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So, the fun for today then was to sort the light seals on the X-700 since the last time it was used it was clear that there was a bit of a leak. Simples... got some jute from the shed, cut to length, bit of paper glue and that's the door done. Add some sticky-back neoprene to cover the hinge area and we're sorted.
On to testing... got rather a lot of Kodacolour Gold ISO200 that went ood 2004-2007 so decided on a camera test in spades - one roll, four cameras! I needed to test them anyway so decided today was the day. There's the Minolta X-700, the Fujica 35-EE, the Konica C35-EF and the Konica Autorex. Quick point on the Autorex - many will know I have been chasing one for some time now, managed to find one I could afford that needed some TLC big time... it arrived, I *finally* got the shutter firing on time, got the meter working and generally tidied it up. There is still no base plate unfortunately and this design of camera leaves the bottom of the shutter pretty much open so I have had to get by with a shaped piece of cf covered card stuck on... whatever, seems to work and it's weird seeing half and full frames on the same roll of film!
The Accused then:
Film is run, cooked, washed and on the driers now so should be able to post comparisons later but things looking pretty good actually. It will be interesting to see how the four sets of camera/optics deal with the same situations, same day, *same film* - clearly any colour variance will be purely down to the optics. I have to say also that apart from the Autorex, I used the cameras' own metering systems to set apertures and shutters... because the Autorex has no base I cannot keep the battery in place so sunny 16 it was
Will post the results later once the film has dried and been scanned.
On to testing... got rather a lot of Kodacolour Gold ISO200 that went ood 2004-2007 so decided on a camera test in spades - one roll, four cameras! I needed to test them anyway so decided today was the day. There's the Minolta X-700, the Fujica 35-EE, the Konica C35-EF and the Konica Autorex. Quick point on the Autorex - many will know I have been chasing one for some time now, managed to find one I could afford that needed some TLC big time... it arrived, I *finally* got the shutter firing on time, got the meter working and generally tidied it up. There is still no base plate unfortunately and this design of camera leaves the bottom of the shutter pretty much open so I have had to get by with a shaped piece of cf covered card stuck on... whatever, seems to work and it's weird seeing half and full frames on the same roll of film!
The Accused then:
Film is run, cooked, washed and on the driers now so should be able to post comparisons later but things looking pretty good actually. It will be interesting to see how the four sets of camera/optics deal with the same situations, same day, *same film* - clearly any colour variance will be purely down to the optics. I have to say also that apart from the Autorex, I used the cameras' own metering systems to set apertures and shutters... because the Autorex has no base I cannot keep the battery in place so sunny 16 it was
Will post the results later once the film has dried and been scanned.
Actually not my idea, I've seen it on several Zenits (wouldn't you know) but they used yellow and blue whereas I only had green!
Maybe by Tuesday, I'll get back for a decent ride, but I'm just being a wuss and nursing it for the moment.
