Konica C35 arrives from Weber Repair

[Katastrofo]

Had to send this back to Greg as the meter wasn't working. He replaced
the front cell:



back view of dead cell:


Now I'm wondering what roll to use first in it, Ferrania 100 and 400, KG100 and 400,
Kodak ColorPlus 200, Velvia 50, or BW film. Leaning towards a color film.

[Excalibur]

Nice camera and cheapest film for testing or use one of your other cameras for say 12 exposures and wind the film back and put in the C35 (erm of course counting the frames and add two on for inaccuracies)...many times I've used 24/36 exp film for three cameras but usually just two.

[Katastrofo]

Excal, thanks, I decided on Ferrania 400 for its maiden voyage.

[Attila]

Hey not many people save a little cam like this! Enjoy this great camera , I really , really love mine.

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Attila, RF focusing seems to be dead-on, and he converted voltage to the LR44/SR44 batteries.

[Attila]

That is great! ISO sifting works pretty well too with this camera.

Just for readers why I like so much this camera.

http://forum.mflenses.com/konica-c35-black-provia-100-diy-e-6-tetenal-e-6-jobo-t42357,highlight,%2Bkonica+%2Bc35.html

[Katastrofo]

Yes, Attila, it was you that decided my sending this to get repaired.

[Attila]

[Katastrofo]

Finally got a few scans from the first test roll, Ferrania 400 @320:

[Orio]

Camera/lens do well, Ferrania film does not Strange, I usually always got very good results from Ferrania films.

[Katastrofo]

Orio, Target's processing isn't helping, thinking they don't change out their chemicals that often.
Wasn't happy with all the artifacts and streaks on the last 5 rolls.

[iangreenhalgh1]

I agree with Orio, the camera and lens looks very nice, shame about the processing, colours are washed out. Maybe try Walmart?

[Katastrofo]

Walmart did away with in-house processing and 35mm sent to Fuji, has to have prints which adds considerably
to the cost, plus waiting 1-2 weeks. Funny they don't make that stipulation with 120. Need to find some local yokel
place that will do a decent job of it. Tried to remove the greenish cast, with marginal improvement.

[iangreenhalgh1]

That's a shame, Walmart owns the Asda chain in the UK and I get my rolls dev'd and scanned there for 1.99 in an hour, they have a fuji machine and as I mostly shoot fujicolor 200 the results are always excellent.

Maybe you can get a Tetenal C-41 kit and do some home processing?

[Katastrofo]

I'll look for a Tetenal kit and see what I will need. My only other recourse is Walgreens, which is
nearly double in price to Target, but fairly decent work, guess you get what you pay for. For test
rolls, hummm...

[Excalibur]

H'mm It looks like your problem could be stale developer, but I'll have to ask the girl at our Asda when doing a CD...."does she dial in settings to the Fuji Frontier for Ferrania film and other makes". But in theory would think (no proof whatsoever) Japanese lenses and Fuji equipment works best with Fuji films and have had some crap results from no name films (i.e. nothing on edge of the neg) and the last was OOD Agfa.

[Schnauzer]

I have Rite Aid do mine Bill. About $2.00 per roll. They have been doing mine for 2 years or so. I'm happy with their developing. The last couple of rolls Sams club did for me before they quit, they totally ruined. I was always happy with Walmart but of course they quit developing also.

[Katastrofo]

Ron, that is a very nice price for developing. Down here Rite Aid also dropped their processing service some years ago.
Target is $3.15 per roll and Walgreens is $5.79, those are my choices, or CVS, maybe I should check to see if my neighborhood
CVS hired smarter help.

[Katastrofo]

[Excalibur]

[Katastrofo]

Very impressed by the clarity, colors, and focus in that first shot, Excal. I see you're not just
another pretty face, but know how to put something interesting in the box.

[Excalibur]

[Katastrofo]

Excal, is that the Meyer Orestor (bokeh monster) lens? Sharp results.

[iangreenhalgh1]

[Excalibur]