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jmpgino said:
When I inherited the camera, I had already been living in America for 23 years, so when I brought her over here with me I soon noticed that the focus was starting to freeze up. She did not like the heat of the south, the grease was drying up. So had her serviced and also put a new skin on her because she was slippery, I went with Griptac and I love that stuff.
Anyhow this is one of mine up in Canada five years ago with her.
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Which Super Ikonta Model was your Dad's camera?
 
It’s the 531/2 with the Opton Lens. It’s a lovely camera, has its own distinct footprint. The Voigtlander Perkeo with the Scopar produces similar tones, both damn good cameras. I only speak from a Black and White perspective though.
 
Probably should not put this on here but what the hell. I need to wet print this one but scan it first. This is a print that father did, still as good as the day it dried, year is 1956.
He did the composition for Christmas cards for the Doctors at the Hospital he worked in, this is the only one left from the printing session.
I think I will use it myself one year.

4308983B-2785-4DEB-97C0-812EA00A6EEB by james purves, on Flickr
 
Parents wedding day 1941, this was taken with a Kodak Folder with a British Lens actually still have the camera, the negative was bigger than 6x9 so to wet print it and scan it I had to cut it down.
Notice the Aston Martin car !!!
My grandfather went to Sotheby’s down in London for a violin auction. It was a Stradivarius that was under the hammer, he was prepared to spend 700 British Pounds to get it but the Violin went for over 3,000. So he bought two cheaper ones that were also under the hammer instead, one of which I now have. Anyhow he felt guilty and decided to buy my father a car. So he bought this Aston Martin for him, so that he could drive home from University, he was going to Cambridge Trinity Hall, from Sheffield. Father said he was one of only a few who had a car, everybody had a bicycle back then.
Father was shipped off to the Far East shortly after their honeymoon into the world war.
This was wet printed and it is actually fantastic, beautiful tones.
Anyhow here it is, my dear Mother,on her wedding day to the way to their honeymoon hotel on the A1 in England called “The Ram Jam Inn” I have the bill receipt from their stay as well, incredible bit of history.


EF9AD41F-21AE-4011-9962-CDDDE03E00FA by james purves, on Flickr
 
Wild Apple Tree Maki II HRU Handheld 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Handheld HRU 6.5cmx9cm XRay photography. Plaubel Makina II with Plaubel Makina Yellow Filter 1/50 at F6.0 Exposure determined by guess and experience so far. Replenished Legacy Mic-X 12 minutes at ambient. Neg is overexposed which is not right but very promising as I will decrease exposure by one and two stops next time. Also will reduce developing time to eight minutes which is more like it but this is working OK so far. Arista #2 8x10 Print Omega Dii Diffusion head laser aligned. Multigrade dev

Handheld HRU 200th F6 Med Yello MicX by Nokton48, on Flickr

Made another couple tests yesterday, decreasing exposure by one and two stops. Handheld Fuji HRU Plaubel Makina II 1/200 f6.0 Plaubel Yellow filter Mic-X 12 minutes 5x7 Aristo #2 RC print Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion head Multigrade dev. Plaubel Makina sheet film holder was utilized. Key Day Full Sun 3:00 EST. Great I can shoot handheld with XRay film. The Makina II is getting to be my favorite Makina. Plaubel used to market it as "The World's Smallest View Camera". I will agree with those sentiments after using it for a while.

Makina Focal Plane Shutter 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is my trusty IIIR with a new cool addition. The Plaubel Makina Focal Plane Shutter, with speeds up to 1/1000 second. Aside from the action stopping ability, it will allow me to use high speed film at more wipe-open apertures. An advantage for me under some conditions. A rare item to be sure, probably the most difficult to find accessory in the Makina system. I know a photographer in NYC who has two of these, and he shares my enthusiasm for this shutter's use. the focal plane shutter release is just to the right of the rear optical eyepiece. You crank the bellows back to the wide angle setting, and it focuses perfectly at infinity which I have confirmed with a Makina groundglass.
 
jmpgino said:
...My grandfather went to Sotheby’s down in London for a violin auction. It was a Stradivarius that was under the hammer, he was prepared to spend 700 British Pounds to get it but the Violin went for over 3,000. So he bought two cheaper ones that were also under the hammer instead, one of which I now have. Anyhow he felt guilty and decided to buy my father a car. So he bought this Aston Martin for him, so that he could drive home from University, he was going to Cambridge Trinity Hall, from Sheffield. Father said he was one of only a few who had a car, everybody had a bicycle back then.
Father was shipped off to the Far East shortly after their honeymoon into the world war.
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My word -- so much contained in these sentences! I would love to hear more! Clearly your grandfather "had means" if he was going to bid on a Strad, and also bought that Aston Martin.

I am loving these pictures you posted, every one. I am really interested in knowing the name of that ship on the right of the picture of Sunderland harbor (#1244) -- can't make it out. Has lovely lines, like the Andrea Doria (did she have a sister ship?). And the ship on the left, the Corsair -- a sidewheeler!

Keep 'em coming!
 
Yes these are all very lovely along with the storylines.

I now definitely have Super Ikonta GAS!
 
The large ship was called the Achia Marina. I looked up the paddle steamer once, every ship can be tracked.
Thanks for the compliments, Grandfather was President of British Coal and Steel back when they were combined. He was quite a chemist, even had a spectrometer at home to play around with, it was a good five feet long and weighed a ton.
I will search out for some more to post.
 
This is an old glass plate, was very difficult to deal with. Grandmother, youngest daughter, my Mother, eldest daughter and Grandfather. Father clicked the image and it looks like behind Grandfathers Daimler is what was then my fathers car.
I suspect this is up in Scotland, no idea on dates but I suspect around 1937.
It’s not terribly sharp but you get the idea, not sure what camera was used but it’s a bigger plate than 6x9.

BD748FBB-C769-4201-BF08-543EA70FAC6C by james purves, on Flickr
 
This is a photograph of the MASH unit my father worked with in a Prisoner of war camp in India during WW11.
The photograph has everybody who operated the camp, prison guards and the medical staff, minus some who would have been watching the prisoners.
My Father in on the second row from the bottom, third in on the left.
Apparently the jungle was so treacherous no one attempted to escape, so security was lax, well that is what I remember being told. Not sure of year but he was there for the last few of the war.
I even have his operating records, every single operation was recorded, the procedure, the time the patient was under his anesthesia, in a little book.

BEA55F75-0CD3-4FE2-AB0F-61F1E309E101 by james purves, on Flickr
 
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Voigtländer Bessa II, 105mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar, Fomapan 100
 
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