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Aksel · « **Reply #1500 on:** February 27, 2015, 11:26:08 PM »

Sometimes you get lucky!

Rodenstock 90mm f/6.8 Grandagon MC and Wista Field 45 DX II Rosewood 4x5 in domke bag with 8x 4x5 holders and a pola back for £170! Picked it up tonight, going on a 8 hour train ride tomorrow, loaded it with a pack of 669, just hope my table pod can stand the weight

02Pilot · « **Reply #1501 on:** February 28, 2015, 01:11:45 AM »

Sometimes you get lucky indeed. I received in today's mail a true rarity: an Olympus XA4 Macro. Granted, it was broken and looked like it had been used hard and put away wet, but it is now cleaned, repaired, resealed, has new batteries, and appears to be fully functional. It's not exactly pretty, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. Testing to follow.

mcduff · « **Reply #1502 on:** February 28, 2015, 04:29:11 AM »

O2 that is the prized member of that series. Lucky you!

Skorj · « **Reply #1503 on:** February 28, 2015, 10:08:05 AM »

Quote from: 02Pilot on February 28, 2015, 01:11:45 AM

Sometimes you get lucky indeed. I received in today's mail a true rarity: an Olympus XA4 Macro. Granted, it was broken and looked like it had been used hard and put away wet, but it is now cleaned, repaired, resealed, has new batteries, and appears to be fully functional. It's not exactly pretty, but that doesn't bother me in the slightest. Testing to follow.

I've never heard of the macro version, so please feel free to post more, including results if successfully fixed? Sounds intriguing! Skj.

02Pilot · « **Reply #1504 on:** February 28, 2015, 01:04:18 PM »

The bottom half of this page has some basic info on the XA4 Macro: https://www.cameraquest.com/xa4.htm

I appears to be working now. After a thorough cleaning and partial disassembly, I resolved a few issues; the one that was probably jamming it was a stuck rewind button, which prevents the shutter from firing. I've gotten to the point that I can cut and replace light seals in my sleep, so I did that while I was at it. In bench testing everything appears to work as it should; the only things remaining to check are focus and exposure. Hopefully I can determine if those are right later today.

Aksel · « **Reply #1505 on:** March 01, 2015, 04:17:29 PM »

Same here, never hard of the XA4 Macro. It sounds like one cool little tool for pub-portatits

Chalky · « **Reply #1506 on:** March 01, 2015, 06:26:05 PM »

Aksel fantastic deal!

KevinAllan · « **Reply #1507 on:** March 01, 2015, 06:47:27 PM »

Quote from: BAC1967 on February 27, 2015, 10:55:54 PM

Quote from: Indofunk on February 27, 2015, 10:35:11 PM
Also will be my first time loading 120 film onto a Paterson reel. Does the paper backing come off easily?

It's held on by one piece of tape at the leading edge of the the film. Just tear it off but be careful not to crease the film. Don't be afraid to leave some tape on the film.

I deliberately leave the tape on the end of the film and start loading the film with the taped end first - it seems to help.

Indofunk · « **Reply #1508 on:** March 02, 2015, 02:02:54 AM »

Quote from: KevinAllan on March 01, 2015, 06:47:27 PM

Quote from: BAC1967 on February 27, 2015, 10:55:54 PM
Quote from: Indofunk on February 27, 2015, 10:35:11 PM
Also will be my first time loading 120 film onto a Paterson reel. Does the paper backing come off easily?

It's held on by one piece of tape at the leading edge of the the film. Just tear it off but be careful not to crease the film. Don't be afraid to leave some tape on the film.
I deliberately leave the tape on the end of the film and start loading the film with the taped end first - it seems to help.

I did it the other way round. And as with my first 135 roll, once I got it started (took a bunch of minutes

) it was easy.

