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I did my tour in the navy march 77-78 as a crash crew firefighter member for the flightline birthing in Birchwood barracks.

I was stationed there 1970-1971 at the Marine Corps Barracks. Top secret stuff. Many stories. Many memories. I was the youngest Sergeant E5 in the Marine Corps at the time, 19 years old. Great memories. Great homesickness.

The rain shots are perfect

Very Excited to follow. A Marine , dear friend is going to be a part of this

I love Leica q2 monochrome but I have just Leica q2. Black and white is so amazing. Thanks for sharing

Awesome. Navy: ‘68-‘98.

Great photos.

Have a great trip!

Good evening! As a former AZ guy (from Dragoon), I always enjoy seeing what I’m missing!!! I have the Elmar 50mm f/2.8 (1961 model) on my 1962 Leica M2, and I love it! It compares favorably to my Elmar 5cm f/3.5 and my Summitar 5cm f/2 that I use on my IIIf and IIIg - so much so that I am considering the LTM version of the 50mm f/2.8 for the Barnacks! Very sharp lens for comparatively little money!!!😊

My friend has one of these abd loves it. His in Olive Green. Whatvcolor is your copy?

love your content

Get ready to document Part Deux...Fains intend to do it all over again. The biggest eyesore in this town will rise from the ashes and rubble.

I had the Rollei 35 and it was a great camera, the images were tack sharp.

Nice little camera....

What type of lens?

awesome camera

Enjoyed this one mate. hope you get out to shoot this weekend?

Replayed it a lot of times those 8 seconds. Stunning colours mate.

Chuck, I'm playing catch up this morning on your channel with my Saturday morning coffee. Loved this mate. How are you buddy? that first photo! wow! Cheers from Ireland

Vive le brick!!!!

I recently found the same camera at a local thrift store. I was curious about the value of it. On a side note I have never heard Minolta pronounced the way you pronounce it.

One of my favorite songs!💕

thanks a lot I am new to photography and I just bought this camera and this video helped a lot

I bought my X-700 in 1982 and used it continually until 2000, at which point I upgraded to a Mamiya 7 medium format rangefinder. It was and remains faultless. No problems with the electronics. I’ll need to check the lightseals as I haven’t used it for a couple of years. I recommend getting the 28-85mm zoom and, if you don’t already have it, the 50mm f1.7 kit lens. They served me well from travel to portraiture. Great camera and easy to use.

Hi Chuck and thanks for your video. I had for two years an SL type 601 (the first one of the actual line) second hand I paid 2'200 USD, and loved it. The only time it fell in my wooden floor a couple of months ago, the battery got stuck. Sent it to Wetzlar (I live in Switzerland) to ask a repair... a month later they answered. They ask 2'890 USD... I considered buying an SL2-S... but now I hesitate, the cost is out of my budget even though I have a beautiful opportunity waiting for me. :-((

Hi Chuck thanks for subscribing to my channel, I am now a subscriber of yours and love photography!

Chuck was a good Councilman. I enjoyed supporting Council as Town Planning Staff back then.

I have the same camera, I've been wanting to take pictures with it so bad but I don't have film or the stuff to develop the film yet. I'm new to film photography so yeah.

The electrical issue with these X-700 cameras is due to the two main capacitors drying out over the years. The capacitors are “pretty simple” to replace .. the one just under the bottom plate (the one that goes out most often) is a quick job, just clipping out the old and soldering in the new, but the other one at the top of the camera body is a bit more tricky. Replacement capacitors are readily available on-line from several sources. I really like my Minolta X-700 cameras, but personally like the X-570 more as their capacitors don’t usually have nearly the same issue. Thanks for sharing!

Was a sailor many years ago and served on two Vietnam cruises. The mood created by Rafferty's music is a great backup to coming back to your home port to be reunited with loved ones after an extended separation.

I have a model G (or a IIIa), also with a summar. I bought it from a guy around 70, who had never used it. He got it from his aunt who, shortly after buying it, had put it in a drawer. No history, but the camera was basically new. I have a Sekonic L-208 meter which is extremely small and the battery in it lasts almost forever. It's a great camera.

i just bought a calumet 4x5. what type of film should i use?

