Image size?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

OK this is a bit of an awkward one. I've been wondering about having a bash at wet film stuff since my boy got an old Olympus SLR camera given to him by his uncle. He seems quite keen to have a bash at film stuff but it's going to get expensive. He's more used to DSLR type machine gun photography and he'll get through loads of film very quickly. This leads on to home processing using B&W film as we've got all the kit for that stashed away somewhere. That in turn leads on to using my Pentax on the 'scope, but focusing is, as we know, a pain. So then I get to thinking about a Nikon SLR so that I can focus using the DSLR, change bodies and it should be good. But if I'm buying a film camera for £100, why not get a medium format SLR with a big focusing screen and use a magnifying glass to check focus?

Bottom line question is, how big can I go before the film is bigger than the patch of light landing on it? Scopes are ED80 and 200mm f/5 Newt.

TIA

Captain Chaos

[GordonCopestake]

I know this might defeat the purpose but for about £200 you can have a Nikon D40 body... Not medium format I know, but it IS digital. Flog the olympus? At least then it wont cost so much to do wet stuff and your son has his own camera. Just a thought

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Indeed it does defeat the object of the exercise. The plan was for me to get more toys, not save money. Have you seen how cheap you can get the Hasselblad clones these days?

I've just had a piece of paper behind the ED80 pointed out of the window. The image is about 40mm diameter, so no good for medium format.

Now I need an LX200R as well! :D

Captain Chaos

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Looks like maybe a Nikon F75, as that does the IR remote thing as well, and has a film advance built in. Does one stack film images by the way?

Captain Chaos

[MartinB]

Does one stack film images by the way?

Captain Chaos

Yes

You may have seen this site before CC but this Jerry Lodriguss is good value

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/FILM/TOC_FILM.HTM

[GordonCopestake]

hehe, I know how you like your toys hehe. I would be interested in seeing how good the medium format stuff is though for astro work.

As an aside that 28-200mm lens I brought is a cracker for daytime stuff.

[Tinkerbell]

Lo CC

Send a PM to mikeyscope as he does medium format imaging and he is very good at it

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Update:- I "accidentally" just bought a Nikon F65 on E-Bay. Any tips on which type of film is cheap and where to get it from?

Probably whizz a 24 Exp. roll of colour print stuff through to start off with to see if the focusing works, then some HP5 or whatever they call it these days.

Captain Chaos

[GordonCopestake]

Look for batches on ebay CC, lots of people are still selling film from stock

No idea about film but stuff like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180104740847

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290101432332

Comes up all the time

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Thanks Gordon, that's just the ticket. When the new camera arrives I'll get some of those if it's working well.

Captain Chaos