kvanderlaag
my autofocus is broken.
I went today and had the first rolls I put through my Karat IV developed. Actually, that's a lie. I ran three rolls through this camera; two before I aligned the RF, and one after. Most of the shots that actually turned out were from the third roll, and I'm not surprised. I did a pretty good job on the RF, too! Thanks, Bill, and William, and everyone who helped me out with taking the thing apart without breaking anything! It worked!
I would have had a roll off the Zorki 6 I received recently off eBay in there, too, but I guess the film didn't catch on the take-up spool, because it rewound for a whole one frame -- meaning I shot 24 exposures onto the same bit of film. The Zorki seems to load backwards from the Karat, that's for sure -- anyone want to enlighten me as to how it works, with the pulling the film through *under* the take-up spool? But I digress.
Being the photographer that I am, I'm only going to show off the shots that I feel turned out fairly well. Out of two rolls developed, there's actually not so many -- it was also the first time I'd shot without a lightmeter, as well as being done with a camera that's a bit inconsistent, technically. Here we go! (I scanned them at 300dpi -- They're a bit big, obviously, but the largest comes in at 1160KB. Not too bad, for broadband, and I know at least MSIE will resize them automatically. Not sure about Firefox. Sorry!)
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/fahad.jpg
A fellow I know, by the name of Fahad, looking very professional.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/marla.jpg
Andrea, in the morning, before she'd finished her cofee. She wasn't too pleased with me.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/melting.jpg
The tree just outside my front door one morning. I spotted this while I was checking the mail, Karat in tow. The snow was melting off of it, and it was really very pretty in the light.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/treehouse.jpg
I was trying to kill off the rest of the roll (four shots left) today while I was going to get it developed. This was the only shot I got off before the shutter mechanism, apparently, detached from the wind lever -- The release button didn't seem to fire it, and the wind lever could be pulled almost freely. As well, the shutter speed ring would only turn to 1/100, and would turn freely past B. Interestingly, I managed to get the shutter to wind properly again by applying a little forwar pressure to the ring as I turned it, and it seems to work fine now. What a finnicky camera.
I really managed to botch a lot of exposures, because out of 48 frames, these are the only four I really, honestly liked. There's about a dozen that are stomachable, though.
I look forward to shooting some more with such a wonderful camera!
I would have had a roll off the Zorki 6 I received recently off eBay in there, too, but I guess the film didn't catch on the take-up spool, because it rewound for a whole one frame -- meaning I shot 24 exposures onto the same bit of film. The Zorki seems to load backwards from the Karat, that's for sure -- anyone want to enlighten me as to how it works, with the pulling the film through *under* the take-up spool? But I digress.
Being the photographer that I am, I'm only going to show off the shots that I feel turned out fairly well. Out of two rolls developed, there's actually not so many -- it was also the first time I'd shot without a lightmeter, as well as being done with a camera that's a bit inconsistent, technically. Here we go! (I scanned them at 300dpi -- They're a bit big, obviously, but the largest comes in at 1160KB. Not too bad, for broadband, and I know at least MSIE will resize them automatically. Not sure about Firefox. Sorry!)
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/fahad.jpg
A fellow I know, by the name of Fahad, looking very professional.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/marla.jpg
Andrea, in the morning, before she'd finished her cofee. She wasn't too pleased with me.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/melting.jpg
The tree just outside my front door one morning. I spotted this while I was checking the mail, Karat in tow. The snow was melting off of it, and it was really very pretty in the light.
http://phoenixphire.net/images/rangefinders/karat iv/november 11th 2005/treehouse.jpg
I was trying to kill off the rest of the roll (four shots left) today while I was going to get it developed. This was the only shot I got off before the shutter mechanism, apparently, detached from the wind lever -- The release button didn't seem to fire it, and the wind lever could be pulled almost freely. As well, the shutter speed ring would only turn to 1/100, and would turn freely past B. Interestingly, I managed to get the shutter to wind properly again by applying a little forwar pressure to the ring as I turned it, and it seems to work fine now. What a finnicky camera.
I really managed to botch a lot of exposures, because out of 48 frames, these are the only four I really, honestly liked. There's about a dozen that are stomachable, though.
I look forward to shooting some more with such a wonderful camera!
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