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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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Post by hannes on May 15, 2022 4:33:06 GMT -5
Hello I love the image quality you can get out by using the latest analog cameras. They offer modern usability at best quality. Now I can afford the cameras, I wanted when I was young. I like to play with old cameras and explore how it felt shooting in the 1930ies to 1970ies with a Pilot Super, Leica or Contax type RF and full mechanical SLRs. But if I want to just shoot analog images and be sure to get the best results I grab my Nikon F80 or F100. Also the totally underrated Olympus bridge cameras make high quality images. I love the IS 3000, need to get an IS 5000 for the 28mm wide angle end. On holliday trips the F80 is in the car loaded with Agfa Precisa CT100 slide film. The F80 shares the lenses with my digital Nikon D700. Hannes
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Post by hannes on Aug 5, 2021 11:59:57 GMT -5
Let's say T for Topcon. I got some Uni, Unirex and IC-1 some time ago. But I'm still waiting for a RE-Super.
I could get this RE-2. Looked nice and clean, light meter worked but was off and unreliabel. Anyway I started to shoot a roll of film in it. Unfortunately after only about 5 images shutter failed. I cannot cook it anymore while film advances.
Later I got a RE-300 with dead light meter. Last week I got another RE-2. This time light meter works and looks reliabel. Cross fingers that it does not fail during the first roll.
Hannes
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Post by hannes on Apr 17, 2021 11:28:12 GMT -5
When I tested the Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2.8/180 with P6 mount on the Nikon D700 I used this Exakta RTL 1000 as model. The RTL 1000 is more or less a Praktica L with Exakta mount. It can take all old and new Exakta lenses and has new exchangeable finders which it shares with th ePraktica VLC series. It also benefits from the metal blade shutter of the Praktica.
Images shot with this camera will follow as soon as the roll is developed.
Hannes
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Post by hannes on Apr 17, 2021 5:40:20 GMT -5
I am currently on the look out for a Zenit 4 but so far the right one hasn't come along .The "4" will be the last Russian i will ad to the collection as my interest in ex-soviet gear is limited mainly because they are not good cameras, at best they are weird or interesting (to me). I have a Zenit 4 with the Rubin-1 zoom lens. I got it from a friend who bought it new in the late 1960ies. He mentioned that he had not much fun with it. It was often broken and he had it at the repair shop for many times. Since the Zenit-4 was officially not bundled with the Rubin-1, only the Zenit-6 was, I assume he bought the Zenit-6 set but got the camera replaced by at Zenit-4 at some repair. What he gave me is the Zenit-6 set including the case for camera with Rubin-1, both finders and the 2 original Filters for the Rubin-1. Unfortunately the previous owner does not remember that detail.
I also had not much luck with this camera. When I got it shutter was not working, what I could fix for about 20 images I could shot on one roll. The set with the Rubin-1 is hevy but it is fun using it when you don't have to carry it far.
Another camera on my whish list ist the Zenit-5 with electric winder. But it is electric only and the accu cells are dead now for sure it would only by a shelf queen. IF you really want a Zenti-4 there is one at eBay in Graz/Austria from Foto Köberl. He sells also a Zenit with the Rubin-1 but for a very high price. Hannes
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Post by hannes on Apr 17, 2021 5:25:35 GMT -5
..., but it's good to know an M42 adapter is available. The adapter is for M39 SLR lenses. So the list of lenses you can use at the Start still is limited.
You should give the Start a try. The viewfinder is superb. And the Helios 44 is not a bad lens.
Hannes
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Post by hannes on Apr 15, 2021 12:59:34 GMT -5
I do not know if the Regula IIId was a cheap camera back then. The high level models have been high quality products. I got the top model Regula Super automatic from a work mate together with the 35 and the 135mm lenses. Here is this camera side by sie with the Regula IIId
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Post by hannes on Apr 15, 2021 12:48:06 GMT -5
Hi, Yes, the Start is a very interesting camera. There exists an adaper to mount M39 lenses on the start. I got a set of M39 closeup rings and the matching adapters. Here is my Start with the Zenit M39 Jupiter 9. and this is the whole M39 Start adapter set The Start has a knife built in to cut half exposed films, like the Exakta has. When using the takeup casette you can cut and take out half exposed films for developing any time. Here you see the Start and Nikon F with removed backs side by side. Hannes
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Post by hannes on Feb 22, 2021 15:28:41 GMT -5
I'm not sure of how it works, but I'm sure it's pretty Shutter works like the one in Ihagee EXA Hannes
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Post by hannes on Jan 24, 2021 12:11:00 GMT -5
Hello: I'm lokking for experts for the interesting K.W. Pilot Super and Pilot 6. I have 2 Pilot Super and found out that there are so my different details on them.
I would like to date them and maybe make a time line when changes have been made. Here is my 2nd Pilot Super with the ultra rare K.W. Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=10.5cm tele lens.
Hannes
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Post by hannes on Sept 9, 2020 12:13:15 GMT -5
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Post by hannes on May 7, 2020 12:45:18 GMT -5
Again a Kiev, this time a little bit bigger and heavier. A complete Kiev 60 outfit. It is a youngtimer in my collection, built 1994. Camera is working, frame spacing is close but not overlapping, light meter is working and accurate compared to a digital Gossen.
Only the lens made troubles. Oil on the aperture blades and somebody messed up the mechanism to open aperture when cooking the shutter. But this lens is easy to open, Front lens block comes out as one part. Back block comes out lens by lens after opening one retaining ring. Then I could flush the aperture blades with lighter fluid without taking them apart. Back together all works like new.
The TTL finder is very bright. Much brighter than the one of the Praktisix. I also like the sports finder in the WLF. It has a nice option to look at the focusing screen when using the lower opening.
There exists an adapter to use the Kiev Prism on the Praktisix. Maybe I should order one. I put a Rick Oleson focusing screen in my Praktisix, but did not use it since then 8-( Greetings from Austria Hannes
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Post by hannes on May 7, 2020 12:22:41 GMT -5
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Post by hannes on Oct 20, 2019 12:15:14 GMT -5
P for Praktisix
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Post by hannes on Oct 13, 2019 8:56:17 GMT -5
Digital is just another evolution in camera technology. Glass Plates, roll film, 135 format film, APS-C, and finally chips. Cameras also always developed: Range finder, SLR, internal light meter, mechanical controlled auto exposure, electronic shutter, electronic auto exposure, program mode, data backs, computer controlled mode. Replacing the film with digital medium is just another step. There are collectors out there for allmost everything, if a camera is "old" depends also on the age of the person who is looking at it. What makes a Nikon F100 collectable and a D100 not?
Both cameras are dead and beyond repair if they have a serius electronic problem
Early digital cameras get rare now and reflect the personal history of the user. For me the Coolpix 900 was the first digital camera I was interested back then. But it was too expensive and compared to slides it could not hold up regarding image quality.
Anyway, now I have them in my collection as a milestone of personal interest.
Hannes
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