Analog film photography and cameras

the guy has always been very critical of the small contax cameras citing their inflated price vs high failure rate.

It’s just rolling a dice offering any warranty on these. Not good to sell.

don't buy a contax in 2019 unless:

• it's an SLR (aria and RTS are the good ones)
  
• you're making 5 figures a day and can afford to replace it
  

RTS / Aria

Also the 139q. It sits somewhere between the two in size/weight, has good reliability (but the leatherette usually needs replacement) and great RTS 2 style flash metering.

Who knows, but it definitely seems like they've gone from small local shop to recognised national/international seller in the last couple years, and their social media seems to show that too. They definitely have a lot of stock moving through their shop.

I also find their social media a bit annoying but I can't really complain as I'm the twunt who looks at it.

Remembered how much I love instant.

Lomo Camera / Fuji Wide Film

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Had the same down the phone as well tbh.

I've emailed them about a camera and didn't get a reply, subsequently tried ringing and I either get engaged or no one picks up.
It is what it is I guess, reasonable prices and lots of varied stock rolling through the shop making them busy. I like Ffordes, but they don't seem to get the stock that WYC gets.

Mebbe one for @ᛠᛙᚺᚣ✻ᛕᛙᚺᛥ - are there any German or Austrian online camera shops you'd recommend ? Mostly looking at '50s Voigtlander & Zeiss Ikon stuff at the moment anyway...

Yeah I completely understand how it’s come to be like that, but having shopped there for a few years, I can’t help but be a bit annoyed by the change. 🤷‍♂️

any German or Austrian online camera shops you'd recommend ?

Not really, sorry.
There are quite a lot of physical stores for this kind of equipment still, you will usually find their stuff online via eBay Germany as well.

Their face to face customer service can be a bit arsey

This is the kind of service I associate with specialist shops of most kinds, definitely had it in other camera shops...

Clocktower cameras is the exception in this case. 90% analogue but incredible service. One of the guys in there apologised profusely yesterday because they didn't have any non selenium light meters in stock

I get the gripe about west yorkshire but theyre probably operating well above the shops capacity, time and space wise. Must be a stressful place to work with the amount of stock coming in and out constantly

WYCameras were hit and miss for me... Stock desirable things at sometimes competitive prices, but I had an 'Excellent' condition Olympus Pen FT turn up from them really beaten up and grubby with a roll of film still inside, and a canon MC with leaking batteries inside; both seemed to have slipped some basic checks. On the other hand, I bought a perfect OM lens for as cheap as I'd get on ebay.

139Q is bomber, had one for years and it's been almost totally solid. There's a guy somewhere in the UK still repairing them as well and most issues seem fairly easily repairable

Yeah, it's definitely the norm - just sad as WYC wasn't always that way.

TBH, I think this is how they manage to be competitive - they're offering online sales from a camera shop that gives more reassurance than just a random ebay seller, but I don't believe their checks are as stringent as some other shops'.

The two you mentioned are pretty blatant tho.

Clocktower cameras is the exception in this case. 90% analogue but incredible service. One of the guys in there apologised profusely yesterday because they didn't have any non selenium light meters in stock

I get the gripe about west yorkshire but theyre probably operating well above the shops capacity, time and space wise. Must be a stressful place to work with the amount of stock coming in and out constantly

Just tried Clocktower Cameras website and got a 509 Bandwith exceeded. Sounds like WYC aren't the only ones who are busy...

The clocktower site is a bit shit, and they dont list everything on there. Don't think its updated much tbh. If you call them theyd probably be happy to help

So much hate for the Contax’s in here.

I love my T2 and when my one breaks I’ll defo buy another.

Oh, understand it is definitely not hate. I've been after a T1, 2 or 3 for a long time, but they're becoming harder to find and their price is increasing accordingly!

One of the few chances I get to do an Alex Webb style photo and I cocked it up by not keeping the camera steady.
Tried using the camera shake reduction filter in Photoshop but it's a bit shit

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So close to awesome.

Need the camera tilted forward a smidge. And perhaps shot on 6x7 :)

My wallet says no to 6x7 ;) Funnily enough have just bought a Mamiya 645 from WYC (lol). Will see how long it takes to turn up.

On another forum someone has had a bad scan (scratches, fluff, haloing) from Mr Cad. Where else in London's famous London would people recommend ? Aperture ?

Im not gonna lie the hipster tax has really sent the price through the roof which is sad.

30 second pinhole selfie. RSS 6X9 / Kodak Tmax 100.

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Shooting gigs is fun. Kodak ColorPlus 200, Ricoh AF5.

And a couple from the EOS 300 and 400TX.

That last one doesn't have a great contrast, but I kind of like it because of that.

Also, what are you guys' thoughts on phone light metering apps? Which is the best one for Android? From what I gather, you still need decent optics in your phone, which I may not have (Huawei P Smart), but I'd still like to give it a shot.