OFFICIAL I HAVE A NEW (FILM RELATED) TOY THREAD!!

Asha said:
Are you sure about that Bri ?:thinking:

I've just put the speedgrip on my etrs without having to do any removal of the battery cover! ;)
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Well I'll have another look.....but then the question (for me) is: - why did I take the battery cover off in the first place (and lose it) as I wasn't senile years ago o_O
 
excalibur2 said:
Well I'll have another look.....but then the question (for me) is: - why did I take the battery cover off in the first place (and lose it) as I wasn't senile years ago o_O
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Solved..... I couldn't have put the cover in properly, so in now with speed grip attached. (y)
 
While out today I came across this Pentax ME body for £14.99. I also collected this Contax 137MD that I got for £31.09 from eBay, still in it's box, complete with the Yashica DSB 50mm f2 lens. The ME initially had a jammed shutter, but it freed up quickly and is working fine after a bit of use. The Contax seems to be faultless and has been reskinned in brown lizard skin, but also has a spare set in black leather.IMG_20180922_203157.jpegIMG_20180922_172649-1.jpeg
 
Doesn't that ME look gorgeous! I've never seen one in black before. I really must get mine working again. The Contax looks, um, a bit different! But £31.09!! Go, Steve...
 
ChrisR said:
Doesn't that ME look gorgeous! I've never seen one in black before. I really must get mine working again. The Contax looks, um, a bit different! But £31.09!! Go, Steve...
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That was the first thing I thought about the ME too. It'll go well with my black MX.

I like the look of the Contax, before I bought this I'd seen a 139 Quartz on Nik &Trick's site, with the same covering and a Yashica ML 50mm f1.4 for £199.99. I don't mind saving saving £168.90 by making a couple of compromises.
 
I saw this going for a song on eBay the other evening and decided to bid to give a charity a few more quid. The result, a virtually mint EOS 30 complete with original strap for £32!

I doubt it's had more than four or five films through it; I put some batteries in and ran a test film through it and it works a treat. I know I already have one but it's good to have a spare of your favourite camera, and at that price it really was too good to miss. :)

 
mdjchat said:
Well that escalated rather quickly [emoji39] Just need to source a lens now. I haven't ever been an AF camera kind of guy but I feel as though this might change my mind. I wanted something easier to use now that I'm getting on a bit. View attachment 135112
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That is an awesome camera, top shutter speed of 1/12000 of a second and the grip has contacts so it wakes up when you grab it, oh and it sounds great too when you shoot a roll of 36 in seconds by accident :D
 
RaglanSurf said:
That is an awesome camera, top shutter speed of 1/12000 of a second and the grip has contacts so it wakes up when you grab it, oh and it sounds great too when you shoot a roll of 36 in seconds by accident :D
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That 1/12000 of a second shutter speed might come in handy, I've just bought some rolls of Kodak P3200 to try out.
 
srichards said:
Did any other film camera ever made ever equal the 1/12000th shutter speed?
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I had no idea until recently but apparently the predecessor to the Dynax 9 also had the 1/12000 sec speed, the Dynax 9xi. Supposedly tough but not quite as tough as the 9.
 
srichards said:
Did any other film camera ever made ever equal the 1/12000th shutter speed?
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I know that canon pretty much topped out at 1/8000 - the EOS 1N-RS with the pellicle mirror was probably the fastest thing they made on film - at that kind of shutter speed, it's not just moving the shutter thats the issue, its getting the mirror out of the way in time as well.
 
TheBigYin said:
I know that canon pretty much topped out at 1/8000 - the EOS 1N-RS with the pellicle mirror was probably the fastest thing they made on film - at that kind of shutter speed, it's not just moving the shutter thats the issue, its getting the mirror out of the way in time as well.
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Anything with much faster FPS than that becomes a cine camera anyway!

dmb said:
The family know me so well. My birthday t-shirt! View attachment 135238
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I like the shirt, David, and Happy Birthday too. (y) I got this one for my birthday the other month... no giant Toblerone though! :grumpy:

 
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Mr Badger said:
Anything with much faster FPS than that becomes a cine camera anyway!



I like the shirt, David, and Happy Birthday too. (y) I got this one for my birthday the other month... no giant Toblerone though! :grumpy:

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That's bloomin' brilliant!

(The answer is, nearly all of it! Light meters are an area of great confusion to me...)
 
Mr Badger said:
Anything with much faster FPS than that becomes a cine camera anyway!



I like the shirt, David, and Happy Birthday too. (y) I got this one for my birthday the other month... no giant Toblerone though! :grumpy:

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The t shirt was doing so well until I noticed the 'raw' and 'fine' on there.
 
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