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The really, really silly things one reads on forums... I guess the URSS didn't manufacture their own spaceships either.

I agree with your previous arguments, but I should say that these kind of research info, as well as tons of other research done by Kodak, Fuji, etc... is not leaking to the public domain. We know very little of what was reserarched inside those plants. Much of we know was because of the...

Haven't they done this already? Lomochrome Purple!

LOL

One previously available film may be brought back into production Perhaps Plus-X? I'd bet that would sell well...

You said you'd admit nothing!

I think the reason was that the professionals were largely using Nikon cameras (fact). Nippon Kokagu has flexed its optical design muscles many times, for example the 6mm f2.8 220° fisheye, or their perspective correction lenses (a first in the industry); or what about the 35/1.4 lens...

I had two F3 cameras (now only 1 of them) and the little light never worked...

Wow, it looks single-coated! I thought all 24/2.8 were multicoated from the start.

Yes, i do agree with you. In fact my first camera was a Zenit 12XL (similar to 122) and the next camera was an AE-1 which indeed felt like a luxury item... Regarding the switch to Leica M... Considering that my Pentax MX cameras are of similar dimensions, similar weight, quasi absence of...

My only Nikon F2 is a F2S model, which is almost the same as a F2AS. Actually I had the F2AS as well and I prefer the F2S. So i know those models. Still, i prefer my original F-1 instead of the F2S. The F-1 is much more ergonomic to use and I prefer the "partial" metering, even if objectively...

Just my two cents... I think the Hasselblad 500(and up) series have very little competition in the 6x6 field. The first Bronicas make a huge noise and have had a story of problems keeping the focusing screen in the proper place and the two-mirror system is complex to repair. Then there's the...

The use of retrofocus lenses isn't really because of the mirror, but because of the long flange-to-film distance. Even in the Mamiya C series TLRs, it is long. Thus, lenses shorter than about 80?70? mm will need to be retrofocus, that's why the 65mm and the 55mm are retrofocus. The...

You took 12 (twelve) posts to appear!! Too long, too long!! The Exakta was probably the first camera system, long before the Hasselblad.

I have owned most of the Nikon classics and most of the Canon classics. I'd say the Canon F-1, New F-1, T90, and even the T70 and A-1 are great user cameras. I definitively prefer my F-1 over my Nikon F2, and sometimes i prefer my F-1N over my F3. I had the A-1 and i enjoyed it a bit more than...

Most precisely it's to reduce deterioration of image quality at close focusing distances.

This is a very good lens and beautifully built. It was also one of the first Nikkor lenses to be multicoated. It is multicoated even though it doesn't say so. If you mean, with "the sigma", the sigma super-wide II, that's a very good lens too but with noticeable distortion. I'd choose the...

HI Claudiio, The camera thinks a f5.6 lens is attached. This is normal, to be expected. You must meter the lens on stopped-down mode. The most easy way to use this lens, really, is to just use stopped-down AE. Or meter with a handheld meter and use the camera in manual mode. I own the same...

Fomapan 400 and/or Shanghai GP3 can give more or less a similar look - it has poor anti-halation properties.

Yes, but this is true of the FD New lenses only, as far as I know. I have many chrome nose lenses from 1970-72 and (date codes L, M, N) and it seems they often suffer from some focus wobble which I'm not sure if it's lack of lubrication or the helicoid keys need adjustment. Mind you i have...

I would need a digital instrument then, and I leave the digital work for the urologists and proctologists.

It depends on humidity. I had a 35-105/3.5 with clean lens elements... And my 200/4 is clean for the most part (I cleaned it)... But on the 'bay those two lenses aren't rare to be found.

I have two Gossen Luna Pro meters, plus a Gossen Luna Pro SBC meter, and a Minolta Auto Meter IV (digital). Surprisingly they all agree... Despite being so different. Can't say the same about my cameras!! At least the three F-1 cameras I have agree with each other. And two of the three Pentax...

Many thanks for your experiments, these are really exciting. I just have some questions to better understand the options: 1. Would more quantities vinegar spoil the process? 2. Are you sure you want the bleach to happen under daylight? Don't you run the risk of solarizing the film? 3. I...

The most important thing to use a meter properly is to be able to understand it. Matrix metering is a black box and it might be unpredctable. I know how the CW meter on my F-1N or the partial meter on my F-1 will react on different lighting conditions, and I compensate accordingly. Even...

This is a very good question. So far i've dissasembled two zoom lenses: FDn 35-105/3.5, and 35-70/4.0. They both used exactly the same rollers except I think one that was of different size (maybe not...) There is a german thread in another forum that suggests all rollers are the same in FDn...

Canon FD prices used to be low mainly because they couidn't be used on digital cameras. Now, with the mirrorless boom, they're useful again. This drives prices up. However i can't understand how they can get more expensive than the exact Nikkor equivalent. Or is is that people are realizing...

The 180/2.8 is rather affordable today, and as far as i've seen, cheaper than the FD. I have the 180/2.8 Nikkor*ED, and have owned the Canon FD new 200/2.8 IF (internal focus) version. I prefer the FD version, the internal focus design makes it much more comfortable to use. Optically the Canon...

Me too. ETRSi user and fan here. Would like to know the conclusion.

Well, lately i've been buying some FD lenses from world's favorite auction site, and guess what, it seems that in general the FD lenses are now more expensive than their Nikkor counterparts. For example a FD 35/2.0 (ANY version!) can be almost double than the Nikkor equivalent. And indeed is...