HELP! Golden half enquiries

ahmei23rd · 27th November 2008

Hey people, i just bought a golden half..
anyone knows how to determine whether the pic im taking now is the odd/even pic??
what's the thing on the left of the viewfinder? (some meter thing) it doesnt seem to move..

sorry ah i reallly noob.

Rangefinder_fan · 27th November 2008

Did you try to find information online?

ndroo · 27th November 2008

The odd/even thingie is a bit tricky because the GH's frame counter doesn't show all the frame numbers. There are some dots instead. So you have to 'agak agak' remember. I don't recall anything beside the viewfinder. Is it inside the viewfinder or outside? There ain't no meter in this little cam.

Rangefinder_fan · 27th November 2008

If I understand your query, it seems that you are trying to figure out which two pictures would 'match' up. Assume that its for some compositional needs.
But then, why would you need to know which is even or odd? A half frame just produces a smaller frame size than a normal 35mm film. If you need two images to pair up, then they just need to be sequential, ie, one after the other. During printing, you'll just need to tell the lab which two need to go together.
Note that since your film is loaded on the right side, it travels to the left after being exposed. So, if you want a shot like a man (left frame) and a woman(right frame) running towards each other (cheesy yes) but in different frames, you will need to shoot the man running toward your right, and the woman running towards the left. I may be wrong, thats just based on looking at the camera and its been a long day.

Google for the Golden Half site, it has a user guide. And, the only thing that I think you could mistake for a meter is actually a distance scale, where you set it based on the type of pictures you are taking, ie, Portraits or Landscape.

27th November 2008	#1
ahmei23rd New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1	HELP! Golden half enquiries Hey people, i just bought a golden half.. anyone knows how to determine whether the pic im taking now is the odd/even pic?? what's the thing on the left of the viewfinder? (some meter thing) it doesnt seem to move.. sorry ah i reallly noob.

27th November 2008	#2
Rangefinder_fan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 503	Re: HELP! Golden half enquiries Did you try to find information online?

27th November 2008	#3
ndroo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: www.fuzzyeyeballs.com Posts: 6,714	Re: HELP! Golden half enquiries The odd/even thingie is a bit tricky because the GH's frame counter doesn't show all the frame numbers. There are some dots instead. So you have to 'agak agak' remember. I don't recall anything beside the viewfinder. Is it inside the viewfinder or outside? There ain't no meter in this little cam. __________________ fuzzyeyeballs

27th November 2008	#4
Rangefinder_fan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 503	Re: HELP! Golden half enquiries If I understand your query, it seems that you are trying to figure out which two pictures would 'match' up. Assume that its for some compositional needs. But then, why would you need to know which is even or odd? A half frame just produces a smaller frame size than a normal 35mm film. If you need two images to pair up, then they just need to be sequential, ie, one after the other. During printing, you'll just need to tell the lab which two need to go together. Note that since your film is loaded on the right side, it travels to the left after being exposed. So, if you want a shot like a man (left frame) and a woman(right frame) running towards each other (cheesy yes) but in different frames, you will need to shoot the man running toward your right, and the woman running towards the left. I may be wrong, thats just based on looking at the camera and its been a long day. Google for the Golden Half site, it has a user guide. And, the only thing that I think you could mistake for a meter is actually a distance scale, where you set it based on the type of pictures you are taking, ie, Portraits or Landscape.