What have you just BOUGHT?

[Nokton48]

Here are some goodies that arrived here today. My 180mm F2.8 Sonnar from KEH in Atlanta ($94) and three 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" Linhof cut film holders (with the spring loaded pressure plate!) from the UK. Christmas presents to myself.

This will be a lot of fun to fabricate. I removed the rear mounting as far back as possible, I can see looking through the Makiflex Standard body, that the image is super bright (F2.8!) but even with recessed board, it is a lens that roughly covers 12"x12" on the 82x90mm Makiflex full frame. Will be a dynamite portrait lens for handhold shooting! Somewhere in the studio, I have an 86mm Zeiss Softar that I bought from B&H, when I was shooting weddings. It cost nearly $500 and will fit the 180mm Sonnar.

I will have to do some careful metal cutting of the recessed board, and careful fitting of the lens. I do NOT think it will be too heavy on the Makiflex, but we will see.

2015-12-30 17.56.00 by Nokton48, on Flickr

And here you can see what it looks like when all put together. 180 F2.8 CZJ Sonnar on Makiflex Standard.
Any deeper mounting than this, and the rear cell will strike the mirror as you fire the shutter. So I am still deciding how I want to mount this one up.

2015-12-30 17.57.08 by Nokton48, on Flickr

 

[jamin-b]

Zoom Nikkor 35-105 to use on my FM3A. It's solid, compact , in pristine condition, has a macro option and I am very pleasantly surprised by the image quality from the 1st roll. All this for $20 + shipping from Japan!

 

[yesaroos]

Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 MD..

 

[rybolt]

Spending year end money.
Zeiss 12mm for Fuji
Zeiss 32mm for Fuji
Fuji 16mm f1.4
Fuji 90mm f2

I bought the Zeiss 2 lens kit a few years ago when they were $999. Used them once and sold them because I had the Fuji 14mm and 35mm lenses. Then realized what a mistake it was as they were very distinctive lenses. Found used ones in mint minus condition for several hundred bucks less than the first time I bought them! So here I go again!

 

[drinkingeye]

pure beauty 🙂 have fun with the new toys!

M3,50/2 Summicron col, 35/3.5 Summarit/goggles, 90/4 Elmar, 135/4.5 Hektar, Leica meter (it works!) and matching lens shade. From Craigslist, too cheap to say no!

 

[PAN F]

R

Robot Royal 36

Hello HuubL,

Really great camera, exceptional precision engineering and the lens breech-lock fitting is superbly engineered, together with the superb 50mm f2 Sonnar (post-war coated) lens which is quite rare. Robot and Zeiss had a disagreement after only a small batch of Sonnars had been produced and Zeiss pulled out of producing the highly engineered breech-lock fitting Sonnar for the Robot Royal 36.
Tom Abrahamsson is an enthusiast and user of Robot cameras.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

AI Nikkor 85/2 lens from APUG classifieds

Chris

 

[Mr_Flibble]

With the hours ticking away for New Years Eve I've snagged a Kodak Graphic No.0 camera.

Now with pictures

 

[jwnash1]

A 100mm Canon Lumifield finder.
Happy New Year to all!
John

 

[novum]

I got an old Nikon LS-2000 today.

Sample scan:

After an Epson and a Plustek, I'm hoping I like this machine.

 

[ruby.monkey]

I recently bought G1DRP's 50mm f/1.4 Super-Takumar, and now I have a Pentax SL on the way as a dedicated body for it.

(I gave an SL away a few years ago but I've missed it on and off. Luckily it's an inexpensive itch to scratch.)

 

[lxmike]

this little beast for my IIIf BD😀

 

[lxmike]

With the hours ticking away for New Years Eve I've snagged a Kodak Graphic No.0 camera.

Now with pictures

nice very well done, lovely camera

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Curtain Return Roller Spring might need a tweak though.

 

[mcfingon]

That Kodak makes my 1933 Leica III look like a recent arrival, Mr Flibble. What I got today is much more recent again, a Nikon D3300 all the better to scan Black and White negatives with. I had to see if the lack of an anti-alias filter gave it more crispness than the D3200 I've been using. It does. Not a bad camera all-round - shown testing with the 35/1.8 Nikkor at f1.8

 

[Alfasud]

I did something spontaneous and bought a used Pentax Q off the 'Bay. I know the sensor is absurdly small, it's possibly a dead 'system', and there's no viewfinder, but I have a weakness for small cameras. I plan on having it in my jacket pocket at all times.

The prime lens and telephoto zooms are surprisingly expensive still, so I'll have to keep an eye out.

I have been using a "Q" for about two years now. Its a great small camera. I used a Minox for years. I have found that the standard Voigtlander KONTUR finder works well as an outdoor optical finder for the "prime" lens. The prime records as 50 mm.

 

[Luddite Frank]

With the hours ticking away for New Years Eve I've snagged a Kodak Graphic No.0 camera.

Now with pictures

Congratulations, Rick !

This camera is on my bucket list, as well as a Kodak Panoramic camera that will take 120 film.

Can't wait to see pictures from this beast ! 🙂

LF

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Got to see if it's repairable first.
And I hope I can use my 127 reels in it.

I've got a Kodak No.1 Panoram. It's twice as big as this thing.

 

[Luddite Frank]

I visited a "vintage & re-purposed" shop today, on the advice of my wife who said "they have a lot of cameras"...

Well, they had about 1/2 dozen... mostly Instamatics, 1960's Polaroids, an Argus Automatic...

The one I came home with is a Zeiss Box Tengor 54/2, circa 1928. Quite sophisticated for a box camera... even though the shutter offers only 1/25 or Bulb, it has a Waterhouse-style slide with three apertures (f:11 / f:18 / f:25), and another slide which offers two auxiliary lenses (Port. 1m / Gr. 4m), or just the front lens (Goerz Frontar apochromat) for 12ft - Inf. Shoots 6x9 images on 120 film.

It's dusty, but worthy of some clean-up and a test roll.

🙂

 

[Luddite Frank]

Got to see if it's repairable first.
And I hope I can use my 127 reels in it.

I've got a Kodak No.1 Panoram. It's twice as big as this thing.

I love the build quality of those old Folmer / Kodak cameras...

If this one has a focal plane shutter, be sure to lube all the roller / curtain pivots... they spin really fast as the curtain pulls across them, creating the infamous "Graflex shriek" if they are dry...

I have a National Graflex slr that is just a finger-buster to try to set & use... it needs a CLA, but I haven't summoned the courage to go into it.


Hope your new find can be returned to service !

🙂