What's your latest new old camera ? (Part 2)

[Sirius Glass]

I got a Hasselblad 500c as a present today.

Great! That shows that good choices were made as well as smart decisions!

 

[ColColt]

I'm waiting on someone to give me a mint Zeiss Ikon 35mm as a gift...may ought to not hold my breath.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I got a Hasselblad 500c as a present today.

That is quite a nice gift.

It will be interesting to hear your experiences with it compared to the Rolleiflex. Obviously, it will not be as quiet or discreet - but you do have a choice of lenses and the film backs will let you use different films or give you exposure flexibility depending on the scene.

 

[Sean Mac]

I got a Hasselblad 500c as a present today.

I'm sure you deserve it.

It's a truly classic way to make images.

Even if it is kind of noisy compared to a Rolleiflex

Take care...

 

[ManicPixie]

Great! That shows that good choices were made as well as smart decisions!

Thank you.

That is quite a nice gift.

It will be interesting to hear your experiences with it compared to the Rolleiflex. Obviously, it will not be as quiet or discreet - but you do have a choice of lenses and the film backs will let you use different films or give you exposure flexibility depending on the scene.

I cannot wait to try it. It's a beautiful camera. It came in a kit, with 3 film backs, various filters and 2 lenses (60mm and 80mm). I'm like a kid inside a candy store.

I'm sure you deserve it.

It's a truly classic way to make images.

Even if it is kind of noisy compared to a Rolleiflex

Take care...

Thank you. Funnily, when I was testing it last night, I realized I quite like the mirror slap sound. :joyful:

 

[TheToadMen]

A nice Hasselblad SWC (fixed 38 mm Biogon lens) from 1968. Seems in good order, so shooting a test film.

 

[macfred]

A nice Hasselblad SWC (fixed 38 mm Biogon lens) from 1968. Seems in good order, so shooting a test film.

Very nice camera - hope to see some results soon !
I can remember you had a SWC before ... ? (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[TheToadMen]

Very nice camera - hope to see some results soon !
I can remember you had a SWC before ... ? (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

You caught me there ... yes I did but I couldn't pass this one up. The other one is from 1963 and this one is from 1968, almost as old as I am. I'm gonna use it to see if it is in good condition, indeed. But maybe I'll pass it on to someone in time who really needs a fine wide camera. Or get it CLA'd first, depending how it performs. I did get a CLA for the other camera and it's spinning like a happy cat now. I even had the film back specially adjusted to this camera to make it a perfect set. I think this model is one of the best cameras I've ever had. And I love to shoot with it.

 

[macfred]

^^^ Bert, I think I am a little envious ...

 

[TheToadMen]

^^^ Bert, I think I am a little envious ...

You're welcome to come over for a shoot out with the two SWC's

(And I can bring it to the (there was a url link here which no longer exists) as well.)

 

[macfred]

You're welcome to come over for a shoot out with the two SWC's

I'll do - no later than April 30th, 2016 (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I just bought another Leicaflex SL with a 135/2.8 3-cam lens I wasn't intending to buy anything this month at all, but this one was near mint and I couldn't pass it up.

I'm going to have to eat dirt and pebbles for the rest of the month now.

 

[dosilverhalide]

Gas is getting bad. At the flea market today a Spotmatic Sp with Super Tak 50mm F1.4 on it. A Prinz 35mm 2.8, preset and a really odd looking Vivitar Series 1, 135mm F2.3 lens. Its shaped almost like an egg. Also a generic 2x converter, all in a hard leather case. 30 bucks, a little more than I usually spend, but what the heck. All the equipment is very clean. A little sticky mirror issue, but pressing down the foam fixed that. What was really neat is the original owners manual and warrenty card filled out on 24 July 1970. The cameras sn 352xxxx and it has flat tip screws. I think it was bought at O'Connor's (PTE.) Ltd. maybe in Asia if any one knows. J.

 

[drmoss_ca]

Picked up this Kowa SE for just under £7 with supplementary lenses, filters and other bits and pieces. (Sellers pics)

It's a camera I don't know much about apart from it being sold by Dixons in the 60's, I'm not expecting too much from it, particularly the lenses.
Internet information is pretty limited, so if anyone has any experiences of this camera, good or bad, please tell!

Wind back to about 1973-1974, and I was a penniless 15 year old with my nose pressed against the window of a secondhand shop on Bath Road in Swindon. There was this camera, a Kowa with a round (?metering) window on the pentaprism. All I knew was two things - I wanted it, and my parents would complain loudly if I bought something from a disreputable secondhand shop. I can't remember now where it came from, but I eventually satisfied my need to own a camera with a pentaprism with an old and meterless Praktica Nova, and spent the proceeds of my first easter vacation job on upgrading it to a Praktica LTL (and if we are talking about reaction formation to parental control, that summer I went back to work and bought an old BSA Bantam and presented it to the parents as a fait accompli). Hope you enjoy your Kowa. I seem to still be working out some issues to do with acquiring unnecessary cameras against all common sense!

 

[Sewin]

Wind back to about 1973-1974, and I was a penniless 15 year old with my nose pressed against the window of a secondhand shop on Bath Road in Swindon. There was this camera, a Kowa with a round (?metering) window on the pentaprism. All I knew was two things - I wanted it, and my parents would complain loudly if I bought something from a disreputable secondhand shop. I can't remember now where it came from, but I eventually satisfied my need to own a camera with a pentaprism with an old and meterless Praktica Nova, and spent the proceeds of my first easter vacation job on upgrading it to a Praktica LTL (and if we are talking about reaction formation to parental control, that summer I went back to work and bought an old BSA Bantam and presented it to the parents as a fait accompli). Hope you enjoy your Kowa. I seem to still be working out some issues to do with acquiring unnecessary cameras against all common sense!

