ASA Settings on iif question.

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Hi folks,I just bought myself a Leica iif, I notice that the asa setting 125 is the highest it will go. I want to use iso 400 films so is it simply a matter of calculating some extra speed/f stop adjustment in order to get correct exposure? What do you guys do. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Tony.

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Hi folks,I just bought myself a Leica iif, I notice that the asa setting 125 is the highest it will go. I want to use iso 400 films so is it simply a matter of calculating some extra speed/f stop adjustment in order to get correct exposure? What do you guys do. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Tony.

The Leica IIf does not have a light meter. The dial is there only to remind you what film you put into the camera.

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[MRTEE]

The Leica IIf does not have a light meter. The dial is there only to remind you what film you put into the camera.

Thanks pop, I realized shortly after I posted this what a twonker I was. The ""senior moments" seem to be increasing. I think I need a whiskey. Tony.

[pico]

No problem, Tony. I think I've made the worst gaffe when someone asked if there existed a film camera that let one hand imprint a note on the negative, and I said No. Was I wrong! Kodak made the Autographic for that in 1914 or so.  It even included a stylus holder on the camera. Cool idea at the time!

[MRTEE]

No problem, Tony. I think I've made the worst gaffe when someone asked if there existed a film camera that let one hand imprint a note on the negative, and I said No. Was I wrong! Kodak made the Autographic for that in 1914 or so.  It even included a stylus holder on the camera. Cool idea at the time!

Thanks pico,I had big whiskey and feel much better now. . Tony.

[Matlock]

No problem, Tony. I think I've made the worst gaffe when someone asked if there existed a film camera that let one hand imprint a note on the negative, and I said No. Was I wrong! Kodak made the Autographic for that in 1914 or so.  It even included a stylus holder on the camera. Cool idea at the time!

 

My first camera (given to me by my aunt in 1953) and it still works (not the autographic bit, no suitable film).

[Michael Geschlecht]

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Hello Pico,

 

Don't forget Leitz's own MDa & MD-2.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

Edited April 15, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht

[pico]

You are right! I forgot even though I had a couple!

[TomB_tx]

My first camera (given to me by my aunt in 1953) and it still works (not the autographic bit, no suitable film).

 

I have two autographics from family. Would be nice to find film and try them. I recall seeing prints with the notes on them.

[gvaliquette]

No problem, Tony. I think I've made the worst gaffe when someone asked if there existed a film camera that let one hand imprint a note on the negative, and I said No. Was I wrong! Kodak made the Autographic for that in 1914 or so.  It even included a stylus holder on the camera. Cool idea at the time!

 

My Contarex did!

 

Guy

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F6 too

 

 

And wasn't there a Chinon info-back,

with a complete alphanumerical keyboard on the back of this camera bodies to fit either Pentax or Nikon lenses?

I think I remember we had such cameras in the university lab in the late seventies/early eighties. They had amacro lens and a ring-flash permanently on, nobody took the units apart, that's why I don't remember what they consisted of.

 

And I think Chinon also custom-built those data backs for Nikon F2.

[gyoung]

I vaguely remember data backs for Nikon too.

 

Gerry

[gyoung]

Some for sale here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/olmused/Ntt/Nikon+MF-16+Data+Back/N/0/usedSearch/1

 

Lots of different models for most Nikons of the era by the look of it..

 

Gerry

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Some for sale here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/olmused/Ntt/Nikon+MF-16+Data+Back/N/0/usedSearch/1

 

Lots of different models for most Nikons of the era by the look of it..

 

Gerry

Rather newish Gerry !

 

Look what I've found FOR THE F2:

 

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Super-Rare-Near-MINT-Vintage-Nikon-F2-DATA-Back-Black-From-Japan-/301934378289?hash=item464cb0fd31:g:yL8AAOSwK7FWhQbe

 

 

But different from ours (which also originated from Japan) which had lots of little buttons, one for each letter of the alphabet + numbers. And the date was printed, too into the slide, visible later during presentations.

 

Much better than taking notes after each shot and transcribing them onto the frames of the slides, which was the standard procedure - prone to mix-ups. But students were volunteering for assisting and were equaly meticulous.

 

Oh, no! I won't try to track them down on e-bay: most of those red ?diodes? (it was the pre-LED era) burnt-out decades ago and the buttons and contacts inside must have gotten lose.

 

Simon

Edited April 21, 2016 by tri