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Jesito



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Katastrofo wrote:
Jes, did you ever get the 35RC going? I just ran a roll through the 2nd
35RC I have. Pretty boring pics, I went out to the army base to shoot
some fall color, but it was late afternoon, colors were kind of wonky.
This is a roll of expired (by 8 months) Fujicolor 200:

"The Three Shadows"

The first negative was scanned with USM off in the Epson Twain software
and the other two had USM applied during scanning. These are all scanned at 2400dpi.

Bill


Not yet, Bill. I got a rod to use with the smaller Zinc-air batteries, but before putting in the battery I notice some seal leakages, so it's in the resealing queue... I don't want more "flamed" pictures anymore. Hope that today I'll be able of setting the reseal factory up...

About your pictures: Remarkable sharpness, might the sky be a little overexposed?. Maybe related to the battery... Which battery are you using?.

Best regards,
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LucisPictor wrote:


Sorry that I haven't answered for so long. I just seem to have missed ths thread for a while.

I use V625U batteries and these seem to work really well.


These are alkaline, 1,5 Volt. Let's try them. Depend on the unit these are going fine. On my Sixon Gossen lightmeter I'm using alkalines as well and it seems to work fine. I've measured the voltage and it's around 1,45 volt when the battery has been used a little.

Thanks for the feedback!.
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Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax *1stDS, SIGMA SD-9
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jesito wrote:
... I've measured the voltage and it's around 1,45 volt when the battery has been used a little.


That's the point. Most 625 batteries (esp. the cheap ones you can find on ebay Wink) get to that voltage quickly.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The problem is that they keep on dropping. The problems I've had with alkalines in camera meters has been less with underexposures at 1.5 volts than with overexposures as the battery drifts down to 1.2, 1.1, 1.0 and beyond.

One use you can put an alkaline 625 to is for making an adapter for a ZA cell: Drill a small hole in the (-) face and use a pair of needle nose pliers to rip it out of the shell... then clean out all the gray crumbly crud inside and clean the shell thoroughly. Now you've got a perfectly good battery adapter, just drop the 675 cell into the empty shell of the 625 and slip it in!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jesito wrote:

About your pictures: Remarkable sharpness, might the sky be a little overexposed?. Maybe related to the battery... Which battery are you using?.

Best regards,
Jes.


Jes, sorry I didn't see your post. I'm using the Wein Cell replacement
batteries (PX625/PX13) and paid over $13 for 2 batteries. I think the
sky problem might be the expired film and the wonky late afternoon
light as I've gotten great exposures using these batteries otherwise.

Bill
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rick_oleson wrote:


One use you can put an alkaline 625 to is for making an adapter for a ZA cell: Drill a small hole in the (-) face and use a pair of needle nose pliers to rip it out of the shell... then clean out all the gray crumbly crud inside and clean the shell thoroughly. Now you've got a perfectly good battery adapter, just drop the 675 cell into the empty shell of the 625 and slip it in!


Rick, I was looking at these expensive Wein Cell batteries and wondered about doing this very thing, thanks!

Bill
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use hearing aid batteries (since I have a hearing aid anyway Razz ) and I heard stories about them only lasting a month or so. In my Revueflex M42 camera with match-needle meter, the current battery is on its 3rd month...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rick_oleson wrote:
The problem is that they keep on dropping. The problems I've had with alkalines in camera meters has been less with underexposures at 1.5 volts than with overexposures as the battery drifts down to 1.2, 1.1, 1.0 and beyond.

One use you can put an alkaline 625 to is for making an adapter for a ZA cell: Drill a small hole in the (-) face and use a pair of needle nose pliers to rip it out of the shell... then clean out all the gray crumbly crud inside and clean the shell thoroughly. Now you've got a perfectly good battery adapter, just drop the 675 cell into the empty shell of the 625 and slip it in!


Thanks Rick!.
Nice trick, I got two of them (old batteries)... Now are two candidates to be resurrected as adapters, Wink.

What I've used in some cameras is a black nylon rod (the ones used in plumbing). It's usable as far as the contacts in the battery holder are on top and bottom.
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Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax *1stDS, SIGMA SD-9
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laurence wrote:
I use hearing aid batteries (since I have a hearing aid anyway Razz ) and I heard stories about them only lasting a month or so. In my Revueflex M42 camera with match-needle meter, the current battery is on its 3rd month...


Hi Laurence,
I bought a pack of six zinc-air cells at an optics shop (where the hearing aids are sold here in Spain), and they were not so expensive, around 6€ the pack. But they last just one month, after you remove the sealing. It's matter of only using intensively a single camera during that month... Wink
I've been keeping reading the voltage with my multimeter, and after one month the voltage drops quickly under 1 volt. But the needle in the camera meter still moves...
Best regards,
Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax *1stDS, SIGMA SD-9
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jesito wrote:
Laurence wrote:
I use hearing aid batteries (since I have a hearing aid anyway Razz ) and I heard stories about them only lasting a month or so. In my Revueflex M42 camera with match-needle meter, the current battery is on its 3rd month...


