I've got some Kiron made Vivitar Series One lenses and man are they good. Kiron has made a lot of good lenses over the years.

I've had a couple of vivitar branded Kirons before. Some of the earlier versions were prone to haze.
As for the 28/2, there's a bit of edge distortion there.
I think the Tamron 28/2.5 is slightly better optically corrected, but I still haven't done enough with the Kiron to be fully informed.
Contrast, and center sharpness shown in the Kiron samples above are indeed excellent.

-D.S.

https://i.imgur.com/S6rFgrC.jpg

Zoom Nikkor 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 A/I-s shown mounted on chrome F2 body here.

https://i.imgur.com/kZsai6h.jpg

It makes images like this at the wide end. At f5.6 and ISO 400 at 28mm here.

https://i.imgur.com/LTpDGsf.jpg

Center crop of above image.

-D.S.

Curious what film you were shooting as that is a pretty tight crop and from what I can see, nice and sharp.

It is not film, as discussed earlier in the thread. 36 m/p D-810 with C&V film era manual focus lenses.

Just about fully phased out of the film side of things. I'll finish and process the roll in the F2, and I think that will be it~ which is entirely cost related.
I'll have to mention the camera in each post.

-D.S.

Didn't weigh through the whole thread and did not see any mention of digital in that particular post. Mea Culpa

My youngest (30 next month) has been exploring photography for a few years and is gently nagging me to let him try my medium format cameras. I pulled my 1000F out to check it's workability (a few fussy bits, normal stuff for a roughly 70-year old camera) and felt tension when I turned the film winder. Turns out there was a roll of Vericolor HC in it. There's a lab 4 blocks south of my office, I'm about to walk over and drop it off for developing.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...274a72f233.jpg

Let us know what you get back for prints: scans, or actual optical/chemical prints.

The 'Blad stuff retains value better than some others. Not sure about the 1000F as I know very little about them. Grail for years was a 500 CM. It's just as well I didn't get in, and went Bronica SQ-A instead. Did see a Mamiya C-330 listed some where for over 1200 english pounds, so I guess anything is possible. Hasselblad is still at it with a very high end digital, seemingly based on their medium format framework.

-D.S.

I just can't come to terms with firing up my old Mamiya 645 anymore. Even with Velvia being available for it. I even picked up a holder for the 120 filmstrips so that I could use my old lightbox and digital camera to digitize my old shots from it. Still seems like the digital shots out of either my Canon 5DsR or the Leica SL2 give me a better image. Still, I have been contemplating getting some film and taking it out. Maybe I'll do that next year when I start road tripping throughout the western backroads.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...88166f6487.jpg
Old slide shot from the Mamiya reshot with my Leica SL camera as I tested a setup for digitizing my old medium format archive.

I just dropped the roll off at LTI Lightside lab. The aromas of the chemistry and emulsions, and the stacks of processed work to be delivered brought me back to my analog Art Director days. I asked them to process the roll and leave it uncut. I have no idea what's there, if anything. If there are images, I'll put the film on a light table before I leave the office and grab some iPhone shots as proofs.

I "became" a photographer a few years before I "became" a cyclist. A family friend was a pro, shooting weddings and events. She was a huge inspiration. I learned B&W printing at her house when I was maybe 10-11 years old, and she gifted me a full darkroom setup when I turned 13. I bought a 1000F from her when I was 16, at the same time I bought my first high-end bike. Hasselblads are like licorice, you either love them or avoid them. Our pro friend didn't like it, so it was pretty much NOS when I bought it. From the first roll of film it was magically intuitive in my hands and opened up my sense of visual expression and composition. It was stolen in the mid-70s, and I replaced it with this one in the late 70s. My wife has a 500C from back in the day. If we had 5 figures (each) to drop we'd buy digital backs for them.

Iʻve been eagerly following this thread and can post something now.

Been into vintage bikes almost 20 years, got into film cameras a few years ago when an inheritance arrived.

Have had luck thrifting, picked up an XE-7 and shot a b&w Ilford 400 (IIRC) roll using an auto flash with minimal results. Also figured out after the fact that the aperture blades were oily and stuck wide open, working on cleaning the lens now.

The inherited OM-1 shot most of the photos I had growing up, and Iʻm using it now with my own little. Super rewarding. Kodak Gold 200 is warm and reliable.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b134d3108.jpeg

Iʻve also gathered a shelf (and overflow box) of bodies and lenses in various conditions. Itʻs kind of like collecting frames and completes, and introduces similar troubles with compatibility between components.

Staying away from the watch and clock threads for now, anyway.

Polaroid model 95 kit
1948 - 1953

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5a9797c960.jpg

I received a Minolta SRT 200 as a high school graduation gift, so Minolta is what I focused on when I started collecting cameras. For a while, I had a thing for fixed lens rangefinders, which eliminates the compatibility issue. Over that years, I added other brands, either when they were given to me or when I would find a camera bag filled with a body and lenses for a cheap price at the thrift store. I have owned a bunch of different lens systems, but I have never had a Nikon or Olympus. I got away from the hobby when the local stores stopped processing film. I have almost everything to do my own, so I might do that at some point.

I have that Nikon P&S. Very capable machine for how simple and inexpensive they are. On par with the Olympus Mju-ii/Stylus. Good aesthetics as well.

That Jupiter-4 is super-neato.

There's been one popping up and down on The List Which Shall Not Be Named (For Reasons I Do Not Grok), but I've never gotten a response from the seller.

--Shannon

bird box
 

5x7 inch Deardorff. Sadly sold, it was a beautiful object, but just became too impractical for picture making...I shot color and b&w
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My 52-53 Leica IIf most possibly upgraded by factory later. My neighbor (old guy in his late 70s or early 80s) was cleaning his garage and gave me tools and such saying take it or I throw them away. He held a plastic bag in his habd and I saw a Leica book in it and asked if I can have a look at it. Once gave the book bag he threw it back in the bag gave the bag to me and said take it or goes to dump. I almost fainted seeing the camera and other accessories in it. Told him I cant take it, don't be fool man this is valuable stuff, I can help to sell, but he was adamant that he asked around shops and no one wants a film camera. So I got it. Its really a "schmuckstück" (a jewellery piece).
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...feae11769b.jpg
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As I have zero clue how to operate it, I got to know a guy in my office who is a collector of film cameras but never had a chance to try a Leica yet, so I gave him to take home for Christmas holiday to shoot a few pics for me as a win-win.
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Lovely classic.

I have its cousin, a IIIc, main differences being no flash sync and no self-timer on mine.

They're a little complicated to use because so many things are controlled individually. Film loads after popping off the base plate where, hopefully a take-up spool awaits for attaching the film tail.

You wind the advance knob to feed film and cock the shutter, then set the shot counter to 0. Shutter speed is set on top, plus in front for 1/30 second and slower. Aperture is set on the lens. Do that either guessing your exposure or using a handheld light meter. Focus using the left rangefinder window and frame using the right finder window.

Take a deep breath and press the shutter button. That's it!

Repeat for the rest of the roll, flip the rewind lever to R then wind the film back into the cassette using the top left knob. Wonder what happened to all the 1-hour developing shops.

Isn't that easy? (Or do what I do and admire it during the occasional cleaning.)

Cheers,
Rick