New SLR - Quick, run away!

Thejazzguy wrote:

"... here's a sample with the ricoh tls401 and takumar 50/1.8 ..."

Great picture! That Takumar lens looks like a winner.
 
Those Super-Tak 50's are Mike Johnston's favourite 50mm lenses. He puts them on a par with Zeiss lenses and claims they're noted for their outstanding bokeh:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-02-11-24.shtml

I love his concluding words:

Remember, too, that obsessing about lenses just isn't necessary. They all take great pictures. But if it's fun for you, then do it! Messing around with cameras and lenses is safe, pleasant, legal, and harms no one. All things considered, it doesn't rank very high on the scale of silly vices.
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Gene
 
thanks, that's a good link.
i have the SMC 50/1.8, an SMC 55/1.8, a rikenon 55/1.4 and soon, a Takumar 50/1.4. maybe i'll do a comparison shot and see if i can tell any differences.
 
Bill:

I just picked up a non-functioning Canon T-60. I need to remove the top. Do you know how to remove the shutter speed dial? Or does it lift up with the top?

-Paul
 
pshinkaw said:
Bill:

I just picked up a non-functioning Canon T-60. I need to remove the top. Do you know how to remove the shutter speed dial? Or does it lift up with the top?

-Paul
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Paul,

I don't know how to remove the top - or the speed dial - but I do know a little bit about non-functioning T60's. Most of them have problems - they will not function without the batteries in them, and they often develop bad connections for the batteries.

Notice the battery cover is black plastic, not steel like most classic SLRs. If you remove the cover and turn it over, you'll see a thin circle of steel that is supposed to contact the bottom of the battery stack (2 LR44's) AND also contact the bottom of the camera. There is a small prong on both sides of the ring that stick up - they are supposed to contact the camera body when the battery cover is on. Trouble is that they bend and then you have no electrical contact and then the camera is counted as dead, because it won't work without the battery power.

So bend the little prongs carefully up so that they contact the body of the camera when the battery cover is screwed down.

If the camera speed is set to "L" it is turned off. You have to choose a speed or "A" for aperture priority. The manual says it will eat batteries if you don't turn it off when you don't use it.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
The Bessaflex also takes the ultra neato trigger winder. Are there any other SLRs that use a trigger winder?
 
Thanks Bill:

I was woindering about the whether the shutter needed a battery to operate at all speeds.

My problem is that the wind lever seems to be jammed. The shutter is in the "up"position. I think there is a mechanical connection that has jammed irself. The only part of the top that doesn't seem to be intuitive is the shutter speed knob.

-Paul
 
pshinkaw said:
Thanks Bill:

I was woindering about the whether the shutter needed a battery to operate at all speeds.

My problem is that the wind lever seems to be jammed. The shutter is in the "up"position. I think there is a mechanical connection that has jammed irself. The only part of the top that doesn't seem to be intuitive is the shutter speed knob.

-Paul
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In that case, I'm at a loss. Sorry, I've never taken the speed selector off!

Good Luck!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
Bill:

I got the cover off! The shutter dial just lifts off with the lid. Interesting camera. The ergonomic shapes on the front are molded into the flexible body covering. Underneath it is just flat slabs. The front comes off with 4 screws. That makes it very easy to change the look of the camera by replacing the plastic top, the front with the lens mount and the skin on the front.

You can make a camera like this look like almost anything!

Unfortunately the interior mechanicals look a little cheap. This camera wasn't designed and manufactured to last a long time. I hope the rangefinders are better made.

-Paul
 
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