German Cameras

[furcafe]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/3310844066/

Agfa Super Isolette.

 

[furcafe]

For current production adapter, ebay. For example: http://www.ebay.com/sch/amedeo.m/m.html

He doesn't have any for sale right now, it appears, but he is a member & sponsor here on RFF.

Historically: http://www.cameraquest.com/adapter.htm

There are also more recent Japanese & Chinese copies of the Orions.

Leica M3 + Contax-mount 5cm f/1.5 Zeiss-Opton Sonnar


What manner of witchcraft allows this to happen?

 

[Pastor Chris]

Thanks for the info on the adapters, I will be sure to keep a watch for one!

Cheers, Chris

 

[Ezzie]

Ouch. That is a low blow, if not truthful.

Right you are, in the sense it was manufactured there. But no M4-2, and there would be no more Leica's, German or otherwise. Consider the picture removed.

 

[je2a3]

 

[Photo_Smith]

Just about T time...

Always loved that grey leather.

 

[sleepyhead]

Zeiss Tenax II with 40mm f/2 Sonnar lens


Tenax II with 40mm f/2 Sonnar by Levy Dellwik, on Flickr

 

[kanzlr]

cool, you do not see the Tenax II often.
how do you like it for shooting?

 

[sleepyhead]

cool, you do not see the Tenax II often.
how do you like it for shooting?

Thanks. I like the Tenax alot overall: the lens has a very nice signature (although flares badly if direct sunlight is just outside the frame), and the camera is very solid. The rangefinder patch is clear and easy to focus, although I cannot compose a picture with my eyeglasses on, and the viewfinder is a little dim (as many of these 1930s-1940s Zeisses are).

I like the Tenax II enough that I recently bought a second one on impulse, and when I got it home I noticed that it has a PC socket for electronic flash, which I can only think was a latter modification as electronic flash didn't exist when the camera was first made (I believe). But the job is so professional looking that it doesn't look like a camera hack either.

Anyway, the 24x24mm square is really lovely. Once I scan a few more negatives from the Tenax II, perhaps I'll start a new thread with Tenax II images only.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

My youngest Leica

Certo Super Dolina

A pair of Welta Weltini IIs slightly differing versions.

Not the best picture of my Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/16

Zeiss Ikoflex III (853/16)

 

[venchka]

Show off your beautiful German cameras. Leica, Zeiss, Exakta, Rollei, Voigtlander, etc.
Let's see them!

You forgot Linhof, Agfa, ...

The best Leica of all...is the one you own and use.

Wayne

 

[Jack Conrad]

Exacta Varex IIa and V1000 with Tessar, Xenon and Pancolor nifty fifties...

 

[MV72]

 

[charjohncarter]

Not a great image like those before me but:

 

[MV72]

 

[larmarv916]

I'm getting a big kick out of the "CLACK"...that says it all.

Great thread! Let´s start with Agfa:

Agfa Karat 36:

Agfa Trolix Box:

Agfa Optima Parat:

Agfa Super Silette Automatic:

Agfa Clack:

Agfa Synchro Box:

 

[Tom A]

1931 Leica II, Hektor 50mm f2.5 (1931) and matching film, Kodak Black and White, expiry date July 1931. The tin can was probably the 1931 Pro-Pack version.

 

[rhl-oregon]

Kaffeeklatsch: a trio of German masters facing a Japanese pupil (GRDIII)

(unbadged Werra III on the right for the uninitiated)

 

[Taipei-metro]

pasadena, ca





taipei★metro

 

[MV72]