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I used to shoot a fair amount of black & white and color reversal (slide) for a hobbyist (depending entirely, of course, on one's definitions of "hobbyist" and "fair amount"), but when I left the Army in 1993, I lost my access to a dark room and gave up for a while.  Of course, I still shot color negative and later digital, but really just travel and family photos.  I'm just getting back to it and hoping to shortly start shooting medium format color reversal and B&W.  I just picked up an old Argus Argoflex E on eBay - it needs a little work though; and I purchased a Yashicamat 12 that I hope to have soon.  I'm also hoping to get a decent old 35mm rangefinder (RF) camera, such as a Yashica Electro 35GSN, or maybe just dig out my old Chinon 35EE with which I shot all my Fujichrome in Korea in 1989-1990 and most of my color negative before that.   
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I used to shoot a fair amount (for a hobbyist) of black & white and color reversal (slide) (depending entirely, of course, on one's definitions of "hobbyist" and "fair amount"), but when I left the Army in 1993, I lost my access to a dark room and gave up for a while.  Of course, I still shot color negative and later digital, but really just travel and family photos.  I'm just getting back to it and hoping to shortly start shooting medium format color reversal and B&W.  I picked up an old [[Argus Argoflex E]] and [[My Argoflex E Repair Project|rebuilt it]]; and I purchased a [[Yashica Yashicamat-12|Yashicamat-12]] that I hope to do the same to soon.  I'm also hoping to get a decent old 35mm rangefinder (RF) camera, such as a Yashica Electro 35GSN, or maybe just dig out my old Chinon 35EE with which I shot all my Fujichrome in Korea in 1989-1990 and most of my color negative before that.   
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I'm also interested in the [[digital dark room]] and recently purchased an [[Epson V600]] and hope to archive all my old images, some I may send off to save time but some I will scan myself for the experience and control.
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I'm also interested in [[digital archiving]] and do-it-yourself book scanners.
  
 
I've done quite a bit of research lately, so for now, here are some links that I've found particularly useful:
 
I've done quite a bit of research lately, so for now, here are some links that I've found particularly useful:
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*[http://ebay.com eBay]
 
*[http://ebay.com eBay]
 
*[http://www.keh.com/ KEH Used Cameras]
 
*[http://www.keh.com/ KEH Used Cameras]
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*[http://www.adorama.com Adorama] Ken Rockwell recommends them but they don't have much in the way of film cameras, they do have film however - possibly cheaper than Amazon.
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*[http://www.adorama.com Adorama] Ken Rockwell recommends them but they don't have much in the way of film cameras, they do have film however - possibly cheaper than Amazon - though it looks like just 35mm.
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*[http://photo.net/gc/domain-multi Photo.net Classifieds]
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*[http://www.micro-tools.com/ Micro-Tools]
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**[http://www.micro-tools.de/ Micro-Tools Europe]
  
 
===Information sites===
 
===Information sites===
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**[http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/why-we-love-film.htm Why Film]
 
**[http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/why-we-love-film.htm Why Film]
 
**[http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/filmdig.htm Film vs. Digital]
 
**[http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/filmdig.htm Film vs. Digital]
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**though he apparently didn't know that [http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html this] was meant as humor!
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**though he apparently didn't know that [http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html this] was meant as satire!
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**[http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/film-resolution.htm why most of the information on the web about photo and film scanning is total bunk]
 
*[http://photoethnography.com Karen Nakamura's Photoethnography.com] - lot's of great info on classic cameras
 
*[http://photoethnography.com Karen Nakamura's Photoethnography.com] - lot's of great info on classic cameras
 
**[http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/buying.html Classic Camera Buying Guide]
 
**[http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/buying.html Classic Camera Buying Guide]
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*[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml The Luminous Landscape]
 
*[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml The Luminous Landscape]
 
**[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/shootout.shtml]
 
**[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/shootout.shtml]
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***but Rockwell doesn't like his science [
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***but Rockwell doesn't like his science [missing link]
 
**[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/digital-view.shtml]
 
**[http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/digital-view.shtml]
 
*[http://www.clarkvision.com/ ClarkVision.com]
 
