All nice fresh stock and no delivery charges; who's a lucky boy then! How bad was the argument about freezer space?
New member here. I used to shoot film many years ago with a Nikon N80 that I still have though have not used for years. Wanting to shoot some film photos again I have just acquired a Nikon 50/1.8 and am awaiting a Nikon FE to go with it. Here is a picture of the lens mounted on a GX7 digital camera.
DSCF6242 - 2016-02-06 at 02-54-50 by alan bryson, on Flickr
Hi @abryx and welcome, you've come straight to the best bit of TP. There's some useful resources in the sticky at the top of the page, including a thread on "first film camera ever or for many years", which probably also contains a link to the "Film processing in the UK" thread... there are more as well, but a lot of these threads are long and complicated, so if you need any help, please ask! All we ask in return is for some of your pics to get uploaded here...
Thanks for the tipWell I really like my FE but you might find the camera back seals need replacing (as mine did) so check out with some cheap film and use Asda dev and scan only for £3.
Sorry it's the Domiplan 50/2.8 and I forgot to mention a Pentax Auto 110 which won't wind on or release and seems to be stuck at it's smallest aperture. That was £7.50 complete with 24mm lens. It's not a complete waste of money as I have two m4/3 cameras I can adapt the lens to.
Don't worry it's not a fault, the Auto 110 is almost unique in that the lenses have no iris and the internal shutter dictates both the aperture and partly the shutter speed (hence why all the Auto 110 lenses are F2.8) at the moment of taking the picture when the mirror raises (basically it adjusts the aperture based on how fast the two L shaped blades behind the mount move and the mirror physically blocks out the light, there is a good web article explaining it somewhere which I'll dig out). As for the wind on issue, is the button moving loosely or is it under tension? If it's tensioned then the shutter is cocked (you need to wind it twice as it's a two stroke shutter); also does the winder move more than 90 degrees and is it under tension?. I can't remember with my one exactly as it has a film in it at the moment, but I think the shutter release/wind on may not work properly if there is no film in the camera as I can remember my wind on lever one being decidedly loose without the film being in the camera.
It's an awesome camera, those Pentax engineers really knew what they were doing. The viewfinder is embarrassingly clear and bright (it would put many modern DSLRs to shame), and the camera and especially lenses handle far better than they have any right to.
Just had a bit of eBay excitement and won an RZ67 with 110mm lens, WLF and AE prism for what I think was a pretty reasonable price looking at past sales cannot wait to get it!
You're in for a treatNever used portra before.
, but I think the shutter does still dry fire in that scenario (my 110 also has film in at the moment, unfortunately).
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Tout le plaisir était pour moi (I think it was me but I'm not 100% sure)
they're definitely not cheap! i waited a few weeks in the hope of seeing a well priced one on the bay but the price seems pretty consistent across the board. Filters are a bit of an issue but so long as i work out the exposure adjustments needed beforehand and write them on the case or something then all should be well. I was hoping to go into Chinatown tomorrow for the festivities and get some use out of it, but the weather looks distinctly cold wet and miserable at the moment.
I think my next purchase will have to be some bags as im running out of space on my desk now