Strolling the Manhattan night with a TL-E
Apr 4, 2018 19:34:41 GMT
on Apr 4, 2018 19:34:41 GMT
Posted: Apr 4, 2018 19:34:41 GMT
Saturday night, I was wandering the streets and avenues of Manhattan with my trusty TL-E loaded with the newly re-issued Kodak P3200TMZ. It feels quite satisfying to use a circa-1970 camera whose shutter is completely operational (although the meter is on its way out, but who needs it? 
)... it makes me feel like I'm "beating the system."
Here's the Atlas Statue at Rockefeller Center:
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Along E. 43rd Street:
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49th Street:
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The lens used was a 35mm f/2.8 Auto Chinon.
Incidentally, I purchased this camera a few years ago for $5 on the Bay, the seller claiming it didn't focus properly. True enough, I discovered someone had made a hasty repair, very thickly gluing the mirror on its platform, making the mirror rest much higher creating erroneous focusing. I carefully removed the mirror, scraped away the old glue and used a proper spread of epoxy to reattach the mirror. Hours later it was good as new! Now if I could only get the meter working...
)... it makes me feel like I'm "beating the system."Here's the Atlas Statue at Rockefeller Center:
linkAlong E. 43rd Street:
link49th Street:
linkThe lens used was a 35mm f/2.8 Auto Chinon.
Incidentally, I purchased this camera a few years ago for $5 on the Bay, the seller claiming it didn't focus properly. True enough, I discovered someone had made a hasty repair, very thickly gluing the mirror on its platform, making the mirror rest much higher creating erroneous focusing. I carefully removed the mirror, scraped away the old glue and used a proper spread of epoxy to reattach the mirror. Hours later it was good as new! Now if I could only get the meter working...
