johan_de_groote

What about a single tent stake or large nail, an 11' piece of string with 2 small loops and a piece of chalk? Could fit into one of those alu cigar tubes.

I love the fact that I don't have to care about batteries, have a large/bright viewfinder, not a load of accesories, not having to scroll through menus to find something that might help but really is there just to avoid having to think, small pieces you can loose, dependence on computers (that are anything but reliable) etc etc.

 

And the reaction from elder people "now that's a camera" is priceless.

HEY!!! Today I just took photos at the same place with the C220 I bought last weekend. Only I stood at the other end of the pond. Must be a popular place to take pics. (rechts van de brug over de Schelde in Heusden als je van Gentbrugge komt?)

 

Next time I'll take my Clack with me :)

What's a photograph?

Very good Idea, I'm coming... I found this as I was having a question about this right now.

 

There is no need for an Ubuntu forum, Ubuntu is linux so any photo apps for linux run in Ubuntu.

From what I remember the lenses are compatible with the C330, there is only one exception and it is the other way round. I would love the parallax indicator, but that is what makes the differnce between the C220 and C330. So close up work is harder with the C220. But close up work isn't my intention.

 

Ground glass is OK but I miss something like a split prism as I find it difficult to judge correctness of focus. Certainly when held at waist level, then I don't see it with or without glasses.

 

I appreciate the lack of noise of the shutter, but why the film advance makes a lot more noise is something I don't get.

''The person holding it is has more effect on the pictures than the camera does. Better cameras don't make better photographers.''

 

How true, even a Holga is a better camera then I'm a photographer...

I'll take a look at the seals under the screen, hadn't tought about those. The glass needed a cleaning

I have read the relevant parts of the G.A. Patterson site, there I also found the links to the manual.

 

''A Rollie lens puts them to shame.''

 

I can only hope it because if they didn't for that price...

I never understood the attraction of TLR's. Only way to find out is using one I guess so I got myself a Mamiya C220 with the 65/3.5 lens. It isn't in mint

condition, rather well used but everything seems to work. Have to check the shutter times and replace a few light seals that became sticky. Belows

looked fine, that was my main check. Compared to the price of Rollei's this was cheap enough to take a gamble.

 

Off now reading the manual.

The Exakta is the last incarnation of the Pentacon. They were more rugged but shared a few problems. One of the most important differences was the coupled prism. They are rather rare and when they show up they are on the expensive side. (I'm also looking out for one)

 

If you want to get in the pentacon 6 system on the cheap then the Pentacon 6 TL and Kiev 60 are possible. both share the same lens mount as the Exakta. However, both a Pentacon and a Kiev might need some TLC before going out with them. Do a search here and on the net in general. Both are subject to love-hate feelings.

When comparing with other shots, do look out not to include over-sharpened photo's. Often when looking at wildlife photo's it really stands out that the photo has been sharpened beyond real life.

There is only one risk in it disappearing: tooling to make film becoming impossible to obtain (or too expensive, it is the same). As long as someone that sees a way to make profit making film can obtain the raw materials and the tools (coaters) someone will make film. But when buying a new coater (or maintaining an old one) becomes impossible then it will disappear. Another problem might be knowledgable chemists and process engineers. This knowledge is becoming extinct if there isn't a new generation willing to gamble to take over. No use having a working coater if there isn't anyone around that can work with it and produce a usable film before you burned through your funds.

To be at 1/2" you'll need to go to 0.5". It is now overcast and when I put it at that speed and point it outside I have to close to f29 and then the meter says I'm 1/3 over (it's 16h). So in the evening this shouldn't be that hard.

No, I got Opera 9.50.

Then it would be my Canon Eos RT. The only camera so far I never doubted.

I do wear safety glasses when working with the lathe and mill. And my regular glasses are photosensitive ones so I can't forget my sunglasses.

Thanks. So it is becoming time to start looking for a scanner that can do MF negatives.

Nice photo's. I love my 180 just as much, but it isn't in my bag for the holiday. Did you digitised from negative or from print?

 

 

You're missing the 30, 50, 55 and 65 in that setup.

 

And a membership at the gym :)

I doubt it would be the provider, same at the office as at home. But it isn't just those 3 that slow down the lot. But they seem to be the largest problem.

Since a day or 3 this forum has become soo slow that is is close to unusable.

 

Opening the forum, directly in the "medium format" section takes 1.33 minutes. It

starts with contacting adserver.00web.com and waits 47 seconds for this, then it

waits a few seconds for www.google.com and then it waits for adyieldserver.com

until the page loads after 1.33 minutes.

 

Just going to another section it takes about 10-20 seconds (mostly 15-16) at

adserver.00web.com, then it spends 10-15 seconds with www.google.com and

then 20-25 seconds on adyieldserver.com. Loading a page is never below 30

seconds, mostly around 45 seconds.

 

So opening a post and adding a reply and you are gone for at least 3 minutes,

more likely 5.

Haven't seen any myself either. But a K60 with a Sonnar 300 isn't something I would be able to use handheld either.

I remember that as well. Back then the technical problems were battery lifetime and synchronisation. The issue was they had no way to synchronise with the shutter so they had to constantly monitor a few things meaning the battery drained very fast.

 

I think it was a good idea but it took too long before anything came out of it.

I do find the day lilly interesting and I'm willing to look at more photo's.

I agree they seemed to have rushed out 9.5. So far I have 2 complaints, 1 minor but one isn't making my life easy.

Thanks Michael for that explanation.