Spartus Full Vue

[Randy]

I have two of these Spartus Full Vues. I bought this one from a camera store in the Pacific Northwest. I took some pictures with it during the winter of 2004-2005.



This is Jefferson Mills in of course Jefferson Ohio. This feedmill has been run by the same family since the late 1880s.



This is the old Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Depot in Jefferson Ohio. The LS&MS later became the New York Central/Penn Central/Conrail. The line was partially abandoned in the late 1970s and is now run by the Ashtabula Carson & Jefferson Railroad.



I found this old shack out in the middle of nowhere, and it seemed odd all by itself.



This is one of Ashtabula County's 19 covered bridges.



This trainer is putting a horse thru some paces at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. I took a simular picture with my Speedex posted in the Black & White area.

[mickeyobe]

Randy,
Well, it will make an attractive display piece.
Mickey

[John Parry]

Looks a bit like the Ensign Randy

Does it have the same 'best guess' - pull the lens in and out to focus it? I wondered about putting a roll through the Ensign, but thought - Naaah - I'll never focus it!

You're braver than me!!

Regards - John

[heath]

John, what Ensign do you have? I have two Ful-Vue's, which I have posted in my TLR thread.

I agree that there is some resemblance to the first Ful-Vues made by Ensign, but not much with the later, more rounded and in my view, stylish ones such as the ones I have.

I have used one of mine (madee between 1946 and 1949) wish reasonable results. I will run another film through it again soom.

Randy, these shots look as though they could have been shot back in the 40's or 50's. These doesn't seem to be a single modern thing in them.

Heath

[John Parry]

These are mine Heath (with my Rolleicord for size comparison).

It was the latest (next to the Rolleicord) that I was thinking of, but they all have that hit-or-miss focussing method



Regards - John

[Randy]

John, there is no focus, what you get is what you get. Mickey, I would rather use my antique cameras now and then than let them sit on a shelf. I made sure there were was nothing much modern in the photos to give the effect of old pictures. Guys, I posted these at Nelsonphoto and a guy says they are all blocky and compressed too much. I can see them fine, I didn't compress them at all, they are straight from the scanner except for a little cropping.

[heath]

Randy, I have noticed in a few photos you have posted recently that there is some blockyness, or jpg artifacts. What resolution do you scan at? Try scanning at a higher resolution and see if that makes a difference.

Heath

[doughulin]

Hi -- Please pardon the newbie-ish post. I recently rediscovered my love for photography through the use of a Holga and have begun accumulating older cameras for variety, this site looks like a great resource. I picked up a Spartus full-vue on ebay and unfortunately the mirror that reflects to the viewfinder is broken into two pieces and completely loose in its compartment. The camera is in pristine condition otherwise and I don't want it to just sit on the shelf. Does anyone have experience repairing such a camera and have an opinion on whether I should even bother trying? It doesn't seem like it will be the easiest thing to get open and of course I will probably need to cut glass to fit the space, and last time I checked I have no experience glass cutting... And I figure asking someone else to repair it will cost me much more than the camera's worth, if anyone out there regularly repairs these things.

Any friendly advice would be appreciated. Unfortunately I bought the camera as-is so can't get my money back (note to self: ). Thanks much,

Doug

[Randy]

Check out Edmund Scientific, they sell silvered mirrors in many sizes.