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

Part-exchanged my 50 1.8 Nikon E for a Nikon F 50 1.4 today.

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Such a nice partnership with my FM2, and I celebrated with a couple pints in the sun.
 
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JCoquillon said:
Part-exchanged my 50 1.8 Nikon E for a Nikon F 50 1.4 today.

Such a nice partnership with my FM2, and I celebrated with a couple pints in the sun.
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Definitely a reason to celebrate.
 
Well I'm not a Nikon expert but at the bootie was a Nikon with series e 50mm, but there was nothing to say what it was, it definitely wasn't an EM and maybe like the FM2, so assuming the identification wasn't rubbed off then what no name Nikon was produced. BTW the mirror was locked up so either it needed a battery or it was jammed.
 
Picked up a Billingham Hadley Large from Morris Photo. got it for £40 off because it didnt have the luggage tags with it, only had it a couple of days but it's soooooooooo nice, craftsmanship is excellent and it oozes quality :love: just asking for a Leica in it :D

Not really a toy per se, but it is new ;)

Photos to follow
 
JCoquillon said:
Such a nice partnership with my FM2, and I celebrated with a couple pints in the sun.
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At the risk of being the negative one here... that looks non-AI to me, and non-AI lenses mounted on AI/AIS bodies generally isn't recommended, as it interferes and can damage the AI coupling ridge that AI/AIS/AF/AF-D lenses use to communicate aperture to the camera metering system.

Additionally, whilst normally you might be able to get away with it, I believe (prepared to be proven wrong on this point obviously) that the FM2 has a plastic AI tab so extra prone to damage.

See here for more info: http://www.aiconversions.com/compatibilitytable.htm (type of lens would be old, type of body new - metering tab is fixed).

Obviously if it's been AI converted ignore all of this - but from what I can see it isn't.
 
Ebay bargain, and I quote

"The lens shutter and aperture work fine, but the camera shutter lever doesn't appear to move or crank turn." ;)

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Mamiya C330-13 by Raglansurf, on Flickr[/IMG]

It's had a life but apart from a little scrunching of the bellows and the missing silver trim all seems to be fine. I'll put a film through it tomorrow and find out.
 
excalibur2 said:
Well I'm not a Nikon expert but at the bootie was a Nikon with series e 50mm, but there was nothing to say what it was, it definitely wasn't an EM and maybe like the FM2, so assuming the identification wasn't rubbed off then what no name Nikon was produced. BTW the mirror was locked up so either it needed a battery or it was jammed.
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The FM and FE were not marked as such, so it could have been either.
 
Mirror locked up - sounds like an EM or an FE. You sure it wasn't an EM? Chances are it was - was it black, a little bit plastic, relatively compact?
 
medwaygreen said:
The FM and FE were not marked as such, so it could have been either.
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Ah!.... he also had a Me super and that was jammed as well :thumbsdown:

When I come across an Aladdin's cave of goodies at the bootie I often think of the members here, yesterday about everything a person would need for B/W from enlarger to dev tanks, and a range of about 10 cameras from a Olympus trip to Voigtlander (mind you if it had an Ultron lens I would tempted to buy) ......even a pile of about 10X12 photos, some of the girlie nudes could be in their 60's now.
 
Don't taunt me - very jealous! Wish I had access to one but I'm pretty certain there isn't much around here...

Fair enough. Sounds like an FE then. Were they jammed even on mechanical settings? (it should unjam when you put it to M90/bulb on the FE).
 
freecom2 said:
Don't taunt me - very jealous! Wish I had access to one but I'm pretty certain there isn't much around here...

Fair enough. Sounds like an FE then. Were they jammed even on mechanical settings? (it should unjam when you put it to M90/bulb on the FE).
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Must be an FE, but strange Nikon never advertised it on the front (or anywhere that I could see). Well I just looked through the view finder and saw nothing :suspect:...but I'm not interested in Nikons otherwise I would have pointed out it was jammed and offered £15, yeah OK I know the lens was worth more than that ;)
 
Ahh I'd have been jumping on that! Fair enough. I did always think it was weird that the FM/FE didn't flaunt their model names on the front - rectified with the FM2/FE2.
 
