Recent content by stuwilmur

Thanks all for the wise words. I think for the time being, I will simply measure and adjust for the slower times (though as noted, I'm possibly unlikely to really need them) and enjoy the camera as is with its limitations which are half the fun, and perhaps in future I will find someone with...

Hi All, I have acquired a lovely Ensign Selfix 16-20 with Rostar 75mm f/4.5 in an Epsilon shutter. It's a nice little camera that fits in a pocket, and takes lovely pictures (at least, I'm really delighted with them). Like so many folders of this vintage, the slower shutter speeds (1/10s and...

I did start to worry about this after the fact. However, I’m happy to report that all four rolls have developed nicely with no immediately apparent effects.

Update on the above: flying out of an Edinburgh, I was advised by security that my film would be safe as it was under 800ISO. I flew back from CDG terminal 2E: I couldn’t see anything identifying the model on the scanners other than the manufacturer name; I didn’t have to take laptop or liquids...

Hi All, I’ve had a look online but couldn’t see a very definitive answer on this: I’m flying from EDI to CDG and back, planning on taking some rolls or HP5 and Ektar 100. Does anyone have recent experience of the scanners at either end? Will my film get zapped in new CT machines? If necessary I...

Thanks for this: I did so this evening with success, and everything is looking pretty clean. Just need to reset the focus now when it’s daylight again…

Hi all, I’m looking for suggestions for how to fashion a clip to connect a waist strap to the lugs on a Lubitel. I tried a key ring but the holes are quite small and the curve of the ring too great. I guess I need something either rigid and straight or some sort of strong flexible material I...

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome.

Hello Photrio community, from Fife, Scotland, UK I’ve done a little 35mm over the years in fits and starts, but more recently decided to try and do some more photography as I realised it gives me such pleasure. I’m currently taking my first steps in medium format, and this forum has been so...

My first, and still my current: what was my Dad’s Spotmatic F: happy memory of him explaining exposure and showing me how to use it at Jodrell Bank Observatory about 25 years ago. I love using it.

Thanks for the excellent advice Donald, which I’ve just followed. As far as I can tell, the bellows look sound, and happily the Isolette is indeed focussing, at least tested using the scotch tape ground glass method.

I’m trying the cheap and cheerful method of entry into medium format, so have the following, picked up off eBay for very little: Lubitel 166B Agfa Isolette I Ensign Selfix 16-20 Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 I got the three folders on the basis that some may be dud, but on inspection they seem ok...

Brilliant thanks: so if I’m reading this right, removal should just be the three grub screws and remove focus ring to allow me to unscrew front element?

Sorry if this covers old ground… I’ve picked up one of these: it seems totally fine and dandy: shutter fires on all speeds, focus moves smoothly, bellows look totally sound. There’s just a little dirt and haze on the inner lens surfaces. Could anyone explain the process of getting at them? I...