Hi, all -

I bought this camera and CLA'd it a while ago. Film tested, and set aside. You see, the camera works nicely. But it needs a new skin. The existing leatherette is bad. But everything else is good.









This is a MIOJ-vintage I rangefinder with the Hexar lens, which is in fantastic condition. Shutter's been CLA'd and is working well. Rangefinder's accurate. Advance and counter are working correctly. All good.

Some images from the test roll:









Like I said, though, it needs a new cover. Sheets of leatherette are available from cameraleather.com for as little as $12 or so, though a pre-cut kit for this camera isn't available. But it's not a difficault camera to cut new pieces for. Or, if you're not concerned with appearances, shoot it as-is. Either way, I need it gone. And since it's ugly, I'm selling it cheap. $65 plus shipping, PayPal only.

Scott

Hi,
I recently got a Yashica Mat 124 that is in a very bad state.
One of the problems is a jammed battery cover that wouldn't open. Its the usual screw-in type with a slit in the lid that you could open with a coin. But this one doesn't move a bit.
The camera is really dirty but it shows signs of a leaky battery (greenish-white residue) too, so the cover could be jammed due to corrosion.
Does somebody of you know what to do in such a case?

Movin

I have been building a film processor for my darkroom to allow better temperature control than what my Unicolor motor base can provide. Taking a note from Jobo, I use their drums, but everything else is off-the-shelf parts from the hardware store or kitchen supply store.

The base is a 36x18 inch piece of melamine intended to be a bookshelf. I reinforced it with perforated angle steel and bolts to prevent sagging, then installed leveling feet. The water tank is a stainless steel buffet tray from the kitchen store with a perforated tray to provide a raised surface above the heating element.

The heater and pump are from a pet store and hold the water steady at 100°F very well. The thermostat on the heater only goes to 92°, but it had a slot in the back for an allen wrench to adjust it, so while it reads 92° on the dial, the actual temperature is 100°F. The pump is a small submersible one for lizard tanks.

The drum is supported by two stainless steel rods that rest in some of the perforations of the inner tray. The rollers are teflon rod that came with centered holes, I just cut them to length. I am still building the motor section, but it is the guts of a Unicolor base put into a new box, and I have removed one of the large wheels from the axle, then extended the axle and placed a large fender washer on the end to connect to the magnet on the base of the drum. I'll post pictures of that part once I finish it.

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While rearranging my film freezer I found an unopened box of Arista Pro 400 asa 4x5 film exp date 9/2000. It says made in england. Can anyone tell me what brand of film it is? I know it was bought from Freestyle along with a box of Arista Pro 125asa 4x5 dated 2/1996 which is also very out of date and also made in england. Is it possible that these are Ilford films? They have always been kept at -10 deg and the freezer is lead lined so I guess I'll try a few shots with each to see if they are worth using. I have three lead lined freezers for film and paper from when I was a busy pro and I've been emptying them over the years and have not been replenishing my supplies. Last month I found a 250 sheet box of trix pro 320 from 1968 and naturally it was very fogged. I hate wasting materials like this just because I was careless in my inventory record keeping. Please tell me that I'm not the only one who has ever done this.
Denise Libby

Nice article on pros who are using film!

http://www.ppmag.com/current_issue/p.../Ektar0910.pdf

Still some who like to use film!

Is it correct that Arista Premium 100 is Plus-X and Arista Premium 400 is Tri-X400?
Which Arista film is the Neopan 400?

Hi everyone

I'm new to analogue photography and I am currently using a medium format camera, however I would love to use 35mm but have no idea where to start! Please excuse my total ignorance. I'd like a simple camera that will get me started in the world of 35mm analogue photography, if anyone can give me any advice at all I would really really appreciate it.

RHG

Recently i upgraded to a 70-200 2.8 lens and have wrestled with what to do with my favorite lens. So , it seems best to give it a new owner.

I am the only owner of this lens. The glass is very clean, the barrel shows signs of handling that one could expect. The lens hood got the worse of the years and the outer edge has silvering.

I will also throw in a very nice carrying case that came with the new lens .

My dealer looked at the lens and suggested a price of $600-$700 but since i am listing here i would be more than happy to set a lower price . $550 plus shipping and i think insurance would be a good thing, but will leave that up to the buyer Attached Images

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this is a very nice little pano head.

very clean and will move the camera to the correct overlapping position based on the focal length of the lens.

It needs a small camera, (mine are f90's up and the device just can't work well with that much weight)

It was fine for those smaller type cameras (that shall be nameless here ):whistling:

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Hallo,

Ik ben nieuwe op dit forum, zal me even voorstellen. Ben Pim, woon in Leeuwarden en ben al een aantal jaar hobby fotograaf. Maak graag foto's van omgeving, kleine evenementen en op zijn tijd een model fotoshoot.