Hi Laurence,
I bought a pack of six zinc-air cells at an optics shop (where the hearing aids are sold here in Spain), and they were not so expensive, around 6€ the pack. But they last just one month, after you remove the sealing. It's matter of only using intensively a single camera during that month... Wink
I've been keeping reading the voltage with my multimeter, and after one month the voltage drops quickly under 1 volt. But the needle in the camera meter still moves...
Best regards,
Jes.


I see...I am going to compare my meter reading with the current battery against a fresh one.

I guess though, that if one uses a zinc-air equipped camera only occasionally, then zinc-air hearing aid cells would be a good cheap alternative over others. The cost would be certainly good in that situation. Thanks very much for the information!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rick_oleson wrote:
The problem is that they keep on dropping. The problems I've had with alkalines in camera meters has been less with underexposures at 1.5 volts than with overexposures as the battery drifts down to 1.2, 1.1, 1.0 and beyond.


OK. We have to keep that in mind then...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, personally speaking, on a rangefinder I would only use negative film, especially B&W, for which a variation of half stop or even one stop is no big thing.
I would surely load no expensive Velvia on a rangefinder, with all due respect. Or if I do, I would have my hand meter with me.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have decided not to shoot slide film again.
Not because I do not like it (I like it a lot), but because I cannot scan slides myself and when I hand in a slide film at our local lab, it takes them more than a week to develop and scan and I will have to pay three times as much as with negative film.

Negative film (36 pics) - takes about 2-3 days - €6,- incl. scan on CD
B&W film (36 pics) - takes about 7-8 days - €9,- incl. scan on CD
Slide film (36 pics) - takes about 10 days - €18,- incl. framing and scan on CD (they need to frame it in order to scan it!)

In most cases the difference in quality is not worth the difference in price and patience.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Alkaline Voltage Droop can create overexposures of 2-3 stops before the battery finally gives up and thinks it's dead. If you're paying close attention, you can check your meter periodically and change batteries when it drifts off too far.... but if you're not, it can get bad enough to ruin black & white exposures.

Mileage with Zinc/Air cells can vary quite a bit, bartly based on climate and partly just cell-to-cell variation: Typically I get about 6-8 months on a cell, occasionally only maybe 3. The longest one has lasted has been over 2 years, I have no explanation for why that one didn't die but I had written the date on it when I loaded it so I know it was real.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BTW, some shots with the Oly 35RC:
http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=3630
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Cams in use: EOS 40D, EOS 350D, EOS 50e, EOS 500, Spotmatic SPII, EXA I & 1c, Zenit EM; Oly 35RC,Minolta Hi-Matic E & F, Ricoh 500RF, Yashica Electro 35 GS, FED-3b and some others...
Lenses in use: Asahi Pentax: 2.8/28;3.5/35;1.4/50;1.7/50;2.8/105;3.5/135;28-80 | Canon (AF):1.8/50;17-85;75-300 | Former GDR: CZJ Flek 4/20; Pentacon 3.5/30; Pentaflex 1.8/50; CZJ 2.8/50; CZJ 4/135; Pentacon 4/200 | Fujinon: 43-75 | Hanimex: 3.5/23; 4/100;80-200 | Hoya: 25-42;80-205 | Leica: Elmarit-R 2.8/35; Summicron 2.0/50 | Mamiya: 1.8/55 | Minolta: 1.7/50 | Nikkor: 2.8/24;2/35;2/50;1.2/55;1.8/85;3.5/135 | West German: Zeiss 2.8/50; Ludwig 2.9/50; Meyer 2.8/100; Will 4.5/105; Schneider 3.5/135;Enna 3.5/135; Zeiss 4/135;Isco 4/135; Enna 4.5/240 | Olympus: 3.5/28;1.4/50;3.5/135 | Rikenon: 1.7/50;35-70 | Rollei/Voigtländer: 1.4/55;1.8/50 | Russian: Peleng3.5/8; Zenitar2.8/16; MIR2.8/37; Volna2.8/50; Industar2.8/50; Industar3.5/50; Industar3.5/5cm; Helios2/50; Helios2/58; MIR38 3.5/65; Volna2.8/80; Jupiter2/85; Kaleinar2.8/100;Tair2.8/135; Jupiter3.5/135; Jupiter4/135; Telear3.5/200; Jupiter4/200; Tair4.5/300;RF: Jupiter2.8/35;Industar2.8/53 | Sigma: 28-85;28-105(AF);17-70(AF) | Soligor: 28-105;35-200;70-220 | Tamron: 2.5/24;2.5/135;60-300;70-210 | Tokina: 28-105;80-200;12-24(AF);70-210(AF) | Vivitar: 3.5/17;2/24;2/28;2.5/28;2.8/28 | Yashica: 2/5cm | Other Japanese: Cosina3.8/20; Albinar2.8/28; Porst1.8/35; Beroflex 8/500; Spiratone28-200; Maginon70-210
Green are the lenses I shoot the most.
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