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Ian why do the English view cameras have the large round hole on the bottom???

@Peter Schrager

Your question is listed in the Quote.

That's easy, two reasons, one to allow the camera to fold closed with a lens, and ofter a Between Lens Tornton Pickard shutter. Secondly, many cameras use a circular tripod ring, mostly rotatable, which you attach the legs to.





I should add the 2nd image was made today, the camera has been restored since the first.

Ian
 
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What a disappointment - I had always thought it was because that's where the teapot goes!
 
moggi1964 said:
MPP Microflex in very good condition - a recent auction purchase.

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Fab camera! Though the loading can be a pain, you either have to either reload immediately with film, or if you close it empty you have to through the full 12 frame count again before reopening.
The lens on mine is spectacular, hope you enjoy it!
 
tcolgate said:
Fab camera! Though the loading can be a pain, you either have to either reload immediately with film, or if you close it empty you have to through the full 12 frame count again before reopening.
The lens on mine is spectacular, hope you enjoy it!
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I have a NIB Prontor shutter for MPP TLRs.

The Microflex has film transport is often an issue, unlike the Microcord. But the Ross Xpres lenses are superb, from experience sharper than the CZJ and Opton Tessar, or Yashinon lenses.

I have 3 Focal Press books CAMERAS THE FACTS How They work WHAT they will do HOW do they compare.

All are late 1950s early 1960s, basically précis of the Focal Press Guides, and they are really useful.

ian
 
I picked up a little Minolta MC W Rokkor 28mm f2.8. I didn't get a smoking deal, but I supported a local shop.
I almost bought that SRT201 that a user was selling that contained this lens, but I had no use for the other gear. My g.a.s reduction effort moving forward is to resist buying 5 items to acquire 1 of the 5.
 
Ian Grant said:
The Microflex has film transport is often an issue, unlike the Microcord. But the Ross Xpres lenses are superb, from experience sharper than the CZJ and Opton Tessar, or Yashinon lenses.
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My first TLR was a Microcord Mk1. Great lens (mine was another Ross Xpres), but the film loading is via a red window, and there's insufficient internal flocking to prevent light bouncing around the end of the film. It was a great intro, but I ended up donating it to a fellow MPP owners club member. As I understand it the Microcord Mk2 is probably the best option, with no red window loading and a more reliable film transport.
 
mshchem said:
Is that the stuff that I refer to as "squirrel turd coffee "?
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I think you're thinking of Kopi Luwak, which is coffee beans that have been through the digestive tract of a civet cat. The most expensive coffee on Earth, last I checked, and no, I'm not paying for it.
 
Received like it had just left the factory, in 1969.
Resistance was futile. So, I caved in... again...
I'm such a push-over for a Linhof!
 

I'd assumed the Microflex used the same Ross Xpres as the Microcord, which it replaced in 1958. In fact, the Micronar taking lens and the viewing lens were made by Taylor, Taylor & Hobson.

The 3 Focal Press books I mentioned - "CAMERAS THE FACTS How They work WHAT they will do HOW do they compare." are interesting. I have 1957, 1960 (printed 1959) and 1963/4. In the first, there are no Japanese cameras, and quite a few MF folding cameras, as well as TLR & MF SLRs.

The 1960 copy shows no MF folding cameras and an explosion of 35mm cameras, including SLRs from Germany and Japan, and TLRs including from Minolta & Yashica> The 1963/4 copy shows way better 35mm cameras, usually with meters, an far more Japanese SLRs and MF cameras.

Ross Ensign ceased making cameras in 1961, but they must have been in trouble by 1957/8. My collection of BJP Almanacs shows Japanese rangefinder & SLR cameras being imported into the UK from around 1957.

Ian
 
MARTIE said:
Received like it had just left the factory, in 1969.
Resistance was futile. So, I caved in... again...
I'm such a push-over for a Linhof!
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They were definitely channeling Sinar on that one. It reminds me of a Norma with axis tilts.

I like the head its on. Is that a 2-way head? (pan and tilt, leaving roll to the camera's monorail clamp.)
 
abruzzi said:
They were definitely channeling Sinar on that one. It reminds me of a Norma with axis tilts.

I like the head its on. Is that a 2-way head? (pan and tilt, leaving roll to the camera's monorail clamp.)
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Oh Yeah, you mean this... (images courtesy of makeitinthedarkroom)

The Linhof Kardan Bi System is simply a masterpiece in design and engineering.
The Linhof 2-way pan-tilt head sits atop a Linhof Deluxe Studio Stand SGS.


 

Wow! That is a beautiful pair of cameras. I really need to sell my Normas, but every time I pull them out they are just so beautifully engineered. I've been tempted by a Kardan Bi more times than I can count, but there is simply no space for it here.
 
250mm chrome C Hasselblad lens from Roberts.
"As-Is" with very minor interior haze...cheap!
Shutter speeds sound good.
Decent cosmetics.
Score!
 
tcolgate said:
Fab camera! Though the loading can be a pain, you either have to either reload immediately with film, or if you close it empty you have to through the full 12 frame count again before reopening.
The lens on mine is spectacular, hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you. I have read a lot about the loading quirks so will be extra careful and patient.
 
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