Post your black beauties

[giganova]

If I had to give out design awards, these would be my two winners:

 

[mothertrucker]

I've been wanting to check out one of the Mju cameras Giganova. Nice.

Here's my new one, an Ica Polyskop stereo camera. If you want to shoot panorama, the whole lens board slides over to the left to use one lens for 6x13 panoramas. And if I want just single 6x6 frames, i should be able to cover up just one lens cap at a time.

Someone at some point in the past fabricated a roll film back onto this with a homemade pressure plate and reel holder system. This was originally a plate film camera. I'm excited to clean it up and put a roll of film through it. In panorama mode, I think the 90mm tessar should be a pretty sharp wide angle on 6x13!

 

[Jamie Pillers]

This looks like a SUPER cool little camera! Thanks for posting the picture. 🙂

I've been wanting to check out one of the Mju cameras Giganova. Nice.

Here's my new one, an Ica Polyskop stereo camera. If you want to shoot panorama, the whole lens board slides over to the left to use one lens for 6x13 panoramas. And if I want just single 6x6 frames, i should be able to cover up just one lens cap at a time.

Someone at some point in the past fabricated a roll film back onto this with a homemade pressure plate and reel holder system. This was originally a plate film camera. I'm excited to clean it up and put a roll of film through it. In panorama mode, I think the 90mm tessar should be a pretty sharp wide angle on 6x13!

 

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[FalseDigital]

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Bessa-R with Jupiter-12 35mm f/2.8

I was always told the Jupiter-12 wouldn't work on a Bessa-R!
How did you get yours to work without crushing your shutter? 😱

 

[ForestCap]

I was always told the Jupiter-12 wouldn't work on a Bessa-R!
How did you get yours to work without crushing your shutter? 😱

I don't know when/where/how the trend of "J-12 doesn't work on Bessa-R" started but this 1970s J-12 mounts and works well on R, without any modification. Just the light meter cell is blocked by the rear lens group so no accurate metering.

It mounts and works well on Canon (V)L2 and Canon 7 as well.

 

[David Hughes]

I keep meaning to re take this but with the lid of the cassette holder turned over to show the red paint lining the word "Leica" then make it B&W with just the red left.

Regards, David

 

[narsuitus]

Nikon F4 by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[jusxusfanatic]

My collection

 

[msarkki]

"Beauty and the beast"

 

[Penzes]

Hasselblad by István Pénzes, on Flickr

 

[Penzes]

Leicaflex SL2MOT by István Pénzes, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica M5, Summicron 90mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Contax I v4, Sonnar black/nickel 50mm f/1.5.

Erik.

 

[narsuitus]

Black M42 by Narsuitus, on Flickr

Black body Fujica ST705 with 50mm f/1.4 Fujinon lens

Black body Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with 50mm f/1.4 eight-element Takumar lens

 

[Timmyjoe]

Another Black Beauty Argus C3

Best,
-Tim