Recent content by Codeman73

Hi, I have an SP I've been cleaning up and all is good with the lens and the fantastic viewfinder, but the meter doesn't work at all. Can you perhaps give me a trouble shooting path to take? There was some corrosion around the little screw that holds the negative contact strip but I turned it...

I’m sure the issue was with how I handled the film and not a manufacturing defect. I did return all the film to CatLabs because it was defective and had small black dots all over the emulsion. They refunded 100% of my order including processing. I will give their management high marks for how my...

Boy, don’t I know it! I’ve picked up some goodies that needed repair like a Pentax spotmeter, a chimney CDS viewfinder and a set of B&W filters. Also a Mamiya aluminum case and a pistol grip all for an incredible $0.99 plus shipping. I really would like to get the 65mm lens one day soon.

Just a bit of a follow up. There are no light leaks in the camera. It was a “fat” roll of film.

I wish!

🙂 I know....amazing eh? I thought I would settle on a Retina IIIc but after holding the Canon P in hand (which is a serious chunk of metal and glass) I felt I found a soul mate from back in the day. I'm looking forward to a more introspective way of seeing and shooting. Of course I still have my...

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Steve here from Sudbury, VT. At 74 I've covered a lot of ground as a photographer and to tell you the truth got pretty jaded about the whole process after I got an MFA in Photography from University of Delaware back in the early 80's. I've always thought of myself as a "fine art" photographer...

Just got this camera and all was going well and then the aperture ring started getting quite stiff and difficult to turn. Now it's frozen. All other controls and functions are fine. I was in the process of shooting my first roll with it and now looking at a relatively expensive trip to the...

I agree with others. You can easily spot a great negative. Find a great negative that's also an in interesting image and work with that. Trying to beat a great print from a poorly exposed or composed image is adding a level of difficulty that can put a damper on your enthusiasm for the process.

I just received a mint Canon P with the 50 1.4 and it's a true gem. NO electronics of any kind! I really like that idea. On the same day the aperture ring on my Olympus 35 SP locked up and looks like I'm headed to the repair shop for an expensive checkup. On another note, yes...smaller files...