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Doc Sharptail
 Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 443 Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
A little late with this one.
Fairly pristine late run chrome F2.
Seller said he bought it for using in his high school photo club,
then gave up the whole idea after a matter of weeks.
He said he had put 5 or 6 rolls of b&w film through it,
and then it sat in storage for 43 years.
The pre-AI "K" 50mm f-2 is a nice lens I like it a lot.
It also came with a 200mm f-4 "Q.C." that I have yet to use.
Compared to my black "beater" F2, there's a huge difference.
Film advance is almost equal in smoothness to my F3.
My black F2 goes "Flap" (mirror up) and "clack" (shutter trip)
The new to me chrome version is more of "ping and ting" affair, and a bit quieter.
The only mark I can find on it is a tiny scratch in the chrome of the top plate at the front,
and it's barely discernible...
I am quite impressed with this!
The factory leather strap is still quite pliable after all this time.
-D.S. _________________
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50 f2 H nikkor, 28 f3.5 a/i, 50 f1.4 S.C., 85 f1.8 K, 105 f2.5 P, 135 f3.5 Q, 200 f4 Q.C.
50 f2 K, 50 f2 a/i, partial list.
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
New old stock found recently:-
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 11:34 am Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
 _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
 _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
What a beautiful XE!! Looks like new indeed!
And the Minolta 600si classic is a milestone in the Minolta Dynax lineage. After all these "computerized" user interfaces the "classic" user interface of the 600si was the beginning of a new aera. The Dynax 9 (and later the Dynax 7D and the Sony A900 which in reality was the "Dynax 9D") would become the culmination and terminus for those expensive and labor-intensive user interafces.
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 7:30 am Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
stevemark wrote: |
What a beautiful XE!! Looks like new indeed! |
Thanks Steve. Not new but has had very little use during it's life. I replaced the light seals and the meter is accurate.
I have a chrome version too in pretty much the same condition.
 _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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Minolfan
 Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3381 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 9:38 am Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
 _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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DigiChromeEd
 Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3451 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
 _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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kansalliskala
 Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5437 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
First roll done!
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Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
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Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
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alex ph
 Joined: 16 Mar 2013 Posts: 1098
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:16 am Post subject: |
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alex ph wrote:
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Wow, a floppy disk Sony camera! Never saw one. How is it IQ-wise? |
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
[quote="alex ph"]
DigiChromeEd wrote: |
Wow, a floppy disk Sony camera! Never saw one. How is it IQ-wise? |
Probably better than the digital back SB-90S for the Minolta 9000 (1986):
https://www.9000.org/index.php?page=backs
0.38 MP on a 2/3 inch CCD sensor! But hey, 1986 !!
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
A few days ago this little black Minolta AF-C caught my attention (she was in the waste bin of our local photo store awaiting destruction) - so I saved her . Back in its days (1982) the AF-C was pretty expensive - around 500 DM or half the price of a Minolta X-700 SLR including 1.7/50mm normal lens!
While the AF-C feels pretty cheap (it was made mainly from lightweight plastics), technologically it was top level: A miniaturized AF module, AF-Lock, program mode from 1/8s @ f2.8 to 1/500s @ f16, LEDs in the viewfinder, and - last but not least - a high quality 2.8/35mm [6/6] lens with rear focus (!).
Today, at the same shop, another AF-C was in the waste - this time a white one with its original flash. What a funny coincindence ...
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alex ph
 Joined: 16 Mar 2013 Posts: 1098
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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:22 am Post subject: |
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alex ph wrote:
[quote="stevemark"]
alex ph wrote: |
DigiChromeEd wrote: |
Wow, a floppy disk Sony camera! Never saw one. How is it IQ-wise? |
Probably better than the digital back SB-90S for the Minolta 9000 (1986):
https://www.9000.org/index.php?page=backs
0.38 MP on a 2/3 inch CCD sensor! But hey, 1986 !!
Stephan |
Even more impressive, a digital back from the 1986! It's a pity the page does not show test shots taken with it. |
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
Here's another one - a quite common Minolta X-500 with the no-so-common MD 2/135mm lens:
I always felt the X-500 is more "professional" than the X-700, even though the X-700 officially was the higher rated camera, of course. The X-500 has no program mode (just A mode and M mode) which feels "cleaner", and its manual mode metering is better engineered (LED show both the recommended / measured shutter time and the time manually chosen on the camera). In addition the X-700 doesn't allow slow flash sync when using dedicated (TTL) flashes, even in manual mode the camera insists to have 1/60 s ... With the X-500 you can use slow sync combined with TTL measuring, at least in manual mode. This feature is quite important when shooting events, concerts and weddings.
