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Post by hannes on Sept 18, 2015 1:29:25 GMT -5
Here some pictures from film prepearing and loading. See the take up spool in the take up casette mounted upside down. DSC_0695 by Johannes Hromadka, auf Flickr Film casettes and Arex DSC_0694 by Johannes Hromadka, auf Flickr Film loaded in cmera DSC_0698 by Johannes Hromadka, auf Flickr Next will be to shoot some photos. I allready recogniced that advancing the film will be the next chalange because the automatic film stop is a little bit rough. One has to press the release butting the same time while starting to advance the film. Hannes
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Post by martin on Sept 18, 2015 6:50:19 GMT -5
Servus Hannes, Great idea to mount the spool upside down. I wonder how CEWE will handle such a spool. If you have a changing bag you can also wind it back into the original one. Well with reasonable fast film you don't need the 1/25 anyway. Maybe black isolation tape (textile type) would be even better than rubber bands. Don't know. Now that I know how to load it.... Danke and best regards Martin
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Post by martin on Sept 18, 2015 10:04:58 GMT -5
Hello Hannes, stupid me. I replied to your previous posting as there was a quick reply field at the end of page 1 of the thread, not looking up far enough that you have posted the pics already. Count it as beginners fault. Fine photos. I think you can press the film release button and start winding then. Mine seems to be able to do that. Fine collection of cameras you have on your Flickr page. Looks we have some in common. Best regards Martin in Austria
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Post by hannes on Sept 18, 2015 10:40:48 GMT -5
Servus Hannes, Great idea to mount the spool upside down. I wonder how CEWE will handle such a spool. If you have a changing bag you can also wind it back into the original one. Well with reasonable fast film you don't need the 1/25 anyway. Maybe black isolation tape (textile type) would be even better than rubber bands. Don't know. Now that I know how to load it.... Danke and best regards Martin Hallo Martin When you look at the 2 chambers for casettes you see they are symmetric. So the casettes must be symmetric too. Inserting the spindle upside down does the trick. I will wind back the film in the darkroom to prevent the lab from developing the Fuji c 200 in BW developer because of the Ilford casette. My main gallery for my cameras is on Google+ plus.google.com/photos/107451057459150940455/album/6006931288685002513?sview=26 Flickr is mainly to link the Fotos to this forum. The same applies to this Valery www2.hromadka.at/Fotos/ Hannes aus Bisamberg
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Post by martin on Sept 21, 2015 10:46:11 GMT -5
Very fine collection you have there in Bisamberg, Hannes. Like it. Best regards Martin
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Post by hannes on Oct 22, 2015 12:45:16 GMT -5
I was lucky and got an original leather case for the Arex. Only problem is that the case was not empty, there is another Arex in it ;-) This one is older then my first Arex, it has a low 15xx serial number. There is even an empty roll of old film in it. It's a Kodak Plus-X, PX 135. Would be interesting how old this is, when the camera was last time used. Hannes PS: The roll of film I shot with the other Arex is ready for development.
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Post by hannes on Nov 7, 2015 5:58:31 GMT -5
The film I shot with the arex is back from the lab. The arex makes the worst pictures of all cameras I ever used. Most of the time I used 1/100s and f8 or f11. None of the images is really sharp. Some are sharp in the center but unsharp at the edges. There are light traces on the edges of the images I assumes this comes from internal reflections. I doubt that the distance scale is accurate, because I used an handheld rangefinder to mesaure the distance to the object. Closeup seem to be better than far away objects. Sometimes film transport did not work correct, because there are more unintended double exposures on the film than I was aware of due to a mistake from my side. And finally the CEWE lab cut about every 5th image because their machine seems not to be able to handle the unusual format which is 24 x 30. Find the best images on my Gallery The scan quality from CEWE is bad, but good enough for a first impression. Hannes
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Post by Stephen on Nov 7, 2015 9:30:39 GMT -5
It is always a pain these days with colour processors, if the frame is odd dimensions or a sprocketless drive is used which give progressive increases in frame spacing. It is a pity the quality is low but the Arex never had a good optical reputation, mind you the Lomo people would welcome the results!!
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Post by hannes on Nov 8, 2015 5:35:42 GMT -5
If a set the quality of the pictures in relation to the intention of Mr. Schwarzbauer to build a low budget camera and also keep in mind that at that time a 6x9 print was the normal picture size the output is a perfect hit of what the camera was designed for.
Everything better would have raised the cost of the camera. I think I'll try also the 2nd, older arex.
As for Lomo people: Lomo people would find the arex stylish, maybe they pay the overrated prices at a "Westlicht" auction?
This reminds that I should try out my Lubitel 166B which I got for a 10€.
Hannes
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Post by martin on Dec 5, 2015 9:31:41 GMT -5
Hannes, thanks for the pics. The Arex did fine, IMHO - we must not forget that it was not designed to beat the expensive brands but to keep photography affordable. Best regards Martin in Linz
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Post by hannes on Nov 13, 2022 6:17:34 GMT -5
Finally I got a late Arex with the structrued surface on the black body parts. I found it in Austria for a reasonable price. This version is harder to find than the early models with smooth surface. I know one in the "Galerie Westlicht" Museum in Vienna. My Arex has #4308. Would be interesting what is the highest serial number of existing Arex cameras.
The leather case for this Arex is made by DS in Vienna. DS made camera cases for many different makes and models.
Hannes
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