My Braun Super Paxette project

[ped]

As a Swede I of course know the whole Ikea catalog by heart. 😛
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.

I bet you do!

The shelves look fine to me - however the cameras don't weigh that much really.

Worth noting for the future though, thanks.

 

[ped]

aaaaaaand... another lens just ordered!! Got to be the rarest of the lot, it's the first I've seen since I've started collecting.

Pics to follow 🙂

 

[nhchen]

aaaaaaand... another lens just ordered!! Got to be the rarest of the lot, it's the first I've seen since I've started collecting.

Pics to follow 🙂

Is it the Luxon lens? ;P

regards,
nathan

 

[ped]

Is it the Luxon lens? ;P

regards,
nathan

I had a Luxon but it wasn't coupled - is there another I don't know about? 😱

 

[ped]

OK if you're not totally bored with my collection yet, here's the final* rangefinder coupled lens for the Paxette system, fresh off the boat from Germany. It's the lens standing up on the top right:



It's a Steinheil Munchen Tele-Quinar 135mm f3.5 and it's the only one I've seen for sale anywhere for a long long time - and it's optically mint!




*as far as I know - happy to be corrected!

 

[Rodchenko]

What an amazing collection!

 

[ped]

Just an update to show off my display stand!

 

[B-9]

Looking nicer and nicer!

 

[paul_d]

Here's the lens:

Dear Ped,
this is indeed an amazing collection. Could you share what is the size of hood/filter thread on the Quinon 50/2? I was recently lucky enough to find the Quinon for my Paxette II earliest model (not sure about the names - it has a flat top, no rangefinder and no fast advance lever). I've been very pleased with the rendering of my Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 50/2.8 on Paxette, so I can't wait to see what's the Quinon capable of.

Below sample image I shot with Xenar on RPX 25, developed in Ilfotec HC 1:47

Best regards!

 

[paul_d]

sorry, it seems there is a problem with uploading the picture, thus once again:

 

[ped]

Dear Ped,
this is indeed an amazing collection. Could you share what is the size of hood/filter thread on the Quinon 50/2? I was recently lucky enough to find the Quinon for my Paxette II earliest model (not sure about the names - it has a flat top, no rangefinder and no fast advance lever). I've been very pleased with the rendering of my Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 50/2.8 on Paxette, so I can't wait to see what's the Quinon capable of.

Below sample image I shot with Xenar on RPX 25, developed in Ilfotec HC 1:47

Best regards!

Hi there. Glad to hear you’re enjoying your paxette. The thread on the Quinon is 40.5mm, I’m unsure about the pitch but I have several hoods and filters which fit no problem so I don’t think it’s anything unusual.

Those early paxette must be tiny! I don’t have one (yet) but after using the Super IIB for my main camera even the RF equipped early versions feel very small - but they all feel great in the hand and simple to use.

I think the Schneider has the best ‘feel’ of all the lenses - it’s very heavy and has precise aperture click stops. I really like mine!