the ultimate film camera kit

I received the camera kit I purchased off of eBay today!! I am so excited to get to finally use all the stuff.

The kit is a Praktica MTL3 camera body, lenses, filters and other assorted goodies. And it is all in a pretty awesome leather camera case! So to the best of my guess, here is a breakdown of my new inventory:

• Praktica MTL3 SLR camera
• 2 - "old school" shutter remotes
• Pentacon 2.8/29 lens
• Pentacon 1.8/50 lens
• Pentor 1:2.8 f=135mm lens
• Pentor 1:2.8 f=28mm lens
• Pallas Auto Tele Converter 2X lens
• Vivitar Macro Adapter +10 49MM
• Vivitar 55MM->58MM adapater
• Vivitar 49MM Close Up Lens No. 1
• Vivitar 49MM Close Up Lens No. 2
• Vivitar 49MM Close UP Lens No. 4
• Vivitar 49MM Skylight (1A) filter
• Vivitar 58MM Skylight (1A) filter
• Vivitar 49MM Polarizing filter
• Vivitar 58MM Polarizing filter
• Vivitar 49MM UV Haze filter
• Vivitar 58MM UV Haze filter
• Vivitar Wideangle Hood 58MM
• Vivitar 49MM rubber hood
• 49MM hard plastic hood
• Eyepiece sun hood
• Eyepiece vertical extender
• Kick-butt hard leather camera case
• All the original sales receipts for everything (including original camera sales receipt dated 1979.
• The original paperwork and user manual

I would tell you how much I got all this for, but I am nearly positive that no one would believe me! I will just say it was for about the price of one dinner out with my family of four!

So now I have my work cut out for me. I have to figure out what all that stuff is for! haha... I have to figure out stuff like... Why the 49mm over the 58mm? Which filter to use when? How to group them (I noticed he had a couple stacked up on the end of a lense), and why? All the goodies like that. Should be fun, we will see! Here are some pics of the new toy.

the semester is rolling

I have finished the first two tests for this semester, so I guess things are officially rolling now.

My stat test went ok. It took me about 15 minutes to complete the whole 3 problems he put on the test. haha.. I was able to get my grade on it this afternoon, and I made a 100%!! And we have had three homework assignments, all of which were 100%. So I have an 'A' in there so far.

I took my recreational leadership test today though, and I think I sat a new world record. From the time the test hit my desk, until I put it back on the coach's desk, was a whole 3 minutes!! So needless to say, I felt pretty good about that one. But we will see come Thursday!

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camera play

I don't know why I didn't do this earlier. A while back I had come across a plethora of old camera antiquities. One of them was a 35MM Praktica MTL3. I took it to work one day to have one of our photographers look at it and let me know what they thought. And I guess he took some photos with it using black and white film. For some reason, I completely forgot about that, and didn't even remember seeing the resulting roll of film.

Just the other night we were digging through boxes of photos trying to find one printed photo of Kaitlyn as a flower girl (for show and tell at school), and we came across those photos. And wow! They looked really good!

So I got the old gal out of the attic this morning, and we hit Wal-Mart. No luck in black/white film, so I just bought a pack of Fuji 400. I figured that would be better than nothing, and to even see if the time spent in the attic had damaged it even more.

Luckily, it seems as though it didn't! I took one roll and we had it developed today, and it didn't look too bad. The lenses are very, very dirty, so I spent some time cleaning those (best I could at least). And then it also helps out if you know what the heck the dials are for on it! haha

So I hit the ol' Google and bingo! Found a PDF of the old user manual (and even found one for .99 Canadian on eBay! haha... So now that I know how to adjust the shutter speed and ASA for the film, then I think this next roll might even turn out better! It has been a lot of fun using it though.

There is still one camera in the box that I haven't played with yet. It is a 3D camera though, and both the film and the development is very, very hard to find. So I am still trying to decide if I want to try that or not.

But the funniest is taking the kids pictures, and then having to explain why they can't see the photos yet! haha.. Having to tell them that the photos don't show up on a screen, that you have to take them to the store and have them print them to see them. Funny how quickly technology changes our world!

the kids just keep getting bigger

Man, this has been a big week for the kids, and it continues today!

First, Dylan decided that it was time to be a big boy. He has been doing so good with potty training, and not having very many accidents at all. But the coolest thing is that he has now decided that he doesn't need to sit down when he pees!! haha.. That is right, the little guy just bellies up to the toilet and stands up "like daddy". He is one sharp cookie!

And Kaitlyn is still having a ball at her ballet classes and is doing really good in Pre-K. They have already taken a couple automated comprehension tests, and she has scored a perfect score on both of them! We are so proud of her.

Well, then this afternoon came along. We were wondering around Wal-Mart looking for film for the old 35mm camera that used to belong to Randi's grandma, when Randi asked Kaitlyn if she wanted to pierce her ears. Well Kaitlyn wasn't sure about that. But Randi explained it to her, and with a little hint of some possible orange sherbet if she did it, she hopped up in the chair and got down to business.

So here are some pics of the little lady (a.k.a. ballerina princess). She came running out to the car when they were done and she was yelling "it didn't even hurt!!". Man, they just grow up so darn fast.




Dylan had to get it on it too! haha..