Franka Solida IIIe / Amazed with this glass

mindthemix · May 12, 2016

This camera is a real joy to use. Lens is amazing and the shooting experience just WOW.

Kirks518 · May 18, 2016

Nice set. I had one and sold it. Sort of makes me wish I had't, but I have way too many cameras for one person.

bernard_L · May 19, 2016

Indeed many of your images have sharpness that pops out of the screen. Good pictures, too. Could you indicate the aperture used?

I have a Franka Solida III, also Radionar f:2.9, no rangefinder. Was disappointed by the performance wide open; a triplet at f:2.9 is really pushing too far. But maybe I should give it anoter try at f:8 and smaller?

R.Gould · May 19, 2016

I have a few folders with the Radionar lens among my collection and I find that the lens, as does most triplets, are at their best at F8 to F11, closed down their is niothing wrong with triplets, Franka solida's are well made and strong cameras. I don't have the III but the IIRF were the rangefinder is not coupled to the lens, and got some great results with it, among my favorite cameras

mindthemix · May 20, 2016

bernard_L said:
Indeed many of your images have sharpness that pops out of the screen. Good pictures, too. Could you indicate the aperture used?

I have a Franka Solida III, also Radionar f:2.9, no rangefinder. Was disappointed by the performance wide open; a triplet at f:2.9 is really pushing too far. But maybe I should give it anoter try at f:8 and smaller?

I mostly shot @ f/5.6. My little daughter watching the ipad and the closeup portrait of my son at the beach were @ f/2.9
The old lady having her moment at the beach was @ f/4

I really like the outcome @ f2.9 but I'll try the same subject and exposure at different apertures to have a better idea. I'll share for sure.

Thanks for the feedback!

AgX · May 20, 2016

A plain triplet designed for f2.9 is stretching far.
Practical photography though can prove the opposite...

We are too figure-minded.

Ricardo Miranda · May 20, 2016

mindthemix said:
I mostly shot @ f/5.6. My little daughter watching the ipad and the closeup portrait of my son at the beach were @ f/2.9
The old lady having her moment at the beach was @ f/4

I really like the outcome @ f2.9 but I'll try the same subject and exposure at different apertures to have a better idea. I'll share for sure.

Thanks for the feedback!

And may I ask what was the film?

mindthemix · May 20, 2016

Ricardo Miranda said:
And may I ask what was the film?

Agfa APX25 EI20 for the old lady at the beach shot. All others Acros 100.

Ricardo Miranda · May 21, 2016

Thanks!
So, no numbers on the negative! ;-)

Slixtiesix · May 21, 2016

This camera looks immaculate. Congratulations!

bernard_L · May 21, 2016

I mostly shot @ f/5.6. My little daughter watching the ipad and the closeup portrait of my son at the beach were @ f/2.9
The old lady having her moment at the beach was @ f/4

Amazing! And congratulations for keeping notes. I must really go back to my Franka Solida. On the subject of triplets, I once shot in duplicate pictures with a Penti (Meyer Trioplan) and an Optima-Parat (Solinar, four-element) anc could not see a difference.
Just to feed the thread, one image from 2010 taken with my Franka; no record of aperture, but probably around f:11.

mindthemix · May 21, 2016

Ricardo Miranda said:
Thanks!
So, no numbers on the negative! ;-)

I passed the data-back!

mindthemix · May 21, 2016

Slixtiesix said:
This camera looks immaculate. Congratulations!

Thanks and I was lucky to find this camera in like new condition after many many months.

mindthemix · May 21, 2016

bernard_L said:
Amazing! And congratulations for keeping notes. I must really go back to my Franka Solida. On the subject of triplets, I once shot in duplicate pictures with a Penti (Meyer Trioplan) and an Optima-Parat (Solinar, four-element) anc could not see a difference.
Just to feed the thread, one image from 2010 taken with my Franka; no record of aperture, but probably around f:11. View attachment 157369

Thanks Bernard. Notes provides some learning and for me is part of the journey. Beautiful shot and right on exposure, snow is not an easy one.

Robert Williams · Aug 19, 2018

Absolutely beautiful camera! Beautiful captures as well. Thank you for sharing!

RalphLambrecht · Aug 20, 2018

mindthemix said:
This camera is a real joy to use. Lens is amazing and the shooting experience just WOW.

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I have one; it was my Dad's;unfortunately, the shutter is al gummed up and hard to set and I never managed to focus it right.

Down Under · Aug 23, 2018

Truly a fine camera - astounding sharpness and tones from that lens. I also had one, and also foolishly sold it in the 1990s when I did my first camera cull, and silly me, I sold off the best of my cameras in preference to unloading the chaff first. Never did that again, a bitter lesson lesson learned.

From the images he has posted here, the OP would produce similarly superb results from any camera he had in his hand...

Väinö Louekari · Sep 29, 2018

Franka Solida IIIe is a great camera. It is my traveling MF camera.

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