safe haven for tiny formats

[HiHoSilver]

'Big smile. I'm w/ Koraks about your lovely portraits of Pippa. When she took a liking to you, you were done for. And most likely - so was she. The images of that story are magnificent.

[Corran]

koraks, nice usage of the 35mm in a 6x12 back! Gotta do some more of those soon.

[chrism]

Thank you! You are, of course, right. I'm doomed. Stuck with her. Poor me.

I bought a Pentax ME Super in 1984, but it died a couple of years ago. I found I could replace it very cheaply at KEH, but today that camera has failed too. Three shots exposed normally, and all the other so underexposed I'm not sure whether the shutter stuck or some electronic problems have struck. KEH can't help me this time (just a $3 'as is' ME Super). So I've found a K2 instead, as I do like aperture priority metering. (K1000 from 1976 and an MX still work fine, as do a couple of SF1s and an MZ-S.)


Pentax ME Super, 150mm/f3.5, Neopan 400, HC-110, X1 scan:

Pippa 2016 #15 by chrism229, on Flickr


Chris

[Old_Dick]

Chris, and she does laundry , one of my favorites. Kindred spirit, and all that stuff.

[HiHoSilver]

This is a wonderful portrait, Chris. 'Would butcher language to say much about why, but the pose or position on capture, warm, subdued smile. The eyes are killer - not just nice photographically, but very expressive. 'Hope you both had some fun this wkend.

[Jmarmck]

I was going to say that the K-1000 would be a good sub but not auto. I never like the ME Super. Too small, even smaller than the Olympus OM series, which I owned and loved.

Ya know. We should all be so luck to have someone for that length of time. Your photos express your feelings. Well done.

[mijosc]

Tree Over Middle Spunk Lake by Michael Schomer, on Flickr

Leica M4 / Minolta Rokkor-M 40mm
Kodak Plus-X

[chrism]

Well I tried to resuscitate the ME Super with new batteries and a roll of Acros 100, but even so, there were four frames out of the 24 (home rolled) that just didn't happen. Blank. I played with the MX for a bit but I find it hard to like. So tomorrow, weather permitting, I shall go out with my 1976 student grant money on one shoulder in the form of a K1000, and with an FM3a on the other. Something to do until the K2 turns up. Amusingly I went into the drugstore and asked for LR44 batteries. "How many?" she asked. "How many do you have?" I bought all of them. It's very convenient that the K1000, MX, ME Super, K2, FM3a and OM-2n all use the same battery!
I'll scan the Acros later and see if there is anything worth sharing. Thank you all for your kind words. I am sensible of my good fortune (even when doing the laundry, Dick!)

[Old_Dick]

Maybe she was just putting it away Pippa 2015 #31 by chrism229, on Flickr

[Jmarmck]

Well I tried to resuscitate the ME Super with new batteries and a roll of Acros 100, but even so, there were four frames out of the 24 (home rolled) that just didn't happen. Blank. I played with the MX for a bit but I find it hard to like. So tomorrow, weather permitting, I shall go out with my 1976 student grant money on one shoulder in the form of a K1000, and with an FM3a on the other. Something to do until the K2 turns up. Amusingly I went into the drugstore and asked for LR44 batteries. "How many?" she asked. "How many do you have?" I bought all of them. It's very convenient that the K1000, MX, ME Super, K2, FM3a and OM-2n all use the same battery!
I'll scan the Acros later and see if there is anything worth sharing. Thank you all for your kind words. I am sensible of my good fortune (even when doing the laundry, Dick!)

I had my Mamiya 645 1000s serviced before my last trip, replace light seals and CLA. First time out on the trip and the battery was dead. New foam inserts apparently left the meter on. I could not find a battery for that in Page, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, or anywhere in between. When I got home I found them at the local Walgrens. Go figure. I now have F2's with various viewfinders. I hardly ever touch them any more.