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I have read many times that the great Robert Capa used mostly a Contax pre-war rangefinder for most of his work including the famous Normandy landings. Some cameras were intended from the get go for military use, like the Kodak Medalist and Kodak Signet 35.

It's horrible that we can still find any war acceptable. The world should evolve.

OMG I had exactly the same model. Identical, same lens and everything. And mint. Now you've made me regret selling it.

Xtol is, as far as i know, the most advanced developer so far. That is, it was a product of relatively recent R&D, while most developers we use have been around for more than 70 years...

I seriously doubt the developer itself would have a big impact on tonality. If you see strong differences in "tonality" what you're looking at is increased (or decreased) contrast, and this will depend on time and temperature (plus agitation), not really on the developer itself. Of course some...

Hmmmm For the auto shutter to work ok, many things need to be right, i.e. the timing switches/memory switch needs to be clean, memory capacitor OK (i think it's inside a sealed compartment on the ESII). Have you checked all switches to be clean and checked their adjustment (i think the manual...

Yes but X-sync won't work. It will close (fire) when the 1st curtain is opened. Then the 2nd curtain will immediately start closing, thus the time the film gate is fully open is very brief, it could even be close to zero. The 1/25 or 1/30 shutter speed (sync speed) factors in the time it took...

Obstinating on finding lens defect on lenses that in fact are fine, will definitely reduce your IQ until you will never be able to enter Mensa.

A sensible, unpretentious man.

Exactly. Don't unscrew that retainer, it might make things worse.

Try pouring, at the edge, drops of, in order: 1. naptha then try removing 2. . acetone (wait until it makes effect) try 3. a minute amount of oil try If nothing works you'll have to drill holes for a spanner...

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...