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

Another go at the wide angle lens, went a bit more up market this time, with a Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 Adaptall-2. It came with a C/FD mount, but luckily I have a couple of PK mounts in the drawer. It feels heavier, but comes with built-in 81B, 80B and Y2 filters. Not sure the former two will be useful, but I can guess what a Y2 filter is.



These seem to come in about 3 times the price of the Vivitar 19mm, perhaps because the Adaptall-2 mount increases the market for them. This one was a deceased estate, so I had to take a punt given the seller's claims to know nothing of cameras, but the price was about a third under normal. It looks in pretty good nick, and once I got the PK mount on the aperture looked nice and snappy (if I'd got her to exercise it with the original mount, I probably wouldn't have bought it!). I'll try and do a comparison soon, as one of them will have to go. (The Pentax-M f/4 20mm seem to go for £250 or more, or the Pentax-A f/2.8 20mm for up to £400, so both seem a bit out of reach for my likely wide angle usage!)
 
Well I went to Holland for a long weekend and wanted to travel light so chose Pentax 24-35mm and 35-70 and knew I was just going to take mainly family and street shots and also chose Kodak gold as it's "pretty" but horrors I mistakenly put it a roll that expired in 2002...anyway the results were very good....so (y) for that combo.
 
I like the look of that 17mm :)
 
ChrisR said:
@Downton Mini a wall will do just fine to start with! Have fun. If your old folk are still around they may be able to help you identify some locations and people. But folk on here were amazingly helpful in identifying many locations in my father's set of 6*9 slides from the 1940s... of course they did need to be scanned first!
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We tried the projector last night had a quick look at a few slides I think there are a lot of gardens but helpfully some of family and far off places!
 
That's a tidy looking SX-70. I've had a couple in the past and still stop myself from buying another but more because of its' design than shooting with it!
 
stevelmx5 said:
That's a tidy looking SX-70. I've had a couple in the past and still stop myself from buying another but more because of its' design than shooting with it!
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Thanks!
I can see myself keeping this protected in my camera bag for a few years and capturing interesting days! My strike rate so far with focus/exposure is about 50% over 12 shots.
 
ChrisR said:
Another go at the wide angle lens, went a bit more up market this time, with a Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 Adaptall-2. It came with a C/FD mount, but luckily I have a couple of PK mounts in the drawer. It feels heavier, but comes with built-in 81B, 80B and Y2 filters. Not sure the former two will be useful, but I can guess what a Y2 filter is.



These seem to come in about 3 times the price of the Vivitar 19mm, perhaps because the Adaptall-2 mount increases the market for them. This one was a deceased estate, so I had to take a punt given the seller's claims to know nothing of cameras, but the price was about a third under normal. It looks in pretty good nick, and once I got the PK mount on the aperture looked nice and snappy (if I'd got her to exercise it with the original mount, I probably wouldn't have bought it!). I'll try and do a comparison soon, as one of them will have to go. (The Pentax-M f/4 20mm seem to go for £250 or more, or the Pentax-A f/2.8 20mm for up to £400, so both seem a bit out of reach for my likely wide angle usage!)
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Very nice Chris, always fancied one of those. I look forward to seeing some images from it.
 
Jao said:
Very nice Chris, always fancied one of those. I look forward to seeing some images from it.
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They're not bad lenses, although not out of the top drawer. I think their reputation for quality comes from the time when there were just two rectilinear ultrawides available for 35mm: the Tamron and the Zeiss Hologon. As the Tamron cost a fraction of what you had to shell out for a Hologon, it was the best ultrawide that the average photographer could afford. Moreover, it didn't need specially modified bodies to use, either. I haven't got any film shots available at the moment but here's a couple from my 1Ds II...

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That looks like our greenhouse!

I was given a Canon AE1 Program, FD 50 1.8, a Canon EOS 750 with 35-70 and 100-300, some Cokin filters (useful for Instagram :) ) and a Sigma 600 f8 which is Minolta fit. The Sigma has the original filters in their case, hood, caps and box.

