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[Fez Hammersticks]

Are there any places where they rent out DSLR's?

I'd like to test drive a few -- They are expensive and want the right upgrade.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Are there any places where they rent out DSLR's?

I'd like to test drive a few -- They are expensive and want the right upgrade.

I don't know of anywhere in Portland, but I've used Borrowlenses.com a couple of times and never had any problems. Even with shipping their prices were a lot better than anywhere here in San Diego. And I think they have an affiliation with some shop in Portland where you can pick up/drop off the gear.

What do you shoot with now? I have a Nikon D40x, but really want to upgrade. I really want full frame, but I can't really justify spending that much since I don't shoot all that much. I don't have all that much invested in lenses yet (18-55 kit, 35mm, 55-200 and a 60mm macro) so I'm not tied down to the Nikon system just yet.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

::bump::

Over the weeks I've changed my mind and want to try something totally different: 3rd Gen SLR's

I think it'll be fun. Mirrorless, oldschool 35MM film cameras. I'm looking into the Pentax K1000; affordable and Ken Rockwell, whom I have a lot of respect for when it comes to cameras, totally raves about this model. I've never developed my own film but look forward to it!

The Pentax K1000 like a breath of fresh air. It just goes.

The biggest gotcha is that all of the samples I've tried to use have meters well out of calibration. Many of these meters are broken but still read; no single setting of the ASA dial will work accurately for all light values.

The best samples of K1000 I've gotten read consistently, but like most 35mm cameras, require a little testing to determine the best setting of the ASA (ISO) dial for any particular film.

Shutters usually work well, although the nice one here was 2/3 of a stop fast at 1/30 (1/30 is actually 19mS or 1/52).

The all-metal Made-in-Japan versions are the nicest. They say ASAHI PENTAX, with "AOCo" engraving on the prism.

The Hong Kong and Chinese versions use a lot more plastic and may have grindy film advance levers. These cheaper versions didn't say ASAHI on the prism.

The K1000 has moderate to low vibration (recoil) when fired.

There is a marked red tick at frame 36, and the counters stops at 36, even though there is a white tick at 37.

The shutter release is super smooth. There are no notches of kinks as have modern LEICAs.