I'm jealous! The M4 is a great camera. Some Contaxes are excellent as well. Tell us more!
The thing that looks like a cannon or do-it-yourself SLR is probably a Leica Visoflex system for focusing longer lenses that aren't rangefinder coupled. It's awkward at best. What other Leica lenses do you have? You can dump that Microdol X down the drain. It's relatively harmless in small amounts. I'd shoot the Plus-X at ISO 100, the same way I'd rate it if new. If the film is shot, there's not much point in pushing it. T-Max developer works well and is easy to use. You should be able to rinse out the old bottles with some repeated flushings with hot water. Paul On Jan 17, 2011, at 3:43 PM, John Graves wrote: > Aside from my Digital Pentax, I am the recipient of some of my Dad's cameras. > Included in the lot are a couple of Contaxes and a Leica M4. The Tessar 50 > mm is supposedly good. The M4 has an assortment of lenses including what can > either be described as a cannon or a do-it yourself SLR. Besides, my PX-20 is > feeling left out. I will have to exercise it as well. > > So....I am cosidering buying a bottle of T-Max, a bottle of rapid fixer and a > few rolls of Tri-X to use once I have shot up the ancient 4 rolls of Plus-X I > found. I have a couple of Yankee tanks and a single reel tank and what I > think is a 3 reel tank. I will dump the ancient Microdol down a convenient > drain, clean the bottles and be in business, I think. My scanner will scan > 35mm negatives so I don't have to fuss with my enlarger. > > I have a few questions for the group though. If I dump the Microdol into the > town's septic system, will the Treatment Plant blow up or otherwise stop > functioning. Is there a good way to clean out the plastic and glass (fixer) > bottles or should I add to my collection? Have I lost what's left of my mind. > Do I shoot the 15? year old Plus-X at 125, 64 32 speed? PS my LunaPro still > works...I will need a source for the PX625a cells though. > > All suggestions read......some taken! > -- > John Graves > WA1JG > [email protected] > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
