andrew_brown7

<p>Hi,<br> I have an SRB/Griturn Nikon F to Nex adapter (lenses to Body) and that seems to do the job. Cost about £30. There is another thread covering adapters in the Mirrorless section.</p>

<p>I thought this was small enough to display !</p>

<p>Second hand now Nex 6 or 7 or new a6000 is a good starting place for looking! All with EVFs, although the a6000 is a lower resolution than the Nex 6, but overall I would imagine the a6000 is a totally superb piece of kit.<br> All the responses will offer different solutions and I'm sure all the cameras mentioned will be more than capable.</p><div></div>

<p>Just been watching a Tony Northrup video about lenses and he makes interesting watching; I bought a Sigma 60/2.8 for my Nex, thinking to myself that I was getting a nice equivalent to a 90mm lens on a FF camera, which I think is good. I just multiplied the lens by the crop factor and liked the answer and so bought the lens! And I like the lens .<br> What TN points out (I think) is that the aperture must be altered as well when you have a different size sensor and this is something it seems we have to work out for ourselves, as the camera makers don't help us to see the changes you will need to make. <br> I think that TN is saying that the camera makers relate the fully open aperture on their lenses to a 35mm frame, whereas for most of us the sensors are smaller and therefore we need to take that into account if we want to consider noise and background blur. The APS sensor in the Nex requires a reduction in ISO by a factor of 2.3X to get the same effect as if it were a 35mm picture.<br> By which I mean that if two pics were taken, one in a FF camera and one in a Nex for instance, at the same shutter speed, same ISO and same aperture the Nex pic would be underexposed by one stop. I think. Although that doesn't seem correct!<br> Leave it there I think, I've just confused myself.</p>

This site has diagrams of the autocord being disassembled and repaired</p> <p>https://oldcam.wordpress.com/</p>

<p>My 2c's worth.<br> Have you tried to see what is moving when you try it without film? As you crank the handle can you hold the reel to see if it's moving properly, feel the tension and in sync etc. If that part seems OK then it must be something to do with the end you load the film onto and there may be something wedged or broken off there. Perhaps one of the teeth.<br> karl-kathy@verizon.net is someone who specializes in Autocords apparently and it may be worthwhile to e-mail him. A new e-mail address:<br> <a href="mailto:karl.kathy@frontier.com">karl.kathy@frontier.com</a></p>

<p>Hi,<br> I've checked on my adapter and it was made in England by SRB/Griturn with whom I've been dealing for about 30+ years. If you look on their site you will find all kinds of things, and most of them are engineered here in their factory. They are a proper engineering firm and as well as everything on their internet site, which presumably can be sent abroad if you wanted, they have machined special lens mounting plates for the ancient lenses I have for my Half Plate camera.<br> I have made a lot of financial mistakes in my time; the Contax S2 I bought - the one with Spot metering- and which lasted about 3 months was one of them...and that was German I think!<br> Anyway, all the best with your choice.</p>

<p>The Nex 6 and/or 7 are both now cheaper than in the past, and the 3 and 5 varieties are even cheaper (but lack an EVF )and if you don't want an adapter adding dimension to the camera there are Sigma lenses (as well as Sony and others ) which fit directly; but an adapter on any of these wonderful mirrorless cameras enables you to use virtually any new or old lens and the World becomes your lobster, as DelBoy used to say.<br> I would add that I think the old film camera lenses are easier to use manually..of course that was what they were designed for, but the barrels are more comfortable to work with IMHO.</p>

<p>I was trying to get my head round paying nearly $300 for what I described as a ring. Slack thinking I dare say! Unwritten but implicit in my own head was the need for it to be properly made and accurately machined. The one I have has only 3 screws, so that shows what a tightwad I am, but it seems to do the job.<br> Andy.</p>

