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mark hahn
markhahn2000
May 11, 2008 3:19 am
ok, I gave the Minolta 16-II a good chance... liked the film handling and the camera and initial results ok, but dealing with the fiddly diopters was just too ...
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xkaes
May 11, 2008 12:35 pm
In a message dated 5/10/08 9:19:58 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, markhahn2000@... writes: ok, I gave the Minolta 16-II a good chance... liked the film...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 11, 2008 8:05 pm
... If you like the 16II except for the diopters, you really should give a Kiev 303 a try. The shutter is more like the 16 (250 top, no B) and there's no...
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Bogdan Karasek
bogdan_karasek
May 11, 2008 9:05 pm
Hi, Concerning the Kiev 303 and 30, are there filters (yellow, orange, red) available for the cameras? Will the yellow filter from the Minolta-16 II fit the...
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xkaes
May 11, 2008 9:47 pm
In a message dated 5/11/08 3:05:57 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, bkarasek@... writes: Concerning the Kiev 303 and 30, are there filters (yellow,...
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Jack DeLisle
papadee73159
May 11, 2008 9:49 pm
From looking at my cameras, it looks as if the Kiev 30 will accept the filters from the Minolta 16-1, but the 303 will not accept filters unless they are...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 11, 2008 10:15 pm
... I've never seen filters for these, and I'm pretty sure the Minolta filters won't fit -- the plastic shell of the Kiev 30/303 is thicker, as well as having...
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mark hahn
markhahn2000
May 12, 2008 8:44 am
yeah... the Kiev 30 was my very first submini camera. ... Well... I would like better flare resistance... and a prettier camera... the Kiev is really pretty...
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mark hahn
markhahn2000
May 12, 2008 8:44 am
I've bid on MG-S's from time to time, but never was lucky enough to get one... my QT was pretty much a bust... like many others... (not so reliable)... mark...
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xkaes@...
xkaes
May 12, 2008 1:00 pm
In a message dated 5/12/08 2:45:01 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, markhahn2000@... writes: I've bid on MG-S's from time to time, but never was lucky...
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Jack DeLisle
papadee73159
May 12, 2008 2:49 pm
I have a spare MG that has been damaged and the film compartment cover is missing. The meter works fine. If anyone needs the meter to get their camera...
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Gerald
ultraminiature
May 12, 2008 7:39 pm
If it is a one off payment then cost is not so critical for the use you might get out of the camera. So instead of having patience's for $10 go for $20 to $24....
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xkaes
May 12, 2008 8:13 pm
I've done a lot of shooting with the MG-s and I've never had a problem with close or distance shooting. If the subject is more than six feet away, I use the...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 12, 2008 10:22 pm
... Okay, then the other option for a larger negative would be a Minolta QT, if you can find a good one (even without the meter, it's no problem to shoot with...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 12, 2008 10:22 pm
... In outdoor lighting, I can do this with my QT as well, setting manually (the meter doesn't work anyway) by Sunny 16 methods. For that matter, I can do the...
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John & Cori Robison
OMRobison
May 13, 2008 10:18 am
... At the photographic sale and swap I go to once a year there were two QTs, both on one table and both externally mint. On the first one the shutter was...
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mark hahn
markhahn2000
May 13, 2008 10:18 am
I've bid over $25 for very nice cameras by themselves... so I wasn't just being cheap... just unlucky... Didn't really love the QT much... felt kind of cheap ...
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Gerald
ultraminiature
May 13, 2008 12:25 pm
From: SUBMINI-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SUBMINI-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mark hahn Sent: 13 May 2008 08:03 To: SUBMINI-L@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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xkaes
May 13, 2008 1:47 pm
In a message dated 5/12/08 4:22:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, silent1@... writes: If my QT had a working meter, it'd be my number one submini,...
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xkaes@...
xkaes
May 13, 2008 3:44 pm
In a message dated 5/13/08 4:18:37 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, omrobison@... writes: Olympus VF Pens ... What if a VF Pen? **************Wondering...
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Robert McFetridge
rmcfet1ca
May 13, 2008 3:45 pm
John I am not familiar with the 'Olympus VF Pens'. I looked through my files and a number of Oly historic sites and could not find reference to them either....
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Robert Meier
summicron5
May 13, 2008 4:28 pm
He must mean viewfinder Pens as opposed to SLR Pens. ... From: "Robert McFetridge" <rmcfet@...> To: <SUBMINI-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13,...
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ultraminiature
May 13, 2008 5:16 pm
... It is difficult to determine if any camera is well enough designed for long term reliability or not. Having had three new from the factory Minox BLs I say...
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Robert McFetridge
rmcfet1ca
May 13, 2008 7:08 pm
That makes sense save for the the fact that the Pen 'S' series are all viewfinder as well. I ma looking for a site that will give the specs on all the fixed ...
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Jim Brokaw
jimbrokaw
May 13, 2008 7:08 pm
I think the VF means 'viewfinder' -- as opposed to rangefinder. I don't know that Olympus made any half-frame rangefinder cameras... but they made a lot of...
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xkaes
May 13, 2008 7:59 pm
In a message dated 5/13/08 1:08:58 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, jbrokaw@... writes: I think the VF means 'viewfinder' -- as opposed to rangefinder. ...
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xkaes
May 13, 2008 8:00 pm
In a message dated 5/13/08 1:08:58 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, rmcfet@... writes: I ma looking for a site that will give the specs on all the fixed ...
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Robert McFetridge
rmcfet1ca
May 13, 2008 8:48 pm
I usually look for shutter type, speeds, lens layout and length etc. In the original note I think it identified the Copal shutter as having 2 blades and 5...
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John & Cori Robison
OMRobison
May 14, 2008 12:13 am
... Sorry Joe, ViewFinder Pens. These are the Pens with full manual control of exposure. The EE Pens (ElectricEye) only have 1 shutter speed on manual, usually...
