Share some RF shots....
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You need the black 135mm f3.5 (not the chrome or black/chrome version). Better still, get the 100mm f2 :bsmilie:.
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Nice shot tomato!
I got 2 here:
Great candids! Which film body you are using?
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Hi Tomato
I actually started photography only recently. Proberly less than 1/2 a year. I found this old Yashica GS at my Grand Aunt's place's, it belonged to my late Grand Uncle.
Took it out from the leather casing & found that it seemed rather ok, so I took it out for a test roll. Turned out everything seemed fine.
I have no prior experience to photography, not even digital but I have tried SLRs & RFs, over this short time & I'm in love with RFs mostly & vintage cameras. Went to self read on the net how to shoot with RFs & took it to the streets. I'm more of a walk about, shoot what I feel is interesting person, I especially like people.
Am thinking of getting a Bessa R4M soon, wanna go full manual & wide because the Yashica GS is an aperture priority camera, I got no control over the shutter speeds, so indoor shots really kind of sucked. Not to mention the "electronics" in it are proberly almost 40years old & it has never been serviced....
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Taken at the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden! Canon 50mm F1.2 LTM.
Once again, the amazing bokeh of the Canon 50mm/1.2. I really regret not getting one from ebay a few weeks ago. Went for about 200plus USD.
Wow. Your story is an inspiration to all. Mine started with a Fred Flintstone toy camera when I was 8, Kodak Instantmatic with the disposable flash bulbs when I was 9. And a long break of nothing until I had my first APS film SLR from Minolta (remember those?). It didn't go anywhere until 4 years ago when I picked up an Olympus E300. But the camera that really opened my eyes was the Panasonic DMC-L1. I became a 'strobist' - blinding my children with homemade aluminum foil ringflash, softboxes and more. But the M8 introduced a whole new world of wonderful bokeh to me. The lenses are just out of this world! Now I have an Olympus E3, Nikon D700 and will probably end up with a micro 4/3rd too.
If you want to bore yourself to death, feel free to visit my flickr stream - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogvon/
Looking forward to seeing more of your photos!
Could you share which lens you used to photograph your child. The one with the knitted hat. I guess you'll need Autofocus(Leica S2) soon, it'll be easier to capture the triplets running around. ;p Congrats on having triplets
The lens used was a Nikkor-P.C 8.5cm f2 (black version 1). It is a Sonnar and I focused at the minimum focusing distance. All handheld in dim hospital conditions.
I let it pass cos it had fungus. But now I feel like banging my head against the wall. What was I thinking. I know CamX is selling one for 600 plus Sing..i really wanna bang my head against the wall.
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Great shots on flickr!
I wished I had an M8 too! Beyond my budget... I'll just settle for the Bessa at the end of the year first & along with a film scanner. Kinda wasting $$ to get the shop to scan it.
My plans would be to get an Epson RD-1S maybe middle of next year or 3rd quarter. Economy is kinda screwed now, so bonus would not be too fat... Got a couple of Japanese friends, could get them to ship it to Sg for me.
I got somemore shots here, nothing fantastic, still very amateur-ish :
My Electro 35 is supposedly dying of a problematic shutter ):
Ran some expired Velvia 50 through it the other day and the results were better than expected still!
(SOOO CUTE.)
Ran some expired Velvia 50 through it the other day and the results were better than expected still!
(SOOO CUTE.)
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merelyok: Nice shots from your electro! GS or GSN or GTN?
macster: Nice contax G2! U used the AF or full manual mode?
macster: Nice contax G2! U used the AF or full manual mode?
Thanks Royale!
It's the GTN. It's almost dead apparently (the shutter.) But it's gonna cost me a bomb to repair it and the technician told me there were no guarantees that he could get it fixed because of a lack of spare parts.
I'm just gonna enjoy it while it lasts and probably get myself a spanking new Bessa R3a lol.
It's the GTN. It's almost dead apparently (the shutter.) But it's gonna cost me a bomb to repair it and the technician told me there were no guarantees that he could get it fixed because of a lack of spare parts.
I'm just gonna enjoy it while it lasts and probably get myself a spanking new Bessa R3a lol.
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