Vintage camera porn (Bored...)

[dourbalistar]

A close-up of my M5's shutter speed dial, taken with Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Hoya Close-Up +4, Ultrafine eXtreme 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


2020.05.31 Roll #247-04886-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[John Earley]

Nikon F ELP and 50-1.4 by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr

 

[markjwyatt]

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I have one of each of those also. Both are in need of significant work. Both are from 1949. I think I could use the Speed Graphic with the leaf shutter, but I have no film holders for the RBD, and it has no leaf shutter, only the focal plane which is pretty gummed up from age (same with the SG focal plane).

 

[EdColorado]

I really like this old beater. I'd love to hear the stories it could tell, if it could talk.

Kodak No. 1 Kodak Jr. Non autographic, made in 1914, and yes it works quite well.

 

[John Earley]

Ansco Memo by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr

 

[John Earley]

Zeiss Ikon Maximar 207/7 9x12 by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr

 

[StepheKoontz]

I think I'm in love!

 

[ph]

referring to post 163 above ad my modified Canon F1.

,Alos has done what they did to the Alpas, only with a less expensive victim: one fixed flah synchronized shutter speed, ordinary lens mount removed and replaced by an Asahi Takumar 35mm with peculiar settings for aperture and distance adapted to their flash units and special "thrichter" a conical device assuring a fixded distance to the counters of the "Telefonbau und Normalzeit" exchanges. This Canon vaariety is fairly rare even if the Alpa phone camera stripped of its ancillaries is the most common variety of Alpas. I believe they were bought in by TN with a nationalistic wish to support Swiss indigenous camera production. The Leitz "Post" alternative might,however,at gthe time have been cheaper.

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[StepheKoontz]

This is just the sexiest looking rangefinder IMHO.

 

[AgX]

Added a Kodak Hawkeye II to my heap of stuff. A very ugly camera to my mind, and that is why I bought it. My second one, the other Hawkeye is a classic box-type. To my understanding Hawkeyes were not on offer here, both are the first ones I came across (abroad resp. at dealer from abroad).
https://static.pacificrimcamera.com/images/191860.jpg

 

[Helge]

Pure sex. Like something out of Akira, Tron or Back to the Future II.

Wonderful zoom lens with a max aperture of 3.5.
Very appropriate for half frame. It will give you amble DoF, same as the original Pen.
It’s now officially retro chic since the date function ran out in December last year.

Auto spot metering, zoom lens, autofocus, build in flash, leaf shutter SLR with a thousand of a second max shutter speed, is not functions you are going to find in other half frame cameras.

The X3.0 is the version to get. The others are diluted or worse in a number of ways.
One of them being watered down design.

Brilliant commercial starring Ryuichi Sakamoto and music by him:

 

[outwest]

A Konica II with s super sharp Hexanon lens.

 

[Cholentpot]

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Pure sex. Like something out of Akira, Tron or Back to the Future II.

Wonderful zoom lens with a max aperture of 3.5.
Very appropriate for half frame. It will give you amble DoF, same as the original Pen.
It’s now officially retro chick since the date function ran out in December last year.

Auto spot metering, zoom lens, autofocus, build in flash, leaf shutter SLR with a thousand of a second max shutter speed, is not functions you are going to find in other half frame cameras.

The X3.0 is the version to get. The others are diluted or worse in a number of ways.
One of them being watered down design.

Brilliant commercial starring Ryuichi Sakamoto and music by him:

I always wanted one of these, and a Pen F...

 

[AgX]

Helge, thank you for the videos.

 

[outwest]

How about a 707?

 

[AgX]

Never saw that thing. It got a RF and seemingly an illuminated meter display/indicator.

Original designation is Lordox Super Automat

 

[outwest]

And a full Viewmaster 3D kit.

 

[Helge]

And a full Viewmaster 3D kit. View attachment 254523

Missing the https://www.viewmaster.co.uk/htm/flash.asp
;-)

 

[StepheKoontz]

DR Summi on my M2.

 

[BAC1967]

Missing the https://www.viewmaster.co.uk/htm/flash.asp
;-)

And the closeup attachments.

 

[outwest]

Picky, picky, picky;-) OK, everything is there you need for taking, mounting, and viewing normal distance daylight pairs - except the film. Closeup attachments? Did they use prisms to change the separations of the lenses? It was a lot simpler to put a diopter over the center two lenses of a Nimslo.

 

[jimgalli]

Nikon EL with 125mm Achromatic Meniscus lens

 

[Nokton48]

Sinar Norma Handy Lowboy 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

My fifth Norma is this homemade in my shop "Sinar Norma Handy Lowboy" which will get some use. The lensboard cone and helical are stock Sinar Norma items in the Norma catalog. With the Sinarsix and Schneider 65mm F8 Center Filter I am good to go.

The body is a Norma Auxiliary Standard turned 45 degrees, threaded steel rods removed (staking pins knocked out to remove), and drilled and tapped out, enlarging and threading the original holes. In the same way, quick release bolted to the bottom of the camera. A beefy cold shoe was then bolted to the top of the auxiliary frame. The viewfinder is a Mamiya 7 43mm finder. Has nice easy to see bubble levels. The cold shoe and quick release are from China via Ebay, the strap lugs are from Pentax 6x7. Strap is Domke Gripper. The Pistol Grip is Graflex XL, which is what Norma used, they put Sinar Norma badges on it. Hyperfocal focus chart taped to back of XL Grip. The black pop-up hood on the back is Graflex 4x5 Crown Graphic type. Snaps right onto the Norma.

On a tripod, I can pop the lens open, and view like a regular Sinar Norma for more precise composition and the whole 65mm 4x5 view.

Camera is very HANDY. They named it right

 

[BAC1967]

Picky, picky, picky;-) OK, everything is there you need for taking, mounting, and viewing normal distance daylight pairs - except the film. Closeup attachments? Did they use prisms to change the separations of the lenses? It was a lot simpler to put a diopter over the center two lenses of a Nimslo.

It’s a pair of push on goggles that has parallax compensation for the viewfinder. There’s no prisms just the lenses, they work pretty good. There are two different ones available, mine go down to 3 feet, I think the other goes as close as 2 feet. Nice kit by the way.