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Jan 13, 2020
Essential Lens
Essential wide angle lens. Very sharp.
Apr 25, 2020
Great Lens But A Bit Bulky
1 of 1 found this helpful This is a great lens and a great addition to my 645 digital lenses. If you have a 645Z or 645D this is the best wide angle zoom you will find. There are two cautionary notes however. This lens is much heavier than I expected. So if weight is a consideration, you might consider the FA 35mm prime which is far lighter. The camera/lens combo is right at 7 pounds and is 10 inches combined length. Also worth noting is that this lens will not autofocus on a 645 film camera nor does the shake reduction work on the film versions. All that said, its a great tack-sharp wide angle zoom lens.
Sep 27, 2019
Not Ready For Primetime
5 of 5 found this helpful I was excited to find that someone was offering fresh 220 roll film and so I made the purchase with high hopes. Let me start by saying that I have over 50 years of darkroom and film photography experience. I understood that this was cut down, re-spooled 70mm film with sprocket holes on one edge. My disappointment is in both the quality of the film and the quality of the re-spooling.
When I received the film I asked the seller for any development data and was referred to the Massive development Chart listing for Lucky SHD 100 film. I thought this was odd because the film was advertised as being 200 ISO. So I did some testing with the first roll I loaded into my Pentax 645Nii, I exposed the film starting at 100 ISO and tested ISOs up to 400. I shot some pictures around the yard to use up the rest of the roll
After the film was developed the roll in D-76 for 12 minutes per the Massive Development Chart, i could tell that the roll was underexposed. I could also see that the edge without the sprocket holes was exposed to light. I tested the film with my densitometer and the frame shot at 100 ISO was equal to the density of the film's base which indicates the film was slower than 100 ISO. Perhaps something happened to the film in shipping? I don't know.
I decided to test another roll and started testing at 32 ISO. The first problem I had was that the paper leader separated from the film. The film is attached to the leader with what appears to be brown paper shipping tape. I took the camera into the darkroom to unload the film and re-tape the leader to the film.
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After shooting the roll I tried to load it on to the development reel only to find that the film had been cut too narrow. I tried on three different reels: Jobo, Patterson and Hewes stainless. All with the same result: the film is too narrow to stay on the reel. I compared the first roll and the second roll to a factory roll of 120 and found that the first roll was slightly wider and the second way more narrow than the factory width. So there is a lack of quality with the re-spooling of the film. I have 3 rolls left but I doubt I will waste my time shooting it