Vintage film cameras

[Kenzie]

Originally Posted by yokohama

Also, in a kind of senior moment,

At least you had film in it!

[yokohama]

Originally Posted by Kenzie

Have put some new foam in for light seals as the old stuff was basically mush.

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Nice looking camera. It must be over 30 years since I last touched one of those.

[yokohama]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

Depends a bit on the camera but yes it basically shows you the frame - on many older cameras though what you saw was the whole frame. It was quite common though that the coverage of the picture was greater than the viewfinder, even on SLRs, to reduce chopped-off heads etc. which went out of fashion around the time of Henry VIII. So you may be lucky, or you may have also created minimalist masterpieces! Or crap pictures. Know what you mean about not spraying the area, I've just put a film in this new Olympus I've got but it's going to be ages before I see the results! On 120 with 12 shots a film it seems to take the same number of weeks as 35mm/24.

I'll see what comes out. To be honest, I'm not so bothered about the pictures themselves; I'll know about the framing for next time. I'm more interested in seeing how it deals with the colours, how it focuses and how sharp (or more probably not) the images are.
Must try to get out this weekend.

[johnnyrod]

When the film is out you can stick a bit of clear tape where the film plane is and hold the shutter open on B, then you can compare the image on the tape to what you see in the viewfinder. Like you say though, if it can't deliver the image quality then who cares about the framing.

[Kenzie]

Had an Olympus pen ee arrive for spares. Selenium meter is dead but you can manually set aperture. All that is missing is the film door catch. Had an unused roll of Tudor XLX 100 inside which I'll shoot at some point.

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[yokohama]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

When the film is out you can stick a bit of clear tape where the film plane is and hold the shutter open on B, then you can compare the image on the tape to what you see in the viewfinder. Like you say though, if it can't deliver the image quality then who cares about the framing.

That's a good trick with the clear tape. I'll definitely try that when the film's finished

[Kenzie]

Here is a comparison shot from the Yashica FX-D and my Fuji HS10. While the digital has slightly better colour, I still think the film shot has better "feel" to it.

[johnnyrod]

Good contrast and more detail in the highlights on film. Also the white balance looks a bit off on the digital one.

[Kenzie]

White balance was on auto. Never remember to change it.

Posted off the Trip today to Yoko, will be good to see some shots posted up. Loaded the Tudor film into my Yashica 72e.

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[johnnyrod]

I've finished the film in my Contessa, just started with the one in my Olympus. The metering looks to be a lot more accurate, though the Zeiss ones are very similar and all turned out okay before. Anyway also discovered the Olympus barrel is a bit wobbly, so hopefully the pics will be sharp enough, and the meter seems a bit intermittent, seems to be down to the wobbly barrel. Can't really be bothered to take the film out so fingers crossed and will investigate later. Also the top speed is 1/500 and smallest aperture is f16 not f22 so bright days with fast film could be difficult.