Recent content by Wrecker59

Yes, I thought the better of going down that particular rabbit hole!

I have an old Zeiss Ikon Derval sat on a shelf. I'd sooner have a small camera to use to be honest! It is a beautiful thing though.

Sad days....... I had the first film developed and out of the 36 exposure roll, I got around 6 images. I think the advance on the camera doesn't work too well. It finished showing 36 exposures on the indicator. Possibly the gears are rounded off? Pretty sad about it really, first camera, first...

What are they? I might be in the market for a compact SLR and I don't have access to the sales section yet!

Ammo box View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPZuvSI8MXU LiPo bag View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tavpXgmL16M

The ammo boxes aren't that robust. There are videos online which show the difference in performance between an ammo box and one of those LiPo bags (which have very limited effect). It's night and day. Edit; you need to take the seals out if there are any in there though!

Not nearly as dangerous as a LiPo battery as (I believe) are found in most digital cameras. When they go, they go and they won't be put out. My boys have RC cars with LiPo batteries and I store them in an ammo box outdoors. Significantly bigger than a camera battery of course, but same...

Thank you @moggi1964 The timer seems to work perfectly, but it's not a feature I can see me using much anyway. A lot of the Oly 35's seem to be missing the levers as mentioned earlier.

I can relate to this very much! That's my concern, that the ratchet is slipping or similar and the film isn't advancing at all. A mechanical repair might not be the worst scenario though. That's greatly appreciated, thank you!

Took a few shots this weekend. The focus dual picture thing doesn't seem to work but I read that these can wear out. The advance seems a bit graunchy, I'll see how the film turns out before worrying about if it is a problem. Fingers crossed. Really enjoyed using it, and I'm eying up more cameras...

Everything seems to work. I'll chuck a film in and see what happens!

Quite right! None in there! Just as well, the "pictures" I took were very experimental.

So...I have the camera, the batteries and film. It seems to already have a roll in it (the numbers are increasing on the counter window so I assume that's why?) It's beautiful thing, it has a dent in it and one of the loops is missing but that's not an issue to me. Now. Can anyone tell me how to...

Is this true? I mean more so than other parties? We had 16 years of Labour rule and they didn't change a thing. That's more time in power than the Tories have had so far and indeed are likely to have.

The camera isn't quite here yet. It's on its way (as is the film) but I fear that batteries are going to take a little while. Then, when I have thrown half of the prints away and wondered what the heck made me even contemplate this, I'll post one or two of the less rubbish ones for you all to...