Camera and Coffee

[OdDbaLL]

1937 Leica iia w 5cm Summar

1937 Leica iia w 5cm Summar

Saturday afternoon is a good time for coffee. I present my Grandfather's Leica iia which Grandma says he cobbled together from spare parts when he worked for Leitz. Grandma's memory is a bit fuzzy so I don't know wether it's true but he did work a while for Leitz as an optical engineer and the serial number indicates it's of 1937 vintage.

I don't have any fancy Leica books, can anyone tell me what the Leitz silly name (NOOKY/IROOA/ITOOY) of the viewfinder is and if they're common?

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Saturday afternoon is a good time for coffee. I present my Grandfather's Leica iia which Grandma says he cobbled together from spare parts when he worked for Leitz. Grandma's memory is a bit fuzzy so I don't know wether it's true but he did work a while for Leitz as an optical engineer and the serial number indicates it's of 1937 vintage.

I don't have any fancy Leica books, can anyone tell me what the Leitz silly name (NOOKY/IROOA/ITOOY) of the viewfinder is and if they're common?

A great story, it reminds me of Johnny Cash's song about building a Cadillac 😀. With that history what a great camera to have (and keep) -- thanks for posting it.

 

[OdDbaLL]

Thanks. I really love the camera and use it regularly. He passed away when I was 9 so I have some foggy memories of him. I'm not a religious person, but to have and use something like this is really the closest I have to a spiritual connection with anything. I've also inherited all his slides and negatives, they are fantastic good fun to look through in the evening. The whirr of the projector fan and the image up there on the silver screen. ahhh... there is poetry there.
-Christian

 

[Goodyear]

I like coffè ! I like cameras ! This is my old (from my father) Polaroid Land 340, in my living room.

You just solved a mystery for me.

I was watching an episode of Scrubs where Brendan Fraser was running around shooting Polaroids of people, and I'd been wondering what he was using.

I think it was one of these.

Thanks!

 

[robert blu]

Thanks Goodyear, there has been different models of these Polaroid cameras, if I correctly remember it was around 1970 ! ciao

 

[Goodyear]

I fancy laying my hands on something similar - if you can still get the necessary film.

Can you?

 

[Goodyear]

I fancy laying my hands on something similar - if you can still get the necessary film.

Can you?

Bleh. A few minutes with Google and I think I've answered my own question: 66x pack films, right? Still easily got, I think.

I'm happy enough with my answer that I'm now bidding on a couple of cameras on the 'Bay 😀

 

[robert blu]

In Italy we still find film, colours from Polaroid and also B&W peel off film, where the part which is peel off can be used as negative.
Main problem iwith polaroid film is that they are terribly ... expensive !
More difficult to find but also good are colours negative peel film from Fuji, in two version satin and glossy ( I do not remember the codes, but I can check, a couple should be anywhere in my house...)

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Ahhh....

Ahhh....

This pair is very new to my collection- Shot with my Fuji S5200 in B/W mode at 400 asa.

The Isolette was a gift from Captainslack (Muchas Gracias Amigo) and the Zorki was just purchased from Kim Coxon.

 

[taffer]

That is a beautiful looking camera and an equally beautiful story Oddball, thanks for sharing both with us.

 

[captainslack]

The Isolette was a gift from Captainslack (Muchas Gracias Amigo) and the Zorki was just purchased from Kim Coxon.

No problem! Hope you enjoy it! Nice looking Zorki, BTW. 😀

 

[IGMeanwell]

You just solved a mystery for me.

I was watching an episode of Scrubs where Brendan Fraser was running around shooting Polaroids of people, and I'd been wondering what he was using.

I think it was one of these.

Thanks!

I love that episode ... he was using the Polaroid Land Camera Model 250 ... the only reason I know that is it has the Zeiss Ikon Rangefinder and I also own one! Its an awesome camera, film is just so expensive

you can find the camera's themselves for about 10-50 bucks on ebay ... the model 250 is the best of the automatics in my opinion... has the 3 element glass lens and the Zeiss viewfinder

I have some Fuji FP-3000B film coming in the mail ... cheaper than polaroid's 667 and a finer grain ... unfortunately Fuji doesn't make an instant film with a negative

Here is my contribution I don't drink Coffee, but here is some chocolate milk with my Polaroid and my Yashica Electro GS

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Lovely, and not to take anything away from two beautiful cameras what about the Caddy in the background?

 

[IGMeanwell]

OH ... that is a poster of mine that I got a couple years ago of James Dean with his porsche at a gas station

unfortunately I don't know the photographer

 

[Gordon Coale]

So, film is still available for the 250? I get so confused over Polaroid film. I just checked and the Polaroid my wife bought before I ever knew her is an automatic 250 with a chrome Zeiss rangefinder. Pretty nice rangefinder!

 

[IGMeanwell]

So, film is still available for the 250? I get so confused over Polaroid film. I just checked and the Polaroid my wife bought before I ever knew her is an automatic 250 with a chrome Zeiss rangefinder. Pretty nice rangefinder!

Yup ... Fuji makes a ISO100 color and B&W as well as an ISO3000 B&W (really fun to use)

B&H have all the polaroid and fuji films http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=search&Q=&ci=351

Polaroid has the same line up ... 665, 667, 669, 690 ...etc

665 has gone up in price right around 20 bucks for 10 shots ... the clearing tanks are normally 45 bucks

as for the cameras

for info go here:

http://home.comcast.net/~jrpalma/pack_camera_recc.html

and the ever popular Land List

http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm

 

[David Goldfarb]

665 has been discontinued. When it runs out, it's gone, but they are saying that Type 55 4x5" will not be affected.

 

[Goodyear]

I'm now bidding like a mad thing on eBay for something from that Polaroid line. This is the most instense GAS I've had in a while. I'm itching to have a go with one.

Nobody looking rid of one? 😀

 

[David Goldfarb]

I had camera(s), coffee, and computer all at hand this morning, so I could finally add to this thread.

Linhof Technika V 23b, Schneider 105/2.8 Xenotar, Kona blend

 

[robert blu]

As a "pola-fan" I'm very happy to see so much interest in the Land cameras. I like to use my 340 but because of film cost I do not do it oft.
The peeling film allows a lot of special effects like transfer etc (suggestion on polaroid web site), but sometimes they are axcellent...sometimes I have to throw all away ! With increasing cost !
But it's a fun to work with thic camera ! ciao