davecaz

On every SLR camera I've ever used (includes Pentaxes, Canons, Leicas and Nikons), the frame counter advances whether or not there's film in the camera. You're supposed to watch the film rewind lever for motion when you advance to the next frame.

And yet you guys wonder why this website is dying.

Shouldn't annoy anyone. This thread is for any film camera. Thanks for posting.

I didn't mention the camera, now that you point it out. Classic lens, digital camera.

No doubt this will annoy someone, but I don't know where else to put it and it was taken with a classic manual lens, the Tamron Adaptall-2 28-70 f/3.5-4.5. It's also heavily processed in LR and Topaz to produce a high key effect.

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Aviation Days at the National Military Museum in Soesterberg (NL)

Kodak (Folmer & Schwing Div.) Speed Graphic with Erkos-Freital 135mm f/4.5 Doppel-Anastigmat "Selar"

Fomapan 100

That's gorgeous!

I was once told that Kenko made the Tamron TCs. They might be a little lower price if they say Kenko on them.

That seems unlikely, because Kenko is the US importer of Tokina lenses. Seems like a conflict of interest.

For the 27th. Nikon FE : 28-70mm Tokina ATX f/2.8 : Ilford FP4 Plus : PMK Pyro

 

Home Lending

 

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Great textures!

Well I'm waiting with baited breath...

Been eatin' worms, have ya? :D Or, did you mean 'bated breath'?

Hmm... and which month

is that...?

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Well, it was August when they sent that, so I'm going with August. But, I don't expect mine any time soon.

The vapor is coalescing! It may actually become a physical product.

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Rough weather has kept me indoors for a couple of days but I've managed to make something of an inroad into a pile of colour negatives that have been awaiting scanning for some months. Here are a few samples.

 

First, three images from a Cambo Wide camera, using a Sinar 6x12 cm rollfilm back loaded with Kodak Portra 160 NC. The lens was a 65mm Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon f/5.6.

Beautiful work, Rick. I like the 2:1 ratio on the first batch, and the light on the Sand Hills is awesome. My problem is that I don't have the patience to wait for the light, 90% of the time. The little girl is beautiful, and it's a lovely portrait of her.

You make me want to take photos, too.

I use motor drive on many of my cameras, for two reasons; I much prefer a heavy camera with good grip, and when shooting I almost invariably take at least two frames of the subject, with slight variation of angle or composition, and I find it's easier to achieve this without the distraction of having to manually wind film. I can't recall every having used a MD in continuous mode, though, but I can recall numerous instances when I've lined up the perfect shot, only to find that I've forgotten to wind on...

Eh. You just need to stick to one camera, then it becomes automatic. It probably still is marginally easier to let a motor do it, but not much. Shooting different cameras every day, some of which should be advanced before each shot, some which should be advanced after each shot, all of which are different in size, shape, weight, and configuration, prevents it from becoming a reflex. But, it is fun.

If you use continuous, heaven knows how many shots you'll actually wind up taking before you remove your finger from the shutter button. Besides, I usually only want 2 shots of the same subject, changing only the aperture to vary the exposure. It's very easy for me to change the lens aperture without moving the camera like manually advancing the film would.

Just takes practice. When I was using my 7000i with a bracketing card activated, I could consistently rip off exactly three shots every time, after a bit of practice. You do have to keep your mind on what you're doing, though.

Most motor drives for classic cameras are around 5 fps, at best. 1/5th of a second doesn't sound like much, but it's a big chunk of "muscle twitch" time. It's also enough time to type 5 letters at a moderate typing speed. Should be plenty of time in which to relax a finger.

“Manual cocking allows intentional double exposure, and unintentional also.“

 

I’m not touching that one.......

Yeah, I don't want to be banned, either, but it sure is a shame to waste such a great straight line.

Who be Janis?

Janis Joplin, the most famous person to ever dress like that, and the person this girl is, perhaps without realizing it, emulating. It's especially the glasses, but also the attitude.

I do like a cluttered top plate as well, here's the Argus C-44 I shot the images above with

 

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/AD180100.jpg

 

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/AD180809.jpg

Soooo much nicer looking than the brick! Nice results, too.

I have motor drives on half of my F3HPs. I NEVER shoot in "continuous" mode, just "single" mode. The motor drives advance the film instantly and I don't have to jiggle the camera by manually advancing the film for the next shot. I do a lot of architectural photography in New Orleans' French Quarter but without a tripod, so the less camera movement between shots of the same object is important to me.

