I wonder should I have another dabble...

Depends on wether you want to use your old camera and shoot film or not.
I think that seeing as we’re pretty much filmies here in f&c , you’re going to receive obvious responses , but the decision ultimately comes down to you ;)
 
Kodak Gold 200 is my 'go to' colour print film for everyday type use. I find it renders colour nicely, with a warm look to it and reasonable grain and sharpness for the price. Shop around to find the best deal at the time, but stocks seem to run out every now and then for some suppliers. As for giving film anther try, come on in, the water's lovely!
 
Mr Badger said:
Kodak Gold 200 is my 'go to' colour print film for everyday type use. I find it renders colour nicely, with a warm look to it and reasonable grain and sharpness for the price. Shop around to find the best deal at the time, but stocks seem to run out every now and then for some suppliers. As for giving film anther try, come on in, the water's lovely!
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Yeah, Kodak gold is my fave too. Really nice, pretty cheap.
 
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I was going to order some colour film, but I wonder if I should try another roll of the Ilford HP5 first? I sort of put the rolls out of my mind, I bought them last year and only used one roll. I think I can afford to try another roll now, don't mind spending £20 odd quid in processing and printing once every now and again, certainly would not do it on a regular basis, far too expensive for that.
 
I am getting the symbol FEE showing up, I have set the aperture ring to the minimum, but is still keeps flashing. I have tried the aperture ring at both ends, but nothing.
I have tried the Nikon 35mm 1.8G on the body, the aperture displays, and can be changed, but focus will not work, the focus will work on my other lenses, but I get FEE error.

No idea what is going on. :thinking:
 
Just accidently shot a frame while trying to get the aperture to show, could so easily stick the film camera back in it's box.
Will see if I can figure out what is going on with the FEE showing even when at minimum aperture and ring locked. :(
 
Dirty contacts perhaps?

or

incompatible lens?
 
I might be wrong but do you need to set the aperture ring on the lens to f22, I think there is a click stop at that point, then set the aperture on the camera itself?
 
Asha said:
Dirty contacts perhaps?

or

incompatible lens?
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Andysnap said:
I might be wrong but do you need to set the aperture ring on the lens to f22, I think there is a click stop at that point, then set the aperture on the camera itself?
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I have used the Nikon 50mm 1.8D lens on it before, even the original film lenses show the error.
I may have spotted the problem. The little pin thingy that I am pointing at seems to be broken, it is very loose. It is the catch that catches at the bottom of the aperture ring.
 
Voila, a poor contact by the looks of it.
 
But my 35mm 1.8G will go on and the aperture will show, but auto focus will not work. While the 50mm 1.8D does auto focus, the aperture shows error.
 
Now all you need is a nice F3 :cool:
 
jonbeeza said:
But my 35mm 1.8G will go on and the aperture will show, but auto focus will not work. While the 50mm 1.8D does auto focus, the aperture shows error.
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:thinking:

Perhaps best to:

jonbeeza said:
stick the film camera back in it's box
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:LOL:

Joking aside, it does seem strange that each lens functions differently , nonetheless I'm confident that the issue relates to poor contacts between lens and body.
 
Asha said:
:thinking:

Perhaps best to:



:LOL:

Joking aside, it does seem strange that each lens functions differently , nonetheless I'm confident that the issue relates to poor contacts between lens and body.
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Going to do a little more inspecting...
 
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Only lens I can get to work on the body, is the old 70-300mm. So looks like I won't be doing any indoor photos.
 
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Only lens I can get to work on the body, is the old 70-300mm. So looks like I won't be doing any indoor photos.
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Well if shooting portraiture esp the main subject is the head most photographers recommend 85-105mm to keep face features correct. Of course it's only a guide e.g. on a baby all features on the face are small.
 
excalibur2 said:
Well if shooting portraiture esp the main subject is the head most photographers recommend 85-105mm to keep face features correct. Of course it's only a guide e.g. on a baby all features on the face are small.
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But with that old lens, at 70mm I am at f/4 and that would be a little slow for indoors. Now if I could get someone posed near a window, with the light streaming in, then yes. But they will not pose, I have to take photos as I can grab them.
 
jonbeeza said:
But my 35mm 1.8G will go on and the aperture will show, but auto focus will not work. While the 50mm 1.8D does auto focus, the aperture shows error.
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It looks from the photo that your autofocus selection lever is set to M, not A. Is it stuck half way between perhaps in this is causing the error?

jonbeeza said:
But with that old lens, at 70mm I am at f/4 and that would be a little slow for indoors. Now if I could get someone posed near a window, with the light streaming in, then yes. But they will not pose, I have to take photos as I can grab them.
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Perhaps shoot the whole roll a stop under exposed. This will give you a stop of shutter speed improvement, and the latitude of the film will happily absorb that stop of under exposure. Perhaps even push the development a stop to compensate also? HP5 is very commonly pushed in development by even 2 stops.
 
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Woodsy said:
It looks from the photo that your autofocus selection lever is set to M, not A. Is it stuck half way between perhaps in this is causing the error?



Perhaps shoot the whole roll a stop under exposed. This will give you a stop of shutter speed improvement, and the latitude of the film will happily absorb that stop of under exposure. Perhaps even push the development a stop to compensate also? HP5 is very commonly pushed in development by even 2 stops.
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That is the M Manual and A Aperture, the AF and M focus button is on the front, and it was set to AF. I was intending to under expose for a faster shutter, but will still shoot the roll outdoors I think. :-)
 
jonbeeza said:
That is the M Manual and A Aperture, the AF and M focus button is on the front, and it was set to AF. I was intending to under expose for a faster shutter, but will still shoot the roll outdoors I think. :)
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I’m familiar with Nikon cameras ;) I was referring to the image in post 26, where the AF selector appears to be in manual position. In any case, if the AF is working, it’s moot I suppose :).
 
Woodsy said:
I’m familiar with Nikon cameras ;) I was referring to the image in post 26, where the AF selector appears to be in manual position. In any case, if the AF is working, it’s moot I suppose :).
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Ah oh ok, I do apologise. All the functions will only work on the old 70-300mm lens. So I have decided to use that one. :)
 
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