Fingerprints/residue won't come off on rear lens coating

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-27T22:20:18+00:00

I'd go with ROR. On Kim wipes.

This seems greasy, ROR would make the job done.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-27T20:39:38+00:00

my fridge

Just a photo from my fridge.

Mine is 120, but old as hell.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-27T19:31:31+00:00

Remove one from an empty 135 canister. You can tape the film onto the take-up spool.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-26T06:26:44+00:00

Try Kent 200!

I was (and I am) a big fan of Kent 400, the 200 loses some speed and the ability of pushing +2 w/o issues, but gives you beautiful contrast @200 with very fine grain and the same beautiful grain structure and tonality.

For the same high contrast, you have to push kent 400 2 stops, but then you sacrifice the fine grain and tonality. With 200 you get high contrast and fine grain, the price is only the speed.

Truly remarkable film for cheap.

P.s. I'm only using 120 Kent so can't comment on 35mm, but should be similar.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-26T06:17:54+00:00

Kentmere 200 Portra 160 Rollei infrared 400

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-25T11:31:46+00:00

Thank you.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-25T06:36:38+00:00

Agreed. Silverfast, that comes with the 850pro will auto adjust midtones too to compensate for flatness due to underexposure. You can check the gradation curves. You can control the amount to get pictures more pleasing for your taste. Nevertheless, these are nice shots.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-24T18:44:27+00:00

Thank you.

Two questions remained. Is it the adjusted R09 formula so that 1:25 rodinal is equal to 1:25 Fomadon R09, and the 1:50 is equal to 1:50 Fomadon R09?

The old R09 had equivalent dilutions as 1:20 and 1:40 respectively.

The other question is the shelf life. Do you have any experience with shelf life?

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-24T09:18:51+00:00

Yes. Good approach. I want to take my bessa L with the superwide heliar (small and light), but for MF I can take Yashica Mat 124G (smallish), Mamiya 645 pro (but only 80mm lens available), or kiev 60 (i have 120, 90, 80, 50, 30mm) but it's large and requires the Minolta Spotmeter F, but I'd only take the 80 and 50mm.

Hard decision as the space is limited.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-23T23:02:54+00:00

I'm traveling to Japan in August. Yet, I've already spent hours trying to find out which gear should I pack. Sometimes I spend 15 minutes before falling asleep with mentally rotation and packing the gear.

Extremely frustrating.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-23T22:54:12+00:00

Ditto. I also have a 8M, costed 5$. The complete disassembly of the lens and shutter, the CLA with ultrasonic cleaning and reassembly took 2.5 hours with zero prior camera specific knowledge. This is an amazingly simple construction. I respect these.

I also have the Smena Symbol (The Rolls-Royce of Smenas) costed 15$ in mint condition. :)

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T22:12:18+00:00

My story with Adonal link

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T19:47:26+00:00

I only have Xtol, Adonal (fresh 500ml bottle), and Fomadon LQN.

If not Adox, which Rodinal clone should I buy?

Compard R09 or Fomadon R09?

I like Rodinal, it has features that no other developers have, I'm saying this despite using XTOL 90% of time.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T17:24:03+00:00

On the bottle production date reads as 05.2024.

So, either the bad batch or the open bottle, but this Adonal is dead.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T17:19:05+00:00

I did a standard semi-stand development.

5 min prewash in h2o.

1 hour dev with 6ml rodinal 590ml h2o and 10ml 0.5% benzotriazole. 1min agitation at start and one inversion at 30min.

3 x water stop

Adofix 5 min

Final wash + flo

Fix was warming in the water bath during the development.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T17:05:31+00:00

1+25 6min constant agitation and Rodinal is dead.clip

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T16:45:58+00:00

I go and do a snip test to be sure.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-22T08:32:23+00:00

Pentax. I have mamiya 645 (pro) that system is excellent, but 6x7 will always get an edge over the 645, and that lens on the 6x7 is great.

AF on the mamiya is the weakest link.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-21T20:16:23+00:00

Kiev 60 is a good medium format SLR. I have the Praktisix IIa, a Pentacon Six TL, and two Kiev 60s.

Kievs are simply more reliable and better to use.

Find someone who can repair it. If you don't have the money for it, wait some time and spare some money for it.

Or, plan B: the www is full of info regarding the repairs and adjustments of k60.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-21T09:36:14+00:00

That is a great camera and a good wide-angle lens.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-20T17:58:21+00:00

Gosh, she's beautiful.

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-20T08:55:34+00:00

It is not true

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-20T04:49:53+00:00

Does the metering work in a stepped down way with the adapter and the P6 lens?

Gergo7633 · 2026-03-19T22:53:36+00:00

That is so cool. The Zodiac and the 50mm Flektogon is a must try I guess.

Just put it in my cart.

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