So I got myself an Ikoflex

[Roger Cole]

I got one of these recently, my first MF camera. Came with a sticky shutter but I unscrewed the lens, gave the blades a good clean with cotton buds soaked in lens cleaner, gave it some heat with a hair drier and it's now perfect. Lens cleaner got in the lens behind the shutter but I opened up the aperture, put it in B mode and was able to clean it out.

My favourite camera by far.

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Enjoy the camera. I don't know the Ikoflex but I love my Yashicamat. There's just something cool and fun to use about TLRs, not to mention the results can be superb.

 

[pstake]

I've gotten used to mine now and it's a pleasure to use. Really versatile, from candids to landscapes and only a little more trouble than 35mm.

Glad to hear you were able to clean the lens and aperture blades. I had mne CLA'd and the exposures are always spot on. I think the build quality on the Ikoflex is pretty darn high. Reliability is a huge plus.

 

[belfastdispatcher]

I've gotten used to mine now and it's a pleasure to use. Really versatile, from candids to landscapes and only a little more trouble than 35mm.

Glad to hear you were able to clean the lens and aperture blades. I had mne CLA'd and the exposures are always spot on. I think the build quality on the Ikoflex is pretty darn high. Reliability is a huge plus.

Just in case you might be interested too, since filters for this camera are hard to find I ordered a 35.5mm to 49mm filter adapter since I already have a bunch of filters.


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[gone]

I miss the photos mine took. I don't miss toting that thing. Love those Novars. Very simple camera to CLA (good photos on flickr for cleaning/lubing the film advance mechanism). Tri-X in D76.

 

[kintatsu]

I have an old Ikoflex from around 1940, I called it my 70 year old mistress until I got my LF and my RB67. Awesome camera and great to work with. Old folks give you a wistful look when they see it being used.

 

[belfastdispatcher]

I'm having a thing for the Zeiss Tessar lens, I have it on two cameras, the Ikoflex and Ikon Symbolica and both produce beautiful results.

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[belfastdispatcher]

I just received the filter adapter, looks like a nice fit.

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[Roger Cole]

I miss the photos mine took. I don't miss toting that thing. Love those Novars. Very simple camera to CLA (good photos on flickr for cleaning/lubing the film advance mechanism). Tri-X in D76.

Don't miss toting it; is it larger/heavier/bulkier than other fixed lens TLRs? Serious question as I've never seen one IRL or, as far as I can recall, in a photo with a known camera to scale. I ask because thought most fixed lens TLRs were about the same size, weight and shape and I find my Yashicamat the easiest, least bulky of my cameras to carry around (ok, aside from my iPhone or my little Olympus Stylus Zoom which I very rarely use.) Though larger and bulkier than either my Pentax LX or MX bodies I rarely carry one of those without the other and without at least a lens on each. Even if I do, it will be with a 28-105 zoom which more than makes up the difference, even including the fact I carry a Luna Pro SBC (large, bulky meter as meters go) with the TLR. And it pales by comparison to my M645, never mind the 4x5+tripod and paraphernalia!

 

[pstake]

Just in case you might be interested too, since filters for this camera are hard to find I ordered a 35.5mm to 49mm filter adapter since I already have a bunch of filters.


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Mine is pre-war, and it does not take a 35.5mm filter. Just posting it here for anybody who might stumble upon this in the future.

The taking lens on mine is an A32mm or 30.5x.5mm threaded.

The viewing lens takes a 27mm threaded or A28.5

 

[horacekenneth]

I just received the filter adapter, looks like a nice fit.

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where did you get a filter adapter? is it for the ikoflex or customized?