ddrix

<p>I once shot an unexposed 120 roll of FP4 that was 10 years past its expiration date. The tones and contrast came out perfectly right but the photos were otherwise marred by a grooved pattern that had imprinted itself into the emulsion, probably from the paper backing.</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

I scan my negatives using a home-built solution which consists of a DSLR with an apparatus in the shape of a slide duplicator.<br>

Currently, I'm using the backlight from a laptop screen as a light source, resulting in long exposures (~8 seconds) ; I'm thinking of using an external flash instead but I wonder whether this is safe !<br>

Do you think the negatives would suffer any harm from about 2 or 3 exposures to the intense light from the flash ?</p>

<p>Hello,</p>

<p/>

<p>I have a Rolleicord (model III, I think) which had been stored for a couple

of years and has developped shutter problems. Slow speeds are too slow and

sometimes stick.</p>

<p>So, after reading a few topics about the operation on the net, I've set

myself to cleaning it. So far, I've been able to remove the front cover, the

front ring of the Xenar 1:3.5 and the front element.</p>

<p/>

<img src="http://damien.drix.free.fr/rolleicord_shutter.jpg"/>

<p/>

<p>As you can see, the black ring which contained the front element still

prevents access to the shutter. How should I remove it, and do I have to remove

the second element with a rubber pad first?</p>

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<p>Thanks & best regards!</p>

<p>Damien</p>

Hello,

 

<p>Just wanted to share a technique I discovered by chance on my K10D. Maybe

it's already known to you, in which case I will of course apologise for my

naivety ;-)</p>

 

<p>When you use an older K-mount lens in Manual mode, you must use the green

button to have the k10D measure the correct shutter speed for the selected

aperture.</p>

 

<p>But actually, you can also do the contrary and have the k10D help you set the

proper aperture for the selected shutter speed. Here is how it's done:</p>

 

<ol>

<li> Make sure the preview mode is set to Optical Preview. When you twist the

power dial past the ON position, the lens must stop down.</li>

<li> Switch to Manual mode.</li>

<li> Select the desired shutter speed.</li>

<li> Twist the power dial to stop down the lens and keep it in this position. An

exposure meter activates on the top LCD and in the viewfinder.</li>

<li> At the same time, look at the meter and rotate the diaphragm ring until the

meter is centered.</li>

<li> Now you can release the optical preview dial and take the picture.</li>

</ol>

 

<p>Voilà !</p>