Pics from Perkeo II

[css9450]

Perkeo II and Rollei RPX 25 film.

 

[largedrink]

I took this with my Perkeo I with Color-Skopar lens and Kodak Portra 160 film. Great camera, so light and portable and the results are fantastic.

Wellington harbour by Hugh B, on Flickr

 

[dfranklin]

Perkeo II with HP5+

 

[DwF]

Perkeo II with HP5+

Love the texture light and composition here dfranklin.

David

 

[DownUnder]

Well, on Ebay I found a Voigtlander "Deep Yellow 3X" slip-on filter, which at least should get me away from 1/500th in sunny daylight. I think 3X is 1.5 stops? Come to think of it, I could probably do something similar with all my vintage lenses to get away from the f/16-f/22 range where its just a hairswidth between stops. Probably wasn't even an issue back in the day when Kodachrome was ASA 10!

Agree!! As the owner of a Perkeo I and not the II I feel somewhat out of place in this thread, but I bought my camera (from the original owner) with a Voigtlander yellow-green filter which has turned out to be the best ever with B&W. It not only slows down fast films (in my case usually HP5+ or TMax 400) but it softens all the mid tones nicely and also does pleasant things to skies and clouds. When I bought it the owner told me he'd bought the filter with the camera in the early '50s and had taken it on his travels all over the world - yes, in those long ago times people shot their travel images and even landscapes in B&W - and both camera and filter had served him well.

My I has the superb Color Skopar lens in a synchro-compur shutter with a top speed of 1/300, so the filter has been very useful. It lets me shoot on the 'red dot' just past the f/11 mark, which is a sort of universal distance setting entirely suitable for most scenery shots. The IIs would also have this marking.

One of my four Rolleiflexes or a Contax G1 usually travel with me as my film shooters nowadays but if I had to, I wouldn't hesitate to take my Perkeo with that filter and as much B&W film as I can pack into my baggage.

 

[dfranklin]

Love the texture light and composition here dfranklin.

David

Thanks, David! (from another David)

 

[DwF]

Ok, my slow thanks to your thanks David! 🙂 I am on this thread to get me excited to take the Perkeo out for a shoot. It has been too long!

David

 

[Godfrey]

Ok, my slow thanks to your thanks David! 🙂 I am on this thread to get me excited to take the Perkeo out for a shoot. It has been too long!

David

I had my Perkeo II out yesterday, when I bicycle to a neighboring town for breakfast with some friends. It is such a compact and light camera ... Hardly noticed it in my bag at all!

I didn't bother to look at a meter reading: for ACROS 100, I just set f/11 @ 1/100 second since all the photos were outdoors on a nice sunny morning. Getting the focus correct for the first couple of frames was tricky—one forgets how little DoF you have available with a 6x6 camera at close range—but I got it sorted correctly for most of the photos.

Linda - Mountain View 2021
Voigtländer Perkeo II, ACROS 100, f/11 @ 1/100​

The Perkeo II remains a wonderful performer. 🙂

G

 

[DwF]

Along Hyde Street in San Francisco

Along Hyde Street in San Francisco

Certainly a treat to visit San Francisco last weekend. Walking from Marina back toward downtown something here caught my eye.

Perkeo 1 80mm f3.5 Color Skopar on Portra

 

[Bobby Kee]

 

[Guest]

This little jewel of a camera is seriously underrated. It’s beautiful for black and white work. When I focus on the film grain when printing, I can not tell the difference in sharpness between it and a Rolleiflex Planar. And the final mounted prints are sublime.
The two images above are magnificent, the bottom one is priceless.

 

[Bobby Kee]

This little jewel of a camera is seriously underrated. It’s beautiful for black and white work. When I focus on the film grain when printing, I can not tell the difference in sharpness between it and a Rolleiflex Planar. And the final mounted prints are sublime.
The two images above are magnificent, the bottom one is priceless.

Thank you. True. Sometimes i regret that trade her for Mamiya 6MF.

 

[DwF]

I agree this one priceless!

David

 

[Anthony Harvey]

Incredible picture Bobby! Everything about it is exactly right and powerful. The angles, the hands, the sharp contrast between face and hat, the surrounding blackness, the mental intensity of what I take to be religious scholars. And the pièce de résistance, the white quill. Exceptional!

 

[Anthony Harvey]

I keep returning to your picture, Bobby. It’s got a timeless quality, almost like a 16th century painting. It also reminds me of the work of the photographer Roman Vishniac.

 

[Bobby Kee]

Thank you. It's very nice to me. Of course I know the photos of Roman Vishniac. Please forgive me OT, that's the whole story: ELIMELECH'S SONS

 

[DwF]

To Better Times Ahead

To Better Times Ahead

Perkeo 1 80mm Color-Skopar f3.5