<p>beautiful collection.</p>

<p>Let's face it, the adapter is just a metal ring; the one shown in the link is $292.<br> If you just want something that works have a look on Amazon and get one for £25. The first one I bought at first wouldn't allow the lens to fit smoothly, so I sent it back and the one they re-sent is spot-on; everything snug and as it should be. I only have a few lenses I use it for and the one most used is my 50/1.4 pre-AI Nikkor; perhaps it wouldn't be a great idea to hang something really heavy off of it, but that applies to the camera body as well....they're designed round lighter smaller lenses after all. Of course, bigger lenses often have tripod mounts on them, so the lens supports the camera.<br> The adapter I have is nameless, but it was cheap and it works perfectly well..and there's very little that can go wrong with it.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> I just dragged out an old Compur shutter in a lens and tried it...as you cock it there are 2 distinct phases the lever goes through, to the point at which it is cocked. I have been looking at Rick Oleson's site where he explains how to repair a Compur shutter, and has wonderful line drawings to assist you; I just typed in the very logical 'how to repair a Compur shutter' and his site appeared and there's lots of other assistance offered.<br> I lived in France for a bit and wouldn't trust them to repair anything delicate !; the days of Neipce and Daguerre are long gone and it's probably safest to have a go yourself.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> There is so (?too) much learning with these digital cameras.. they seem to be able to do everything, except the thing you want at that moment. By looking through the Manual I find that half the programs only operate in RAW and that other options operate differently when in RAW ! And some not at all. <br> Thanks for your advices..I am going to look out for that onOne Perfect Effects.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> Thanks for the responses. It was all so different when you just clicked the shutter button and prayed they'd develop alright.<br> @Lex..How do you back up your picture with a RAW one; do you mean take a second shot in Raw?<br> Andy.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> I was hoping to get 2 images of the same scene; a Jpeg with a picture effect of some sort and a straightforward RAW image as well; trying to set up an altered Picture Effect pic is pretty clunky and , of course, you'd be trying to work with the 2 formats at the same time! which could lead to a lot of grinding gears inside the camera. Must read the Manual and stop asking questions which have no answers.</p> <p>It's a shame that the Picture Effect cannot be used in RAW mode as it would be much easier to effect changes when using the computer screen as opposed to the camera's screen.<br> <br />Andy.</p>

<p>Hi,<br> OK,probably a dumb question, but here goes.....<br> My Nex 6 has these 'Picture Effects', which can only be done in Jpeg mode from what I gather and to capture the same image in RAW means I cannot use the Picture Effect with the Image Data Converter that came with the camera, or rather, there is no section for those in the IDC program.<br> Is there a way that allows me to be in a Picture Effect for a Jpeg that also allows the capture of a RAW file in Normal mode, as it were. If not, what is the purpose of having a RAW and Jpeg captured at the same time?</p> <p>Andy.</p>

<p>My Mum and step-father used to take wonderful pictures, all black and white, from the late Forties up to quite recently and I have always tried to keep them in mind, from my first Brownie Box to today with two Nex cameras and a cupboard full of Nikon Fs'!<br> There is something about those creamy slightly soft photos that they produced that I cannot re-find today, even though I do my own developing and printing. It is now about 60 years of looking and I hope there's a few more yet.<br> <br />Andy.</p>

<p>I love your photos, Lex; unpretentious and humane.<br> Thank you.<br> Andy.</p>

<p>Forgot to add a little detail: the picture was taken with the Nex 6, with adapter onto a 55/3.5 pre-AI Nikkor in our garden and was originally a RAW image of 16 Mb, now reduced to 75KB.<br> As an aside, the focus peaking acts in the flat plane, so curved shapes like this little tomato or faces will not necessarily give you much help,especially as this was wide open at f3.5.<br> Andy.</p>

<p>My 3 and 6 both have that feature--- 3 different colours as well - red white- yellow [not at the same time !] and a magnified area to help further. I'm sure all these cameras have all these sort of features and at the end of the day you just have to be able to say to yourself ''I like this camera''.<br> I bought the 3 for £125 s/hand; the 6 was new last year, but they are now a lot cheaper I guess ...there's an ad from Wex Photographic on the screen at the moment with a s/hand 6 for £275 !<br> I use my old pre-AI Nikkors on the Nexes and the focusing aid works really well; these autofocus lenses feel very strange in manual focus mode and I prefer to use the Nikkors if I'm taking my time.<br> <br />All the best in your searches</p><div></div>

<p>Olympus XA2 is another.</p>

<p>I read I think, that they don't anti-alias filters, so that b and w are better looking or I may be getting muddled up; but if that is the case then there is a camera shop here in England is selling some early ones at a good price; the Merrill ones more like a compact.<br> The ergonomics don't mean too much if you are getting an interesting picture because you have a good sensor; or are they really bad all round?</p>

<p>Very lucky for the rest of us that John Maloof realised how interesting the pictures might be after he'd got the first box from the auction house!<br> It is an interesting film, although not enough of it is spent on her photographs, and rather too much on padding out the sparseness of what is known about her.<br> I don't think any of the rest matters, as her photos are what we look at, or into. I mean, none of know or care about the lifestyle or foibles of Minor White, Edward Steichen, Eugene Atget or any one else whose photos we might admire; so why should we obsess about our lack of information about Vivian Maier? It is her photos and her eye that interests us.</p>

<p>My Mum, aged 92, taken by a Nex 6, and a Sigma 30 mm lens. I 'm not looking for anything more in a pic. Lazy or what. Me, not Mum!</p><div></div>

<p>Get a cheap assistant 3-7 days a week....carry my gear....(3 Nex 6's and a couple of extra lenses, if I won bigtime)...... load my Sd cards for me...carry the tripod... no complaining.... and hold the umbrella for me to photograph the Scottish mountains in the rain. She would also have a solar powered battery charger in her hat for when the sun shone.<br> Yup, that'd about cover it</p>