bruce_appel

Thanks for the instructions. I will try it next time I have something I want to post.

 

The barn was shot on a 4X5 speed graphic, 127mm ysarex,orange filter, on arista edu 200, at ei 100 in pc-tea.

I have finally managed to upload a photo to my gallery, but I really

want to post it here. How on earth do I do it? I would like to post

it in the text, but have been unable to get it to work. I guess I

need a child around to keep me straight.........

The easiest solution I use with my kiev is to not use a take up spool at all. Instead put a reusable cassette on the take up side, and you no longer have to rewind. You just roll the film from one cassette to the next.

Thanks, that makes sense now.

I wish I could post a picture to show what I mean. The door on the Bessa is not flat, it is sort of bulged outward. The covering that is on it almost looks like it is stretched over the bulge.There must be a trick involved.

I have had a Bessa I for close to 30 years now, and have recently

cleaned it up, adjusted the focus and been enjoying using it. Anyway,

the covering is in real bad shape, rubbed through to the body in

spots, generally looks bad. I would like to recover it, but how would

you go about doing the curved piece on the folding door?

The only thing to add is that when putting a fresh roll in you have to keep turning the crank until it stops, and the film counter goes to 1.

No kin to Josh. Prairie Grove is a typical little country town with varying degrees of visual interest. Great redbuds this week. The battlefield park is nice, cool old buildings and such, has things happening there at times worth going to.

A Fayetteville neighbor. Small world, I live in Prairie Grove.

I have a very nice Retina 35/80mm viewfinder and case that needs a

home. I used it with a Kiev 4a I had, and no longer have a use for

it. I would either like to sell it, or preferably, trade it for a

shoe mounted rangefinder, or a blank lens board for a 4X5 speed

graphic.

Email me off line of interested.

I once bought a 180mm lens for a mamiya c33 that would intermitantly not fire. Sounded like it did, but about every 20-30 tries or so it would not open and close. I was able to take it back. Your problem sounds like a shutter problem, not a wind issue. I would open it up wind and shoot a bunch at different speeds and watch the shutter.

That's about it. I found the hardest part was figuring the right size rubberbands. You need to bend it enough, but not too much. I use a patterson tank and find that 3 sheets of 4X5 is about the limit. I use half of a reel on the center tube postioned to keep the film from sliding up out of the developer. A rubber band holds it in place at the correct height.

As lots of others have said, spring for a meter.I have traveled extensivly in Europe with my Rollei. All you really need is a strap, a shade, a meter, and some film. To protect from theft and elements, I use a strap that is long enough to go over my shoulder and allow the camera to be swung into shooting position. You then can put a jacket or coat on, and the camera is comletely covered, yet instantly available. Keeps the rain off, keeps it from being lifted.

Another small accessory that you may find handy is a small table top tripod.There will be lots of dark interiors requiring slow shutter speeds, and these little things can come in real handy allowing you to brace against walls, church pews, and the like. You don't need a cable release, just use the self timer and you are good to go. The rollei is really a wonderful travel camera, and if I had to choose just one camera to use from now on, the rollei would be it.

Someone's cheese has slid off its cracker.

I guess I have been lucky, I have a j9 in both contax and ltm, both are great, focus where they are supposed to. They both are sharp wide open. I may be wrong, but I don't think the Kiev mounts have all the same foscusing problems that the ltm is noted for as the focusing mount is simpler. I think if you get a good one you will be happy. Buy from someone reputable.

I don't know about the the 3b, but a similar problem can crop up with fed 2's using the j-12.On some of the fed 2's the rangefinder cam is thick enough to where it hits the back of the j-12. Some folks just carefully bend the arm the cam is mounted on up to get the clearance. What I did was remove the arm and cam, and then thin the cam on a sharpening stone to get the clearance. Worked great.

Do a search here- http://www.beststuff.com/forum/list.php?f=21&collapse=1 lots of info on the subject.

Try a hardware store for a bushing. They only cost a few cents at a good hardware store, wheras the camera shops will mark them up an obscene amount.

This is very cool. I manually made one for my bessa the other day, so the timing is great. This is much easier. Thanks for going to the trouble to make and post this.

I have one of these, and you need to wind the wind knob to get the shutter release to work. It has double exposure prevention.You don't need film in it, or have to open it to move any gears.

I have one of those drop in fresnal lenses, and have used it on an old flex with 3.5 tessar. I can't say that it makes it much brighter, but it is more even. The corners are brighter.If you can find one cheap it may be worth trying, but I wouldn't spend much based on my results.

Camera repair is becoming a lost art.

Thank you all. That is exactly the kind of info I was looking for.

I recently resurected my old bessa 1, and would like to fit it with

a shoe mounted rangefinder. I have seen some on ebay, but would like

some insite into which ones are any good.One marked in feet would be

a big advantage.

My bessa has the vaskar lens, anyone have any idea what size push on

filter adapter fits, and where I can get one?

Just tried the taco technique this afternoon. Four sheets of 4X5 in a patterson 4 reel tank. I used the end of one reel held in place with a rubber band on the middle tube to keep the film from coming out of the solution during agitation. It took one liter of developer to cover the film. Developed just like I would any other roll film, and it worked just fine. The only glitch I had was that one of my rubber bands was too small, and I put a crease in one sheet of film that left a weird mark after developing. I am going to go to the store with a piece of film in hand to get the right size rubber bands and try again.

All in all a very workable system I think.

The pentax lenses will not fit. The kiev uses a p6 lens mount, same as on the old praktika and exacta cameras.There are lots of very good cheap lenses in that mount.

If the shutter is good, and the film advance works correctly, keep the camera and buy another lens. To get an 80mm you should be able to find one for $50 or so.

Forget the meter.Don't buy another prism, its meter will likely be poor also. Use a handheld meter and be done with it.