Lessions Learned?

[Juan Valdenebro]

This year I've learned how useful 3200 film is outdoors in common scenes... I used to carry one body with ISO 100 film for sun and another one with ISO 400 film for shadows/overcast, but now I carry a third one with ISO 3200 film, and this way if I don't need selective focus I can also shoot in shadows or overcast with a lens prefocused and well stopped down (f/8 1/500 instead of f/4 1/125): fun and easy, apart from the beauty of grain.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[filmtwit]

Care to explain why? I got a friend infected with RF bug so now he wants one. I'm helping him find one, currently eyeing an M5 on a local auction site. Wouldn't mind to know what I should watch out for?...

Per Sherry - design flaws in the main rollers. It can be fixed, but they will probably crack again. Each time, the fix is about $800. So avoid M5's with series number in the 128-1340000 range.

Higher serial numbered M5's don't have the design flaw and those she really give'sa big thumbs up for. Apparently the M5 is favorite camera.

 

[filmtwit]

Fuji or Kodak?

This year I've learned how useful 3200 film is outdoors in common scenes... I used to carry one body with ISO 100 film for sun and another one with ISO 400 film for shadows/overcast, but now I carry a third one with ISO 3200 film, and this way if I don't need selective focus I can also shoot in shadows or overcast with a lens prefocused and well stopped down (f/8 1/500 instead of f/4 1/125): fun and easy, apart from the beauty of grain.

Cheers,

Juan

 

[gliderbee]

And what is a more or less "normal" price for a M5 ?

Gas coming up ...

Stefan.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Fuji or Kodak?

Kodak. Fastest Fuji B&W is their slow, contrasty and big grained Neopan 640...😛

Cheers,

Juan

 

[filmtwit]

From what I've seen $700-1000

And what is a more or less "normal" price for a M5 ?

Gas coming up ...

Stefan.

 

[tonys]

Basically Sherry's view is that you have to be "out of your mind" to purchase an M5 below serial no 134....

Anything above 134... is fine.

 

[filmtwit]

That would have been me. Ugh.

Basically Sherry's view is that you have to be "out of your mind" to purchase an M5 below serial no 134....

Anything above 134... is fine.

 

[tonys]

Filmtwit, if you are going to have the M5 repaired then Sherry is far and away the best M5 repairer on the planet. The fact that it is her personal and favourite camera also helps. I am sure she will advise you properly. She's honest.