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Like the shadow reflection on the slug!

Great shots above that to Dan really like the guy lighting a cigarette and both bike shots.


I have taken a bit of a bash photography wise. most of my cameras were loans from the in laws. and after a conversation with lady hurbs dad he got it into his thick head that I thought they were mine and I was going to sell them which is fucking stupid and couldn't be further from the truth...the mans a fucking dick. Anyway in my huff I have packed up all the cameras they loaned me and I am sending them back I don't fucking need that bullshit.(I am sure that doesn't read well or make sense, but believe me it doesn't make sense irl either)


So I am down to a nikon f50 a Olympus 35rc and my Diana f+.....and to make me feel better I went and bought this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271004174280? ... 1497.l2649

Looking forward to shooting with it.

James wrote:I accidentally broke a lens filter and need to buy a replacement. It was a Neewer 67mm UV filter. I had a quick look online but I've no idea what this sort of thing should cost. Is this a good deal for three different filters? Is it worth buying the set of three or are the other two not all that useful?

You've probably bitten by now, but that looks like an okay deal depending on how much the P&P brings it up to. The last time I bought any filters the local second-hand camera shop had a box full of them for buttons compared to what they used to cost, so a bricks'n'mortar place could be a better bet if you know of one. As Hurb said, Photoshop has killed the need for a lot of filters.

I think the UV filter is mainly for B&W photography, but a polariser can really enhance colour shots. The flourescent light one is possibly the least useful.

At the risk of being incredibly patronising, make sure you buy the right thread size for your lens(es)! If you don't know what it is and it doesn't say on the lens, it may say on the lens cap. (I think 49mm is the most common size, but not all lenses are the same.)

Hurb wrote:
So I am down to a nikon f50 a Olympus 35rc and my Diana f+.....and to make me feel better I went and bought this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271004174280? ... 1497.l2649

Looking forward to shooting with it.

Niiiiiice. I have a medium format or two kicking about, but havent gotten round to learning how to use them yet. Such amazing portrait cameras though. Just can't be arsed sending off films. Do you develop your own B&W?

gusman2x wrote:

Hurb wrote:
So I am down to a nikon f50 a Olympus 35rc and my Diana f+.....and to make me feel better I went and bought this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271004174280? ... 1497.l2649

Looking forward to shooting with it.

Niiiiiice. I have a medium format or two kicking about, but havent gotten round to learning how to use them yet. Such amazing portrait cameras though. Just can't be arsed sending off films. Do you develop your own B&W?

yes I do, it's really easy peasy. I was thinking about maybe doing a video how to for processing. Not there isn't a million already out there but I would hopefully make it less scary than a few of the how to guys do. It's really is a piece of piss and all part of the enjoyment!

What do you have?

Yeah! That is a gorgeous camera Hurb.

I'm constantly looking at Leicas on eBay. 2nd hand bodies are actually fairly reasonable prices, but then I remember lenses cost just as much and the cost spirals out of my range lol

DanHeron wrote:Yeah! That is a gorgeous camera Hurb.

I'm constantly looking at Leicas on eBay. 2nd hand bodies are actually fairly reasonable prices, but then I remember lenses cost just as much and the cost spirals out of my range lol

I am waiting on a 6v battery to come so I can actually use it =frustrating!!!

I went through a leica phase...But they are just way to expensive I am of the opinion that with cameras it really is like the worst guitar snobbery x10. Like really I don't doubt that a leica is a very well machined piece of kit. But will it take massively better pictures? well the people that drop a good few grand will say yes..but then they would wouldn't they!

The bronica is more than I would really want to spend on any camera truth be told, but I needed cheering up and I couldn't afford the contax 645 I really wanted
It has a good few lenses to choose from should I want them(I do obviously ) and it is solid. I have just been cocking the shutter focusing and shooting to get the hang of it with no film in. Wish it had a faster shutter than 500th but hey ho.
It now means I have no digital kit to speak of(cept lady hurbs point and shoot and a old fuji fine pix I used to use for demo's) so film all the way baby!

A few of my recent doings











Last one is digital all the rest shot on the nikon f50 and the first shot on the yashica mat124g

I can has!!:



Now need a hearing aid battery and some film. Then I go work out how an exposure works.

BacchusPaul wrote:I can has!!:



Now need a hearing aid battery and some film. Then I go work out how an exposure works.

YES!!!

Good news: took camera to good local shop, who gave it the once over and said that it was in good condition (which I already thought) and that it's probably worth about $100-$150, which is about what I paid. Nice man also introduced me to film and how to load it, and made a point of showing the camera to other guys who worked there so's I'd have a nice big head when I left the shop.

Bad news (not really camera related and which I already knew, so not that bad): the battery for the TTL light meter is tricky to get. A hearing aid battery can be used, but might not give accurate readings. Man in shop reckoned he could source an actual one and that he'd have a look around. He also told me that I should just download a light meter app for my iPhone and reckoned that it'd probably be better than the one in the camera anyway. Unfortunately, I can't find any that work with a iPhone 3, only 3GS and better.

