Ansco Karomat / Agfa Karat 35 with Schneider Xenon - first roll

[iggers]

It wasn't exactly my first roll with the Ansco Karomat, a gorgeous early 1950s rangefinder that I bought from a fellow RFFer. After shooting three rolls of "air guitar", with rolls that seemed, like the Italian army in WW2, loaded but unable to advance, I opened the back and examined the film rails. Aha! A little hinged silver metal tab, that folds over the film perforations and locks down over the sprocket. I'd been laying the film over that, oblivious to the fact that I was supposed to pull the piece up, lay the film down onto the sprocket and then fold the little thing over the perforation. Three films it took me! No, I brag not.

A cool camera, with an unusal rangefinder "patch"; as if the top and bottom halves of the view are moving laterally.


And decent results, I think:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortinbras/sets/72057594080804751/

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

More than decent. The Xenon seems to be a very decent lens.

The Tippie shot is very "homey." She looks comfortable and almost see every hair on her.

 

[edthened]

Och Dan,I like the camera and the pictures 😀 😀

Edwin

 

[bmattock]

Very nice - I can recommend the 36's brother, the IV. It is similar, but has the more common circular rangefinder patch. I had a 36 and sold it, just could not get used to the entire image being split. Did it cause you any trouble?

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[dazedgonebye]

Same lens as the Retina IIa?
Nice results.

 

[iggers]

Thanks all.

I had no great problem with the unusual tye of rangefinder. Occasionally I would turn the camera to find a line to bring together.

Same lens as on the IIa? I suppose its the same 2.0 that is on a number of Retina folders.

 

[sbug]

Hey, nice shots there Dan. Glad you enjoy the camera!