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Post by hansz on Aug 21, 2012 10:07:51 GMT -5
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Post by hansz on Aug 21, 2012 3:14:55 GMT -5
This thread is soooo American (or English???). I suspect you all never heard of my dad's (RIP) 'soduju, doen!'... Hans
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Post by hansz on Aug 21, 2012 3:10:47 GMT -5
Doug, Interesting, also US brandnames are definitely different than European ones. Petri Computor??? Never heard of, let alone a Honeywell Visimatic? ? Just say, I'm curious... Hans
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Post by hansz on Aug 19, 2012 14:55:57 GMT -5
Mine too....hans:-D
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Post by hansz on Aug 19, 2012 4:55:41 GMT -5
On discovery channel I once saw that US people had a solution for this, they just moved complete buildings across roads to somewhere else... Of course, this kind of portability has its price, but US economy is in a better shape??
Hans
And Col, did you ever try a SLR with a pinhole attached? It sure drains batteries/accus from my EOS, so using a film SLR with the famous 'cap-method' solved this problem. Mechanical shutter, of course.
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Post by hansz on Aug 19, 2012 4:45:42 GMT -5
I agree with Wayne, stick to an original lens for display purposes, originality should be my leading principle. And, like the man says, an EXA body with a Domiplan should cost next to nothing. Hans
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Post by hansz on Aug 18, 2012 14:29:33 GMT -5
Guess you're right, Mickey, certainly in the days it was young... Today I treat most cameras from the late 40s to early 70s as manual.
Thinking it over, I dislike automation in a camera, except if the family wants to have their fair share of shots... Then a digital EOS is my life-line.
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Post by hansz on Aug 18, 2012 9:02:53 GMT -5
There are some in this valley-of-tears who think otherwise:-) IMG_0966 by hanszeiss, on Flickr Hm, besides an over-engineered piece of equipment it urges to exercise yourself daily to lug it around... But it feels great!! (and better than an Exakta, IMHO) Hans
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Post by hansz on Aug 18, 2012 4:35:15 GMT -5
Congratulations, and with Mickey, show it! Albany is a tad far from here... Hans
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Post by hansz on Aug 18, 2012 4:29:28 GMT -5
I agree with Mickey, you always can ask what the quality is of the glass and if the outside aperture closing mechanism is properly working (although I doubt that this particular seller is an Exakta guru...) If all is well, you won't be disappointed with the optical qualities of this Flektogon.
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Post by hansz on Aug 17, 2012 12:23:16 GMT -5
IMG_0958 by hanszeiss, on Flickr My latest roll was shot with a Rolleiflex SL35M, QBM mount and battery usage only for metering - which I don't use because I really like the Gossen products. Camera and shots on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/hanszeiss/sets/72157631110221274/The shots sometimes overlap, due to the miraculous sprocket assembly Hans PS I'll never get used to the finicky image system on this board...
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Post by hansz on Aug 17, 2012 4:19:45 GMT -5
Mickey, now that's an old collectors paradigm:-)
But, what Pentax did you have in mind, there is some room for choice here... I like the S1a - solid and always working (no light meter to repair).
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Post by hansz on Aug 16, 2012 6:31:24 GMT -5
Well, maybe you can't if you're not familiar with these lenses. Domiplan 2,8/50 was also the dominant lens for the Praktica M42 line, and from the picture it sure is meant for a Praktica; so the answer to your question is yes... Most sellers state the Exakta bayonet mount, because of the lesser value. My Exakta gear is stowed away and is quite inaccessible, otherwise I could send you one; here in NL you can get Exakta bayonet-mount lenses for next to nothing. I can look around if you want to...
My main knowledge is about Zeiss (Ikon) gear, but most German brands are quite familiar to me...
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Post by hansz on Aug 16, 2012 4:42:35 GMT -5
Oh boy, you called it a 'junk drawer' ? The Prominent comes close to a Contax, and the 1,5 Nokton is famous!
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Post by hansz on Aug 16, 2012 4:38:56 GMT -5
Exakta made bayonet systems only (until very late in the game they adopted the M42 thread mount - RTL 1000 and 500 types). As you will see they are 'left-handed' cameras. From Topcon only the R and RE lenses can be mount, although not perfectly because they shared the same bayonet, but increased its functionality (coupled diaphragm) primarily to use it for the sutter release on the right side of the camera. The R lenses sport a like outside diaphragm colsing system as the (pre-stop) Exakta lenses. Try this website for more information: captjack.exaktaphile.com/Hans
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