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Statistics: Posted by alexvaras — Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:47 am

When I first saw the photos on Flickr I thought maybe the roll wasn't good and tight when it was finished, Alex. But after a second look here I think James has the right answer. The light strike is a bit too well defined to be a loose roll. Well done on getting one of the premier cameras, and doing it proud with your compositions.

PF

Statistics: Posted by PFMcFarland — Sat Apr 21, 2018 12:35 am

Thanks for all these comments and suggestions. My friend (who now has myold scanner), and I have a mutual friend who may be able to set up a virtual machine for him. So I think, one way or another, he'll get it going.

If not, I may spend a few days doing his slides on my Epson V700.

Statistics: Posted by Philip — Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:16 pm

Im afraid they are not compatible, hasselblad lenses have the shutter (one of them) in the lens, kiev ones they haven't, I guess their shutter is in the body.
I will have to save if I want the 50mm or buy a macro ring for close-up portraits.
So far the first it's to deal with the light leaks...

Statistics: Posted by alexvaras — Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:02 am

Your scans are fantastic!

Statistics: Posted by jamesmck — Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:21 am

Thanks! I'm making my way through the boxes. Going away for the weekend, but should get back to it when I return. Mostly shots of New England houses so far, including some interesting interiors. Here's one of a location I was able to identify:


FF-094, Parkman Bandstand by Robert Brazile, on Flickr

Robert

Statistics: Posted by Brazile — Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:13 am

You may find lenses for the Kiev 88 will fit, but I'm not sure. You will need to do some research.

See here: http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Kiev_88

Statistics: Posted by GrahamS — Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:17 am

I've run into this problem in the past with two scanners. Alex is right. A virtual machine is a good option.

VMWare Player works very well. You can run Windows XP (or any version of Windows, DOS or Linux in the virtual machine). You can then have the VMWare session control the USB device, whether it be a scanner or CD drive.

There also is Oracle's VirtualBox, which I like but is more complicated to get to control a USB device.

If you need a Windows XP Pro install disk, let me know.

Statistics: Posted by melek — Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:33 am

GrahamS wrote:
For the light leak, check the trap around the slot where the dark slide fits in.


Yes, two kits are on their way to Moscow.


GrahamS wrote:
Now you are just making us all envious.

Oh no Graham! Its not my intention!

Julio1fer wrote:
Are there Russian lenses compatible with that body?

No idea but I will look for this I hope they will.

Statistics: Posted by alexvaras — Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 am

As PF said. My L210 is a home /small business model, not a pro type by any means. It works well for my needs.

Statistics: Posted by Julio1fer — Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:50 pm

This is in a different league from the folders, Alex! The Planar shows in the second image.

Hope you can catch that leak. Are there Russian lenses compatible with that body?

Statistics: Posted by Julio1fer — Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:41 pm

Now you are just making us all envious.

For the light leak, check the trap around the slot where the dark slide fits in.

Statistics: Posted by GrahamS — Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:38 pm

Thanks for these suggestions, too.

The old laptop may in fact be my friend's way to go. But Vuescan might work too. (I actually poohpoohed Vuescan to him beforehand because of my experience with it -- I could never get the setting exactly right; when i switched the Epson softwrae I hardly ever made mistakes.

Statistics: Posted by Philip — Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:12 pm

Yes, great pictures indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Statistics: Posted by Bennybee — Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:40 pm

Have you tried Vuescan? It has built-in drivers for a lot of older scanners that won't work on modern OS's.

Statistics: Posted by Captain Slack — Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:06 pm

This is cooler than me looking for old slides. Most I have to recover the color on but with plates there is no color to save.

Statistics: Posted by LarryD — Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:31 am

Yeah, I agree with the small laptop solution
VM can be a nightmare unless you know what are you doing.

Statistics: Posted by alexvaras — Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:57 am

Hello,

Here is the first roll, well, I can only post 2 pics, there is a light leak on the A12 film back (my first guessing) and only one picture it was done quick enough to not be affected, but Im pretty happy with the result.
I already bought the trap light seals so in about 3-4 weeks I will do a second test.

Are they light leaks on the back or something else?


The only one which went fine, film is TRI-X 400 contrasty and little grainy comparing to my previous pictures.


Thanks for watching,
Alex

Statistics: Posted by alexvaras — Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:26 am

I've had nothing but troubles with virtual machines to use my Kodak Pakon F135 scanner on Win (the Pakon requires XP Professional).
I ended up buying a used laptop with XP Pro for $100, just for that. No issues anymore.

Statistics: Posted by Bennybee — Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:19 am

They told me down at the computer shop that if I wanted to use the Office files from my old XP Pro computer they would have to install Win 7 first. Seems that is the break point from the 32bit only Windows to the 64bit versions. Likely the driver for your old scanner is 32bit.

PF

Statistics: Posted by PFMcFarland — Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:48 pm