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Shando
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Username: Shando
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 02:19 am: | 
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Hi, I'm new to the vintage cam thing, been admiring MF TLR shots for a while so picked up a cheap Yashica-Mat LM from fleabay for a steal, see it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/shando_/5577558932/
It winds okay and the aperture adjusts alright, the shutter release appears to works okay too so before committing to tarting it up and giving a shot at some restoration I want to run a roll of film through it, any recommendations as to which film? I will probably shoot both outdoors and indoors both hand held and with tripod. |
Mareklew
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Username: Mareklew
Post Number: 223
Registered: 03-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 04:33 pm: |
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I'd take fine grain film, to see whether it focuses properly. Slide film, if you don't have other measures of testing shutter speeds (make sure you know the proper exposure for a given scene, else you are going to hunt it around).
Marek |
Shando
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Username: Shando
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 11:40 pm: |
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stuck in a roll of Fuji Velvia 100 yesterday and had a wander around Soho & Chinatown (London). It was pretty cool that strangers stopped me in the street to chat about the camera, one guy started chatting about how he used to shoot with a Rollie turns out it was photographer Laurie Asprey who's photographed all the Rock legends! He has an exhibition on at Proud London, had a great chat with with him. |
Shando
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Username: Shando
Post Number: 3
Registered: 04-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2011 - 11:43 pm: |
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PS. I checked settings form the built in meter on the Yashica against my Canon digi and they were bang on the same! |
