Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

[CMur12]

When and why did camera manufactures start putting electric motors in cameras to advance and rewind film. It just over complicates what previously was a more than adequate system with simple cogs and levers that could be serviced readily.
I could ask a similar question about autofocus c.f. manual...

The most common use for a motor drive would be action photography, in which the film can be advanced far more rapidly with a motor, while firing the shutter in rapid succession, than it can be by hand.


In my own case, I have auto-winders attached to my Minolta X-570s because I am left-eyed and they allow me to advance the film without removing the camera from my eye. This really helps when bracketing exposure and when making subtle changes to framing of the image. They also add gripping surface, as well as ballast to absorb a little shutter/mirror vibration and to keep the camera hanging vertically with a heavier lens.


- Murray

 

[dourbalistar]

Pentax 6x7, S-M-C Takumar 6x7 105mm f/2.4, Kodak 400TX, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 6 minutes.


2018.09.08 Roll #179-02854-Pano-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[css9450]

My new (to me) Komaflex-S 127 SLR camera. Yes, it works.

 

[tunalegs]

Nice. Where are you getting 127 these days?

 

[css9450]

Nice. Where are you getting 127 these days?

Best variety is by slicing 120 film down to size. I've done various B&W films as well as Fuji Provia and Kodak Ektar in color. Otherwise, Ilford periodically offers bulk rolls of HP5, and there's a new 400 film made by Rera Pan which is really just some other film cut down to size and re-rolled.

 

[Godfrey]

I acquired one of these nice Leica R6.2 bodies recently, because I have a full set of R lenses and it was pretty cheap.

It's in lovely shape. I finished my first test roll with it and then processed it yesterday... All working great, and a delight to shoot with. Here's one of the six photos I made that I like:

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Click the photo to go to my Bicycle Cafe Sprinting 2018 album and see the others. 😀

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[jbielikowski]

I bought the Milvus for my 5DMKII but this setup is much nicer.

 

[p.giannakis]

I bought the Milvus for my 5DMKII but this setup is much nicer.

How do you find the 600?

 

[analoged]

Black Paint Leicaflex MKII

Black Paint Leicaflex MKII

Black Paint Leica for $80? Yes please!

 

[analoged]

 

[jbielikowski]

How do you find the 600?

I like it very much, more than the 5D. Compared to 1n/3/5/33/50e... well the VF is beautiful, so manual focusing is really easy with the focus confirmation (green dot on the bottom). Of course it has one AF point and it doesnt light up. It balance really well with the >700g Zeiss. I like the simple ergonomics. For the price (less than 25euro) it's a great deal.

 

[Fraser]

I bought the Milvus for my 5DMKII but this setup is much nicer.

From the same family!
18fbpicCanonRT_01 by f4saregreat!, on Flickr

 

[cary]

Black Paint Leica for $80? Yes please!

Was this on Ebay last week? Does it work?

 

[analoged]

Was this on Ebay last week? Does it work?

That's the one, pop in a fresh battery and the meter works fine! Test roll of Tri X in it now...

 

[cary]

That's the one, pop in a fresh battery and the meter works fine! Test roll of Tri X in it now...

Congrats!! I forgot to bid on it, I can't complain last year I picked up a near mint Leicaflex Standard for $46.

Have fun with it, glad to see another Leicaflex user!

 

[analoged]

Congrats!! I forgot to bid on it, I can't complain last year I picked up a near mint Leicaflex Standard for $46.

Have fun with it, glad to see another Leicaflex user!

Thanks, this is my fourth Leicaflex, second black paint behind my SL MOT, please help me stop!!!

 

[jbielikowski]

From the same family!

That's a badass combo! I like the idea of a fixed mirror, I imagine it's makes shooting undisrupted, could be handy cause I use the 600 as a street camera.

 

[cary]

Thanks, this is my fourth Leicaflex, second black paint behind my SL MOT, please help me stop!!!

I have two, the one I just mentioned and a SL MOT which is about to be sent to DAG for a CLA and a new prism.

 

[analoged]

I have two the I just mentioned and a SL MOT which is about to be sent to DAG for a CLA and a new prism.

I would be very interested in knowing what the cost are! The only bummer with this latest body I picked up, is the spotty prism. This particular one is right in the center! I've been pretty lucky with my other three having no prism defects.

 

[Fraser]

That's a badass combo! I like the idea of a fixed mirror, I imagine it's makes shooting undisrupted, could be handy cause I use the 600 as a street camera.

As already said the 600, 630 etc are really cheap I have a couple of 630s and I think I only paid about £12 for them and the RT was only £18. The good thing about the 600 is they don't seem to suffer from sticky shutter foam like the next generation of EOS.
One thing to note is if you do buy an RT the shutter won't fire without a lens I thought mine was faulty when I first got it!