Here are the X-500 (with MD 1.2/50mm) and the X-700 (with MD 2/135mm) together:
The viewfinder of these SLR is among the best (=brightest and largest) I know - by far larger than the OVF of the Nikon F5 or the Nikon D3, for instance. It's a real pity Minolta didn't put all that engineering of the X-700 into a rugged metal body, combining it with the metal shutter of the XD-7 (which went up to 1/2300s even though it was officially only 1/1000) and selling it as X-900 ...!!
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Doc Sharptail
 Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 443 Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
There are similar (un-substantiated) claims made for the shutter of the Nikon F-3, which I take with a healthy pinch of salt over the left shoulder.
I've been un-able to force my version to 1/4000th sec in "A" mode, no matter how hard I try.
I still prefer the viewfinder of the F-2 over all others. It is the only finder that I am able to focus off the ground glass with, despite it's slight dimness.
The "E" screen in the F-3 comes close, but no cigar.
I suppose I have become some-what set in my ways over the years, but I really don't mind.
-D.S. _________________
D-810
50 f2 H nikkor, 28 f3.5 a/i, 50 f1.4 S.C., 85 f1.8 K, 105 f2.5 P, 135 f3.5 Q, 200 f4 Q.C.
50 f2 K, 50 f2 a/i, partial list.
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
stevemark wrote: |
It's a real pity Minolta didn't put all that engineering of the X-700 into a rugged metal body, combining it with the metal shutter of the XD-7 (which went up to 1/2300s even though it was officially only 1/1000) and selling it as X-900 ...!!
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Doc Sharptail wrote: |
There are similar (un-substantiated) claims made for the shutter of the Nikon F-3, which I take with a healthy pinch of salt over the left shoulder. |
My claim about the XD shutter is not un-substatiated, but substantiated.
Measurements done by Josef Scheibel ("Applikationstechnische Labor J. Scheibel") have resulted in 1/2300s in A-mode. Josef Scheibel is the most respected German expert on classical Minolta SLRs. For years (I would say at least 1970-2000) he's been a technical expert for Minolta Europe in Germany, and he has published countless books on the SRT, XM, XE, XD, XG, 7000/9000, and Dynax 7/9/7D, but also on the Minolta history. Since he's an engineer who was working for and at Minolta, I completely trust him. He writes about the XD-7 in A-mode:
"Der Verschluss bildet Schlitzbreiten bis minimal 1.5mm (ca. 1/2300 sec) und läuft niemals total geschlossen ab. Dadurch werden auch kürzere Verschlusszieten als der offizielle Grenzwert 1/1000s wirksam ..." (source: Josef Scheibel: Minolta XD - XG, page 42. Published 1982 at Heering (Ringier) Verlag München, ISBN 3-7763341-2)
"The minimal slot with of the shutter [of the XD] is 1.5mm (which corresponds to about 1/2300 sec); it never fires totally closed [i. e. with a slot of 0 mm]. Therefore shorter exposures than just 1/1000 sec are feasible ..."
This, however, works only in A-mode!!
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I still prefer the viewfinder of the F-2 over all others. It is the only finder that I am able to focus off the ground glass with, despite it's slight dimness.
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I suppose I have become some-what set in my ways over the years, but I really don't mind.
-D.S. |
I've just compared the F2 and the X-700 wviewfinder with the corresponding AiS and MD 2/135mm lenses attached - not much difference when it comes to size and brightness, indeed. The F2 is 100% of course, the X-700 isn't.
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Doc Sharptail
 Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 443 Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:21 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
The claims I referred to are for the F-3, and not the Minolta.
I thought I was fairly clear with that point, but I suppose not.
The top 1/2000 sec speed is impressive for the F-3's horizontally travelling shutter, and realistic expectations for it may have it a few 1/100 sec faster in A mode, but not a full stop faster in that vintage.
Hope this clears things up.
-D.S. _________________
D-810
50 f2 H nikkor, 28 f3.5 a/i, 50 f1.4 S.C., 85 f1.8 K, 105 f2.5 P, 135 f3.5 Q, 200 f4 Q.C.
50 f2 K, 50 f2 a/i, partial list.
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
Doc Sharptail wrote: |
The claims I referred to are for the F-3, and not the Minolta.
I thought I was fairly clear with that point, but I suppose not.
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Not your fault - English isn't my native language, and I missed the point! Sorry!
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Doc Sharptail
 Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 443 Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
I've re-read my post, and it seems I am a bit at fault too.
I tend to type on discussion boards the way I speak, which can be a problem at times.
The vocal inflections don't quite make it to the typed digital screen...
-D.S. _________________
D-810
50 f2 H nikkor, 28 f3.5 a/i, 50 f1.4 S.C., 85 f1.8 K, 105 f2.5 P, 135 f3.5 Q, 200 f4 Q.C.
50 f2 K, 50 f2 a/i, partial list.
"Ain't no half-way" -S.R.V.
