Darinwc
Not left handed
Sorry about your Lomo. It seems purchases from them are hit or miss. It is an interesting camera for sure. I bought one used and it seems to work ok.
What have you just BOUGHT?
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Godfrey
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Ah yes, just remembered... Two other items arrived as well:
The "16" mask for the Hasselblad SWC/M viewfinder arrived (to achieve better framing for 6x4.5cm format using the A16 back). And the Pistolero grip arrived ... a simple grip with an Arca-Swiss type clamp (since I always have an A-S camera foot bolted onto the Hasselblads).
I tried a couple of the Hasselblad grips that I could find, but this seems to work better for my hand and doesn't require I pull off the A-S foot.
G
The "16" mask for the Hasselblad SWC/M viewfinder arrived (to achieve better framing for 6x4.5cm format using the A16 back). And the Pistolero grip arrived ... a simple grip with an Arca-Swiss type clamp (since I always have an A-S camera foot bolted onto the Hasselblads).
I tried a couple of the Hasselblad grips that I could find, but this seems to work better for my hand and doesn't require I pull off the A-S foot.
G
Godfrey
somewhat colored
I had hopes that it would be a simple, lightweight 6x6 to carry about. But the state of the one they sent was just atrocious and I don't feel like pushing it any further. It's well overpriced at nearly $500 new.
Mcary
Veteran
Running test scans on my recently purchased Nikon LS-50 with SA-21 negative feeder, so far so good. Sure more than a few people will think I'm crazy for buying a scanner this old but the price was reasonable and I'm hoping that it will last until someone decides to product a new scanner with an equal set of features such as true 4000 DPI scanning resolution, auto feed and auto focus.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
What software are you driving it with?
I have the same scanner (have had it for at least 15 years now) .. NikonScan was gone from macOS an age ago so i drive the scanner with Vuescan, which does an excellent job.
Nowadays and for some years I've more frequently used a copy camera digitization approach — ever since camera with more resolution and dynamic range than the scanner became available. But i occasionally still pull out the scanner for sake of its automation.
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Mcary
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Using Vuescan on MAC OS as that what I've been using for my other scanners. As I don't currently own any digital cameras and the only ones I've owned in the last several years have been Leica Ms, I decided to put off considering the copy camera approach for a few years, kind of hoping the something like the Z7 will drop to under $1000 and I can combined that with a Nikon Telephoto 105mm f/4 Micro Nikkor AIS via an F-Z adaptor.
Mcary
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Bought a 3D printed Quickload Take-up Spool for my M2 as the Leica Quick-Load Spool that came with the camera has started to give me issues. For longest time simply removing and re-inserting the spool fixed the film slippage issued but lately that hasn't been the case. So far one down side I've notice is the prongs on the CD printed spool are so tight that I've not been able to load the film with it in the camera and instead have load the film and then insert it the camera. Wasted and old roll of B&W film test to make sure the film advanced/loaded on to the new take up spool without any issues and now have a roll of color film loaded and fingers crossed.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
copy camera approach: Equipment-wise I use, mostly, the Leica M10-R or M10 Monochrom nowadays, fitting one of several lenses via adapters (Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8, Macro-Elmar-R 100mm f/4 + Focusing Bellows-R, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 + M-Ring, etc) along with a Novoflex copy stand and a film holder. Occasionally, I switch to the Hasselblad 907x/CFV II 50c if color and/or dynamic range are critical, again with a range of adapted lenses including the Makro-Planar 120mm f/4 T*, the Planar 80mm f/2.8 T*, and various extension tubes.
Over the years I've simply accreted a hefty amount of various different gear so I might as well find ways to use it. For digitizing 35mm originals, you hardly need more than something like that Z7 and a good macro lens, but I have film formats from Minox subminiature to 6x9 cm, which takes a good bit more versatility to cover well.
Here's a setup I used a decade ago to capture Minox 8x11 format negatives to ~21Mpixel digital images on a 24x36 sensor (about 2.7:1 magnification) for rendering:
Leica SL Minox Negative Capture 2016
Shows using the Leica SL with Leitz Focusing Bellows R and Summicron-R 50mm f/2 lens to capture Minox negatives. January 2016
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enjoy, G
Mcary
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Thanks !copy camera approach: Equipment-wise I use, mostly, the Leica M10-R or M10 Monochrom nowadays, fitting one of several lenses via adapters (Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8, Macro-Elmar-R 100mm f/4 + Focusing Bellows-R, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 + M-Ring, etc) along with a Novoflex copy stand and a film holder. Occasionally, I switch to the Hasselblad 907x/CFV II 50c if color and/or dynamic range are critical, again with a range of adapted lenses including the Makro-Planar 120mm f/4 T*, the Planar 80mm f/2.8 T*, and various extension tubes.
