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You’re not in trouble at all-
well done-And for low light,
just use faster film-j
Good man Zoltan. I’m looking forward to seeing some results
now. I may even be tempted to head down that road myself…Rob.
Congrats Zoltan, you will have good fun. I got a MF camera this year and use it now 95% of the time. Really slows me down and im really enjoying the fun of working with it
I did an introduction course with TheFizz last year where i learn t how to develop B&W film myself (also covered making prints from the negs which was fun), would recommend going on the course if you will be doing B&W (very cheap for what you get from it). Have developed around 35 roles of 120 film now myself so have saved the money i spent on the course by not going to labs to get it processed.
Next step for me is to get a dark room later on in the year as I am scanning the negs at the moment
As for low light as jb7 said just use faster film, Ilford Delta 3200 is super stuff in low light or just push one of the other slower films
Have fun…
M
I figured I have to change the method I’m working… digital sometimes takes away the excitement of picture making. I will keep my Nikon D200 for the everyday photography, and for close-ups.
I will definitely have a look at those courses, I would need to know at least the basics. I guess, processing b/w is not that hard, and even I could learn it. I have a dark bathroom that I can contaminate with the chemicals. :)
It will take for a while until I can post samples, because I don’t have a scanner and I’m not sure when will I be able to afford a decent one like the Nikon 9000.
I never understood what’s rating a 3200 film to 1600 or to push a 1600 to 3200, so I have to do some reading up. The Mamiya 7 manual says it can handle maximum iso 1600 film, is it just the upper limit for the built-in metering? A lot of questions, a lot to learn, it’s like starting from scratch. Wish my camera would be here this week.
Patience, Zoltan..
You might as well start learning it now-No more instant fix for you-
1600 is as much as you’ll need-
but keeping it to 400 or 800 is much better-
though you’ll be able to expose whatever you like manually-
One advantage of the larger formats is that you don’t have to enlarge as much to get the same size print-
so grain is less of an issue than with 35mm-I think the real advantage might be in the slower speeds, to begin with,
though handholding might be best done with around 400 iso in normal Irish light-80mm is still 80mm-
on your D200 that’s portrait length,
on 6×7 its more like standard, so you’ll be taking in more of a scene-
so focussing will be critical, especially with closer subjects-
and you may need to stop down more than you might be used to-
leading to using slightly faster film-On a tripod, you should be able to use the really fine-grained slow stuff-
there’s only 5 stops difference between 25 and 400 iso,
but the difference in resolution can be enormous.Big adventure Zoltan-
and the slowing down begins now-j
randomway wrote:
The Mamiya 7 manual says it can handle maximum iso 1600 film, is it just the upper limit for the built-in metering?
Yep! There’s nothing to stop you from using ISO 3200, 6400 or higher if you feel that’s what you want to do. If you’re using the built in metering just make the necessary adjustments when (manually) setting you shutter speed and aperture (i.e., meter at 1600 and then adjust down one stop, or two stops or more depending on what you’re actually using). I doubt that this will ever be an issue though, I can’t for the life of me imagine why you would want to shoot at anything higher than 1600, except perhaps for artistic reasons.
I have got the Mamiya 7 today. The simplicity of it is amazing. You put film in it, pull up the shutter and click… then remove the lenscap and try it again :) great stuff. I am not sure why is the rangefinder focusing hated by many people, it looks very precise and easy to use so far.
I will have to put a few rolls through the camera to see how it works. It has just been serviced, so there should be no problem. Breaking this brick looks like a challenge anyway.Thanks for the tips guys!
Well done on the new camera Zoltan. I have been away on holiday until yesterday (wilth my Mamiya 7 of course) and hope to have some nice shots from it.
Have fun,
PeterThe Mamiya 7 is my dream camera. One of these days I’m going to click the buy it now button and to hell with everything :wink:
I bought mine on the rangefinderforum.com. The 7II with an 80mm lens for £550 in very good condition.. I think it was a good deal. Ebay is getting very expensive nowadays.
That’s a very good price.
I could stretch to the price of the camera and the 80mm lens, maybe – but then I’d need a MF scanner. And another lens. And some filters. And it just doesn’t stop… (I know me too well)
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