Vintage film cameras

[yokohama]

Ah well, at least the lens is usable now.
Picked my two items up from the PO today. The OM20 looks OK but I'll need to renew the seals and check the electrics are all fine. The Tamron is a big lens. It could do with a clean as there are some very slight hazy spots inside but looking through it, they don't show up. Need to film test it I guess.

[yokohama]

I'm starting to get a collection of beast lenses now though.

[Kenzie]

Some serious kit there. You not skinning the Minolta? That Trip went for £58 plus postage.

Lomo fisheye



Focus on my car boot Trip looks ok



I also have the Pentax mount for it that does auto stop down. Will mostly be used on the K1000.

[yokohama]

I like the fisheye; I'd love a really wide angle ......
I saw the Trip selling price too; crazy. Though that being said, a couple of my items sold at good prices.
OM20 is practically the same as the OM10 with the manual adapter. The only differences I've noticed are that the 20's controls/ev compensation are easier to adjust and that the readings in the display are all led, as opposed to the black figures and led dots of the 10.
I don't know what to do with the Minolta. I have the blue leather skin but I really like the functional metal look. Also like the feel of the bare metal. I know I should cover it but clear plastic will feel like ... well, plastic.

[Kenzie]

If you like it that way then leave it naked. It's a little hard to frame the fisheye but the effects are really cool. Picked up an OM20 for £1.50 plus post. Missing the grip on the front but I think I have one kicking around somewhere and the battery check doesn't work. Worth a shot for the price.

[yokohama]

That's a great price for an OM20. And I thought I did well getting one for under a tenner.
I was planning to ride up to Newcastle today to check out a Trip but the seller never got back to me.

Really like the boat pic on the other thread BTW.

[Kenzie]

Thanks, thought my D3200 deserved a trip out. Found the grip for the OM20. Hoping it works ok. Was also shooting with the P30t as well but didn't fire off many shots.
Good reading on the OM20

http://www.petervis.com/Cameras/olym...20-repair.html

[Kenzie]

http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/...t&sf29922881=1

[johnnyrod]

Originally Posted by yokohama

I'm certainly out of the bidding on that Trip. It's a really crazy price.
The Vivitar looks a serious lens, especially on the Pentax, which I guess is quite compact. I've a Hoya 100-300 zoom for the Olympus, which must be quite similar (both made by Tokina I think) Not used it with film yet but the 5.5 makes it hard to focus in certain light conditions as one of the hemispheres in the focus screen just blacks out in anything but bright light,...although it might be me and parallax related. I'll have to try it out but it's a big thing to carry round.
I think I have been within a couple of blocks of Mrs Ansell's HK residence..

G'day, back from hols. The black semi-circle is usually because the lens is too slow. Best you can do is try rotating it (the whole camera), you can usually find a point where the semi-circles are even brightness. If you have an adaptor ring on it, they sometimes have grub screws so you can rotate the lens, typically so it fits and stops the right way up, but you can use this to set it to the best position for the split circle.

[yokohama]

Hope you had a good hol Johnny.
I'll try the rotating trick, cheers. I also get a bit of joy If I move my head/eye around a bit.

Kenzie, did your OM20 turn up?