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Can someone more versed in the Weston tell me what an invercone does? I get the impression that it evenly distributes incoming light, but what does that do to improve the meters performance?

Yes, it is identical....just white instead of black

Phew! Here I was waisting all my time using an inaccurate meter.....

 

BTW, does anyone know if the UK made relic from the dim past have a upper and lower scale system like the US manufactured one does? I cant tell from the picture.

Mine is a model 735 as well, S/N 8266165. May I ask what your serial number is, just out of curiosity?

And mine is a Jersey meter(the New Jersey, not the old one)as well. I have only caught myself once or twice applying the Weston numbers instead of the ASA...as long as I remember its about 20 per 100 of ASA I'm good (100 ASA is about 80 Weston)....

 

I checked mine on a photo shop's light board and it is still about as close as a light meter can get.

 

As far as heavy goes...thats ok with me. It's not like the thing needs a pack-mule to carry it...

 

John

JR,

 

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, I am just learning this camer and haven't figured out much about it yet. As soon as I learn something, I will pass it on. I will say that the functions on this camera are not as intuitive as my Super Ikonta.....but then again this is my first TLR.

 

Thanks

 

John

Z-V Service....thanks. Yeah I did the google thing....lots of folks selling cheap photocopies....I guess if I can't find one for free I will break down and buy one of those...

Thanks, I figured out the film thing....on the Favorit, there is a film number window just forward of the film advance knob. You put film in and crank the knob till it stops....it will read 1 and I am ready to shoot.

 

I hate buying a photocopy manual for 20 bucks when so many are usually available online...I guess I am just cheap.

 

Thanks!<div></div>

Can anyone help? I acquired an Ikoflex Favorit today. It's pretty

dirty, but seems to be in reasonable shape otherwise. Does anyone

know of; 1) someone who can do a CLA/Restoration on the camera, and

2) where I can get a copy of the instructions manual.

 

There is a trick to being able to fire the shutter, but I can't

remember, and can't figure it out.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

John

Taken with a Super Ikonta C (531/2) using Kodak 400 Tmax. f/29 at 1/100th of a second.<div></div>

Perhaps you have worked out some of the gumminess ....no doubt a CLA will be a good thing.

 

Don't worry about the hard to cock thing...I have an older model where the fastest shutter speed is 1/400. To get that fast (and faster) there is a second stage (for lack of a better term) spring to give the mechanism an extra boost....so that is normal. So up to 1/250th, cocking feels normal, but when cocking for a 1/400th shutter the last little bit of cocking lever travel is harder.

 

Make sense?

This 531/2 is one of the earlier ones ('34-'36).

This one was shot with a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C (531/2) using Fuji Reala 100. The lens was set at about f/5 and the shutter speed was 1/400th of a second. This image was scanned from the negative by an Epson Pro 4990.<div></div>

David,

 

What is the shutter speed set to?

Here's one taken aboard a Canadian frigate with a Zeiss Ikon Ikomat 520/2. Shot with Kodak 400 T-Max with the camera at f/6.3 (wide open) at 1/100th of a second.<div></div>

Actually neither are milky, both are clear. I see what you are talking about though. The way the shot was taken it makes the rangefinder window look opaque. It's actually almost new looking in real life....

This shot was taken with my 531/2. The lens was fairly wide-open at f/4.5 or so. While the image has been cropped, the right edge is the edge of the negative as well. The lens performed pretty well, in my opinion.

 

The film is Fuji Reala 100, C-41 processing, scanned without enhancement by an Epson Pro 4990. I used Photoshop to turn up the lights.....<div></div>

Sorry wrong one...see if you can see better in this one...<div></div>

Local is better, though Jurgen is the best, IMHO.

 

See what he did with mine. The viewfinder was a milky white....<div></div>

I sent my Super C to Jurgen (certo6) who did a CLA on it and replaced the viewfinder altogether....

 

You do not have to live with an unusable finder....

Thank you for this.

Great pictures, and as always an interesting camera....but I have to ask- are there any "occupied" buildings in the Granby, MA area?

 

Cheers

 

John

Ok-here's the deal. I have a couple of nice Kodak 3A FPK cameras.

I did manage to find a roll (new-someone made it for me) of Type 122

film to use, but the guys who makes it only makes four rolls a year

and I dont even get all of them.

 

I bought a combination back and gathered up a whole bunch of plate

holders. I also had several aluminum plates made to adapt the plate

holders for sheet film. This will allow me to take pictures with

the cameras on a more routine basis.

 

I have no developing facilities or skills. I do have an Epson 4990

Pro, so printing is quasi-covered.

 

So to the question- does anyone have any idea how or where I could

get the BW type 122 developed? How about the individual 3 1/4 X 5

1/2 sheet film negatives- how/where can I get them processed. I

would like to use both BW and color in the sheet film. I am digging

around here looking for film schools, etc., but no luck so far.

 

Thanks!

 

John

Hey, could be the left coast of florida! Now if you had a shot of people on the left...well that would most assuredly be california....

 

Great job...again!

 

john

with a Zeiss Jena Tessar 10.5cm/f3.8. What size filter would that take? I have not been able to dig around enough to find out.

 

Thanks

 

John