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The STX-2 is a decent camera but Fujinon lenses are more scarce, so it would be cheaper to use Tamron, Vivitar or whatever...... instead.
This doesn't seem to link to anything for me.Results from the rz67 here:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/first-results-from-mamiya-rz67-proii.554110/
Its working on my laptop but shows up as 'no post' on the tablet, very strange but a really nice set nonetheless, the Portra shots really stand out for me, Ive used HP5 for years and it never really works for me unless its interior/very subdued light it always looks a little flat when i use it outdoors and I can never get the best out of it.
Unfortunately, ive had to downsize my camera equipment recently, and this also meant selling my Nikon F100 To try and make myself feel a 'little' bit better, ive just got an F80 off of ebay with a bid of £24
Been having a play with it with my 50mm f1.8G and 85mm f1.8G and it seems lovely...obviously not quite as substantial as the F100, but seems pretty good to me
The F80 isn't a bad camera. I found the handling got better for me when I added an MB-16 battery grip. It makes the camera taller & it sits in my hand better. It also allows you to use AA's instead of the more expensive default battery.
The F80 is a very solid performer from Nikon, although I never really understood the point of the grip for the F80; one of the camera's main selling points is that it is smaller and lighter than other Nikon cameras of similar functionality and the grip basically beefs it up to the size of an F100. The grip also doesn't even have an additional shutter button for use in portrait orientation.
Suppose it depends on someone's hands. I found that without the grip the F80 was sort of hanging in my right hand & only supported by my fingers wrapped around it. With the grip the bottom of it fits into the curve of my hand & with a longer lens I really feel the difference.
I took a dislike to lithium batteries when my F65 went from showing fully charged to showing flat & unable to power the camera in the space of a handful of shots. Never had spares on me & it ruined my plans. AA alkalines seem so much more predictable when they are dying.
@ChrisR that Ikonta is identical to the one you borrowed from me 2 (?) years ago. Mess indicates it has a rangefinder, I think. The rest of the Ikonta range only had guess focus, you needed an external RF. The Super Ikonta has a very clever coupled rangefinder but they're big money.
Finally visited my sister again last week and she had a couple of my father's cameras for me. They have been hanging around in her farm outbuildings for a decade or so, and are externally in rather bad nick. I was expecting that one would be the 6*9 folder that took the DufayColor transparencies I shared last year (and thousands more pre-war black and white negatives as well), and indeed one of them was a Zeiss Ikon folder. It was in pretty bad nick externally and at first I couldn't get it to open, so I had a look at the other. This was a Dacora Digna in an Ilford case...
Incredibly basic 6*6 120 camera with a collapsible lens. Shutter speeds B or I (for Instant?), aperture f/7.7 or f/11... the lens wobbles slightly when extended. Apparently Dacora made these for many other companies including Ilford. Something niggles at me to suggest that last year I thought some of the square transparencies might have been taken by a Dacora, that otherwise I'd never heard of, so it's a surprise to find it so basic. I'm guessing it's a "first camera"? Anyway, not one to push the boat out for.
After a bit of further investigation on the Zeiss Ikon, I managed to open the back and fold down the front... and eventually decipher the embossed lettering on the back that read 524/16 (apparently it's known as the Mess Ikonta, for no very obvious reason). The inside looks in much better nick, but it's not the 6*9 I was expecting, instead a post-war 6*6 with an uncoupled rangefinder. The latter looks pretty accurate, except that there is significant vertical displacement between the images, which sometimes makes alignment easier (and sometimes not). This is the tatty exterior (but the damage is mostly cosmetic, and even seems to be improving with handling):
Folded out, everything looks much cleaner, and I can't see any light leaks in the bellows:
One of those knobs on top is the rangefinder (read off the distance, then set it on the lens), the other appears to be a combination of wind-on knob and film speed reminder (there's no meter so it can't be more than that). In DIN! The lens is a 75mm f/3.5 Novar-Anastigmat with a Prontor-S shutter, so not at all the highest spec version. But it definitely looks worth some effort.
I haven't really had a close look at the light seals; are they easy to replace? Should I get it CLA-d, or run a film through first? And, any advice on cleaning up the exterior?
If anyone happens to have a service manual for Mamiya Super Deluxe, i would be greatful
There's a manual on butkus.org
Access to the aperture blades is by removing the square plate that the shutter mechanism is mounted on. The screws for the plate are behind the vinyl.
Also:
http://rherron.conforums.com/index.cgi
Aha! Thanks Brian.Chris - the 'mess' is short for messung, the German for measurement. Referring to the rangefinder of course.
Jealous or what!
I WANT one, despite RJ's comments, except I need to handle one first to make sure I can actually press the shutter button (it's a bit "round the corner"!).
I'd quite like one of those ful view, not for me but the laddie would love the big vf.
I'd quite like one of those ful view, not for me but the laddie would love the big vf.
......unless you pick up a gud un and respool 120 film onto 620 spools ...... I may be able to help with a spool if you have needIf you do, avoid the Ful-Vue Super - it's 620 film.