I think I might have a Minolta to Sony E mount adaptor somewhere. There seems to be a bit of fungus in the Sigma. It's on the window sill, in the sun, until I can have a proper look.
The AE1 and 50mm look like they have hardly been used.
 
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I haven't bought much to add to my film kit recently and I have been shooting MF exclusively over the past months. I do love 35mm though and Contax has been a system I have to date not tried. Heck and then three come at once...... and I daren't bring the lenses out until I am in the house alone! I have fitted new leather and new seals to the 137 and the 139. The RX was mint and to all intents and purposes looks unused.

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Jao said:
I haven't bought much to add to my film kit recently and I have been shooting MF exclusively over the past months. I do love 35mm though and Contax has been a system I have to date not tried. Heck and then three come at once...... and I daren't bring the lenses out until I am in the house alone! I have fitted new leather and new seals to the 137 and the 139. The RX was mint and to all intents and purposes looks unused.

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lovely, its one system i keep meaning to try. let us know what you think please.
 
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I blame seeing some 5x4 contact sheets and a lady setting up an enlarger for 10x8 in the darkroom the other day for this (also looking at LF for the past year or so didn't help):

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A nameless (but very nicely built) wooden field camera, Rodenstock 150/5.6 Apo-Sironar-N, 10x holders and a box of expired Portra 400NC to play with. Scary thing is that the camera+lens feels lighter than my Pentax 67...
 
That looks very similar to my Wista, almost exactly similar in fact only in a darker wood. Very nice indeed.

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
That looks very similar to my Wista, almost exactly similar in fact only in a darker wood. Very nice indeed.

Andy
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The guy I bought it from told me that it was an Ex-Wista employee's personal project, so there's definitely some family resemblance.

Just have to get a cable release, a loupe (although some reading glasses might do since I seem to be able to pick out the focus fine) and a darkcloth.
 
FruitFlakes said:
The guy I bought it from told me that it was an Ex-Wista employee's personal project, so there's definitely some family resemblance.

Just have to get a cable release, a loupe (although some reading glasses might do since I seem to be able to pick out the focus fine) and a darkcloth.
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Get a good loupe, the amount of film I wasted with focus just slightly missed is unreal. Remember when you look at the gg you're effectively looking at a contact print, if you want to blow it up you might find that what looked tack sharp at 1x is a way off at 4x.

Apart from that looks good, welcome to the club :)
 
steveo_mcg said:
Get a good loupe, the amount of film I wasted with focus just slightly missed is unreal. Remember when you look at the gg you're effectively looking at a contact print, if you want to blow it up you might find that what looked tack sharp at 1x is a way off at 4x.

Apart from that looks good, welcome to the club :)
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After messing about with some tilt/swing, yup, definitely need a loupe!
 
Jao said:
I haven't bought much to add to my film kit recently and I have been shooting MF exclusively over the past months. I do love 35mm though and Contax has been a system I have to date not tried. Heck and then three come at once...... and I daren't bring the lenses out until I am in the house alone! I have fitted new leather and new seals to the 137 and the 139. The RX was mint and to all intents and purposes looks unused.

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I have a 139 in my cupboard must get it out and use it.
 
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today i received a Canon AL-1...........:)
in mint condition other than a few baseplate scuffs - and no winder cover plug
but going to fit a Canon Winder 'A' so that's no prob
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with the arrival of a Canon AE-1 Program - from @BKphotography - this complete my 'A' series collecrion....:banana:
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That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
 
Wow, you're a little ray of sunshine aren't you? Do you follow people around and tell them every shot they take will be terrible too?

Edit. If you're going to slate someone's new kit, at least spellcheck first;

*you're
*it's
*worse
*than
*their
 
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Blimey, sounds like drink msy have been taken. :beer:

Not a very nice post despite all the ha ha ha's.
 
Ladybird12345 said:
That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
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And when your nastiness comes back round later in life and slaps you in the face, Yardbent will be having the last Ha Ha Ha

And oh yes, it will come back round......life works in mysterious ways!!!!
 
I'm no expert on Canon AL1's but I'm also not sure that the L-A-S dial is the shutter speed since the one behind with the all those annoying numbers etched onto it seems to be more likely, so that does make me less sick...
 
