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[Andreas Thaler]

Well said.
I'd also add: if you feel compelled to write, then write. Regardless of what the rest of the world says or doesn't say about it.

An ideal field of work for narcissists and attention seekers

 

[Andreas Thaler]

Interest is likely greater than what is apparent. Keep in mind that, if you detail repairs here now, those details are available in the future. I think there is a lot of value in your posts.

Thanks!

I hope so, but I also hope that others will get involved and I can learn from it.

Doesn't anyone want to work on the Canon T90? The electronics still need some explanation!

 

[Andreas Thaler]

Or if you want feedback, start a thread about Zone System versus ISO film speed.

I had studied the zone system intensively, especially its application to 35mm film.

For this purpose, I bought a Soligor spotmeter for my Minolta X-700 and attached a zone scale to it. Then I set about calibrating my black-and-white film development and nearly went mad

Peter Fischer-Piel had written two excellent books on the zone system and its application to 35mm film (black and white, color); he called his technique „Schnappschussmethode“ (snapshot technique). I only know the German editions:

• Das Zonensystem in der Schwarzweiß- und Farbfotografie
• Das Zonen-System, Tl.2, Neue Aspekte zu Theorie und Praxis

peter fischer piel - ZVAB

Das Zonensystem in der Schwarzweiß- und Farbfotografie von Fischer-Piel, Peter und eine große Auswahl ähnlicher Bücher, Kunst und Sammlerstücke erhältlich auf ZVAB.com.

www.zvab.com

https://www.fotoespresso.de/SW-Magazin/swmag_zkurs_4.pdf

Peter Fischer-Piel

Peter Fischer-Piel Studium Visuelle Kommunikation an der HdK, Berlin, Abschluss als Meisterschüler bei Prof. Helmut Lortz. Seit 1983 Lehrtätigkeiten u.&nbs

photocentrum.de

 

[bernard_L]

Or if you want feedback, start a thread about Zone System versus ISO film speed.

I had studied the zone system intensively, especially its application to 35mm film.

My mention of Zone System was tongue-in-cheek. Amazed by the passionate discussions raised by this topic. Not very long ago, on photrio, I gave away (for the cost of postage) the New Zone System Manual. I guess that I nevertheless benefit from having read it.

 

[Andreas Thaler]

My mention of Zone System was tongue-in-cheek. Amazed by the passionate discussions raised by this topic. Not very long ago, on photrio, I gave away (for the cost of postage) the New Zone System Manual. I guess that I nevertheless benefit from having read it.

In any case, this helps you understand the relationship between exposure and development.

 

[Saganich]

I think you hit on it, the fact that there are verry few people doing the work your doing, so don't despair, your giving a master class and students will find you.

 

[Andreas Thaler]

I think you hit on it, the fact that there are verry few people doing the work your doing, so don't despair, your giving a master class and students will find you.

There should still be factory-trained repairmen who have learned their trade. It's a shame that we can't read or learn anything from them. At least not where English is spoken.

 

[MattKing]

I at least glance at all the activity on your threads.
I hardly ever have any reason to comment on them, so I don't.
I would suggest that a lot of the content in your threads is better designed to inform than it is to initiate discussion - and there is nothing wrong with that.
My access to some of the background information indicates that you also have a fairly high number of people here who are "following" your threads and posts - and most likely not every one of them are posting regularly in your posts.
The nature of forums like this is that they meet different needs for different people in different circumstances.

 

[4season]

This would make sense as a collaborative effort, e.g. with an electronics engineer, to raise the standard and the usefulness.

Maybe if you are designing a new camera, but not particularly helpful for simply repairing an existing one.

I don't plan on acquiring a Canon T90, but I might be sorely tempted to buy a Minolta CLE, TC-1 or Ricoh GR "for the right price"!

 

[Andreas Thaler]

I at least glance at all the activity on your threads.
I hardly ever have any reason to comment on them, so I don't.
I would suggest that a lot of the content in your threads is better designed to inform than it is to initiate discussion - and there is nothing wrong with that.
My access to some of the background information indicates that you also have a fairly high number of people here who are "following" your threads and posts - and most likely not every one of them are posting regularly in your posts.
The nature of forums like this is that they meet different needs for different people in different circumstances.

Thanks, then it makes sense for me to post my reports here.

 

[Andreas Thaler]

Maybe if you are designing a new camera, but not particularly helpful for simply repairing an existing one.

The electronics engineer could definitely say more about the circuits, at least the basics, since a lot of it is buried in the ICs.

 

[Crysist]

I can't assess the quality of anyone's repair work because I am not knowledgeable about it at all, but the least I can say is that you've contributed so much and in such meticulous detail that you've left a goldmine on the topics you've posted. Even if a lot of it relates to certain SLRs, having more of that material around instead of only finding one example of a repair from a source you're uncertain of makes a huge difference. I greatly appreciate seeing yours and the few other frequent fliers' threads in this forum a lot, it makes me feel confident to want to try this myself because there's so many resources you've all made!

so yeah, I don't have any Canon SLRs but I want to just say I love your work here!!

 

[Andreas Thaler]

@Crysist

Thank you!

Good luck with your work!

 

[Andreas Thaler]

The nature of forums like this is that they meet different needs for different people in different circumstances.

That's true, and a good thing.

However, I also think feedback is important to avoid a situation where authors fail to engage their readers. Either because the posts aren't easy to read, don't meet the readers' interests, or there are simply too many (redundant) posts.