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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 23, 2019 7:00:09 GMT -5
On the deserted beaches of the Greek Chalkidiki region peninsulas. Not all hope was lost when i was able to find a local photoshop where they helped me out with a usb cable wich was needed to fix my broken down GPS system. Still not the place to be should you want the new D6. upload pictures
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 21, 2019 8:09:55 GMT -5
A few years ago i bought a chrome canon pellix QL for wich i paid far to much,mainly because the mirror was damaged wich left the camera useless for shooting. But you know i had to have one and this was the only one available at that time. Some time later the Nikon F4 with fixed mirror came my way, as far as i know it's a one off,as nothing can be found about it in documentation and the body has no special markings wich could suggest it's a fixed mirror version.( the trouble with the fixed mirror in the F4 is you lose the AF capability). Then came the black canon pellix (non QL)this one is in great shape and the price i paid made up for what i've "lost" on the chrome pellix. Still interested in fixed mirror slr's i recently found the canon EOS RT, here canon seemed have to have solved the AF issue so the camera works like any "normal" EOS. There's some other fixed mirror cameras about but they are rather rare and expensive, like the nikon F2 high speed and the canon F1 high speed. Never say never but i guess i will never own one of those... To make a long story short, here's the link to the wikipedia pages on these cameras, saves me a lot of typing and translating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Pellixen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_RTHere's what i've got: Inside the pellix the sway away metering cell (as photographed straight through the pellicule mirror. inside the RT Inside the F4 (note the mirror dampening rubber wich now serves no purpouse)
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 20, 2019 6:07:09 GMT -5
Another "small" photoshop, this time in Funchal on the Isle of Madeira. it used to be the studio of Vicente Gomes da Silva (1827-1906),but is since 2001 transformed into the national photomuseum of Madeira. On display are photos depicting the history of the island and a series of cameras, mainly Zeiss and Kodak wich were used by the Vicentes family.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 18, 2019 5:13:07 GMT -5
I agree with your evaluation, these are great shooters. I have used the original 1.9, with selenium cell around the lens, and the more modern QL17 (which I like best). I did not find any difference in sharpness, but handling of the newer models is far better. Will be interested in your comparison with the much more expensive Hexar. I found my Canonets in the same class as the Minolta Himatic equivalents, for instance the Himatic-9, which is larger and heavier. Here's two Minolta's wich could have been Canonet challengers, the main problem with the Hi-Matic E is it's fully automatic, s battery dependable with no manual override. The 7s is a lot bigger and heavy and though the body feels solid, the lens is fiddly to use and has a "tin can" feel to it.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 18, 2019 5:04:56 GMT -5
While the 4000€ price tag of the 19mm TS nikkor just isn't justifieable for an everyday shooter, at a tenth of that price i've settled for the PC-Nikkor 28mm 1:3.5 .Though both lenses aren't really comparable, the 28 can still be fun to use. Here i've made a simple panorama using the shift function, this resulted in a nice distortion free 55,5 megapixel image (made with the D800) The panorama, made from three images left and right the lens was shifted to its outer limit.To get good corner to corner sharpness f16 was used at a 2 meter hyperfocal distance seting. Here's what the single central image looks like. luggage weight issues prevent me from using this lens on trips outside of Europe, so next month when i'll be travvelling from the Brasil border to the outer extreme of Argentina (Uchaïa) i will have to settle for some lighter gear
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 14, 2019 2:24:24 GMT -5
Have you ever used the early model canonets? No, i've got them, never used them, so many camera's so little time
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 13, 2019 10:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 11, 2019 15:40:01 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 10, 2019 8:08:05 GMT -5
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 8, 2019 7:22:38 GMT -5
Thanks raybar, it is indeed a solenoid shutter actuator. Some images are to be found on the net, but so far i only found the ones from the "luftwaffe eigentum" cameras, equipped with such an actuator. The one i've got here looks like it's is a post war item, no info to be found for wich model it was intended.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 7, 2019 8:24:13 GMT -5
Finally found a pentax electro spotmatic, the first production camera with an electronic shutter. The electro spotmatic was launched in 1971 and was only available on the japanese market in '72 it was replaced with the ES version wich was then launched world wide, 2years later the ES became replaced by the ESII. So now i've got all three versions (four if you count the chrome ESII) and this part of the collection is finally complete :-) I've got a special bond with this camera , when i as a young man went to our local foto dealer to buy my first Nikon F he showed me the ES and i was blown away with the it's specs wich where in '72 quite sensational. Still i had my mind set on the F and the F it was. To cut on the hefty price tag i settled for the plain prism one and an vivitar 35mm 1:1.9 light was measured with the sixtar (once again no money for the lunasix) If i remember correctly the ES was also more expensive than the F. Still got the F and the brochure in wich the F, the "new" F2 and the ES were featured.
