Recent content by Michael Mutmansky

I bet the price will go up when they realize how little profit they made from the first batch... Anyway, 39 remaining of the first batch of 350.

I decided I'm not going to get one because I can't get my Kodachrome developed...

82 remaining...

As of Saturday, 102 remaining.

It's hard to buy into this when a great condition F8 is around $2000 or so... but if this has a much better quality clockwork mechanism in it or some other aspect that separates it from the older versions, I think it's a justifiable purchase. I guarantee there is a pretty hard ceiling on the...

Did anyone order one? I'm trying to understand if they immediately want to charge a CC or if they wait until the 14-day period is up to charge, or if the charge comes ahead of them shipping. That isn't clearly defined on the site...

Now down to 198 left... I'm thinking about it, even though I have been shooting 120 and larger recently... and I won't be buying a 35mm camera for other purposes I don't think. It'll be $5200 or so in the US with tariffs. Honestly, not terrible and for a small production, hand-built item, it's...

I suggest that you see if you can measure the threads of you lens barrels... and include them in the ask. It appears some companies used Copal 3S shutters but they were not labelled as 3S, so you have to be careful to ensure you don't end up with a mismatch.

Just a suggestion... some (many? not sure) of the old F&S cameras were modified to fit the "standard" filmholders (that Korona and others used). If you don't have a film holder already, you may want to investigate this a bit to ensure what kind it will fit before you buy a holder. If you're...

I used to own one that I really enjoyed (I much preferred it to 8x10 for contact prints) and I felt it was the optimal size for the Canham cameras. The 11x14 was built on the larger chassis and was considerably larger and heavier, and the 8x10 version was great, but I felt there were more...

There are cheap-ish generic lens hoods. I have a couple and they work perfectly. I like them in part because I consider a hood to be an expendable accessory since they seem to take the brunt of the damage from minor bumps, scrapes against rocks, etc. So, I don't fret them much and if one of...

Andrew, Be careful with the BAY60 to 67mm adapters. If it is a cheap aluminum one, they can bind. I tracked down some brass ones (Heliopan and original Hasselblad, IIRC) and find them pretty reliable. Heliopan is gone now and Hasselblad doesn't make them any more, but the adapters should be...

Do you know the provenance of this camera?

What versions of these lenses are you looking for?

Plus piles of lenses through Ebay... This is the second version of the body, before the MF version from the photos I can see. Supposedly, it has a better meter baffle in it than the first version (which would have a circle and square instead of the A and AEL on the shutter dial). The last...