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Minolta - 7000

On one of the pages of the magazine, there was an advertisement for a Minolta 7000 camera. I liked this camera, but I did not find it in the markets of our country, so how can I get it and approximately how much does it cost?

Muhammad Hafez Moaz
Amman - P.O. Box 606
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

If this camera was not available in our Arab markets, the company would not have announced it.
So, it is present in the Arab markets without a doubt, and the default may be from the agent in Jordan. As for its price, it is about 300 pounds sterling.

The best camera:

Please advise me to buy the better camera for amateurs between these two cameras:
Camera ( 9000 Minolta )
Or a camera (501 - Nikon F)

Hamed Obaid Al-Hallaf
Hafar Al-Batin 31991 AM - Box 586
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .

These two cameras are for amateurs, and each of them is characterized by full programmed functions. My friend, you should review Issue No. 38, where information was received about the camera (Minolta 9000), as well as Issue No. 43, where information was received about the camera (Nikon F-501), and then you can decide which one is suitable for you. Also, for your budget

Dealing with filters:

1- Are there specific measurements and openings to deal with the filters?
2- Are there special apertures and speeds for photocopying by copying from magazines and the like?

Abdullah Yousef Al-Qallaf
Bahrain

1- If you are using a reflex camera (SLR) with optical calibration through the lens, that is, with the (TTL) system, then this means that you have no problem, and it is preferable that you follow Lessons No. 23-24 about filters and their uses.
2- When making copies - photo books or art paintings and the like - you should adopt the largest aperture number i.e. f / 16 or 22 if possible to obtain the accuracy and clarity of the letter or scene regardless of the shutter speed because in both cases it requires you to use the bracket Triple ⏹

Choose from Canon:

Which camera is better, Canon (1-AE) or (T80) and what is the advantage of each one?
Please let me know because I am about to buy one of these two cameras.

Mohammed Alhasel Doha,
s . B 8449
The State of Qatar

We have previously indicated the preference of (1 - AE) over all other Canon brands. As it is clear, this camera is a professional one with full functions. As for the second camera (T80), it is, in our opinion, a camera not for amateurs but for beginners, due to its programmed system, which does everything for you, with Knowing that the photographer is the one who takes the picture, not the camera⏹

⏺ black and white print

I have a problem printing black and white films, as the final result of the images is not completely clear.
Here I want to know how long the image is left under the influence of the light of the magnifier, and before placing it in the display solution.

Samer Muhammad Ali Hegazy
Nabatieh - Lebanon

It would have been better if you had sent us the models of the results of your work so that our solutions come in place, as there are two solutions to your problem:
The first is to adjust the amount of light falling from the enlargement device on the printing paper.
Here it is assumed to study the types of films after their development. This topic was mentioned in Issue 45 with Lesson No. 21 under the title Watching the Negatives the Right Way to Successful Editions.
This means that there are three types of negatives:
A - Negative with normal density.
B - Negative with a high density and a list tending to black.
C - Negative with a thin, revealing or light density.

- The normal negative, which is usually printed on No. 2 paper between 5 and 8 seconds.
The dark negative - printed on No. 1 paper - for 10 to 20 seconds or more, depending on the quality of the density.
The thin negative - printed on No. 3 paper - between 3 and 5 seconds.
The duration of the exposure in general may increase or decrease according to the quality of the intensity, and this is what requires first a rehearsal experiment on the duration of the exposure.
And when the paper is placed in the exposure solution, it may appear and appear quickly, and this means either that the acidification solution is not properly concentrated for use, or you have to reduce the exposure time by decreasing the time during the enlargement process. This is what we include within the principle of the second treatment.
For example, if you print a picture for 10 seconds and it looks fast to the forest, you should reduce the time to 5 seconds, but if it seems a little fast, then you should make the time 8 seconds, and if you put the paper in the display solution and it passed more than two minutes and the picture did not appear, then you have to increase the amount of Light and unlike the reduction process that we mentioned above ⏹