Hi,
After quite searching for the right model and a camera in good condition, I recently bought a very nice, black, very well cared beauty, also my first RF camera ass well, so i wanted to share my first expericence, love and critics to the forum.
Here's my camera:
Things I like:
It's small, compact, light, medium, lens are OK, the shutter it's quiet, the meter it's very accurate and gives good exposure.
Things I don't (or I will get used to):
the Viewfinder its pale, the scale and the black line it's almost invinsible, the composing wasn't always the exact, the focusing window it's very very small, the focus ring it's very tight (0.9 to 5 meters), and it was difficult to get and to see the right focus, I get like 3 overlaping images, so I used the meter scale to predict the focus.
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The photographs below are at taken at AUTO and at almost all photos are taken at speed 1/500. The camera was in its leather case. This are original scans at 72dpi, 1818x1228, and they are quite poor without edit (only resized). I printed some images, the differency is really visible.
Film used - Fujicolor 100 (expired 2007). For portraits the film is ok, but quite grainy, especially in the shadows, not the best for testing.
I've used UV filter on pictures that i noted.
I choosed photos that are critiquable both good and bad.
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Portraits, focus, light, colors - it's fine here (with UV filter):
Bokeh and reversed focus (with UV filter):
Contrast and color (with UV filter):
Light leaks, low contrast (with UV filter):
Against the light:
Focus, bokeh, colors:
Infinity focus, sharpness:
Nice overexposure:
In shadows / against the light (with UV filter):
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Also i have some problems with my camera:
The aperture rings opens only at f/16, f/11 and f/8 (on other apertures the ring doesn't change but it opens when i shoot.
I will need light seals replacement, (that it's the reason for the light seals?), and how can i fix the light seals?
Will using a lens hood will help about reducing the incoming lihgt and backlight, also the overal contrast?
After quite searching for the right model and a camera in good condition, I recently bought a very nice, black, very well cared beauty, also my first RF camera ass well, so i wanted to share my first expericence, love and critics to the forum.
Here's my camera:
Things I like:
It's small, compact, light, medium, lens are OK, the shutter it's quiet, the meter it's very accurate and gives good exposure.
Things I don't (or I will get used to):
the Viewfinder its pale, the scale and the black line it's almost invinsible, the composing wasn't always the exact, the focusing window it's very very small, the focus ring it's very tight (0.9 to 5 meters), and it was difficult to get and to see the right focus, I get like 3 overlaping images, so I used the meter scale to predict the focus.
--
The photographs below are at taken at AUTO and at almost all photos are taken at speed 1/500. The camera was in its leather case. This are original scans at 72dpi, 1818x1228, and they are quite poor without edit (only resized). I printed some images, the differency is really visible.
Film used - Fujicolor 100 (expired 2007). For portraits the film is ok, but quite grainy, especially in the shadows, not the best for testing.
I've used UV filter on pictures that i noted.
I choosed photos that are critiquable both good and bad.
----
Portraits, focus, light, colors - it's fine here (with UV filter):
Bokeh and reversed focus (with UV filter):
Contrast and color (with UV filter):
Light leaks, low contrast (with UV filter):
Against the light:
Focus, bokeh, colors:
Infinity focus, sharpness:
Nice overexposure:
In shadows / against the light (with UV filter):
----
Also i have some problems with my camera:
The aperture rings opens only at f/16, f/11 and f/8 (on other apertures the ring doesn't change but it opens when i shoot.
I will need light seals replacement, (that it's the reason for the light seals?), and how can i fix the light seals?
Will using a lens hood will help about reducing the incoming lihgt and backlight, also the overal contrast?
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