Camera Talk

No kidding- a 950 for portrait work? That's quite a leap of faith, although there was some excitement for digital photography at that time.

Coolpix 700-800-950.jpg I've been recording some videos about these Nikon Coolpix cameras and how they made everyone sit up and take notice when these were released in 1999. I tested the Coolpix 700 as soon as it was released and ended up buying the camera from Nikon. I had planned to write a revie...

I always loved the graceful lines of this model. I think it was one of the most attractive vehicles of its era. Wise choice.

canon_ae-1.jpg It took a while, but I found a working Canon AE-1. There seem to be a lot of them out there, but finding a working one at a decent price (less than $75) has been a real challenge. Like many Canon AE-1 cameras, it has the shutter squeak, which doesn't seem to be too difficult to corre...

I wonder if you have "hard" water. I have always done a pre-wash, which has helped with tiny bubbles on the negative. Also, I don't know how you are agitating the film, but maybe if it's too vigorous, maybe the developer gets foamy, which could sit on the surface. A pre-wash might prevent ...

My second least favorite camera of all time and mostly because it's so damn ugly! Kodak 35 RF A nice camera if you don't mind stripping the skin off your fingers or the sprockets on the film. https://live.staticflickr.com/5557/14212035663_8b444a7548_c.jpg Kodak 35RF by P F McFarland , on Flickr PF

Julio - one option is th4e Df96 CineStill developer-fixer. You still have to do the final wash, and I guess that's where you can use a lot of water. Maybe you can use a hypo clearing agent to cut down on the wash time and then perhaps use a gallon of bottled water. This is both a developer and a fix...

I'm very sorry to hear about that. Ron was a good guy.

Thanks,, Alex - I was hoping you would say that. I also was hoping you spoke French, but oh well.

The Tenax 2 uses a Compur leaf shutter, so it's not that complicated. It sounds like there is some issue with the film advance lever, which also tensions the shutter.

En Francaise: OK, I received an e-mail today, and it's in French. Here's the message: Bonjour je viens d acheter un zeiss ikon tenax2 tout était OK declencheur vitesses armement et j ai essayé d utiluser mide bulb et la tour s est coincé le bras d armement bloqué en haut declencheur fonctionne plus ...