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Post by olddocfox on Aug 22, 2016 8:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by paulhofseth on Aug 22, 2016 9:48:09 GMT -5
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Post by paulhofseth on Aug 22, 2016 9:50:59 GMT -5
given the intricacies of inserting pictures,
A: I am both late for the letters Z and for A and B: No text could be inserted. The text could be that this is a not overhelmingly common triplet.
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 23, 2016 15:34:09 GMT -5
E might be for Extinction meter (like the Zeiss Diaphot just discussed), or for the earnest desire to keep on topic and in sequence! Extinction meters were never highly accurate, but they were relatively simple to construct and required no batteries. They were built into some cameras over the years including Polaroid's "Swinger" (Model 20) built from 1965 to 1970. It was a $19.95 all plastic camera aimed at the youth market. It used Polaroid series 20 roll film and AG1 flashbulbs. Its extinction meter was quite clever - you looked through a viewfinder at the scene you wanted to photograph and saw a red and black "checkerboard". You rotated a knob setting the lens aperture and rotating a variable density screen. When the setting was right, a bold "YES" stood out from the checkerboard.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 29, 2016 19:00:15 GMT -5
F for Wheel type F Stops. WHEEL STOPS Wheel Stops or Rotating Stops consist of a circular disc mounted off-centre to the lens axis containing a series of apertures. The disc is usually mounted within the lens and can rotate to bring one of the apertures into use. A spring engages a notch in the disc to align the stops. It was used from the early 1840s and is described in Willats's catalogue of 1846 but became popular in the 1880s and 1890s especially on wide-angle lenses. Mickey
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Post by olddocfox on Aug 30, 2016 10:16:51 GMT -5
G for Graflex, a range of formidable SLR/RF/TLR cameras that came in many film sizes and types from 1894 until 1973. Here is a Graflex family portrait showing a few of the many faces of the brand: 1946 3 ¼ x 4¼ Super-D, circa 1917 2 ¼ x 3¼ Auto Graflex Junior, 1933-35 120 roll-film Series I National Graflex, 1955-58 Graphic 35, 1950’s Graflex 22.
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Post by hannes on Sept 4, 2016 10:35:10 GMT -5
H for Helios 81 H on a Kiev 19
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Post by raybar on Sept 4, 2016 13:17:47 GMT -5
At my house, H is for Holga. Here's one in combat dress: Holgas give that dreamy soft focus Holga look but, like most toy cameras, lack exposure controls. Solution #1 = get a Holga lens for your real camera (made for Canon and Nikon): HC is for Holga lens on a Canon: Solution #2 = put a Holga lens on something with a focal plane shutter: HG is for Holga lens on a Speed Graphic (home-made recessed lens board): Solution #3 (which I have seen but not done myself) = mount a Holga lens on a "between the lens" shutter.
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Post by hannes on Sept 9, 2016 13:35:02 GMT -5
Once again I for Ihage the finders of my Varex IIb
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Post by hannes on Sept 12, 2016 16:11:24 GMT -5
J, also from Germany, Beirette Junior II
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Post by hannes on Sept 12, 2016 16:22:00 GMT -5
K like King. A Japanese Manufactor of bellows for various mounts. This one has Olympus OM mount. I could not find any information about the King Company in the web. Does anybody know more about it? Got mine via eBay from an Austrian seller. I know the shop in Vienna where it was orignally sold long time ago for the sum of 1790.- ÖS (Austrian Schillings) which is about 130€. That was a lot of money back then. Hannes
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 8, 2016 14:55:07 GMT -5
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Post by hannes on Oct 10, 2016 12:25:05 GMT -5
M like Mir-1 or Made in USSR. Hannes
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Post by raybar on Oct 13, 2016 10:55:05 GMT -5
N is for Noblex "swinging lens" panorama camera. This is the 35mm model 135U which was discontinued several years ago. 29mm f/4.5 "Rotar T" lens. Shutter speeds from 1 to 1/500 second. Powered by 4 AAA batteries. At a 1 second exposure, it takes about 75 seconds for the lens to rotate the full 360 degrees. The actual exposure, when the lens scans the scene, takes about 30 seconds - plenty of time to make a "double selfie" where you appear at both ends of the picture.
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Post by olddocfox on Oct 13, 2016 15:32:21 GMT -5
What a neat little machine! Yours is a pristine example. Thanks for this unique posting.
Where was this camera made? Is it Russian? Do you have any scans of its images to show us?
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