This is a very, very well done presentation. RS. Canada

What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing!

Well done Chuck that video was awsome. I'm looking foward to your next episode

Thanks for sharing your video of the northern lights!

Great video. Thank you

With your punch you could make a film holding system with a few dots on each side at the back, but don't sand the backs off. The risk of film slippage is too high as the Sun warms the can up.

I had a similar issue with my Zorki with the tightness when advancing the film. I too lost a few photos but considering the actual cost of the camera as well as age, I can live with it. I recently purchased a Fed 2 online. I am testing it now but have noticed that the viewfinder seems to be off horizontally. I have used another Fed 2 and noticed something similar. It is easy to live with, but worth mentioning.

Very nice. I built a few quick pinhole cameras for my grandkids with tall drink cans and a Quaker Oats cardboard container and we used direct positive photo paper, so no developing was needed. A scan and inversion on the computer did the trick. I have a fancy Zero Image pinhole camera that results in much sharper images, but that’s because the 3 holes are precision cut to exact sizes of 0.18mm, 0.28mm & 0.35mm for effective apertures of f/138, f/176 & f/236.5 respectively. The clean cut of the hole makes for sharper images, but pinhole photos are always a bit soft.

Is there any relationship between the size of the pinhole and the sharpness of the image?

Awesome camera: "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." happy pinhole day !!! I use the app called Pinhole Designer. Today it was raining so I did my first cyanotype print. 1 hour exposure. UV level 1

Chuck, I'm a new subscriber to the channel. I stop film photography back in 1996, but I'm back into it since my son's interest in film photography grow. I really like your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Nice video

I have one of these and have discovered that if the film is not advanced all the way when you fire the shutter (if you "short stroke" the film advance), that excess will get added to the next film advance. Even if you only wind it 1% and hit the shutter (the shutter wont actually open), it requires the film to be advanced the remaining 99%, and then another 100% before the shutter is fully cocked again. Say for instance, you take a picture and continue walking. During that walk the film advance knob moves less than a millimeter (I've tested it), and you go to take another shot. You bring the camera up and hit the shutter- nothing happens because you forgot to advance the film. By hitting the shutter, the pin to cock the shutter moves to the wrong position and needs to go all the way around to it's starting position before it can begin cocking the shutter, resulting in the film skipping a shot. Soviet idiosyncrasies, what're you gonna do. Best way to prevent this is to just check the film advance knob before taking a picture to make sure it is wound all the way. At least that's one explanation as to what could be happening to your camera.

You had me at that opening text I’ve always said folk need a hobby a passion to enjoy and take into their retirement years folk need to fill the time. I’ve shot photos my whole life for pleasure and for work I never want to do anything else I added to this passion by starting a UA-cam channel to showcase what I do it’s a massive learning curve it keeps me out of mischief haha right time to watch rest of your presentation liked n subbed cheers

Nice video on this Leica lens. Have this lens for my Leica M3 and love how it performs. This lens and camera ‘force’ us to slow down and compose our work vs. cameras run w/ a microchip. Can understand how your Leica club in Prescott feels about the Leica brand. This is one of the oldest and finest camera/optical companies in the world. Leica is the one brand where users can send their 50 year old camera to Wetzlar, Germany with a check for 600 Euros and Leica will overhaul the camera to its original specs. Nice of you to post this. ❤❤

This is so sad, it was going to be a beautiful and vibrant place! Was excited to try the rooftop restaurant. Hope they rebuild it.

Good luck with your new camera.

Try this: When rewinding your film in the camera, stop rewinding when the film releases from the take-up reel. This will leave a leader outside the film canister. Square off the leader with scissors. From here, you can start the film on your tank spool in the light and get the film past the ball bearings. In the changing bag, pull the film from the canister as you ratchet the film on the Patterson reel. When you reach the end of the roll of film, you'll need scissors in the changing bag to cut the film from the canister. Been doing it this way for years. Saves time and stress in the changing bag.