Comments on: Zenit FS-12 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/muddy-river-of-life/zenit-fs-12 MAGI does not bother responding to pings. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:43:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ritchan http://ritchan.dasaku.net/muddy-river-of-life/zenit-fs-12/comment-page-1#comment-8256 ritchan Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:16:52 +0000 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/?p=1406#comment-8256 Man, why are your cameras all broken? Granted, I suppose that's a deal at 2USD each, you really should be taking them apart. For me, my Zenit seems like it'd survive a trip through a pile of asphalt (although the lens and mirror certainly won't), while my 2 megapixel (that's right, 2) Canon Powershot S200 seems to not appreciate my dropping it for the umpteenth time. That's too bad, I just found that it had quite a few customizable settings that I never got around to playing with. Not as if it'd let me vary the f-stops, though. I got the guides, thanks a dozen - seems I've been overexposing my shots all the time. Blame it on the faulty lightmeter... I'll have to change the battery I suppose. Then I gotta get a gray card... sigh... Man, why are your cameras all broken? Granted, I suppose that’s a deal at 2USD each, you really should be taking them apart. For me, my Zenit seems like it’d survive a trip through a pile of asphalt (although the lens and mirror certainly won’t), while my 2 megapixel (that’s right, 2) Canon Powershot S200 seems to not appreciate my dropping it for the umpteenth time. That’s too bad, I just found that it had quite a few customizable settings that I never got around to playing with. Not as if it’d let me vary the f-stops, though.

I got the guides, thanks a dozen – seems I’ve been overexposing my shots all the time. Blame it on the faulty lightmeter… I’ll have to change the battery I suppose. Then I gotta get a gray card… sigh…

]]> By: Zeroblade http://ritchan.dasaku.net/muddy-river-of-life/zenit-fs-12/comment-page-1#comment-8180 Zeroblade Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:29:36 +0000 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/?p=1406#comment-8180 Gotta love fully mechanical cameras. I got a Taron 35 Rangefinder and a Minolta 16 II for about 2 USD each, and I've been wanting to try them out much more intensively, but the Taron's dented in the hot shoe connection (not a big problem) and the film type selector dial (a kinda big problem), the shutters won't work past 1/10th of a second (they end up stuck like in bulb until you advance the film), and the shot counter's loose. Basically a total fuckup of a good camera at the moment, but the shutter works, and I've taken some <strike>horrible</strike> pretty decent shots with it! LOTS of vignettes on the corners, and colors are horribly washed out in shades of blue and yellow and red all over the place. Been meaning to get that all fully serviced, but good god, it will cost a fortune. The 16II on the other hand... 16 mm film in proprietary cartridges = lol. I also had a Fujica somethingorother Rangefinder in storage, but the shutter mechanism's broken too. As for tips on exposure - I had two little handy dandy guides on getting the perfect exposure - I'll shoot you an e-mail with those. Gotta love fully mechanical cameras. I got a Taron 35 Rangefinder and a Minolta 16 II for about 2 USD each, and I’ve been wanting to try them out much more intensively, but the Taron’s dented in the hot shoe connection (not a big problem) and the film type selector dial (a kinda big problem), the shutters won’t work past 1/10th of a second (they end up stuck like in bulb until you advance the film), and the shot counter’s loose. Basically a total fuckup of a good camera at the moment, but the shutter works, and I’ve taken some horrible pretty decent shots with it! LOTS of vignettes on the corners, and colors are horribly washed out in shades of blue and yellow and red all over the place. Been meaning to get that all fully serviced, but good god, it will cost a fortune. The 16II on the other hand… 16 mm film in proprietary cartridges = lol.
I also had a Fujica somethingorother Rangefinder in storage, but the shutter mechanism’s broken too.
As for tips on exposure – I had two little handy dandy guides on getting the perfect exposure – I’ll shoot you an e-mail with those.

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