tom_knoebel

I have a Ciro-Flex F with the 83mm 3.2 Rapex Raptar. It has been sucesfully dimantled. Sending the shutter out for cleaning, lubrication and calibration. The back lens is pristine. The front element has intense scratching in the coating causing flaring and haze in the images. The is a gentleman that advertising recoating in the Ukraine. I had someone in Colorodo that is retired that has done this in the past. Is it worth the rabbit hole on 83mm f3.2 or should I put a set of 85mm f3.5 lens and recalibrate the focus at infinity?

Thank You

Tom

Ilford FP4+ 35mm 28mm lens f16 at 1/100sec KODAK TMAX Developer

Here are the other learning curve images.

I found this camera cheap on the FB marketplace. Put a lens on it from an old Kodak 620 folder. I am focusing on the ground glass and using F8.0 as an aperture. First roll with Tmax 400 self developed with d-76. First photos multiple exposed trying to figure out the number counter on the adapt-a-roll. Lost some shots not seating the adapt-a-roll properly to light leakage. The 2 photos of LaSalle and RV seem to better focused on the edges. I set the lens at infinity and the used the camera focus to move the bellows to fine focus.

I think I just need to keep shooting to practice and maybe a better lens that is fixed? Pictures are posted as an attachment.

Canon FD 35-70

Louis Sullivan Wainwright Building and Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen

Sept 1991 Ectachrome 100 I need to figure out how clean my slides better.

1939 LaSalle

TMAX 100, FD 17mm Canon AE-1 program

A few orphans from our monthly cars and coffee in Indialantic Florida. 1939 LaSalle, 1965 Ananti II, 1956 Studebaker.

Canon AE-1 program, 17mm FD Lens Kodak TMAX100

Canon FD17mm Canon AE-1 program in manual mode. Nils Schweizer Architect. Florida Southern College