jani_heikkinen

<p>Very nice pics. I have really started to think about getting the same camera too. Was there any wartime special versions made of this 2x3 speedy?<br>

Jani</p>

<p>I bought same camera many years ago and every now and then I have taken it on trips.. especially to places where there is a risk of damaging the camera. As it is cheap and quite robust it gives one very care free usage. I like the finder a lot too... I wish it would be like this in some more expensive cameras as well.</p>

<p>I had the exact same feeling after many other cameras a well.... I really really like the IIIc I have. :)</p>

<p>Also black silicon works sometimes.</p>

<p>I don't know and in my own case I don't care as it just gives me a big smile after all purchases :) For me all that is needed is a place with something camera related for sale and my wallet starts to cry soon.</p>

<p>Ok, I got myself an almost unused Super Ikonta III with it's never-ready case. Shutter and rangefinder + lenses are serviced and perfect... now I will just take it out with my Sekonic Twinmate and enjoy. Thank you all for your help in choosing.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>

<p>Then again there is an obvious serial number there. I have before seen repairmen leave their markings and even instructions written inside cameras.</p>

<p>It is in the inside of the bottom plate on black paint. Normally one cannot see the writing, only in light coming from very specific direction and angle and that was also the reason that I only now saw it as I was planning to put new film in. Th letters NK are kind of melted together... it could also be russian L and K.</p>

<p>I noticed the text NK written together as combined and some numbers inside my leica IIIc from 1941.. does anyone have any idea what they mean?</p>

<p>Jani</p>

<p>Hi!<br>

I would like to hear peoples opinions on using the 6x6 folders a Voigtlander Perkeo II or IIIe and Super Ikonta III and IV. How much do these cameras weigh and how sharp are their tessar and skopar lenses compared?</p>

<p>Jani<br>

www.presscameras.org</p>

<p>I used to develop the ones from my presscams as some of them have weird sizes of film and as many others as possible... and made some prints too, mostly I scanned them. Now I don't as I currently don't have a darkroom. I live in a small village so the services for development are none and sending to the few other services in bigger towns is not always so interesting as it takes 2 weeks in total to get them back from most places. I will soon move away, so in future hopefully both will be an option. I realise though that in future at least bw has to be done by myself as there is less and less places for it to be developed... and eventually it might even happen to colour film too but lets hope not too soon.</p>

<p>I have the latest version and it is really great device. It is basically a very reliable workhorse with really incredible sensitivity when it comes to low light scenes. Only negative is it's size.. actually even the weight is not bad, but the size especially with the leather cover is a bit big. Recently I have been taking the leather cover away as it seems to reduce the size enough to make it comfortable. I wish there would be this device but in the same size as the smallest possible meters :)</p>

<p>With traditional cameras the accidental photos are usually of my face or of my feet.... with mobile phone camera they are either of my ear or direction from my ear to side. Hmmm... I wonder where I will get my accidental photos with this one ..... :)</p>

<p>Sad thing to see......</p>

<p>He took a lot of pictures, but I could not find any where he would be standing himself with his equipment, has anyone else found one?</p>

 

<p>Hi!<br>

I have somewhere read that Hugo Jaeger used a Leica when taking his colored photos, does anyone know which Leicas did he use, what lens etc. other equipment like tripod? The film was probable very slow, so how he managed to get so good pictures?</p>

<p>Thank you for any answers.<br>

Jani Heikkinen</p>

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<p>I have noticed the same thing with many other cameras. They were not rare at their time, but now they are. Quite many are maybe already in the hands of collectors and are not released to the market until the death of the collector. Also quite many cameras have very low value in books that rate collectable camers, but yet these cameras are very rare and very difficult to find.... made a lot but now rare, but the books are relying on few random sales for price but that does not tell the whole truth of the camera.<br>

Personally I know few cameras that were made in thousands, but are extremely rare now. The problem with these cameras was that they were made of materials that did not survive the time.... one rare camera is still in my cabinet waiting to be somehow assembled together as many parts had broken apart due to time and exposure to elements. Another reason for before ww2 and ww1 cameras could be that war caused the destruction of many cameras. Also with expensive professional cameras, they were often used to the very end and then ended up in combined cameras made from parts that still worked and after that to garbage. </p>

<p>I have one already, but it has started to have some problems, so I am trying to find as new as possible one. I really love these cameras. I own Rollei 35's olympus RC's etc. but this is my favourite.</p>

 

<p>Very often these were used in presscameras that had a foldable but fixed front part, meaning the lensboard could be folded inside the camera, but one could not focus with it so the lens had to have a focusing thread. Also some SLR's of the time had this feature as well. The conical lower part looks a bit strange as mostly the manufacturer wanted the lens to be as low as possible to fit into the folding camera. Sometimes I have seen extensions looking a bit like this that were made later to attach them to other cameras as well. Can you remove the conical thread part?</p>

<p>HI!<br>

Are there Minox 35 GT-E II cameras available new anymore from anywhere in EU?</p>

<p>Jani</p>

<p>In many of the film holders that I have repaired there was shellac used as glue and I use shellac when repairing them.</p>

<p>Jani</p>

<p>Oh no.... it seems now I need to get a Medalist into my presscam collection... what next :))</p>

<p>Nice pictures!! It seems I need to take my Mammy out for a walk too, though now I have seriously started to consider getting a wide angle lens for it.</p>

<p>That is truly a rollei killer.... and in a nice condition. Have a lot of fun with it!</p>

<p>If there are any original stickers on I leave them. If the camera is a user camera and the sticker gets broken... then I will throw it away. In older cameras the stickers and attached metal plates etc. just give more information of the camera and it's time.</p>