This week I am shooting with...

Doug Smith · Sep 4, 2007

Pigeonflex with Efke 50 and Ansco Sure Shot with same. First time with the Efke 50. I recently used some Efke 100 in a Brownie Bullet 127 that came out fine although very curly.

Vaughn · Sep 4, 2007

My 8x10 Zone IV -- I always have holders loaded (Ilford FP4+) and ready to go.

Vaughn

colrehogan · Sep 4, 2007

Shot the Century No. 7 yesterday for the first time and tried out several new to me old lenses, Wollensak Varium, Beach Multi-Focal Series A, Carl Zeiss Jena Protarlinse VII, Crown Anastigmat Series I. I didn't get around to using the big Voigtlander lens yet, but I took a picture of it on the camera with my Century Whole Plate. Unfortunately, the cat didn't cooperate during several of the pictures.

keithwms · Sep 4, 2007

I will be testing my recently refurbished King Poco 5x7 that sports a surprisingly good symmetric convertible lens of unknown focal length(s) with a Packard shutter and three working speeds (T, B, and 1 sec). I will try some 5x7 fp4+ in that if I get some time away.

matt miller · Sep 4, 2007

I should be receiving some Polaroid type 56 tomorrow. My first time with any sort of Polaroid, so I'm excited. I'll be exposing it in my 5x7 Rittreck w/4x5 back and a 210mm lens.

Flotsam · Sep 4, 2007

crabby said:
I seem to be the only selenium-cell shooter. I realize most of the meters are dead by now, but if you found a camera from this era that was safely stored in its case, many times the meter is still active. The selenium cell era was quite interesting.

I use a Sekonic Studio Deluxe that I bought new just several years ago. When I picked it up, the young camera store sales person tried to sell me batteries for it
The only selenium meter camera that I ever used was a Contax "Cyclops".

redrockcoulee · Sep 4, 2007

Sunday I shoot a roll of black and white film in a Pentax MZ5n using a Pentax digital lens. Not sure what type of film it was as brother-in-law gave me his old film including an unlabeled bulk load of Ilford ? so I thought seeing as would be developing it anyways to see what kind of film it was might as well check out how much coverage the 16-45 zoom gave on the full frame. Not only did I get that unknown Ilford but also a small bulk load of FP4+, one roll of Panatomic-X some rolls of HP5 and about ten rolls of exposed film that I offered to develop for him.
By the way I exposed the film at ISO 250 to make sure I got images. It had to be either HP5 or FP4

thebanana · Sep 4, 2007

A Kodak disposable (for the Let's all shoot one camera Part 4 project)

mwdake · Sep 4, 2007

I just picked up an Agfa Jsolette, yes I know that J is really supposed to be an I.

I think this is a pre-war model as it has the J and has 2 flaps inside for a 6x4.5 mask along with a little lever to mask the viewfnder for 6x4.5.

Anyhow, I ran roll of film through it and the results were quite pleasing.
I am pretty amazed that a 70 year old camera can still work so well.

IloveTLRs · Sep 4, 2007

crabby said:
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So far, only one TLR shooter. Thought they'd be more popular. In the past year I have gone out with a SEM, Rolleimagic, Mamiyaflex, and Flexo, among others in my collection.

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I'm a weekend warrior when it comes to TLRs: they're not well suited for sticking my bag on weekdays

I've got a Primoflex, Walzflex and Ricohflex. Great for B&W but there's nothing like the look of fresh 6x6 slides

HerrBremerhaven · Sep 4, 2007

Interesting . . . I also have a 1937 AGFA Jsolette, and mostly shoot with it in 6x4.5 configuration. Mine has been with me for the last four years, a gift from a friend of mine. They are somewhat rare, even if not super desirable. I had to patch the leather bellows on mine with T-shirt printing ink, but it has held up well enough to shoot transparency film in it.

Currently running a 1935 Wirgin Edinex through the paces after a partial restoration. While not an easy camera to use, it is enjoyable. I hope the images come out nicely.