Flippy · « **Reply #1509 on:** March 02, 2015, 02:28:59 AM »

A Mk. II Pilot 6 with improved shutter and removable 3.5/80 lens. And on the way is a Great Wall DF-2 SLR, I got the seller down from an absurdly delusional price to one that was simply unreasonable... but at least I won't have to deal with them again. I'm very excited.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #1510 on:** March 02, 2015, 03:08:22 PM »

I was at a camera fair with almost only film-related gear and brought this stuff home.

the rada roll film casette came without its darkslide though (it's the kind for 6,5*9cm cameras) so I'm trying to source one now

the lomography fisheye is fit for the discotec

SLVR · « **Reply #1511 on:** March 02, 2015, 03:32:40 PM »

jeez E6 in 220... Would take me FOREVER to get through a roll.

Indofunk · « **Reply #1512 on:** March 02, 2015, 04:46:27 PM »

You got the hat there too? Cool!

Ezzie · « **Reply #1513 on:** March 02, 2015, 05:34:54 PM »

Quote from: Flippy on March 02, 2015, 02:28:59 AM

A Mk. II Pilot 6 with improved shutter and removable 3.5/80 lens. And on the way is a Great Wall DF-2 SLR, I got the seller down from an absurdly delusional price to one that was simply unreasonable... but at least I won't have to deal with them again. I'm very excited.

Nice, I had to read up on the Great Wall camera. Looks like it could be fun. Same shutter principle as the Exa.

Francois · « **Reply #1514 on:** March 02, 2015, 10:55:03 PM »

Well... I went to town and got some Selenium toner, a nice neckstrap for my Instax Mini and a bunch of art books.

Fluminian · « **Reply #1515 on:** March 03, 2015, 08:58:22 AM »

My latest acquisition:

Skorj · « **Reply #1516 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:02:22 AM »

Nice! I cannot see, is it a 2.8 or I would guess a 3.5? Sweet set regardless...

Fluminian · « **Reply #1517 on:** March 03, 2015, 10:04:18 AM »

Quote from: Skorj on March 03, 2015, 09:02:22 AM

Nice! I cannot see, is it a 2.8 or I would guess a 3.5? Sweet set regardless...

It's 3.5 Xenar. Sweet indeed.

gsgary · « **Reply #1518 on:** March 03, 2015, 10:51:02 PM »

I just picked up 4 years worth of a very nice magazine called Photo Art International dating back to 1997

16mman · « **Reply #1519 on:** March 04, 2015, 05:22:12 PM »

I recently bought a Zero Image 6x6 Pinhole Camera. I love the build quality and the images I've captured so far look really cool in the scan previews The Darkroom has sent me--now I just have to find time to scan them

Kayos · « **Reply #1520 on:** March 04, 2015, 08:28:37 PM »

A Kiev 60 with TTL prism (light meter faulty)
A Zenit 12SD (worlds most pointless light meter)
A Fed 5 (selenium cell has failed)

Wanted, a working light meter

Finally get some 120 shots done, however Mrs Kayos is not happy, apparantly selling one camera (Rolleicord) and buying 4 is not downsizing my collection, maths never was my strong point

16mman · « **Reply #1521 on:** March 06, 2015, 05:56:41 PM »

I just picked up a Kodak Flash Bantam at the thrift. It's a gorgeous little camera and in perfect working order! I'm either going to roll some 35mm film through it or put an Instax back on it. Any other ideas?

Kai-san · « **Reply #1522 on:** March 07, 2015, 05:18:49 PM »

Today I popped into the local Salvation Army second-hand shop and guess what I found: A Konica Aiborg aka the Darth Wader camera! In very good shape and perfect working order, just needed a new battery. Complete with strap and case for £4.25....

The battery cost me £7.50!

Francois · « **Reply #1523 on:** March 07, 2015, 08:49:28 PM »

You just gotta love those oddball design cameras they did in the 80's and 90's!

My strangest is my Ricoh Mirai with the camcorder like grip. It's actually incredibly comfortable to handhold.

