Scale Focus 35mm Pic Thread

[mconnealy]

When I got back to shooting film about twenty-five years ago, one of the first cameras I acquired in a Las Cruces pawnshop was a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 35. The Tessar lens was quite clouded and the frame spacing was erratic. Both those issues were easily dealt with and the camera has performed faultlessly ever since.

 

[Zuiko-logist]

Very nice shots, especially from a rescued camera.

 

[mconnealy]

Very nice shots, especially from a rescued camera.

The Ikonta 35 was my introduction to the Tessar lens. I was inspired to look for examples of it on many other cameras.

 

[underlord]

Funeral Home by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

Voigtlander Vitomatic I/ Ilford FP4+ @400asa

This is where I work. I hadn't realised when I shot this but a couple of comments mentioned the Overlook Hotel/Kubrick 'vibe'. I think they have a point.

 

[valdas]

Rollei 35 S, Fuji Velvia

 

[Sanug]

Foiled windows in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Rollei 35 T
Kodak Gold 200
Adox C-Tec Kit C-41
Plustek Opticfilm 7300

 

[yossi]

Rollei 35/Tessar. Fuji 400.

 

[Darinwc]

Day at the Swimming Hole.
Olympus XA4, Ilford FP4

 

[fub]

Kodak Retina Ia, Xenar f3.5, Kentmere 400

 

[Darinwc]

Olympus Trip 35

 

[mconnealy]

Vito II

Rescue by Mike Connealy, on Flickr

 

[Jonathan R]

Rollei 35 with (Singapore) Tessar f3.5, Ilford Delta 100 + yellow filter

 

[fub]

Vito II

Rescue by Mike Connealy, on Flickr

what film stock were you using?

 

[mconnealy]

what film stock were you using?

Fuji 200

 

[luuca]

Rollei 35 SE
Kodak color 200

Italian Alps (Alpi Marittime)

 

[Timmyjoe]

For a short while I had a Kodak Signet 50. Had the same issue with it as I had with the Rollei 35, I just really like the process of focusing a camera thru the viewfinder.


Kodak Signet 50 w/Tri-X

Best,
-Tim

 

[Timmyjoe]

I picked up a German made Rollei 35 about ten years ago, and found a review article from Popular Photography from back in the 1960's or 1970's, and funny enough, it turned out the camera they used in the review was the exact camera I bought (the serial number was shown in a number of pics in the article). Even though I thought that was pretty neat, I did end up selling it because of the lack of being able to focus it thru the viewfinder. It made some nice images though, and it sure was easy to carry around.


Rollei 35 w/Tri-X

Best,
-Tim

 

[Timmyjoe]

It was a pretty camera. Should have kept it just because it was so cool, but I have this thing, if I'm not using it regularly, it gets sold.



Best,
-Tim

 

[ddutchison2]

Rollei 35 SE
Kodak color 200

Italian Alps (Alpi Marittime)

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Love all the brilliant flair in the first pic and the incongruity of goggled guy in the last

 

[Bingley]

Lake Tahoe Basin, February 2026. Rollei 35 (Singapore), Cinestill 400d @ iso 320:

Emerald Bay, February 2026 by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

Lesson by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr