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I read a review on the Epson that it erred to the red, that was in MacWorld. I thought as I read it that it may likely be a software matter.

 

So many folks here seem to like the Epson V700. So apparently this problem that these reviewers talked about is not bothering anyone here now?

 

I would like to not have to wait, and thought about getting a less expensive scanner, and getting some experience with it, but then I thought, why spend money now unless it gives pretty good results?

 

Hmm, the Epson 700. Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the responses to my query.

 

I know Microtek makes scanners for many manufacturers. I think I will wait for this to come out. Thanks for the notes here on this, it was helpful to hear from users of the equipment.

 

On that camera, which is a Brand camera. It is one of those vintage when several large format cameras were made early in the 20th Century. I was bidding on Koronas and Crown Graphics, and I would always get beat out at the end, then I got this Brand.

 

I call it Brand X.

 

It was represented as working. The seller did not say in fine or good working order, but it was supposed to work. How disgusting a development, and how foolish of me. Well, my cats have something to look at.

This is quite an informative place. I read several threads on various scanners

for larger pictures.

 

On the subject of scanners that are around the 500$ pricepoint,

 

it seems like several devices that are used and liked here are the Microtek

i900, or the Epson 4900(I think that is the one), or the Canon Canoscan 9950.

 

I have old family pictures, some large format sizes of 4x5 or 8x10, some

larger. And there are old negatives.

 

I wanted to get in to large format photography, and so I bought some camera on

eBay, which was broken when I got it, and not worth repairing, according to one

repairman here(one of two poor experiences on that place, among many good ones).

I have not spent lots of dollars on getting a new or good one that works,

since a house remodel has taken up a great deal of monies.

 

But, I would like to do this.

 

So to start off with, I would like to get some decent item to work with. I read

among the conversations on scanners in this price range(about 500$), that while

several folks like the i900, it will be replaced soon by an M1. Or did I not

get that right?

Well, thanks guys, for the replies that you put up. I shied away from the Welta, although it takes good pictures. There is one picture up on the web now, from that particular camera, which is up for auction on a certain site. It is the 6x9 Weltur. Actually there are two Welturs of that lens/film size up for auction. The picture is of a boat. Pretty good picture. The fellow who does this cla is pretty good from what I can see. So that must be figured into the cost. Anyway, I am being conservative, or I think that I am, but thanks for your answers.

Thanks for your contributions here about your experiences with the lenses you have used.

Thanks, Douglas:

 

That is just what I was looking for, and was thinking, but I had to ask. Say that is quite the thing that you shared about the autofocus, remarkable.

 

So which Pentax do you like to use, and which lenses, of the many available for these cameras, do you employ, like of the A lenses?

I found an answer to this basic type question, from year 2000, mainly, titled,

 

"Will manual lenses work with newer Pentax bodies?"

 

I could not find it before, I searched differently this time.

 

Well, hopefully it will help someone, to see a new reference to it.

I just bought a Pentax ZX 7, which has a normal lens, and two longer

lenses. Now if I wish to lay hold of a landscape type wider lens,

will the A mount lenses work well with this camera? I got a manual

focus lens with it, from 70-222. The A lenses must have to, but

pardon me, I am too ignorant to know this. I was looking around for

information on the 28mm A smc lens on the site, but did not see an

answer to this.

 

It is a basic question, do the A lenses work on the newer Pentax?

They must. I was reading that the ist does not work with some of the

older finer lenses.

 

I do not see this addressed in the manual, just the subject of the

lenses that work with the flash, and their best ability.

 

 

 

Thanks for any help to a rank novice.

What does the man want? Well, thinking about purchase of a camera, if I may spend in the neighbourhood of 250$ of hard earned funds, to be sure of what I am buying.

 

I am looking around for a 6x9, I like the larger negatives. I found this, and so the query.

 

Thanks for the thoughts, I appreciate them. The lens is uncoated. So, it dates, I think, from the time of the camera. The camera had its trigger replaced by another non Welta piece, I believe. This was done by someone who knows what they are doing. I am just proceeding carefully, as there are many cameras out there to pursue.

To answer my own question, using the information found on other conversations here, the Trinar is a three element lens, the Tessar type four, and so too the Xenar, very much like the Tessar, and these lenses both shouuld be capable of a finer picture, finer resolution, particularly to the outside of the centre of the lens focus.

 

Thanks to the people who answered the question on other threads, pertaining to larger and smaller Trinar lenses than 105mm.

Hi. I am thinking about a Welta 6x9 that has been worked on, and well

cleaned, and am just curious about the lens, which is a Rodenstock

trinar. McKeown's records the lenses which came with this as being

the Xenar 3.8f, or a Tessar 4.5f, all of them being 10.5 cm lenses.

Any thoughts about its capabilities, in comparison? I am interested

in a 6x9 folder.

