Automat Mk 3 by the looks of the serial number. If it works it may well just be a use it and love it just the way it is. Hipsters would love this oneLooks like a doer-upper. Is it an Automat?
I have just taken delivery of an OrionWerk plate camera - it take 9 by 12 cm plates. Doubt that I can get 9 by 12 film to fit, so this is just for interest. It came with a home-made roll-film adapter.
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It’s probably doable but quite difficult ..... I’ll check sources locally and report back later today or tomorrow
Will put a film through it this weekend to test it, I have the very old FP4 that was in it to stand develop, just as easy to put 2 in the same tankThought it was, similar serial number to mine. They really are a lovely camera to use and the lenses are superb.
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Watch this space.
My 35mm equivalent figures were as follows, although others may disagree.Tbh 150mm wide anyway.... about 90 on 5x4 I think though need to read up more on the equivalents.
My 35mm equivalent figures were as follows, although others may disagree.
90mm = 19mm on 5x7
120mm = 25mm on 5x7
150mm = 32mm on 5x7
180mm = 38mm on 5x7
210mm = 44mm on 5x7
300mm = 69mm on 5x7
...... going down the dark room slippery slope
Picked up a Voigtländer Dynamatic II and an Adox 6x6 folder while out for the day. Both in cases, both working.
The Voigtländer had a part used roll of Kodacolour VR 100 so I finished it off. I reloaded it with a roll of Ektar 100.
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Not more photographic firewood?Well at less than 1.5kg and so as to blend nicely with the blue sky of the Côte d’Azur, it just had to be done!
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Thanks, sorry for the delay in getting back to you but I only just saw this. The contact printer came with the original masks so on OK on that front thanks.I think - and this is going back to my contact printing days which ended in 1961 when I got an enlarger - that I used 2.25 x 3.25 paper. I used a printing frame, with masks to give a nice border. The masks were bought at a chemist in The Springs, Wakefield. As did some chemicals. Those were the days, when you could buy such things from the local chemist. I still have the masks (for what's now known as 6x6, 6x9 and 35mm) stored in a 7x5 dish in my darkroom cupboard. If the masks would help you, let me know.
Impulse buy. I was looking for a 135mm lens but found this Fujinon 180 Soft Focus lens from Peter Walnes. Great condition a very reasonable price. It only has one of its diffusion disks but that won't be a problem. Look forward to trying it out in the next few days.
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One reason I was looking for a 135mm lens was as a replacement for the two I have at the moment, a Symmar and a Heliar. Both have sticky shutters despite being serviced some time ago. I guess they need regular exercise. The new lens has a more modern Copal shutter which works smoothly on all speeds.
Ermm WTF is it?
Ermm WTF is it?
Definetly not for me but hope you enjoy the experienceIt's a Goodman Zone : https://www.doragoodman.com/goodmanzone
Uses Mamiya Press lenses and RB67 backs.
Yep, looks like it should have wings with those decals..It's clearly an Anglo-French design. A bit like Concorde.
Yep, looks like it should have wings with those decals..
I have a backlog of film I need to develop. I bought a Sous Vide with the intention of doing c41 but whenever I plan on getting the kit I see a lens or something else and spend the money.Do you publish any the the photos you make with your considerable collection Steve? I know you show the cameras here, but it would be good to see some of the results if you have them anywhere. It'd be a useful resource given the number of cameras you have.
Sorry, it's my MZ-3 not my MZ-6 and I've added a Miranda 24mm f2.8 MC Macro in OM mount for £10 and a Fujifilm Fotonex 210ix Gift Set for £2.50. The 210ix is only missing the battery, it comes with 3 rolls of Fuji Nexia 25exposure APS film.I have a backlog of film I need to develop. I bought a Sous Vide with the intention of doing c41 but whenever I plan on getting the kit I see a lens or something else and spend the money.
This week I have bought an Olympus Trip 35 for £8, a Ricoh 500ZF for £5, a Pentax MZ-7 with Pentax 28-200 FA for £25 and a Nikon Series E 70-150mm for £40 so far.
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I picked up this X700 the other day. I've only put one roll through it so far and that has yet to have been developed. I really enjoyed using it compared to the Canon EOS I had used before hand mainly due to its more tactile ergonomics.....lets hope my manual focusing skills are ok.
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Nice camera and that lens is razor sharp.
Thanks, yes I'm hoping the images come out nice and sharp.
The camera also came with a 28mm F2.8 lens but it appears to have some damage to the outer coating of the lens glass on its camera body side. Is it fair to assume that images taken with this lens on will be negatively affected due to this damage?
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