subbarayan_prasanna

Excellent pictures as usual, Rick! There is a sense esthetic elation in viewing your pictures. Great show. Thanks! Regards. SP

Photo.net https://www.photo.net/forums/topic/346546-vivitar-on-the-lake Hello Rick! Glad to see your Vivitar zoom. I had a similar lens that was impressive. I have provided the link above of my post in Photo.Net. Hope you are all keeping well. I am better; hope to make some pictures soon. Regards, subbarayan prasanna

Lovely , as always. Thank you. SP

I am still very slow. The format for uploading is also new to me. I could not make a thematic group of pictures this time/ Shall try for themes the next time. Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Greetings! I am hoping to make pictures again and come back to Photo. Net. Have been in and out of Hospitals for quite some time. Under medication things become very slow. I am a lot better now; no more medicines. Trying to detoxify myself. Here is a couple of shots of the Praktica LLC I have been using recently. Shall post some pictures taken with that. My old HP Scanner has become dysfunctional. I bought a new Epson V 37/370. Learning to work with it. So the pictures may not be up to Par. Added to that my eye sight is not also very sharp. So please bear with the errors.

I still use Selenium Meters. 1. Old Gossen Pilot. 2. A Soviet Selenium meter very sensitive has low & high ranges. 3. A built in Meter in Pracktica Nova 1B. Still working well after 70 years of Birth! Of course, I do not try shooting in very low light. So these seem sufficient.

Sogal Hi! I sent you a reply today. Let me know the details. CLA is simple; no problems there. Fixing new curtains takes some patience and effort, time too. I think that I can do these repairs still, slowly. Except for the slow speed clock work, I am still enthusiastic about renewing the Exakta VX series. At 85 years, in and out of hospitals a few times I am at 50% energy level now. But functional and mentally alert, as can be. Greetings & regards to all at Photo.Net Forum on Classic Manual Cameras. Hope come back with some pictures. Adios! subbarayan prasanna

Hi Rick! Greetings! Camera looks new! Pictures are sharp and well toned; remind me of my Yashica 124G days. Your technique enhances the pictures as usual. Thanks for the lovely scenes.

beautiful pictures; keep them coming. Thanks SP.

Here is some way that worked for me. Please look into the mirror chamber after removing the lens. To your left on the side wall of the chamber there are levers that operate the mirror. Try and shake their joints one by one. The mirror should come down on its own. In Prakticass and some Japanes cameras like Konica this is a problen due to some wrong alignment or tolerance. Good luck. SP

At one time the Exakta was priced more than the Leicas, after WWII. But the Market value apart I find the Exakta a joy to repair and renew. I learned the repair jobs from Upton's book and Olson's notes, plus my own mischievous instincts. They are built in a modular design fashion much like the VW beetle cars. Even when one of the subsystems fails the camera will work via other routes. Changing shutter curtains and doing a CLA job are quite simple, if one is patient and has hand-eye coordination. Simple hand tools are sufficient. Shutter cloth is available from Japan, pretty low cost! Simple rubber glues will do the job. After the CLA and new curtains the Exakta will work like new for quite a few decades in the future. I did this for a hobby and renewed quite a few abandoned Exaktas. It made me feel a few years younger, after each renewal.

Encouraging words JDM; best wishes! "ph" you mentioned that you visited IIMBangalore and gave a lecture. May i know your name fully? I was a Faculty member for some 20 years in the founding decades of IIMB. Pioneered many things there including the curriculum of MBA program in Public Sectors of the economy and a lot of campus development. It will be good to know you! Thanks, Subbarayan Prasanna.

Thank you ph and JDM. I am getting better healthwise. Trying to get some new brew ready again. Shall go around with my camera and get some to post and share with you soon. I have missed you all too! Best Regards Jon! Thanks again. Subbarayan Prasanna

Hi! I do not fully understand your problem. However, you had mentioned that one of the curtains gets stuck open. This can happen due to dust or dried up lubricant in the curtain spindle. Try cleaning the spindle's pivots with Petrol [Gas] or Naphtha and work the shutter a few times. Then lubricate with fresh oil drops. Also check for tension in the curtain springs. These are adjusted easily from the bottom with rachets that control the curtain tension. I hope this helps. Best, SP.