*[http://www.clarkvision.com/ ClarkVision.com]
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*[http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Camera Instruction Manuals]
 
*[http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Camera Instruction Manuals]
 
*[http://reviews.ebay.com/How-To-Detect-Flaws-in-Used-Camera-Lenses-on-Ebay_W0QQugidZ10000000001005542 eBay lens guide]
 
*[http://reviews.ebay.com/How-To-Detect-Flaws-in-Used-Camera-Lenses-on-Ebay_W0QQugidZ10000000001005542 eBay lens guide]
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*[http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~jwfoltz/Courses/WFB493PH/subjects/medium/medium.htm An Introduction to
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*[http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~jwfoltz/Courses/WFB493PH/subjects/medium/medium.htm An Introduction to Medium Format Photography]
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Medium Format Photography]
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*[http://www.vistek.ca/buyingguides/cameralenses/lensspec.aspx Lens Buying Guide]
 
*[http://www.vistek.ca/buyingguides/cameralenses/lensspec.aspx Lens Buying Guide]
 
*[http://www.cameras.co.uk/ Cameras.co.uk] - digital camera focus - reviews and pricing
 
*[http://www.cameras.co.uk/ Cameras.co.uk] - digital camera focus - reviews and pricing
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*[http://arguscg.tripod.com/id57.html Argus Collectors Group - TLRs]
 
*[http://arguscg.tripod.com/id57.html Argus Collectors Group - TLRs]
 
*[http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/index1.html Christopher Perez]
 
*[http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/index1.html Christopher Perez]
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*[http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/repairmanuals.html Repair Manuals] - Manuals for a few popular classic cameras
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*[http://www.pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=default Camera Collecting and Restoration] - great general information and few specifics including tool improvisation
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*[http://jsurp.tripod.com/links.html James Surprenant Photography] - seems to have been abandoned for another site and then that completely abandoned.
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*[http://www.acecam.com/srindex.html Repair and DIY resources]
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*Marcy Merrill
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**[http://www.junkstorecameras.com/ Junk Store Cameras] - Marcy's camera collection
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*[http://www.pixbytom.com/ Art Through Luck] - Tom Blackwell
  
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====Light Meters====
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*[http://www.westonmeter.org.uk/index.htm Weston Meters]
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*[http://www.exposuremeters.net/expmeters/index.htm exposuremeters.net]
  
 
====Miscellaneous====
 
====Miscellaneous====
 
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/argus/html/argoflex.php] table of Argoflex models
 
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/argus/html/argoflex.php] table of Argoflex models
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*[http://www.vintagephoto.tv/ Scott's Photographica Collection] - Some useful information
  
 
===Blogs and Fora===
 
===Blogs and Fora===
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**[http://photo.net/learn/digital-photography-workflow/overview/fine-art-photography/ Digital Workflow - Art]
 
**[http://photo.net/learn/digital-photography-workflow/overview/fine-art-photography/ Digital Workflow - Art]
 
**[http://photo.net/black-and-white-photo-film-processing-forum/008X1n Tri-X vs T-Max] - one of many
 
**[http://photo.net/black-and-white-photo-film-processing-forum/008X1n Tri-X vs T-Max] - one of many
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**[http://photo.net/equipment/beaters/ Beaters] - just an article about old cameras
 
*[http://www.apug.org/forums/home.php Analog Photography Users Group (APUG)]
 
*[http://www.apug.org/forums/home.php Analog Photography Users Group (APUG)]
 
*[http://www.dpreview.com/ Digital Photography Review]
 
*[http://www.dpreview.com/ Digital Photography Review]
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**[http://www.darkroommaterials.info/category/products/ Product lists with eBay current auctions summarized]
 
**[http://www.darkroommaterials.info/category/products/ Product lists with eBay current auctions summarized]
 
*[http://choosefilm.com/ ChooseFilm.com]
 
*[http://choosefilm.com/ ChooseFilm.com]
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*[http://www.photosig.com/go/main PhotoSIG]
  
 
===Artists on the Web===
 
===Artists on the Web===
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====Medium Format====
 
====Medium Format====
 
=====6x6=====
 
=====6x6=====
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*[[Argus Argoflex E]] (TLR - uses Kodak 620 or 120) - needs work
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*[[Argus Argoflex E]] (TLR - uses Kodak 620 or 120) - I rebuilt this camera but haven't used it yet.
 
