Recent content by Manwithacam

Just found the original Duracell PX27 battery in the box and it still works. There are also manuals and warranties for two Minox 35 GLs and the lever off the film advance. It seems to be broken off, it's made of metal. I can advance the film with the wheel so it's no great loss.

Hi John, I got this lens recently from a UK seller for under £30. It's currently on my EL.

This Minox GL is my latest addition. It came complete with leather case, flash, box and instruction manual. I am testing it with 4 SR44 batteries taped together and it's working well.

I like the 35mm too and do tend to buy them when I have the opportunity. I do have a Vivitar zoom in Nikon mount that is 18-28mm and a Tamron AF 19-35 also in Nikon mount but they're the widest I have.

I don't have any 20mm lenses, though I do have a couple of Nikon 85mm ones. My Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 works with all of my SLRs. I have a decent collection of Tamron Adaptall 2 lenses from 24mm to 500mm and adapters for just about every different mount I have.

Another eBay buy that I'll be picking up tomorrow is this sticky F80 that comes complete with a 50 mm f1.4 lens. Seems like a bargain to me. It occurs to me too that it's an odd camera to put that lens on as the F80 has no Ai tab for metering.

I couldn't resist the urge to get this. It said untested/parts but everything seems to work. It even has a battery and film included, XP2 if the box top in the memo holder is anything to go by. I say everything seems to work but I haven't put any batteries in the MD-E yet. The lens, a...

Not on this one, it's not sticking up it's going up when it's wound on.

I loaded the first film as I was in Whitby and wanted to take some photographs. I was expecting some problems and the EuroPrint film only cost me £1 a roll. I did a lot of dry firing between that and the second roll. The mirror was still going up when I wound on before I loaded the Kentmere Pan...

I ran a second film through this this morning, a roll of Kentmere Pan 400, and there was no problem with the mirror. On a third test roll, a Geek Squad 10 exposure film, It happened once. It now has a roll of bulk rolled HP5 in and so far so good up to frame 12. Maybe it just doesn't like...

I picked up this Nikon F body today. The guy in the shop had reduced it to £70. I'd looked at it before and it has a mirror issue. I offered to swap him for my watch and he accepted. I got the watch for £2 from a charity shop. The issue with the mirror is that often, when it's wound on, it will...

This Chinon 28-50mm Zoom arrived while I was out. It cost me £15 including postage. I also bought an Agfa Isolette III for £8 while I was out but the shutter doesn't work. I might have a go at repairing it if I can find a tutorial online.

So far today I have bought a Mamiya Auto-lux 35 for £10, a Vivitar 200/3.5 with a T4 SR mount for £6 and a Chinon 35/2.8 in M42 for £8. They were all from the same charity shop. The Mamiya is already loaded with a 400 ASA film so I may as well finish it off.

Sorry, it's my MZ-3 not my MZ-6 and I've added a Miranda 24mm f2.8 MC Macro in OM mount for £10 and a Fujifilm Fotonex 210ix Gift Set for £2.50. The 210ix is only missing the battery, it comes with 3 rolls of Fuji Nexia 25exposure APS film.

I have a backlog of film I need to develop. I bought a Sous Vide with the intention of doing c41 but whenever I plan on getting the kit I see a lens or something else and spend the money. This week I have bought an Olympus Trip 35 for £8, a Ricoh 500ZF for £5, a Pentax MZ-7 with Pentax 28-200...