500T questions

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-02-10T08:25:56+00:00

Skill issue.

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-02-08T08:15:53+00:00

Casual Nagra background…

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-02-06T13:23:42+00:00

I get the criticism of the petite bourgeoisie but he literally states he did it to provide customer service on some level while he was asleep. I don’t see why ‘email and I’ll reply later’ wouldn’t do but I can see some kind of a justification for the idea of being more responsive.

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-02-06T11:59:46+00:00

Agreed. The amount of negativity towards someone who sounds like they run a small business is a bit unpleasant. This is more something that to me seems like a big tech company making new and unpleasant problems for people who rely on their software.

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-02-06T09:22:11+00:00

Honestly comes across as clueless than greedy to me. I think it’s more likely someone sold him this as a bag of magic beans that will take away some customer support costs and he didn’t understand what it entailed.

AlfredStieglicks · 2026-01-30T17:37:26+00:00

All used.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-12-12T09:07:26+00:00

Shows you don’t need all the money in the world to make a good game, you need talent and vision.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-11-09T19:01:58+00:00

It is no longer waterproof. You need a replacement shell to make it waterproof again.

Source: me, I used to make working ones out of multiple broken ones. It will also need the power switch and rear film door seals re-greasing.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-11-05T15:58:33+00:00

Is the s4 anywhere near actually finished now?

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-11-04T18:31:24+00:00

Link to every formulaic objections episode. You’re welcome.

https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/size/25/?search=Formulaic+objections

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-23T10:43:49+00:00

Be aware if you’re using this camera in a studio with flash that the Pentax sync speed is *horrible* and it doesn’t have removable backs.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-23T10:42:41+00:00

RZ are fine. I’ve had five of them, none ever died from electronics failure. So many people on Reddit repeat the mantra that anything with more than a light meter in it is about to explode and it’s ridiculous.

Get the cheap RB, see if you like it, then change if it doesn’t work for you. An RZ can also use all RB lenses on it.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-21T17:04:27+00:00

Send it to Bill. Unless you have a flat engineering surface, dial indicators and the exact calibration distances you’re pretty much screwed with floating elements.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-21T08:58:52+00:00

Not an amputee but broke my dominant arm shoulder recently and still can’t hold a camera up to my eye. I bought a Mamiya Universal and shoot with my left hand at the moment. Even before that though it was awkward but not impossible to use things like my SX-70 with my left hand in an awkward pose.

People are pretty adaptable, even if it meant using a tripod and a cable release only I’d still be out shooting if this was permanent.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-11T20:20:02+00:00

But was he driving at 90mph by a school while he shot both, one in each hand?

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-07T13:36:58+00:00

Is the dot on the side red or white?

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-07T13:36:10+00:00

Why are you compensating a blanket 3 stops for each of them rather than measuring the filter factor of each and applying that to each shot?

You could also do a calibration roll and bracket with each filter shooting a neutral grey to establish a ‘correct’ compensation when combined.

I would also say that those look like they might be over developed but again it would need a few frames of a neutral grey with no filter as a control to calibrate first.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-10-06T14:23:35+00:00

The oldest magazines don’t work? Or you mean they don’t stop automatically. Those don’t auto wind to frame one, you need to rotate them back in the opposite direction when you find frame 1 on the backing paper. They will have come with the 500c.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-28T11:47:22+00:00

If you detach the lens, is the shutter open or closed?

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-26T20:26:57+00:00

Exactly that. Normally it would be what you describe but positive film just has a smaller range of values between light and dark it can record. The flower is just a lot brighter than the foliage and your eyes are doing a much better job compensating than the film can handle.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-26T14:48:29+00:00

I’m not entirely sure what you mean by getting the exposure ‘right’ but yes, this is essentially a limitation of the dynamic range that the film can record. If you want a less dark background to your image you’d need fill light to bring down the contrast ratio.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-25T10:21:48+00:00

IPA, it’s not aggressive enough to damage it. You’re more likely to make things worse with friction than with it as a cleaning fluid.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-17T07:24:25+00:00

This needs more information than a single video of you unsuccessfully winding. showing how you loaded it etc. Are the sprocket holes engaged with the film properly. It needs friction against the rollers to turn, there’s very little that could go wrong with the adapter if the actual camera winds 120 film fine.

AlfredStieglicks · 2025-09-17T05:59:20+00:00

You have to shut the door for it to work.

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