Vintage film cameras

[Kenzie]

Took the Kiev 88 for a spin today, the room I unloaded the film in wasn't sealed so I got some light leak when I dropped the film!














I also went to the charity shop with the film gear. Got a Watameter rangefinder for £4, a Minolta SR-M42 adapter, a Pentax shoe mount, and a 40.5mm yellow filter for £1 each, plus a Ricoh zoom lens, a stainless steel tank. I also shot a roll of colour through the Kiev, but that will have to be sent off.

[johnnyrod]

Great pics there

[Kenzie]

Thanks. My arm was aching from lugging the 88 around. Hoping the light leak is from my mistake and not a leaky film back. 18 shots into my 2nd test roll for the L-CA, first one came out blank. Want to get that finished and try out a Kiev 4.

[Kenzie]

Johnny, don't you have a Mamiya Six? 163296939638

[johnnyrod]

Yep, that's an old one for sure, the flash synch is built into the funny bar over the top of the lens. Mine is an Automat, but the lenses are etched by fungus.

[Kenzie]

Wasn't sure if the lenses were interchangeable.

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[yokohama]

I took your advice Kenzie and bought a roll of HP5 today. They had some Ilford pan 400 too, which I've never used before. Was thinking about it but a quick search seemed to imply it was quite grainy so I decided against it for now. I might give it a try later though if i go to any older, historic places.
Nothing much doing over here though I saw a couple of guys with cameras today; a Spotmatic and a Nikon so film is still alive over here too.

[Kenzie]

I quite like hp5, it seems to be my go to black and white film. Good grain and tones. I've tried a couple of rolls of Fomapan but I have yet to try any Kodak black and white.

[johnnyrod]

The only B&W I've used is HP5 but it's very good. Kenzie - yep the lenses are but only between the non-Automat models

[Kenzie]

Yoko, were you still looking to sell the Nikon FM?

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