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That'S great .. It will always be a sense of self-satisfaction now every time you use it. Most of my "§repair" stories end in disaster.. so bully for you!!

Please do post stuwilmur

Thank you BruceZ. The images I posted were the those with the best contrast. The weather has been "dull" with only short periods of sun. Hope to do more with this lens/camera soon!

Ok.. I'm sold...If...If... I mean if, I buy one ..it will be 28mm Tks

Thanks for the feedback..it is appreciated... I was planning to dum...aahh.. sell the Yashicamat. JohnS, I will will PM you shortly.

Well the "glutton for punishment" that I am, I have persevered with my less than satisfactory results. Among the many recent catastrophes was a complete wash on a roll from the Yashica Mat 124. I have always been dissatisfied with the results. It seemed it flared easily. I promised myself I would shoot with a shade...next time. 🙂 Additionally, JohnS posted once with a TLR in his experience suffered "internal reflections that resulted in flare" . A light went on when I read that. Most recently I read on a Yashica TLR website that the "baffling" was done differently on some iterations. Also others claimed a "gassing out" of the rear element as causing the "flare" problem. JohnS re-iterated that. So I did remove the rear element, although I didn't see anything on "Bulb". What I found was not too good. While the roll I put through it using the shade was a complete wash (user error in handling=??), I shot another roll. The results were not encouraging. Additionally, in the previous darkroom session I was disappointed with the results from the Sonnar in the Contax IIa. The highlights were mottled and there was a seemingly loss of overall contrast (flare?) Another contributor (AJG), hinted that perhaps my chemicals were exhausted. I have now shot a new roll with the Yashicamat (duhhh forgot the shade ) and the results were underwhelming. I also re-shot the Contax/Sonnar and those results were also underwhelming. Next: Mix new chemicals. [Although my stock solution D76 is kept in filled to the brim 1 liter brown bottles away from the sunlight... they may be reaching the recommended 6 month shelf life.] I will toss the the liter and then some ..that I have. So I've now wasted two rolls of 120 and 2 rolls of 35mm. Live and learn 😞 Film was Foma100 for the TLR and APX 100 for the Contax...souped in D76 1:1 Sorry about the quality The rear element... pretty dodgy looking... most of the indelible marks are towards the "open" edges?? She my sweet little baby ...I'm her little lover boy Piper Parfumerie FYI This is wide open (3.5) Best of 12... note the tree branches are fuzzy 😞 lack definition This was a much brighter scene than shown here.. the following are Contax/Sonnar - Favorite House nearby .. hard to capture how grand this is Another Rheinscape .. woolly lawn mower in center foreground Palatial house on the Rhein Heiligenhäuschen .. a pilgrimage destination in previous centuries I saw a painting from 1781.. this was desolate in an open field Nearby ..Also a very old property hard to photograph but cool to see. Another .. less than successful attempt Note the little house on the left.. much older than the others.. Charming, but also hard to isolate and capture ..

Thanks for the feedback... I have seen this is aa "kit" lens from before. I have a 28mm Kiron which I use all the time with the few Nikons I have. The 50mm 1.8 lenses are very nice but see very little work. . The shop selling these is now a "Tourist" shop, but 20 years ago was a photo shop. The window with these items reflect probably the owner, still somewhat vested in the shop. I need to sell stuff, not buy stuff... but ...????

Thanks for this detailed explanation about the AI//s lenses. Seems both of these lenses will work with my bodies..just maybe not in program mode ... Do you find the small zoom more to your liking in use than say a fixed length say 28mm. I never seemxs to find the 28mm too wide, but the 35 and some 42 mm lenses I have seem almost perfect for landscapes. Are these reasonable prices for 2nd hand Nikon lenses? The 25 euro more cost does offer a wider focal range,,,is this compromised due to the zoom...Is the 28mm a better glass alternative?

Some rolls never seem to find an end.... Real nice.. is the 010? a prewar Retina? I guess not as the Ektar IIRC was a "lumenized" postwar lens? Excellent pics!!

Thanks for the feedback... interesting too. When I took possession of the camera, I shot a roll and shared some pics with the seller... he commented accordingly, old chemicals.. date film etc... Try Try Try again 🙂

My Nikon bodies are the Nikkormat FT3, F301/N2000 and the F801s. I assume the these lenses will work on all these bodies. The AI/AIs is something to do with the "Auto-indexing" IIRC.. Older cameras need to do "twist" to establish the max aperture?? Something like that.. and the AIS communicate ? mechanically or electrically to the body it'S attributes ie max aperture? I must admit I really don'T understand this too much.. I am confident these lenses will work on these bodies?? Will read that review John... I need to be selling stuff, not buying more!!

I came across these two lenses in a local shop. I have a 1.8 Nikkor and a Kiron 28mm. Although I have no complaints with the Kiron, I felt my Nikons, should sport Nikon glass. In the ad, a short zoom 35-70 and a fixed length 28mm are shown. There are so many Nikon-ista here, so a feedback on the pros-cons of each is welcomed.. As noted I have the 28mm and my style leans to building and landscapes...so tendence towards the wide lenses. The short zoom would be a complement, but the "fine" Nikon glass is welcome and ..?? will it outperform the Kiron?

Thanks for the kind words. .I have now looked at the camera "very!" closely with high powered light and there are quite a few small holes that may not be "burning" a leak , but I think is causing an overall fog.. I may leave it be.. ..fixing things that aren't really broke..usually ends up with them, being ...well-- really broke! The lens was really a motivation ..these pre-war Kodaks have really caught my fancy. Having one in the large,,,albeit 620, format is very welcome.

Greetings Fellow Film Fanatics..... tough act to follow here.. so much excellent work!! My meager offerings are so plebian. I mentioned catastrophes last week..umm ....last time I posted. A complete 120 roll for no explanation was completely fogged. It came out of the camera Ok.. I can't imagine what happed. This roll was from a Yashica Mat 124.. .it wasn't just dodgy looking ..it was completely exposed .. edges and all..as if someone unfurled the roll in daylight and then developed... very disappointed, and then to add insult to injury the roll in the Tourist II, besides being pretty crappy .. wasn't very tightly wound and seems it was also fogged with traces of the backing paper in the emulsion...two 120 rolls fit for the trash... Meanwhile, I've re-shot the Tourist II with moderate success... if you consider leaky bellows and double exposures success. Well all was not totally lost in my developing session. The second roll I put through my (new to me ) Contax IIa with the Sonnar 1.5 was OK. I felt the results lacked a bit of contrast. The weather was overcast..but still?!? Tourist II 4.5 Anaston (closed ) ...need to make a photo with the extended (leaky) bellows. Contax IIa 1.5 Sonnar From the Kodak Tourist II... apparently there are some light leaks in the bellows....might try to patch them as it doesn't seem tooo bad From the Kodak Tourist II .. while semi sharp, I think the "fog" from the leak brings the contrast down. My recent favorite subject St Anthonys in Oberkassel Fountain Nymph....wanted to test the RF.. seem OK! Not too sharp!? Must've moved Office Bldg Similar theme as the previous Some sculpture in the city St Peter Kirche in the city .. the weather was overcast.. the photos are a bit drab The back of said church

BruceZi... very good work... one day I will try this too...' So 55,00/16 is a bit cheaper ..circa half I believe .. I haven't shot/developed C41 for about year. @MJF... that stack of chairs theme... mmhhh seems familiar 🙂