Philippines Filipino RF users!!!

[ugly bokeh]

Try Mike Santos of Picture City Timog, Qc Tel 9269454. He is currently cleaning my Summicron 35 lens.

Thanks. I will call him tomorrow.

Regards,

 

[Pablito]

Many here are familiar and have seen Masferre's work. His last great exhibition, which was perhaps more than a decade ago 'introduced' his work to the local consciousness 🙂. Previous to that, Masferre's photos were largely known (and bought) by tourists who went to his place, who bought postcards printed from the negatives. These negatives (originals!), the last time I heard, are still being held by his heirs. And up until fairly recently, postcards were still being produced from the original negatives. I would assume that this has stopped by now, due to the local disappearance of paper and chemical supplies.

Jay

Jay, thanks for responding. I was aware of this. Around the time he became "known" the Smithsonian bought a big selection of his prints.My concern is with the negatives and what will happen to them. I hope the heirs have the best interest of the negatives in mind. I had heard that the the heirs did not quite know what to do with the negs. I worry about fungus and imporper storage conditions...I don't suppose there has been any organized attempts (that anyone knows of) to work with the heirs to ensure the longevity of the work?

 

[eddie con]

the Jupiter's amazing value and performance (makes me want to buy the J-3.) btw, what is GAS?
Nelson

nelson,
the feeling you have for the J-3 is the initial symptom. GAS stands for gear acquisition syndrome. and, it seems that you have had it bad for some time by the looks of it... like most of us here.

 

[ZorkiKat]

Hi to all,

I stumbled upon this thread and was hooked. I read all the posts till the wee hours of the early night (I looked like a zombie today.)🙂 The tons of knowledge on this thread is amazing expecially reading about Hidalgo's lost glory, Botica de Sta Cruz's historical significance and the Jupiter's amazing value and performance (makes me want to buy the J-3.) Even the posts regarding vinyl is great, I love them to the extent I don't have a CD player at home except the one on my PC. btw, what is GAS?

I used to be an SLR user till 4 years ago when I handled my friend's RF, after that, it was all downhill. Sold all my SLR gears save for one all mechanical and a few manual focus lenses.

Hey guys, any know a reliable service guy that can calibrate RF lenses? The focus of one of lenses seems to be off.

Looking forward to actively post on this thread.

Thanks.

Regards,,

Nelson

Welcome Nelson.

I too will be paying Mike a visit. He rejected servicing my Summaron 35 lens- he thought that its haze was a case of balsamic separation. 😀 I think not and believe that the haze are fine droplets on the inner surfaces. Well the Summaron is among the Leitz lenses which are known to produce 'haze' on their own, even when kept well.

What lenses do you need to be calibrated? If you send the lens, you might as well send the camera along which you wish to be calibrated. I do not think that Mike has a suitable RF to test your lens's calibration against. RF lens calibration, for the most part, is about adjusting cams to make sure that they engage correctly to the camera's optics. Focusing- and its accuracy- depends on how the various actions engage and translate to correct focus settings. Unlike in an SLR where correct focus is determined by what is seen on the focusing screen.

Jay

 

[ZorkiKat]

Jay, thanks for responding. I was aware of this. Around the time he became "known" the Smithsonian bought a big selection of his prints.My concern is with the negatives and what will happen to them. I hope the heirs have the best interest of the negatives in mind. I had heard that the the heirs did not quite know what to do with the negs. I worry about fungus and imporper storage conditions...I don't suppose there has been any organized attempts (that anyone knows of) to work with the heirs to ensure the longevity of the work?

I will ask around 🙂 There's one person from Baguio who probably has the answer. About his heirs and negatives- it's not known whether they are aware of proper handling and storage. But what I've heard is that they used the most primitive methods of printing: contact printing was done by exposure to sunlight- a panel on the ceiling flapped down to let daylight in. It's also been said that they used solar enlarger for making larger prints.

Jay

 

[d_e]

For specialized service, I am sure nobody in the Philippines can come close to DAG which has been mentioned a lot here in RFF. That's your best option for that lens Jay! Medyo mahal lang hehe

 

[ZorkiKat]

For specialized service, I am sure nobody in the Philippines can come close to DAG which has been mentioned a lot here in RFF. That's your best option for that lens Jay! Medyo mahal lang hehe

The Summaron can always be turned a nice body cap for one of the Leicas if it can't be fixed....I still have two good Jupiter-12s!😀

Actually, there is/was a camera repairist from Bulacan who did wonders with Leicas and Hasselblads. He's been known to resurrect Hasselblads which even Shriro Hongkong (then the official Hassy hub in Asia) had rejected for servicing. Don't know if he still does this sort of work or if he is still around.

Jay

 

[eddie con]

If anyone here knows the work of the late Filipino master photograher Eduardo Masferré, -"the father of Filiipino photograhy"- especially what's happening now with his archive, I'd be very intersted in hearing from you. Thanks, Pablito

pablito,
the first time i encountered his work was some years ago when i brought my family to the mountain province. i was so impressed i bought a shirt for my son, some prints and got a book on his works. the book was a 1999 publication.

 

[siroma2ts]

hi guys, 🙂 im new here and i found this forum through google kaya nagsign-up na agad ako. 🙂 hahahah. i got rangefinders kase for the holidays, one was a ricoh elnica f and another was the Olympus 35 -sp which my friend got me. im still on my first roll for both of the cameras and medjo excited na akong ubusin sha para makita ang kuha.

i have a question lang: saan po ok magpaayus ng mga RFs? thanks.

