Rick_van_Nooij Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Again lots of rain this weekend. Did manage to go out and play with my latest addition to my Leica collection. 1959 Leica IIIg. Shot some Double-X this morning with a Summarit and Y1 filter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Again lots of rain this weekend. Did manage to go out and play with my latest addition to my Leica collection. 1959 Leica IIIg. Shot some Double-X this morning with a Summarit and Y1 filter. That VC Meter must have seen a thing or two. Never seen one this battered. If only the metal underneath was brass. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 It has served me well enough over the last decade. :D I considered having it repainted in RLM grey to match my rebuilt Leica IIIc-sync Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjferron Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Kidding 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Walking around downtown Tupelo with this beast. Loaded with FP4+. Also finishing up roll of Pan F+ in Olympus XA. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Loaded with Agfa APX 100 for this week/weekend; 1938 Leica I (model E), with 1936 nickel 35mm Elmar and VIDOM viewfinder. The lens hood is a Chinese adaptation of the Leitz FISON, shortened to work with the 35mm focal length. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonymarsh Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 BRONICA S2A KODAK PORTRA 160 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Stepping out this weekend with what looks like a virtually brand-new, fully functional black paint Nikon FA, purchased from a top flight Northern California ebayer I've purchased from for years. I also just picked up a virtually identical-condition silver FA so next weekend I'll be using them in tandem. Once I have them both in-hand I'll do a "family shot" with the 5 prime Nikkor lens (20-35-85-135-200) setup I'll be using with them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Time to give my Kiev-19 some exercise. Along with the Helios-81 I'll also be using Mir and Jupiter lenses (with Nikon interchangeable mounts). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 For a while, I have been enjoying my battered <NEW> Nikkor 35mm 1:2.0. I even found an original Ai conversion set for it but have yet to put it on. Then this week, a like-new 35mm 1:2.0 AiS presented itself, and I had to own it as a perfect fit for my F3. Optical formular is the same so I don't expect any surprise, but it feel so smooth... Film is home rolled HP5+. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Yeah, the AIS lenses are sooo smooth. The 35/1.4 is exactly the same. if you get them in really clean shape, many of the AI lenses, the 135/2.8 and 200mm f4 I’m thinking of in particular, are extremely smooth and on a just-higher build level than the later AIS lenses. In the case of a 35mm f2 or 1.4 though, the AIS’s would be my choice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Just for the hell of it I've loaded a film into this Zeiss Ikon Ikonette 35 (type 500/24). I last used it about 5 years ago and I recall it took very good photographs with it's 45mm f/3.5 Nova lens. It was aimed directly at the feminine market, as much a fashion accessory as a camera, but it suffered from mechanical and light-leak issues and wasn't a great commercial success. Sure is pretty, though... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Rick, I always appreciate the set ups you make with your camera photos. The rose is a nice touch with the "feminine market" Ikonette 1 James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Thanks, James, having spent many hours in the past photographing small products for advertising, it's sometimes a little hard to restrain myself. Incidentally, many of the camera pics I've posted on this forum can be found, at a slightly larger size, here: The Cameras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bryant Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Thanks, James, having spent many hours in the past photographing small products for advertising, it's sometimes a little hard to restrain myself. Incidentally, many of the camera pics I've posted on this forum can be found, at a slightly larger size, here: The Cameras Very nice collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 James Bryant said : Very nice collection Thank you James, I'm pleased you approve, Nothing of much value, but an interested assemblage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 A combination I use often. Film is FP4+ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonymarsh Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 AGFA BILLY COMPUR FOMAPAN 100 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I hope to get out there with this: Contax II withZeiss 3.5 cm viewfinder and newly overhauled 3.5 cm f/4.5 Orthometar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonymarsh Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) Along with the 6x9 BILLY COMPUR IKOFLEX I 850/16 FPS CIRCA 1947 ILFORD HP5 400 PLUS Edited May 27, 2021 by anthonymarsh 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 My wife and I are going on a little road trip to Stratford, ON this Sunday for a little outdoor meet-up picnic and stroll with a friend who lives about the same distance away, but in a completely different direction. All three of us will be taking digital Nikons (DX for my wife, FX for our friend and I). My friend is also (with my encouragement) going to give his new-to-him Minolta Autocord an outing so I'll bring along my 3.5 Xenotar Rolleiflex to be kinda matchy-matchy. Close as I can get, anyway! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 It looks as if the rain is going to set in tonight and the prospects for the weekend are bleak, so I hurriedly finished a film this afternoon in this Minolta Maxxum 7000i, fitted with the Minolta 28-85m f/3.5-4.5 lens. Hopefully there might be something to post tomorrow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Contax T2 and Olympus Mju: Zoom 115 Two cameras from 1991 and 1997 respectively that I would never have purchased given the crazy prices they command, but never-the-less now mine because they were recently gifted to me. The T2 was defective and the owner refused dealing with selling it. I accepted them only because he threatened to trash them otherwise. I guess I am now indebted somehow! It turned out that the T2 suffered only from a lazy shutter which was easily repaired. From my initial handling of both, I can safely say that I will not become friends with the Olympus, but the Contax could be a nice travel companion. Both cameras require DX coded film cartridges and the only such film in the house is Fujifilm C200, thus that's the film I'll run through them this weekend. BTW, I was surprised to find out that the Adox and Formapan rolls I had recently purchased didn't have DX coding!? And a Post Scriptum: The Contax looks and feels nice, but after you open it up you'll see a lot flexboards etc fitted with glue and tape and some respect is lost - not a pretty sight. Edited May 28, 2021 by NHSN 4 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Looking forward to seeing your results, NHSN. Never tried the Olympus Zoom 115, but I would guess maximum aperture at 115mm would be rather slow. In Olympus I prefer the single focal length Stylus Epic with its 35mm f 2.8. At the end of their production they went for around 80 USD. Glad you got the Contax working. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Feeling like shooting a roll of my cold-stored Panatomic-X. Here is the camera I'll be using. PG designation (for those new to Minoltas) means the lens has 7 elements in 5 groups. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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