"Oh Yeah... Alright" -Paul Simon |
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
Two not so common SLRs from Germany - the Rolleiflex SL35 and the later SL350, here shown with a "Singapur" (on the SLR 35) and a "Gremany" (on the SL350) Planar 1.8/50mm.
Both cameras have a prettty interesting history since I got them from an equally remarkable and slightly dubious Swiss/German entrepreneur. Grown up in poverty in northern Nazi Germany from Swiss parents, he had joined the Peenemünde rocket research facility (which had been built up by Wernher von Braun, later responsible for the giant Saturn V moon rocket) at a very young age, specialising in electronics and guidance systems. After the war - now being about twenty years old - he came back to Switzerland, establishing a radio (and later TV) business and making truckloads of money. Hearing first-hand stories about "V2" WWII rocket launches and their guidance systems these days certainly is extraordinary, especially since most of the Apollo / moon rocket astronauts sadly have passed away ... and this was 20-30 years before Apollo!
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
Here's a recently acquired rare Konica AR 3.5/45-100m UC lens with a Konica T3 (new) camera.
Both the T3 (New) as well as the AR 3.5/45-100mm were a bit outdated even when new. The T3N was the last of the successfull Konica Autoreflex T series, comparable in size, functions, pricetag and manufacturing time to the Minolta SR-T series (although the Konita had a simple electromechanical auto exposure function). And the Konica AR 45-100mm, introduced in the late 1970s, was too expensive and to "moderate" (both in focal length and performance). Other manufacters had their 3.5/50-135mm zooms (notably the big three, Canon, Minolta and Nikon). The 35-105mm zooms were about to take off, soon to be followed by 28-96mm and 35-135mm constructions ... certainly a difficult time to sell an expensive 45-100mm ...
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visualopsins
 Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 9227 Location: California
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
stevemark wrote: |
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There should have been a red "X" next to the "Quote" link tapping which would ask if you wanted to delete the post. Now there has been a reply, the red "X" will not appear...next time... _________________ ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
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Cameras: Sony A7Rii, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Lenses: Super-TAKUMARs 1:3.5/28 (fat) & Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, Super-TAKUMAR 1:2/35 (Fat), Super-TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Auto-Takumars 1:2 f=55mm (Sonnar) & 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), Takumars 1:1.8 f=58mm & 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), Takumar 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), Takumar 1:2.8/105 (Model II) Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:6.3/300
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Lenses: Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMARs 1:4.5/20 & 1:3.5/24 & 1:2/35 & 1:3.5/35, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMARs 1:1.8/85, 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, & 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMARs 1:4/50 & 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100
Pentax K-Mount: SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon: Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, Nikon NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Nikon Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, Nikon NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron: Tamron SP 51B 17mm f/3.5, Tamron SP 500mm f/8 (52BB), Tamron SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
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stevemark
 Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Posts: 2649 Location: Switzerland
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
visualopsins wrote: |
stevemark wrote: |
errorenous double posting |
There should have been a red "X" next to the "Quote" link tapping which would ask if you wanted to delete the post. Now there has been a reply, the red "X" will not appear...next time... |
Thanks for the hint! Meantime I've been filling the empty space with a nice image
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pentaxpete
 Joined: 02 Dec 2011 Posts: 578 Location: BRENTWOOD England
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:01 pm Post subject: 2 Free NIKONS |
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pentaxpete wrote:
one of our two 90 year-old Club Members is moving and had a 'clear-out' so I got some FREE NIKONS Used Professionally and the door foam seals were rotten but mirror-box ones still good, so i renewed the seals and cleaned all the camera bodies and lenses. Shown with the 55mm f2.8 Micro-Nikkor which came with it .
Nikon FM Manual exposure only, shutter 1-1/100th + 'B' , Double Exposure button, ASA range 12 -3200, flash synchs at 1/125th maximum, delayed action raises mirror first, PC flash synch port + hot shoe with single contact. . Wind lever acts as shutter lock when pushed in and turns off electric. Needs 1x3v or 2x1.5 v batteries for exposure by RED 'LED's in viewfinder.
Turn aperture opposite chosen shutter speed until only ONE Red LRD lights to balance exposure.
Nikon FE. both Manual and Auto Aperture priority exposure modes, shutter 8 secs - 1/1000th + 'B' and 1/90th non-electric speeds. Maximum flash synch 1/125th. Delayed action raises mirror first, PC synch port + Hot shoe with two contacts. Wind lever acts as shutter lock and turns off electric when pushed in. Needs 1x3v or 2x1.5v batteries. Exposure by Green marker in viewfinder against chosen shutter speed then turn lens aperture until a black marker matches in 'Manual Exposure' mode, In 'Auto Mode' the Black marker goes opposite the shutter speed to match the lens aperture chosen. _________________ Long Live REAL PHOTOGRAPHY ! |
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