Crown Graphic, 135mm f/4.7, Fuji 100C instant film, converted to black and white.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
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Crown Graphic, 135mm f/4.7 Optar, Fuji 100B instant film (apparently discontinued).
You might notice the front shift and rise.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
This Old Camera: Canon TX
Camera: Canon TX circa 1974 - 1979
Lens mount: Canon FD "breech lock"
Shutter: 1 - 1/500s plus bulb
Depth-of-Field Preview: yes, big lever on the front of the camera
Metering: center weighted TTL
ISO: 25 - 1600
Power:
Prisms/focusing aids: fixed prism, central microprisms
Self timer: N/A
Flash: hot shoe, 1/60s sync, PC connector
Film plane indicator: yes
Comments: solid, no nonsense shooter.
Manual: Butkus
More info: Photoethnography
Issues: Meter likely inoperable, but I haven't put a battery in it. It took a mercury battery, but one ought to be able to use a http://www.weincell.com/.
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8 S.C. (single coated?)
Filter size: 55mm (unlabeled)
Close focus distance: 2 feet/0.6 meters, marked.
Aperture range: f/1.8 - f/16
Aperture blades: 5
Depth of field scale for f/4,8,11,16, and IR focusing index.
Comments: I find the 5-bladed aperture distracting, and the plasticy build quality of the lens does not impress me. But it makes nice photos.
The photos: I think I got the most keepers of any of these cameras with the Canon, although I think that's more luck than anything to do with the camera.
(With polarizer)
I look a little deranged. This was how I labeled the rolls of film from each camera.
See also these photos of Timmy taken with the Canon TX and 50mm f/1.8 FD:
number 1
number 2
Additional comments:
If I was only shooting 35mm film (i.e. I didn't want to double dip by using old manual focus lenses on DSLR bodies), the Canon FD line might be the best way to get a complete system on the cheap. I assume it is because the lenses are orphaned. Check out KEH for a selection.
Lens mount: Canon FD "breech lock"
Shutter: 1 - 1/500s plus bulb
Depth-of-Field Preview: yes, big lever on the front of the camera
Metering: center weighted TTL
ISO: 25 - 1600
Power:
Prisms/focusing aids: fixed prism, central microprisms
Self timer: N/A
Flash: hot shoe, 1/60s sync, PC connector
Film plane indicator: yes
Comments: solid, no nonsense shooter.
Manual: Butkus
More info: Photoethnography
Issues: Meter likely inoperable, but I haven't put a battery in it. It took a mercury battery, but one ought to be able to use a http://www.weincell.com/.
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8 S.C. (single coated?)
Filter size: 55mm (unlabeled)
Close focus distance: 2 feet/0.6 meters, marked.
Aperture range: f/1.8 - f/16
Aperture blades: 5
Depth of field scale for f/4,8,11,16, and IR focusing index.
Comments: I find the 5-bladed aperture distracting, and the plasticy build quality of the lens does not impress me. But it makes nice photos.
The photos: I think I got the most keepers of any of these cameras with the Canon, although I think that's more luck than anything to do with the camera.
(With polarizer)
I look a little deranged. This was how I labeled the rolls of film from each camera.
See also these photos of Timmy taken with the Canon TX and 50mm f/1.8 FD:
number 1
number 2
Additional comments:
If I was only shooting 35mm film (i.e. I didn't want to double dip by using old manual focus lenses on DSLR bodies), the Canon FD line might be the best way to get a complete system on the cheap. I assume it is because the lenses are orphaned. Check out KEH for a selection.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
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