Analog film photography and cameras

Mamiya 7.

[if you can afford it]

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Mamiya 7.

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Not the most robust of cameras.

500cm (with a metered prism if you want inbuilt metering). Nigh on indestructible :-)

Problem is I'm not sure if it was shot like that or not, might just process it as normal and hope it's fine/get highlights.

That's what the Clip Test was invented for ;)

Not the most robust of cameras.

500cm (with a metered prism if you want inbuilt metering). Nigh on indestructible :-)

Cheers Dan, also thanks for the film although I have to admit something... One of the cassettes you gave me had a shot roll of film in it and I only realised once I popped it open :(

That's what the Clip Test was invented for ;)

I'm pretty new to this, will google for that.

Mamiya 7.

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Fixed.

I definitely won't be able to afford on of those!

Why do you want medium format (what do you want to do with it) & how much do you want to spend?

Well I really dig medium format portraits and what I've been seeing in this thread/elsewhere on the internet, bigger prints too. And I'm generally a bit of a geek and would like to have a go/own one.

Haven't decided on budget yet but realistically I won't be buying for a couple of months.

This might be a good start - if 6x4,5 is "enough" for you, and you decide on SLR -
Mamiya 645, really cheap on eBay by now. I used to love these.
It's not on par with Hasselblad, but it's really good, both body & lenses.

If you like doing portraits think about Rolleiflex (twin lens).
I think we just had that a few pages back - people love these things (the people you're going to photograph),
as it looks "friendly", not like a tool / a weapon.

Both look to be nice suggestions, I'll have a think about what I'd prefer.

Do either have meters?

Any models to avoid?

Looking through some shots from earlier this year, this one made me laugh again.

Untitled by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

35Ti and neopan 400cn

Got a holiday couple of rolls back out of my Minilux...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1304706/zoe01.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1304706/paris01.jpg

I like the second one, nice shot.

Indra - made me laugh, too - so thanks for that
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Do either have meters? Any models to avoid?

Later models of the Rollei have meters.
With the 645 you can use both waist-level finders or "regular" (prism) ones; the latter being avaiable with meters.

I don't know much about the different Rollei models to be honest,
but if you go Mamiya, you might want to look for a 645 1000s which has 1/1000 top speed (instead of 1/500), self timer, and DOF preview.

ct precisa / yashica t4

If you are looking at a Rollei you'd be daft not to consider the Yashicamat. Had a 124-G, still would if I developed my own.

More things to consider, I like it.

I shot some ektar today, mad colours are always. Love it.

Untitled by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

More ektar 100 and pentax MX/50mm f1.7 from today

camera by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

smoking by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

alley by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

some great shots there indra , keep em coming :)

here's a slightly off topic Q...
i've just had som photo prinnts made at boots on (from the writing on the back) Fujicolor crystal paper (no idea of the actual machine) i was hoping to be able to use a solvent to melt/dissolve/distort the print to try and create some sort of effect a bit like the Peter Gabriel sleeve:

Trouble is neither Swan lighter fluid or even Nitromors (the good stuff) effect the prints at all...! does anyone know of a solvent the will dissolve the print...?

seriously surprised the Nitromors does nothing..!

and yes, i know the Peter Gabriel one was done by squeezing a polaroid, just a way of explaining the sort off effect.....

^^^ ..nice light, nice lens, nice colours!

Second L35AF arrived today - and this one seems to be working.
Very funny camera, with it's (sort-of) AF indicator, also great shutter & advance sound, makes me smile.
Blasted half a roll in like one hour because it was so fun. The other half I'll save for comparison shots with the other compacts.

Currently scanning the roll I put through my Mju-ll, and the darn light leaks are still there, broad as before.
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actually while i'm here i'll share a few shots from some rolls i shot on an Olympus XA while on a trip to japan/China if anyone's interested.. ;)

I know I asked this already a while back, but.. did nobody else have this sort of leaks with the Mju-ll ?

nice!

(balls! can't work out how to insert flickr photos)

If you click on the three dots (on the right, below thumbnails) and chose "download / all sizes", then "view all sizes",
you can choose between different sizes of the image, right-click on it, and use 'copy image location',
then use the direct adress of the JPG to embed here without the flick-text if you want.

Ha, too late.. I see you figured it out..
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