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Last week i wanted to explain to a friend why microfiche films have narrow latitude. This is a great explanation, thanks.

I annoy (modern) Contax / Zeiss shooters by complimenting them on their japanese-made Cosinas (or Yashicas), while I carry my Contax IIIa with Zeiss Sonnar 50/2.

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Correct. The camera is simple to service if you want to make it work again, however reaching accurate speeds and top 1/1250 speed while keeping shutter tension low requires thorough attention to detail, many things need to be right. The shutter isn't complex at all, it just requires...

This is a common problem. Long story short, most technicians can fix it but the fix will involve setting a shutter tension (spring tension) so high that it will reduce the useful life of the camera, and make it noisy. Not good at all. Plus, most likely, will throw the calibration of the...

T-grain film technology was a gigantic step forward and gave us many things we take for granted today like fine-grained ISO 800 color film, etc. It made 110 cameras give acceptable image quality etc etc etc etc ETC. To throw this progress and effort down the toilet, is obscene. I don't know who...

This is a very very significant feature, and one that I look forward to. Many thanks to ADOX for addressing this problem.

Most important, you need to remove the lens on your camera and swap it for an "objective" .

It was on the cover of "Modern Photography" magazine in the 70s, so it is modern!!!

You need to soften the glue, you can first try alcohol (apply on the edge using a syringe), if it doesn't work use acetone, let it act for some minutes and then try removing the cover again. Note: "Mamita": Revisa el título del post...

Thanks for this link!!! The three are surprisingly really, really close. But at 100%, pixel-peeping, i'd say the Zeiss has a bit more crispness, it's noticeable.

I own the Contax IIa and IIIa (both are post-war cameras). Now the good part: - Their build quality is second to none except maybe to the Rolleiflexes, externally and internally. - The rangefinder, on a camera that hasn't suffered the effects of humidity/etc, is very clear. - The design of...

Camera tech here, let me help. First, if you can afford a digital microscope you can also afford a spare focusing screen, it can be from any 35mm SLR. Use a focusing screen instead of the tape, it's more precise. Then, you need to test the infinity of the LENS. Set the lens to infinity, focus...

You get notified when a moderator does something for your post. At least, i remember having gotten some of those notifications

We're lowering the moderation D-min, or in any case, reducing base fog

Service the MX and the dial will be easier to turn. And it's on the proper place, unlike on the OM-1. That is highly debatable. More variety? Sure. Better than the best of Pentax lenses? I don't think so, and I own both systems. You make a good point here: Everybody will have their own...

So it was YOUR fault, fatso!! End of thread, we found the culprit.

I think it will be very hard to find 120mm films, really. It would be easier to search for 70mm film instead.

Excluding Auto focus cameras, and only including 35mm cameras: In no particular order: Leicaflex, any model (Original, SL, or SL2) Nikon F2SB or F2AS Canon New F-1 Canon F-1 And, probably (though i've never found one) Alpa 9d or 11si Honorable mentions Pentax LX Pentax MX Minolta XK...

Well, if it has less layers, then it will probably be thinner, and thus the potential to be sharper or to have more resolution. As long as it is ISO 25 or more, then alright!!

Love this sense of humor!

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If this is black and white, you need to try the following: - soft (diffuse lighting) can help a lot to reduce the scar, of course if lighting is oblique to the scar, it will enhance (increase) its appearance - filters. Red filter is the most extreme and will give very white/milky flesh...

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The mystery is easy to solve. 1. First examine the negatives themselves with a good loupe (forget about the scans). Are they critically sharp? If they are, then the problem is at the scanning stage. 2. If they are not, this means the camera isn't focusing well. This is easy to check: get a...

Hi, it does not. Source: My new f-1 cameras, one of them is mint btw.

This is a great explanation. And also explains why this has nothing to do with the lens being wide-angle or not.

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Wow... very interesting back flavio77 ... 200 exposures is a LOT

We're not discussing if you can or cannot get "sharp" results when doing reversal. The point is that negative films, developed as a negative, are sharper than a comparable reversal film, and this is even more pronounced for color films.