Yhat's right Thor, it only works with loaded film in the camera.- All the best Carlos --- Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> escribió: > One other thing, > > according to the manual, the multiple exposure > function (i.e. cock > shutter without advancing film) is done by sliding > the ring on the > crank base and then cranking backwards one > revolution. > > I'm not able to crank backwards when I slide the > ring, and it only > slides a few mm. How far should it go? Right now > there's no film in > the camera, in case it only works with film > loaded... > > Thor > > On 18 Mar, 2008, at 21:28, Thor Legvold wrote: > > > Thanks David, > > > > I'll have a look. Maybe carry my meter for > checking now and then > > and =20 > > see how far I can manage without. If you have > something already =20 > > edited into a handy size, it would be great to > have a look at it. > > > > > > Anyway, I went back and have examined the shots > again, this time > > more =20= > > > > carefully. > > > > They're sharp! > > > > Good contrast! > > > > Great detail! > > > > Good colour! > > > > Nice 3D quality on a few of them! > > > > All frames are very evenly spaced. Winding is even > and smooth. I > > did =20 > > lose the second roll - after the first shot, I > noticed that the =20 > > counter was on 12 (instead od 2). I thought this > was weird, took =20 > > another pictiure and when I started cranking I > ended up winding the > > =20 > > film through to the end. I have no idea why. The > following film =20 > > worked perfectly. Maybe when I loaded the problem > film, the counter > > =20 > > system wasn't reset somehow. I did thread the > paper between the two > > =20 > > rollers, and it stopped at (what I thought was) > the first frame. =20 > > There is a shot there, or half a shot. The rest of > the roll was =20 > > blank :-(. > > > > Almost all were shot at f8, so I might not be > seeing the entire =20 > > picture. There were 3 shots inside an old > cathedral at f4 about =20 > > 1/15th, they look great too, even though they were > hand held! I > > also =20 > > took one or two shots at f16 and f22, they look > fine as well. =20 > > Checking the shutter on B with the aperture at > 2.8, I can see that =20 > > the shutter opens completely, no sticking. > > > > I called J=FCrgen Kuschnik and had a nice talk > with him about the =20 > > camera, we went through the all aspects and his > advice was to go > > out =20 > > and shoot and enjoy it. He said it sounded like it > was in excellent > > =20 > > condition and had been well taken care of and > excercised regularly =20 > > (apparently one thing that really messes up a > Rolleiflex is sitting > > =20 > > for years on a shelf). Shutter and Aperture dials > are silky smooth =20 > > (although they don't mesh for EVS operation), > focusing is even and =20 > > smooth, and the viewfinder is brighter than I had > expected and was > > no =20= > > > > problem at all to focus. It turns out I have a > plastic focusing =20 > > screen, I don't know if that's original on D's or > not. The self > > timer =20= > > > > is a bit sticky, J=FCrgen said probably from years > of disuse. It's > > not =20= > > > > something I anticipate using either, and it does > work, if a bit =20 > > unevenly. > > > > After coming home from work and trying to focus > indoors, I might =20 > > order a new screen after all. It is difficult to > see clearly enough > > =20 > > to focus, even in the centre. > > > > Otherwise, thanks for the tip about the finder > mirror - I just won > > it =20= > > > > on eBay, hope it actually works (with mirroring on > correct > > surface...). > > > > So I think I'll use it for a bit more, and when I > know I have a few > > =20 > > weeks where I won't be needing it I'll send it off > to J=FCrgen for > > the =20= > > > > full treatment. One thing I forgot to ask him was > if he treats > > Zeiss =20 > > bumps. Does anyone bother to fix these, or is it > just a part of TLR > > =20 > > ownership? > > > > Best regards, > > Thor > > > > > > > > On 18 Mar, 2008, at 20:44, David Dodge wrote: > > > >> There are a number of > cut-fold-fold-and-paste-do-it-yourself > >> cardboard > >> Sunny Sixteen slide-rules posted on the web. I > have three on my hard > >> drive that I could send. Or you could just try > google. > >> > >> I made a business card sized one in a few minutes > and keep it in my > >> wallet. Works fine except I need glasses in the > dark. > >> David > >> > >> Thor Legvold wrote: > >>> Got the test rolls back.... > >>> > >>> I've *never* tried shooting without a meter > (maybe once or twice in > >>> B&W years ago), and had no system to go by, and > had slide film > >>> (Provia 100) in the camera. So I wasn't > expecting anything > >>> special at > >>> all. I was out last weekend with the Contax, it > was sunny then (like > >>> now) and I remember approx that I used EV11 in > the shadows > >>> (portraits > >>> of my son) and EV13-14 in the sun (at the > beach). That was my > >>> starting point. So I set it at f8 @ 1/250 and > went from there. > >>> > >>> The thing that amazes me the most is that the > exposure of every > >>> frame > >>> except one (shots taken outdoors in full sun, > inside an old church > >>> and outdoors with scattered clouds) is spot on. > I mean dead perfect. > >>> No meter, just guessing. Simply amazing. I wish > I could do this > >>> every > >>> time, it would save me a lot of time and effort > with === message truncated === Yahoo! Encuentros. Ahora encontrar pareja es mucho más fácil, probá el nuevo Yahoo! 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