Primo Itch posted:

This post came in quite a good time for me.


Wow, looks interesting. There's some for nice prices on eBay, and there's some interesting variations and lots of lenses quite on the cheap side. The exacka 66 is west german made and more modern, but i can't find any on german ebay. Definitely some new possibilities. Thanks!


You mean the "Camera-around-the-northwest-USA" project? Yeah, i'd definitely do it, but there's always to consider the fact that any kind of reasonably priced shipping is going to take a lot of time to and from here, so if I were to join in it would take around 2 to 3 months (4-6 weeks shipping time each way) for just my participation...

QPZIL posted:

Ehhhhh...... I've never personally said those words.

But then again I irrationally hate Ektar.

8th-samurai posted:

I used gaffer tape to pad the edge of the VF on my Pentax 67 and haven't had any glasses gouging. BTW anyone that likes that photo should go to the classified thread and buy my P67. I need 4x5 film and beer money

McMadCow posted:

Spedman posted:

My new home made 8x10 sliding box camera. Built out of 12mm thick plywood and all cut with a handsaw. The lens is a big C-Claron Schneider lens I picked up at a photography swap meet, and the wet plate holder is from Chamonix. The lens being the whole reason I built the camera, it'd break any other camera I have that I would mount it on. I’ve just got to finish it off with a elasticated back made from MDF, and I’ll need to find some frosted glass/acrylic. But in the meantime I'll just some baking paper as the focusing screen. Oh, and I built it in portrait orientation, I found I shoot nearly 80% that way:




Compared to the Dorkroom unit of measure the ME Super on top:


I'll shoot some paper with it next weekend once I get it finished off, and once I get a big dipper tank built I'll do some 8x10 tintypes.

Spedman posted:

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-j...%20of%20cameras

RIP the Hasselbad not6x7.

dukeku posted:

My best tip for Epson Scan: scan your negatives as 48 bit positives and do all of the inversion work yourself in Photoshop.

Paul MaudDib posted:

Now I know what you mean by "Reala has a magenta cast". I don't think your inversion approach works as well as you think, as I've never seen that in any of my Reala scans despite sometimes being way off on the exposure.

Saint Fu posted:

The only reason I care so much about the weight is because it's a three week 200 mile hike (John Muir trail) so every ounce does count. I think I probably just need to decide if I want to focus on enjoying the hike or if I want to make photography the focus. As you said, backpacking and MF don't really go together.

Santa is strapped posted:

What lens did you use on the first one?

VomitOnLino posted:

Hm. I guess the chrome could play part of it, being very reflective and all that; thus creating tiny point light sources close to the lens. Never thought of that.
Another point is that the coatings of these 50ies/60ies lenses are not very sophisticated, so once light hits the lens in an oblige angle, you're pretty much hosed.
I've had this happen; even with the metal hood on.

Altough sometimes I can add a lot to a picture:

(It was not foggy or anything, this light beam is pure flare; interestingly enough I saw it in the viewing lens, too. Hood was on.)

How much do modern coatings help?
Apparently a shitton, imagine a modern zoom, where 17 or more elements are not unheard of, with those coatings... you probably wouldn't even get an image.
Similar with my Pentax 67, even without a hood; most lenses (which are multicoated) cannot be abused into flaring like this.

copen posted:

For all the crap the USS Arizona RB67 get around here, I would just like to point out that it is really good value for the money. You can get Into an RB67 kit for a lot less than others and lenses are a good price as well. The only penalty you pay is weight. So anybody who is on a budget and is thinking about one, I wouldn’t write it off because it is larger than your mom. I mean if we were to buy cameras by the kilo this is probably the best deal going.

guidoanselmi posted:

a few lenses have em. i almost got one for my p645. i dont think theres that much of a markup on em when i checked?

e: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pentax-SMC-Takumar-6x7-90mm-f2-8-Leaf-Shutter-lens-Pentax-6x7-67-MLU-67II-/400488770886 dunno if thats ok for p67 glass? probably a bit more expensive i guess

Trambopaline posted:

I keep telling myself that I want to make the jump to medium format, and I've been putting it off for various reasons. I'm a little off buying it but I'm starting to try and get my eye in for what to get. I dont' have too much experience, I've got a Canon 1000D and after playing with some cheapo rangefinders and a olympus Mju-1 I'm starting to think I do like the whole film schtick and want to really go all in on it and get a medium format camera rather than messing around with a bessa or a nice film SLR.

I'm personally thinking that it would be nice to have a medium format camera that has

-Larger Negatives
-A WLF for composing/ground glass focusing
-Possibility to take polaroid backs though this really is pretty optional given the price of Fuji instant film these days.

Which means that I'm thinking about either an Mamiya RB/RZ or a Bronica GS-1. I know TLR's remain an option, and I suppose a c33/330 or even a nice example of a yashia could be a fun way to try things out as well, which leads me to ask is there much of a difference practically between 6x6 and 6x7? I'm kind of leaning towards 6x7 just out of a sheer "go big or go home" mindset because I liked some of the benefits working with 35mm film brings compared to the APS-C sized sensor on my DSLR.

Does that sound reasonable for someone with my background to cut my teeth on larger negatives? Will I regret getting a massive toaster sized cameras? Am I overthinking it?

Spedman posted:

Nope, because like nearly all MF/LF stuff if you don't like it or don't use it, you should be able to easily sell it for what you paid.

And I'm blown away that deal is available in Australia too.

Spedman posted:

No-one in the Dorkroom, have you tried apug/LFF or anything else (ebay being the last resort)?

Unfortunately most of us have too much MF gear

8th-samurai posted:

Pentax 67 supremacy, what the gently caress is a darkslide you weirdos.

8th-samurai posted:

You can't claim supremacy on a camera you are trying to sell.

Krispy Kareem posted:

I used a Yashica D. I've never had a problem with it before, but maybe something's off. Time to retire it in favor of a camera made after I was born I guess.

I scanned them using a v500.

McMadCow posted:

But it isn't. Dust blocks light and therefore the negative beneath it is clear, which prints as black.
White dust happens on negatives AFTER exposure and blocks the paper/scanner, equalling white.
I mean, I think we're both saying the same thing here, but my point is that if that dust isn't black, why hasn't Saint Fu just cleaned his/her negative or spotted the dust in Photoshop? Why bother telling us?

sildargod posted:

So I may have done a .. thing.


misc (1 of 1) by sildargod, on Flickr

It was $120 for the lot, have I done myself or anyone else a disservice? It's well worn, but the workings are immaculate.

Elderbean posted:

Yeah, now that I'm looking at prices...

What about the Mamiya offerings? Or the Yashicas?

Reichstag posted:

I am beyond mad and am simply refusing to believe that exists.

Sludge Tank posted:

dukeku posted:

Shoot with whatever the hell you want, you can't go wrong.

Sludge Tank posted:

Has anyone seen this?

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31227.0;attach=8443;image

custom built Hass flexbody + PC-MUTAR + (+50mm distagon)

what's the verdict with you guys? I tend to trust the more grass roots opinion around here, but seemed to cop a bit of praise the other places I'd seen it...

Just curious, looks rather impressive either way...