{"id":16730,"date":"2016-01-30T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2016-01-30T09:10:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T17:10:30","slug":"olympus-rc-with-kodak-ektar-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=16730","title":{"rendered":"Olympus RC with Kodak Ektar 100"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"_K3_2690\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\"_K3_2689\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Since my first\u00a0foray with\u00a0the Olympus R<\/a>C with some terrible film I have fed it some more delicious Kodak Ektar 100.\u00a0 And the results as expected are far better and give a good indication of the cameras ability.\u00a0 Shooting manually provides the control that allows the camera to shine.\u00a0 Lets be honest older exposure systems of this age are not that great but using the readings from an accurate meter (ie a digital camera histogram) allows you to select the best combination for the\u00a0conditions.\u00a0 The five element 42mm lens is very good across the frame and is a\u00a0terrific focal length to have in combination with another camera with something like a 28mm lens.\u00a0 It sits neatly between the more common\u00a035mm and 50mm focal lengths and because of its small size it doesn’t take up much room.<\/p>\n\n\t\t