Author Topic: GREAT WALL 6X6 (Read 6790 times)

damiand · « **on:** November 06, 2011, 06:18:06 AM »

After one year haunting I bought this chinese beast . It has also film inside but i didnt process yet. Ishoot one roll yesterday shanghai 100 pushed to 400 . First development in HC-110 1: 63 10 ml on 630 ml water 21 min , 20 C.

damiand · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2011, 06:21:55 AM »

another one

Flippy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2011, 06:27:41 AM »

I've always wanted one of these. The results are nice - the lens renders pleasantly. I hope you enjoy using it. How is the mirror slap on this camera?

damiand · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2011, 07:14:23 AM »

very hard like kiev , big klappppppp

sapata · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2011, 10:46:48 AM »

Great camera indeed, and the results are awesome! I really really like the first one!

At some point I was looking for one as well but the prices put me off a bit so I bought another TLR (which happens to be my Rolleicord)

Andrea. · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2011, 12:39:03 PM »

Very nice images.

However, My Kiev goes 'krumppp[ski]' :-) IS there something wrong with it?

[apologies; I seem to have been affected by a miasma of mince-pie dust. I bought some boxes cheap from the shop and they must have been dropped from a great height and they are toast! Well, dust actually. ]

charles binns · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2011, 02:18:20 PM »

Superb, I've wanted one of these for a while. But they don't seem to come up on ebay to often.

damiand · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2011, 02:45:51 PM »

I paid for mine 70 pounds which is the cheapest price which i seen here in china some sellers want sale them for 800 pounds!!!

( yeh Chinese are crazy).

Last time i walk with my rolleicord Va some chinese ask me that cost 2000 pounds because is rollei from Germany

. I was obviously quite scared they become so friendly start touching camera. I told them that is rolleicord which iS russian fake of rolleiflex . After that they lost their interest at all

.

Jack Johnson · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2011, 06:15:25 PM »

Fantastic. Is it new or old? I'm haunting/hunting a KW Pilot Super, and it seems they have semi-similar designs.

LT · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2011, 06:51:33 PM »

quite a few of the FW "old guard" have and use great walls. They are amazing things. Try it wide open and close-up - wonderful bokeh.

Jack Johnson · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2011, 07:07:15 PM »

Quote from: Jack Johnson on November 06, 2011, 06:15:25 PM

Fantastic. Is it new or old? I'm haunting/hunting a KW Pilot Super, and it seems they have semi-similar designs.

Hey! Not only was it a lucky guess on my part, but Moominsean has the scoop:

http://moominsean.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-wallthe-camera-not-wall.html

original_ann · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2011, 07:40:59 PM »

I've never heard of this camera - such wonderful results and you're off to a great start with your HC-110 as well!

Jack Johnson · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2011, 01:53:36 AM »

Not mine, but I know how much you guys like a good hack:

GREAT WALL - DF-4 + Diana Lens !!! by NETWORK ERROR, on Flickr

Follow the rabbit hole & scroll down for some example shots.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2011, 01:24:24 PM »

Yeah, well one of the 'great' things about the Great Wall is that it's very easy to slap a non-standard/modified/butchered/home-made lens on the front and just get shooting. I loved my Great Wall and only sold it to buy a Bronny S2A (don't regret doing that for a second BTW). I had the GW for about 3 years and used it a lot. The only drawback was the slowest top shutter speed, but if you can get one cheap then I'd recommend you snap it up. Best thing about them is their size; super small for a 120 SLR.....also I'd say the mirror slap isn't any louder than my Bronica (which in turn was about the same as the Kiev 60 that I also used to own).

jojonas~ · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2011, 03:48:49 PM »

congrats! and nice shots so far~ I've long thought that the great wall's lens be good for portraits

the first one I think looks real good. specially with the pattern on her clothes along with the pattern on the wall(/door?)

moominsean · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2011, 07:43:17 PM »

Quote from: Jack Johnson on November 06, 2011, 07:07:15 PM

Quote from: Jack Johnson on November 06, 2011, 06:15:25 PM
Fantastic. Is it new or old? I'm haunting/hunting a KW Pilot Super, and it seems they have semi-similar designs.

Hey! Not only was it a lucky guess on my part, but Moominsean has the scoop:

http://moominsean.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-wallthe-camera-not-wall.html

beat me to it!

the great wall is one of those cameras i use a lot, then don't touch it for awhile, then use it a lot again. it's actually quite a competent camera if you don't always want the super bokeh look.

Jack Johnson · « **Reply #16 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:58:10 AM »

The more I look, the more I want one. Looks like they might not be as easy to come by anymore.

I was also looking for example images from random Wollensak lenses and I see a bunch of people selling old Wollensak enlarger lenses. Anyone know if they might have used the same screw mount?

Flippy · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:30:03 PM »

The Pilot Super which inspired the Great Wall seems to be more common in the west, even though it's a much older camera. I see them on ebay once in a while, but always resist the temptation to bid.

In a way, the Exa is 35mm relative.

Francois · « **Reply #18 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:45:42 PM »

Quote from: Jack Johnson on November 19, 2011, 04:58:10 AM

The more I look, the more I want one. Looks like they might not be as easy to come by anymore.

I was also looking for example images from random Wollensak lenses and I see a bunch of people selling old Wollensak enlarger lenses. Anyone know if they might have used the same screw mount?

I don't know what the tread is on the Great Wall (I'd have to check Camerapedia). But I know enlarger lenses are almost always M39... which is also known as Leica screw mount.

Suzi Livingstone · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:46:21 PM »

Very nice shots, and this thread has reminded me that its been about a year since I took my Great Wall for an outing

moominsean · « **Reply #20 on:** November 19, 2011, 05:11:37 PM »

Quote from: Jack Johnson on November 19, 2011, 04:58:10 AM

The more I look, the more I want one. Looks like they might not be as easy to come by anymore.

I was also looking for example images from random Wollensak lenses and I see a bunch of people selling old Wollensak enlarger lenses. Anyone know if they might have used the same screw mount?

there isn't anything with the same screw mount as the great wall. but people still manage to stick other lenses in front of the thing...

Francois · « **Reply #21 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:26:26 PM »

Great Wall owner's motto: There's no amount of gaffer's tape that will stop me