Well, I guess that's also a reason, though I don't really understand it. If you're going to take more than one photo, and you don't want to change anything, why NOT use continuous?

No classic camera results this week, but here are a couple I took using a classic lens, the Tamron 28-70 f/3.5-4.5 Adaptall-2. It's currently residing on my Canon 6D, which is what I used to take these.

Just an office building, but I love the graphic effect. Unfortunately, the light was flat, today, after being excellent yesterday, when I didn't have my camera with me. (I know, I know)

Crepuscular Rays - I so rarely get to use that word. Exposed for the sky, obviously. The house is for lease, if anyone is thinking of moving here.

Nikon F3, Samyang 135 f2, UltraMax 400

 

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Hello, Janis. Welcome back! ;)

My Dad taught me to be conservative.

I learned how to drive on a stick shift.

Single shot Marlin bolt action .22.

I learned to make the shots count.

He felt the same way about the power winder.

“Just wastin’ a lot of film”, he’d say.

I expect a lot of that came with growing up during the Depression.

But the principle of waste not want not has served me well.

Especially with classic cameras that probably are not capable of auto-bracketing of any kind. Which leaves sports and fast-moving critters or cars as about the only reasons to use a power winder, and I don't do that kind of photography.

And, at roughly $20 per roll, with developing (but no prints), it can get expensive quick!

The Saturday before Labor Day my town (West Point, Mississippi) puts on the Prairie Arts Festival. A time for vendors from all over, good food, music, and lots of photo opportunities. If within reasonable driving distance it might be worth a visit. I won't be hard to recognize: I'll be carrying at least two classic cameras (likely a Minolta or a Pentax) Some shots from last year's Prairie Arts. Shot with Konica Auto S2 and Plus-X

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refreshments

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That sounds like it would be awesome, but too far for me. I'll just have to wait for the pics.

The Cintagon really isn't that bad, though at wider apertures you do get some distortion in the corners

 

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/AD180811.jpg

 

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/AD180818.jpg

These may not suit some pixel peepers, due to the soft corners, but they're really quite good.

Funny, I've always liked the design of the Werra, and I've finally picked one up last Sunday at the Fotograpfica Fair in Doesburg. Loaded it with Double-X today.

 

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Well, if you like uncluttered top plates, that's your camera!

davecaz said ;

 

How about a few refrigerated containers of burgers, as well! After all, we send most of our prime beef to the US so the good citizens there can grind it up into meat patties, which is one of the reasons most NZ citizens don't have steak on the menu!

 

Death of a Hamburger (Pentax 67: SMC Takumar 105/2.4 : Kodak Portra 160 NC)

 

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Tragic. Just tragic. :(:(

Actually, I don't think NZ beef gets ground up as much as American, Brazilian, Canadian, or Argentinian beef. It's too 'spensive. At least when I've seen it labeled as such. But, it seems odd that it would bring more money from exporting it than from selling it locally. Beef is not that expensive, here. Mid-grade (Choice) beef rarely goes above $10/lb, and is often on sale for a lot less. Top-grade Prime beef is another story, and that may be where your NZ beef is mostly ending up, if it makes the grade. But, I don't see how all of it could be Prime, when that's a relative term.

Here are a series of pics from the Ricoh Singlex TLS with the 50mm Auto Rikenon f/1.7 lens I displayed in the "What camera are you using..." thread. The film was Arista EDU Ultra 100 developed in PMK Pyro.

 

The first pic features a display board featuring a "WOAP burger"; by way of explanation, our region stages a food festival each year titled "Wellington On A Plate", and burgers are the featured dish, this year. Some of the "gourmet" fillings are pretty bizarre, and this is a good example. Pass me the Mylanta...

Gorgeous image quality, as always! Incredible sharpness and contrast. Now I'm afraid to use my Ricoh. The comparison is bound to be crushing.

But, about that burger... is there any actual burger under the pulled pork, sausage, and meat sauce? Not that it needs any more meat, but it doesn't say so, so I'm assuming not. Which makes it not a burger.

And $100 for a pair of ordinary sneakers? It's not as bad as the bikes, but it's enough to make me wish I had a big boat. I'd fill it with bikes and sneakers, sail over the NZ and make a fortune.

m42dave- I wish my area had shops like that. The only photo gear I ever see in local thrift shops is busted Polaroids and dead digital gear.

Me, too :( Once in awhile, a couple of crappy plastic P&S cameras.

http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg154/albums/userpics/10001/AD180804.jpg

 

Argus Day

Argus C-44 with Ferrania P30

That is FAR better image quality than I was led to expect from any Argus.