Recent content by Marco Gilardetti

I recently bought a Hasselblad metered winding knob, in excellent conditions. However, just as I figured, when tested with care the cell shown to be weak, possibly partly exhausted as it often (always?) happens with selenium cells. I borught it back to the shop and asked if it was possible to...

Thanks. This indeed explains many things. But in the specific case of the Yashica FX-3 Super, were the first batches actually produced by themselves at Kyocera? Or did the model come into being as a joint venture with Cosina right from the start?

Does anyone have an insight in terms of profit etc. as to why big companies like Nikon or Kyocera, which definitely don't lack production plants and emplyees, may decide to outsource some of their models?

I'm not very sure I get the point of your question, as there are many different Femoboxes depending on the format size you wish to print. However, the external sizes of the box are as follows: width: 16 cm depth: 17 cm height: 10,2 cm

It's "curious" (but also daunting) how hardware seems easier to make than software in the instant film sector. Don't get me wrong, it's all good news, but oh how I wish they would simply make again instant film for classic Polaroid backs rather than adapters for improper instant film sizes...

However yes, I would describe the cocking lever of Mamiya C shutters as "quite stiff". It varies from one unit to another, but speaking in general I would say that "a moderate amount of force" is indeed needed to load them.

Those are great, great cameras. I own a C330 since no less than 30 years and it's possibly the last that I would resell. Together with a pair of their lenses they fit a relatively compact case and are ideal cameras for travelling, as you've already found out. What I particularly like of Mamiyas...

I own a Zeis Ikon - Voigtlander Icarex 35S that, despite being in "as new" condition, seems to be particularly unlucky when it comes to repair over here. I believe I have to surrender to the idea that nobody in Italy is really able to work on this camera model, even though they think they are...

Thank you very much for your detailed reply! As at least in the case of 135 I like to use many different cameras, I think this kind of cassettes won't be of any help.

Would someone please expand how these labyrinth type cassettes work? I have only used (and seen) pop-up cap & felt cassettes so far. On top of all, I don't get if they are brand-specific (with the obvious exception of the Shirley Wellard "Universal"). Do Zeiss-Ikon cassettes fit only Zeiss-Ikon...

Mine says that, especially with "vintage" equipment, this is in most cases not feasible with the desired/expected accuracy, and that a more or less good approximation has to be accepted.

That might be indeed a nice subject for another thread! 😉 I also ignore most things about the cameras used by my family. Aside the mentioned Isolette, I know that my mother had a Ferrania Rondine (now in the hands of a cousin of mine) and later an Agfamatic Sensor. Both were very simple cameras...

Being a physicist, I actually happen to own a portable scintillation counter. However I never happened to see figures about how much radiation is needed over time to blacken a film of given sensitivity. Has anyone ever seen a table, a graph or such?

Cute camera. It has been one of my grandad's, quite surely his last. When a kid, I took a photography course at school and the teacher prompted us pupils to carry at school whichever camera we had and discuss if it was still usable. I then took the chance to take pictures with it; I couldn't...

It's not necessarily so. Light meters, especially "vintage" or "simple" ones, are not really linear. They once used to have a pair of calibrating points in order to fit their response curve curve to a line as best as possible, but as far as I know in all cases there are ranges in which they are...