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i would probably take a 1ds (mk whatever) and a couple of variable lenses. i'd probably start somewhere in europe and travel as much of the world as i could while documenting my travels. i'd probably focus on local issues, people mostly.

<p>I had a working fed 5b at one point. I still have it but it's not working anymore. I find their shutter mechanism a little ... unintuitive. There were very few films that i got through it sucessfuly. Now I do have a good excuse, the manual was in russian, and I was rather young when I first laid hands on it. I would like to repair it, but I'm rather scared. Where do you think that I would find good instructions on how to take it apart and put it back together?</p>

i have a canon t70. i love that camera. i don't know if it's as quiet as you'd want, but i believe everything else fits. it takes fd lenses. there are some great ones out there and they are super cheap. try it out and see if the noise level exceeds what you expect.

For those who are still interested, I posted 2 pictures to illustrate the lens' capabilities.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=817863

 

There's some distortion. Either way fairly soon I should be able to post color to see if there's more problems in color.

Writting zeros to a hard drive removes absolutely everything, including partition table information. What the software does, it turns every bit on the hard drive to a zero and even if it was zero previously it still writes to it. Do it seven times over and no information will be recoverable by anyone save from people that have highly sensitive hard drive platter readers, say like a government agency. I think I mentioned this in my previous post.

 

I am surprized to find out that the military is phisically damaging their hard drives in measures that do not guarantee complete data removal, such as drilling holes and heating in an oven. It is known that magnetic residue is still present in the metal after severe heating. Pretty much the only way you get rid of magnetic data is by melting. That is why the recent wave of computers does not have magnetic hard drives but more like memory cards, which after being erased are pretty much easy to crush and therefore remove all possibility of recovering any information.

Konrad, Thank you for your informative reply. Would you mind if I asked for a sample? Did you also happen to have a 35mm?

Depending on the age of the computer, one could obtain a copy of the original CDs that came with the computer. I believe it is more important that you maintain your privacy and remove all traces of software and data. I would recommend a seven pass (DoD standard) cleaning of the hard drive with a software that will be able to write '0's to it. GWSCAN comes to mind or the hard drive tool available from Western Digital's website. Please keep in mind that hard drive manufacturers may have their own software for this measure.

 

I would not worry about the person receiving the computers. The OS serial number should still be attached to the computer and the drivers for the hardware should be available on the manufacturer's web site, therefore negating the need to maintain the original software on the hard drive.

 

You can never be too careful about your data.

The lens is made in Japan if I were to believe the inscription on the front. I will test the lens and post the pictures. I plan on using two films Ilford PanF50 and Fuji 200 for color. I was hoping someone had an especially good/bad experience with them. I found some photos on the internet which seem to indicate a rather soft yet clear lens ... but maybe someone else thinks otherwise. I was simply trying to replace a Helios 44M-4 which I lost. Those seem to cost twice as much and seem to be a hassle to get a hold of in Cleveland.

I recently purchased a Carenar lens. I never heard of the manufacturer. I was

wondering if anyone knew anything about them or if anyone had a good or bad

experience with this lens manufacturer.

To clear the air, I purchased the lens simply because I didn't want my Zenit

body to gather dust and so I was looking for an M42 lens. It cost $20 plus tax.

Any and all comments welcome.

I have a Seagull 4A. I also noticed that if the self time is not placed correctly at the end of its path your shutter will not open. I had a completely empty film because of that.