Discovering the 19cm Makina Lens by Nokton48, on Flickr
Actually I have two of these, one focuses closer than the other. Both look excellent on the ground glass. I've finished a roll of Eastman 5222 XX 120, in a 6.5x9cm Makina Film Back. To focus you set the camera focus to infinity, then rangefinder focus and note the distance. Then set the body back to infinity, and then rotate the helical on the lens to whatever distance you noted. I've been doing this and it's very accurate and precise, I'm planning to shoot more tests. So far I have shot with the lens on the right, with #1 Yellow Makina FIlter and Makina Lens Hood. Easy and user friendly process, I think i like using this, lots of uses for telephoto photography. The viewfinder glass it gridded out to use the 19cm and very price as a way to frame. I'm having fun discovering this lens. Next I'm trying Kentmere 400 and Foma 200 pushed as far as possible. New addition is Foma Retropan 320 Soft developed in the Retropan developer.
Yes, that's what I do as well and it has worked fine on mine." Makina manual which says focus distance should be found on rangfinder, left as is but transferred to the lens. This is what I've been doing and focus is spot on. But curious that you get accurate focus your way too."
This is the correct way as far as I know.
Robert
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A while back i mentioned that i had a Makina III R that needed repair.
The past weeks i have successfully disassembled the entire camera and lens, cleaned it, lubricated and adjusted if.
The speeds are working nicely now and all thats left is to patch some holes in the bellows.
A few weeks ago, i also got my hands on a back for 35mm film. Would someone be willing to share the dimensions for the 35mm viewfinder mask? I would like to use it to make a 3d print of it so i can compose my images properly for 35mm film.
I didn't know fps shutters existed for the iiir, they mount on the rear and would also fit a ii?
I'd love to see pics of it.
Years ago my friend Alex here sold me a Focal Plane Shutter for my IIIR. He said "it has pinholes" but of course I bought it anyway. Geoffrey Berliner at Penumbra in NYC told me he has two of them in his basement treasure trove, but they too have pinholes. Had a pleasant conversation with Geoff (he called me back six times LOL) about using the FPS. To me the advantages are the shutter speeds to 1/1000, which allow larger f/stops when shooting outside with high speed film, and he agreed with me regarding that use. It was an exciting conversation. He said "You're a man after my own heart".
I have just now sent to WIZCAM (Mr. Binder), my IIIR Focal Plane Shutter. He has now moved to Florida, he says the weather is better there just now, so off it went to him. Curtain replacement is a big job, he says he can do it, so I figured better hurry up and get the CLA while I still can.
Looking forward to using the shutter when it returns. This is a big deal to me.
Good to know abut the 35mm Mask! I have a 35mm Back (Miniature Back) loaded with Eastman XX 5222 Cine film. Gritty stuff retro 1958 formulation, seems appropriate! Need to shoot more with it.
Plaubel Makina III Efke 100 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Shooting some Efke PL100 (my alltime fave) 6.5x9cm Cut Film, in a Plaubel Makina Planfilm Holder. These holders are heavy suckers but make for an extremely compact but heavy Makina footprint. Shooting small cut film is a joy. I have accumulated over fifty Makina Planfilm Holders, through numerous bundle deals. I do love the bokeh of the F2.9 Anticomar, it's quite unique wide-open IMO. This neg was scanned years ago with my 4490.
Wooden 120 film spools by Nokton48, on Flickr
I have just decided I will no longer attempt to load modern plastic 120 spools into Plaubel Makina film backs. I shot a rather important roll a couple of weeks ago, using a plastic spool I wrapped with duct tape. Well when I opened the back to change film, it did not load evenly onto the spool, and the roll is fogged! Luckily I was able to switch backs and reshoot my important photos but I am not going through this again!
I bought another dozen wooden spools for the take up side in these backs, which will solve that problem! Onward and upward!
I am opening and re-loading all of my Plaubel backs with wooden take up spools as of now.
Film advance with these old wooden spools is smooth as butter. Very nice!
I encountered the same issue lately when shooting a test roll on my Makina III R.
I used similar backs as illustrated here, but i also own plaubel 6x9 backs which are a little thinner and come with a frame counter window.
I am testing the back with the window today.
I would also like to 3d print some spools that are a little thicker, which would work similarly to the wooden spools you are using. Would you be able to share the diameter of the wooden spools, so i can make sure that my 3D prints match them?
What i could find was a value of 11.9mm, modern spools have a diameter of about 11.4-11.6.
The diameter of the wood spools seems to vary quite a bit. As an average I would say 11.4mm to 11.8mm would be a good range. My spools are quite olde and have been used a lot. The spool diameter does seem to make a difference. Making modern spools bigger using silver duct tape did not work for me at all. So I bit the bullet and went back to using the olde wooden ones, like were in use when these backs were in their heyday. The spools are are expensive on Ebay. So now it's a rare occurrence to get overlapping frames with Makina Backs. But it has happened! I'm going to cut notches in my Makina backs so I can identify the ones that are misbehaving. And slowly testing them all with dummy rolls and sharpie markers. It's worth doing. The Repair Guy Paul Ebel worked on some of mine long ago. Shooting sheet film in some ways is easier and more trouble free. Downside is that a pile of Makina Planfilm Holders weighs a ton!
Ackshually, Freestyle has 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 sheet film, in both Ilford and Arista, in stock. Should fit in Makina sheet film holders,...I would definitely prefer to shoot sheet film, but it doesn‘t seem to be sold anywhere. It would probably need to be cut from 4x5 sheets?
Ackshually, Freestyle has 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 sheet film, in both Ilford and Arista, in stock. Should fit in Makina sheet film holders,unless they're(ETA: even if they are) the dreaded 6.5 x 9cm format My recollection from shooting sheet film in a Makina II series is that it works, and the Arista stuff is cheap and it's good film.
Makina Focal Plane Shutter 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Makina Focal Plane Shutter 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Makina IIIR with Makina Focal Plane Shutter. I've also attached a ground glass back here, in lieu of the Makina Roll Film Back.
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