For some unknown reason i just bought a Zenit EM for £7 posted on ebay... £6 of it was the postage
 
robhooley167 said:
For some unknown reason i just bought a Zenit EM for £7 posted on ebay... £6 of it was the postage
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Sickening when the postage costs umpteen times the value of the item aint it?......an ok purchase for £7 though especially if it's in perfect working order!

I just noticed your new tag "Sir my fingers are stuck together".....LMAO!!..........Mine will be soon when I get to work with that glue you suggested ...I'm waiting for some primer to arrive in the post first!

I've got a "new toy" on it's way atm from ebay.... not that i need any more cameras, but couldn't resist! lol....All will be revealed when it arrives!
 
Asha said:
Did you come across any more info on this?

As you say the pics in the link do resemble this folder of mine very closely.
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Sorry, the symbol looked familiar but I can’t find it in the manual or on the camera. However, the logo that is on the manual does bear a resemblance to the rest of the design on the lens plate. In my case Wirgin made the camera but the lens is an Ennagon.


wirginlogo by ken__m, on Flickr
 
freecom2 said:
At the risk of being the negative one here... that looks non-AI to me, and non-AI lenses mounted on AI/AIS bodies generally isn't recommended, as it interferes and can damage the AI coupling ridge that AI/AIS/AF/AF-D lenses use to communicate aperture to the camera metering system.

Additionally, whilst normally you might be able to get away with it, I believe (prepared to be proven wrong on this point obviously) that the FM2 has a plastic AI tab so extra prone to damage.

See here for more info: http://www.aiconversions.com/compatibilitytable.htm (type of lens would be old, type of body new - metering tab is fixed).

Obviously if it's been AI converted ignore all of this - but from what I can see it isn't.
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I agree, those rabbit ears look strange. Not AI but not non-AI either. And should we expect to see aperture numbers behind the rabbit ears? Could it be the aperture ring was modified but the rabbit ears retained?

Am I right in thinking that the holes in the rabbit ears was only so the aperture could be seen in the viewfinder?
 
Ken - personally, I think those rabbit ears are very normal for "non-AI" style. The rabbit ears that most people are familiar with are the AI/AIS ones, which is why the non-AI ones look so unusual (which is ironic really, given that the non-AI ones are the ones which are actually essential - the AI/AIS ones are just purely for backwards compatibility).

The holes were so that light would come through on important apertures - f/4 and f/8. The viewing of the aperture in the viewfinder is actually with the smaller second set of aperture numbers below the main coloured aperture numbers - the second ring of aperture numbers is what differentiates AI lenses (which have the set) from non-AI lenses (which only have one set).

The Nikon system can be a bit complex at times!
 
What I thought was odd was that the rabbit ears look to form a pyramid with the coupling slot in the middle, whereas all the ones I've seen form a semi-circle.

So when I look through the viewfinder of an FM2 (or FM2n which is what I've got) the numbers in the viewfinder are reflected off the set of numbers nearest the body (which is what I thought already), and I'd still see them if I covered up the holes?

Yes, complex, that pretty much sums it up.
 
It's probably also because most of the time the non-AI lenses are attached to the correct non-AI bodies, and rarely mounted on AI/AIS bodies (for the reason I specified above - because you shouldn't!).

Yes, you should, although it would be quite dark through the read out.
 
Thanks, that makes sense of something that didn't make sense before. I was trying to cover up the holes in the rabbit ears with my fingers and thumbs to see if the numbers still appeared in viewfinder, but obviously they didn't since my big fingers were blocking off all the light.

Still doesn't explain why we have something that looks like a non-AI lens attached to an FM2 though.
 
Asha said:
I just noticed your new tag "Sir my fingers are stuck together".....LMAO!!..........Mine will be soon when I get to work with that glue you suggested ...I'm waiting for some primer to arrive in the post first!
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I have no idea where it came from, it must have been Marcel messing about when we were having a chat in the IRC channel :cuckoo:
 
BTW does anyone have a spare shutter speed dial for a Bronica ETRS?
I'm repairing it for a friend and i cannot find one for the life of me :shake:
 
Asha said:
Are they both fully functional?

