Vintage camera porn (Bored...)

[Sirius Glass]

Vito IIa here. Very similar to Vito II. There is something to be said for either of them. The best description I can think of is class. Remember that Voigtlander was founded in 1756.
And the attention of Voigtlander designers to ergonomic details: In the Vito IIa, the rewind button sitting flush below the top plate, that pops out when needed. The serrated bar that provides an easy yet safe way to open the back. The two little pedals to unlock the folding movement. In the Perkeo, the film holders that swing out to make loading easier.

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And stole lens designs selling copies as his own design. Lest we forget.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

And stole lens designs selling copies as his own design. Lest we forget.

Who stole who's lens designs? Or who made copies of what?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Voigtlander stole Petzval's design.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/10/from-petzvals-sum-to-abbes-number/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petzval_lens
https://caspershire.net/joseph-petzval/
https://books.google.com/books?id=7...oigtlander stolen lens design petzval&f=false

 

[reddesert]

Let's not derail.

Yashica Lynx-5000 by reddesert64, on Flickr

Some minor viewfinder repairs needed - the half-silvered mirror for the framelines was loose (very distracting), RF adjustment, removed remains of disintegrated gasket under rewind knob. All back together now. I took this mostly to play with the tabletop light box.

 

[darinwc]

Olympus bling:

 

[darinwc]

Or maybe some Rollei love?

 

[darinwc]

Caliente Canons

 

[bernard_L]

A substantial half-frame. 425g of pure metal, nothing like a plasticky P&S. Everything works. Solinar lens. No stinkin' batttery needed.

 

[JensH]

Or maybe some Rollei love? View attachment 245366

Wow, nice camera in fine condition... and I like the photo, too.

Best
Jens

 

[Kino]

The Welta Welti.

 

[Helios 1984]

Topcon 35-L

 

[AndyH]

Or maybe some Rollei love? View attachment 245366

Rollei family sitting for a family portrait. The German born cousins, (all but the SL35 E) do not seem to look down upon their Singapore-ese cousin.

 

[John Earley]

Kodak 33 9x12 Camera by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

New to me Plaubel Peco Profia by Nokton48, on Flickr

This arrived here from Germany within the last couple of weeks. The lens is a Schneider 270mm Tele Arton and the 4x5/9x12 sliding roll back makes this fast to use. I am going to use 4x5 Graphmatics in it for now.

This is all original Plaubel Peco Profia from the 70s.

 

[markjwyatt]

Outdoor camera porn: Praktica MTL5 coupled with a Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.8 Ultron (shot with ZI Contax iia, Zeiss Opton 50mm f2 Sonnar + deep Y filter)


Praktica MTL5 & Zeiss Ultron by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[AgX]

This arrived here from Germany within the last couple of weeks.

I guess you have not had sent over from Germany that Plaubel studio stand too...

 

[PGraham3]

FUJICA V2 (1964) - Awesome sharp lens!

 

[PGraham3]

YASHICA J-3 (1963) - A fun camera to shoot with an incredibly sharp Auto Yashinon 5cm f2 lens.

 

[John Bragg]

Canonet QL17 Giii
Pairs nicely with this Weston Master V. Nothing like some satin stainless steel.

Canonet QL17 Giii by E.J. Bragg, on Flickr

 

[Nokton48]

I guess you have not had sent over from Germany that Plaubel studio stand too...

No I bought it many years ago in a local used camera store. Would you believe they had FIVE of them to sell?

 

[gordrob]

This arrived here from Germany within the last couple of weeks. The lens is a Schneider 270mm Tele Arton and the 4x5/9x12 sliding roll back makes this fast to use. I am going to use 4x5 Graphmatics in it for now.

This is all original Plaubel Peco Profia from the 70s.

I have a Plaubel Peco Profia just like yours and have really enjoyed it. A couple of years ago I found it's 5X7 big brother which now has a meter of bellows as well as the short wide angle set up.Full kit.

 

[Nokton48]

I have two 4x5 Plaubel Peco Profias in my studio, the second one is exactly like your wide angle configuration above.

Not lightweight but that is what I like about them. More like the Rock of Gibraltor comes to mind.

I can put a Sinar Norma Shutter on mine, so it works with all my longer barrel lenses.

Plaubel Peco Profia Eye Candy by Nokton48, on Flickr

 

[Peltigera]

My two favourite cameras - I really cannot choose between them. These are the first two film cameras I bought after a long hiatus with no photography and both are still being used.

On the left, a 1945 Voigtländer Vito and on the right, an early Voigtländer Vito B.

 

[Auer]

 

[StepheKoontz]

Some east German porn. This is, in my opinion, one of the prettiest SLR's ever made.