Bob

This is the type of camera I have. This is the type I'm trying to produce.

Yes, it is a piece of junk (see comment #1 above). The whole point is to restore a vintage piece of junk to my liking, not to simply acquire a black camera. Thanks for your comment.

Thank you.

Thanks everyone for the comments. There were many questions in the various posts and people had some good points, so I'll try to address them here in one posting: 1. This could be valuable, ...

Thanks, but I'm coating a camera body, not an exhaust manifold. Nonetheless, I will go through the extra effort to heed your advice about it being clean.

I have an old Oly rangefinder.  I'd like to paint the chrome parts black.  Specifically, I'd like to send the chrome parts to an electrostatic powder coating service. Yeah - it's gonna be cool! I know!

WHen looking through the viewfinder, one can see a needle against a scale calibrated in EV units. So, for an outdoor scene, it might read 15 EV.  Then I have to set the aperture and shutter speed ...

Very helpful. Thanks!

I'm trying to calibrate my camera's built-in light meter.  It gives readings in terms of "EV".  This is a film camera, so I can't use the trial-and-error approach.  How should I go about this?

Thanks

A professional wouldn't use the type of camera you are describing. :)

Some of the vintage film cameras use PX625 mercury batteries, which are not really available any more. So the question is, which is the better alternative and why.  All three options produce the ...

Google "nodal point photography".

Okay, card slot it is then. Thanks!

When transferring photos from a camera to a computer, is it better to remove the SD card or to use the USB port on the camera? The point being, there's going to be wear and tear on either the card ...

Can't really generalize like that.  There are so many other factors that affect the image. Coatings, number of elements, type of glass, etc.

Some lenses are just not that great. It could also be that each lens has a different sweet spot in terms of aperture setting.

I was under the impression that grey cards were used for exposure and white cards were used for white balance.

Again, it's hard to critique an assortment of different subjects and techniques.

Please go to imaging-resource.com and line up test photos side by side for those two cameras. If you look at small images on the screen, then of course things will look the same between the two. ...