fjrabon
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It's the original Ricoh Singlex, which was basically made by Mamiya as a copy of the Nikkorex that Mamiya made for Nikon (things were confusing back then).
55mm f/1.4 lens seems pretty good, but we will see when we get these first rolls of film back.
Just finished getting her all up and running. It's manual focus, manual exposure, in fact it doesn't even have a meter, so it's either use a hand meter, or use my intuition/sunny 16 calculations in my head to set the exposure. The manual focus has a rangefinder like focusing aid apparatus that I think I sort of have the hang of, but I guess we will see.
It's kind of fun, and it's like lifting weights. It really works out your "paying attention to compositions, framing, and exposure" muscle. When I pick up my digital cameras after this, everything feels so much smoother. It'll break you of the habit of being lazy with settings and composition in a hurry. If you can shoot hesitation free, confidently, and correctly with this thing, shooting digital full manual becomes a breeze.
FullSizeRender by franklinrabon, on Flickr
55mm f/1.4 lens seems pretty good, but we will see when we get these first rolls of film back.
Just finished getting her all up and running. It's manual focus, manual exposure, in fact it doesn't even have a meter, so it's either use a hand meter, or use my intuition/sunny 16 calculations in my head to set the exposure. The manual focus has a rangefinder like focusing aid apparatus that I think I sort of have the hang of, but I guess we will see.
It's kind of fun, and it's like lifting weights. It really works out your "paying attention to compositions, framing, and exposure" muscle. When I pick up my digital cameras after this, everything feels so much smoother. It'll break you of the habit of being lazy with settings and composition in a hurry. If you can shoot hesitation free, confidently, and correctly with this thing, shooting digital full manual becomes a breeze.
FullSizeRender by franklinrabon, on Flickr