Camera Talk

Looks like all your testing has come to fruition, Robert. Bravo! When I was doing camera repairs and took them out to test them afterwards it was always a struggle of taking either a specific range of images or just winging it. After a while I settled on a few certain types of images I wanted for th...

Who needs a "new" Widelux anyway. A well sorted camera there, Julio, and nice photos. I wonder what that one guy looking straight into the camera was thinking when he saw the lens roll by.

PF

Okay, it's not a reference to weddings, but trying something new that takes one back to former times. That for me would be the new Nikon Z5IIC. You all may recall how much I liked my old Nikon Coolpix P7700, a compact with no viewfinder but instead it had a fully articulated screen. I took so many p...

I'm always enamored with the look one can get when specialty processing slow b&w films, especially when it's a discount brand punching up above its level. That's some good work, Paul!

PF

That copper swing arm switch has a dab of glue on it indicating that it will have to be reconnected to whatever controls it. Good luck with that, as the focus mechanism for the Olympus XA has a similar arrangement that I wasn't quite able to get back together with any success thus creating an iffy s...

I don't like the looks of that green resistor and whatever that glop is between it and the three terminals.

PF

Thanks PF! IIRC the theoretical normal lens for 24x36 is 43mm, so 40 is close enough. The only problem is that there are not too many RF viewfinders with an accurate 40mm field, so approximations are needed. One camera with a 40mm FOV viewfinder that comes to mind is the Rollei 35 RF (a Cosina Voig...

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Fri Sep 18, 2026 5:07 pm

Good work with the D80, PF, and very glad to see your posts again.

Thanks, Julio. I'm getting that itch again to get out whenever I feel like it.

PF

Rest in peace, Brother.

https://www.gatewayfh.com/obituaries/la ... ign=legacy

PF

Well, I know it. I'm working on doing something similar; I have a demanding volunteer position that I'm hoping to pass on to someone else in the spring. In the meanwhile, a busy summer has meant little photography (except for a bit of sports shooting that was done on request) but I'm hoping it's al...