Rick Helmke Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Last weekend I put my first roll through an RB 67 since I got it. I had to spend a few minutes remembering how it operates. I also have a new to me 4x5 I haven’t explored yet. Rick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I am not sure I have the patience for a Barnack Leica. This weekend I brought out my 21mm which allows me to easily zone focus which makes it slightly more convenient to use. It is a charming camera, and fun to use as a throwback to a userinterface invented 100 years ago, but ergonomically it is more a nightmare than a dream come through. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent T Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 This weekend Kent goes Russian. He has a Fed 5-V on the way. Industar nifty 50/F2.8, Fujicolor Superia 400 awaits. VladCam's getting a test roll ran through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) I've managed to acquire a tidy 90mm Schneider-Kreuznach f/3.5 lens for the Diax cameras. While I do have a copy, I've never been happy with it's performance, suspecting a degree of de-centering, so I'll be interested to see how this one performs. They just don't make lenses like this, anymore! Edited August 4, 2021 by rick_drawbridge 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurencecochrane Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Loaded with Astrum 200 (135-36), this Fed-3 / Jupiter-8 gets to see some Farmers Market light. Bill 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Probably won't get to finish the roll before the weekend, so it's coming with me to the coast. Leotax F with 5cm f/3.5 Simlar. Loaded with Double-X 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg_s1 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I've used a Werra Rangefinder last weekend: unfortunately this wonderful camera is in need of a CLA. The leafshutter stayed open on some frames and 2/3 of the roll is completely overexposed. A Fujica GL 690 worked perfectly fine and a M6TTL too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 To me the FE represents a high point in Nikon SLR design. I shot a roll of FP4 Plus with this old favourite during the week, and the results were so consistently good, and I enjoyed the experience so much, that I may take it out again this weekend. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Now using the Konica Auto S1.6 (big brother to Auto S2) Loaded with Kentmere 100 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent T Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Now using the Konica Auto S1.6 (big brother to Auto S2) [ATTACH=full]1398201[/ATTACH] Loaded with Kentmere 100 That Konica Auto S 1.6 is a nice camera. I will be shooting with my Olympus 35 RC. My Fed 5B has shutter issues. I have Kodak ColorPlus 200 in my Olympus 35 RC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) To me the FE represents a high point in Nikon SLR design. I SO agree! Actually; In 35mm SLR camera design if you ask me. If I could only own one camera and one lens for the rest of my life, I would take an FE with a 35 or 28mm prime in a heart-beat - happy ever after. Edited August 14, 2021 by NHSN Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 This week I got my 1934 uncoated Leitz Summar 5cm 1:2.0 back from service. This is the oldest lens I own. I already verified the improvements on my digital mirrorless - all the internal haze from decades of evaporating oils were removed and the front element polished, so next step is to see how it will perform on film. It is actually a very sharp lens, but extremely sensitive to stray light, quite temperamental. The old FILCA is loaded with HP5+. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_decker2 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Minolta 201 w/50 f1.7 MD Rokkor and a Minolta SR-1 w/ 28 f2.5 Tamron and/or a 90mm f2.5 Tamron macro. Getting back to Minolta and will be selling/trading some Nikons to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 It is actually a very sharp lens, but extremely sensitive to stray light, quite temperamental. The SUMMAR is a warm to neutral lens, with very low contrast at wider apertures. But stopped down resolving power becomes very good. The way it deals with shadow-detail (i.e. by not registering a lot of it) seems to enhance the 3D effect according to some users. Use of a filter and hood is recommended ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 loaded with Kentmere 100 and fresh Wein cell installed 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 This past weekend I took out one of 4 TLR's I bought in an auction lot not too long ago. This one is a nice Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS circa 1954 in good working order. I used one of my last expired Tri-x rolls (2013), and it came out nicely. Another one, a 3.5C (or E) with a Planar, had to take a trip to a repair tech unfortunately, a gummed up shutter. