Need help working an old combo

[colinderksen]

I got my hands on an old Canon TX 70's style and a Vivitar 2800 flash. I have no idea how to work it or anything. I am gonna go get some film and try to take pics. Any help on how to work them? Ill have to post up a pic.

Thanks

[KKY]

Do you have the manuals for them? If not, see if these help.

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_t70/canon_t70.htm

http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/vivitar_2800.pdf

[D'z Nutz]

Sounds like he has a TX, not a T70...

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_tx/canon_tx.htm

[KKY]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Sounds like he has a TX, not a T70...

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_tx/canon_tx.htm
ahh thanks. reading too quickly again :nut:

[colinderksen]

Ok, I'll take a look at those manuals then giver a shot. What speed of film should I get? It has an adjuster for upto 1600 I think. I was thinking of just going with 400 speed until I figure this camera out.
Thanks for the help.

On a side note, for the flash it has a bunch of other flash lens covers in different colors (red, blue, orange, yellow). What would that be good for?

[KKY]

ISO 400 should be a good start. Those filters can be used for special effects.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by colinderksen
Ok, I'll take a look at those manuals then giver a shot. What speed of film should I get? It has an adjuster for upto 1600 I think. I was thinking of just going with 400 speed until I figure this camera out.
Thanks for the help.

Yeah, start with a nice ISO 400 film. Kodak Tri-x 400 (400TX), Kodak Tmax 400, and Ilford HP5+ are nice forgiving films to start with. I'm an HP5 guy myself. If you're not looking to do your own BW developing, you may want to consider Ilford XP2 or Kodak BW400CN. They're black and white films that are processed in colour chemicals so you can drop them off at any 1 hour lab (Walmart, London Drugs, Costco, etc...) They lack the contrast of traditional BW films, but at least they're convenient cause you can drop them off just about anywhere to get them developed.


Originally posted by colinderksen
On a side note, for the flash it has a bunch of other flash lens covers in different colors (red, blue, orange, yellow). What would that be good for?

Not that much now. Most films nowadays are panchromatic, meaning they're sensitive to all visible light. Orthochromatic films that are sensitive to only green and blue light used to be more common and you could get some really neat effects by playing with light. You could probably still use these flash covers with contrast filters to get some sort of look out of them if you knew what you were doing.