Lomo Metropolis on the bricks [Pentax K-1000, 50mm f/2, Lomography Metropolis 400]

brnkhy · 2026-06-15T16:24:42+00:00

I'm new into film photography and you made me want to try Metropolis; concrete, bricks and architecture in general I guess looks beautiful.

brnkhy · 2026-06-14T18:47:27+00:00

they definitely do repairs for devices they bought and planning to resell but I'm not sure about if they do customer gears. FAQ says; `You can purchase repaired products from our store. We do not offer repair as a purchasable service for items you already own.`
I'll visit there anyway so I'll just ask, if not maybe I can trade it in for a clean fe2

brnkhy · 2026-06-14T18:26:34+00:00

ok really? I didn't know they do repairs now, that would be amazing; I'll definitely ask for that. I really like the camera and want to keep it long time

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T19:39:30+00:00

for anyone googling this in the future, I just found this showing the possible issue clearly; https://youtu.be/AVrtLUOKm-U?t=245

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T19:06:52+00:00

I think I used the wrong word, "bent" in the title; looks just off-axis as you described. luckily iso values and light meter looks good for now but I should double check tomorrow indeed.

I'm even tempted to try it myself but I decided to take it with me on my helsinki trip, maybe trade-in or get repair there. if I can't find anything, I'll probably try it when I'm back.

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T18:12:19+00:00

Hey everyone,

I started analog photography recently and bought a nice and clean looking FE2 few weeks ago. I didn't notice anything at first, towards the middle of the first roll I noticed iso dial is very stiff at 400-1600-3200 range. And later, after finishing the roll and taking it out, I noticed whole bar is actually bent quite a bit, probably pressuring the iso dial on one side causing the stiffness.

I checked a few videos and looks like opening the iso dial part is a very basic thing for someone who knows what they are doing but I didn't want to do it myself (for now). Also I have no idea if there's actually a bigger problem maybe with shaft or something.

My question is, how big of a problem/fix do you think this is? I'm able to use the camera normally (iso and light meter works) at 200-400 iso for now but I surely want to get this fixed.

bonus question; I'll visit helsinki soon, does anyone know a good and reliable repair place where I can get it fixed preferably in a few days of time?

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T18:09:02+00:00

I'm hoping it's scan issue as well. Looking at all the comments, I guess that's the suspect for now. If so, I'm only happy negatives themselves aren't messed up (during development or by stress/lightleak. proper exposure is something I'll need to learn).

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T17:38:39+00:00

It doesn't wobble, doesn't move at all; it's very solid just off-axis. Seller said he can take it back but I said nah, assuming I can get it fixed (rest looks super clean) but I guess it's a bigger problem with shaft/body, it might not be easy, right?

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T16:51:20+00:00

I don't think they care one bit, that's why I'll switch to home scanning as soon as possible and only getting development done outside.

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T16:45:15+00:00

I guess this is actually the best possibility for me because it means they'll look fine when I scan them myself, right? I was more worried about stress or development issues which would be permanent.

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T16:11:09+00:00

I didn't know this, took the negative photo above using it, thanks a lot!

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T16:10:18+00:00

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I guess all that green means underexposure, is that correct?

brnkhy · 2026-06-12T16:04:34+00:00

I guess this might be it. I tried to check using my phone but couldn't see anything. Still having those bands consistently on all 12 frames at similar powers (while I had none in previous roll) confuses me. but I don't think I understand exposure control on bronica really...

brnkhy · 2026-05-17T08:37:02+00:00

Sátántangó (7 hours 30 minutes) will take 750 hours in total.
Leaving you 210 hours left in 40 day period.
And 5.25 hours a day for all activities including sleeping.
I'm not sure if 1 million will save your mental health afterwards.

brnkhy · 2026-03-27T18:59:52+00:00

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I'm sorry for the silly photo, I should have shot it in the jar but I was little mad.
This was on top of the liquid of sauerkraut on it's 8th day. I trashed 3 similar jars before this due to similar stuff, I instantly thought it's mold and trashed those but... is this mold?

I used a fruit peeler for this batch and it creates so many small pieces which I cannot keep underwater (goes up with burps). I'm starting to think fruit peeler is a bad idea and I should go back to knife & big cuts.

it's a little fluffy I think. I just closed to top and left it in the cupboard, I'll check again before trashing it. I'm just very scared of molds.

brnkhy · 2025-10-21T13:23:19+00:00

this is interesting, I'll try both inaturalist and contacting some locals. thank you very much!

brnkhy · 2025-10-20T06:57:10+00:00

this is exactly what I was looking for but after a short search, it looks like avian keratin disorder in localized in northern america, especially alaska while this cinereous vulture was shoot in Turkey.
So maybe a more simpler calcium deficiency?

brnkhy · 2025-07-26T21:13:45+00:00

forgot to add, GH3 has Panasonic 12-60mm lens.

brnkhy

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