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GrumpyTim
Великобритания
Добавлен 21 фев 2017
On this channel you'll find Vintage and Retro Tech, with demonstrations, overviews and the occasional repair or refurbishment.
Note, working on mains powered electrical equipment should only be undertaken if you fully understand what you are doing - mains electricity can be dangerous, if you're unsure, DO NOT open mains powered equipment.
There will be vintage Stationary Engines running and powering various bits of equipment. In the future there will be some more technical stationary engine videos with repairs and rebuilds too.
You'll find self penned music tracks to accompany some of the videos - most of these tracks can also be downloaded at GrumpyTim's Bandcamp page (see link in the "About" page).
You will also find vintage photographic equipment tests, the occasional mountain bike, steam engine and any other stuff that takes my fancy......
Note, working on mains powered electrical equipment should only be undertaken if you fully understand what you are doing - mains electricity can be dangerous, if you're unsure, DO NOT open mains powered equipment.
There will be vintage Stationary Engines running and powering various bits of equipment. In the future there will be some more technical stationary engine videos with repairs and rebuilds too.
You'll find self penned music tracks to accompany some of the videos - most of these tracks can also be downloaded at GrumpyTim's Bandcamp page (see link in the "About" page).
You will also find vintage photographic equipment tests, the occasional mountain bike, steam engine and any other stuff that takes my fancy......
Nikon EM and Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine Film
When my good buddy David Flower asked me if I could make use of an old Nikon EM that he had sitting around, I jumped at the opportunity, and a few days later the camera arrived. I had to fix a couple of electrical gremlins due to lack of use, but apart from that, the camera was good to go. The Nikon EM is a relatively simple camera, being intended mostly for shooting in aperture priority auto mode, but there's still plenty of opportunity for the photographer to over ride the auto settings if needed. The EM can often be found for a bargain price, particularly if you already have a load of Nikon F mount lenses in your bag to throw at the camera.
You can find some of David's videos on his RUc...
You can find some of David's videos on his RUc...
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K&F Concept Carbon Fibre Tripod Review - C225C0 + BH-25 - and Low Light Film Photography
Просмотров 22921 день назад
Having returned to film photography over the last few years, I was wanting a smaller "travel" tripod to carry around when I was going out for the day with my camera, but not specifically going on a photo shoot as it were. The idea of getting a travel tripod was still in my head when Kentfaith got in touch, asking me if I'd like to review one of their products (Kentfaith being the name behind th...
Contax CGCM Oscilloscope Camera - The World's Most Useless Camera!!!
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 месяца назад
The Contax CGCM is a modified version of the Contax 137, made by Yashica in the early 80s. From what little information I can find, this would have been used as a dedicated oscilloscope camera, whereby most of it's usual functions wouldn't be required. I was intrigued to see whether it was just a standard 137 with many of the controls blanked off OR something a little more customised. Once insi...
Mamiya Sekor 500 DTL - a bit of a brick, but actually quite good
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 месяца назад
Although I'd been aware of Mamiya medium format cameras as long as I can remember, it wasn't until I got interested in film cameras again, after shooting digital for many years, that I found out about their 35mm film cameras like the 500 DTL featured in this video. The 500 DTL and it's siblings such as the 500 TL, were introduced in the mid to late 60s in Japan. They're relatively basic SLR cam...
Cosina CSL & CSM - All The Mod Cons For Your M42 Lenses
Просмотров 6083 месяца назад
The Cosina CSL, CSM & CSR were introduced in the late 70s as relatively affordable SLR cameras that offered technical advances such as electronic shutter timing, yet retained the M42 screw mount for your lenses. Cosina often made products for other brands, and these models were no exception, also being sold as the Porst Compact Reflex and the Vivitar XC-3. The camera even offered aperture prior...
ORWO Wolfen NC500 - Take Two - The 200 ISO Roll
Просмотров 4753 месяца назад
When I first saw the unedited scans from my first roll of Wolfen NC500 I was tempted to throw the second roll in the bin - everything was incredibly dull, with no detail in the shadows and very obvious grain, however, once I'd calmed down and done a little editing, I began to like some of the images from that roll. I'd already done my research and seen that people recommend not underexposing th...
Nikkormat FTN - Surprisingly Good
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.4 месяца назад
The Nikkormat seems to be the forgotten Nikon SLR film camera from the 1960s and 1970s, people are always talking about the Nikon F in it's various versions but rarely about the Nikkormat. I got my Nikkormat FTN for a bargain price, and since then I've seen plenty more copies being sold at similarly good prices. It's understandable at the time that professional photographers would want some of ...
Canon T50 - Excellent Budget Film Camera From The 80s
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.5 месяцев назад
The Canon T50 was their entry level "T" Series SLR camera from the 1980s, and must have proved highly popular because it was in production from 1983 to 1989. Often overlooked nowadays, these "stylish" (stylish in 80s terms anyway) cameras from the mid 80s can offer excellent performance at a relatively low cost, and they're great fun to use too, so long as you don't want to be discreet, because...
Yashica FR1 - 10 years ahead of the competition!!!
