Beautyflex D

[gene m]

<p>Even with fine equipment, decades of experience and the very best of chemicals etc.</p>

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[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Clean looking example...nice.</p>

[winfried_buechsenschuetz1]

<p>Spilling down vinegar will do no harm. Vinegar is an organic substance and can be processed in sewage plants. The costs for an acidic stop bath are negligible if you use concentrated vinegar instead of something from the photo lab shop. </p>

[gene m]

<p>Why use acid when water works fine ? I haven't used a chemical SB for decades.</p>

[Mike Gammill]

Nice example. Definitely see the Rollei resemblance. Thanks for posting.

[JDMvW]

<p>Lovely looking camera. It, of course, is a Beauty. (someone had to say it).<br>

As you say, I guess we can be thankful that it was a Rectus MX, and not of the neuter gender.</p>

<p>I wonder if the Biokar (!) is a double-Gauss lens or just the name taken.</p>

<p>I too use an alkaline (archival) fixer and skip the stop bath. Works fine without a hitch.</p>

<p>But the pictures! Great work.</p>

[mfophotos]

<p>I was wondering about the Rectus shutter... </p>

[howardstanbury]

<p>I suppose if it was a Rictus shutter there would have been other problems ... . Thanks for the presentation!</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Cool. The Beauty 35mm rangefinder cameras produce great results, and they too have Biokor lenses, though they lack the interesting shutter. A fine-looking TLR, indeed, and the results speak for themselves. Thanks, <strong>Gene</strong>.</p>

[gene m]

<p>The <em>Rectus</em>. One "m" could have changed everything.<br>

Crappy cameras are funny. That's why I like them.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Or even an "E" in front could have changed it even more...</p>

[paul_wheatland]

<p>The Biokor lens may have been a product of Tomioka Optical Company. They also provided optics to Yashica and Ricoh, considered high grade lenses.</p>

[allen_gara]

<p>-Even with the processing"irregularities" I'd say job well done. Some of my best photographs (to me) are accidents or at least unintended in part, something that is extremely rare when using a digital camera system. I also have grown to love TLR's, and until 6 months ago, I thought I'd never own one. Problem I have is finding one that takes a <em>bad </em>picture, most decent brands take great pics.</p>

<p>Now...if I could just figure out how to get the Rectar lens from my Fujica 6x6 folder into that shutter. Recta-Flex? </p>

[chuck_foreman1]

Gene so nice to read your humor inflected prose in describing things photographic. This seems a bit above

the cut though as many said they're all good. I have fallen out of "love" with the both the TLR and the

square format. My poor eyesight leaves me guessing onfocussing. The distance to my umm ( expanded)

waist is just the distance that is too close with glasses and too far without. While i use to "get it " I prefer

the elongated 6x7 and 6x9 more. All things being equal I still will continue to keep and use the five or so

that I have ! I forget what you said but something along the lines that even a bd TLR is better than some

others. I think it's the funky look that appeals. A recent post for a "Linda Eastman / McCartney" copy

wanted to use a TLR though a historically correct Nikon would've been more sensible explains this appeal

somewhat!

[gene m]

<p>I've had an inflected prose for quite some time but my doctor has me on antibiotics. I expect my prose to get better so it's not so hard to pee anymore.</p>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>I've always used water stop bath, especially if you're tossing the fixer before it's used up. I'm such an infrequent developer these days that chemicals age up long before they're depleted, so I always figured once you start fixing, it's stopped. <br>

Good to see Gene back. </p>

 

[tony_lockerbie]

<p>Yep, plain water stop for me too....I put the vinegar on my chips. That camera looks really fine, and love the way that they have even ripped off the F&H logo design, and the case is pure Rolleicord.<br>

I have only one Beauty, or two if you count my wife, and ehem...both perform quite well.<br>

One could just collect TLR's, and you would never get them all...wonderful picture takers.</p>

[rogerwb]

<p>I have to get my Walzflex back in order. Even though I have a battery of Rolleiflexes and ' Cords I/ve always had a soft spot for the many Rollei clones. My first was a Ciroflex, which I still have.</p><div></div>

[david_l3]

<p>Gene, I haven't used acid stop with film for over 20 years and the results have been perfectly consistent. <br>

TLR's are good for living dangerously. They go where lesser cameras dare to tread. This TLR photo is from Baltimore. </p><div></div>