Analog film photography and cameras

mate that sounds like a complete bargain.
there's a 645 i could probably get my hands on for free, but it's jammed and won't wind on... with the 80mm lens though

mate that sounds like a complete bargain.
there's a 645 i could probably get my hands on for free, but it's jammed and won't wind on... with the 80mm lens though

I'd go for it, I love using mine and if it's one of the early ones it's not exactly complex inside so a repair should be easy.
Is the mirror stuck up? Might be teaching you to suck eggs but if the battery is missing/flat the mirror will stick up and the shutter won't shut, won't wind on etc. You can release it by pressing the battery test button right down and then winding on or by replacing the batt.

....Girlfriend is looking at TLRs, is the C3 a good one to go for?....

I can vouch for the Mamiya C3 and the C33. Both are excellent. They're the favourite cameras I've ever used....along with the 35mm Olympus OM-1n. They are heavy though, and I like weighty metal-bodied cameras. But if your other-half would prefer something not as heavy, and is willing to sacrifice the ability to change lenses, then then maybe a Minolta Autocord or a Yashica-Mat might be the ticket.

i haven't checked the batteries, but am aware that the shutter won't fire without batteries, it's happened to me before!
yeah that's what i was thinking, thanks.

really?

really?

Wow. Really. Didn't see that one coming.

they still make it? real nice paper edit: that's resin coated for wedding snaps, fibre base is where it's at.
shame record rapid with the warm base isn't produced any more.

can't believe there hasn't been more response to the link i posted, Maier is up there with all the greats Lange, Winogrand etc. a miraculous find. i hope there's an exhibition over here soon

yeah - pretty special stuff - really interesting attitude - just shooting without caring about ever seeing the output

the original thread on hcsp from the guy who found it all is pretty interesting too

can't believe there hasn't been more response to the link i posted, Maier is up there with all the greats Lange, Winogrand etc. a miraculous find. i hope there's an exhibition over here soon

I watched the video and did a bit of googling. Should have replied to the post but wrote about in my blog (not that anyone reads it) and on FB.

A few people I spoke to about it reckoned that her work was going to end up being massively exploited by the guy that bought it all.

I can see their point but imo it's going to take a bit of exploitation to get her name known and if they guy that's bought it all ends up making a fortune from the stuff then fair enough, he took a gamble and bought some boxes and their contents has ended up being worthwhile, it could just as easily have all been utter rubbish. Noone's been ripped off.

I suppose if she has any family it'd be nice for them to benefit but from what was said in the video and on a few sites I looked at, it's not as if she had a massive family that have been easy to trace.

good luck to him, he's been working unpaid doing the scanning and the images will be seen by everyone and the negs hopefully stored in an archive for posterity.
they could have ended up as landfill

If you donate over $10 to the film being made then you get one of her used film reels.

If you donate over $10 to the film being made then you get one of her used film reels.

As in a roll of negs?
That's pretty cool. I'd be up for that.

Haha, wishfull thinking! I found the bit on the website, sold out now but it was just a spool from the inside of a roll of 120. Still, pretty cool idea and nice to get something back for your donation.

I don't get all the hate for people buying low and selling high that seems to exist in so many fields these days.

I can vouch for the Mamiya C3 and the C33. Both are excellent. They're the favourite cameras I've ever used....along with the 35mm Olympus OM-1n. They are heavy though, and I like weighty metal-bodied cameras. But if your other-half would prefer something not as heavy, and is willing to sacrifice the ability to change lenses, then then maybe a Minolta Autocord or a Yashica-Mat might be the ticket.

Couldn't put it any better.
105mm lens suits me fine. I Put some kodak 160 porta in and using a sekonic 208, i'm interested to see how they come out (bit of an amateur).
My om-1 and om-10 are broken though, as is my wallet.

can't believe there hasn't been more response to the link i posted, Maier is up there with all the greats Lange, Winogrand etc. a miraculous find. i hope there's an exhibition over here soon

Don't usually read this thread but thank God I did just for that. Astounding and inspiring stuff.

If there is any interest I might well be selling my 35mm processing equipment: Patterson 3 reel tanks, reels, safe light, dev dishes, thermometer, measuring jugs. I have a Jessops enlarger lens too somewhere. Would be collect from N16 only.

I've got about 20 rolls of this I'm probably not going to use. Has anyone got some 120 they might want to trade for it? B+W preferably, and maybe some C41.

