Pentax k 1000 plastic film rewinder

This is what finally broke on my Pentax K 1000; the plastic film
rewinder.
Wndering if NIKON F10 has the same. What's up with Cosina; used to be
a shitty company. Are they still? Why does Nikon allow its brand name
of this Cosina camera body. Have there been other Nikon cosina models.
Interested in infrared film; Iford 70 sound easier than Kodak HEI. Who
recommends the best 35mm black and white film. Taking chances because
will have it developed in a lab. Does anybody know an excellent B&W
lab for developing negatives?

Michael Ragland

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> Wndering if NIKON F10 has the same. What's up with Cosina; used to be
> a shitty company. Are they still?

Consina always made cheap cameras to fit a niche in the market. When Nikon
became priced out of the low end SLR market, they subcontracted with Cosina
to make a camera for them. It appeared as both FM and FE variants,
I think as an FM10, FE10 and an FE20, possibly others. The same basic
camera also was sold as the Olumpus OM30, and another camera I
can't remember.

The president of Cosina is a die-hard film supporter and while everyone else
has dropped film cameras, or cut them down to 1 expensive model, he continues
to make cameras. His rangefinder cameras are excelent, and his SLR cameras are
modern reproductions of older cameras with decent quality, but lack some of
the features that people supposedly wanted. YMMV.

The many reviews I have read of his lenses place them below the equivalent
Leica lenses, but then aren't everyones?

> Why does Nikon allow its brand name of this Cosina camera body. \
> Have there been other Nikon cosina models.

Why not? It is a long discontinued attempt to file a niche that it turns
out was not big enough to keep anyone going.

It was not the first time they did it, STFW for "Nikorex F". There may
have been parts made for Nikon under contract by other manufacturers,
there is no way of knowing, but these two were the only reported
subcontracted SLR cameras.

> Interested in infrared film; Iford 70 sound easier than Kodak HEI. Who
> recommends the best 35mm black and white film. Taking chances because
> will have it developed in a lab. Does anybody know an excellent B&W
> lab for developing negatives?

That may not be a good idea. Commerical developers use machines that
use IR beams for various control mechanisms and custom labs often
use IR goggles to see in a darkroom. You will have to ask if they
can process IR film without damaging it.

Developing black and white film at home is easy. You can do it
comfortably at your kichen table. Ask on rec.photography.darkroom.

Once your IR negatives are developed they can be scanned or printed
using regular equipment and labs.

Geoff.

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