29 october 2020
I modified ttbp to generate an atom feed. Seems to work fine :). Pointing any rss reader to this URL should now get you a fine subscription.
Yesterday, that is, the 27th, because I am writing this before going to sleep and I absolutely reject the change of day at midnight, I got my camera battery. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK!
That is, the battery works, I have checked with a multimeter. But the light sensor doesn't. I messaged the seller on ebay and he says it did work when he tested it, so it might have been damaged on the way, and I can return it and get it refunded if I want. I don't want to. It's ok. I'll keep it.
So anyway I checked wallapop which is an app to buy & sell things locally, and there was a pentax spotmatic there just like my dad's, next city. Battery cap stuck and damaged to the point you can't get any grip on it. Otherwise should work, not tested with film. So I went and bought it. The guy was nice, he seemed around my age. We met in front of a train station. When I got home, I temporarily borrowed the bottom plate from my dad's spotmatic to check if the photometer worked with a battery connected, and indeed it does. So now I just need to get that damn thing open (got a few ideas). And then, I need to put in a battery (I'll take my dad's). And then, I need to close it again. Which might require a replacement cover; I have emailed a guy from the US who does pentax repairs to see if he can sell me one.
But! meanwhile I have been taking black and white pictures on the Chinon, using my phone as the photometer. It takes some of the magic away, tbh, having to use the phone's camera to check the light, but it honestly seems to work well.
So in short, now after I've returned my dad's camera to him (returned my dad his camera? returned to my dad his camera? returned my dad's camera to its rightful owner? grammar why are you failing me?) I'll still have 2 cameras, both without a light meter. But I can use my phone as a light meter so that's ok.
Oh and today I noticed (I'm slow aight) that the chinon doesn't have the lever for the timer thing. But I don't have a tripod or anything so the kind of group photo where you'd normally use that for won't happen. I mean, honestly, I have never in my life used that function when taking pictures with my phone. Oh wait now I remember, I did use it once. Yeah. That one time, in berlin, with my flatmates, before we left the flat. Those were the times. Those are the feels.