Had a look at the neg for that street scene I posted which is blown out.
Neg is solid black in the sky area so probably would not print any better, can anyone suggest a way to tell if it was my exposure or my developing that has blocked it up so much?

your blacks are all blocked up too but it looks like a flat lit overcast day?
i still think it will be easier to asses your metering if you shot a roll of 400 at 400 and developed 'normally' then you will know where the problem lies as this will show if your metering is out.

at some point it should all fit into place. at college i started to use a modified zone system technique using a spot meter and when shooting 35mm using the exposure lock button and seeing what the meter values were as i moved the metering area from ground to sky and then making a note to push or pull a little depending on how the lighting was for the day.
you could be certain what detail was going to be printable as you viewed the scene you were shooting. no happy accidents or 'oh dear that didn't come out too well'.
my negs were easy to spot in the drying cabinet as there were no dark or nearly clear frames inbetween the good ones. :-)

if you take on board what's in the zone book and nail the metering everything else in the chain should fall into place.

your blacks are all blocked up too but it looks like a flat lit overcast day?
i still think it will be easier to asses your metering if you shot a roll of 400 at 400 and developed 'normally' then you will know where the problem lies as this will show if your metering is out.

at some point it should all fit into place. at college i started to use a modified zone system technique using a spot meter and when shooting 35mm using the exposure lock button and seeing what the meter values were as i moved the metering area from ground to sky and then making a note to push or pull a little depending on how the lighting was for the day.
you could be certain what detail was going to be printable as you viewed the scene you were shooting. no happy accidents or 'oh dear that didn't come out too well'.
my negs were easy to spot in the drying cabinet as there were no dark or nearly clear frames inbetween the good ones. :-)

if you take on board what's in the zone book and nail the metering everything else in the chain should fall into place.

I do a similar thing when I'm shooting digitally. Pretty much always shoot on aperture priority, spot meter, have one button set to lock the exposure while pressed and one set to lock it until I press it again. Since starting to shoot like that I'm hardly throwing away any shots because of poor exposure.
I know I can get it right, it'll just take bit of practice.

mechanical vandal:
the lens of the 645 i acquired has the same problem as yours... How did you go about fixing it?

mechanical vandal:
the lens of the 645 i acquired has the same problem as yours... How did you go about fixing it?

Mine was jammed mainly because of oil on the aperture blades. I too the lens apart and cleaned the oil off and tightened up the spring and reassembled it, it still stick slightly when focused close and using the auto aperture function but it was a lot better.
Taking the lens apart was pretty simple, just need a couple good precicision screwdrivers. If you want I'll post up a step by step of what I did to take it apart etc in the morning but I did it mainly by trial and error and there's not much to go wrong.

Ah I wish I had the time to still do home developing of film. Might make that one of my goals for 2011.

Does anyone with a Bronica SQ want to buy a 150mm f/3.5 s lens and, or a pro lens hood?

Don't usually read this thread but thank God I did just for that. Astounding and inspiring stuff.

If there is any interest I might well be selling my 35mm processing equipment: Patterson 3 reel tanks, reels, safe light, dev dishes, thermometer, measuring jugs. I have a Jessops enlarger lens too somewhere. Would be collect from N16 only.

Will: How much would you be looking for?

Mine was jammed mainly because of oil on the aperture blades. I too the lens apart and cleaned the oil off and tightened up the spring and reassembled it, it still stick slightly when focused close and using the auto aperture function but it was a lot better.
Taking the lens apart was pretty simple, just need a couple good precicision screwdrivers. If you want I'll post up a step by step of what I did to take it apart etc in the morning but I did it mainly by trial and error and there's not much to go wrong.

yeah if you could, that'd be great..
There is plenty could go wrong when fucking with aperture blades haha...

Will: How much would you be looking for?

Oh, er, a reasonable price. I was surprised how much these things cost new nowadays, especially the reels.
Haven't worked out a figure, just testing the waters.

Oh, er, a reasonable price. I was surprised how much these things cost new nowadays, especially the reels.
Haven't worked out a figure, just testing the waters.

The reason I'm asking is because within the last couple of weeks I've been looking into building up a set of development equipment ;) It'd make things a easier for me to not have to spend days camping on ebay or whatever for all of the various bits if you've already got a chunk of stuff you're looking to offload! Tbh it's mainly the neg dev stuff I'd be interested in because I don't really have space for printing. Let me know if you'd be happy to split the neg / print equipment and what you think'd make the split worthwhile because I'd definitely be interested.