johan_niels_kuiper

Guess what, it works fine. This is 1932, my favorite year in German camera making

Leica II, 1932. From the first batch. With a Nikkor.C 35mm 2.5 lens from the early 1950s and a Voigtländer Minifinder from 2005.

<p>Pretty soon I plan to start writing several articles on the modern desire to create 'historical' Balck Paint Leicas in the kitchen stove, and on the scoundrels that create 'real' Black Paint Leicas and sell them online. Bookmark the website, there's a lot more articles on Leica and other brands and on photography to come.</p>

<p>A Black Paint Leica is a thing of beauty, that's for sure. Popular demand has brought the black paint Leica back to the market place and where the rough-looking black paint cameras were considered the ugly ducklings two decades ago, they fetch exorbitant prices in auctions and online sales these days.</p> <p>Rightfully so? Or is there something wrong with those that draw their check book to pay what it takes to shoot (or fondle!) a Black Paint Leica?</p> <p>http://www.johanniels.com/camera-gear-blog-posts/leica/101-bp-leica-m-fuss</p>

<p>Hello,</p> <p>would just briefly like to link to an article on my website regarding the Horseman 842 Convertible camera. A great camera that is relatively unknown, and it shouldn't be really...!<br> http://johanniels.com/camera-gear-blog-posts/medium-format/50-horseman-842-convertible-a-medium-format-wide-angle-camera<br> I love mine, and am planning to build me a pin hole lens board for it, so that it will be even more versatile.</p> <p>Anybody else got one?</p>

<p>The folks back in 2007 must have had a dud, this is a great lens. In fact, I bought back my earlier copy from the shop after two years, I kept missing it.</p> <p><img src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8822/28015511954_de7a43e9bc_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Of course this thread is several years old, but there must be other people ending up here who (like me) are looking for some good advice on the best scanner to be had for scanning 4x5".</p> <p>I used to have a Microtek ScanMaker 8700 and sold it but now that I'm finally pushing forward to go shoot 4x5", I find that I can buy them for under EUR 100 easily.</p> <p>There's an old review on Shutterbug that is filled with praise. Only setback, it requires a very sturdy desk, weighing in at 25 pounds... I happen to have that desk ;)</p>