Recent content by Analogski

Hi there, A couple of weeks ago I bought a beautiful 85mm lens for my Pentax MX. The focusing ring is a lot stiffer than my other lenses. Is this normal? Or should I get it serviced?

Just received a note about the repair costs. Pfff.... 650+ euro.... And this after a service in Holland from a serious technician (Klinkhamer). This high price makes me a bit sick. But still.... Than I will have a near perfect rolleiflex. Got to think about it now....

Woon thanks fo Wow, thanks for the explanation! Maybe in b/w this kind of picture will be also appealing. I don't want to copy this exact foto, but it's something I would like to try. Maybe it's purist of me, but I hope to take one picture that is good enough without having to post process it...

Yes. I have been mailing with Dieter Paepke. And spoke on the phone with Leonid. But.... They are not very good with communication. I've sent serval emails and the response is most of the time pretty late and after receiving the camera not very nice. Maybe it's just something German, or they are...

I want to go for something like this. Surely out of my league, but still...I want to try to make something like this. Any tips of settings/focal length are welcome

Didn't thought about that. Great advice, thanks! My wife is 26 weeks now... I just bought for a 100 euro's of film.... Let's hope there will be a couple of beautiful portraits to print.

Thanks for the great advice! And showing your beautiful pictures

Spot on brother 🤣

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll try to upload some pictures as example of what I'm going to want to try

Hi, I want to make some nice, "timeless" portraits of my pragnent wife. I'm thinking about using my ARAX/Kiev-60 camera with a monstrous Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 180mm lens with 400TMAX film and Porta 160. I'm also thinking about taking my Pentax 35mm camera with me for the shoot with the...

Thanks, but I already sent the camera to Paepke in Dusseldorf. I don't knwo why my (very experienced) technician couldn't fic the issue... Now i'm wondering what the experiences with Paeke are and what are the possible costs of repair.

I didn't use a tester. The technician did

Hello everyone, I would appreciate some first-hand experience regarding Paepke Fototechnik in Düsseldorf, particularly for Rolleiflex shutter work. My Rolleiflex 3.5F (Synchro-Compur shutter) has recently been serviced by a very experienced Rolleiflex technician in The Netherlands. The...

Maybe i'm a moron.... Maybe it's just the paint that makes me think the lens is made of plastic. It feels also lighter than the silver/metal versions,

I've got this one