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old cameras and personal film speed



Tom wrote:

>Getting drastically different personal film speeds from different cameras
>would confuse things!  Almost certainly the shutters need to be cleaned,
>lubed, and adjusted.  Very common need with older gear.

The one that had the 1600 film speed for Tri-X was a Lubitel that my
partner found abandoned at his school.  These used to sell for about $40 I
think, so it's hard to be too mad at it for a gimp shutter.

The others are old cameras from the seventies. I did have them worked on
locally, and they are closer to the manufacturer's speed.  The old Minolta
is about 600.

--shannon
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