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Andrew in Austin

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  1. If your first purchase is a 35mm SLR, the next thing to buy isn't another camera. Next you want a second lens, which for me would be a moderate wide-angle, 35mm or 28mm. The third thing I would get might be a short tele lens, a tele zoom.......

     

    That was eggszackly my first thoughts - that crazy desire to build up a set of lenses for a newly acquired lens mount.

     

    My second thought was to strike the Nikon FA from the above list and replace it, if need be, with a FE2 to go with FM2 - both of which use AIS lenses.

  2. I've never seen a Prominent with 50/3.5 Skopar - but evidently they do exist. I prefer the Ultron.

     

    Voigtlander Prominent

     

    With regards to the 50mm, f/3.5 Skopar - if it as well designed at the unit focusing 50mm, f/2.8 version - which was fitted to the later Vitomatic and Bessamatics - it's very good lens. Both the Vitomatic and Bessamatic were like the Prominent also behind-the-lens leaf shutter cameras.

     

    The first image below shows a close up exposure with the f/2.8 on a Vitomatic IIa in as close as I could get the camera to focus.

     

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    Second exposure is with DKL mount f/2.8 50mm Skopar

     

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  3. Great American story behind the Argus cameras to include an interesting back story regarding International Radio of Ann Arbor, MI.

     

    Both were able to carve out niches against better established firms, with products that essentially were "hit them where they ain't" - in this affordable compact radios that fit well with apartment dwellers and in 1933 a $10.00 35mm camera. I'm sure that someone at both the established brands, Ansco and Kodak took notice.

  4. This now reconditioned Agfa Billy Record II came to me with the Solinar fitted to a Synchro-Compur.

    It took me years to figure a safe way to unfreeze the front focusing cell. - Upon which time, it received the needed new bellows.

     

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    Without a doubt, a second tier medium format folder - with that said, when folded it's a very compact package for the format.

    With regards to looks, the camera still has a bit of the Art Deco charm of Agfa's earlier versions of the Record.

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  5. I had read the Retina and Voigtlander lenses have near the same mount

    A little filing is needed to make it fit

    Which one I do not remember

     

    To be honest, I should check the internet, but I thought the Retina mounts had the aperture adjustment on the shutter body. On the Voigtlander Synchro Compur mount, the aperture adjustment is on the interchangeable lens. Take what I just wrote as hearsay.

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