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Thanks for all your replies. Much appreciated.<br>Cheers<br>Andrew<br>P.S. Nice photos Hugh!

Just did a search and found that noise-reduction kicks in automatically on shutter speeds of >1.5secs. Seems as though part of the problem was that I had the ISO set to 400.

Thanks for response. Camera is a Canon IXUSii (not sure what it is called over in USA). Unfortunately doesn;t have a RAW setting, but I can change the ISO and Whitebalance. Not sure about "on-camera" noise reduction.

What should I set the white balance to when taking long exposure

(~10-20 secs) at night time. I was playing around, with the camera set

on a tripod facing a large dark hedge. I then "painted" the hedge with

a torch [or "flashlight" for the NthAmerica crowd ;) ]. Results

weren't bad, but in the dark areas that weren't "painted", lots of

artifacts came up - i.e. lots of green & blue etc speckling. <p>Any

ideas, tips, etc would be much appreciated.<p>Andrew

Thanks for the info. Seems as though they are not of the greatest quality, and it is therefore unlikely that they were used by the Soviet Secret police as the seller claims!!<br>Andrew

Thanks Jorn. Although the camera is not actually mine (yet). Am looking at buying one, but have just found out that the pictures of the "mint" camera offered for sale we grabbed off the net! Thanks for the links.<br>Andrew

Is anyone there familiar with the Lubitel 2? What sort of quality are

these cameras. Btw on the lens it appears to have the following: <br>

T=22, F=7.5cm 1:4.5, 088333<br> Thanks <br> Andrew

Dean, Thanks for the link. Except as far as I understand, this method won't work as the Super Silette is a rangefinder, and therefore I dont look through the lens as in an SLR. (Good tip for setting up the rangefinder part of the camera though). Unless I combine this method with what John suggested and tape a focusing screen to the film rails?<br>Cheers<br>Andrew

Thanks Dean. You memory serves you well. Have now managed to get the lever off, taken off the top plate, and adjusted the rangefinder (as best I can). So now all I have to do is get the front lens in the correct place and I have a working Super Silette for NZ$10!! <br>Thanks again <br> Andrew

Thanks for your reply John. Much appreciated. <br>

One more question which I'll ask here (so I don't start another thread).

How do I remove the Film Advance Lever on these? I want to get the top plate off so I can clean and adjust the rangefinder. I can just see a screw hiding under the lever on the top right hand of the camera, but have no idea how to get the lever off to get at it.<br>

Thanks again everyone.<br>

Andrew<br>

PS by the way. Mike - that site of yours is fantastic

Mike - I got the front bits off, and noticed when comparing to your pics that when looking at it, with the delayed device on the right, the bit at the top was not in the right place. Gave it a nudge and it seemed to click into place . Shutter now works (how accurately i dont know).<br>

One final question. When screwing back in the front lens element, how far to I screw it back in?<br>Thanks everyone for your replies. <br>Andrew

Hi Mike. Thanks for the reply and the link. When you say there should be "two slotted nuts in the rear holding the shutter and the rear lens group", is this when you open the camera-back?

Thanks

Andrew

Thanks Todd & Francois. I too have just found the user manual, so it appears mine is really stuck - the shutter doesn't appear to work at any speed. Either of you don;t know where the may be a place on the web showing how to get these off the camera and apart. (Figure if it doesn't work, I may as well take it too bits and try to DIY)

Andrew

I have just bought cheaply at auction an Agfa Super Silette with the

Prontor SVS shutter and the Apotar f3.5 45mm lens. I haven't put film

in it yet, but when I press the shutter, nothing seems to happen.

Should the shutter open without film in it? How easy is it to remove

the shutter unit etc? Are there any tech manuals anywhere for these?

Thanks

Andrew

Curtis, not sure if you're still reading here, but FYI, I bought a roll of Ilford FP4 and it fits in with little modification. I had to slightly trim the larger diameter down with scissors, but only on one side (the side futherest away from the winding key.) Have taken a few shots and it rolls on really nicely. Good luck

Depedning on the camera, 120 film may fit in without much trouble. I just bought a six-20 Model E, and with the original 620 spool as the take up spool, a roll of 120 fits in the top. I only had to trim the diameter down of one side (The side that is not pressed upon by the stainless steel wee clippy thing). The film winds through nicely.

Cheers

Andrew

Apparently the aperture is f11. Shutter speed is apprently between 1/35 to 1/50, although it has been suggested that they prob aren't as accurate as when new.

 

As for the 120 film, one suggestion is to get another 620 spool and thread the film from the 120 onto the 620 spool, but i've never done this . Another suggestion i've seen is to flatten the indent where the top spool sits so that the 120 will fit. Never tried this either.

 

Have a read of the "How to" section of

http://members.aol.com/Chuck02178/brownie.htm

 

Cheers

Andrew

I have the F65 and I've wondered how water-resistant the camera would

be? (And the lenses too for that matter 28-80 and 70-300 "kit"

lenses)??? <br> I mean, if the sky starts spitting slightly, should I

cover it up, or will a few drops of water be okay. I've heard a story

of a guy who spilled 2 drops of juice on the hot-shoe of his and

stuffed the electronics<br>Anyway, grateful for any

advice<br>Cheers<br>Andrew

I should also add: I am not on this site to seek out praise etc - negative critique is welcomed, especially if suggestions for improvments are made.<br>

Cheers

I only have 3 photos on photo.net, all have which have apparently

been viewed around 500 times, yet I have not had one rating or

critique. I "requested a critique" on two of the three photos, yet

nothing. Am I missing something? Maybe my photos get viewed, but

aren't interesting enough to comment on or rate. Fair enough, but I

would have thought at least 1 in 500 people might comment etc. oh well

<p>Cheers

<p>Andrew

I also had this problem when I was shooting in manual focus and then clicked over to automatic - for the next frame the focusing just whirred and I too thought the camera was broken!! I did the same as what Kung said - just give the focus a bit of a wriggle until it clicks. All is good.

Andrew