The older Rolleiflexes did not have that feature. Now who knows which model first had it?
Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Raimo Korhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:14 PM Subject: Vs: Glad I got the Yashica TLR's Sorry to be nit-picking, but it they did not copy Rolleiflex completely. Only Rolleiflex had automatic first frame positioning. Actually I do not know if any MF cameras have this feature evn now. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: Bill Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 16. tammikuuta 2002 0:10 Aihe: Re: Glad I got the Yashica TLR's >Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 7:35:41 PM, Bill wrote: >BO> Boy am I glad I got these yesterday! Had some minor outpatient surgery this >BO> morning and my left arm is in a splint that prevents me from using my 35's, >BO> but I can use the waist level finders on the TLR's. I think I'll be able to >BO> load the daylight tank and at least process B&W. Hopefully I can try out >BO> the 635 today and compare it to the 124G. Plans are to use one camera for >BO> color and the other for B&W. Looking forward to trying E100VS too. The >BO> 124G will accept 220, whereas the 635 is 120 only. > >Hi Bill, > I hope it isn't anything serious! > >On Yashicas, even if they are just a copy of Rolleiflex (and they >don't even hide it! The design is completely copied Rolleiflex), they >are very nice cameras. My Y-D works greatly with colour slides, and >the shutter is nearly just as smooth as on an old Rolleiflex (but because >the rollei has uncoated lens, I don't use it that much now), and >that's a highest praise any shutter can get (apart from using hat >shutter)... > > Really try a 100VS or Velvia with it, the big size slide will blow > your head off :) > >BTW, the finder brightness can be often vastly improved by cleaning >the mirror and the focusing screen. The removal of finder assembly is >easy and without any focus issues, at least on my Y-D. The mirror is >often full of dust and deposit and can be CAREFULLY cleaned using a >technique I developed by trial and error - get handful of (clean) >cotton swabs on stick (for cleaning ears), get HOT water handy >(distilled!). Wet the swab with the water >thoroughly, and _lightly_ touch the mirror (lightly!), so a droplet >forms around the swab. apply NO PRESSURE at all! Then, swipe a part of >the mirror, guiding the droplet of water with the swab. Near edge of >mirror dry the droplet quickly using a dry cotton swab. Re-wet and use >clean swab as necessary. Why hot water? It makes for much stronger >together bonding droplets than cold water. Stronger bonding droplets? >You don't want any of the water to be left on the mirror, so you need >to move the droplet as a whole (its surface tension keeps it >together), and for some reason, this works much better with hot, about >60 degree Celsius water (I didn't try higher). And of course >distilled! > >Experiment on something less valuable if you like, but it's pretty >simple. I even cleaned a much dusty mirror of my K2DMD that way, >although I couldn't clean enough the foam deterioration deposits, the >accumulated dust which didn't go even when I blowed it off disappeared >using this method. My Yashica D's finder brightened by at least a >stop, that much dust was there! > >Good light, > Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
