Rick_van_Nooij Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I still have some film in a Leica IIIc after last weekend. And I need to load up some 4x5" sheetfilm holders to shoot with my Anniversary Speed Graphic this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808 Photog Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I have also discovered my red Fed-2 / Jupiter-8 was unpacked earlier this year...a short roll of Kentmere 100 will be run thru before repacking for my jump to flip-flop land. Aloha, Bill 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Going away for the weekend to Point Pelee National Park for a "glamping" weekend at the oTENTiks doing an art show with my dear lady wife. Nikon D750 and the 50 f1.4, 24-70 f2.8 and 300 f4 for the digital component For Fall colour shots and to post to my wife's website. Also the Pentax LX with the full kit (28 f2.8, 40 f2.8, 50 f1.2, 135 f3.5, 200 f4) and a few rolls of HP5. Should keep me out of trouble (or something like that). Next week I really should give something else a bit of exercise. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_z._li2 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I'm using a new to me Voigtlander Skoparex 35mm f/3.4 lens on the Bessamatic. Excellent rendition, on one of the most usable Voigtlander camera bodies (which is not a very high bar though). 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Time to run another roll through this Franka Solida III. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Bringing this one out with several lenses. Loaded with Kentmere 100 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 In a fit of nostalgia I'm about to run a film through the first camera I ever "collected". About 15 years ago we'd just shifted into a new house and I spotted this rather unusual piece of kit on a local auction, and I thought it might add a nice decorative touch to the study. And then I came across another old Praktica, and thought perhaps a small Praktica collection might be nice. And now, somewhere around 250 cameras later, I can blame this old Praktica IV for placing my foot on the slippery slope. It still clacks away in great fashion, and the 135mm f/2.8 Amitar lens produces results that are best described as "creative"... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Picked up an additional camera for the weekend. The still relatively new-to-me Pentax ME Super w. SMC-M 50/2.0. I have been under it’s top plate a couple of times to fix a problem with the up/down buttons. They seem to be working now. Film is Fuji C200. Location is Copenhagen Botanical Gardens. 7 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txbear46 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 My Nikon S3 with 5cm f/1.4 and 3.5 cm f/2.5. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_ Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 have never shot color film in this camera or used the new Kodak Gold in 120, so I thought I'd put the 2 together and see what develops. ( Tower 120 flash 6x9 - made by Bilora - for 'Sears'. All metal. I esp. like the button shutter instead of the common lever ones found in most box cameras). 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Also putting this camera to use: Mamiya 645J, probably use the 55mm f 2.8 to start, my put the 35mm f 3.5 back later. Film is cold-stored Plus-X. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 +Wow Mike ...that 645 looks really nice and I see the WLF and a wide angle mentioned.. leave it to me to be envious when a 645 Super with the 80 and 135 lenses and the Prism finder fell in my lap.. still a WLF for the Super is over 300 and a WA lens likewise .. you just can't please some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Thanks, Chuck. The WLF for the 645J was inexpensive used at KEH. I've had it a few years and don't remember what I paid. The 645J was cheap too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlefye Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Only mid-week, but I'm pretty sure what I'll be shooting with the rest of the week and weekend. Today I picked up a Pentax MX to pair with the LX. I find I need two bodies for any given system as if I've slow film in a camera I suddenly want something faster and vice versa. Until I put the two cameras together it really hadn't sunk in how much smaller the MX is as compared to most of my 35mm SLRs the LX has always felt pretty compact. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) I have desired a Hasselblad SWC with it's alluring Biogon 38mm 1:4.5 since I first became aware of their existence perhaps 25-30 years ago. After seeing Lee Friedlander's 'America By Car' exhibition when it came to my city in 2012, the SWC moved to the top of my wish list (pending funding...). Fast forward 10 years. This past week I took a gamble on a photographers estate sale. So far this 903 SWC has cleaned up nicely and is ready for a first test drive with some 400TX during the weekend. Edited October 20, 2022 by NHSN 10 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Going down in size this week to this Zenobia 6x4.5 folder with its fine 4-element, 75mm, f3.5 Neo-Hesper lens and capable Daiichi-Rapid shutter. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Working my way through the Minoltas, I have a film half-finished in this imposing Dynax 807si. It pointed the way towards the Alpha 7, my favourite ( and very nearly the last) Minolta SLR . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_z._li2 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Now I'm getting a bit wiser, I start to appreciate less perfect images. So this weekend I'm going triplets, starting with a Zess Ikoflex IA with Novar Anastigmat 75/3.5 lens. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 A step back to something older this weekend, the pretty little Agfa Solinette II. I came across a portfolio of images taken with one of these, and they reminded me that I hadn't picked up my copy for quite some time, and also just how good the little Apotar lens is. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Taking a Hapo 66-E folder and a Leica IIIc with a 28mm f/3.5 Komura lens on a photo walk at Maredsous abbey this weekend. Bringing various flavours of 120 film, Fomapan and Ilford and some expired Agfa APX 100. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary green Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) I recently purchased this Kodak Duo 620 Series II (1937 - 1939) 6x4.5 folder with a Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 lens in a Compur shutter. The DOF scale on the top plate is in German and the focus scale is in meters so this must have originally been intended for the European market. It does not have an accessory shoe on the top plate but the screws are in place. Restoring this camera was a pain. A previous user must have forced the camera closed and bent the shutter linkage as well as the shutter release arm. It appears they attempted to open the shutter by prying up the shutter speed dial and bent it in the process. Inside the shutter, the release arm was completely off its pivot post and was severely bent. Anyway, I managed to straighten everything out, cleaned the shutter and lens and put it back together. Shutter cocking and all speeds work correctly except for the "T" setting, which currently behaves the same as the Bulb setting so I can live with that. On top of that, someone poked the bellows and distorted them. Fortunately, they still seem to be light-tight. I hope to put a roll of film through it this coming week. Edited October 27, 2022 by gary green 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Going old style this weekend. Just repaired and calibrated the selenium meter and anxious to try it out in its "native environment". 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Still many fall colors in the park so Fuji C200 in the FE2 w a Nikkor 50/2 Ai. Also practicing guessing distances today. I own a few scale focus cameras and too often fail nailing (guessing) focus. I bought a used laser rangefinder and am trying to find out if I can improve my guesstimation or if I should marry new and old technology and give it a permanent place in my bag. 6 Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Sorry - Didn’t mean to shout. Copy/pasting into the new photo.net appears to include text formatting which it didn’t before. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Fernandez Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 My Autocord has a broken focus lever but I can live with it. This week, testing a shipment of an old favorite film with subjects in the fishing harbor and maybe in a street market. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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