Recent content by weasel

I have a 645 ( not autofocus) and use a 55 and 150. Makes for a nice walkabout , with moderate wide, and moderate long. 55 is used the most.

Love my 1c. I found that my under the lens filter holder didn't fit, so what I do instead is carefully pop the lamp house off and put the filter on top of the condenser. Have to be gentle to not move the enlarger, but it works. Would be simple to make a holder, as others have shown. As to the...

another shout out for DAG; he recently put new curtains and did a full cla of a beat up m2 of mine, and it came back purring. He even knocked out some ugly dents in the top plate that I did not expect. I am grateful that there are people like him still around keeping these old things running...

thank you for this

I have ended ups with 4 different LTM 50mm lenses; a 3.5 Elmar, a 1.9 Canon Serenar, a 1.5 Canon Serenar, and a j8 that has been adjusted to focus on Leica. I have shout all if these lenses, and while they do have different character, I would like to do something a bit more systematic to compare...

I have a Pentax 645 and two lenses, 55+150. Makes a nice walk around kit a slightly wide normal, and short tele

Shout out to a great transaction! Can't wait to shoot this!

Long time G2 user here; don't know if this helps, but my 28mm lens did that one time. I was on a trip so I freaked out, but all I did was clean the contacts ( which looked fine) and it never occurred again.

original apx 100 - I have been depressed for years losing this!

About a year ago, a bought an m2 locally, and after having used it quite a bit, I'm not sure I don't prefer my IIIc. As I have advanced to old geezer status, I find that with 35mm 90% of my shooting is with a 50mm lens. The finder in the IIIC is well known squinty. So here is my question; with...

will it hold a filter?

I need one of those " things" that I can use to to screw over the release of a screw mount Leica to use a cable release. What the heck are they properly called so I can search to find one?

A couple years ago I retired, and having new found time wanted to get back to shooting 4x5, which I had ignored for a long time. Knowing I was going to make a lot of stupid handling mistakes, I bought several hundred sheets of arista/foma 200 because it was a bit cheaper than Ilford. My goal was...

Is anyone else making a mf tlr anymore? If they can make a reliable and functional tool, I think it is fabulous.

Ha! I am old and have a used a number of meters over the last 50 years, a lot of different cameras. What has worked out best for me over time is when I am shooting roll film, I use an old but consistent Sekonic incident meter. When shooting sheet film where I have advantage of individual...