TLDR: Went out and took some shots today hoping that the Sunny 16 rule would keep me right. I know this sounds stupid, but it amazes me how 3D everything looks through the viewfinder.

Lens is fun. I've never used a camera that you actually have to focus before, and this one is all manual. It's a macro lens (or Micro, in Nikon parlance), so focusing from infinity to 2m is all done in the first five degrees or so of the twist.

Now I need a flash. Something like this I reckon:

That flash is mental.

Looking forward to seeing some pictures from it. what lens is on it?

Looking forward to seeing pictures myself! Hopefully all works out.

It's a Micro-NIKKOR P Auto 55mm/f3.5 lens. The Auto part (I think) refers to the auto indexing feature, whenever you mount it you make sure that two prongs on the lens meet a tooth on the camera, with the aperture set to f5.6, then you shuffle to the smallest aperture, then to the largest, then to the smallest again. Then the camera (apparently) "knows" the lens and the TTL light metering works. Which is quite something, given that it's all mechanical. Baffling.

More info here (mine is the one just above the picture of the flower, about 2/3 of the way down the page):
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/co ... /index.htm

The camera takes any lens that uses Nikon's F-mount, which means there are loads of good'uns to be had second hand, from what I gather.

BacchusPaul wrote:Looking forward to seeing pictures myself! Hopefully all works out.

It's a Micro-NIKKOR P Auto 55mm/f3.5 lens. The Auto part (I think) refers to the auto indexing feature, whenever you mount it you make sure that two prongs on the lens meet a tooth on the camera, with the aperture set to f5.6, then you shuffle to the smallest aperture, then to the largest, then to the smallest again. Then the camera (apparently) "knows" the lens and the TTL light metering works. Which is quite something, given that it's all mechanical. Baffling.

More info here (mine is the one just above the picture of the flower, about 2/3 of the way down the page):
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/co ... /index.htm

The camera takes any lens that uses Nikon's F-mount, which means there are loads of good'uns to be had second hand, from what I gather.

Very nice, I would start with nikon 50mm 1.8 cheap as chips and a very nice fast lens.

But you probably knew that already!

Well, I only know stuff that I've read sitting on the internet, impatiently waiting for the camera to arrive. So not much.

That lens does get a mention here, though:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/cheapskate-lenses.htm

Given that I've basically been holidaying for the last year, I'm going to be dirt poor for a while when I get back to Ireland, so any money that goes towards photography will be going on film I think.

Unless something came up at a really nice price, that I couldn't pass on...

I'm pretty sure the battery is a Wein cell one, my Nikon F uses one as well.

Keep an eye out, cheap lenses do come up - secondhand/charity shops and the like may have some.

Digital cameras are great at what they do, but with the older film cameras they are great as objects too.

BacchusPaul wrote:Well, I only know stuff that I've read sitting on the internet, impatiently waiting for the camera to arrive. So not much.

That lens does get a mention here, though:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/cheapskate-lenses.htm

Given that I've basically been holidaying for the last year, I'm going to be dirt poor for a while when I get back to Ireland, so any money that goes towards photography will be going on film I think.

Unless something came up at a really nice price, that I couldn't pass on...

Well it wouldn't need to be an emergency as it is pretty close in focal length to what you already have. I just suggested it as you mentioned flash and the faster lens would help you not need to use one.
Like nick says, bargains come up and there are tons of nikon(nikon fit) lenses to choose from.

Good luck!

Hurb wrote:
yes I do, it's really easy peasy. I was thinking about maybe doing a video how to for processing. Not there isn't a million already out there but I would hopefully make it less scary than a few of the how to guys do. It's really is a piece of piss and all part of the enjoyment!

What do you have?

I've got a Lumo Lubitel that we inherited from my wife's dad, a couple of brownies, 3 canon SLRs (Ft and Ftb) and a big old large format with the plates, and carpet and everything. Would love to have a go at that some time

gusman2x wrote:

Hurb wrote:
yes I do, it's really easy peasy. I was thinking about maybe doing a video how to for processing. Not there isn't a million already out there but I would hopefully make it less scary than a few of the how to guys do. It's really is a piece of piss and all part of the enjoyment!

What do you have?

I've got a Lumo Lubitel that we inherited from my wife's dad, a couple of brownies, 3 canon SLRs (Ft and Ftb) and a big old large format with the plates, and carpet and everything. Would love to have a go at that some time

Nice! get that large format working!


or at least take some pics of it

I would have thought that Nikon fit 50mm 1.4s would be reasonably cheap. Make a big difference to the shutter speeds required too. Rather than get an iPhone app, you can just buy a pretty cheap light meter.

Couple from the test roll with my new Bronica ETRSi





It is a cumbersome old beast focusing at f2.8 is crackers if anything is moving but something I want to get used to as it looks lush at that aperture. I used the auto exposure with the prism that mine came with to test it. it handled it OK. WHEN IT STOPS RAINING!!!!! I would like to take it outside and test it properly.