**[[My Argoflex E Repair Project]]
 
**[[My Argoflex E Repair Project]]
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*[[Yashica Yashicamat-12]] (TLR) - waiting for this to arrive
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*[[Yashica Yashicamat-12]] (TLR) - began a rebuild but may be in over my head, we'll see.  Not much money invested so it can always go to parts.
  
 
====35mm (Kodak 135 format)====
 
====35mm (Kodak 135 format)====
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*[[Chinon 35EE]] (Range Finder)
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*[[Chinon 35EE]] (Range Finder)<ref>[http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Chinon_35EE Camerapedia]</ref><ref>[http://mattsclassiccameras.com/gaf_memo35.html Matt's Classic Cameras] (this is actually the GAF Memo a Chinon 35EE clone)</ref><ref>[http://www.myoldmap.com/cameras/chinon35ee.html Dominic's Classic Cameras]</ref><ref>[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/chinon/chinon_35-35ee/chinon.htm Manual for the 35EE] on [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Bike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com's Camera Manual Library] (which interestingly isn't at orphancameras.com))</ref> - Mine was really beat around.  I got it in high school and carried it on several trips and through my first year in the Army, I fell on some ice in a Korean cemetery and the camera back came open and was bent.  Amazingly, I managed to save all but a couple frames, straighten the back by hand and from then on held it closed with a piece of [[wikipedia:Duct tape|hundred mile an hour tape]].
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*[[Yashica FX-3 Super]] (SLR)
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*[[Yashica FX-3 Super]] (SLR) - I bought this for business (evidentiary photos) about 10 years ago.  I have bad luck falling with cameras as I fell and hit this one on a curb, shearing off a lens mounting blade.  I bought a used replacement lens and it seemed to work fine, though I haven't used it in several years now.  Still have the original lens but the blade was cast into the lens body and I think it's toast.
  
 
====Digital====
 
====Digital====
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*[[Fujifilm FinePix S50000]]
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*[[Fujifilm FinePix S50000]] - bought this in the early 2000s and took it Iraq with me.  Got some good photos, including the one to the right [[File:Saint Elijah's Monastery 1.JPG|thumb|ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ [[wikipedia:Dair Mar Elia|Dair Mar Elia]] (Saint Elijah's Monastery), [[wikipedia:Mosul|Mosul]]]] of the Dair Mar Elia monastery south of Mosul
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*[[iPhone 3GS32]]
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*[[iPhone 3GS32]] - this worked well for me and I took some decent photos with it.  My wife now has this phone.
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*[[iPhone 4GS16]] - as it's locked for Telekom, this is no use to me as a phone and is available to anyone who wants it.  As it is, it's nothing but an overpriced iPod.
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*[[iPhone 4GS8]]  - My current phone, somehow I keep going down in GB.
  
 
===Cameras I would like to add to my collection===
 
===Cameras I would like to add to my collection===
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*[[Yashica J7]] (PE)
 
*[[Yashica J7]] (PE)
  
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*[[Kodak Retina IIIc]]
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*[[Kodak Retina]] (PE) esp. IIIc
  
 
*Also look out for (PE):
 
*Also look out for (PE):
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*Weston Direct Read Meter (PE)
 
*Weston Direct Read Meter (PE)
  
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Sekonic L-398M
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===Lenses===
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*Nikon
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**85mm f/2 ([http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/85f2ais.htm KR])
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*Vivitar
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**70-210 Series 1 ([http://www.kenrockwell.com/vivitar/70-210mm.htm KR])
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==References==
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<references />
  
 
[[Category:Photography]]
 
[[Category:Photography]]

Latest revision as of 13:58, 27 November 2013

I used to shoot a fair amount (for a hobbyist) of black & white and color reversal (slide) (depending entirely, of course, on one's definitions of "hobbyist" and "fair amount"), but when I left the Army in 1993, I lost my access to a dark room and gave up for a while. Of course, I still shot color negative and later digital, but really just travel and family photos. I'm just getting back to it and hoping to shortly start shooting medium format color reversal and B&W. I picked up an old Argus Argoflex E and rebuilt it; and I purchased a Yashicamat-12 that I hope to do the same to soon. I'm also hoping to get a decent old 35mm rangefinder (RF) camera, such as a Yashica Electro 35GSN, or maybe just dig out my old Chinon 35EE with which I shot all my Fujichrome in Korea in 1989-1990 and most of my color negative before that.

