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    EM1 with Helios 44-2 58mm F/2 (adapted)
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    Thank you. I don't know if it is clear in the image but it is one escalator reflected on two sides. I liked that symmetry. It was shot on Tri-X 400.
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    AHHHH! Just realised where I posted this and my other one- oops! Sorry guys!
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    Hadn't really considered it. It is pretty close to how it came out of the camera, I cropped to square and tweaked the colours with a touch more saturation to get them to stand out a little more. When I was taking it I was thinking about the year ahead (it was taken late December 2020) and I thought about how unclear the future was. Then the more I looked at it the more it asked more questions, ones I didn't want to consider as my mental health was in decline at that point. I should have just taken a snapshot :D
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    Pelikan
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    Figured I would join in and share the excitement of the arrival of my M42 to M4/3 adapter. I hooked up my radioactive Takumar 50mm F/1.4 to the EM1 MkII and shot a single frame just to test it out. Shot wide open, focus on the Invisible Woman books (my wife got two copies in case one disappears I think). I also shot a single frame with the Helios 44-2 58mm wide open at 50cm distance. Focus on the 3 on the B. Some proper testing on Thursday when the sun is supposed to come out.
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    Here's a lily using a recently acquired Tamron Adaptall 35-70mm F/3.5 that definitely has some glass issues (when looking into the lens it looks like lots of pinholes/tiny bubbles). Anyway, shot wide open on my EM1 MkII it got decent focus (the green bud in the centre) but there's little contrast. I might find a use for it.
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    Yashica Minister 700 was out with me yesterday. Potra 400 inside.
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    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

    © MAB

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    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

    © MAB

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    So in a week or so I will have a 135mm F/2.8 lens that allows me to shoot at F/64 on 35mm. My SLR's are currently being serviced so I have been using my legacy glass on my Olympus EM1 MkII. Clearly the diffraction is going to be 'off the charts' but if you were going to shoot with this lens at that aperture, what kind of shots would you be considering?
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    When I take my digital camera out (Olympus EM1 MkII) I only have two lenses to choose from: 17mm F/1.8 or the 12-40 F/2.8 so it's between being super compact (the 17mm) or if that isn't a consideration that day I take both. I will be adding a longer zoom at some point next year. I spent the first three months I owned the Olympus only using the 17mm (I couldn't afford the zoom at that point). That worked out probably 95% of the time, in part because I knew the limitations before I left the house. I sometimes take a 45mm F/1.7 which is permanently attached to the front of my Yashica Minister 700 or the 75mm F/3.5 permanently attached to the front of my Agfa Isolette II. I also sometimes take the 50mm F/2.8 permanently attached to the front of my Welta Belmira. Finally, I take the 35-70mm F/4 the only lens I own for my Minolta 7000. With the film cameras (Agfa aside), I generally make the decision based on what film I have inside rather than the lens attached.
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    Thanks for that Bill, that's great to know. I know there is a chap in the UK who provides replacement bellows at a good price so I have bookmarked his site. I'll need to find someone in the UK who can do a CLA just so I can be satisfied that everything is as it should be. It'll have to wait till the new year though, I already have one camera out of repair/CLA (Yashica Minister 700) and that will eat into my budget.
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    Bill, I always see warnings not to try the self timer on old cameras that haven't been CLA'd (mine hasn't) as it often leads to lockups and the like. Am I being overcautious? Will you swap mine for yours if it goes horribly wrong? ;);) I'll be sure to post when the first two rolls and complete and developed. I may not get a full complement out of the first roll as I cannot see the numbers so am guessing how far to wind on. I don't mind, it's an old roll of Lomography 400 colour and I'm only checking for light leaks and suchlike.
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    Not the prettiest example of the Isolette II's but she'll be out with me this weekend shooting my first two rolls of test film.
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    I used to work in the astronomy sales field for a time so have a few images from back then. A stack of APM telescopes - we set this up for the NEAF show in 2009. My friend Normand Fullum makes incredible wooden telescopes. Starfest Ontario 2009. (He now makes huge telescopes and mirrors too).
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    Shot through a shop window with a Konica Pop on Lomography Colour Negative 400 @ 36mm
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    Just got this back from a CLA so running a roll of Tri-x 400 through it over the next week or two. The rangefinder was beyond repair so I'll use zone for now and maybe pickup a cold shoe Wattman or the like if I enjoy the images I get from her.
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    Like many here I grew up on film and tried to learn the lessons of exposure from the film I collected the following week from the lab. I was excited to have my first camera (Pentax ME Super 1981) and didn't realise back then that the lab was trying to give me the best results it could. I believed that what I shot was what I got. I would recommend a student to get a digital camera with a manual option and the ability to shoot raw and use that to learn about exposure. Analyse the histogram; change parameters and see what impact it has on the histogram and the resulting image. Definitely get a film camera if you can afford it, you don't have to spend a lot and have fun shooting some film too. I would not suggest the only camera you should use is a film camera if you are trying to learn. I am not a professional and have never earned a living from a camera so my input has as much value as you wish to assign it. Whatever you do, enjoy it.
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