Rick_van_Nooij Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 You're very welcome :) The 135mm f/4 Sonnar you included as a gift has had the internal lens surfaces cleared of haze and the focus helicoid has been freed. I'll have to play with it soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranssu1 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Retina IIIc wlth Rodenstock Heligon 2/50 loaded with HP5 Plus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_ante Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Leica IIIa and Contax 2a. Leica with post war coating and modern F stops. Contax with 85mm Nikkor copy of Sonnar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 A Zenit ET with a takumar. Lens needed cleaning, but camera is surprisingly in good condition and a reasonably bright viewfinder for a commie SLR. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Nikon F2S loaded with PanF. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bryant Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Nikkormat FT2 with original Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Nikkormat FT2 with original Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens. I too thought I was going to shoot a Nikkormat this weekend, albeit the older FTn. Unfortunately it turned out that it had a lazy mirror and I returned it to the local shop from where I bought it (the 35mm 1:2.0 is mine). Instead I will use my F2 with some FP4+ loaded in a Nikon AM-1 cartridge. 6 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranssu1 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Contax II with Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar f:2/50 loaded with Fomapan 100 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 A favourite Minolta combination, both camera and lens having a whiff of Leitz about them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_z._li2 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 @rick_drawbridge or should it be the other way that "the Leica R3/4/5/6 have a whiff of Minolta about them"? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Just finished cleaning and patching the bellows on this Kodak Senior Six-16. I've had good results with Kodak f6.3 triplets and am anxious to see how this one performs. Edited August 12, 2022 by gary green 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Still have a couple of frames of Rollei Retro 80s left in this Contax II that I repaired last month. Got a 50mm f/2 Sonnar on it with a Walz K2 Yellow filter. There's a Classic Car Meet in my home town this weekend, but temperatures will be in the Scorching Hot regions, so I might not bother going out to shoot. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 ... but temperatures will be in the Scorching Hot regions, so I might not bother going out to shoot. Appropriately cooling down with Christmas ale :) Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Heh, unfortunately the special "N'ice" edition of La Chouffe beer is not available at this time ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Like @Rick_van_Nooij, I am undecided about the weekend photo plans. I may choose the shade of the balcony and a cold beer over the forecasted crazy hot streets of Copenhagen. If I go, I’ll take this one; a 1937 Rolleiflex Automat equipped with an uncoated Zeiss Jena 7.5cm Tessar - a yellow filter for contrast and a roll of FP4+. 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bryant Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Beautiful camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Stepping back in time just a little, to exercise one of my favourite folding MF cameras, the Voigtlander Perkeo 1. Edited August 13, 2022 by rick_drawbridge 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 Using the Cosina made (I think) Konica TC-X with the Hexanon 40mm f 1.8. Loaded with Kentmere 100 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Still have half a roll of Fomapan 400 in the Contax II after last weekend. No plans for this weekend either. Will probably go for a hike somewhere or hit a flea market or two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Leica M2 (1958) with a modest 50mm Elmar-M (2003). Loaded with Kodak ImagePro 100. Photographed with a (~1955) CZ 50mm Sonnar 1.5 @8.0 on a Nikon Z6ii (2021) 5 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_pratt Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I’m on Holiday, so I can’t really just use ONE camera, can I? Restricted myself to one classic (Rolleiflex Automat loaded with FP4) an F100 with Foma 100, my classic D700 for the less important stuff, and a waterproof point and shoot for wet stuff. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Pretty much as new, a Minolta SR-3. The selenium meter works and is reasonably accurate, rather to my surprise. I just hope the weather clears enough for me to venture out... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 I don’t have a photo of either but I suspect it will be an F2 or an FT2. Rick H. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Came across this Konica Auto S3 that looks eerily similar to Minolta hi-matic Auto sII. Cleaned contacts but i could get no life out of the meter which is necessary for this camera. Moved in deeper and removed screws holding battery socket and found the culprit, a thoroughly corroded and severed negative wire. Had to remove the old solder bead as it was thoroughly corroded, cleaned contact with sand paper and soldered the connection. I hate soldering and i burned my finger with the iron in the process, but the meter and aperture control came back to life. Had to wind tension on frame counter as well and lock the screws for the hot shoe. Too much trouble for this camera, i hope it’s worth it 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Looks good Ralf... hope it's robust and continues to work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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