the following line (without the quotes): "SkipSoftDDC=1 "</p>

    <p>That didn't work but you can give it a try.<br>

    Then they sent me a link to a new version: <a href="http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788&Action=support&SoftwareID=724" target="_blank">http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788&Action=support&SoftwareID=724</a><br>

    That worked for me</p>

    <p>Good luck<br>

    Frímann</p>

    Estimated price for my Leica's

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    <p>Hi there</p>

    <p>I'm planning to sell my Leica equipment, and was wondering if anyone could help me out on estimating how much it's worth.</p>

    <p>What I'm selling is:</p>

    <p>leica m6 .72 serial: 2064804<br /> leica voightlander 15mm heliar <br /> leica summicron 50mm f/2 Collapsible <br /> Leica Tele-Elmarit 90mm f/4 type 2 </p>

    <p>I was thinking about $1200 for the M6, $300 for the 15mm and the 50mm and $350 for the 90mm. How does that sound to you guys?</p>

    <p>regards<br /> Frímann Kjerúlf<br /> Iceland</p>

    PLEASE HELP: Unexpected quit of Eye-One Match Calibration!

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    I'm having the same problem on a few computers. Two macbook pro's and one macpro. Always the same pattern. Running osx 10.5.4 and eyeone match 3.6.1. Always get the message: "the application Eye-One Match quit unexpectedly" when it's about to finish it's measurements. I have printers set up on all those computers so thats not the problem. And there are no usb 1.0 ports on them either.

     

    Anyone managed to fix this problem?

    Yashica rangefinder - dark?

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    That's a clever idea! I tried it and it's actually easier to focus this way.

     

    Although in my case, then the superimposed image is about 2-3x brighter than the actual finder image.

     

    So in dim situations, where I can't see anything in the viewfinder at all, except the superimposed image in the center, this isn't helping much.

    Yashica rangefinder - dark?

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    I just received a yashica lynx 14e in the mail. I noticed that the finder is

    rather dark, even a little bit hazy. When I look at the front of the finder, I

    see that it seems to have something on the inside, some smudge of some sort. And

    I even see some tiny white spots, could this be fungus?

     

    My question is, is this something I might be able to fix, or is the finder of

    these cameras just so dim?

     

    regards

    frí­¡nn

    Battery adapter for Yashica Lynx 14e

    in Classic Manual Film Cameras

    Posted

    I just saw this on ebay:<p>

     

    <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/YASHICA-PX-640-BATTERY-ADAPTER-KIT-TL-ELECTRO-LYNX_W0QQitemZ190108459526QQihZ009QQcategoryZ48550QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">

     

    YASHICA PX 640 BATTERY ADAPTER KIT TL ELECTRO & LYNX</a><p>

     

    Sounds good, and the guy seems to know what he's talking about, even though he uses capitals allot :)

     

    <p>

     

    can anyone confirm that these 1.5 batteries can destroy the light meter?

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