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Zion National Park, Utah. Deb and I were married on this spot. Mamiya 645E on Tmax 400 on our fortieth anniversary Oct 9, 2021.
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Angel's Landing, Zion National Park, Utah. Canon A-1 50mm f1.8 #15 Yellow filter on Tmax400
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Canon FD Photos of the Month: November 2021!
danac replied to luis triguez's topic in Canon FD Mount
Zion National Park, Utah. A-1, 28mm f/2.8 FD and #25 red filter on Tmax 400. Dev w/ L-76. We just had our 40th in the park where we were married back the day. If you look at the Medium Format Photo thread you can see another image of this a few minutes apart with my Mamiya 645E. What's up with Alex?
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I just finished printing several 6x4.5 images for the first time with the Printmaker 67. All images were sharp everywhere and there was obviously no negative popping. So the HA glass will likely not be needed. I sure hope you guys are having as much fun at this as I am.
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A bit off of my topic but here's a question. The instruction manual for my new Beseler Printmaker 67 highly recommends a heat absorbing glass. I am only ever going to make black and white prints with exposure times less than about fifteen seconds for sure. That part sells for $70. Your thoughts?
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Okay. Got it.
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Trying to find the right 35mm negative carrier for my Beseler Printmaker 67.
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The Three Patriarchs, Zion National Park, Utah. Mamiya 645E and 45mm f/2.8 lens with a #15 yellow filter on T-max 400 dev w/ L-76. This is my first image on this thread with my brand new/old introduction to medium format. It's everything I'd hoped for. Photo was made on Oct. 9th which was Deb and my 40th anniversary. We were married in the park way back when.
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Great. Thanks much.
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I have a set of light seals for a friend's A-1. The online instructions warn that all residue must be removed from the channels or the new seals won't adhere to them. What sort of cleaning solution works best for this?
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Okay - slight change of pace. I was going to borrow an L-608 but there isn't time to learn it's use. So I will take my friend's Luna-Pro and the variable angle spot attachment. I put the correct batteries in it and zeroed the meter. My question to those who have used this set up is: how good is the spot meter attachment?
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;)This fascinating thread reminds me of the saying: "For every PhD, there is an equal and opposite PhD."
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To quote the redoutable Mr. Spock: "Fascinating." The goal here is to make as perfect an exposure as possible with pre-visualization as opposed to wasteful bracketing. After all, my camera can only expose fifteen images per roll of 120 film. If there is a steep learning curve, so be it. I'm willing and ready. Given the methods stated here, I wish there was more time to practice (being brand new to medium format). It will be interesting to borrow my friend's Sekonic L-608. Thursday Deb and I leave for Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. We have photographed these parks several times in the past. For insurance I will backup every important image with my venerable Canon A-1. Deb and I were married in Zion NP exactly forty years ago on the day we will be there.
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So you take the reading while facing away from the distant subject with the meter pointing at the camera and in the direction of the subject. Is that correct?
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When we get back from our Utah trip I will purchase a Gossen Luna-Pro SBC from ebay. It has a gallium arsenide photocell which according to AA, will not drift like a Cds cell. The 9v battery is convenient. My new/old Mamiya 645E has a center-weighted spot meter so a "second opinion" will be welcome.
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Yep. Series two 4.2 liter XK-E. I drove one once - got it up to 100mph. It may be the most beautiful car ever made. When Enzo Ferrari first saw it he said it had one major flaw: "It doesn't say Ferrari on it."
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1968 Jaguar E-type dohc inline six with the A-1 50mm f/1.8 on Tmax 100
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When determining the exposure with an incident meter for a distant landscape that has the same lighting as the camera where do you point the dome of the meter? Up, level or at the the scene to be photographed.
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Okay. How's this?
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The battery check is performed by depressing the shutter button half-way before the film is advanced.
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Thank you Conrad. I really needed that. In my own defense though the instructions in the box were in Japanese only and my Nihon-go is very limited. I spent the Summer of 1969 studying judo in Tokyo (that turned out quite well as I am now a 4th level black belt). Besides that the downloaded manual warned to change film in subdued light. I loaded the first roll of film in very dim light so it was easy to miss the cellophane as my attention was fully on the film insert. I will expose a roll of film today for a test and immediately develop and scan the negatives. If all goes well the return request can be cancelled. I can live with the non-functioning battery LED.
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I am just this moment, the honored recipient of the IDIOT OF THE WEEK award. When I removed the film insert a piece of cellophane was innocently covering the entire shutter. In my own mind I can be partly forgiven as this was my first experience with anything other than a 35mm film cassette. Or maybe not. You be the judge.
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i bought this camera from someone in Japan on ebay a couple weeks ago (for a ton of money). Yesterday I made some images with it, developed and scanned them today. I used two different lenses and the results were the same. The camera was advertised as new/unused. All images were like the one below and there is a strange dark curved area at the edge of each photo. The film was Delta 100 with fresh DD-X developer. What in the world could have happened? I followed the manual out the window but... Besides that the LEDs were supposed to flash during the battery check and after advancing the film but did not do so.
