frankpetronio

<p>There is $1000-ish heavy-duty all metal clamp with a geared twist drive to rotate the camera in yaw. You can make a heavy 8x10 move in tiny stable increments. <br>

There is a cheap $20 plastic one that camera with the early F cameras, if it isn't cracked then it works fine and is light. <br>

From a blurry cell phone distant shot they looks similar in profile ;-)</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

<p>So I got a Kodak Series VI lenshade as recommended for my vintage Kodak Medalist II 6x9 rangefinder. The shade mounts via normal threads but my Medalist has no threads available for mounting the shade unless I remove the bezel at the front of the lens. I don't know whether this is appropriate or not -- the front element isn't moving with the shade screwed in place of the bezel -- but I'm wondering whether this is the proper way it is supposed to mount or whether there is some other shade that mounts to the outside of the lens barrel? It looks nice this way, I just don't want the front element wiggling out of alignment. Thanks!</p>

<p>Oy I am tossing the Foldex and sending the Medalist to be modified when I can afford it... what a PITA!</p>

 

I read about people doing this online -- this camera can handle both 120 and 620 spools -- and found a $10 Foldex camera on eBay... stuck a roll of 120 on the feed side and a 620 spool on the take side... wound through... put the "exposed" film on the 620 spool on the feed side and second empty 620 on the take side and wound through... and it jammed. Opened up and the film's emulsion side is facing me, with the white side of the paper backing behind the film.

 

 

<br />Grrr.... What the heck? I've been playing with the film, rewinding it by hand, and it isn't jiving with me... what I read was that this was a simple two-step process. Where am I messing up?

 

<p>The Hotel Chelsea is quite popular with fashion photographers but you have to pay a location fee in addition to the room rate, so $500 isn't unusual. Each room is decorated differently so ask them to show you a selection, most of the furnishings are eclectic. <br>

The Ace Hotel chain has interesting rooms to shoot in, nicely designed and not too expensive either, $300 or so.<br>

The Hotel on Rivington is modern with minimalistic glass corner rooms and balconies, but expect to pay at least $500.<br>

If anyone finds a good pre-war hotel with good trim and furnishings, please let me know.</p>

<p>Yeah I know how to reset the CSM, etc. All it took was an alcohol wipe! Phew</p>

<p>On my new (used) F100 I noticed that the previous owner had set the Custom Settings to allow the Focus Area Selector rocker Button to "cycle through" the Focus Area Brackets from Right to Left, then starting from the Left again. Pressing the Button to the left fails to light up the left-most bracket. So I can only go Right to Left to use all three of the horizontal Brackets.</p>

<p>Another odd thing is that when the F100s Custom Settings are set to allow "cycling" through the Focus Areas, the two vertical Top and Bottom Focus Area Brackets work properly -- I can cycle through or just go up or down the vertical Focus Brackets. This seems at odds with the behavior of the horizontal Brackets.</p>

<p>This doesn't work like my other Nikon DSLRs and I am assuming that the Focus Area Selector rocker Button has a defect that prevents it from engaging on its Left side.</p>

<p>Has anyone heard of this before? Is it user-fixable? "good" camera-repair shop-fixable? Or should I send it to NikonUSA?</p>

<p>Before I leap in... thanks</p>