Camera and Coffee

[Pherdinand]

This thing with acquiring cameras of our own age and showing that they work, maybe it's to prove that we ourselves have a chance too, to be in perfectly working order...😀

This thread went on some interesting sidetracks, i'd say🙂

 

[Russ]

Must be a mid-life thing...I found a Winchester 30-30, Contax IIa, and Alpa Model 5 all manufactured the year I was born. I don't know why it was important to me to have them, but then "why not?" No doubt they will all outlast me!

D2

Nonu Hugger

You are a very sick individual, and I suggest that you get professional help! In the meantime, welcome to the club of sickies. Do you have the name of a good doctor that you can recommend to me? On second thought, I'm kind of liking this sickness.....

Russ

 

[l.mar]

Hey, I just realized that my Polaroid Land 220 and 450 pack film cameras both have coupled rangefinders (the 450 actually has a Zeiss rangefinder!). Do they qualify as rangefinders, for purposes of this forum?

P.S. Both cameras get some pretty remarkable results with the 655(?) type negative/positive film.

 

[nwcanonman]

"On second thought, I'm kind of liking this sickness....."
............................................................
Russ,
Recognising you have a problem is the first step in finding the cure .........

😀
So don't keep looking, keep snapp'n. 🙄

 

[denishr]

Coffee, anyone?

Coffee, anyone?

Taken yesterday at a caffe (hell, I can't insert any accents!)... With a RF camera 🙂

 

[former member]

Of course the Polaroids count! But you have to pose them with Instant Coffee for this thread. Will get a shot of my 180 up!

 

[back alley]

But you have to pose them with Instant Coffee for this thread.


just got it!
groan...

joe

 

[Pherdinand]

joe 😀

 

[Tim]

Finally got around to it......

Crappy weather today, raining, cold..... (like a typical Melbourne day eh Kris??? 😉 )

Went wandering around town, spent most of the morning in a Cafe so took the opportunity to get a shot of Camera and Coffee. I just CANNOT get the hang of the missus' digital point and shoot.....

Camera is my M6 & CV Ultron 35, Coffee is a Vittorio cappucino, and that's an egg custard tart lurking in the background......

tim

 

[l.mar]

O.K., here's a photo of two of my other "rangefinders" -- Polaroid Land 220 and Land 450 folding cameras -- taken next to an "instant" (photograph next to) the obligatory cup of coffee (sorry Brian, didn't have any instant coffee in house). All taken with a cheapie .3mp digicam and sepia'ed with equally cheap software. I agree with wblanchard about using film over digital and will add that I have had more fun shooting with these old Polaroids (and of course, "other" film rangefinders) than the newest digital slrs.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Nice photos guys.
Honu, I love the Rollei 35 and one day I WILL have one (I'm thinking a 35S as I like the exposure meter on top of the camera)

L.Mar - where does one even get a .3 megapixel camera? The latest phone-cameras these days have 5megapixels. Crazy...

 

[GeneW]

My new Fed-2 christened on its maiden voyage. I've just finished my first test roll and should know later tonight if all is well.

 

[Gordon Coale]

Ooooooh. Pretty!

I should have my first test roll done today in my first FED 2 but won't know the results until Tuesday. These sure are sweet cameras.

 

[l.mar]

Rich:

I bought the .3mp digicam (shown below with the mandatory coffee cup) at one of those large, fungible pharmacy chain-stores, mainly to help my kids document their school science experiment/projects. I can't remember what it cost, but it uses two AAA batteries (not included), which last for about an hour, so unless you immediately plug the camera into your computer with the USB cord (also not provided), you lose all your shots/camera memory. It's crude, but at the same time it's kind of entertaining trying to wrest any halfway decent images out of it. Makes you appreciate Matthew Brady and other early photographers with their traveling darkrooms. By the way, did you see the September National Geographic issue with the modern tintype photographs? Now that's "real" photography -- none of this namby-pamby light-tight 35 mm cassette stuff there.😀

 

[chenick]

Well I finally get my RFs in the same place as a digital camera with batteries! Had to finish the coffee earlier though 🙂

-Nick

 

[back alley]

lookin' good nick!

joe

 

[Rich Silfver]

Nick - slamm'n photo!!!

Gene that is some lens hood 🙂

 

[taffer]

Been out for a week and I miss all the fun ! 😱

Back again, great to catch up with the best of all threads ! 😀

 

[StuartR]

Well, still new here, so I have not had time to photograph my camera with a cuppa, but here is a shot of the coffee alone as a placeholder:

 

[StuartR]

Hmm, still not working. Perhaps the thread has maxed out!
Thanks for the compliments. I found it at a coffee shop in Sapporo when I was living in Japan. It was quite tasty.