Recent content by Praktica_enjoyer

That's actually really smart haha! Ok, that's very good to know! So from what I've gathered I'm better off using a less powerful light source for longer. I actually looked up the films datasheet and it says: "re-exposure is to be done in the developing tank using a 100 W bulb at a distance of...

Ok, great! Thank you so much for your input!

Hi everyone, I had a quick question: do I need to unspool the film from the reel when re-exposing it after bleaching, when working with bw reversal film? I finally caved in and bought a LOMO UPB-1A and I have this double 8 reversal film I've been meaning to process for a while but I'm not...

After trying what kino said, it works almost perfectly! There's a very slight amount of resistance around the 0.75m but it's almost imperceptible, thank you so much! As for what Brian said: the camera was far from mint condition when I got it, a metal plate on the side of it was totally warped...

Thank you so much for your reply! Luckily, the lens elements are attached to the aperture ring, and the move back and forth as a unit (kinda like on a below camera, which makes me realize it's probably not retro focus), so there's no risk there! I'll try to reshape as soon as I'm home. Btw...

Hi, This is my first post on the forum, so I'm hoping I'm posting in the right forum! So I've recently bought a Kiev 16 c-3, a Soviet 16mm camera with 2 lens turret and both lenses' focusing rings were essentially stuck from gunked up grease. I CLAed the industar 50mm f3.5 but after...