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I note that POTN seem to be a digital site. It may of course have people there who are knowledgeable about film but unless you already know what FIND lab can do, I'd check that it can process trad B&W film before buying any.
Frankly as you may have to scan film for a while and depending on whether you have a scanner and how good it is, I'd consider doing your own trad B&W processing. Not a lot of equipment is necessary but it is a topic for another day. This is not really a Hybrid site but if I may, I'll just add a note of caution to my recommendation that you process and scan your own film which is that my understanding( I don't do scanning) is that C41 film such as Ilford XP2+ gives less scanning problems than trad processed B&W film. Mike |
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A different option is use the CZJ Biotar lenses the Helios 44 & 40 are copied from
The Biotars were first made for pre-WWII 35mm Exatas, then also made in Praktina and M42 mount after WWII. Only problem is the 75mm f1.5 Biotar's usually sell for over £1,000 ($1,400+) Ian |
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Interesting idea. Maybe I should get a Leica to mount it on as well?
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Under their B&W section, the FIND Lab claims: "We use an array of developers including Xtol, DDX, HC110 and D76 depending on the film stock. The lab preferred developer is Xtol because it produces the best quality and consistency for your images. " Being new to this, that means essentially nothing to me, but I'm guessing that it suggests using HP5+ (or other B&W films) should be ok? |
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Yes, the developers listed are for traditional B&W films like HP5+,etc.
The shutter in the Zenit camera is a cloth focal plane type. It consists of two blinds mounted on rollers either side of the film aperture. When the film is wound on, this puts the blinds under tension. They are physically pulled over to one side of the aperture. When the shutter release is pressed, they move across the film aperture to the resting position. This is operated by spring tension. At slow speeds (less than 1/30sec I think), the first blind reaches the far side before the second moves to close the film aperture. At higher speeds the second blind starts moving before the first reaches the end of its travel. You then have the effect of a slit moving across the film. I will be corrected if I’m wrong, but I think the slit becomes narrower as the speed increases. When I mention the ‘film aperture’ I mean the rectangular opening inside the camera where the film is exposed, rather than the aperture diaphragm in the lens. I hope this makes sense! Alex Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Just to add to what Alex has said, I think that Xtol is a particularly fine developer for a whole range of films. It is what I use myself.
Mike |
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Hi Skier,
Can't help with the camera discussion, but welcome to FADU. Ian
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