fidget
Lemon magnet
On a long weekend with a particular photo shoot to try out, I took a selection of cameras in the car boot. On a short visit to the river I tried a few shots on the Moskva 5. In the past I had been a little disappointed with it's performance, but had probably not set it up properly (seating the lens correctly rather than expecting it to snap into position itself).
This shot is a narrow crop of the original. Looks great and has outperformed just about everything else I took that weekend.
Race day from Instow with Appledore across the river.....
This shot is a narrow crop of the original. Looks great and has outperformed just about everything else I took that weekend.
Race day from Instow with Appledore across the river.....
literiter
Well-known
Yes, there isn't anything wrong with the M5. This shot looks great from side to side.
Was this handheld or a tripod?
I've compared the shots from the Super Ikonta C, the Moskva 4 and 5. Myself, I cannot really tell the difference.
When I stop down to at least f8, I get good sharpness from all Ikonta and Moskva lenses.
I use a tripod when it's practical and always a lens hood.
Was this handheld or a tripod?
I've compared the shots from the Super Ikonta C, the Moskva 4 and 5. Myself, I cannot really tell the difference.
When I stop down to at least f8, I get good sharpness from all Ikonta and Moskva lenses.
I use a tripod when it's practical and always a lens hood.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
I never got to love mine, but I've seen plenty to like out of them.
I think persistence is a good quality with old cameras.
I think persistence is a good quality with old cameras.
R
rpinchbeck
Guest
Argh! Mine is in pieces on my workbench. I got the shutter back together last week after a complete dismantle. Next is calibrate and adjust shutter.
Only problem, summer is too short to spend indoors at the workbench.
Cheers,
Russ Pinchbeck
Only problem, summer is too short to spend indoors at the workbench.
Cheers,
Russ Pinchbeck
fidget
Lemon magnet
Good to hear that there are other Moskva 5 (or repairer) users out there. Mine is made from two units, the shutter/lens from one and the body from another. So I have one in bits too.
The photo above was handheld at 1/250 f22 ish. Given the snap that the shutter has at this speed I was surprised that it came out as sharply as it did. I find it very difficult to hold the camera and operate the shutter, so have adopted a very strange grip, it looks like I am holding some kind of rocket launcher.....holding the open hatch (from the front) rather than the body.
Before I get too enthusiastic about it though, I should try some shots at other more open apertures....
The visit was to shoot the remains of a shipwreck out on rocks at lowest tide. It took a little scrambling to get there, so went fairly light, just a monopod, GA645 and the Isolette-Solinar (cause that just fits in my pocket!). The shots are a bit poor, both compositionally and technically (but is part of the learning curve). Now I wish I had taken the Moskva. Anyway, maybe next time.....
Engine and Keel at low tide. SS Collier: ran aground 1914. IsoletteII / Solinar
The photo above was handheld at 1/250 f22 ish. Given the snap that the shutter has at this speed I was surprised that it came out as sharply as it did. I find it very difficult to hold the camera and operate the shutter, so have adopted a very strange grip, it looks like I am holding some kind of rocket launcher.....holding the open hatch (from the front) rather than the body.
Before I get too enthusiastic about it though, I should try some shots at other more open apertures....
The visit was to shoot the remains of a shipwreck out on rocks at lowest tide. It took a little scrambling to get there, so went fairly light, just a monopod, GA645 and the Isolette-Solinar (cause that just fits in my pocket!). The shots are a bit poor, both compositionally and technically (but is part of the learning curve). Now I wish I had taken the Moskva. Anyway, maybe next time.....
Engine and Keel at low tide. SS Collier: ran aground 1914. IsoletteII / Solinar
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