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The camera with the most features

1- Please guide me to the name of the camera that has the largest possible number of the following features:
35 mm camera (SLR) 50 mm lens with multiple exposure control, shutter speed up to 1/1000 disc, movie speed up to 600 aza - / 4 - possibility of working automatically with aperture priority, and manually - exposure reading mechanism through the lens synchronized flash shoe - Lenses changeable.

2- I use the chemical formula for acidification, which I have read previously on the pages of our magazine. Can I use this same formula to show films with a sensitivity of less than 100 aza or more, and are there any differences and what they are?
3- There are numbers I noticed on the lens of my camera (ZENITH - EM) written in green with a letter (R) in half of them, and the focal distance numbers. What are these numbers?

Iyad sweet
Damascus - P.O. Box 7022

1- What you mentioned of the specifications, my friend, is available in any modern camera, knowing that the shutter speeds reach 1/2000 and 1/4000 in some cameras, and the film sensitivity dial reaches 3600 aza.

As for the ability to change the lens, this is also possible as long as you buy a reflex camera (SLR). We have mentioned in our previous issues about some cameras and their advantages, and here we will mention what matches your conditions, and even more. All of this applies to the budget allocated for purchasing a manual, automatic or programmed camera.
Ordinary with automatic systems:
Canon -AL 1
Chinon - CE 5
Konica - FTI
Minolta x 300
Nikon - FE2
Olympus - OM4

With programmed systems and priority for shutter speed or aperture:
Canon - AE 1 programme
Minolta-X700
Pentax - Program

You can choose among these good cameras that suit you.
2- With regard to the process of developing films, it remains the same in terms of materials or time, as long as you shoot according to the correct exposure. Either the process of increasing or decreasing the time is a factor that is subject to much knowledge and accuracy, and it is not applied to it except in the case of filming under deficient lighting, which means an increase in time. Or under excessive lighting, which means reducing the time. As for the duration, you must specify it according to the circumstances in which it is photographed. The time is usually between two and three minutes.

3- These numbers that you are talking about are fixed, i.e. they do not have any significance, and therefore they symbolize either the sensitivity of the lens and its composition, or a measure of the lens cylinder⏹

⏺ Addresses of education centers

I had asked you for addresses of art education centers
Photographs are in Greece, Germany and America, and you promised me to publish them in the next issue, but I have not yet found these addresses. Greetings and thanks.

reader
Ali Hadi
Jeddah-Saudi Arabia

We constantly mention the addresses of the institutes, and we have previously mentioned addresses in France, America and England. As for the addresses in Greece and Germany, they are not available to us. We also advise everyone interested to review the cultural centers of the embassies of the countries in which he is interested in studying.

We are republishing some of the institutes' addresses here, hoping that interested readers will write directly to get
information they want

MALLINSONS
School of photography
LITTLE LONDON QUAY
NEW PORT , ISLE OF WIGHT
PO 30 5BS ENGLAND

New York Institute of Photography at 211 EAST 43rd Street
New York. N.Y.10017 U.S.A
ECOLE - EFET
110- the street of picpus
, 75012 PARIS FRANCE.

⏺ Information about ( MAMIYA - ZM QUARTZ )

I would like to inquire about the camera (Olympus - FT)
It has been with me for 18 years and I know nothing about it except that it gives 72 pictures
I also bought a camera (MAMIYA - ZM QUARTZ) with a lens of 50, 35 and 200 mm, in addition to a (winder), I do not know how to use it.

Muhammad Saleh Abdullah Aqil
Makkah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

As for the first camera, it is clear that it was a specialized camera for amateurs at that time, and there were no advantages or difficulties in using it, as long as the indications for use were on the camera itself.

The second camera (MAMIYA) is one of the modern cameras that has a preference for shutter speed. It also works with a manual shutter. The programmed closing speeds work from 4 to 1/1000. As for the manual shutter speeds, they work from 2 to 1/1000 in addition to the (B) position, which means keeping the shutter open as long as you place your hand on the capture button, the (LT) position, which means keeping the shutter Open for a period of time you specify.

For use with the flash, there is an X position with a shutter speed of 1/60 ASA film speed position from 12 to 3200 aza.
There are also a number of light signals that warn you against using the wrong speed, or that the batteries have run out.

⏺ Photo from the book «Nikor»

Please tell me about the lens that was used to shoot the photo published on page 15 of
Manual (NIKKOR LENSES) Note that I own a camera (NIKON - F3).
Please advise me to buy a 50 x 300mm zoom lens or separate lenses

Thabit Yusuf Al-Ali
Kuwait

Nikon has two booklets about lenses, the first (NIKKOR LENSES) and the second in French (NIKKOROBJEKTIVE). In the first booklet, no picture appears on the mentioned page.
In the second booklet, there was a portrait of an elderly man, and it was apparently taken with a telephoto lens, 85 mm.
As for the zoom lens, I see that it has little use, unless you intend to become a professional photographer, so the zoom lens here remains necessary, given that we prefer regular telephoto lenses, and we have made it clear through
The doors of the magazine feature, quality and differences ⏹

⏺ general information

Brothers in charge of the art of photography, I am a photographer
I'm a beginner and I have some technical problems.
1- I want complete information about the Minolta (7000) camera, as it is new in the market, and therefore I intend to buy one of them.
2- I hear a lot about the (AE) program, so what is this program?
3- Is it possible to photograph with infrared film?
In a (Canon - A1) camera, I read that in the camera's manual.

Khaled Salman
Deira - Dubai

1- We have published extensive information about this camera in Issue No. 29, please refer to it.
2- (AE) means automatic shutter speed. And when it is mentioned in the field of talking about cameras, it means that the camera is characterized by the advantage of the shutter speed. 3- Of course, it is possible to shoot with infrared films (INFRA RED) and in all cameras without exception ⏹

⏺ Lenses and symbols

1- On some lenses we find the following symbol: (ED) What is the meaning of this symbol, and is the design of the lenses that carry it different from the rest of the lenses?
2- I have a 35mm lens. Can it be used to photograph faces up close, and does it distort the image?
3- I would like to inquire about the night lens (NOCT 58m.m), what are its advantages?

Ahmed bin Ali Qatif
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1 - The letter ED stands for (Extra Dispersion), which means the dispersion of air barriers, which gives high-resolution clarity to the scene, as it is able to penetrate everything that hinders the scene to give clarity and purity. One of the advantages of these lenses is their small size and exorbitant prices, relative to the good quality of the glass used in them.
2- We have already mentioned a lot about lenses, especially those that are suitable for photographing faces, with emphasis on wide-angle lenses, that is, lenses of 35 mm or less, which constitute a deviation of the angle, and therefore a kind of distortion. We advise you to use an 85 mm or 105 mm lens for photographing faces in case you want to obtain on the accuracy of expressions
3- The advantage of the night lens is the sensitivity of the used glass, which means the possibility of using an aperture
1.2 lens, which is the most accurate and largest lens aperture that allows working under good lighting indoors, or while photographing outside at night, knowing that the lower the aperture number, the higher its price, so the 1.4 lens is more expensive than the 1.8 or 1.8 lens. 2.8 lens etc..⏹

⏺ Kenza competition

I read in Issue 30 of the magazine about the “Kenza” photo competition, sponsored by Kodak. At the end of the article, you mentioned that it is possible to participate.. What are the conditions for participation and what is the next date?

Salem Said Brik
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

We have mentioned with the same article the address of the company - Kodak, New York, so that the relationship becomes direct between those interested and the management of the competition.
Note that we also wrote to obtain sufficient information that benefits our readers who are ready to participate⏹