Topic: I just picked up...

[Ezzie]

Sorry Verian, I may have test-fired the camera before packing it.

[mcduff]

Sorry Verian, I may have test-fired the camera before packing it.

It is funny I have never had that happen with my M645 stuff and Verian's issue made me check out how the counter works. The counter is driven by having a film spool in the 'take up' compartment (the spool the film loads onto when you advance the film), and normally that spool has the film wind onto it and is removed. If there is no spool in there this position, the film counter will not advance. Loving to procrastinate whenever I can, I do not move a spool into the 'take up' position until I am ready to load a new roll of film. So I learned something today 

BTW Verian, I cannot count the number of times I have 'shot' an unloaded camera. Usually it is a 35mm cassette that I was careless to load on. Or I have been farting around with an empty camera and forgot to reset the counter when I was done. And of course to make matters worse I usually do not notice this until my counter was passing '36' haha.

[Ezzie]

I move the empty spool over to the take up side when unloading the camera (any and all MF), as a matter of procedure.

[Verian]

It's no worry Ezzie, I do exactly the same thing! I do find it a bit odd that this is the method they chose, but now I know, it shouldn't happen again (although it probably will).

[gsgary]

It's no worry Ezzie, I do exactly the same thing! I do find it a bit odd that this is the method they chose, but now I know, it shouldn't happen again (although it probably will).

I bet you had some lovely photos with that empty camera:D

[Verian]

I bet you had some lovely photos with that empty camera:D

The best I've ever taken!

[gsgary]

I bet you had some lovely photos with that empty camera:D

The best I've ever taken!

Well your colour processing is very good

[Verian]

Processing without film is really easy

[Francois]

And the film advance can be sooo smooooth, especially with 35mm

[Indofunk]

We need to have a thread where we post our best pictures taken on an unloaded camera

I'll start. Here's mine:



Minolta SR-T102, no film, no processing

[ManuelL]

I can also offer some stunning pictures I have taken with my Rangefinder with the lens cap on. 

[Indofunk]

Slightly different genre of photography, but just as engaging

[Adam Doe]

Well then, allow me to submit 9 of 12 shots from a MF roll that are of the back of a darkslide.

[Verian]

Well then, allow me to submit 9 of 12 shots from a MF roll that are of the back of a darkslide.

I spent 5 months with a broken Bronica. I had no idea you had to remove the darkslide to allow the shutter to fire. I was in a forest, bronica pointing into a clearing with beautiful sun rays filtering through the branches, there stood a doe. That's a shot I missed due to that darkslide, or, more accurately, my own bloody stupidity.

[Indofunk]

Well then, allow me to submit 9 of 12 shots from a MF roll that are of the back of a darkslide.

I spent 5 months with a broken Bronica. I had no idea you had to remove the darkslide to allow the shutter to fire. I was in a forest, bronica pointing into a clearing with beautiful sun rays filtering through the branches, there stood a doe. That's a shot I missed due to that darkslide, or, more accurately, my own bloody stupidity.

Submission accepted

[Ezzie]

Just got two FD lenses from Urban. a 28mm/f2-8 Exakta, and a 70-200 f4 Canon Macro.

[Ezzie]

The FD lenses from Urban and Bryan, and the old 50/1.8 S.C I already had lying around.

Canon EF with lenses by Eirik0304, on Flickr

[Ezzie]

And the Petzvar arrived today. Modern all metal body and Petzval lens recipe. This I really am looking forward to using.

A Hassy V-mount version is also soon on its way to Kickstarter backers, should look even better on a 203FE for instance.

Petzvar by Eirik0304, on Flickr

[jojonas~]

And the Petzvar arrived today. Modern all metal body and Petzval lens recipe. This I really am looking forward to using.

A Hassy V-mount version is also soon on its way to Kickstarter backers, should look even better on a 203FE for instance.

Petzvar by Eirik0304, on Flickr

ah, so you backed that? cool! I stumbled upon an old thread the creator had started on flickr when he had just made one for himself and wondered if others might be interested.

was this a one off thing or is he making more when he's done with the kickstarters?

