Analog film photography and cameras

It is the Pentax ME II winder. It automatically winds the film up so you can shoot continually.

Yes!
I have had mine for a couple of years now. Had the ME before. Both great. This new grip makes it feel soooo expensive

I have one of these winders if anybody is after one. Will do for a fiver.

Yes, I know.
But who does shoot film "continually"? Like, in what scenario?
No offense, but I have never seen anybody who does that.

That's a good price

Sports or wild life.
It doesn't make the camera any better. I was given it by my partners grandfather.

Bought an ME Super for my gf earlier in the year but she doesn’t use the winder. Just going to waste here.

Sorry, I know it's been used for sports etc. - I meant "who does use these in this day and age".
Sure people worked with them back in the day because it was all they had.
But it seems kind of silly (and very very expensive) to "shoot sports" with an analogue camera and a winder that gives you one or two frames per second.

If one would use it just to get a better grip on the body or because it makes the camera look 10 times cooler that's a whole different story though!
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Nice shots, got any pictures of your scanning setup?

Ohh yeah it is def on there because of looks. I have zero idea about what I am doing :)

If one would use it just to get a better grip on the body or because it makes the camera look 10 times cooler that's a whole different story though!

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Don't forget the sound of the autowind, I love the sound of an autowinding camera. It was the sound of the future/being a 'professional' in the days of manual wind cameras

Hehe sure, be warned it's hacked together from bits of aluminium off ebay..

Some from yesterday:

A couple more:

it's hacked together from bits of aluminium

..looking good!
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What kind of a USB-powered light is this?

It's a bit of stripboard with some LEDs I had left over from another project soldered onto it.. the USB plug was off ebay too. The blue dial is a variable resistor to change the brightness but it doesn't really work for some reason :( it basically does very bright or a selection of shades of dim.

Bollocks.

Took my MJUii out last night, had a few too many jars, dropped it and snapped the sliding clamshell bit off. Long shot, does anyone have a dead one they wouldn’t mind donating parts from?

(Not sure if there actually are any in here, but)

a question for Minox 35 shooters:

Just aquired a GT (it's my first Minox 35).
Read up on the camera thanks to G. Steinbach's (german) site -
http://www.gsteinbach.de/anfang.htm -
which is excellent and detailled, if a bit old by now.

So - seeking batteries for the Minox
I tried four V675 zinc-air batteries with mixed results
.. unsure if it's the cold or if the batteries are not optimal.

Officially suggested by MINOX are CR1/3 batteries.
Of which you'd need two.

There are "V28PXL" (also labelled 2CR1/3N) available online,
which seem to be pretty ideal -
has anyone used these successfully in their Minox 35?
Since they are housing two CR1/3's the voltage should be good -
but do these actually fit in the camera?

Or what other alternatives to the original mercury batteries do people use successfully?

Any feedback appreciated!

I'm using a (ebay sourced) 6v 4LR43 battery in my recently acquired GT - the first film came back OK, albeit maybe slightly underexposed so, I've allowed for this with film #2 which is currently away being developed.

Thanks for the feedback.
I guess the battery check is behaving normally?

Yep, all appears OK, the battery check needle sits between the 1/125 and 1/500 markers (1/125 and beyond is good according to the manual).

As for the type of battery, I'm using one of these

Cheers.
Yea mine test slightly above 1/125, needle sinking down though (batteries are fresh) - will try a different type!
Thanks again!

:D
(I did not realise until just now that Kino = cinema)

Yea, it's short for "Kinematograph"..