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I do the black/brown yarn thing too. In many cases the ridge is deep enough to hold the yarn. I touch it in a few places with rubber cement that is all too easily pulled out with it when required. I hear only god things with Jon Goodman, though I have never bothered with the seal kits! Considered one for the Canon G17 III. But the yarn has done the thing ok so far.

Thanks for the links JDM.. Will definitely review this if it's not too technical with lots of physics and equations. Love Zeiss Lenses!!

<p>Hey Andrew.. Like JDM.. you've got some guts... I'm surprised this improved the lens and another user said he did something similar. I have a Novar that is a bit "milky"maybe that's the thing.<br /><br />If you haven'T mounted it back in the camera I would like to see the polished lens. So This was a Tessar from that pre-war Rollei right? This was the back cemented doublet of the famous Tessar design? Besides seeing the lens I would love to see any results you get with that extreme Rollei you have... One day I will get mine back togeter too.. but mine is only a Triotar . </p>

<p>Wow.. now that was a friendly invite from a local... </p>

This was discussed and some of the usual suspects participated. http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00M8v8?start=10 Though I like the name reuse theory ... I would like hard proof. There are plenty of these out there I suspect ( what vintage Andrew?) and the known triplet designs are known so why Skopar for a triplet design .I will visit some of these links .. My curiosity has been piqued! Andrew.. pictures please.

Allan .. thansk for the pictures.. you had all this available. Looks like a reliable fix. AS you have spaced with aluminum rod I'm surprised it carries current? Enough Alloy ? Anay way part of my inquiry with 640s is of course the amperage. Is this really just a question of how long? Applications that called for 2 x PX640 (4x MR9 ) needed a higher amperage, will they work at 1/2 amperage? Donald... Thanks for putting some thought to this.. Sitting around is often conducive to thought and solutions...reality and practicality need due diligence too. Hope something turns up your way. Roger and Mike. I have yet to buy a single MR9 /Wein cell solution.... too cheap and too lazy. I have thought.. "I can use these with out a meter" as I know you have too. The Wein cell is recyclable? Didn't know that! The other solution I have considered is much as you described a "shell" for smaller cells with step down volts etc. Thank you all for you input!

The Yashica Lynx 5000E among other models of similar vintage uses the PX640 /MR52 battery. This is physically the equivalent of a double PX625/MR9 in series. Since the camera takes two of these this is still 1,4V. As we all know the problems with Mercury batteries and this seems to require 4 x the MR9 adapter cost or 2 x the cost of a serious MR52 adapter. I am curious to hear of any reality cases using the cheaper 1,5 Alkaline solutions. There are many jury rigs. I used 2 x modern 1,5A 625 and a short bolt to make up the difference. The lights came on, but this was not very reliable. As I said I was hoping someone has gone this route with the modern 2x640 1,5 and can say with any certainly how far off were the exposures . Or is this again trial and error.. ?

Great Exposé . I too have never seen this site. Great way to show us using the Lydith with the Exakta. I thought your first "color" image was excellent. I loved the contrast you got withe B&W

Wow.. what great imaginations and dramatic speculationis exhibited here.. I have a similar vintage Art-Deco Rolleicord which was not as bad in appearance as your specimen and had suffered water damage I think in a drawer probably in a wet basement. I was shocked when the shutter worked just fine. I have torn it down to replace the mirror which was so corroded etc .. still in pieces as all the screws broke when opening the viewfinder. ....Anyway I think Mr Meluso said it a combination of fire and water damage. . Your plan to leave well enough alone is good! ;)<div></div>

Wow Don... if you can keep that in your head when you're in the field.. you will certainly make out. I think I did the every third somewhat successfully and I found here another one based on the "Kodak" word between certain numbers on the film that worked like explained but since forgotten .

<p>I think your initial analysis is right-on.. the solution is using it.. the rest will fall in place!! Happy 6x6</p>

<p>Wow.. Loved them all especially the Homesteads.. The last one was excellent</p>

Hey John.. I was wondering where you'd been. Getting married does take a chunk out of your free time. This looks like just the rig for you with Multi formats and lenses diversity keeps it interesting. Keep on posting and burning film. I recall you did some infrared posts too

<p>Well with only one roll of 400ASA film you still managed well. I guess the lens limited your speed a abit nut as you mentioned as the sun slowly rose speed became less of a factor. You color shifts were nothing to what I often get in low light with 400 ASA. The Pegket Pete balloon was amazing the detaisl from skull/crossbones on the hat to the dagger in the belt.. simply great !</p> <p> </p>

<p>thanks for kicking off the CMC Friday . I meant to comment earlier on those very cool winter photos I thought you were using Infrared for moment... I was surprised. Great! </p>

Indeed Great pictures... A little less constrasty than the HD formula. The tonality is very nice. The two photos already mentioned also caught my eye. The two bikes diametrically opposed and the and the Steps picture are beautiful. I liked the way the man drinking coffee passed or rather fit to the angles of tree and it's branches. These MFs like Bronica, Hasselblad etc all seems so bulky, but you gotta love a serious built MF. Tell me more about your relation with PMK vs HD. I remember you were using earlier PMK then went over to HD and now with PMK again.

I love your analysis.. "I'll leave it as it is - at least it's working..". I have this softness too in some budget lenses that I expected better but age and design ..well one for the consumers. I too really liked the boat that came off perfect. The first with the table cloths was also good. I am intrigued by an "Ilford" camera but as your research and the comments bear out. This was the American equivalent of an ANSCO camera .. they made film not cameras. Thanks for y great post that was for me interesting because I don't know this model or the lesser Dacor models much either .

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<p>Truth be told I always have a little digicam in my bag as commute to work.... as far as CMC go I tend to fall heavily on a relative small Voigtlaender 1000SR that is truly beat up. Until recently it had no case or strap and would fit in a jeans pocket uncomfortably. I would take this along with a MF like a Graflex or Ikonta folder just to have something else with more options. The 42mm Tessar is a sweet lens that is well..perfect. The RF is busted and the meter is no longer accurate but I still get really consistent results. I've posted this camera before. I recently saw a case for it without looking for one so for EUR 15,00 after 25 years I could splurge ... funny now that I have a case for it I'm not grabbing it so often... go figure! </p> <p> </p><div></div>

<p>You know what you want and how to get it... Good point an SLR does let you get in close as it'S ahrd to ge the whole card. I too liked the Corvette and the two MGs photos.. we both have an Alfa affinity. But like you and others I like them all... </p>

Well a few posts from Rick D recently presenting .."good looking" cameras. This gets my vote. And as one poster just said " too damn cool to be ignored" Easier said than done. I have no experience on the matter but if I had one of those cameras I'd find a way and experiment a bit to find which method is optimal or less trouble.

Well for 10,00 and it works.... what a bargain.. I too am quite taken by it'S brutal appearance and I have quite a few Graflex Press cameras... this would fit in my corral!

I like the argument that a split level finder makes them academic. But if you don't trust your eye ( aging factor ) and you do trust the focus markings on the lens... .. Any help is welcome!

Excellent work with a consumer grade camera. Pardon the question, but why a light meter on a camera that has to fixed Fstops? I thought of the "pun" when I saw the name too. I really like the looks of this Bilora and assume this is more easily available than the previous camera you presented.

Excellent shooting Tony. I love the look you achieve. I can't even come close. I have admired these Canon 7 cameras from afar..but I never had the budget to really enter the LTM series. All really fast lenses are very expensive these days!