50's Classic Camera Contest

[Gordon Coale]

David Richert, over at Classic Cameras (pre-1970) Forum on photo.net, is holding another contest for classic cameras. This time it's for cameras made in the 1950s: 50's Classic Camera Contest. I'm sure there are a number of rangefinders here that qualify. Join the fun.

 

[Pherdinand]

thanx f the note🙂 Maybe i'll join it with my super ikonta.

 

[taffer]

Thanks for the link ! I'm having problems trying to think on a non-50's camera at home 😀

 

[Schlapp]

Be great to have more people enter this contest. The last one was good fun. I shall be entering with a Kodak Retinette and a Gevabox II.

 

[Roman]

Does anybody know how to tell the year it was built from the serial number of a FED 2? I'd like to use my FED-2b (V.5 according to Jim Blazik), but it has a rather high serial number for that model (222 414), so I'm not sure whether it was still built in the 1950s... How long was the FED-2b (V.5) - that's the one that already has flash synch, but still uses the old shutter speed progression w/ 1/25, 1/50 etc. - built, anyway?

Roman

 

[Gordon Coale]

David Richert has posted the final rules for the latest classic camera contest:

50's Contest Rules

Load up those 50s cameras!

 

[sockeyed]

Roman

The excellent history of the Fed 2 on this site:
http://www.geocities.com/fzorkis/fed2_1.html
gives some indication of years of production. But you've probably already read it.

 

[Rob]

I may have a go at this contest also. Just got a mint Agfa Synchro Box camera that takes 120 film and has a built in yellow filter too. Just cleaned it up and it looks in mint condition. It shoots a 6x9 negative..Got a roll of XP2 for it also. It dates from 1950-1958 I think.
Rob

 

[Gordon Coale]

These are my weapons of choice for the 50s Contest. Hmmm. Two TLRs and only one rangefinder (I will be making a cardboard rangefinder for the Agfa.) My Speed graphic and Leica IIIc are too old and my FEDs are too new.

 

[RubenBlaedel]

I am ready
Contessa 1953 - Super Ikonta 1954 - Rolleflex automat 1952 - Rolleiflex 1956 - Linhof Super Technica 1952, Vitessa 1951, Leica IIIf RD 1954 + lenses an accesories all 1950ties
mys GAS syndrome seems to be very much 1950ties

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

That Linhoff in the back is very nice!

 

[RubenBlaedel]

yep! its a bit larger than the average rangfinder but it is built pretty solid - I am getting some film back fromt he lab this week with test shots - the cam numbers an numbers on the lenses does not fit on two of the 3 lenses - cant decide what 3 cemras to use for the competition - probably end up with the rollei, the leica and the linhof or the super ikonta, leica and linhof or --h... this is hard I might end up being disqualified for entering all of them - I really like the cameras from the fifties - the vitesse is very "modern" in design compared when you think of it - is early 1950