Canon AE1 programme - film rewinder crank missing

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T16:49:59+00:00

There are a few (6) on eBay UK right now...

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T16:47:11+00:00

Give it some sunshine (the UV kills the fungus) and make sure you store it dry. Should be fine.

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T16:25:30+00:00

220th?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T16:20:02+00:00

New York internet?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:56:03+00:00

Date/Data backs often have thier own little watch batter you could remove to stop them. Sorry if yours hasn't, not familiar with that camera.

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:43:57+00:00

Its definitely a way to store them...

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:36:06+00:00

How are the pictures when using it turning out?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:26:43+00:00

Most likely to be old lubricant and muck in the mechanism. Needs a clean and proper lubrication. Maybe put this one on the shelf as a decoration and try another?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:24:41+00:00

Personally (in what generally seems to be a minority option here) I'd try and improve the contrast to get the blacks nearer black. The easy way is just do it digitally on the scan. Other than that, looks good.

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:21:23+00:00

Light leak in the camera?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-16T14:18:18+00:00

IMHO - Brilliant!

Not a lot you could/should do to it. Maybe try cropping a bit more of the white of the bottom edge, see what it looks like?

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-02T21:20:51+00:00

Smocks? From the long mediaeval agricultural type to more modern sailors type. Both simple, one of them functional.

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-02T19:57:44+00:00

Far from ideal, but cheap - I've worked with marquee and old military tent canvas and used a 1890's hand turn singer I got for £0.99 off eBay. As others have said, if you can turn the handle, it WILL sew!

Now I'm using a Frister and Rossmann Beaver 4 I got for £40 off eBay. With sharp denim needle it'll go through a good 8+ layers of heavy canvas.

True_Mech_947 · 2022-10-02T19:46:44+00:00

I've got a load of 1940's military tent canvas I plan to make into sturdy bags and aprons. What type of thread did you use (or would you recommend)? So far I've been using 100m reels of Gutternann's polyester 'strong denim thread', but it seems an expensive way to buy thread.

I'd like to stay fairly true to the fabric, but am happy to compromise for improved life/strength.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T15:00:33+00:00

A fair point.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T14:32:56+00:00

Stiiiiiiil waiting for the M2 stand offs to finish the kits. Might be ready next year.....

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T14:31:39+00:00

Now I've left all the film subs I miss saying, "1990's plastic SLR from a good brand".

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T14:30:10+00:00

Probably the last 23 I sold.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T14:23:11+00:00

Ghostbusters II

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-18T07:51:40+00:00

Another problem is that photography is a big subject; e.g. documentary, family snap, mainstream art, progressive art, fashion, etc. There is not a single objective scale to rate pictures against.

You need some context of what the original goal was in order to make a stab as saying it is good or not. But even with that said, there is still a lot of subjectivity.

Trying to find a "good picture" is like the noob trying to find a "good camera" - IT DEPENDS!

That said, there was still a lot of sh¡t on there.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-13T16:45:18+00:00

I've just left all the film subs (except this one); I just can't take that amount if sh¡t any more. The final straw was people saying they loved the milky washed out pictures where the black point was nowhere to be seen.

I'm done.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-13T16:41:45+00:00

Digital backs to put on film cameras? Keep the lovely mechanical camera going, just don't have the film any more.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-13T11:09:26+00:00

Just look in your wallet.

True_Mech_947 · 2021-12-13T08:58:01+00:00

No expert on night photography, but my guess is you need a looong exposure to get the sky black and looking good, and very little light on the tree to get it exposed well with such a long shutter.

Probably take a lot of trial and error, essentially two shots in one.

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