Fluminian · « **Reply #1524 on:** March 07, 2015, 08:55:12 PM »

Great finds, guys. My GAS is on the rise as today I picked up another camera - mint Canon EOS 5.

Kai-san · « **Reply #1525 on:** March 07, 2015, 09:52:32 PM »

I had to look up the Ricoh Mirai, I couldn't remember it. Definitely a bit of Star Wars there as well. The name reminded me of the Yashica Samurai which was a half-frame camera. Has anybody made a half-frame camera after that?

mcduff · « **Reply #1526 on:** March 07, 2015, 10:20:29 PM »

I just found out I get new camera gear almost every week: a friend works at a camera store and when someone there wants to get new gear in they order it under my name and then have me cancel the order! I hope it is not destroying my credit rating!

tkmedia · « **Reply #1527 on:** March 08, 2015, 09:23:59 PM »

Quote from: Indofunk on February 09, 2015, 07:37:56 PM

One of my first mobile phones was a Motorola SLVR (remember those)?

yep, never owned one of those. But like everyone else had the earlier RAZR in T-mobile pink! and a Nokia 51xx series with too many face plates. modern "smart" phones are so boring looking colour wise.

Francois · « **Reply #1528 on:** March 09, 2015, 01:48:14 PM »

That's why I got a sleeve on mine.

Ezzie · « **Reply #1529 on:** March 10, 2015, 12:31:51 PM »

Another Petzvar!

No, not really. But I did get to hold it for a while. I bought a second on behalf of a friend of mine, who came by to pick it up today. Here it is on the Hasselblad, next to my P6 with Petzvar.

Now I need to get round to shooting with it.

0070 meets 0032 by Eirik0304, on Flickr

jojonas~ · « **Reply #1530 on:** March 10, 2015, 01:02:03 PM »

it's a petz-war! cannons in each directions

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #1531 on:** March 10, 2015, 02:17:18 PM »

Quote from: jojonas~ on March 10, 2015, 01:02:03 PM

it's a petz-war! cannons in each directions

BTW, Eirik I'm watching with interest how you get on with the Petzvar!

Francois · « **Reply #1532 on:** March 10, 2015, 02:50:37 PM »

I got a nice surprise this morning!
My dad had been working on a pinhole camera and he delivered it during breakfast. It's a beautiful hand crafted 6x17 pinhole camera with curved film plane that he built from scratch.
All I need to do is print an exposure compensation and frame advance reminder for it.

Ezzie · « **Reply #1533 on:** March 10, 2015, 02:54:36 PM »

Very nice Francois. All I can tell you is that pano pinhole is addictive

jojonas~ · « **Reply #1534 on:** March 10, 2015, 05:21:48 PM »

what a nice gift, francois!

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #1535 on:** March 10, 2015, 05:56:44 PM »

Francois, that is freaking beautiful.

Francois · « **Reply #1536 on:** March 10, 2015, 08:05:48 PM »

Thanks!
It's even better since it was all made from stuff we had lying around the garage!

But for this one, it's my dad who deserves all the credit

Aksel · « **Reply #1537 on:** March 11, 2015, 09:22:36 AM »

Now that´s a very useful dad to have hanging around

What a beauty, congratulations!

Francois · « **Reply #1538 on:** March 11, 2015, 01:24:32 PM »

Dad says he's glad you like it

Adam Doe · « **Reply #1539 on:** March 11, 2015, 06:20:05 PM »

Francois, I can only echo the previous sentiments. That pinhole camera looks like a beauty. Don't keep us waiting too long to see some shots from it!

Ezzie · « **Reply #1540 on:** March 11, 2015, 07:42:44 PM »

Quote from: Urban Hafner on March 10, 2015, 02:17:18 PM

Quote from: jojonas~ on March 10, 2015, 01:02:03 PM
it's a petz-war! cannons in each directions

BTW, Eirik I'm watching with interest how you get on with the Petzvar!