Thanks a lot guys. In the times before I have not always used the checkout, but stay in communication with the seller. I have used the checkout, but that sometimes makes things less convenient, like Witold mentions, as the person has things set up how they would like.

 

The seller has close to one hundred content customers.

 

Thanks for the responses.

 

Yes, it is Thanksgiving, and the seller is probably busy with other things, so I will wait, and trust God for his mercy first, and then also figure that the seller has a good record.

 

I have just been wary, as I had my account hijacked last weekend. I got a mail from eBay (legitimate) about my account and an email address, which they had wanted to get verified, I suppose as I had not mailed anyone through eBay for a year, and EBay asked for a verification of my address.

 

Well, that went all right, after I mailed them, and it was the real eBay, but then, within a week or perhaps ten days, I got another one, which looked just like eBay, and it wanted a verification, and had a link to their(presumably eBay) site, and wanted a verification. I thought, 'Again?', but it looked so like them, and so I went to what I thought was eBay, and this I think is what allowed them to get access to my account. They changed the mail address, and the password. eBay sent a message to my mailbox, saying that they approved of a mail change, which made me think "What?" So I found that I was out of my account when I went to check it. I swiftly mailed eBay, and they responded by suspending my account. I don't know how much time it was hijacked, but it got frozen. Then it took a few days to get it back.

 

This was quite frustrating, to say the least. While I was trying to regain things, I first thought it was just a mistake. Then, I began to suspect some skulduggery, and I went to the acount, and requested a mail with the lost password. Doing this, I found that they had changed the name associated with my account to another very different name, I don't know who did this. However, when eBay sent the note about the mail address change, they sent the IP host address from which the request originated, which I checked on. It was a proxy server in Romania, from all the appearance that I could determine, while poking around. So, I sent all of this to eBay, the security outfit. They should have had all of this, they sent it to me, but I thought perhaps it was an autoresponse, and as eBay had started an investigation(however they conduct these, I don't know) I thought they may find something. One of the things that bothered me was that I noticed the name of the provider that this Welta seller used on the proxy server. However, they could have been accessed by the 'crooks'. So, I was a little uncertain, when I found this out, but the seller has a good reputation on eBay.

 

Sorry for the length of this, but it is something that happened to me. I thought I was careful about what I do on the web, but I fell into this email scheme which has recently gotten some press in the media. Perhaps it will be of some warning to folks here.

 

Thanks a lot folks, and have

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Leonard

I have bid upon a Welta on eBay. In the eBay advertisement, they do

not want to go through the eBay checkout processs, but say that they

want to contact me afterward. It ended yesterday, item # 2966304466.

Last evening I

mailed them, but haven't heard yet.

 

It makes me wonder, and does not quite sit in my belly well about not

going through eBay checkout. What do you folks think about this?

 

They may have another way of paying eBay, but after suffering an email

scam that

I went through with my account on eBay, I am leery, and not wanting to

have some more trouble.

 

I thought about just punching in the checkout process. I don't want

to step upon someone else's business, but I also don't want to have

more difficulties myself either.

 

So what do you think?

 

Thanks for considered responses.

Hi Mike:

 

Thanks for the information that you have shared. I am going to see what that one camera that the person I know has up for auction will go for. However, I am strongly thinking also about one of the more recent, or at least a little more recent, Rolleiflexes.

 

Thank you for your inputs to me, I appreciate it. I have poked around some on the archives, I have much curiousity. Yes, I figure on a CLA.

 

You know, I think what you are talking about happened to me. I did have this email thing, but it so seemed like eBay, and there was a suspension that happened, unless all of that was bogus. At the same time, I have had occurrences wherein a mail did not go through at Apple, where I have email, and so it seemed reasonable.

 

It angers me, I wish that I could get hold of the folks that did this, and throw them into the cold of Lake Superior.

 

Anyway, I now await eBay to reinstate me. They have sent me a mail, saying what to do, but their wheels turn slowly, especially on weekends, or at least, that is what I have found.

 

Yes, I am going to poke around on this worthwhile resource that photo.net is, and learn more.

 

Thanks again, good of you to respond.

 

Leonard

Hi there you two fellows.

 

Thank you very much for the information, to a neophyte. The serial number is 1224874. From the Rollei site that you provided on that link, it was one of those EV that you spoke of, I believe.

 

By the way, thank you very much for that link to that site. I joined that, so that I may be able to find out such things in the future. Thanks also for the picture of the 2.8E.

 

That is the camera type, one of that range of models that you have, that I was thinking that I would like to lay hold of.

