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Post by lloydy on Apr 11, 2013 9:02:21 GMT -5
very nice, that should scrub up nicely.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 10, 2013 18:09:07 GMT -5
The Comet is lovely, as is the Vivo tripod. I saw one in a box of old rubbish at a house clearance sale and bid £3 for it, and got it. The tripod is perfect, the large box of old plates and cups and other junk went in the nearest bin. It was my lucky day.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 10, 2013 17:41:42 GMT -5
The Yashica looks nice, I got a XF-D Quartz a few weeks ago in very rough condition, but I've changed the light seals, re covered the camera with genuine leather and it's a lovely camera once again, very nice to use. The Canon isn't bad either, I still use my old EOS 600 sometimes, and that's a camera I bought new. I think the build was far better than the new generation of enthusiast Canons. There's a Polaroid Land Camera, very nice and in it's leather case with all the accessories, for sale in a shop locally for £80. They can be converted to roll film, and 'The Impossible Project' - www.the-impossible-project.com/ sells instant film, but it's not cheap! You got a good haul there, well done. |
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Post by lloydy on Apr 10, 2013 13:46:33 GMT -5
thank you Hansz, that's more or less what I suspected. I just wondered if there was an easy, non destuctive, lens upgrade. This camera is in far too good condition to start altering, and as you say - there are plenty of cheap Ikonta's to be found.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 9, 2013 17:31:27 GMT -5
Hans, is it possible - and more importantly, worth it - to upgrade the lens and shutter on the Nettar to something better?
I haven't tried the Nettar yet and by all accounts it should be good, but the Tessar and Prontor combination were offered as the better alternative.
Was the body any different, or improved in any way, on the higher end Zeiss cameras ?
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Post by lloydy on Apr 9, 2013 8:24:13 GMT -5
Thanks Hans, it's nice to know these facts when you get a camera like this. My father was the world's worst photographer, we have albums of blurred, headless people, but I remember he did have a very similar camera to this for a while and gave it to his brother. My cousin might still have it ? I've found a film in the draw of my desk, I'll be testing as soon as we get some sun.  |
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Post by lloydy on Apr 8, 2013 4:13:44 GMT -5
Of course Hans. I'm interested in when it was made, I think it was the early 1950's - possibly like me in 1953. Although it might be later as this has the double exposure prevention on it.
It's a Nettar 518 / 16 Serial no. H 69249
From the reading I've done the Novar Anastigmat 75 / 4.5 is the right lens, but there seems to be some confusion over the shutter, this has a Velio and some some apparently have a Prontor, but both are Gauthier.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 7, 2013 4:14:43 GMT -5
It came in it's leather case, and the lens is perfect, there's not even dust in it. Sadly the stitching has rotted on the otherwise excellent case, but the camera is flawless, the shutter speeds seem to be OK as well. I think this camera was used once or twice then put in a warm dry draw and forgotten about for over 50 years. I think it's as old as me.  |
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Post by lloydy on Apr 7, 2013 4:08:54 GMT -5
I think that's the second shutter sticking.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 6, 2013 19:06:16 GMT -5
A virtually mint condition Zeiss Ikon Nettar- which is the base model of the range, but still a good camera.  Zeiss Ikon Nettar. by Mudplugga, on Flickr Lens Novar Anastigmat 75mm f/6,3 (3 elements, coated) Shutter Vario 1/25 - 1/200 + B Film Type 120 Roll Film 6x6cm And I've got a few rolls of film somewhere. I don't think this camera has more than a handful of films through it, it really is that good, but that's about to change. This Nettar works perfectly, and the speeds seem OK which is more than can be said for the various Kodaks and Voightlanders I've got lying around. |
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Post by lloydy on Apr 6, 2013 17:50:00 GMT -5
Everything was against you there, shooting into the sun and snow, with a camera that probably gave you little or no control over exposure.
You got a great image, and given what I've just said about the compact having little or no control it says a lot for the camera, but don't give it all the credit, the composition was yours, as was the judgement that the camera could probably do it.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 5, 2013 10:06:26 GMT -5
In the large craftshop I get stickybacked foam and felt, the foam is 'Fab Foam' and it comes in A4 sheets which are 1.5mm thick, which is a little bit thick but it compresses nicely. The felt is also sticky backed, A4, and about 1mm thick.
Using a good rotary cutter I can cut 1mm strips of foam easily, the rotary cutter doesn't drag on the foam or the felt and makes very accurate cuts.
I peel the backing paper off as I apply the foam or the felt and it's easy to apply. I make the foam strips over length, put them in, then trim to length with a scalpel or scissors.
I use the felt for mirror bumpers as well. If I think I might want to slide the felt to position it I just lick the sticky surface lightly to moisten it, apply the foam and slide it into place, then the moisture dries out and it sticks firmly.
I've done all of my cameras like this now and it takes me no more than an hour to clean the old gunk off and fit the new seals. and it's cheap, the sheets of foam and felt cost about 70 Pence. They also come in different colours, I bought some sheets of bright red the other day, which should look nice.
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Post by lloydy on Apr 2, 2013 15:50:50 GMT -5
Over the years I've had a few Tokina's, mainly auto focus zooms, and I've had no luck at all with them, I've got two at the moment and neither work properly. I've always had far better results and reliability from Tamron. I think I've bodged this manual focus AT-X to get infinity, at the moment it goes a long way past. Which is better than not reaching it. But it did involve drilling holes and moving the focusing barrel around, I just need to drill yet another set of holes and move it back a tiny bit. But it's a cheap lens that would otherwise be a dead lens, so I'm not feeling guilty.  I'm hoping to get a useable lens out of it because optically it's stunning, and makes a very good walkabout lens on my Sony NEX, to me it's a keeper so I'm not bothered about perfection. |
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Post by lloydy on Mar 30, 2013 17:23:08 GMT -5
The absolute randomness of the final image makes that the best photographic toy ever. I think someone should make a coke and Mentos rocket with a crappy old digi cam on it.  www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Coke-RocketI love that rocket Photax, it's amazing that it's survived. That's real history. |
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Post by lloydy on Mar 28, 2013 12:17:31 GMT -5
I love that camera, the rag - resin looks wonderful. |
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