Ik heb altijd mijn Canon 5D gebruikt om mooie foto's te maken, maar sinds een dik jaar verlies ik de 'fun' in het maken van een foto, ik ben er niet meer trots op.

Ik krijg veel positief commentaar op mijn foto's, maar het is allemaal zo speciaal niet meer. Je schiet een foto of 30, kijkt thuis wat de mooiste was, haalt hem nog even langs lightroom en je hebt een prachtige foto. Ik ben er niet meer trots op en raak de lol er van kwijt.

Ik ben nu dus van plan om over te stappen op analoge fotografie. Ik heb al hier en daar eens een rolleiflex in mijn handen gehad en een Holga, Maar ben naar een echt mooie analoge camera op zoek maar kan niet kiezen, van daar dit topic of iemand voor mij een beetje duidelijkheid kan scheppen.

Mijn twijfel zit tussen de Mamiya C330, Mamiya RZ67 en de Mamiya M645.

Na wat internetten kom je er wel achter dat de Mamiya C330 een TLS camera is en dat er niet veel lenzen voor zijn etc etc, maar zou heel graag ook echt iemands mening er over willen.

Ik hou dus van omgeving fotografie, maar de meeste foto's maak ik van modellen en mensen op een evenement. Het hoeft geen razendsnelle camera te zijn maar het moet gewoon een mooie camera zijn waar ik niet direct tegen beperkingen aan ga lopen.

Ik heb al aardig wat sites, blogs en wikipedia pagina's bekeken maar zou graag mensen hun mening er over willen weten, of misschien nog mooier zelfs, mensen met ervaring in deze camera's.

Alvast erg bedankt en hoop dat iemand me een klein beetje in de goede richting kan duwen!

Pim

I found a few of those here in holland. But i really know nothing about them. How are they to handle and what are the problems to look out for? There is something sexy retro about them. Don't know what. Would be great in my bag next to my EOS 5 :D

I'm planning my next order from Freestyle, and am wondering if Kentmere 100 is repackaged FP4?

If not, any opinions on Kentmere?

Cheers.

Just saw this amusing short ad on TV here today. The viewfinder on her Blad looks a lot brighter than mine, but I'm not sure what she is doing with the film advance...

Ian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsWBJERVAw

I'll be setting up a semi-temporary darkroom over this winter in a house where I'll be for two years, in India. I'll be using a bathroom which has a water supply mid-wall, chest height, as part of a shower arrangement (no tub or anything, just a drain to the floor.)

Wanted to set up a sink of some sort underneath this faucet, but the idea of lugging something like a stainless or ABS sink overseas seemed like an expensive pain in the ass.

But last month, we had a daughter-and as we were discharged from the hospital, they gave us a Rubbermaid cart to carry all our crap out to the car. Looking at it, I think I found my solution:



They're cheap, light, portable, and come disassembled. Thinking that installing a drain with a hose running to the floor drain on each tier of the cart might be a solution for my darkroom. Thoughts?

Link to Google on product HERE

.
Just For Seven Days !
I'm going on vacation tomorrow, to Bermuda !
It will be my first vacation in 9 years with the XE-7,
and Co., And My Final Few Rolls Of Kodachrome !
I'm more excited to be reunited with my favourite
camera and film, than the actual vacation time.

And it's all thanks to APUG !

After last years vacation, I realized that I needed to
Ditch The Digital. I started looking around to buy
some film holders and I came across APUG.
At first I checked out the site for a few days, and
didn't see the need to register, or subscribe.
But then I realized that after nine years of digitalism,
that everyone else was on the bandwagon too.
So there was no locals left to talk to about photography
or darkroom work. Then I realized that an APUG subscription
was a worthwhile investment. And I was really in shock when
I went to the camera shop to buy film, and found out Kodachrome
was discontinued. So much changed in such a few short years.
Thanks to Sean we have this great community to help us out.

And where else would PE be able get his nuggets cracked
so thoroughly. I'm amazed by the rubbish that gets dumped on him
sometimes. Thankfully he keeps coming back for more !


Ron
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Hey all, I got into film processing a year ago but with college and studying abroad I haven't been able to do it as consistenly as I would have liked. Anyway, I have one more roll of Delta 100 and since no one develops Delta around here (or so they say) I was wondering if it would be possible to use 1 year old ID-11 solution (just to be clear, it was mixed a year ago - it hasn't been a powder for some time).

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to adjust the length of development to account for any loss of potency? Fresh ID-11 at stock strength develops Delta 100 in 8.5 minutes so I thought maybe doubling that (to 16 minutes) might give me some results. Any thoughts?

Whatever happens I'll try and post up the results if anyone's interested.

Hallo all,

In amongst the threads of doom and gloom over product availablity, it's not all bad.