I'm also interested in the digital dark room and recently purchased an Epson V600 and hope to archive all my old images, some I may send off to save time but some I will scan myself for the experience and control.

I'm also interested in digital archiving and do-it-yourself book scanners.

I've done quite a bit of research lately, so for now, here are some links that I've found particularly useful:

Link Farm

Useful Stores

Information sites

Lots of great info on these sites (many of these people are artists too but the links here are more for knowledge than inspiration):

Light Meters

Miscellaneous

Blogs and Fora

Artists on the Web

Software

Online Critics

Scanners

Review of the V600 - has some helpful information on how to get a good result

Cameras

Cameras I own

Medium Format

6x6

35mm (Kodak 135 format)

  • Chinon 35EE (Range Finder)[1][2][3][4] - Mine was really beat around. I got it in high school and carried it on several trips and through my first year in the Army, I fell on some ice in a Korean cemetery and the camera back came open and was bent. Amazingly, I managed to save all but a couple frames, straighten the back by hand and from then on held it closed with a piece of hundred mile an hour tape.
  • Yashica FX-3 Super (SLR) - I bought this for business (evidentiary photos) about 10 years ago. I have bad luck falling with cameras as I fell and hit this one on a curb, shearing off a lens mounting blade. I bought a used replacement lens and it seemed to work fine, though I haven't used it in several years now. Still have the original lens but the blade was cast into the lens body and I think it's toast.

Digital

  • Fujifilm FinePix S50000 - bought this in the early 2000s and took it Iraq with me. Got some good photos, including the one to the right
    ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ Dair Mar Elia (Saint Elijah's Monastery), Mosul
    of the Dair Mar Elia monastery south of Mosul
  • iPhone 3GS32 - this worked well for me and I took some decent photos with it. My wife now has this phone.
  • iPhone 4GS16 - as it's locked for Telekom, this is no use to me as a phone and is available to anyone who wants it. As it is, it's nothing but an overpriced iPod.
  • iPhone 4GS8 - My current phone, somehow I keep going down in GB.

Cameras I would like to add to my collection

35


  • Leica M3 and Leicameter MR-4 - in my dreams - Ken Rockwell calls this the "World's best 35mm" and I don't think he's the only one

(KR, PE agrees on the M3 or M2 and mentions the MR-4 elsewhere) KR recommends w/ 50mm f/2 Summicron mit close-focus range

  • Also look out for (PE):

MF

LF


Digital

Meters

  • Gossen Digisix Lightmeter (PE)
  • Pentax Digital Spotmeter (KR)
  • Pentax Spotmeter V (KR)
  • Voitlander VC Meter (PE)
  • Minolta Auto Meter IVf
  • Sekonic L-408
  • Sekonic L-208
  • Vivitar 43
  • Sekon L-348
  • Minolta Color Meter II

Extinction Meters

  • Drem Instoscope (PE)
  • Expophot (PE)

Selenium Meters

  • GE DW-68 Exposure Meter (PE)
  • Sears Tower (PE)
  • Walz Direct f:Stop Meter (PE)
  • Sekonic L-VI Meter (PE)
  • Sekonic 21b Meter (PE)
  • Weston Direct Read Meter (PE)

Sekonic L-398M

Lenses

  • Nikon
    • 85mm f/2 (KR)
  • Vivitar
    • 70-210 Series 1 (KR)

References

  1. ↑ Camerapedia
  2. ↑ Matt's Classic Cameras (this is actually the GAF Memo a Chinon 35EE clone)
  3. ↑ Dominic's Classic Cameras
  4. ↑ Manual for the 35EE on Bike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com's Camera Manual Library (which interestingly isn't at orphancameras.com))
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