The OCAU "film is not dead" club

[Athiril]

Anyone up for a b&w printing session at some point? Brunswick East.

[crispy12]

Just bought a BGN condition Leica M6 .72 black from KEH for the super awesome price of $960. Which means I should fingers crossed get it in without GST. Can't wait!

[lithos]

I keep wanting to buy stuff from KEH.com, but man, is their website a PITA.

Their condition ratings are meant to be super-conservative, so I'm sure that, practically speaking, that Leica's in good nick.

[zach]

For leica shit I would take rff/apug over KEH any day, but seems you got a good price. Hope its a good user.

[JamesR]

Yeah I have bought a few lenses from KEH, all good experiences, but I'd prefer it if the had actual photos of the products, a lot are just generic. Also the postage shits me, I want to buy a large format lens, but $60 post is a killer.

[crispy12]

The last time I saw that price I told myself I'd think about it; it was gone the next hour. The critical thing for me was being <$1000 for GST, minimum cost from RFF would be $3-500 more due to gst.

I'm going to call them up when they open later today to ask about the condition, shouldn't be too bad but I guess can always cancel it immediately if it's incredibly unsatisfactory. I'm looking for a user camera anyway so not fussed at all.

[lithos]

Originally Posted by JamesR

Yeah I have bought a few lenses from KEH, all good experiences, but I'd prefer it if the had actual photos of the products, a lot are just generic. Also the postage shits me, I want to buy a large format lens, but $60 post is a killer.

Even browsing the lists is a pain:

PENTAX AF CAMERA
Pentax MZ-S

Just little things like that. I generally give up after about ten minutes.

[theDarkHorse]

Finally back from banning myself from here for a month to focus on exams. Missed a lot.

Glad to see you're making good use of the Bessa, laidlow

While I was away, I shot and developed a bunch of film (still way more in the pipeline), and picked up one of these...


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Learning sunny-16 again properly

[bueller]

Originally Posted by theDarkHorse

Finally back from banning myself from here for a month to focus on exams. Missed a lot.

Glad to see you're making good use of the Bessa, laidlow

While I was away, I shot and developed a bunch of film (still way more in the pipeline), and picked up one of these...

pix

Learning sunny-16 again properly

TEXAS LEICA, want!

Hoping to pick one of those up while I'm in Japan depending on cash flow

[aZn.ov.Darkness]

Originally Posted by theDarkHorse

...and picked up one of these...

pix

Learning sunny-16 again properly

Very nice. How do you like it? I'm thinking of picking one up for more of a walk about friendly MF camera but most of what I read online refers to it being used as a tourist group camera.

[Deftone2k]

Calling Toan! I wanna hear how that Jobo is going!

[theDarkHorse]

Originally Posted by aZn.ov.Darkness

Very nice. How do you like it? I'm thinking of picking one up for more of a walk about friendly MF camera but most of what I read online refers to it being used as a tourist group camera.

I love it, but you do need to be very careful about which one you buy - most of the ones on eBay have been battered and bruised by said tourist group camera use (or professional use). You'll also need to have a light meter on hand (mine broke the other day ) or otherwise be good at guessing exposure.

I find the size of the GW690 very natural, it's great for carrying around (miles better than the Mamiya RB I had that I passed on to a friend ). I would like to find a way to dampen the shutter/diaphragm sound though, it's far louder than it should be with its in-lens shutter, and I've heard it's possible.

[ToanIsAnIdiot]

Originally Posted by Deftone2k

Calling Toan! I wanna hear how that Jobo is going!

Jobo is nice, Doesnt heat up the water as fast as i'd like but I guess I'd just have to preheat the water elsewhere. The water tank has no recirculation either so i'm going to install a pond pump to get that going.

Weird though, It comes with large processing tanks that requires >600ml to process multiple rolls but the motor is only rated to <600ml to maintain longer motor life... not sure what to do with that.

Tempted to set up a few pumps, motorize the Lift lever, and a ladder program as well to make the Jobo more automated then it is as well.

[aZn.ov.Darkness]

Originally Posted by theDarkHorse

I love it, but you do need to be very careful about which one you buy - most of the ones on eBay have been battered and bruised by said tourist group camera use (or professional use). You'll also need to have a light meter on hand (mine broke the other day ) or otherwise be good at guessing exposure.

I find the size of the GW690 very natural, it's great for carrying around (miles better than the Mamiya RB I had that I passed on to a friend ). I would like to find a way to dampen the shutter/diaphragm sound though, it's far louder than it should be with its in-lens shutter, and I've heard it's possible.

Sounds like I might just have to get one. Oh the pains of dabbling in MF.

[Deftone2k]

Originally Posted by ToanIsAnIdiot

Jobo is nice, Doesnt heat up the water as fast as i'd like but I guess I'd just have to preheat the water elsewhere. The water tank has no recirculation either so i'm going to install a pond pump to get that going.

Weird though, It comes with large processing tanks that requires >600ml to process multiple rolls but the motor is only rated to <600ml to maintain longer motor life... not sure what to do with that.

Tempted to set up a few pumps, motorize the Lift lever, and a ladder program as well to make the Jobo more automated then it is as well.

Damn that sounds awesome! Have you scanned any rolls through it yet? I would be super keen to see