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 7, 2019 3:11:27 GMT -5
I recently aquired some leftover NOS robot stuff. For Most of the things it is easy to know what they are, however i can't find out what this Robot SF marked "thing" is or what it is for or even on wich camera it belongs. So my question is: does anyone know what it is?
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 6, 2019 8:34:32 GMT -5
Some years ago i was dragged into the yashica range finder hype. The electro 35 was only and by a small margin rivalled by Leica. Diffrent websites all sang praise of the yashica's and prices on Ebay and such went through the roof. Even though the electro's battery problem wich was a major let down, has diffrent easy solutions now, the hype's over resulting in downward spiralling prices. The situation's so bad we're talking about scrap metal prices, despite a lot of these cameras turning up for sale at a fraction of the price they use to fetch, non of them seems to get sold. Because of me lacking the space to keep on piling up cameras wich don't fit in my main collection they'll have to go on the next garage sale next summer. My loss will be somewhat compensated with the yashica TLR's of wich prices keep rising (maybe another hype?) This is the current situation in Belgium, wich is a small market, maybe in other parts of the world things might be better? PS. this is the first time i use the add image to post function, is the pic visible for every one?
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 6, 2019 5:35:07 GMT -5
You should try an early Leicaflex though, i think they could be held as a "smootness of transport" reference. But still, on a scientific note, would it be possible to measure the torque force of shutter cocking/film transport throw on a camera? or has this ever been done? And would it be possible to make a fair comparison of a camera with say a 100° degree throw to one with a 130° throw? Could smoothness be defined in numbers or do we need to say one is a bit more "geary" than the other? Anyway these are just questions that come to mind, they don't keep me awake at night! ;-)
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Post by belgiumreporter on Nov 6, 2019 5:11:58 GMT -5
I had completly forgotten about the Westlicht auctions but when i had a look on their webpages i was amased of what was on offer. What Paulofseth said in a previous post is oh so true, these exclusive classic camera's do fetch prices wich can be compared with what fine art goes for.But then i wonder if these cameras are bought by (very whealty) collectors or as with so many exclusive collectable items, bought by investors who know(or speculate) that such items give a higher profit (when re-sold) than money in the bank. I'm in doubt if these people will find their way to the camera collector forum (would be nice though if someone would come forward and made a posting on the 500.000€ black low serial Leica MP he or she has just won at the Westlicht auction :-) ). So who's (still) collecting cameras on a more down to earth level and is willing to share their thoughts on the diffrent subjects discussed in this forum? and what prevents people from doing so? I'm under the inpression the forum has grinded somewhat to a halt mainly because of it's own succes, it seems like allmost everyting is said and every possible camera had been covered in postings and discussions. Afterall, what can be said once more about for instance the pentax spotmatic, nikon F, minolta srT,and so on wich hasn't ben said before? Am i putting the finger on the wound or am i seing things just to pessimistic? Anyway, Rachel thanks for the warm welcome back! Let's hope the forum will keep inspiring people to talk (and post) about this lovely hobby we share.
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