Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-15 Thread frank theriault
On 9/14/05, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh SH**! Now you warn me frank.. If I scrape the pig off will it stop? No. If you do that, you'll just piss it off, and you don't want to do that! g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Powell Hargrave
I got a great deal on an SF7 with f35-70mm lens and case. All in LN condition. It seems there is no way to set film speed with non DX coded film. ISO goes to 100 if the film cassette is not coded. Guess I can use the clunky manual mode and over expose my reloaded ISO 400 cassettes by two

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
I used to be able to buy stickers with the DX codes on them from Porters. That might work for you. Sounds like you are loading your own film. I believe you can also buy DX coded cannisters for loading yourself. As far as the squealing, you might take the lens off the camera and manually focus

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread frank theriault
On 9/14/05, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One other thing. The auto focus works well but it does ocassionaly emit a bit of a squealing sound. Is this normal? Or ?? Perhaps you got one of the rare Deliverance Special Edition models. Look for a little embossed pig on the prism

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Herb Chong
, September 14, 2005 3:46 PM Subject: SF7 and non DX coded film It seems there is no way to set film speed with non DX coded film. ISO goes to 100 if the film cassette is not coded. Guess I can use the clunky manual mode and over expose my reloaded ISO 400 cassettes by two stops. Hoping there is some

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Powell Hargrave
One other thing. The auto focus works well but it does ocassionaly emit a bit of a squealing sound. Is this normal? Or ?? Perhaps you got one of the rare Deliverance Special Edition models. Look for a little embossed pig on the prism housing... -frank Oh SH**! Now you warn me

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Porter's still has them in their web cataloghere http://www.porters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? -P Bruce Dayton wrote: I used to be able to buy stickers with the DX codes on them from Porters. That might work for you. Sounds like you are loading your own film. I believe you can