Vintage film cameras

[Kenzie]

I messaged Ilford as I think they are missing a trick. They used to do FP4 as 127 but stopped. I even asked Lomography and Ferrania. Ferrania said watch this space.

[johnnyrod]

Fiver SP, quite a package of stuff
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pentax-Sup...-/262980345604

[Kenzie]

Defo worth a look. Got a roll of expired 127 coming soon. C41 kit is out of stock at the moment. Might try this kit 112296827504 as it looks fairly simple. Its keeping the stable temperature I am worried about.

[yokohama]

Made a rare score in a local charity shop this morning. I found a Fujica SLR but couldn't make out the model as the name had worn off the top plate. I thought I'd have it anyway for the case and lens, which would fit the ST705. ..... except when I got home and discovered it was bayonet mount and not m42 lol.
Looking at internet pics tells me it's a STX-1N, fully mechanical with battery powered meter - and it works.

[Kenzie]

Nice one, was it just the camera or did you get goodies with it? Probably the X mount if my Google-fu is any good. Still waiting for my negs to come back.

[yokohama]

Just the camera with a 50mm 1.9 and the original leather case. The winder's a bit stiff and there are a few spots in the pentaprism and a bit of dust in the lens but for £7, can't complain. You're right about the x-mount and not much available on ebay. I think another AD2 mount might be in order.
Here it is ... only a 700 top shutter speed.
Weird that the model name has gone. I've never seen that before.

[Kenzie]

Nice looking bit of kit, I wouldn't complain for that amount. Not sure what to take on our break at the end of the month. Might take an Olympus Pen, defiantly the Perkeo and X700. Need something pockatable.

[yokohama]

Try the x700 definitely. What about the Ricoh 500? I loved using that and it slips into a pocket no problem.

Is that you going to process colour? Have you tried it before? I was thinking earlier in the week about having a go at developing again.

Re the Fujica - I love the way the battery holder is on the top plate under a plastic sliding cover. Genius move! I hate having to take the case off and dig out a coin to put batteries in.

[Kenzie]

I need to bite the bullet and do it, I keep finding films and process them as black and white instead of colour which is a shame. The kit I posted earlier needs to be at 38c for three minutes. It just needs diluting rather than mixing which is good. Might need some storage jars as well. Black and white is easy, bought an AP tank which does 2x 35mm or 1000s 120/127/126. My Paterson tank goes down to 16mm.
Could take the 500

[yokohama]

I was reading about developing colour and noticed all the stuff about keeping everything at 38C. That seems to be the most difficult bit. But the chemical kit you saw on ebay looks fine
I was looking at this. What do you reckon? It seems to have the basics - or is it better to get everything separately?
http://wycameras.com/shop/black-and-...eveloping-kit/