The Film Retriever

Loads of glass. How do they perform? So what happens when you find yourself in a lock down with plenty of free time and zero photographic opportunities? Well, you find a project to keep you busy – at least I did. Having had a roll of Delta 400, the wrong developer to go with it (HC110) and two lenses, I thought I could compare one lens to the other. The two lenses in question is the Olympus Zuiko 50 f/1.4 (sn# 400100 - i love this serial number) and an AF Nikkor 50 f/1.4 D (sn# 4581646). To minimize differences due to development, I only used one roll of Delta 400 that I swapped it a couple of times from one camera to the other. The two cameras used were the Olympus OM4 and the Nikon F4s. The rather unexciting set up was arranged in a room at home with the light coming from the right side of the picture. Both cameras were set on a tripod and used the self-timer with the mirror lock up to take each picture. The setup Here is what I did – I taped this newspaper on the wa...

This is a review of two cameras, the two Chinons CE-4s and CM-4s. I've been having the CM-4s for quite some time now and the CE-4s landed on my hands a few months ago as a donation. After having shot a couple of films with each here is what I think. The Chinon CM-4s   The CM-4s is the mechanical one. Uses batteries only for the light meter which is a (typical for the early 80's) centre-weighted. Overall, judging from the pictures, it has a tendency to overexpose slightly, possibly by 1/2 to 3/4 stop. I don't know if this is typical for the CM-4s or it is my sample but with the film i shot (ILFORD HP5+ rated at 400) it resulted in nice pictures.The viewfinder is very spartan - only the split image with microprism is visible - nothing else in there. There are 3 LEDs that are outside the viewfinder - two reds and one green - which indicate correct exposure. Shutter speeds between 1sec to 1/1000 on a good quality Seiko metal focal plane shutter. ASA range is a modest 2...