Ladybird12345 said:
That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
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I don't know about the camera, but your attitude sure makes me sick.
 
Ladybird12345 said:
That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
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Hey you better come up with a good argument why you don't think much of the T70 esp when you can buy the body sooo cheap. :rolleyes:
 
putting silly and rude comments aside ,
i used to have an al1 and i really enjoyed using it, the focus lights are an interesting way of doing things. they worked fine as far as i remember. did any others use the same?
 
Ladybird12345 said:
That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
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I believe the comments from the rest of the membership pretty much sum up my feelings - I suggest if you can't say anything helpful or positive then you simply don't say anything.

oh - the L_A_S selector dial that seems to upset you so much -

L - Lock
A - Aperture Priority
S - Shutter Speed Priority.

Same as the A1 has.

Why you'd recommend buying a Fuji IX-100 as a replacement for a canon FD lens compatible body I don't know - the only film related Fuji IX being industrial X Ray sheet film - not exactly a like for like replacement (and no, neither is the iX100 "happy snappy" digital compact) - perhaps you mean the (again digital) Fuji X100 - which is a lovely little camera for a digital, but again, with a fixed lens isn't much use for use with a big bag of canon FD and FDn lenses...
 
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and wasn't the qf the only available version? i certainly don't remember one without "quick focus"
 
I reckon they probably meant a digital X100 seeing as they had a hissy fit a while back when someone else had the audacity to buy one from the classifieds that they'd previously expressed an interest in. I reckon Yardbent would struggle to load the film into one though..
 
To be fair we all know that Canons particularly from that era are universally ugly even more aesthetically challenged than the F3 but slagging off other people's cameras is like calling other people's kids ugly, it's just not the done thing particularly when there's not even a hint of irony or humour.
 
RaglanSurf said:
To be fair we all know that Canons particularly from that era are universally ugly even more aesthetically challenged than the F3 but slagging off other people's cameras is like calling other people's kids ugly, it's just not the done thing particularly when there's not even a hint of irony or humour.
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We seem to have an exception to the slagging-off rule for Brian's T70 etc... ;) Actually his grandkids are pretty cute, IIRC. Oops, that sounds a bit odd, umm shall I keep digging?
 
To be fair though Chris, if it had been a T70 or a T90 I reckon anyone would be justified....and we all generally say it with a smiley at the end :)
 
Ladybird12345 said:
That AL-1 was canons worst camera especially the qf version......
look at the shutter speed dial its enough to make you sick L_A_S
Load of s***e
buy a fuji ix 100 or a canon A1......
mint condition Ha ha ha ha ha ha
scuff marks HaHa ha ha ha
but your happy Ha ha ha ha
mint condition no winder plug Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
actually its worst then there t-50 and 70
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It's jarring to see such an unpleasant post in the F&C area. It's a timely reminder (given the depressing events of the last seven days) of what a great bunch of people usually contribute here, in a supportive and positive way.
We can definitely do without this.
 
stevelmx5 said:
To be fair though Chris, if it had been a T70 or a T90 I reckon anyone would be justified....and we all generally say it with a smiley at the end :)
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For any doubters
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWvWcNHYAY
I didn't know that while old cloth shutter cameras lose their speed accuracy over time, the T70 doesn't (well just the 1/1000sec and true speed was 1/1100 sec).
 
Thanks for the link - it was interesting viewing. I think he said that it was electronic shutters that maintained their accuracy (which was my understanding) rather than the material used in the blind construction. I still prefer a camera that doesn't require batteries to function though.
 
StephenM said:
Thanks for the link - it was interesting viewing. I think he said that it was electronic shutters that maintained their accuracy (which was my understanding) rather than the material used in the blind construction. I still prefer a camera that doesn't require batteries to function though.
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.....also compared to the "A" models:- no camera squeak or light seal problems....a VG good SLR camera for beginner or ordinary amateur, but of course not a poser's camera :D And being electronic it either works or it doesn't so you can throw it away and get another for under a tenner.
 
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