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.6 месяцев назад
While browsing through an old copy of Practical Photography magazine, I spotted an advert for a Yashica FR1, claiming that is was 10 years ahead of the competition. Intrigued by this claim and also interested that it shared much of it's technology with the more expensive Contax RTS (built by Yashica for Contax), I got myself an FR1 to try out, and I wasn't disappointed. The FR1 was introduced s...
Harman Phoenix - Test Roll 2 - Film Photography With A Lensbaby
Просмотров 3436 месяцев назад
Having enjoyed the bold and punchy look of my first roll of Harman Phoenix, I wanted to try something a bit more adventurous to embrace all that colour and contrast. So I attached my Lensbaby 3G to my Nikon F-501 and headed out to try and capture some of those magical Lensbaby images. As with the first roll of Harman Phoenix, I overexposed the film, shooting at 125 ISO instead of the box speed ...
Kiev 4 Rangefinder Camera - Curing Light Leaks
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.7 месяцев назад
In the last video looking at my 1975 Kiev 4, Soviet made Rangefinder Camera, I wasn't very impressed with the build quality, or the sharpness of the Jupiter 8M lens, and after having the first test film developed, I noticed that there was a small light leak. I'd already shot a second roll by that time, but that roll hadn't yet gone to the lab for processing. The second roll was also shot on Ilf...
Harman Phoenix shot at 100 ISO - Any Good?
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.7 месяцев назад
I was quite excited when Harman released their brand new colour film "Harman Phoenix" in December 2023, but I wasn't quite fast enough off the mark to get my hands on some at the time. It took me until March 2024 to get a couple of rolls, so here, slightly late for the party, are my thoughts and results after shooting the first roll. Harman are better known for producing Ilford Black & White fi...
Kiev 4 Rangefinder Camera - Not Quite What I Expected!!!
Просмотров 8 тыс.8 месяцев назад
In this video we'll take a look at my 1975 Kiev 4 rangefinder camera. The Kiev was a copy of the German Zeiss Contax camera produced in Kiev, Ukraine. The Kiev cameras are lovely things to look at, and according to many people are higher quality than other Soviet made rangefinders such as the Zorki and FED cameras, but the 3 Zorki's that I have in my collection appear to be better built than my...
Shooting Kodak Vision 3 500T Movie Film in my Nikon F-501
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Following on from the last video where we looked at a Nikon F-501 from the 1980s, this time we'll look at the shots taken on the camera using a roll of Kodak Vision 3 500T tungsten balanced motion picture film. These motion picture film stocks were never intended to be used in stills cameras, but they produce some very interesting results, albeit with a few potential drawbacks which I'll talk a...
Nikon F-501 / N2020 - 80s Icon Complete With Electrical Gremlins
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
In this video we're taking a look at the 1980s Nikon F-501 also known as the Nikon N2020 in some countries. The sibling Nikon F-301 (aka Nikon N2000) will also make a few appearances as the cameras were largely identical, the F-501 just having the addition of autofocus and an additional program mode. There were a few issues with electrical gremlins on all 4 examples that I've got my hands on, a...
The Watkins Bee Meter - Early 1900s Photographic Exposure Meter
Просмотров 5679 месяцев назад
The Watkins Bee Meter - Early 1900s Photographic Exposure Meter
Vintage Camera Repairs - Work In Progress & New Arrivals
Просмотров 65310 месяцев назад
Vintage Camera Repairs - Work In Progress & New Arrivals
ORWO Wolfen NC500 - Shooting a New Film Stock
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.10 месяцев назад
ORWO Wolfen NC500 - Shooting a New Film Stock
Vintage Camera Repairs - Some Tools for Fixing Old Cameras
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Vintage Camera Repairs - Some Tools for Fixing Old Cameras
Sekonic Marine Meter II - Waterproof Exposure Meter
Просмотров 47611 месяцев назад
Sekonic Marine Meter II - Waterproof Exposure Meter
Minori - Vintage Mechanical Camera Shutter Self Timer
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Minori - Vintage Mechanical Camera Shutter Self Timer
Canon Canonet Mk1 - 1960's Rangefinder Camera
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Canon Canonet Mk1 - 1960's Rangefinder Camera
Voigtlander Bessamatic - 1950s Film Camera - Repaired and Shooting Film
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.Год назад
Voigtlander Bessamatic - 1950s Film Camera - Repaired and Shooting Film
Topcon IC-1 Auto - 1970s Film Camera - Shooting Outdated Film
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Год назад
Topcon IC-1 Auto - 1970s Film Camera - Shooting Outdated Film
Miranda Automex III - A Forgotten Gem from the 1960s
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Год назад
Miranda Automex III - A Forgotten Gem from the 1960s
Wirgin Edixa Reflex - Still Shooting Black & White Film in 2023
Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад
Wirgin Edixa Reflex - Still Shooting Black & White Film in 2023
Vintage Camera Repair - Ihagee EXA 500 - Slow Speed Shutter Timer & Tessar Lens
Просмотров 4,4 тыс.Год назад
Vintage Camera Repair - Ihagee EXA 500 - Slow Speed Shutter Timer & Tessar Lens
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B - Using a Film Camera in 2023
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B - Using a Film Camera in 2023
Stationary Engines at Binton Crank Up 2023, plus some vintage cars, bikes and tractors too.
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
Stationary Engines at Binton Crank Up 2023, plus some vintage cars, bikes and tractors too.