[Ezzie]

I don't think he will be making more than this one run, unfortunately.

[limr]

I came home from a looooong day at work yesterday to find two - TWO - cameras at my doorstep

The first is a Praktica FX2 from Hungry Mike so I can finally use the CZ Jena 50mm that has been sitting on my shelf, all lonely, for months. It did get a little play on the Spotmatic with my shortest extension tube, but there's only so many extension tube shots a girl can make. It's loaded with film and ready to go.

The second is a Minolta Maxxum 7000 that came with a 50mm f1.7 prime, a 35-70mm f4 zoom, and a 70-210mm f4 "beer can" zoom. That one already has 12 shots on it    The good thing about being the "odd little film girl" on other photography forums is that every once in a while, some kind soul who has long switched to digital will come across their old film gear and send me a message saying, "Hey, can you use this?" I got an OM2 and a Rollei 35S that way. And now I have a Minolta kit, too. The funny thing is that earlier on the very same day that I got the message, I was saying to 02Pilot, "You know, I really have enough SLR kits. I need to branch out."

This one has all kinds of auto features that I have never had on a film camera. Auto focus! It's kinda freaking me out. I know it's older technology, but part of me is thinking that I finally have a "fancy" camera 

Pictures to be posted when I have them...

[Francois]

I don't think he will be making more than this one run, unfortunately.

It's too bad 'cause it looks way better than the Lomo one...

[Hungry Mike]

Glad you got it! In many ways it is the exact opposite of the Maxxum 7000, the FX2 is a very unfancy camera! I had fun with it but it wasn't my thing. Not sure if I like waist level finders.

[Hungry Mike]

a Praktica FX2 from Hungry Mike

Glad you got it! In many ways it is the exact opposite of the Maxxum 7000, the FX2 is a very unfancy camera! I had fun with it, I used Super Takumar Pentax lenses, but it wasn't my thing. Not sure if I like waist level finders.

[zapsnaps]

A red filter for the Blad. Well, for B&W actually.

[soeren]

Just ordered a F-Stop Guru with the medium slope ICU to use as my everyday backpack. Maybe I should have gone for a small ICU instead. Then again I might want more ICU's so that not a big deal anyway.

[Francois]

I guess ICU doesn't stand for Intensive Care Unit in this case... 

[Ezzie]

I think its internal camera unit. The rucksack itself doesn't intrinsically have camera protection padding, you add the ICU of your choice.

[soeren]

I guess ICU doesn't stand for Intensive Care Unit in this case... 

Actually it's Intensive Camera Care Unit but they forgot one C. It does full CLA on the the gear stored in it, repair scratches in the lenses, remove fungus and makes every negative perfect technically as well as artistic.

[timor]

Processing without film is really easy

Disagree. It is nerve wrecking ! 

[Bryan]

The Zorki 1 I got from Ezzie in a trade for a lens.  Can't wait to use it!

Zorki I by bac1967, on Flickr

[Ezzie]

Nice! 

[Andrej K]

Southern Frontier - A journey across the Roman Empire by Don McCullin. Beautiful book.

[Francois]

A book about Rodtchenko and the October group... I feel I needed to fill in my knowledge of former Soviet photography

[Aksel]

My love - hate relationship with the Contax G continues,traded my speed graphic with lenses for a black G2 with 21/28/35/45/90
Just got a 10 pack of fomapan 400 I intend to rate at 1600 and develop in rodinal and I believe this will become a nice distraction during the holidays 

[Indofunk]

Picked up a 28mm lens for my Minolta kit because, why not? Also, I've been inspired by Peter's super-wide 21mm shots to try out something wider than my normal 40mm or slightly-wider 35mm. So now among my various 35mm cameras I have the following focal lengths: 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, & 70-150.

[Aksel]

What do you kind people thing about the 28mm focal length?
I can´t stand it on "proper" cameras but love it on the GR1! Not wide enough and not a 35mm which is my favourite!
Almost ashamed here after the last days digi-gear-talk to post gear stuff, to me it´s all about feeling - may I say "at one" with what I use to capture the things that matters to me?

