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Welcome to the retina club!! I have the IIIc with an accesory 35/5.6 lens. It used to be my most used camera, for some months.

Welcome back dear friend. I have a F2SB but consider the low-light-long-speed metering feature something of a gimmick, since if i were in such low light levels and wanted to do a long exposure, i'd better use a handheld meter instead and use incident metering instead of reflected metering. It...

As you can see above, the FP delay is about 16mS as per the specs of the camera. Often, the delay for FP is that short or even shorter, usually FP is triggered just before the mirror rises (or even after...) The Kiev 88 service manual says 16mSec and i'm betting that that's the curtain travel...

You call that a scratch? Your lens is fine.

Well, this is correct. I have two Gossen Luna Pro, one Luna Pro SBC, and one Minolta Flash Meter IV F. When i tried to sell one Gossen, nobody bought. My buyers are of the younger generation who think cellphone "light meter" apps are good and accurate.

From the service manual: " The closure of the (X) contacts should occur after the frame is fully opened, but not later than 2 ms, and the closure when setting the FP - 16±4 ms before the start of exposure." http://fotorefit.ru/remont_kiev-88/5.html

This is excellent information. You're doing us a big service. Check out my thread on the Kiev 88 as well!

He probably means putting the switch from the earlier Kiev 88s inside his Kiev. Earlier Kiev 88 cameras, as well as the Salyut-S and Salyut, have FP sync. This is achieved by an internal switch that has contacts for both FP and X. So it's just a matter of fitting the correct switch inside the...

Well, that would explain why it can mount: because you're carefully circunventing the limitation of the one-notch mount... EUREKA Thank you very much. This is new information not found elsewhere, at least not in english (and believe me i've been searching through some russian forums too)...

We don't want Samurai prices to rise. Better don't extol its virtues online.

BTW, i have something for you. The adjustment procedure for the ESII. It is hard to find because it is within a SPF service manual or supplement. I'm attaching it here. Page 6 of the PDF, and following pages, cover the ESII. Also download, from the learncamerarepair website, the ES service...

Nice to see you here dear comrade! Why not recalibrate the board? I would be very suspicious of blaming the cells themselves. The ESII is a later Pentax, i don't think the cells would really suffer any degradation. So far, the only times i've found bad CdS cells was on an old (early-60s...

Wow, you're an even more commited user than me!! Awesome to see you also have the Tessar, i guess you mean the one for the 1600F, right? I thought exactly the same as you regarding the f2.8 Tessars, usually they're not too good (although the one in my Contessa, a 50/2.8, is nice). But what...

The "blue dot" was just a way to difference a later model shutter from an earlier model of the (already later) black shutter. Nothing more. It had nothing to do with the optics of the lens. Since the chrome nose lenses, which predate the "black" lenses, and of course predate the "blue-dot"...

Thanks for replying! Lots of great information here. Some questions: - Did you like the Industar-29? - Amazing that the semi-automatic aperture system worked. I've been examining Salyut, Salyut-C and K88 bodies and what I saw so far is that only the first to have an additional notch on the...

I ask because i had the WLF and a side grip and even with this combination the 135mm lens was a bit awkward to use due to it sitting very far from the camera body. The 180mm was better balanced, go figure...

It's all cameras in general, including medium format cameras.

Search ebay for a C22, or a Mamiyaflex C2. They're far cheaper, and they are very nice machines. Your TLR dillema is easily solved, just ask yourself: Do I want interchangeable lenses? If the answer is YES, then go for a Mamiya TLR, you'll be satisfied. If the answer is NO, then it's a matter...

Keeping the camera balanced in this configuration must surely be a hard challenge.

I'd say "upgraded Minolta", it has better optics and a more sophisticated metering system, plus it was built by Leitz so it probably has even better quality control and fit and finish. The XE is a great machine, if someday I start a Minolta system i'll base it around an XE. In fact, now that i...

So, a Leica for your Minolta, is that fair?! Calm down, I'm just trolling... But consider your R3 is probably easier to service than a SL2, will probably never suffer prism desilvering (unlike the SL2), and the shutter is probably more reliable (the tried and true Copal vertical shutter, in...

The thing is, there are many 35mm full frame (not half frame) cameras that are smaller than the Pen F/FT. They're not reflex cameras, but they're smaller and with good optics. Like the Minox 35, Rollei 35. Or if you want a rangefinder: Zeiss S 312. Olympus XA. There are many other examples too...

Shh don't tell anyone, we don't want prices to rise. Let the people pay through the nose for the Pen F / FT cameras.

That's so funny, i have two bronicas (etrsi system) with a lot of accesories and lenses and now i'm buying exactly the same camera as yours: a Salyut-S. My other options were a Bronica S2A which everybody says it's noisy and has strong vibrations (even a magazine test mentions it). The other...

Ok, that's it. I will have to PM you sooner or later, for some advice... After all you're the most visible, amiable, lovable optical designer here.

Best matrix metering system is when you use the (matrix metering) algorithm in your brain.

The D is the matte screen, yes, it will vignette with many lenses. I have it.

Ok, i've since bought via Ebay a Salyut-S camera, so i'll report when it arrives. Meanwhile, more information that some times is ommited. Models: 1. The original Salyut. This camera has in fact many variants, the first had the self timer, and then the release of the self-timer went through...

Nice, tell us how you find it. And i'm curious of how quick was that shipping from Ukraine to the US.

Check your glass for haze. Use a flashlight, shine it through the lens and check for hazy elements and also for damaged (opaque) coatings. If it's all OK then there's a chance you're using it on a Kiev camera and the lack of good flocking in the mirror box is making the flare problem worse than...