Have a look at the Flickr thing now, handheld indoors 1/15s. Not exactly sharp, but certainly creamy.

Francois · « **Reply #1541 on:** March 11, 2015, 08:19:34 PM »

Quote from: Adam Doe on March 11, 2015, 06:20:05 PM

Francois, I can only echo the previous sentiments. That pinhole camera looks like a beauty. Don't keep us waiting too long to see some shots from it!

As soon as I get a bit of time to get a bit outside of the city. Right now, all we can find is brown snow

I don't want to step in some small mammal's leftovers like I did this afternoon... there was some hair stuck in the brown gunk that was stuck to the threads of my boots... yuck.

zapsnaps · « **Reply #1542 on:** March 12, 2015, 10:24:54 PM »

A vintage Zeiss tripod with original leather case. Folded & cased, it's just 230mm so it will fit in hand luggage, but will extend to waist height, and solid enough for the Blad with an 80mm lens with the mirror locked.

mindori · « **Reply #1543 on:** March 13, 2015, 01:40:15 PM »

This Ricoh FF-90 for the princely sum of £0.99 (plus postage) on eBay. No idea if it works, but it looks in okay condition. I've heard good things about it and it's the most 80s thing I've ever seen, so I figured it was worth a punt for such a low price.

p.s. Photographer's pride compels me to state that this is the seller's picture, not mine!

Bryan · « **Reply #1544 on:** March 13, 2015, 08:52:06 PM »

I went to an estate sale during my lunch break today, they had advertised several cameras. When I got there the good cameras were all gone but I did find a lens digging around in a box. It's a G. Rodenstock Munchen, Doppel Anastigmat Eurynar f:6.8 f=24cm. I can't find much information on it but it sounds like it may be a good lens. I paid $5 for it so I'm pretty sure I got a good deal and the lens board looks like it will work on my Rex Laboratories 4x5 camera. It doesn't have a shutter but it did come with the original lens cap. If anyone knows anything about it let me know.

Francois · « **Reply #1545 on:** March 13, 2015, 09:34:37 PM »

Barrel lens most probably. If you want to know if its made for an enlarger, check the direction of the f/stops on it. They're the wrong way around for enlargers.

My guess is that it was made to put on something like a Speed Graflex or a Graflex RB

Bryan · « **Reply #1546 on:** March 13, 2015, 09:49:22 PM »

Quote from: Francois on March 13, 2015, 09:34:37 PM

Barrel lens most probably. If you want to know if its made for an enlarger, check the direction of the f/stops on it. They're the wrong way around for enlargers.

My guess is that it was made to put on something like a Speed Graflex or a Graflex RB

What do you mean by wrong way around for the f/stops? It does look like a Speed Graflex lens board.

I did mount it on my Rex 4x5 and it fit perfect and seems to focus as it should. Since it doesn't have a shutter I'll have to do some long exposures with the lens cap and see how it does.

mcduff · « **Reply #1547 on:** March 14, 2015, 02:02:43 AM »

I believe Francois means that a camera lens has the aperture numbers oriented so that they are right side up when the lens is pointed so the threads are pointing downwards. An enlarger lens has the numbers upside down from this as the threads point up when it is mounted.

Bryan · « **Reply #1548 on:** March 14, 2015, 04:15:51 AM »

I get it, so on an enlarger the lens is pointing down, the numbers are oriented so you can read them. This lens has the printed on the side of the barrel sideways so you can read them when it's mounted on a camera. It's been a very long time since I used an enlarger.

I just cleaned the glass, it seems to be in pretty good shape.

Francois · « **Reply #1549 on:** March 14, 2015, 01:50:27 PM »

That's what I meant.
So it is a barrel lens. These were used on cameras with a focal plane shutter. For other cameras, there is something called a Packard shutter that is fitted behind the lens and allows somewhat controlled exposures.

The other option is using photo paper and timing things using the cap.