Niels - NHSN Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I’ll take the Fujica GL690 today. In the past week I noticed that at least two other PN members owns the same model and I got inspired. The format is 6*9cm as the model number indicates; 8 frames on a roll. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 This weekend - a camera that seldom gets an outing and a film I almost never shoot (but have a bunch in the freezer). Both very nice and capable of excellent results, though neither has ever particularly turned my crank. With regard to the film it probably doesn't help that I don't develop C-41 myself and the only remaining local lab does a completely crap job now so I have to send the film away. If the combo ends up feeling less than inspiring the Rolleiflex is next in line. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Got a roll of Fomapan 100 Classic in this Butcher-Houghton "All-Distance" Ensign box camera. Not sure if the weather will permit me to go out and shoot it though. Spring Storm and all that. I'll be spending some time servicing a Zeiss Super Ikonta II for someone, and I'm hoping the parts I ordered for a Leica Standard rebuild will arrive soon. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 All my various cameras save this pair are now sealed up for my "Mainland Hibernation ". Postman has just delivered new batches of Copex in both 120 and 35mm format, so. . . . Aloha, Bithe 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Loading this one up with Pan F+. The MD Rokkor-x 45mm f 2, Sigma 24mm f 2.8, and Sigma 90mm f 2.8 Macro make great travelin' companions for the XE. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 The old 1937 Rolleiflex Automat is loaded with a roll of HP5+, but it is gray, rainy and windy outside today, so I probably will not go out until tomorrow. The lens is uncoated and the results improves when the light supports with some contrast. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I'm still working away at the roll of Superia 200 in the OM-2n, but with a bit less enthusiasm due to the two labs I've used recently running out of C-41 chemistry and not being able to get more "due to the pandemic". I already have four exposed 120 rolls in the freezer... so Delta 100 it shall be as I am on a kick with the stuff recently. So, back to the Canon F-1n with "Lens Converter E" and some of my Exakta mount lenses. I tried this a few weeks ago, but the converter needed some internal shimming to successfully mount the lenses I have. It wasn't worn, just a bit too thin as designed and with a couple of them the lock pins could skip right over the latch and the fit was sloppy. It ended up an aborted effort, but we're back on track. I took the lenses and converter to my tech who worked out an appropriate shim thickness that works for all of them. Using the F-1n relative to the Exakta bodies I own has some distinct advantages. For starters the focus image is brighter and I have excellent focus aids available. Then there is a nice, accurate (admittedly stop-down) metering. The basic reliability of the camera doesn't hurt, nor general ease of use. The Exakta's are a lot of fun, but the Canon is a lot ncier for actually making images. The main choice will be the 58 f2 Biotar just because it is lovely. Next will be this tiny 50 f3.5 Tessar. It is brass-mounted, has coated glass and probably the highest mass density of any lens I own. I've never managed to make an image with it and I'm really curious how it does as I've always been a bit of a Tessar fan. The little guy looks rather amusing attached to one of the larger 35mm SLR bodies out there. Last of the bunch is an interesting old creature, the Meyer 35 f4.5 Primagon, also coated. Yes, that is f4.5... I shot with the lens quite a bit many years ago and the results were really lovely so I'm looking forward to using it again. While massively slow for a 35, it fortunately makes a very nice image wide open and the "bokeh" at f4.5 is really pretty sweet. It has the highest disparity in size between the front and rear elements of any lens I've ever owned with a front element bigger than the Biotar's and a rear one that is a virtual "gunner's slit". So, after double checking metering with a grey card against my incident meter I'll be off into the wider world to see if I can find something interesting to shoot. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisbagnall Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Minister 700 again. Pentax ME Super just got back from a service so she'll be out and about by next weekend. [ATTACH=full]1379848[/ATTACH] 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjferron Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 The homemade 4x5 camera that I just put the finishing touches on. Yeah not a classic per say except for the lens and the film holders. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Another old favourite this weekend, with a lens borrowed from the Contax RTS. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Great looking FRI, Rick. We sold the FR, FRI, and FRII at the family camera shop. My favorite was the FR with its "match LED" exposure. It would also accept the infrared remote that was made for the Contax RTS. The FR fetches the highest prices on the used market with the FRII (aperture priority, no manual) being the lowest priced. The FRI is probably the best value. Regardless of choice, the ability to use Contax lenses as well as C/Y mount Yashica lenses is a great feature. Looking forward to seeing your images. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Already Friday again! I was just notified that my serviced Leica IIIF w Elmar 50/3.5 is on its way back to me. In anticipation, I brought out my M2 w. Summicron 50/2 to re-climatize myself to the 50mm focal length. Not my most used focal length, but one from which I strangely like the results more than I like to use the actual lens (If that even makes sense). The IIIF will be new to me as I have never used a Barnack Leica before. So, a weekend in anticipation :) 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisbagnall Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Newly serviced ME Super with a newly purchased Tamron SP 28-80mm. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Load with a test roll of Astrum Foto-400 @ 250asa. Hopefully the Sunday market weather forecasts will hold. Aloha, Bill Edited March 20, 2021 by Bill Bowes 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Before starting a roll in the Minolta XE, I realized I had a new roll in my SRT 101 so I'm finishing it first. Currently I have the Rokkor MD 100 f 3.5 Macro attached. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Shot some Fomapan 100 film with the Ensign De-Luxe and a Balda Super Baldax on Friday. Shot some Kodak Double-X film with a Leica I today (Now fully serviced and re-skinned)... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I have my F3HP loaded with Velvia 100 that I'm going to shoot with (if it doesn't rain all day). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameragary Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just got an olympus. Zuiko 200mm telephoto in nice condition for 10 bucks.i paid 10 bucks for the camera also so for 20.00 I got the camera that works great and 2 lenses.cant complain so this weekend I'll give it a workout 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 My IIIf and Elmar 5cm/3,5 (1955) came back from service yesterday. I never got a chance to use it with film after I bought it, so I am quite excited. As a matter of fact, this is my first time to shoot with a Barnack Leica which doesn’t lessen the thrill, of course. Loaded w HP5+ as always. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A favourite combo this weekend, a trusty old Canon A-1 with a 28-90mm Vivitar Series 1 f/2.8-3.5 lens. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 This one's due for an outing: Haven't decided on film yet, but I really like the Zuiko 35mm f 2.8 as a walking around lens. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I'll be playing with the new toy and a couple of it's lenses. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bryant Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Nikon F, Nikon's first SLR introduced in 1959. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskoi.pohjanpalo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Fujica G617 for some spring time panoramas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskoi.pohjanpalo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Fujica G617 for some spring time panoramas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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