The "Old Warrior" and "The Kid." Nikon F and FE. Both products of design genius.
Very nice cameras. I have two FEs and they are probably my overall favorite cameras. Love the Miskatonic University mug!
I recently got hold of this - it is in good working order and the price was right (£50) so i got it.
Now i regret selling my two favourite M42 lenses...
I hope i will get hold of some Takumar glass at some point....
I just found an Praktica LTL3 in a Pentacon eveready case. I haven't cleaned it up yet or put film in it, but the meter works and the shutter seems to hit its speeds. I will clean it up this weekend (a good rainy day task). I'll put pictures up later.
Scott
Very nice Pan , that f1.4 Takumar would have been great with that , they have a very good reputation.
p.giannakis—I have a couple of the 7 element 50mm f/1.4 Takumars and am very happy with their performance (especially since I got both of them for next to nothing). I just bought a 55mm f/1.8 S-M-C Takumar, but haven't got any shots from it developed yet. How do the 55mms compare to the 50mms?
BTW, congrats on the "new" Spottie. I think the Spotmatic is about the best looking SLR ever made, and I especially like a nicely brassed black one. Great photos of your gear as well.
I will scan some pictures later on taken will those lenses and i will write a proper reply.
that’s very kind of you. Thank you!
p.giannakis—I have a couple of the 7 element 50mm f/1.4 Takumars and am very happy with their performance (especially since I got both of them for next to nothing). I just bought a 55mm f/1.8 S-M-C Takumar, but haven't got any shots from it developed yet. How do the 55mms compare to the 50mms?
SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr
Here I've quickly adapted the Arca Swiss 4x5 Reflex Magnifying Hood to the Automatic Makiflex. Hollywood Gaffer's Tape and razor blade (many layers) makes a semi-permanent installation.
I love it! No wonder Geoff Berliner at Penumbra modded his and sent me phone pix. What I like about is that it is uber high-eyepoint, there is a one inch wide black border around the 9x9 framing. All my other finders work better with 6x9cm. Geoff told me I am nuts to shoot 6x9 with this camera, square is it. It's rather unique in that aspect. Anyways I have a another of these finders coming from KEH, with the rubber eyecup 🙂 For 9x9 shooting the groundglass grain is sharp to my eye and I always compose from the edges and move in. So this finder is wonderful to me and my square uses.
These are my shorter automatic iris lenses. On the camera the 150mm Maki Schneider barrel Symmar auto iris, in the center the 150mm Maki f4.5 Schneider Xenar auto iris. Then on the right, the 180mm Maki f4.5 Schneider Xenar auto iris. I have not used these shorter lenses much and am looking forward to this seasons work