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<p>Hi gang! I was going to lay off this post for few more days, but since I got few minutes on my hands, I will just go ahead and do it now. About a week ago I got me another camera to add to my ever-growing camera family. Let's go back a bit. I was browsing the 'bay when I found this very nice looking camera. It was for sale from Ukraine and the price felt right. Now, I have bought two cameras from overseas before and both were not very working, so this time I took all the steps I could to assure I was going to get a good working classic. I asked the seller to give me more details, since the pictures don't show how accurate the shutter is. He told me that all is working, but there is an inscription on the top plate. I said OK and hit the magic button. Few weeks later the camera shows up. I promptly opened it up and checked it all out. All is working fine, the shutter sounds like freshly oiled mechanism, the lens is super clean and the rangefinder is accurate. Great, let's run some film. I loaded a roll of Fuji Acros and took this camera out to shoot. So it happened that this year, for the entire Summer, City of Mount Prospect sponsors classic cars meet at the municipal parking lot. Every Saturday through September, you can see some nice cars and talk to some very interesting people. This is where I was going to test my Russian.<br /> Let's talk camera. It is a FED 2 with Industar 50 f/2.8 lens. Super clean with an inscription on the top plate that reads " To dear son, Igor R. On your birthday. From dad and mom. 11/11/1959." <br /> It is so neat to know that someone got this camera as a gift in 1959. I realize it must've been quite common for parents to give their children camera gifts, since I saw few other cameras, Zorki, with similar inscriptions, but the cool factor is still there. So here, I present you my FED 2.</p><div></div>

<p>Fine results from the Sonnar and your Sony. Nice marriage between them too. Your "more flowers" give me a feeling of Petzval lens? Very nice write up and the case for the lens makes this a true classic. Good to see those old lenses used on modern SLRs.</p>

I noticed softer results, on two occasions, when using yellow filter with overcast day. Is this the function of the filter? Since shots with that filter in sunny conditions yield very nice and crisp results, it has to be. Louis, I'm sure we crossed our paths before but we're yet stumble upon each other. I will look for a guy with 124g.

<p>Did you guess what City this is? Anyways a little bit about the camera. From what I have read this camera was manufactured between 1958-1974. Mine seems more recent model based on it's hood Y ornament. The D is almost like, well exactly like, Yashica 635 without the capability to shoot 35mm film. Has anyone tried to shoot 35mm in medium format camera? The gray models don't come out for sale often and when they do they cost an arm and a leg. This one here cost me less than a decent dinner for two at a local chain restaurant. I think it produces very good images. For the film I chose Fuji Acros and Kodak Ektar. The BW was shot with yellow filter. Most of the day was overcast with few clear patches of blue sky. I hope you enjoyed this short trip to Chicago... Yes I had to give it to you. See you soon with another camera. It has an extra cool surprise.</p>

<p>Here we seem to care about oral health as well. We even have an exhibition related to that subject.</p><div></div>

<p>While London has London eye this city has it's own Ferris wheel.</p><div></div>

<p>Face at the entrance to the park.</p><div></div>

<p>One of its famous parks always has some kind of art exhibition and this time is no exception. This here is work by Jaume Plensa called 1004 portraits.</p><div></div>

<p>Some of the fountain in this city even have faces.</p><div></div>

<p>I took it out on our recent outing to a well known city. This is a riddle. Can you guess what city it is? The city offers lots and lots of attractions. It's city parks offer places for children to run around and play in water.</p><div></div>

<p>Side view</p><div></div>

<p>Here is another shot</p><div></div>

<p>I have acquired another Yashica TLR and just few weeks ago it joined my classic TLR family. This one is gray model in beautiful shape. It came with a gray case in which, I think, it lived for most of its life. It looks as if it was used very seldom. Lenses are clean and clear, shutter works very smooth and the focusing is smooth and precise. I couldn't pass up the deal. So here it is.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice shots. Nice looking camera and overall feel of the photographs. My favorite one has gotta be the yellow flowers poking through solid concrete. Good luck with your camera.</p>

These are some sharp shots, Rick. I'm sure your nephew will cherish the shot of him. Nice shots all in all and good job on the shutter repair. Neat camera you got there mate.

<p>Very nice camera and nice results, Rick, I recently wanted to get another Yashica Lynx, however, It came with semi working shutter and aperture, so I opted to just put it on a shelf and not fix it yet. Your example of Neoca is looking great, even the leather case. Thank you for sharing.</p>

Auto spell is messing things up for me. I'm using my phone to type.

It's a tent like room with lens mounted in the front. Focus is done by means of portable plywood on a stand. The paper will be attached to that plywood. For infinity the stand will be at 15 inches, but for closer focusing dust and will be moved back. I'm planning to do portraits with this setup, so infinity focusing will be rearly used

Hi all. I'm about to venture into deep darkness of photography and need some guidance. I'm taking on a project to build a large 6 feet cube camera that will shoot 16 20 paper negatives. It's going to be equipped with 15 inch lens and will house me and needed stuff. My question is about the metering. I have shot paper negatives before with graflex camera and got good results but here I'm using 15 inch lens and I assume that at its infinity the exposure will not need adjustment from what the meter tells me, am I correct? As I get closer in focus I will just apply bellows compensation. Am I safe to assume that at infinity there is no need to compensate for exposure? No matter the lens used?

<p>Great to see you back and posting here. As others have mentioned it is always nice to see shots from other parts of the world. Great results and can't wait to see more from you. Take care.</p>

Very interesting camera.Light leaks usually come from the side not from the front so it could be flare. Nice results nevertheless.

<p>Nice results from you Retina, Cory. I also want to wish you all the best with your new baby. Kids offer endless opportunities to use our cameras.</p>

<p>My old bottle of Adonal, opened and being used for past 3 years, still yields results as good as the day I bought it. The color changes to dark caramel, but it's still good.</p>

<p>Lovely camera and nice results. I own two Nikkormats. One being EL and the other FT2 both are nice cameras. I used to have the Japanese version of Nikkormat, called Nikomat.</p>

<p>Here is one taken with Yashica Mat 124G. I shot with Fuji Acros with Yellow filter. This shot was taken at the shores of Lake Michigan.</p><div></div>