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

Nice little camera tester arrived from Reveni Labs and I have to say I'm impressed with it!

As my stable of film cameras grows its great for checking shutter speeds giving lots of info on the individual curtai speeds etc. Also does leaf sutters in lenses, checks in built exposure meters or calibrates hand held meters.

Also checks function of the aperture on lenses; great gadget!

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Nice, do you also service your own kit? I occasionally think about having a go at a Zeiss 80mm on my Hasselblad as it’s a bit off, but it’s a pretty complex mechanism so I might get it professional attention some time.
 
the_accidental said:
Nice, do you also service your own kit? I occasionally think about having a go at a Zeiss 80mm on my Hasselblad as it’s a bit off, but it’s a pretty complex mechanism so I might get it professional attention some time.
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Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to service cameras, since having a stroke my right hand is pretty useless, I just like to know whether I need to service the camera/avoid certain shutter speeds etc and it great for other stuff too. (y)
 
Jammy Dodger said:
All is not as it appears! ;) ;)

I used to have an LPL C7700 when I was wet printing and it was really nice. I used Nikon lenses with it.
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LPL 7700 colour was my enlarger of choice.
I'm trying to source an LPL 7451 as I type.

The only one I can find outside fleabay is at the second hand darkroom and the price is eye watering.
 
So, the enlarger has been adapted so it can be used as an enlarger or also a Macro Copy Stand:

The Spigot has been drilled and tapped to take a standard 1/2"-20 UNC bolt, then a Leofoto panoramic tripod head aded with an Arca-Swiss Mount, this allows a 360 deg. Rotation and quick clamping:

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Leofoto Tripod mount added:

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Then a Nisi focus rail to allow very fine focus:

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Then the Camera which is Tehered to the computer, let 35mm film copying begin ;)

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Worked out much cheaper than this and better IMO:

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.......and the result:


Marbury 12 by Fraser White, on Flickr
 
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I didn't get as far as a 'MAT'. I started my MF journey with a YASHICAFLEX, very old when I bought it around 1985 I think. I progressed through a Model D and a 635 before changing to Bronica SQ-A somewhere around 2000.
I always found the Yashicas to be takers of good quality pictures and very reliable.
Yours looks to be in nice condition. Enjoy.
 
I have just bought a pistol grip and dedicated cable release for my Nikon F2a After the comfortable hand grip in my F6, the weight of the F2a plus any of the either 20/35 or 35/79 or the 35/135 AF lenses my old arthritic hands are struggling to hold it steady. When it arrives I can get back to a shake free images again
 
David_Mug said:
Just acquired some more RB67 kit. A metered chimney finder, metered prism, spare body and another 6x7 film back.
Have you felt the weight of an RB67 prism? Wow, I wasn't expecting that!
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A VG camera esp with 180mm lens for portrait shots...used mine indoors for years on a tripod but really noticed the weight when I started to take it out of doors with prism finder .

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excalibur2 said:
The F4 is a VG camera and my only complaints (for me only) are:- why didn't they copy Canon for viewfinder display info i.e lit up in red and camera can't fire with the back open (handy for testing etc).
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Yes, I agree with that.

Rodinal said:
Two of my all time favourite Nikon's, come to think of it I cannot recall ever being disappointed with any I have used. The F4 basic, (my model) was heavy enough without the additional battery pack underneath (as above) would be a load too far for me.
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It is a 'tad' heavy (anyone have a spare MB-20 Battery Pack :ROFLMAO:)​
 
excalibur2 said:
The F4 is a VG camera and my only complaints (for me only) are:- why didn't they copy Canon for viewfinder display info i.e lit up in red and camera can't fire with the back open (handy for testing etc).
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The Nikon F4 was in my view an all together better camera, and arguably better made too. Look how many of the equivalent Canon pro Eos 1 and 1N models appear for sale (very few)and I have owned one of each model! Compared to the Eos1/1n, they, the F4's just soldier on, some as rough as old boots having had a hard life, but are still good. They don't need different coloured lights in the displays nor do they need the the camera back to be closed to test the shutter, press photographers used then - didn't play with them. If it was faulty then it was repaired professionally because it was a hard working tool used by the press and others.
 
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Rodinal said:
The Nikon F4 was in my view an all together better camera, and arguably better made too. Look how many of the equivalent Canon pro Eos 1 and 1N models appear for sale (very few)and I have owned one of each model! Compared to the Eos1/1n, they, the F4's just soldier on, some as rough as old boots having had a hard life, but are still good. They don't need different coloured lights in the displays nor do they need the the camera back to be closed to test the shutter, press photographers used then - didn't play with them. If it was faulty then it was repaired professionally because it was a hard working tool used by the press and others.
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Well I compare slr cameras to my Canon T90 with 300TL flash (together wow) and also the T70, the only fault I can find for the T90 is that it doesn't have dioptre adjustment but I've bought a +2 dioptre that slides on the viewfinder...of course the T90 doesn't have AF and bought the F4 for AF (to try it out) as it will also take my old non AI lenses that my F90x couldn't.....but I like taking two cameras (for backup) and a VG Nikon combo would be the F4 and FM or instead of the FM maybe a screw lens camera like Pentax?
 
I have graduated from my F4 so that I could use the later (No apperture ring lenses) and bought an F6 about 12 years ago when the prices of film cameras were still falling. I supplemented that with a very, very late almost mint F2a and together, using my old lenses on the F2a and the newer lenses on the F6 almost anything is within my scope.
 
Rodinal said:
I have graduated from my F4 so that I could use the later (No apperture ring lenses) and bought an F6 about 12 years ago when the prices of film cameras were still falling. I supplemented that with a very, very late almost mint F2a and together, using my old lenses on the F2a and the newer lenses on the F6 almost anything is within my scope.
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Ah a Nikon man? when cameras and lenses were going for peanuts I became a "everything man" and really should have concentrated on the best lenses and cameras for just a few makes. Anyway when film and development were very cheap did enjoy testing cameras and lenses and was a great hobby and amazingly the T70 turned out to be the camera I use most over the last 10 years o_O
The Nikon F4 (and T90) do have faults if not used and stored as my first F4 (mint and boxed) the shutter didn't work and took a gamble buying it cheap...but gave up trying to get it to work and it's still in bits to see if I could get the shutter mechanism to "unstick".
 
excalibur2 said:
Ah a Nikon man? when cameras and lenses were going for peanuts I became a "everything man" and really should have concentrated on the best lenses and cameras for just a few makes. Anyway when film and development were very cheap did enjoy testing cameras and lenses and was a great hobby and amazingly the T70 turned out to be the camera I use most over the last 10 years o_O
The Nikon F4 (and T90) do have faults if not used and stored as my first F4 (mint and boxed) the shutter didn't work and took a gamble buying it cheap...but gave up trying to get it to work and it's still in bits to see if I could get the shutter mechanism to "unstick".
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The F4 was a workhorse designed with the press in mind, so if it was not used (thrashed) it may well stiffen up - a bit like my knees.
 
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