Who Likes Olympus Half-Frame SLRs?

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Like wire coat hangers? Never leave two wire coat hangers in the close, because they will multiply. Heck, just one wire coat hanger left a lone in a closet long enough will undergo cellular division and then see the previous sentence to see where that leads.
 
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Worse still, wire coat hangers may combine with film development tanks to make interesting ways of developing 4x5 film:





Nope, I'll never let any wire coat hangers near any lenses. I already seem to have several more 38mm/f1.8 Pen-F lenses than I can explain.
 

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This is a silly question, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have a older backup Pen FT body, and one that has been CLA'ed. Unfortunately, the silver disc that screws into the timer lever has gone missing, and I want to swap it from the old body. But I can't figure how to get it off...twisting isn't working. Anyone know? Anal retentive issues...
 

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Bob L said:
Unfortunately, the silver disc that screws into the timer lever has gone missing, and I want to swap it from the old body. But I can't figure how to get it off...twisting isn't working.
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Left hand thread?
 

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They had a show of Warhol's half frame photos in Las Cruces, NM of all places some years ago. Mostly grab shots of his Factory scene, and a huge blowup that someone had taken of Andy w/ his Pen. It looked like you would expect a half frame photo to look at 6' by whatever the width was. The blacks were jet black.

They also had his film 'Empire' running from opening to closing time. He mounted a movie camera on a tripod and shot the Empire State Building through a window (I guess) for 8 long, grainy hours w/ a beacon flashing every 15 minutes. I loved the film, but it was too short :>)
 
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Going back to Rollei Retro 80S this week. I know to use scissors rather than the guillotine,of the Rondinax or Lab-Box and shall bring out my inner Madame Defarge as needed. Slow speeds certainly benefit the smaller negatives. If it would only stop raining or snowing it would help, but our weather seems to be totally screwed this last ten days.

Here is another Fuji Neopan 400 with a strobe in the interim:

 
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A great camera capable of producing great images. I'd buy one, even if i had to pay extra to get less
 

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I have to reiterate that the 42mm f1.2 is one of the finest lenses in photography! It lets in lots of light, it’s sharp, has pleasing bokeh, focuses very close (35 cm), has excellent build and is pretty compact.
 
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Swordman said:
I have to reiterate that the 42mm f1.2 is one of the finest lenses in photography! It lets in lots of light, it’s sharp, has pleasing bokeh, focuses very close (35 cm), has excellent build and is pretty compact.
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I didn't keep a record, but on yesterday's walk I took the 42/1.2 and the 20/3.5. Readers may disagree with me, but there seemed to be quite a lot of 'keepers', and I'll restrain myself to one a day here. Where I remember, I'll say which lens was used. The back door above was the 42/1.2 for certain.
One advantage to small negatives (and there surely are not many after cheapness), is that large apertures keep greater depth of field. That can be a disadvantage too, depending upon what you want. I'm seeing far more usefulness out of this f1.2 lens (FL ~/= 58mm full frame) than I ever did out of my f1.0 Noctilux. It seems that what I am learning is that, among the many compromises that constitute all of optics and photography, there may be another 'sweet spot' where DoF, light-gathering, field of view, optical character all make some kind of plaisant agreement. Likely all micro four thirds types will say "Duh!" to that, but this is with film. And it's fun.
 
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