[Indofunk]

I have no idea how I feel about 28mm ... I will update you as soon as the lens gets here and I run a roll through it!

[02Pilot]

I've been mulling over the idea of a 28mm lens for quite a while. I've got 35mm and 21mm - which are very, very different - and I'm just not sure whether an intermediate step is necessary. Interested to see some photos.

[Fluminian]

The latest acquisition of mine is a brand new Kiev 88CM with a metered prism viewfinder.

[Late Developer]

I've been mulling over the idea of a 28mm lens for quite a while. I've got 35mm and 21mm - which are very, very different - and I'm just not sure whether an intermediate step is necessary. Interested to see some photos.

I have no idea why but, for some reason, 28mm lenses for 35mm SLRs have been a lot cheaper than 24mm and 21mm lenses in the same range.  For years, I persevered with a 28mm lens and, to this day, I still like them.  However, maybe it's because I *wanted* one, I convinced myself that 24mm was *better* than 28mm.  It isn't, it's just a little different and has its own angle of view.

The one thing that dawned on me late in the days is that the best use for wider lenses is to allow me to get in closer to what I'm shooting. Yes, they have benefits for landscapes but I also really like them for street and reportage shots.

[jojonas~]

I'm more of a 24mm guy. 28mm is too near 35mm for me so it's not much difference. I treat my klasse with tis 28 in the same way as any other compact I have.
I did try a 20mm too but that was more cumbersome. atleast on an slr. the 22mm on my vivitar uws feels more usable. still, I want to try to go wider with full frame fisheye. the russian lenses seem nice.

[Verian]

Landscape Beyond by David Ward and Aspects of Expression by Paul Gallagher from Share the Love 4 courtesy of Andrej. They are making me feel somewhat inspired.

[02Pilot]

I'm primarily a rangefinder guy, so I'd be going that way. I would need an external finder for sure, but that's not a huge problem; it just raises the buy-in price. In the grand scheme of things, I do not need to add a 28mm lens to the kit - I've already got 21/35/50/90/135, which is pretty comprehensive. But I am curious enough to see what it's like that I'll likely jump if one comes along cheap.

[hookstrapped]

Picked up a 28mm lens for my Minolta kit because, why not? Also, I've been inspired by Peter's super-wide 21mm shots to try out something wider than my normal 40mm or slightly-wider 35mm. So now among my various 35mm cameras I have the following focal lengths: 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, & 70-150.

shocked!

[hookstrapped]

I'm more of a 24mm guy. 28mm is too near 35mm for me so it's not much difference. I treat my klasse with tis 28 in the same way as any other compact I have.
I did try a 20mm too but that was more cumbersome. atleast on an slr. the 22mm on my vivitar uws feels more usable. still, I want to try to go wider with full frame fisheye. the russian lenses seem nice.

28mm is close to 35mm but IMO better so the solution is to ditch the 35mm.

I read somewhere and I believe it to be true that there are 50 normal / 35 wide people, and there are 40 normal / 28 wide people.  I'm in the latter group. 

[hookstrapped]

My new Cosina Voigtlander 21mm/f4 and viewfinder mated with my old taped up Bessa L

[zapsnaps]

That's a nice rig - tape or not!

[Ezzie]

The latest acquisition of mine is a brand new Kiev 88CM with a metered prism viewfinder.

Nice, been considering the same. Already have a P6, and am slowly building a host of lenses. Could alternate between the two very different cameras.

[Ezzie]

I'm more of a 24mm guy. 28mm is too near 35mm for me so it's not much difference. I treat my klasse with tis 28 in the same way as any other compact I have.
I did try a 20mm too but that was more cumbersome. atleast on an slr. the 22mm on my vivitar uws feels more usable. still, I want to try to go wider with full frame fisheye. the russian lenses seem nice.

28mm is close to 35mm but IMO better so the solution is to ditch the 35mm.

I read somewhere and I believe it to be true that there are 50 normal / 35 wide people, and there are 40 normal / 28 wide people.  I'm in the latter group.

I love the FoV a 28mm gives. I almost glued the 28 Ultron to my Leica, and am enjoying the 28 Exakta on my Canon EF.