Maoby
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Yes, I also bought films in 100 foot rolls for black and white. :-D
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What was your first SLR ?
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In general we can realize our childhood dreams 40 or 50 years later
Gone for Good
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And the nice thing is that it is still working and I never spent a dime on repairs!
They don't make them like that anymore. And it took as good a picture as my 1996 Nikon F5.
They don't make them like that anymore. And it took as good a picture as my 1996 Nikon F5.
Gone for Good
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A few of my metal babies!
Gone for Good
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nice of you to help the countries behind the iron curtain
Wallace Ross
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I have an ST701 it has an amazing viewfinder.
Wallace Ross
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You know what makes a great light meter? A digital camera. I absolutely love my Pen FT but have never even considered putting batteries in it. I enjoy half frame enough that I have a number of different ones (Ricoh Autohalf,Fujica Drive, Yashica Samurai). Eventually I will get some more lenses for my FT though.
Maoby
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I agree with you :-D
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Henry Richardson
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Huh??? Are you referring to the Zenit-B and Praktica LTL? If you read you will see I didn't buy any of them. Other people did. I did buy the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL and it was not a dog and not from behind the Iron Curtain.nice of you to help the countries behind the iron curtain
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itaibachar
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A black Canon AE-1Program, back in 1983-ish. I didnt like the sparse look of the Nikon FE's, the Canons seem more modern to me...
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Henry Richardson
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A lot of people in the West back in the day bought and used cameras from Zenit and Praktica because they could afford them. And I have seen some fantastic photos over the years taken with them because, as always, the person holding the camera is much more important than the brand of the camera. And also there were many photographers behind the Iron Curtain in those days who used these cameras because it was essentially all they could get. And used the film made there too. Many great photos!Huh??? Are you referring to the Zenit-B and Praktica LTL? If you read you will see I didn't buy any of them. Other people did. I did buy the Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL and it was not a dog and not from behind the Iron Curtain.nice of you to help the countries behind the iron curtain
As for the Praktica LTL, well, I played with my friend's camera after he got it and I liked it. The stopdown button on the front for use with the stopdown TTL metering was actually very easy to use and I liked it better than the mechanism used in many other cameras of the time. Plus, the shutter button angled on the front of the camera was actually quite good and reduced camera shake compared to the typical top button in almost all other SLRs.
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Dodi73
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Maoby
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Interesting to see the diversity of stakeholders!
bachus
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Get some 1.4 volt hearing aid batteries and a rubber washer. that will replace the mercury cells splendidly.
I came to SLRs at the tender age of 45, relatively late, having previously been using a Yashica rangefinder. Not quite sure why but I bought a Pentax SF7 with a 28-80 kit lens, the lens having had good reviews.
Terrible choice. The camera itself was heavy and handled poorly. The killer was built in back-light exposure compensation which I found couldn't be turned off. The lens was poor; I found out that Pentax had put out a 28-80 lens for review, but slipped in a cheaper 28-80 as the kit lens. I've never bought Pentax since. I replaced the lens with a Sigma 28-70, which was much better.
I bought a Yashica FX3 Super 2000 and kitted it with a Zeiss 50mm f1.7, a lovely combination. The Pentax went.
Terrible choice. The camera itself was heavy and handled poorly. The killer was built in back-light exposure compensation which I found couldn't be turned off. The lens was poor; I found out that Pentax had put out a 28-80 lens for review, but slipped in a cheaper 28-80 as the kit lens. I've never bought Pentax since. I replaced the lens with a Sigma 28-70, which was much better.
I bought a Yashica FX3 Super 2000 and kitted it with a Zeiss 50mm f1.7, a lovely combination. The Pentax went.
Maoby
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Hence the importance of being well informed before a major expense!
Maoby
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Tastes and colors ;-)
Gone for Good
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They're relatively cheap, indestructible and killer looks! These really started the 35mm SLR revolution. I have 3 of them and they've never been to a repair shop. Joe Ehrenreich once asked me when I was going to send one in for repairs. He went out of business before I had to send in a Nikon F.
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