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Loading up some 20 film holders for my Anniversary Speed Graphic to shoot this weekend. Might load up a Leica IIIc as well....or just keep it simple with a Leica M-E. Got some film in the Leotax F and my Kodak Medalist, but those are probably staying home. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent T Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I now have Fujicolor Superia 400 in my Olympus 35 RC, and have 3 rolls of Fujicolor C 200 fresh, and waiting for action, my Nikon FG has a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus which is around 12 frames to the end. Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hopefully our total lockdown might end tonight and I'll be able to get out with this faithful old Pentax 6x7 that has really earned it's keep since I bought it second hand over 35 years ago. Other than a full CLA shortly after I acquired it, it's had no servicing and it's had hundreds of films through it. These days, with the cost of film having increased, I tend not to use it as often as I should, and the big negatives are really rather wasted on internet presentation. However, I try to exercise the two copies I have every six months or so. This photograph was really just a snapshot taken on the conservatory table using available light and a Sigma DP-2 Merrill camera. For those of you who might be interested in these curious little cameras, there's a thread displaying quite few samples from the Foveon sensors over on the Mirrorless Digital Cameras forum. Sigma Foveon Images 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) In six days West Point will hold its annual Prairie Arts Festival (none last year due to Covid). I will use the Nikon FE (likely with Tamron 35-70 f 3.5) loaded with Fomapan 200. For color a roll of Kodak Gold 200 in Rollei B35 (in belt case). Avoiding the camera bag or backpack so I'm traveling light. I haven't done much with the C35V (also pictured in earlier entries along with the Nikon and Rollei) so I might bring it along too. The festival ends earlier than usual this year with events and vendors shutting down around 2:00, but plenty of time for photos and eating lunch. BTW, Rick, that's a great looking Pentax 6 x 7. One of the "ideal format" cameras (like the RB67 for example) that made getting 8 x10 enlargements so convenient. While I was in college (back in the 70's) I sometimes did weddings with another ideal format camera: the Mamiya Super Press 23. Edited August 29, 2021 by Mike Gammill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 [ATTACH=full]1399671[/ATTACH] Loading up some 20 film holders for my Anniversary Speed Graphic to shoot this weekend. Might load up a Leica IIIc as well....or just keep it simple with a Leica M-E. Got some film in the Leotax F and my Kodak Medalist, but those are probably staying home. Very impressed that you have 20 Film Holders.. Do you hand hold the 4x5? I have recently loaded some cassettes myself dabbling in the GG . I only own 6 holders. I bought the Stearman tank and I am now trying to build a work flow. I have encountered some marks that I would blame on the holders. Googling tells me they might be related to pre-soaking the negs.. The next round I will go right in with the developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameragary Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 loaded up my canon av-1 with the roll of tech pan 2415 b/w film i got in the yard sale camera purchase.no idea if it any good so i'm just shooting random shots to see what i get. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Very impressed that you have 20 Film Holders.. Do you hand hold the 4x5? I have recently loaded some cassettes myself dabbling in the GG . I only own 6 holders. I bought the Stearman tank and I am now trying to build a work flow. I have encountered some marks that I would blame on the holders. Googling tells me they might be related to pre-soaking the negs.. The next round I will go right in with the developer. I've collecting them in small lots over the years. Recent lot had some corrosion damage, but they cleaned up well enough to use. I have roughly 30 of them now, of various different types and makers. And a number of Grafmatics backs and Graphic roll film adapters. I use a modified Paterson Orbital tank to develop 4 negatives at a time. I only shot 28 sheets this weekend, all hand-held. Portraits mostly. Will share some once I've digitized those. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Still planning on using the Nikon FE2 and Rollei B35 this weekend for Prairie Arts Festival, but for now I'm using a well-used Minolta XE-5 with several lenses: 50mm f 1.7, Celtic 28mm f 2.8, and Sigma 135mm f 3.5 Mini Tele. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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