Nice comments and thoughts from a different era. I grew up in the 60's in Newcastle and we too didn't have much money, certainly not to squander on a camera.
My father had an old camera, don't know what it was,it wouldn't have been expensive but I can remember how blue the sky was on those old photographs, or perhaps it's just nostalgia creeping in. I even won a school photography competition with it against other pupils who from wealthier families had better equipment.

I too went through the BSA Bantam and Lambretta stage, but could never convince my parents to help me out. I spent my summer working in camping shops to fund my angling addiction.

I've not put a film through the Kowa yet, they seem to get some bad reviews regarding reliabilty, but mine is mechanically sound and the meter works well.

And I know what you mean about purchasing cameras, it's a habit I need to stop!

 

[Paul Howell]

Nice comments and thoughts from a different era. I grew up in the 60's in Newcastle and we too didn't have much money, certainly not to squander on a camera.
My father had an old camera, don't know what it was,it wouldn't have been expensive but I can remember how blue the sky was on those old photographs, or perhaps it's just nostalgia creeping in. I even won a school photography competition with it against other pupils who from wealthier families had better equipment.

I too went through the BSA Bantam and Lambretta stage, but could never convince my parents to help me out. I spent my summer working in camping shops to fund my angling addiction.

I've not put a film through the Kowa yet, they seem to get some bad reviews regarding reliabilty, but mine is mechanically sound and the meter works well.

And I know what you mean about purchasing cameras, it's a habit I need to stop!

Kowa's and Topcon Uni and 100's have leaf shutters, or sort of a leaf shutter, very complicated as in addition to the mirror there is a baffle that need to swing out of the way before the shutter trips. I have 2 Kowa and find the lens to be very good, the 50mm 1.8 and 1.9 have 6 elements in 4 groups with good contrast. Heniz Kalfitt designed some of Kowa's cameras and lens, don't know if he had a hand the later SLRs. Most Kowa SLRs have fixed lens, the model with the interchangeable lens has a limited number of lens, a 28mm, 100 and 135.

 

[Sewin]

Mine has the 1.9 lens, the shutter also has a distinctive sound, possibly the baffle?
The camera has some weight to it, something I like in cameras and find reassuring i.e no plastic.

 

[Sirius Glass]

And I know what you mean about purchasing cameras, it's a habit I need to stop!

The Force of GAS resist one cannot. Fight GAS do not. - Yoda Star Wars XXXXVIII The Rise of Agita

 

[Paul Howell]

Mine has the 1.9 lens, the shutter also has a distinctive sound, possibly the baffle?
The camera has some weight to it, something I like in cameras and find reassuring i.e no plastic.

That sound is the baffle. If you using Zink Air hearing aid batteries and plan on shooting all day watch your meter, Zink Air need air to generate current and in a tightly sealed battery chamber as the battery uses the available air in the chamber the voltage will drop. I have not shot with my Kowas for more than a couple of hours so I don't know how well sealed the battery chamber are, I had to drill holes in the batter covers on my Miranda EESs .

Next time I shoot 4X5 I plan on taking one of my Kowas for some 35mm landscape shots using Ektar 100.

 

[Sewin]

I've just checked the battery cover, there is a tiny airhole in it.
The camera also came with the side screw on accessory foot.

 

[Paul Howell]

As long as the shutter holds up you will find it a nice camera, easy to use, good meter, good fast lens.

 

[Michael L.]

Every man should have a daughter like mine.

At a local swapping market, my eldest daughter found what she thought would make the perfect birthday present for me: a clean Soviet Zenit-E camera with a Helios 44 lens, a couple of aftermarket lenses (35mm & 135mm), a full set of extension tubes, and a few filters - not to forget a hardly worn ever-ready bag.

The camera (which is pretty heavy, perhaps a weight class above a Voigtländer Prominent) appears to be in excellent condition. The shutter is working at all five speeds, and the shutter curtains look healthy. The Helios lens is completely free of scratches, dings, fungus or other blemishes. From what I've read, it should be a fine tool.

My wife sees fit to disagree somewhat with my jubilation; what with several enlargers & associated gear and a not insignicant number of cameras, space in our home is beginning to be at premium. That is beside the point, however. I have kept my promise to desist from buying more photo gear, but I can't be expected to spurn a gift, can I?

I am indeed happy to have a daughter with such good sense, and I look very much forward to trying the camera out; if I'm lucky, I should encounter nothing worse than light leaks, and they can probably be easily fixed.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

At a local swapping market, my eldest daughter found what she thought would make the perfect birthday present for me: a clean Soviet Zenit-E camera with a Helios 44 lens, a couple of aftermarket lenses (35mm & 135mm), a full set of extension tubes, and a few filters - not to forget a hardly worn ever-ready bag.

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I am indeed happy to have a daughter with such good sense, and I look very much forward to trying the camera out...

Amazing - you are truly blessed!

 

[Paul Howell]

Petri 300mm F5.5 preset lens. I hope it is as good the Petri 200 F4.

 

[elcabezagrande]

Hasselblad 500C/M by Mike Novak, on Flickr