The OCAU "film is not dead" club

Thanks for that

But no, for the lens i'm looking at Keh is $139 (US$ ?).
Much cheaper where I have my eye

 

damn you azz.. you got me thinking about film...


won a Trip last night on ebay

 

Hehe blame Chilloutbuddy!

My 50mm f1.8 Zuiko arrived today...mmmm

 

How to join this happygang? Just put what film cameras I have?

My cameras that take film:

Olympus Pen EE
Lomography Fisheye
Canon 1VHS

 

Yeah I just paid for a Pentax MZ-6 to add to my ZX-L, (which is the same camera by another name), and a 645N medium format camera.

bazz.

 

Yep, i've now added you to the list

Is there anyone else that i havent added? Please let me know, i may of missed someone. We have to try and get membership over 50

Been thinking of putting up some lists and info as bit of a film users resource. Stuff like the best places to buy and develop film in particular cities. Places that repair/service film cameras. Links to websites with good info on specific film cameras. Film camera user manual etc.
If you have any info, feel free to post it up or PM me, and we'll collate it into one of the inital posts of this thread.
cheers

 

definitely add in
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html
http://www.apug.org/
http://filmdev.org/

 

onrelas thats a great idea, if i come up with anything i'll pass it on.

 

I suppose i should join as i've collected a fair bit of gear over the last month

Film Bodies:

Pentax P30T
Pentax ME Super
Fujica 35FS rangefinder/35mm 2.8 lens

Lenses:

Pentax SMC M 50mm f/2.0
Pentax SMC M 50mm f/1.7
Pentac SMC M 28mm f/3.5
Tamron 80-210 f/3.8 manual tele-macro zoom.

Flash:

Pentax AF200S
Acheiver 300DX

Film:

Fuji Superia XTRA 400
Fuji Velvia 50
Ilford HP5 Plus

 

Sorry about how long this took, but I only just got around to checking it, it seems that the mirror hits the rear of the lens when the shutter is released, this is what appears to cause half the image being black, how do I fix this? Anybody?

Screwing off the rear filter fixes this problem, but raises another one, from what the net says, without the rear filter you cannot achieve a clear focus, does this mean I am up shite creek without a paddle?

 

My new scanner has arrived ....



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No worries, when I first tried it on my 5D the mirror was slapping the rear filter as well. So I just took it off and it works just fine and very sharp
The lack of rear filter might have moved the focal plane back or front by a little bit but I recalibrated the lens after this anyway to achieve infinity focus. The end result is that I might have sacrificed some minimum focusing distance but thats about it. Just take it off and let us know how you went

 

Cheers, but how did you recalibrate the lens?

 

LOL ok if you need to do this dont look at this thread no matter what. Thats just me being the clumpsy idiot that I am, everybody else was fine.

This is how its done

 

how much did it set u back, looks lovely =)

 

With shipping $2400 from the states .... they are around $4500 to buy here.

and work paid for it

 

oh so wonderful!

 

agreed, looking with envy! =P

 

My Holga 6x12 pinhole panoramic arrived today, just need to get my hands on some 120 film that dosnt mind some serious abuse

 

My Gossen Luna pro SBC light meter arrived today with variable spot meter (7.5 and 15'), luna flash 2 and enlarger attachments. Cost me $120aud delivered which is a total score because the unit itself sells for $100 and this is usually worth $250 all up.

The prime glory about this light meter is that it meters down to EV -5. That's the amount of light a 1/2 moon gives off. Modern meters only go down to -2 which is about street lights in darkish conditions. Despite this meter being 20 years old it's in perfect condition. The "English lord" I bought it from must have loved his film gear. It can also calculate exposures out to 8 hours >