I am presently attempting to make a good one out of the two faulty ones that I have.
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Hi yes they do work new skin on one, and new light seals in both.
 
I went to Real Camera with Rob Hooley today.......I had no intention of buying anything.....I really didn't want to buy anything......

So this is what I got


Yash-Mat1 by andysnapper1, on Flickr

A nice condition Yashica Mat for £89, the only thing wrong with it is the nameplate is missing. Bargain.

Andy
 
Very nice Andy! .....and of course you treated Rob to a new toy as well no??!! LOL
 
mmmm...chips.
 
Just spent a large chunk of my first wages in eighteen months on a lovely new V500 :)

Now I have to figure out how to use it!
 
Andysnap said:
A nice condition Yashica Mat for £89, the only thing wrong with it is the nameplate is missing. Bargain.
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It is a wonderful TLR. The Yashinon is a decent performing lens, and the ground glass is much brighter than a lot of the comparable Rolleicord models. Additionally changing shutter speed and aperture is a lot faster with the Rolleiflex-esque dials than the Rolleicord's levers.

And so stealthy...
 
freecom2 said:
It is a wonderful TLR. The Yashinon is a decent performing lens, and the ground glass is much brighter than a lot of the comparable Rolleicord models. Additionally changing shutter speed and aperture is a lot faster with the Rolleiflex-esque dials than the Rolleicord's levers.

And so stealthy...
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So glad you wrote this. I was thinking of buying a 'cord. Desperately trying to be happy with my Yashica Mats and not be tempted by a 'flex.

But I'm weak.....
 
trevorbray said:
So glad you wrote this. I was thinking of buying a 'cord. Desperately trying to be happy with my Yashica Mats and not be tempted by a 'flex.

But I'm weak.....
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This might tip you back the other way, but I'll write it anyway :lol:

The 'cord is the superior built camera, and with the Tessar clone on the later III, IV and V models, it gets reasonably close to a 'flex for a fraction of the cost. They are well built (significantly better than the Mat), but they suit slower shooting - the levers are clunky for fast shooting.

The Mat has a brighter screen, faster to operate (and I reckon slightly better to focus) but with lower build quality.

Don't think about a Rolleiflex until you are deadly serious about TLRs. If you do, I recommend a meterless 3.5E. If you are in the TLR world you'll have a separate meter anyway, and the E seems to have lower prices despite being very similar to the F (and same lens designs). Planar or Xenotar doesn't matter, although we tend to have more Planars on the market in the UK.
 
freecom2 said:
This might tip you back the other way, but I'll write it anyway :lol:

The 'cord is the superior built camera, and with the Tessar clone on the later III, IV and V models, it gets reasonably close to a 'flex for a fraction of the cost. They are well built (significantly better than the Mat), but they suit slower shooting - the levers are clunky for fast shooting.

The Mat has a brighter screen, faster to operate (and I reckon slightly better to focus) but with lower build quality.

Don't think about a Rolleiflex until you are deadly serious about TLRs. If you do, I recommend a meterless 3.5E. If you are in the TLR world you'll have a separate meter anyway, and the E seems to have lower prices despite being very similar to the F (and same lens designs). Planar or Xenotar doesn't matter, although we tend to have more Planars on the market in the UK.
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b****r....
 
This arrived today.....oh my I'm in love with it :love:

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Shot at 2012-06-04

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Shot at 2012-06-04

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Shot at 2012-06-04


No.2 Bulls-Eye Special '98 model with it's original made to measure thick leather, red velvet lined case.

In a usable condition....vgc condition considering it's age....It has had a little bit of light sealing work done to it as can be seen in the 3rd pic but still a beautiful piece of photographic history.

Fully operational shutter and clear viewfinder.

Spools also included though i'll be sticking cut sheet film in it .

Watched several of these over recent years but those worth picking up were always too expensive or I lost the bidding.
 
shaylou said:
I just got a new Canon 70-200 f2.8 mark2

Woohoo!!
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I assume that's to go on one of your film cameras then :D
 
Might it be time to add "Film" to the thread title? It's not the first time that someone shooting with digital kit has accidentally replied here.
 
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