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Main Forum / Re: Who is up for a postcard exchange?

« Last post by Francois on Yesterday at 11:01:07 PM »

Now do I have a story for y'all!
Just a minute ago, I see an old rusted-out Jeep park in front of the house and a guy with a plaid lumberjack coat and a tuque come out and ring at the door. I was really wondering what's up with that. He told me that he lives in an apartment on the following street and that he found a postcard lying on the sidewalk. So he proceeded to deliver it since "nobody sends hand written letters anymore".
It turns out it was Ryan's Piano Tuner postcard!
The image is in perfect shape, corners barely rounded.
Now that it what I call a stoke of luck. He definitely is a good person! 
I should add that the mailman came yesterday at 8:30pm... And it has been just sitting there on the sidewalk for all that time without anybody stepping on it.

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Main Forum / Re: Who is up for a postcard exchange?

« Last post by Kai-san on Yesterday at 02:39:03 PM »

When I returned from a photo shoot this morning there were two very nice postcards waiting for me, one from Ryan and one from Shaun. Thank you very much guys!

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Main Forum / Re: I just picked up...

« Last post by Francois on April 24, 2024, 10:49:30 PM »

I must admit that Ethan does design good stuff.

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Main Forum / Re: I just picked up...

« Last post by astrobeck on April 24, 2024, 10:22:07 PM »

just picked up two flat pack pinhole cameras from Ethan at Cameradactyl.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0PlJ0PzbY to assemble for pinhole day.
Not sure I will get both of them done in time for Sunday....
I already had the 90mm one, and the other two in the bags are 45mm.
I like the wide out your ears view of pinhole.
I've had the assembled one shown since the pandemic. It's very sturdy and works well.

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Main Forum / Re: I just picked up...

« Last post by EarlJam on April 24, 2024, 10:18:54 PM »

I just unpacked a Kaleinar 2.8/100mm lens in M42 mount. It's the most compact 100mm I've seen, smaller than my Nikkor 2.5/105 AI-S and 100g lighter. It's said to be very sharp and it has a classic bokeh, not bubbly or swirly or whatever. It was also made with Nikon F mount, but it's not a copy. And I got it for half the price of the cheapest one on evilbay.

That's a great find. Re size and weight, I'm curious how it compares to the Pentax SMC-M 100/2.8 (62.5 diameter x 55.7 length x 225g) and Olympus OM Zuiko 100/2.8 (60 diameter x 50 length x 230g)?

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Main Forum / Re: I just picked up...

« Last post by Francois on April 24, 2024, 03:44:35 PM »

And I got it for half the price of the cheapest one on evilbay.

Half price is always a good price in my book 😁

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Francois on April 24, 2024, 03:43:06 PM »

I find it funny how so many film stocks now revolve around Harman in one way or another.

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Main Forum / Re: I just picked up...

« Last post by Kai-san on April 24, 2024, 02:03:46 PM »

I just unpacked a Kaleinar 2.8/100mm lens in M42 mount. It's the most compact 100mm I've seen, smaller than my Nikkor 2.5/105 AI-S and 100g lighter. It's said to be very sharp and it has a classic bokeh, not bubbly or swirly or whatever. It was also made with Nikon F mount, but it's not a copy. And I got it for half the price of the cheapest one on evilbay.

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Phil Snaps on April 24, 2024, 12:39:57 PM »

From a Youtube comment:
"I’ve talked to Rollei about that and they’ve told me that the RPX 100 and 400 are new emulsions based on the original Agfa Leverkusen APX formulas. Produced for them by Harman Technology. They’re actually the ones who bought the Agfa Leverkusen patterns when it went down. "

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Flippy on April 24, 2024, 04:09:59 AM »

I thought RPX400 was actually HP5?
Edit: according to The Big Film Database it is Kentmere 400 https://industrieplus.net/dxdatabase/rechfilm.php?name=rpx400 but this information may be outdated.

You know, it's a little funny because there's a youtube video from a few years ago where somebody compared Kentmere 400, Agfa APX 400, and Rollei RPX 400, and concluded they were all the same film - except their own video showed that when all three were processed together in the same tank, for the same time and temp, that Rollei RPX produced different contrast from the other two. I really don't think K400 and RPX400 are the same. Agfa on the other hand, probably the same.

ORWO/filmotech packages it in these devastatingly awful non-standard plastic cassettes.

They probably use the same cassettes as FlicFilm (the snap-together model that barely fits in the film compartment).
These are definitely not the nicest thing to use, but I guess that they're what we'll have from now on until the tin free steel shortage gets solved.

Appear to be so. Two more thoughts: it's pretty absurd that a shortage of tin-free steel ever had any effect on film packaging given how little material is used by film companies, and two: plastic being plastic is another reason to avoid those terrible plastic cassettes. If I throw my old film canisters in the recycling, I know that the steel will be recycled, the plastic not so much.