Chris Lauritzen
(K=14949) - Comment Date 10/20/2004
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Being all manual it is a very easy camera to use.
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Harvey Guikema
(K=313) - Comment Date 10/21/2004
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The seagull has no meter, which is OK, the shutter speed and f stop dials are located next to the lower lens, and focusing is through a waist level viewfinder. With this viewfinder your images are reversed, but once used to it it's ok. The camera functions very much like a rolleicord.
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Alessandro Holler
(K=508) - Comment Date 10/24/2004
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Oh yes, such TLRs are not very complex cameras.
When I bought my Yashica 124G I also thought I needed a manual, just in case, to know everything, but I already knew everything and the few details that a manual may add to your knowledge are quickly acquired.
Look in the Internet, you may find some scanned online manuals. A qick skim through them will give you enough insight.
If you camera doesn't have a meter, amybe it's no so really easy to use, you need some experience, as you need experience with all cameras, especially manual ones.
Have fun with your medium format camera!
Greetings
Alessandro
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Alex Bishop
(K=-306) - Comment Date 10/24/2004
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Have just won a Seagull on Ebay. Looking forward to using it! I have a light meter so setting the camera shouldn't be a problem. But I have heard it is difficult loading the film. Is this true?
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Chris Lauritzen
(K=14949) - Comment Date 10/24/2004
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It's harder to load then a 35mm but it is not hard.
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Supapong Chan
(K=53) - Comment Date 10/25/2004
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Hello Alex,
I posted the answer at asiaTLRphotography.
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Alex Bishop
(K=-306) - Comment Date 10/30/2004
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My seagull arrived this morning. It looks pretty good for an old
camera. I don't think it has been used much. Managed to get the gist
of it all. Have also managed to put a spool in with some advice from
a local camera shop, and have taken my first shot. Only problem is
how to take the spool out once I have finished. I know I don't have
to rewind as the whole spool goes to the opposite side (the take up
spool), but I understand I have to stick it or something once I have
rewound it??????? And how do you make sure no light gets in during
this?
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Siddharth Siva
(K=3327) - Comment Date 11/1/2004
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if u use fujichrome provia, the end of the film has a self adhesive tab, like a sticker, which you have to peel and stick around taut. with other films, they have a pregummed tab which i give a quick lick, wrap it around the roll and stick it tight. there will not be any light leak during this process..just dont do it in bright sunlight. there is enough black backing paper to protect the film inside.
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Siddharth Siva
(K=3327) - Comment Date 11/1/2004
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fyi
http://www.photo.net/equipment/medium-format/seagull
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Alex Bishop
(K=-306) - Comment Date 11/5/2004
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The thing that connects the two parts of the viewer is missing. Initially I thought that it was just a screw but maybe a larger part is missing, perhaps not just a screw. What exactly joins the two parts of the viewer together. Its all missing. The camera fell when it was on a tripod
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