OFFICIAL I HAVE A NEW (FILM RELATED) TOY THREAD!!

:( now I'm envious, that is beautiful.

That Zorki is rather cheeky too, rangefinders have a certain something about the styling.
 
I wouldn't be too envious Bill, you probably get a fair bit more movement out of you camera :)

Ed, the weather was great today - would of been out taking photos if I hadn't run myself into the ground when playing football the other night. Thunderstorms tend to last about 2 or 3 days and normally bring a clear sky just after them. Also the weather man isn't too good at predicting more than a few days of weather here:lol:. Follow the weather here if you like for a live view (bit dark at the moment, but you get a nice little time lapse if you click on a location), or check out the visibility here (15km to 20km is great for Central, and 25km to 40km for everywhere else means good weather).
 
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camera has loads of movement, sadly the lens doesn't :) and I'm kicking myself as I forgot to bid on the 90mm angulon he also had for sale on ebay... went for £26 :(
 
Rod.F said:
No tidy side to my room at the moment, so had to take the new toy outside...


My first time to use film, not entirely sure how it works currently. As soon as I figure out where the batteries go, I should be up and running.:)

edit: Should have said what it is - a Chamonix 045n-2 and Schneider SA 72mm XL
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I think I am going to have to sell my canon telephoto and buy a chamonix as they look awesome :D

Looks like there are quite a few of us shooting LF now :thumbs:
 
Rod.F said:
My first time to use film, not entirely sure how it works currently. As soon as I figure out where the batteries go, I should be up and running.:)
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Lol. Even so it's a beauty, how much did that set you back?
 
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Found this in a charity shop for £7.50, it was £10 but the assistant knocked the money off to get rid! Looks in fab condition. Now where is that film .....
 
Superewza said:
Lol. Even so it's a beauty, how much did that set you back?
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The camera was new at about £550 including shipping and the lens was 2nd hand at about £700 bought locally, I am not willing to add those numbers together just yet :lol:
 
Rod that's a sweet looking 5x4. I'm kind of torn between the Chamonix and the Shen Hao at the moment. Waiting for the new Chamonix to come out september.

Mart
 
fidsey79 said:
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Found this in a charity shop for £7.50, it was £10 but the assistant knocked the money off to get rid! Looks in fab condition. Now where is that film .....
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Mmmm Trip 35.... :D I wish I could find ANY cameras in the charity shops in town here. Mine set me back a cool twenty quid from Ebay :eek: Still love it though!
 
Marvin d martian said:
Rod that's a sweet looking 5x4. I'm kind of torn between the Chamonix and the Shen Hao at the moment. Waiting for the new Chamonix to come out september.

Mart
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Yeah, Shen Hao seemed like a good alternative and I probably would have been just as happy with one of theirs. I was torn but the aesthetics of the Chamonix swung it for me in the end.
 
New toys...

First off, picked up a Zorki 4K in a lot with a Zenit E recently. I'd already got an Olympic Zenit anyway, but the price was better than I'd seen for some Zorkis alone, so it had to be done.

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Here's the FSU gang then from L to R: the Zenit E pair, sporting Helios 44-2s, then my Lubitel 2, FED4 and Zorki 4K fitted with Jupiter 8s and an Industar 61 L/D for them to fight over.

This week brought me a nice Bronica ETRSi off the forum [thanks Graham] with an EII 75mm f/2.8, AEII finder, speed grip and a couple of backs. I've since added a lens hood and picked up a minty E 40mm f/4 too.

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Reigning in my spending severely, nothing over a tenner this week A tad under a fiver (incl postage!) for this:

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(Incidentally, taken with my M42 super tak on my e620)
Not sexy or classy quality. Wasn't expecting much and wasn't disappointed but better than the horror I imagined, all the same:
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With the aforementioned x3 converter, e620 and Prinzflex 80-200 zoom at 80mm (wide open f4.5)
 
The two black tanks! Until I saw an RB67/RZ67 in person, I had no idea that they were that humongous.
 
freecom2 said:
The two black tanks! Until I saw an RB67/RZ67 in person, I had no idea that they were that humongous.
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I didn't either until I went to Nicholas cameras, they have tons of MF stuff and it is all absolutely huge!
 
menthel said:
I didn't either until I went to Nicholas cameras, they have tons of MF stuff and it is all absolutely huge!
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Yeah, in some ways I find the size differences between some things quite amazing - the difference between most TLRs and a 6x7 camera is only a 1cm longer widthways negative, and yet the size difference is sometimes humongous. Same goes for 35mm and some medium format, something like a Nikon F5 is barely smaller than some medium format cameras.
 
Well some of you may know that I have a collection, all used Nikon's and apart from my lovely little EM they are all newer idiot proof camera,s, F50, F60,F65,F70,F80,F90,F801S, well I have researched and decided to get a good one, I bid on a broken black bodied FE which I won,when received the shutter was jammed, I changed the batteries and played with the speed shutter dial,taking a spin from auto to M90,but to no avail, I opened the camera front and back and gentle pulled down the shutter and released.

When I tried the adavance level again the shutter loaded and to date,every morning I have fired the shutter 50 times and all seems OK, the speeds seem fine and the light meter is working comparable to my leningrad 4 and my D200( never trust that though).

So for £16.00 here it is.

