Nice to give these older cameras a work out, I think. I've got my MZ-S out hoping to get a walk in soon - but 9 weeks of chemo is not helping (and 9 to go).
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: David Mann <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 5:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: I shot some film today I decided it's about time I used up the film that's been sitting in my old film cameras since about 2007 when I bought my K10D. I had one frame left on my Pentax 6x7. I'll be interested to see what was on that film but the second-last frame (at least) is going to be toast as I seem to recall the body has a light leak. I used that last frame with the 165mm f/2.8 lens to take a photo of my daughter and she ran over asking to see the photo :D So I loaded my dummy roll of 120 to show her how film works. After that I got the LX and fitted my 135mm f/2.5 lens... that combination felt glorious to use. The LX somehow hadn't developed sticky mirror, it just needed a bit of fiddling with the film-speed dial to get the meter to work properly. That camera is such a pleasure to use. I don't think I got any good photos but I'll have to wait and see. I'm not used to manually focusing on a moving subject. I still have film in the K2 but I'll get onto that another day. I'm actually amazed that I remembered how to work those cameras. The battery on the 6x7 is flat and I don't remember if it had an electronic shutter or just used the battery for the metered prism (which I have misplaced, along with the wooden grip). I still have a few rolls of film in both formats (expired long ago) so maybe I'll do some more shooting at a later date, while I can still get it processed. Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
