kmac Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I have a roll of 120 Kosmo Foto 100 in this seemingly rare Super Wester that I just finished refurbishing. The film came as a bonus with another camera I bought. I'm halfway through the film and hope to finish it in the next few days. I've already exposed a test film, a Shanghai GP3, it went well, no light leaks, but I was getting camera shake, so the camera needs to be held sturdily or fixed to a tripod. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 kmac said :I have a roll of 120 Kosmo Foto 100 in this seemingly rare Super Wester that I just finished refurbishing. Regarding the Wester cameras, you may be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the results. There's some information in an old post of mine featuring the Autorol, a close relative of the Super Wester. The Uncommon Wester Autorol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 kmac said : Regarding the Wester cameras, you may be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the results. There's some information in an old post of mine featuring the Autorol, a close relative of the Super Wester. The Uncommon Wester Autorol I read your thread Rick, when I was researching "Wester". There's more info in just your one thread than there is on the rest of the internet, of any Wester camera ... thanks for posting it. I also bought two Wester S2 parts cameras which I'm now making up one good one from both. It's coming along nicely and luckily, one of the lenses is detriment free. There's a few left-hand threads in the film advance in those cameras, I imagine the Autorol will be the same, the film winder comes off by turning it clock-wise, but it won't screw off without a special tool gripping the spindle it's attached to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I'm pleased you found the old thread useful! I don't think one could claim that the Westers were at the epitome of materials or workmanship, but they were interesting and quite innovative cameras. I'm looking forward to seeing some results from yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 OM-1 with 50mm f 3.5 Macro and FP4+ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Back to the Nikons, this weekend. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Fernandez Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 A compact folder, Voigtlander Perkeo, to end my one-year expired supply of FP4+ in 120 size. A very smooth instrument, as every Voigtlander I have ever tried. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 A truly great camera and lens combination this week, a contender for top of my "If you were allowed to keep only one camera" list, the remarkable Minolta Alpha 7 with the excellent Minolta 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Continuing my exercising of the Minolta family with the Alpha 807si, a heavy but very competent camera with one of the few truly effective onboard flashes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Fernandez Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Trying two small but powerful cameras in the following weeks. The Oly XA is a well-loved favorite, now loaded with FP4+. The Semi Minolta IIIC may be worth of a post later on, if things come out right. It will be loaded with HP5+. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_gottschalk Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Just got my Leica IIIF back from service. Testing it with some SFX and a red filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Checking out the functions of this 1936/7 Rolleicord II type 1 a final time before a sale. It was fun to try but I must realise that it will never see much use in my hands, so better off to a new owner. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Back to the Nikons, this weekend. [ATTACH=full]1414587[/ATTACH] Don't know why I haven't been aware that the FA could use the MD12. Do you happen to know if it works the other way around, can FE/FE2/FMx use the FA motordrive? Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 NHSN said...Do you happen to know if it works the other way around, can FE/FE2/FMx use the FA motordrive? The designated drive for the FA was the MD-15, and to quote from the great Mir.com site: "This motor drive was produced exclusively for the Nikon FA - it is a dedicated unit and it cannot be shared with other Nikon body as with the MD11/12" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I will be diving into large format photography soon (when Intrepid is finished building the camera I ordered last month). Realising how much a 4x5 sheet of my usual preferred HP5+/FP4+ film 4x5 cost, I decided to use Fomapan 200 to "learn to walk". A couple of 50 sheet packs arrived from Fotoimpex this week, but as I don't have the 4x5 camera yet, I also ordered a bulk roll of Fomapan 200 in 35mm to get the developing process straight before I begin my €1-pr-frame learning project. Thus, my Nikon F2 with the <NEW> Nikkor 35/2 lens is now loaded with Fomapan 200 (in old Sovjet Union cartridges - to stay in character). 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 An oddball this weekend, the Pentax ME-F fitted with the Takumar AF SMC 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 zoom lens, Asahi's first attempt at an AF lens. The ME-F was the only camera in the ME series that could utilise this lens in AF mode. Big and clunky and loaded with 4 AAA cells, the lens is painfully slow and noisy in AF mode, but optically it's a superb lens and I usually use it in manual focus mode. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 An oddball this weekend, the Pentax ME-F fitted with the Takumar AF SMC 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 zoom lens, Asahi's first attempt at an AF lens. The ME-F was the only camera in the ME series that could utilise this lens in AF mode. Big and clunky and loaded with 4 AAA cells, the lens is painfully slow and noisy in AF mode, but optically it's a superb lens and I usually use it in manual focus mode. [ATTACH=full]1417207[/ATTACH] Enjoy it Rick - I have got a Canon T80 with a similar lens, a Nikon n8008 with a sigma copy and a Oly OMG with a Vivitar series 1, slow but fun shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I have cleaned a couple of simple cameras that I intend to take out, 2 Box type: A Macy*s 120 made by Pho-Tak Corp, and Tower 7 Made by Bilora; Recently overhauled a Richter Vitaflex as well so should have some fund burning some film through it. I plan to use some Holga 400 film, processing time indicates it to be a Foma made film, however the emulsion is quite different from what I am used to from Foma. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 A well-used favorite loaded with HP5+ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 [ATTACH=full]1417682[/ATTACH] A well-used favorite loaded with HP5+ What a beautiful two tone camera it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I have loaded HP5 in the 3.5C for the weekend. Photographed from this angle it seems like the old Rollei yellow filter is coated. I am a little surprised I must admit - I didn't think they coated coloured filters. The in the camera meter works, but it is faster to use the old (but not as old as the camera) Sekonic L-308B. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjferron Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Newly acquired from Japan. A Konica III A. Improvements over my IIB-m are a double stroke front mounted advance lever, self cocking shutter and 50mm Hexanon 1.8 lens. Build wise it feels something like a fixed lens Leica M3. Noticeably superior to later Konica rangefinders that feel hollow in comparison. (Yes I have one). I have it loaded with Foma 200 for a few shots this weekend. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 An oddball this weekend, the Pentax ME-F fitted with the Takumar AF SMC 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 zoom lens, Asahi's first attempt at an AF lens. The ME-F was the only camera in the ME series that could utilise this lens in AF mode. Big and clunky and loaded with 4 AAA cells, the lens is painfully slow and noisy in AF mode, but optically it's a superb lens and I usually use it in manual focus mode. [ATTACH=full]1417207[/ATTACH] I have the non-AF version of that lens (SMC Pentax 35-70 f2.8-3.5). Not sure if the optical formula is identical but I've been very pleased with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I found this Vollenda 620 6x9 folder about a year and a half ago at a local antique shop. I ran a test roll through it after I first cleaned it but haven't taken it out since. It came in a reptile skin pattern leather case that a previous owner had written his name and address inside. I did some internet sleuthing and found out he was a Romanian Jew who emigrated to the U.S. in 1940. He was 27 yrs old and sent here by his family due to the worsening situation in Romania. His family never made it over ... most/all were killed in the Romanian holocaust. He passed away in 2000 at age 86. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story about his son-in-law who collects Nazi anti-semitic memorabilia so people won't forget what happened. Anyway, this is the only camera in my collection that has an interesting story behind it (that I'm aware of). I suspect he may have brought the camera with him in 1940 but can't be sure. It seems to have been produced for the European markets since the distance scale on the lens is in meters. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Beautiful Volllenda, Gary, and how wonderful that you are are aware of its provenance. At the other end of the scale, I'm using the smallest 35mm camera in my possession, the dinky little Minox 35GT. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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