 

Anyway, someone by some nefarious means took over my account on eBay. They changed the mail address, keeping my 'name'. I don't know how this was done. I did not have an alphanumeric password, but an alphabetic one. Must be some desperate people. As soon as I read that eBay approved of my changing my address, I mailed them to tell them I most certainly had not, and I found the address of the person that it had been changed to, and the ISP #. So, then they froze the account. Now, since it seems to take long for them to be on their chat security office, I am having to wait for further communication to happen by email, to get the use of my own account back. I had 100% good feedback, as a customer, and I would rather keep that than having to start over, even if it is not for a huge amount of business.

 

I am only writing this on here, as an aside, as it can happen to anyone, it seems.

 

One must have alphanumeric passwords, and different ones(which I always have), for all of your accounts, I reckon.

 

So I hope that if you fellows read that, that someone may be spared the difficulties.

 

Thank you for your input to me, it was helpful. Now if I can get my identity back to see how that auction goes.

 

Leonard

Thanks Mike, for your reply to me. It has taken some time to get back here, as my browsers quit three times on me, just as I was looking at the pictures on eBay, and as I was writing a reply to you here.

 

Yes, the camera has the serial number on the Rolleiflex plate, and it has numerals on the shutter speed dial.

 

It was used by a journalist in the Korean war.

 

Thanks also for the thought about the lens. It is the Planar lens that was used on these C,D,E, etc, isn't it?

 

That is what I should be looking for. The person who put up the Rollei, I get along with well, and I will see what the camera will go for, but I should be thinking about the better lens, as I love fine quality in pictures.

 

Thanks,

 

Leonard

Hi, there is a Rolleiflex that I am thinking about purchase of on

eBay, given that one would win the auction.

 

I know that this kind of question is asked, and I have read those

threads to try to discern what is up for bid. However, I am not sure

about it.

 

It is a TLR with a Zeiss Opton 1:3.5 Tessar picture taking lens, and

the Heidosmat viewing lens, with the Synchro Compur shutter, and it

says Francke and I cannot recall the other, but it is what you always

see with that age of Rollei. It says the DRP DRGM on the bottom, so

according to one thread here, it sounds like it was made from 1933 to

1950.

 

The leather is supposed to be in very good condition, it was well

cared for. It has not been used in years. The lens are reported to

be without scratches. From all of the pictures, it looks to be in

excellent condition, the camera. There is the leather case for it,

which has had some rubs and so forth as it was carried around and used

by the fellow.

 

Anyway, the lens should be a good lens for picture taking, which is

what I am interested in. I was interested in a Hasselblad, which I

still am, but I cannot help but want to see what kind of pictures I

may get with a Rolleiflex, and they are supposed to be quiet, too, not

to mention the budget savings. That advice about not being in a hurry

to spend boucoups dollars on a medium format camera is good advice. I

could just go and buy a more expensive camera, but since these Rollei

TLRs are supposed to take good pictures, I am interested.

 

Now, what model name is a camera like this one? When did the C,D,E

come along, and where does an MX fit in to the Rollei scheme of

things. Are all of those models C,D, etc 2.8 lens, or are some 3.5?

 

Thank you kindly for any help given on this.

 

Leonard

This was an interesting thread to read. I was looking first for information on the Heliar lens, as found on a Voigtlander.

 

However, then this dispute about spelling came up.

 

I like good spelling and good writing. However, errors crop in most everyone's spelling. It sometimes obscures what one is trying to say, so I try to correct mine, to be understood. Yet, I was able to discern what the fellows were trying to say, which is most important.

 

I hope this kind of disputatiousness does not crop up too much here. It has been so refreshing a site to learn from.

Say, fellows, thank you very much for the thoughts that you have put on here.

 

I did not end up bidding on a Yashicamat, as they seem to go for 2-300. I did look on KEH, which seems like it has a pretty good reputation. They have a Rollei Twin Lens Reflex, this 2.8 F, with a 80mm lens. It is priced by them at 1500$. I know that many folks like them, this must be in good shape. They also have a Rolleicord va, I think it is called. Anyway, I would have to learn more about this to just go out and buy a Rolleicord. I become bewildered by the many models. There are so many folks that like the TLR by Rollei, that I am looking at these on various second hand sellers sites.

 

It would be nice if there were a camera dealer nearby that had a Rollei TLR. I have not seen one nearby, it is too far for me to go down to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul just any time. Last time I went, there was a Hasselblad SuperWide C, I think it was called, which got me interested, but it seemed to me like the lens had some scratches, and I just did not feel like paying the 1500 or what ever it was, given the lens condition. Perhaps I just do not know well enough what I was looking at, the possibilities of that kind of camera are inviting.

 

Back to the subject of the Hasselblad, thanks for the thoughts. I am looking at some of the 500cm cameras on eBay, have found one that was not much used, dates from the late 80s.

 

I appreciate the notes on the differences between the 500 and the 501, and the 503, which I first asked about. This helps my understanding.

 

For the thoughts that John P. and Douglas Lee had, thanks, I began reading a bit about this Pentax Spot Meter, the analog, and the digital. Quiet operation is a fine virtue, especially for wildlife.