Recently machined a Linhof board so I could mount an old lens onto my 4x5 and try some portraits. That lens is now my oldest of old gear, an 1853 Holmes, Booth & Haydens 1/4 plate lens (just covers 4x5 at ∞, fine at portrait distances). I will hopefully get to try this one soon.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
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John Kasaian · Sep 5, 2007

Kodak Brownie Reflex with 127 Efke R-100
Deardorff 8x10 with the last of my Arista Pro 125 (Ilford FP-4+)
Speed Graphic pre-Anniversary 5x7 with Ilford HP-5+
and if I get around to it...
Nikon F2 with privately labelled Agfa APX-100
Rolleiflex T with Kodak VP
Off on sabbatical will be:
12x20 Folmer & Schwing Banquet (the really big tripod needs some parts)
Gowland 8x10 Aerial with Kodak T-max 400 (waiting for the next full moon)

Uncle Goose · Sep 5, 2007

Meopta Flexaret IV, first time use and they results look great.

P C Headland · Sep 5, 2007

Over the past couple of weeks or so:
- Pentacon 6TL
- Certo Six folder
- Canon AE-1

Just got the shutter sorted on my YashicaMat LM, so that will be next.

Lee Shively · Sep 6, 2007

Blame it on number of "senior moments", the recent eclipse or some other incomprehensible occurance, but....

Within the last two months, I've purchased both a new Canon DSLR, two old Kiev rangefinders and a couple of Russian-made Leica thread-mount lenses to use (with adapters) on my M6 bodies. I'll be using all of the above ASAP.

noblebeast · Sep 6, 2007

Testing out 2 recently acquired Low-fi cameras:

Agfa Isolette 1, and a Vagabond 120.

Joe

Olivander · Sep 7, 2007

Have with me a freshly-loaded Conley No.2 Folding Kewpie. Just yesterday polished off a roll in a Crest 120 box camera, and I'm halfway through the roll in the Ansco Panda.

crabby · Sep 8, 2007

I spoke too soon about my working selenium-cell cameras. Just after finishing a roll with my Fujica 35-EE, the meter became erratic. Might be the cell or just the wiring. No time to check it now.

Loaded for action this week is a Retina 1a (015) and Box Tengor 54/2.

kjsphoto · Sep 8, 2007

If I can sneak away for a few hours a masterview.

Kobin · Sep 8, 2007

Last week it was a Minolta XG1 with the 50mm f1.7 Rokkor and the 28mm f2.8 Celtic and the 135 f2.8 Celtic. And the 8x10 Pergo-pinhole.

Next week it will be the Yashica Electro 35 GSN with 45mm f1.7 Yashinon and the pinhole.

The following week I will make opportunities to shoot the Franka Rolfix with 105mm f4.5 Radionar in both 6x9 and 6x6 formats.

So say I.

K.

Roger Hicks · Sep 8, 2007

...and I've just CAREFULLY loaded my Pentacon Six TL...

Charlie-J · Sep 8, 2007

This week I am shooting my..

ContaxII + 5cm f1.5 Sonnar & J-12
Leica IIIF + 5&9 cm Elmar & J-11
MPP Microcord
They are all loaded with Agfapan 100 or 400

Charlie

mwdake · Sep 10, 2007

This week I took out a Super Ricohflex I just purchased for next to nothing.

Turned out some nice results using Fuji Neopan Acros 100.

rharoldp · Sep 10, 2007

A Zero 2000 pinhole camera loaded with Begger 200.

Roger Hicks · Sep 10, 2007

...And the pics from the Pentacon Six TL came out very well, as did another roll shot with a Graflex 22...

All on HP5 of course, the finest film in the world for almost everything but ESPECIALLY old roll-film cameras. At least the negs look good though they're not printed yet.

Next I shall be loading a Graflex XL modified to accept RB67 backs and a Polaroid 600 SE with MF adapter and backs. (And Alpas, which although they're collectible, aren't old).

Good pics from the M2 loaded with Efke IR820c, too. They are printed.

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