randomm
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Hi to all!
So after some heavy auction site surfing over couple of months I got a lucky break with getting a Robot Royal 36 with the Xenar 45mm f2.8 lens in relatively nice overall condition. Mine is an earlier model with no full automatic mode, but that's fine with me, the semi-auto I have already found useful in action situations. Slow times were a problem, but after some thorough playing around I got everything else aside from 1/2s and 1/5s working decently.
Couple of shots from my test roll. Exposures by sunny 16 rule on LegacyPro 400 (rebadged Neopan) film.
This morning I took the camera for a CLA to get the remaining slow speeds back. I simply love Robots' rotary shutters - enabling shooting with ridiculously slow times.
Here is a photo taken with my Robot IIa, with 1/5s shutter speed in ambient lighting in a garage:
The only thing that I find as a serious drawback with Robots is that they seem to be or becoming collector items and finding lenses suitable for the 36, or even hoods for the lenses, is very very difficult unless you have a thick wallet.
Anybody know anyone with a Royal 36 fitting Tele-Xenar lying around looking for some use, or a hood for the 45mm Xenar?
So after some heavy auction site surfing over couple of months I got a lucky break with getting a Robot Royal 36 with the Xenar 45mm f2.8 lens in relatively nice overall condition. Mine is an earlier model with no full automatic mode, but that's fine with me, the semi-auto I have already found useful in action situations. Slow times were a problem, but after some thorough playing around I got everything else aside from 1/2s and 1/5s working decently.
Couple of shots from my test roll. Exposures by sunny 16 rule on LegacyPro 400 (rebadged Neopan) film.



This morning I took the camera for a CLA to get the remaining slow speeds back. I simply love Robots' rotary shutters - enabling shooting with ridiculously slow times.
Here is a photo taken with my Robot IIa, with 1/5s shutter speed in ambient lighting in a garage:

The only thing that I find as a serious drawback with Robots is that they seem to be or becoming collector items and finding lenses suitable for the 36, or even hoods for the lenses, is very very difficult unless you have a thick wallet.
Anybody know anyone with a Royal 36 fitting Tele-Xenar lying around looking for some use, or a hood for the 45mm Xenar?