Recent content by filmamigo

Jon Porter has the right idea. I have wanted to find one of those Bronica belt clips and fill it with loaded inserts for my SQ-A. The Bronica back pops open quickly and you can drop in the loaded insert, avoiding all of the time-consuming part (which is threading a new roll of film onto the...

This year it has been the Pentax MZ-3 and the ME Super. Both make good companions to the Limited lenses. (An MZ-5n was in the mix too but it succumbed to the dreaded mirror gear failure.)

I admit it Bob, I'm in that crowd, lined up at the camera store getting machine processed C41 with scans. Black and white I do at home, but I often bring it uncut to the camera store for highspeed scanning (helps to control dust and reduce my spotting.) I think film photography is aligning...

Great news Bob -- look forward to hearing more.

I always assumed that before the 4-shot rolls and big Fuji's, group tourist photos were the reason for Rolleiflex Plate Adapters (allowing single sheet film on a Rollei.)

Aside from web sharing, I entirely rely on "service bureau" or lab-made prints. The quality is great, they expose and process real colour paper to make the prints, and the price is SO much cheaper than keeping a large format printer stocked with ink. One day I will get the Omega B600 enlarger...

Having fallen in love with other people's medium format photos, I embarked on the same journey as you. I started with a 6X6 TLR, and a 645 SLR, and a 645 rangefinder. The 645 SLR with a leaf shutter (Bronica) gave me some fantastic images. I have a 20x30 print on my wall that is breathtaking...

They were a custom machine order from http://www.mikroantriebe.de/ They cost 4.48 Eur each, which seemed cheap enough to order a couple. I got the tip from this thread: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/8-pentax-film-slr-discussion/39450-mz5n-mirror-blocked-service-manual-4.html

Based on my experience: For prints up to 8 x 10 I saw absolutely no difference between a Super Ikonta 532/16 with the coated f/2.8 Tessar, and a Rollei 2.8F with a Planar. However, the Planar captured seemingly limitless detail - truly stellar performance. The more you enlarge, the more image...

The first SLR I purchased was a Nikon F80. I liked the control layout and size. Build was a little plasticky, but most damningly it would continually scratch film. It went back for service after service and within two rolls of film the scratching would start again. I was so frustrated to have a...

I think it’s a lovely camera - but 125 is a bit steep. The camera has everything I wanted in a fixed lens rangefinder. A good, largish, viewfinder with decent rangefinder patch size and brightness. It’s good proper manual shutter and aperture controls. The 45mm focal length suits me. The...

I've just received a pair of cameras that I absolutely love. They are the definition of modern classics, a trick that Fuji picked up a bit later for the digital X series. One is a Pentax MZ-3 in black, the other is a silver Pentax MZ-5n. They are near identical: both tiny, plastic bodied...

I very much like Acros in Diafine. I expose it at 160. Conditions I’ve shot it in have mostly been overcast, so performance in open sun might be too contrasty - but contrast has been perfect for my needs. The characteristic curve seems straight, so there’s lots to work with when adjusting...

Thanks all for indulging my off-topic question. I've been around APUG for years and never noticed that Groups tab... where the content looks a lot like the regular forums... Cheers

1) There's a Bronica sub-group? I don't see it anywhere... probably I'm blind 2) WHY would they exclude SQ-A.... bizarre. Perhaps if I find the sub-group I will find my answer...