 

As I was driving home from a client today, I saw a rough legged hawk mantling over a carcass on the road side, and I wished that I had a camera. I could have been not but 25-30 yards from him, and I think he would have stuck around. Of course, to get a good closer picture of him, I think you would need a lens with some more magnification. Or, perhaps with a good scanner, which I am interested in, one could get enough information to enlarge.

 

That is a good question. What kind of lens, or lenses would you need, if a bird or wildlife were content to let you capture it on film, from say 40, or 60, or 150 feet? Obviously, that would depend on the size of the creature.

 

I am not expecting that a medium format, with a normal lens, would do this. The first use that I would have for it would be the scenery of the lake and forest, and then also family or friends.

 

I am thinking that you would need some good magnification, and some swiftness of the camera, or certainly of the user, to get any decent wildlife shots. I liked the honest way that one writer put it about medium format, and one lens size. He said that the zoom function, or range of the lens depended upon shoe leather.

 

Or should I have put this on another query on the forum?

 

Thanks to Tito, and to dg, and to each of you for the helpful thoughts and information.

 

Leonard

Mr. Q.C. :

 

Thank you for the more full description of the cameras that I asked about, that is helpful and informative.

 

Yes, I am sure that I will learn quite a lot in taking of pictures, when I settle on a camera. When I have had a simple camera, and sought to take pictures of the great Lake Superior, I have found that what I see does not always end up on the picture, but I had to try it anyway. Light is a wondrously fascinating thing, with its varying qualities, and the effect it has upon what we see. So I expect from my past experiences that I shall have to learn much by doing.

 

Thanks to all of you folks for your contributions to my question.

Thanks for the good thoughts here, like from Mr. Johnson Cheung.

 

Yes, I am aware that I have a great deal to learn, which is fine with me. A friend of mine who has a Pentax ZX 7 with various lenses(a glass Soligor 70-222mm(mf), a normal 50mm, and a 75-300mm lens(AF), and a telescopic magnifier), is willing to sell it to me for 200$. I will do this, unless a pair of twins whom I know, who are going off to college, and who are artistic, and who want to get into photography want it, as it would be a good deal for them.

 

This set would be useful for starting on bird photography, amongst other uses. The rough legged hawks are moving through our country now. At least when one lights to sit, and to watch for food, one may be able to catch a picture.

 

Thanks for the thought here, I am aware that I am a babe in the woods. Yes, I must learn about light metering, learning to use all of this. It is why I ask questions here, to get some idea of what various cameras do, and what I would need to learn.

 

A photography class will be a good idea for me.

 

Still, I am much interested in MF.

For Aki Dick, thanks for the thoughtful caution. One camera that I have thought to bid on, at a certain well known site, is a Yashicamat 124g. It seems like folks here find them for 50-100$, however, each time that I have gone to bid, prices go up to 200-300$. I suppose that is because I bid on those that seem to be in the best condition, and from folks who have a pretty good feedback.

 

I do think twice before I do such things, and I may well follow your advice about a less pricey camera. In fact, I am about to bid upon one of those Yashicamats.

 

However, I love good photography work, and I love the detail which comes with medium format, or for that matter, large format. I have friends who have been photographers for newspapers and so forth, and I have tried their cameras but only sparingly, when they have offered, as I just do not like to impose. They use 35mm, whichever they like, it seems like a lot of photographers here use Nikon, but then my friends lately have gotten Canons, such as the 10D. That seems like a lot of monies to spend too, so I decided against that, given the wonderful pictures that may be obtained with MF, (provided one takes the time to learn what they are doing), and the cost of investment in a lens system(Canon or Nikon) that I do not have now. I am at the place to think about the camera system that I would want to invest in, as it has been too long since I have been taking pictures with a camera of my own.

 

I also plan to purchase a scanner for our photo archive.

 

Anyway, thanks very much for the candid advice.

 

This is a good place to ask questions about the various cameras, I am going to purchase a medium format camera. It is just a matter of evaluating the subject. It seems like some folks on this site like the Mamiya 67 as a not so expensive alternative, relatively speaking.

 

Thanks for the responses so far.

 

Leonard

I am thinking about purchase of a MF camera, and among them have

thought about either a Hasselblad, or a Rollei. Now it would be

wonderful to have the funds to purchase a new H 1, but this is not how

things are for me. I am looking around on eBay, or at someplace like

KEH for a MF camera.

 

Would someone(s) please tell me the differences between the Hasselblad

500, 501, and 503. I am thinking toward purchase of a good used

camera to get to learn on. I have used point and shoots, and gotten

some pictures that I liked, but that Pentax died, and then another

point and shoot went through the ice with me on Lake Superior, and

that did not do it much good.

 

Thanks for any help in describing these cameras to me.