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ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:11 am

here is a shot of my 2001 4003 with the Kodak Z612

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:42 am

Can you post it bigger?

K1000s are really great cameras. When it comes to film, I much prefer good ol' manual, mechanical cameras.

This is my manual, mechanical camera of choice:

Did you know that you can lock up the mirror before taking a shot with the K1000? It is a bit touchy and you should practice this a bit first; if you tap on the shutter release with just the right amount of pressure, the mirror will go up without tripping the shutter. Then just fire the release like you would normally; of course this is assuming the camera is on a solid tripod. Nice little trick for closeup photography!

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:40 am

Jeff, I resized it in paint because it was too big at first. then i made it too small.....lol

I have no pictures of my Ric yet but if you go to Photo.net search my name you will see a few shots i have uploaded there of pictures from the Z612. I have not joined yet (yearly membership required) so i am limited on the amount of pics.

I have a few at SOA photo also under the name Revolver.That site is free and you get what you pay for.

I love my K1000. all pictures I have taken since around 1977 have been on that camera.
last summers trip with the kids to Shea stadium were taken on it.
I have to say that I have shot more photos on the digital in the last week than i have in 5 years on the 35mm film. It is so easy to review and change the shot with Digital.It is also fun to mess with the Fstops, shutter speed and light with the digital.
one of the reasons I never went too far with film is i did not have the inclination to run to a developer with 5 rolls of "test" shots just to see how they came out with different settings.
I just stuck to 5.6 and 125 for standard shots.

lets see if this fits

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:41 am

looks like I will need to take more pictures....lol

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:15 am

Jeff, I thought that mirror up was only really a benefit for SLR's or cameras with a focal plain/curtain shutter as they gave the camera a bit of a jolt. I never thought that it might be of help on my 5X4.

All my leaf shutter lenses don't seem to shake too much when released, though..... I am a bit of a control freak when it comes to my work so I will investigate. Thanks for getting my grey matter going so early in the year!

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:19 pm

Bob, I believe he was refering to my Pentax K1000 which is a SLR.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:30 pm

ricnbacker · Post by **ricnbacker** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:50 pm

Jared, how are you resizing these photos?

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:05 pm

Bob,

Christopher is right, I was refering to the K1000.

There is a mirror in the 1913 RB Graflex 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 camera I have, and it does have a mirror lockup feature.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:43 pm

Chris, I use Irfanview and Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Irfanview is free and very user-friendly, Adobe has a very cool "Save for Web" feature that allows you to size the photo within the limits that Peter specifies.

http://www.irfanview.com/

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:56 pm

I also use Irfanview and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Irfanview starts up much quicker, so I use it more often than Photoshop when I want to post pics.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:38 pm

Chris-

I use my MS Paint program.

I have PS but have no idea how to use it.

scala · Post by **scala** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:17 am

hey scott, ive never noticed that "save to web" in photo shop, i tried it today, seems to be the way to go.

scala · Post by **scala** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:34 am

scott, this is the same photo as before but instead of shrinking it myself in photoshop i used the save to web option in photoshop.did it in 30 seconds and its 500x375 and 17kb,where the other one i did was only 347x260 and came out at 31kb.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:30 am

Jeff / Bob,
It's the mirror coming up out of the way that causes most of the mechanical vibration, hence the lockup feature.