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All: Carol in Las Vegas bought a Steky which had two cassettes. But when she tried to load the camera she discovered that one of the cassettes is missing a...
Hey al, ask Carol in Vegas if she'd like, she can contact me off the group, and maybe I can help her out! Tom TP Custom Knives Bayside, New York The One Knife...
Hello Has anybody worked on a yashica atoron? I picked one up cheap enough but it needs a new selenium cell. Ive started disassembling it and thought I'd see...
John, I will try to help. You can email me offline also. If you have the cover off, you still need to take the front bezel off (3 screws, if memory serves, 2...
I haven't done any business with them, but the company in England that custom manufactures Selenium cells is Megatron. http://www.megatron.co.uk I hope this...
Gary: Thanks for your reply. It has encouraged me to try disassemby of my Electros. Both need cleaning of the lens cover, one needs frame number counter...
Before Minox became the icon that it is now, the HIT types ruled. On November 4th they're airing three movies from the fifties featuring two HIT types and a...
Steve: Because the person posting the Geocities "New Pics" always comes in under a new name, and never gives any prior info about the pics, and because the...
Al, This spammer just doesn't get the picture... Jannes ... From: kopfmanty8t To: subminiaturephotography2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003...
I finally saw "Walk East on Beacon". Soviet spies try to steal the plans for "A calculating machine" from an Einstein wannabe. There are some interesting bits...
I JUST CAST a set of filters: (red, green, blue) using my original yellow as a template. The colors right out of the bottle aren't the same as the original set...
All: On Martin's board we were discussing the origins of the "Sunny 20" rule for determining shutter speed settings for a Minox with no meter: (On a sunny day...
Folks, On a whim I picked up a Minolta-16 (I) that appears to be functioning properly. However, it really could use a good cleaning. Does anyone have a...
Mark Hahn: I just saw your page on Minolta 16 and Kiev repair. Fabulous! Thank you. I haven't gone inside my Kiev 30, but your page gave me an idea: In your ...
Steve, In my opinion this only makes sense if you have a trashed Minolta... Otherwise just use the Minolta or use slower speed film in broad daylight. The DOF...
I'm still offering to replace all outstanding Minolta-16 cassettes produced in 1999 which may not fit your camera properly. This is a one-for-one swap with new...
Without fail, every year about this time I get an email from a member of another chat board asking for the Kodachrome recipe. My position on the subject is...
Kodachrome chemicals aren't all THAT dangerous, but it is impossible to develop Kodachrome at home. The film is the last "non-substantive" color film in...
Peter: Are you familiar with the chemistry? ... impossible to develop Kodachrome at home..Can't be done by amatuers.. Yes, the current boxes show p-Aminophenol...
Al: It's strange that the two would be confused. I'm quite certain that Rodinal is para-amino phenol, and always has been. One of the first photographic...
The procedure for processing Kodachrome for black and white negatives is similar to processing Eastman Recordak: Using an amber darkrom safelight, expose the...
Terri ... Every home chemist you ask probably has a different way to solve the problem. I don't like mixing ferricyanide and sod. thiosulphate because it...
A note: Most modern reversal films react very badly to ferricyanide bleaches -- Velvia, (probably all Fuji stocks, for that matter) and 3M films turn ...
Peter: Kodachrome isn't modern technology. Are you familiar with the Zone V formula? al ... C41 bleach) or combined. Fairly easy to mix, formulas are...
Al: The Zone V formulas are for Ektachrome E6 films, not Kodachrome. Kodachrome isn't exactly new technology, but it is still made. The Zone V color developer...
