Looking at the selling prices I thought the super me was not as good as it seemed to me.The Pentax ME Super is a great small camera to carry around, alot of their lenses are great to use, and most can be found for resonable prices on ebay, even alot of the 3rd party k-mount lenses can be found cheap on ebay.
IfThey can all give you quality images, certainly the Pentax and Rollei will. The weakest link will be your processing/scanning/printing, this will make or break the results vs your Fuji X.
If I start by giving my rolls to a professional lab that sends me both the negatives and the scanned images, the passage could be less traumatic for the quality, right? In other forums I had read discussions where they said that for a quality of both colors and final result you had to spend and buy a high-priced camera like a leica m, bessa or similar. I want to debunk this thing.They can all give you quality images, certainly the Pentax and Rollei will. The weakest link will be your processing/scanning/printing, this will make or break the results vs your Fuji X.
The camera you have is fine and will not affect the results. Lens is something that you might want to "upgrade' but if we're talking sticking to Pentax ME Super, then any Pentax SMC lens will do just fine. It appears you do not have any Pentax lenses, so going with a SMC 50/1.7 is just all you need and remain on low budget.If
If I start by giving my rolls to a professional lab that sends me both the negatives and the scanned images, the passage could be less traumatic for the quality, right? In other forums I had read discussions where they said that for a quality of both colors and final result you had to spend and buy a high-priced camera like a leica m, bessa or similar. I want to debunk this thing.
I started long time a go with film. Years a go. But after I passed on digital I loved the quality of images and the world of raw post work. I spent hundreds of euros for fuji and its lenses. The photos were very nice but they didn't give me joy. Now I wanna reset. Find a good camera and one or two lens and shot for a month three months a year and see what happens. If me or rollei is good enough after all this years. I'll buy some Hilford rolls and porta and I'll start my film rieducation. Or I sell all cameras and i'll buy one good enough.Certainly you need to adjust your expectations of what a result will look like from film vs. digital. I suppose you were using Fuji's film emulations on your X so that gave you some idea, but still expect vast difference irrespective of how effective scanning will be.
Do you have any prior film shooting experience? if none it may be a challenge to switch mentally to the new medium. If you shot film before then it may be a different story.
Stick a good quality lens on your Pentax and load it with good quality film , and if the resulting images are not good enough it's down to you .If
If I start by giving my rolls to a professional lab that sends me both the negatives and the scanned images, the passage could be less traumatic for the quality, right? In other forums I had read discussions where they said that for a quality of both colors and final result you had to spend and buy a high-priced camera like a leica m, bessa or similar. I want to debunk this thing.
yes ihave a smc-a 1.7/50mm!The camera you have is fine and will not affect the results. Lens is something that you might want to "upgrade' but if we're talking sticking to Pentax ME Super, then any Pentax SMC lens will do just fine. It appears you do not have any Pentax lenses, so going with a SMC 50/1.7 is just all you need and remain on low budget.
Labs are all over the place quality wise. Since you seem to be looking at color images you really have no choice but to use a lab. Start with a couple of rolls and see the results.
I started long time a go with film. Years a go. But after I passed on digital I loved the quality of images and the world of raw post work. I spent hundreds of euros for fuji and its lenses. The photos were very nice but they didn't give me joy. Now I wanna reset. Find a good camera and one or two lens and shot for a month three months a year and see what happens. If me or rollei is good enough after all this years. I'll buy some Hilford rolls and porta and I'll start my film rieducation. Or I sell all cameras and i'll buy one good enough.
ME Super uses Pentax K mount, so outside of any SMC lenses what you have MAY be compatible (Pancolar should be M42 mm screw mount). All i will say stay away from adapters that will mount a lens on ME Super, stick the right stuff. But you have the 50/1.7 so you're good to go and try film.yes ihave a smc-a 1.7/50mm!
and
Pancolar zeiss Jena 1.8/50
Mir1b 2.8/37
Soligor mc 2.8/28
Tokina 3.5/17.
This lenses are all good? Thanks for all replies guys.
Selling prices by no means reflect the quality of a camera or a lens.Looking at the selling prices I thought the super me was not as good as it seemed to me.
I will just mirror what has been said - you have what you need to get started. The Pentax ME Super and the 50mm/1.7 is the ideal starting point. Get some film and get going.
The Rollei is also a fine camera/lens combo but it really needs a bit of experience to be used effectively - especially if you continue using it in the street where timing is often important - you can pick it up at a later time if you feel the urge - it may be worth it.
While many have great fun with Sovjet cameras they are quirky and not very reliable - I would avoid these until you feel comfortable again with the Pentax or Rollei.
Funny you said that, bought a Leitz Pradovit projector not long ago for $70 delivered in near unused condition with Colorplan lens. Try a Leica lens cap for that amount.Selling prices by no means reflect the quality of a camera or a lens.
The fact alone that one has to pay crazy prizes for anything Leitz camera related, but the same time even by same dealers gets thrown at so to say with Leitz projectors should be telling.
Funny you said that, bought a Leitz Pradovit projector not long ago for $70 delivered in near unused condition with Colorplan lens. Try a Leica lens cap for that amount.
All true, but let's not hijack this thread. We've deviated enough already.S/H Leica microscopes and lenses are, relatively speaking, also not expensive, as most have had a busy and life in professional laboratories.
At the end of the day a camera body is just a shutter in a box. The body isnt going to make a scrap.of difference to photography (unless you need ultra fast shutter speeds, the best af, or a few other things).Looking at the selling prices I thought the super me was not as good as it seemed to me.
Years a go I bought some lenses:
Pancolar zeiss Jena 1.8/50
Mir1b 2.8/37
Soligor mc 2.8/28
Tokina 3.5/17
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I love grain and I like trix and hp5. For film test in color? Cheap Color plus 200? Or better a good portra 400?All of the lens you have will resolve fast film Tmax 400, TriX, HP5, Delta400 Foma Action 400, grain is inherent in the film and you control contrast in development or in post. The deciding factors in my book is how well you can hand old each of the different bodies in low light at 1/30 or even if pressed 1/15 and how the viewfinder is in low light.
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