Water Control gate
Nov 23, 2022 06:23:35 #
ebrunner wrote:
Yes, I'm pleased with that photo. I'm also surprised how much I enjoyed shooting with a camera from 196?. I own a Nikon F, the Topcon's main competition, and I like shooting the Topcon as much as the F. It was a serious contender back in the day. The copy I got is really clean and I don't think it was used that much. I got lucky.
erich
erich
I have just dumped my old Minolta 7000i - the grip area was crumbling with age (bit like me!). I have a couple of Pentax SLR’s and would like to get the Spotmatic II working so I can give it to my step-granddaughter who’s getting into film photography. It seems to be a current trend among some youngsters in the UK.
Nov 24, 2022 05:33:06 #
magnetoman wrote:
I have just dumped my old Minolta 7000i - the grip area was crumbling with age (bit like me!). I have a couple of Pentax SLR’s and would like to get the Spotmatic II working so I can give it to my step-granddaughter who’s getting into film photography. It seems to be a current trend among some youngsters in the UK.
Film is coming back. For a host of reasons, I might add. It slows you down and that is good for composition. Along with your Pentax Spotmatic (I love those cameras), you might consider a dark bag from ebay and a developing tank from Patterson to be a good Christmas gift. I would shy away from the chrome film tanks, since they are a bit faffy (sp?) to use.
The Spotmatic is a good choice because it opens up a world of vintage M42 mount lenses by Pentax and other manufacturers.
You can easilly buy film online and developing chemicals. (both color and black and white). The biggest expense with shooting film is the developing if you send your film out to a lab. If you do your own developing, it is quite reasonable.
Erich
Nov 24, 2022 06:11:02 #
ebrunner wrote:
Film is coming back. For a host of reasons, I mi... (show quote)
In the day I developed my own, and loaded it from bulk, but I’m afraid I’ve no enthusiasm for that nowadays - my Ps composites take up any spare time I have! I do still have a very nice 135/2.8 lens (M42) that I hoped to give with the Pentax but find it is solid. No way can it be focused! I think it would need taking apart to free it, such a shame, it gives super results.
Nov 24, 2022 09:45:14 #
magnetoman wrote:
In the day I developed my own, and loaded it from bulk, but I’m afraid I’ve no enthusiasm for that nowadays - my Ps composites take up any spare time I have! I do still have a very nice 135/2.8 lens (M42) that I hoped to give with the Pentax but find it is solid. No way can it be focused! I think it would need taking apart to free it, such a shame, it gives super results.
I was not suggesting that you take up film again. Maybe, if your niece wants to take up film, she might be interested in diving in head first.
As for the lens, I had a Leica lens from my father and the aperture ring was frozen. I did not take the lens apart, for fear of not getting it back together; but I did dunk a Q-tip in rubbing alcohol and run it around the tiny gap so that a small amount would enter the lens. It totally freed up the ring and has been working like a charm ever since. You might be able to get the same results by trying to get some alcohol into the helicoid and loosening the old grease. I'm not giving any guarantees; but the lens is unusable now, and might be salvageable without the bother and stress of open heart surgery. Just a thought.
Erich
Nov 24, 2022 09:54:36 #
ebrunner wrote:
I was not suggesting that you take up film again. ... (show quote)
Good idea Erich, thank you, I’ll give it a try.
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