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I will give it a try at various speeds and apertures and make a note of each. I will see when the film is processed.

 

Thank you all

Thank you for that. I'll give it a try.

Greetings everyone

 

A question regarding the sunny 16 rule.

I have a Zeiss iKON Nettar with a Vario shutter. The only shutter speeds are 1/25, 1/75 & 1/200 + B.

I have loaded a roll of FP4 (125 asa),

I am getting slightly confused, obviously if I had a shutter speed of 1/125 it would be easy to use Sunny 16.

If I set the shutter to 1/200 and open the aperture 1 stop to f11 would that be correct for a sunny day? Then I could increase the aperture for subsequent weather conditions.

Many thanks in advance

Yes you are correct. It locks the shutter open.

Greetings everyone.

 

I have another question regarding my newly acquired Rolfix II.

On the top plate of the camera just to the left and behind the shutter button is a slider marked with what appears to be the letter T with an arrow pointing to the back of the camera. It only moves a small amount but.i am wondering what it of for?.

Does anyone have any idea?

 

Thanks in advance

It has the Rodenstock Trinar lens and a Synchro Compur shutter, the highest speed is 400. I intend to use it mostly for B&W. My guess is that at f8 or smaller it should give good results.

Greetings All

 

I have recently acquired a Rolfix II folding camera with the hope of going back to basics.

Back in the late 80's I was a keen photographer with an assortment of equipment including a Bronica etrs.

Although I am not expecting the Rolfix to provide as good image as the Bronica, hopefully I might be surprised.

I have noticed the shutter speed setting ring and shutter cocking lever both get tighter to move as the speed increases. I can imagine this is normal as the higher shutter speed requires more force from the spring.

Is this correct?

Also what can I expect in the was of image quality?. I have checked the focus using tape on the film guides and a loupe to look through the lens with the shutter on B and it seems the focus is correct.

 

Many thanks in advance