DSkjaeve
Established
Leica M3 with collapsible cron and iiif with summaron 3.5. Tri-x in both.
valdas
Veteran
I always have one with me (bag or pocket). This week I carry with me Hexar AF.
pinafore2
Established
The Fed-5 i bought in Prag in november, with a Fomapan-100 insie it.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Exa 500. Last week I finished the roll in my Pentacon Pentina, and surprisingly all the shots looked good!
OlliL
Well-known
Yashica electro 35 GT with some cheap Kodak 200
rizraz
Established
M6 with 35mm summarit for today.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Nikon Pronea S fitted with Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 and Advantix B&W.
drinkingeye
Well-known
my contax g2 black with 2/45mm....
hififish
Member
Vivitar Series 1 007 - Arrived Yesterday-
Now In My Bag Loaded With A Kodak 200.
Now In My Bag Loaded With A Kodak 200.
raid
Dad Photographer
M6 with CZJ Tessar 5cm 3.5 T plus M3 with 35mm Cron V1
ronnies
Well-known
My recently revived Hi-Matic F with Superia 200. Using a Lithium CR1/3N so will be seeing how the meter behaves with the 'wrong' battery.
Ronnie
Ronnie
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Polaroid SX-70 loaded with Impossible PX-70 Silver Shade film.
Expensive but wonderful ... from this morning on the way to work, copied with iPhone so I could post them. ;-)
Expensive but wonderful ... from this morning on the way to work, copied with iPhone so I could post them. ;-)

janosh
Member
Android
Android
Droid XP2 8mp. Amazing...
Android
Droid XP2 8mp. Amazing...
unixrevolution
Well-known
Olympus XA. Every good thing people say about it is true.
seakayaker1
Well-known
Left the house this morning with a Leica MP with 50 Lux Asph & Mamiya 7 II with 80/4 in a A&A 7100 ACAM bag.
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
I'm carting around a new-to-me Pentax K200D, picked up cheaply, with SMC Pentax 50/1.4 (75mm EFOV) and SMC Pentax-M 28/2.8 (42mm EFOV). So it's all manual focus and stop-down metering. I do like the way Pentax has implemented the latter: in manual mode, press the "green button" and the diaphram closes, metering is done and the shutter speed is set to the metered value. With the camera at eye-level, this turns into a two finger, two button operation: meter then shutter release. In preliminary practice I've found it easy enough to achieve good manual focus - easier than with my Canon DSLRs (they're not being replaced; I'm just experimenting), so I'm guessing the Pentax focus screen is better set up for manual focus (though using lenses actually designed for manual focus no doubt helps). The finder does suffer a bit by comparison with my 5D and film SLRs - but it's not bad by comparison with other APS-C cameras.
Don't know whether I'll like this combination or not, but I like the field of view from those two lenses so it seems worth giving it a go. The 50mm seems highly thought of and I've liked it with film, so I want to see how it goes with digital. If I don't like things, I'll on-sell the camera without taking much of a loss and go back to using the lenses with film.
...Mike
Don't know whether I'll like this combination or not, but I like the field of view from those two lenses so it seems worth giving it a go. The 50mm seems highly thought of and I've liked it with film, so I want to see how it goes with digital. If I don't like things, I'll on-sell the camera without taking much of a loss and go back to using the lenses with film.
...Mike
nparsons13
Well-known
I've been shooting my Pentax K200D with manual lenses for a couple of years now. I have the S-M-C 50/1.4 plus A and M 50/2s. (The K200D with an M 50/2 is a very underrated combination.) I also have the S-M-C 28/3.5, which is very sharp. I've been wanting a 50mm-equivalent Pentax lens, and just today I received a Super-Takumar 35/3.5 in near-perfect condition that I'm looking forward to using as an everyday lens. It's not as fine a lens as the 28 or the 50s, but it's still a very good piece of glass.
Soon after I started using manual-focus lenses seriously, I bought a third-party split-prism focusing screen (Katzeye), and it makes a world of difference in being able to hit focus with the K200D's viewfinder. I still miss a film SLR's viewfinder brightness, but the ease of focusing is definitely better than it was with the stock screen.
Soon after I started using manual-focus lenses seriously, I bought a third-party split-prism focusing screen (Katzeye), and it makes a world of difference in being able to hit focus with the K200D's viewfinder. I still miss a film SLR's viewfinder brightness, but the ease of focusing is definitely better than it was with the stock screen.
scorpius73
Well-known
I have my Contax G1 with my new to me Zeiss 35mm f2 loaded with Ilford Delta 400. I can't wait to make some images with this lens tomorrow.
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
Canon F1 with 50/1.8 (APX100) and Pentax Q with 47mm equivalent fixed.

mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
Thanks for your comments. Perhaps I'm not completely nuts after all! I'll see how I go with the stock focus screen before I think about a replacement. It is worth knowing that the option is out there and that it works well for you.I've been shooting my Pentax K200D with manual lenses for a couple of years now.
...Mike
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