My Braun Super Paxette project

Indeed - the only other screw mount rangefinder Braun made, the 35 super. The way y wind the film/cock the shutter is by using a little trigger that flips down below the lens very cool!

There's also a whole set of Kodak filters in there including a diffusion disc.
 
Yeah I'm tempted to make another set with the bayonet lenses that they use on the SLR and later rangefinders. Could be quite costly though.
 
OK I found another Super 35 to replace the one that went into a kit I made for a friend. Had to buy from the Leica shop in Vienna in the end but it's in great nick.

Just thought you might like to see the shutter cocking mechanism; it's a trigger under the lens which you crank with your left index finger. really fast and natural. I wonder why it didn't make it onto many other cameras?

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And one of the top with the lightmeter cell and RF window

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And I PROMISE to post some pics from the cameras soon. Each body has a half finished roll in at the moment so I'll finish them off and post some results!!

ped
 
I made a lightbox the other day. It's not finished yet so I mucked about with it today using some A4 paper as the backing (not big enough). I forgot that my DSLR was set at ISO1600 so the pics are noisy, too. I'll take some better ones soon when I get some decent backing material...

Just ran a roll of Kodak Supercolour 400 through the camera so will develop it this weekend.



Super Paxette 35 by chiscocks, on Flickr


Super Paxette 35 2 by chiscocks, on Flickr
 
ped said:
I've worked out how to do the flash now. Here it is in all it's glory. Works like a charm though might be expensive to use as I'll get through bulbs quickly!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lbMB-BiqLw
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If you find yourself an early Braun eletronic flash (black battery pack on a shoulder strap with a black flash handle and round reflector, uses a bracket that attaches to the tripod screw.), you won't have to buy flash-bulbs... although the size of the rig kind of negates the small size of the Paxette camera.... :rolleyes:
 
Yeah, though to be honest I don't use flash much. Suppose it woudl be good to complete the kit though!!
 
I think the Braun flash people were a different company, actually... they are the same as the brAun appliance folk... can't remember the city, but I don't think it is Nurnberg...

One thing I found when shooting with flash bulbs the other year with a 1933 Leica III and early blitzlichthalter (big clamp-on gun) with a bayonet-to-M3 adapter, is that it's MUCH easier to over-expose with flash bulbs, due to their longer burn time than the flash from a strobe tube... :eek:

Don't waste your money on the grey rechargeable brAun flashes from the '60's - '70s... if the batteries are shot ( and they usually are), there are no replacements, even from battery specialists...

I have an early Honeywell "potato-masher" flash that uses three C-cell rechargeables when I feel the need to do flash pictures with a vintage feel...

You can't beat the little AG-1 bulb flashes for compact-ness...

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I'm actually going to Nuremburg at the end of August. Maybe I'll try and visit the old factory!
 
My granddad who gave me the first Paxette body and lens sadly passed away last week. I know he was pleased that I was using his camera and the first thing I'm going to do when I love house 200 miles north to York is take a roll of film around my new village to 'show' my granddad where I live.

Only two weeks ago he was showing me some fantastic images of the 1958 British Grand Prix he took with the camera.

Also - more lens updates on the way, and, as I'm moving house, I'm getting a sweet display cabinet to show them off in. They'll be no shelf queens, though.

Cheers
ped
 
Sorry to hear about your grandad. He clearly had good taste in cameras.

I'm making progress with my repairs to the notorious winder mechanisms. I have the parts for two mechanisms (and some spares), and three bodies needing winders. I've worked out how to make a usable repair, but the main spring clearly isn't acting right, so I now need to work out how to hold even more things in place as I assemble the parts. I think it takes five hands, though a couple of bits of insulating tape seem to help a bit. It's very frustrating.
 
Thanks.

Yes I've heard they are super fiddly. I certainly won't be dismantling mine at any point. Good luck with it. They're so charming to use, you can't help but love the Paxette!
 
ped said:
Yeah that's right! A real pain to build though!
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As a Swede I of course know the whole Ikea catalog by heart. :p
Those glass shelves are extremely thin and bends with pretty light force, aren't you worried? I don't know how heavy your stuff is though but I skipped it due to some of my lenses weighing in at over 1kg.
 
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