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freecom2 said:
The two black tanks! Until I saw an RB67/RZ67 in person, I had no idea that they were that humongous.
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No not small by any means :lol: its nigh on impossible to shoot handheld with the waist level finder because the lens weight keeps dragging the front down :D
 
A 360mm arrived earlier in the week, which completes the trinity of lenses I want to the Beast.. so it must be time for a gear shot of the complete kit I've been putting together the last 12 months..



Body, WLF, 90mm, 180mm, 360mm, 2x 120 backs, polaroid back, plus bits'n'pieces.
 
freecom2 said:
The two black tanks! Until I saw an RB67/RZ67 in person, I had no idea that they were that humongous.
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Tbh, with all the WIN they managed to fit into the body, I'm surprised they made it so small! :D

Alastair said:
A 360mm arrived earlier in the week, which completes the trinity of lenses I want to the Beast.. so it must be time for a gear shot of the complete kit I've been putting together the last 12 months..



Body, WLF, 90mm, 180mm, 360mm, 2x 120 backs, polaroid back, plus bits'n'pieces.
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Alastair (Or anyone else!)... Not interested in a 65mm Secor C F/4.5 lens by any chance are you? Only I have one up for sale atm in classifieds... :)
 
Recently won a Chinon CP-X with 50mm 1.7, a Ricoh KR-5 Super with XR Rikenon 50mm f2 (although I will be selling on the KR-5 and Chinon 50mm 1.7);

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and also my first outing into RF territory...Minolta Himatic 11. I did look at some others, but that Rokkor 45mm 1.7 looks luvvverly :) ....now just have to wait for the battery to turn up!

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Oooh, like the look of the minolta..... wanders off to evil bay.

Andy
 
Alastair said:
A 360mm arrived earlier in the week, which completes the trinity of lenses I want to the Beast.. so it must be time for a gear shot of the complete kit I've been putting together the last 12 months..



Body, WLF, 90mm, 180mm, 360mm, 2x 120 backs, polaroid back, plus bits'n'pieces.
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Hi Alistair

What case are you using to store the Mamiya? This is exactly what I am looking for.
 
Ben Hur said:
Hi Alistair

What case are you using to store the Mamiya? This is exactly what I am looking for.
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It's a Maplin job.. they've got three or four styles/sizes. If you look at them on the shelf, this is the larger greyish one (I think it's this one - note, it's not lockable, the description is incorrect).. there's also a aluminium style flight case that's about 15mm deeper (and has basic locks). The foam is pre-cut, that is part-cut on a grid so you just pull out the sections you need to make the hole you want.
 
Alastair said:
It's a Maplin job.. they've got three or four styles/sizes. If you look at them on the shelf, this is the larger greyish one (I think it's this one - note, it's not lockable, the description is incorrect).. there's also a aluminium style flight case that's about 15mm deeper (and has basic locks). The foam is pre-cut, that is part-cut on a grid so you just pull out the sections you need to make the hole you want.
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Excellent, thank you.
 
I've got the same Maplin case, and although not lockable, as Alastair says, they are sturdier than those supposed aluminium ones.
 
Something to play with, for £5, from the bootie

Tokina 100-300 RMC f5.6 + 2X converter..... shot taken by a digital camera WTF looks like flare.
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Aledafis said:
The other option is the Maplin "Peli" case. Which I'm quite tempted by.
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If I remember rightly from when the Maplins Peli case was being discussed on an earlier thread, the Peli case just exceeds Ryanair/EasyJet carry-on dimensions. Both the aluminium and the rugged case are within the carry-on dimensions. I don't plan on using this case to transport the kit by plane, but I do have the reassurance that if I had to, I could..

The rugged case is just a handy size for storing the kit ready-to-use, and put into the boot of the car alongside a tripod if I'm visiting a client and think I might get an early finish.
 
Alastair said:
If I remember rightly from when the Maplins Peli case was being discussed on an earlier thread, the Peli case just exceeds Ryanair/EasyJet carry-on dimensions. Both the aluminium and the rugged case are within the carry-on dimensions. I don't plan on using this case to transport the kit by plane, but I do have the reassurance that if I had to, I could..

The rugged case is just a handy size for storing the kit ready-to-use, and put into the boot of the car alongside a tripod if I'm visiting a client and think I might get an early finish.
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I'd prefer the rugged case also, but it seems to be a little too shallow to take my gripped D300 with a lens attached (wrong forum I know, please don't hit my face...) i might have a look for a proper peli on the 'bay.
 
Aledafis said:
I'd prefer the rugged case also, but it seems to be a little too shallow to take my gripped D300 with a lens attached (wrong forum I know, please don't hit my face...) i might have a look for a proper peli on the 'bay.
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Try the alu one, it's about 15mm deeper from memory and still within the carry-on dimensions.


And just to keep this post on topic..

Yesterdays post brought a No 2 extension tube (82mm) for the RB.. no room in the case, I daren't start a second case.. it would just tempt me to fill it..
 
Well, chaps and chapettes! After much faffing, umming, ahhing, mind changing, cocking about and generally being a bit of a woos... I have finally bought....

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It is now mine! Delivery on Thursday of this week :D

So excited! Just need everything else to go with it now! D'OH!!!!
 
Woodsy said:
Well, chaps and chapettes! After much faffing, umming, ahhing, mind changing, cocking about and generally being a bit of a woos... I have finally bought....

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It is now mine! Delivery on Thursday of this week :D

So excited! Just need everything else to go with it now! D'OH!!!!
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bout time you stopped mimsying about :p :clap:
 
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