 

[ZorkiKat]

hi guys, 🙂 im new here and i found this forum through google kaya nagsign-up na agad ako. 🙂 hahahah. i got rangefinders kase for the holidays, one was a ricoh elnica f and another was the Olympus 35 -sp which my friend got me. im still on my first roll for both of the cameras and medjo excited na akong ubusin sha para makita ang kuha.

i have a question lang: saan po ok magpaayus ng mga RFs? thanks.

Welcome Sirmat2ts

We seem to be increasing in numbers by the day! 🙂 I hope that this is a sign that there'll be an RF renaissance in the PI.

Ano ang issue ng Oly RF mo? You could send it to Mike Santos of Picture City. He is at the Timog Picture City branch (main offc yata) Mon to Fri, 9 am to 2 pm. Other times of the day, nasa ibang branches siya. Contact numbers given in one of the previous posts.

Jay

 

[d_e]

Yes Jay that guy from Bulacan did wonders servicing the old Leicas and Hassys way back then, just heard about him but nobody has his number.

 

[wamjam]

jam,
ahhh ... i showed you a Php50-soft release button on my leica m6. and you said, wow! a japanese product over a german camera! the button is a nikon. it went on sale at well's photo makati. and, i just called to check if they have. well, it was a hour past closing but the one who answered said they might still have it.
but i have another another own soft release button which i DIYed from an old 5 centavo coin, a small screw and silicon gel, just in case well's ran out of it. btw, they also sold some nikon lens hard containers for Php50 @. i hope they are all still on sale.

they are still on sale, but i guess not all items. called them the other day and they're selling the nikon button for 550 pesos!😱

 

[luisliwanag]

Yes Jay that guy from Bulacan did wonders servicing the old Leicas and Hassys way back then, just heard about him but nobody has his number.

Ola! siramatoots, Welcome!!!!! ,ukhang buhay na buhay kayong lahat ah! Jay nasa studio ka ba???

Sarap maddhoot!!! dami na RF users ilit d2. ditoy d ko pa nakokontak si MikeSantos... at saka kona sya papasyalan marami sin akong apapagawa e!

Luis

 

[ZorkiKat]

Yes Jay that guy from Bulacan did wonders servicing the old Leicas and Hassys way back then, just heard about him but nobody has his number.

That would be Melchor Ong. I used to have his number, but lost it since. His address is still listed (or more accurately, drawn, kasi mapa eh 🙂) somewhere in my old notebooks.

He used to be based at the old Asia Lab of Rey Ortiz at the LVN compound. He would be there thrice a week receiving cameras for servicing. One time I went, a photographer from Cebu flew in for the day just to have his Mamiyas serviced.

Then some time later, nawala na si Melchor sa sirkulasyon.

 

[ZorkiKat]

Regional group?

Regional group?

Should we ask for one to be formed for the Pinoy RFers? There's a recent post requesting for a regional Israeli group to be formed, for 5 active members.
There are more than 5 of us, so baka puede na? I already made a similar request a few months ago, but got no reply. Try natin ulit.

Jay

 

[wamjam]

Should we ask for one to be formed for the Pinoy RFers? There's a recent post requesting for a regional Israeli group to be formed, for 5 active members.
There are more than 5 of us, so baka puede na? I already made a similar request a few months ago, but got no reply. Try natin ulit.

Jay

GAME!!! hope they'll approve it this time.

 

[ZorkiKat]

GAME!!! hope they'll approve it this time.

Emailed Jorge. Tingnan natin kung ma-approve.

 

[nickvesq]

Got the prints of my first roll taken using the canonet. Unfortunately, I still haven't had the film scanned. Will post pics after scanning.

Used luckyfilm B&W asa 400. Available light, mostly indoor fluorescent light. The pics look very grainy, high in contrast (or maybe I should have used flash to fill in the shadows). Wasn't satisfied with the shots but then again, I was just really playing with the camera and using cheap film.

One thing that surprised me was that for most of the shots, the shutter speed was less than 1/30 and yet, I could not discern any effect of shake in the pics. Is this due to the "fast lens" they say the canonet has or the smooth shutter button?

Will try to shoot more.

 

[ZorkiKat]

Got the prints of my first roll taken using the canonet. Unfortunately, I still haven't had the film scanned. Will post pics after scanning.

Used luckyfilm B&W asa 400. Available light, mostly indoor fluorescent light. The pics look very grainy, high in contrast (or maybe I should have used flash to fill in the shadows). Wasn't satisfied with the shots but then again, I was just really playing with the camera and using cheap film.

One thing that surprised me was that for most of the shots, the shutter speed was less than 1/30 and yet, I could not discern any effect of shake in the pics. Is this due to the "fast lens" they say the canonet has or the smooth shutter button?

Will try to shoot more.

Nick

Slower than 1/30 doesn't always mean blur. You can get acceptable looking pictures at exposures 1/15; some can even expose, handheld, at 1/4 or longer and still get pics which don't look blurry at all.

Many factors contribute to this. Camera design- the way it fits in the hands, the way its shutter travels, and even the position of the shutter button- is one.

"Fast" lenses only mean larger apertures, and no matter how large the aperture is, the exposure time is still dependent on how much light there is in the scene.

Lens focal length also is part of the equation. Shorter focal length lenses can be used with relatively longer shutter speeds.

Jay

 

[siroma2ts]

hi jay, 🙂

thanks. actually di ko alam kung major issue sha sa oly 35 sp ko. medjo matigas kase yung aperture ring. is that bad? do i need it fixed? or is normal? sorry dami tanong na sunud-sunod.

oo nga exciting dito andaming rf users. 🙂 asteg