RetroCamera » slr http://www.retrocamera.net Old retrocamera equipment in a digital photography world. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:13:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Asahi Takumar frenzy http://www.retrocamera.net/asahi-takumar-frenzy.html http://www.retrocamera.net/asahi-takumar-frenzy.html#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:06:48 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=735 Some of the Takumar M42-lenses I owned/own. Works great on my Canon EOS, of course :) And they are also very pretty.

Asahi Super-Takumar 28mm/3.5
Asahi Super-Takumar 35mm/3.5
Asahi S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8
Asahi Auto-Takumar 85mm/1.8
Asahi Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5
Similar Posts:]]> http://www.retrocamera.net/asahi-takumar-frenzy.html/feed 0 Submition to “$50-dollar film camera project” http://www.retrocamera.net/submition-to-50-dollar-film-camera-project.html http://www.retrocamera.net/submition-to-50-dollar-film-camera-project.html#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:59:23 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=257 Find a Film Camera for Under $50
I bought a kit with Yashica J-7 SLR with the lens Yashinon-DX 50mm f1.7 for about $22 on Tradera (swedish version of ebay) :)

Shoot Some Film With Your New Camera!
Well, I’ve shot a blck and white roll and a colour-film roll. Both were Kodak and 400 ASA.
From the first roll
From the second roll

Write a Review of Your Camera, Publish a Photo of Your Camera
By this time I was so excited that I bought the domain www.yashicaforum.com and wrote the review there! :) There are several large photos of the camera in the review, but I guess the first one is most representative:

Yashica J-7 and Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7

Yashica J-7 and Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7

Publish an Entire Roll of Photos
Set on Flickr, here as slideshow (view large):

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Henry Hudson rose from my garden
Henryhudson

My daughter in swings
Mathilde

Parkinglot
Parking

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Ripped film

Ripped film

Although I didn’t get that until I opened the back and let the light in! But you learn from you mistakes, and I can enlighten others about them, so here’s how you do it.

The rewind release is around the shutter release-button. On the Zenit ET is protected of a halfcircle of plastic. I now use the casing of a pen to press it down, ALL THE WAY DOWN!

Push it down

Push it down

Ok, rewind the film with the film rewind knob. Lift it up to open cameraback and take out the film. Now, I don’t know if its just my cameras rewind release thats a bit stuck but I hade to screw the button a bit to get it back up again.

Rewind release and shutter release

Rewind release and shutter release

For forther reading look at the Zenit B, E and EM manual.

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My new Yashica
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