Last week I recieved in the post a new catalogue from Firstcall (UK) - a huge print catalogue of their stock lines. Yes, there is digital stuff but the analogue items are first in the catalogue and there are loads and loads of them.

The actual range of new items available was quite staggering, including a newly produced enlarger! For what is supposed to be a "dead" sector it is amazing that a whole darkroom can still be equipped with totally new products - which choices for most items. I spent a lovely few hours planning on spending all the money I don't have on stacks of new "toys".

:munch:

I recieved this as a previous customer, I don't know if it is available on request however I applaud the investment made on producing the catalogue.

http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/

<No connection with the company other than as a customer>

Sim2.
*off to convince myself I do need a new easel :whistling:*

For sale:
Yashica T4 Super with 35mm f3.5 T* Zeiss Tessar.
one problem with this camera is that the latch for the door does not spring closed.
(hence the low price of $150)
However you can still lock it with your fingernail and it stays secure.

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Okay guys, so this is a bit of a long story but I'll make it as brief as I can.

Almost four months ago I decided to buy a Mamiya 7 and an 80mm lens. I bought the camera from a reputable camera broker on ebay with a warranty, and bought the lens from KEH. When I first got the camera the calibration was ridiculously far off. I couldn't even make the two images line up - the patch image was either a lot higher or lower, I can't remember. So I called the ebay seller and they told me to send the camera to them and they'd calibrate it.

I get it back a couple of weeks later and it's still totally wrong, not even much better than before. So I get the seller to agree to pay only half of the bill at a local, very reputable camera repair shop in San Diego. I give it to them and get it back not quite right, but much better. So I give it back, they agree it isn't quite right, and try again. Still not quite right. I give it back again and they see the problem but can't figure it out so conclude that something must be wrong with the rangefinder and tell me to send it to Mamiya. They refund me my money and the ebay seller offers me a refund on the camera.

So I found a replacement, a newer 7ii in like-new condition. The seller said he wouldn't agree to have it calibrated if it needed it but insisted it wouldn't. When I got it, it definitely did need to be calibrated - it was quite a ways off. So I decided to send it out-of-state to what is supposed to be one of the most reputable repair shops at least for this particular job. They do a very quick job and send it back and it's still not right - the infinity adjustment had definitely slipped since the guy had set it, there's no way he could've been this far off. He was very surprised but offered to do it again.

When he got it back he said there were some parts that needed to be replaced, which he did free-of-charge. He was surprised at what needed to be done but was confident it was fixed. I wanted to pick up the camera while I was visiting the state the shop was in but our schedules didn't end up working out so he sent it back after I left and I got it last week.

It's still not right. I wasn't totally sure when I first got it back because we had a hazy evening that day, but I definitely saw that the infinity adjustment isn't set right today. I can turn the lens back away from infinity and get the images to line up better - and my lens does stop at infinity like it should. Now, I only have to move the lens verrrrry slightly away from infinity to make it line up better, so am I just being too picky?

I have no idea what to do, because I've sent this camera to the most reputable shop anyone could name for repairing Mamiya 7's TWICE and it's still not right. Has anyone had anywhere near this much trouble? I have very good eyesight so I'm wondering if I'm just seeing things more clearly than the repair men, but I asked him and he said that the infinity adjustment should be spot-on.

What's going on? Sorry for the long post but I'm totally out of ideas. Thanks.

As Bill won't blow his own Trumpet hears a piece from the B&W Magazine Press Release:

Press Release
25th August 2010
Paul Coghlin is the winner of the prestigious Black & White Photographer of the Year.
The competition, run by Black & White Photography magazine, attracted entries from around the world – including America, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Norway, Ireland and the UK.
Black & White Photography is the only magazine which caters specifically for photographers working in black & white. The competition accepted entries from digital and film photographers but entries had to be supplied as prints.
Categories included best portrait, landscape, still life, single image, travel, reportage, under-25, digital printer, silver printer and the overall prize of Black & White Photographer of the Year.
The judges included legendary printer Robin Bell (who has worked with everyone from Eve Arnold to Don McCullin), plus acclaimed photographers Trevor Crone and Tim Clinch, Helen Esmonde (from Hoopers Gallery in London), Elizabeth Roberts (editor of Black & White Photography) and Keith Wilson (editorial director of GMC Publications).
Elizabeth Roberts said: ‘The competition proves black & white photography is thriving, with a talented new generation of photographers coming through, shooting on digital or film.
‘We were delighted with the huge number of photographers who entered and the high standard of entries. The judges had some very tough decisions to make.’
The winning entries will be featured in a special exhibition at a top London gallery – Hoopers Gallery – from 3 to 10 September. The pictures will also be featured in a special supplement which comes free with Black & White Photography issue 116, which comes out on 9 September.


Best Still Life: Bill Spears
Best Silver Printer: Bill Spears


Well done Bill.

Ian