mikhail_shafeev

Thank you for the adresses. I'm in Canada - so, it doesn't matter where to send ( G.B. US or Germany). I'll contact them to find out the price, and if they have spare parts, etc. It seems to me that the rangefinder needs repairing.

 

Mikhail

Hello,

I recently purchased an old Linhof-220. Everything seems to be working, the

film advance is fine. The lens doesn't have scratches or marks. The problem

is - the images don't seem to be very sharp and are a bit soft, especially

when I shot at apertures 3.5-4-5.6. I know that this lens is supposed to

deliver very sharp negatives and assume that probably the rangefinder is a bit

off ( it doesn't surprise me, since the rangefinder has some mirror

decolorising and certainly needs to be cleaned and adjusted.) Now the

question is - who can do CLA for such a rare camera? If someone can recommend

to me an experienced Linhof technician - I would greatly appreciate it if you

could let me know.

Thank you in advance,

Mikhail

Is it possible to adapt via some adaptor Rolleiflex SL66 lenses to

the Pentax-67 body? I'd like to have the Sonnar 150mm lens on my

Pentax

Thanks.

Mikhail

Hi Andy,

Could you please let me know who helped you with the adaptation of the 180/2.8 lenz on your Pentax-67?

Thank you

Mikhail

irina@telus.net

http://www3.telus.net/myphotosite/Index.html

Some of my old nudes (2001 and earlier) you can find on this my old site. I have MUCH more... The only subject in photography I'm interested (and experienced) is people (not only nudes, but portraits, frankly, I prefer portraits much more - a classic style b&w ones...) The problem with the galleries here in Vancouver... there aren?t any - maybe just one, but this one is closed most of the times. I tried to show my nudes to restraints owners, but they are too conservative here... they afraid to put the nudes on the walls...

I have a day time job to pay my bills (I work as a research associate in a chemical lab) - the only trouble with this job is - I'm too tired after this job do my photography... and it doesn?t give a lot of money - just enough to pay bills, nothing extra. That is the reason I try to commercialize my passion - photography, but I get a very little success so far...

Maybe someone can give me some fresh ideas... I have a long

experience in b&w photography, portraits, nudes, etc. Since I'm an

immigrant with a so-so English - my attempts to start a portrait (

studio) business in Canada were not successful ( it is totally

understandable- people just don?t want to do a business with a not

fluently speaking person and the work of a portrait photographer is

80% - communication, marketing, etc.

I can sell my nudes on E-bay and do it quite often, but the prices

there are VERY small. Usually I'm able to sell an 11x14 nude for $

40.00-$ 50.00 (fiber based hand printed, spotted, signed picture,

usually toned in sepia or gold toner). After the auction fees and

paper and chemicals and... you can see that this selling on E-bay -

it is more for fan.

I have about 50-60 good nudes, which, I think can be exhibited in

galleries, but so far no one gallery was interested... locks like

they are not interested in finding new talents at all..

Maybe someone can give me some new ideas, how I can make some

additional money with my art?

Do you know a stock agency, which accepts nudes?

Dave, one more hint with the soft-focus 120mm lens - try aperture 4.5-5.6-6.3, not 3.5-4 ( too soft). I regularly set 5.6, sometimes 8.

Regards,

Mikhail

One more nude (sorry!) - the example of Heliar 150mm F 4.5 (aperture was about 8), attached to my Pentax-67 via the helicoid adapter. You can see how gental is this lens...

Delta-400, two flashes with umbrellas.

Dave, it looks like good bokeh and good sharpness is almost impossible to achieve at the same time... You may try some old lenses, like Heliar or Apo-Lanthar, attached through the helicoid adapter. It will be a bulky device, but the bokeh these old lenses can give you probably will be impossible to get with the modern lenses...

Just one example of using this lens ( NUDE):

sorry, BOKEH!

Hello!

First of all sorry if my English is not perfect. I'd like to know

the opinions regarding the 165 f2.8 lens. I have the Pentax 67-2

and.. just one lens - the Pentax 120mm soft. I'd like to buy a

sharp portrait lens. As I know the Pentax has two lenses: 160: 2.8

and 165 F 4 LS. I'd like to get the sharpest lens possibvle. I

used to have the Rollei-6001 camera and the 150/4 Tele-Xenar and

sort of get spoiled by this wondeful lens... Can I exspect some

similar performance with 165/2.8 lens? ( I was really inpressed not

only with perfect sharpness and contrast of the Tele-Xenar, but with

it's wonderful bikeh, almost Leica- like...)

Thanks a lot,

Mikhail