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I stand corrected, but maintain that despite the modest max aperture they (Lubitels) still take great photos in moderately low light, and are great value for what they are (unless you go to a rip-off merchant like Lomography.com).
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someone buy these before I do... https://www.lfgss.com/thread65733.html
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I like both of these.
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Some from a 1950s Kodak Brownie that I bodged some 35mm into. I got fourteen exposures from a 36exp roll, but they are much wider than normal:
Took it to Jessops for D&P. I know they're crap at printing (these are scans of the negatives), but there's no other camera shop in Coventry and at only £6.50 including a new 36exp colour roll, it's cheap enough for testing (I didn't know if these shots would come out at all). Asked the guy if he could cut the negatives by hand because the exposures wouldn't be regularly spaced -
'Yeah no problem, we have to do that sometimes'
Go in and collect, and the sods have cut them halfway through the exposures. I ask about it and he says
'Cut by hand? No they just go through the machine. They get cut before they get printed. There's no way to cut by hand, we never have done'.Time to spend hours in Photoshop seamlessly stiching them all back together...
They didn't print too badly to be honest. All the exposures are spread over two or three 6x4 prints, which I've sellotaped together and stuck in my album. The colours are off between the two prints, and the join is obvious, but that just adds to the charm (the 'charm' of crap photos).
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Really like this and it made me chuckle.
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I picked up an old Olympus XA last week (inspired by this thread).
The rangefinder had an odd fault where it was fine moving the focus towards infinity, but would then return very slowly toward the minimum distance. It would take about 5 seconds for the rf patch to float back. Most odd I thought.
So I attacked it with a screwdriver. My god, there are a lot of very small delicate bits in that camera!
Fortunatly with a bit of help from the interweb and a repair manual downloaded, I was able to remove the rangefinder mechanism, adjust the spring which was stuck, I then used a tiny dab of nail varnish (my wifes) on a needle to lock the screw in place.
I put it all back together and hey presto, it seems ok.
I put a roll of Trix through it yesterday, dev'ed it last night and scanned a couple of frames this morning. So far so good.
The biggest problem with the XA, was that whilst looking for information for the repair, I got reading about other compact rangefinders. I then stumbled across the Contax T.
In a momment of madness, I purchased one from an online shop in Hong Kong. It should arrive next week.....
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Asked the guy if he could cut the negatives by hand because the exposures wouldn't be regularly spaced -
'Yeah no problem, we have to do that sometimes'
Go in and collect, and the sods have cut them halfway through the exposures. I ask about it and he says
'Cut by hand? No they just go through the machine. They get cut before they get printed. There's no way to cut by hand, we never have done'.This is the kinda thing which would have me on the limit of reigning in "the rage". Good experiment and nice pics though, so worth it.
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snappy snaps have been fine for me, down by west orchards.
cool shots though
Thanks! Roughly how expensive is Snappy Snaps by the way? They have one of those terrible websites where you can't find anything.
This is the kinda thing which would have me on the limit of reigning in "the rage". Good experiment and nice pics though, so worth it.
What really pissed me off was that it was the same guy who said he would, and has, cut them by hand. And it was only four days earlier. But yeah, I'm glad the camera works!
I have one of those ridiculously small Baby Brownies from the 1930s, too - it's about the size of a small fist (perhaps a lady's fist). It's too small to get a 35mm canister in, but I'm going to try to wind a film onto a makeshift spool and squeeze that in there... in the dark.
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ive only used one once but i honestly fail to see what the hype is about. i'd much rather have my xa2: it takes better pictures, it's more reliable, it only cost £15, and if i broke it i'd be able to afford a new one.
Couldn't agree more I love the little XA2, also try out an olympus Mju ii if you can. Kind of a modern XA2, splash proof and has a flash built in.
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Thanks! Roughly how expensive is Snappy Snaps by the way? They have one of those terrible websites where you can't find anything.
it's fairly cheap - definitely the cheapest place to get b+w done round here but cant remember exactly how much sorry. processing colour will obviously be less than that, and the prints are pretty good.
where are you in cov by the way? i know a place in binley that does processing if you ever need it done to a very high standard.
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I can't resist picking up old cameras, I bought one of these the other week - well I think of it more like giving a stray dog a home! http://members.tripod.com/nigel_richards/Othercameras/rollie_baby_grey.htm
And here's a few photos from it; http://www.flickr.com/photos/36227452@N00/sets/72157626233701392/
And these were taken with a couple of 1903 vintage Kodak Brownies http://www.flickr.com/photos/36227452@N00/sets/72157626052878855/
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Some from a 1950s Kodak Brownie that I bodged some 35mm into. I got fourteen exposures from a 36exp roll, but they are much wider than normal....
Really great work on sorting them! I think they came out great, really nice especially top double expo.
I then stumbled across the Contax T.
In a moment of madness, I purchased one from an online shop in Hong Kong. It should arrive next week...
Jealous! They're a lovely camera, lens' are really good. How much if you don't mind me asking?
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'Cut by hand? No they just go through the machine. They get cut before they get printed. There's no way to cut by hand, we never have done'.
That's bullshit, I worked in Jessops for 5 years, inc 4.5 in the lab. They get scanned before they are cut EVERY time. It's easier, because the machine scans the roll automatically. Just ask for them to not cut them next time, get a pair of scissors and cut them yourself. Buy some 35mm sleeves with room for 6 negs rather than the smaller 4 neg sleeves that Jessops supply. They could also cut them by hand, they will have scissors in the lab, also the machine they use can be manually operated.
Lesson learned eh? You trust them to care?
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I can't resist picking up old cameras, I bought one of these the other week - well I think of it more like giving a stray dog a home! http://members.tripod.com/nigel_richards/Othercameras/rollie_baby_grey.htm
And here's a few photos from it; http://www.flickr.com/photos/36227452@N00/sets/72157626233701392/
And these were taken with a couple of 1903 vintage Kodak Brownies http://www.flickr.com/photos/36227452@N00/sets/72157626052878855/
Say one of those grey Rollies on the bay earlier, fooking lurvly!
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@dave.kent Tumblr and website have some amazing photos, the ones on tumblr from Cornwall like this one
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l13097c5cK1qae5hao1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1306372091&Signature=IMN0LFe0tYDkGA3Fd2KHg8p1u40%3D
remind me of Jem Southams "The Pond at Upton Pyne".
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