Over the years I've simply accreted a hefty amount of various different gear so I might as well find ways to use it. For digitizing 35mm originals, you hardly need more than something like that Z7 and a good macro lens, but I have film formats from Minox subminiature to 6x9 cm, which takes a good bit more versatility to cover well.
Here's a setup I used a decade ago to capture Minox 8x11 format negatives to ~21Mpixel digital images on a 24x36 sensor (about 2.7:1 magnification) for rendering:
Leica SL Minox Negative Capture 2016
Shows using the Leica SL with Leitz Focusing Bellows R and Summicron-R 50mm f/2 lens to capture Minox negatives. January 2016
enjoy, G
Reason for going with something like a Z9 would be to use it to scan 6x6 and 4x5 along with 35mm.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Isn't a Z9 about the same pixel density as the Z7? Spec seems to be ~45 Mpixels. That's just a wee bit higher than the M10-R and M10 Monochrom that I'm using (nominally 40Mpixel), and I have no problems getting excellent detailing on 6x6 to 6x9 cm format film. I'm just curious as to why you'd want the Z9 over the Z7 unless it's a whole different sensor family.
The big advantage I find when I use the 907x/CFVII 50c is that the MFD sensor has much closer to a true 16bit dynamic range and can pull out a bit more from difficult negatives. Its resolution is only a little higher (50 Mpixel compared to 40 Mpixel) compared to the two Leicas.
... I guess we should segue this discussion to another thread rather than adding increasing divergent notions to the "what have you just bought" thread. 😉
G
Mcary
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LOL honestly something like "the Z9" would include the Z7🙂. Hasselblad and Fuji Digital MF systems would also be something I'd serious look at, but all this is several years down road🙂
shawn
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Could of options for larger negatives. You can go with more native resolution, take multiple images and stitch them or you could go with something with a pixel shift mode which can give you more resolution, more dynamic range and full color information at every pixel.
Jbennett68
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How do you like that lens? I’ve been considering one or the fa43 ltd. I guess that’s a little bigger though.
seany65
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This week I bought a Nikon TC-14A teleconverter to give me a few more focal length options. Now I could use lengths of 70mm, 126mm, 189mm and 280mm as well as my 50mm, 90mm, 135mm and 200mm lenses. my 105mm lens has a slow diaphragm, apparently due to a worn Nylon bearing otherwise I could used a length 147mm and a lens of 105mm.
Of course, now I'm wondering if a TC-16A could be justified, as that would give me access to 80mm, 144mm, 168mm (if I replace my 105mm lens), 216mm, and 320mm with only having to carry one more tiny thing.🙄😆
Of course, now I'm wondering if a TC-16A could be justified, as that would give me access to 80mm, 144mm, 168mm (if I replace my 105mm lens), 216mm, and 320mm with only having to carry one more tiny thing.🙄😆
Vince Lupo
Whatever
My Lane-Prism arrived and overall it’s fine. Interesting that the view is sharper without my eyeglasses than with them.
JeffS7444
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Inspired by Kirk Tuck's blog post from January 3rd, I purchased a Nanlite FS-300C LED monolight from B&H Photo, currently on sale for 300 USD, through the end of March. Having gotten my start with an inexpensive lighting kit-in-a-box old enough to use compact fluorescent lighting, I'm in awe of this thing: Without making any corrections for green or magenta spikes, the quality (and quantity) of it's output looks great.
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will60163
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hi all, just recently won a Gnome 6x9 1950's enlarger with timer on the #bay, bought some foma 10x8 gloss paper wlth ilford 7x5 gloss to go with it, just need to get out and shoot some film .
seany65
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This week I also bought a Tamron 90mm 52B lens, a 49mm Hoya pro-1 sky 1b (which turns out to now have some "marks" on the glass - I dunno if I put 'em there though 🙄), an Adaptall 2 Nikon AIs mount (which I wouldn't have had to buy had I known that my Tamron CT105 lens still had the very slow diaphragm which I thought I'd sorted by putting anAdaptall 2 mount on it, but it seems the cold weather affects it. At least I have that mount for the next CT105), a Topcon 49mm metal lens hood which even when putting it on carefully and to only just tight enough to stay on, can, and often does, get the filter in a vice-like grip. Luckily I still had the Hoya hood and two spacer rings to make the whole thing deep enough) from my previous 52B which died.
ChrisPlatt
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Used Pentax SP1000 35mm SLR camera body
$42.50 shipped from The Camera Outlet aka KEH on eBay
Chris
$42.50 shipped from The Camera Outlet aka KEH on eBay
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Malcolm M
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Weston Master V, £7.50 from Cancer Research. A rather pointless purchase, given that I already have one, plus 3 older models, and I don't think much to selenium cell meters anyway. The high scale is only likely to be of use on the sunlit face of the planet Mercury, and on the low scale good domestic room light scarcely lifts the needle off the stop. Church interiors, smokey jazz dives, and you're on your own, moonbeam. At least the case is in better condition than my existing one.
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