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Used Pentax K1000 body

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Mirror locks up but all else checks good. Will send to Eric.
$70.00 plus shipping from WI camera shop selling on eBay.

Chris
 
I picked this up locally a couple of weeks ago. Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex II, about 1936-37. It belonged to the owner's father and it likely hadn't been used for over fifty years. Consequently It needed a bit of help but I managed to get it back into good working condition. It's quite a nice camera and that unique lever focus is actually quite enjoyable to use. The 7.5cm f/3.5 Triotar cleaned up rather well and is surprisingly very sharp for a pre-War lens.

The one thing that struck me as odd is the upside-down Zeiss Ikon logo on the hood. It either looks like it was a mistake from the factory or -- if it was re-attached by the original owner this way -- it was done many many years ago. I'll just leave it as-is.

I was planning on selling this on but after having got it working, cleaned it up and run a roll of film through it, I might just keep it.


Ikoflex II by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
 
Vince Lupo said:
I picked this up locally a couple of weeks ago. Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex II, about 1936-37. It belonged to the owner's father and it likely hadn't been used for over fifty years. Consequently It needed a bit of help but I managed to get it back into good working condition. It's quite a nice camera and that unique lever focus is actually quite enjoyable to use. The 7.5cm f/3.5 Triotar cleaned up rather well and is surprisingly very sharp for a pre-War lens.

The one thing that struck me as odd is the upside-down Zeiss Ikon logo on the hood. It either looks like it was a mistake from the factory or -- if it was re-attached by the original owner this way -- it was done many many years ago. I'll just leave it as-is.

I was planning on selling this on but after having got it working, cleaned it up and run a roll of film through it, I might just keep it.


Ikoflex II by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
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Always wanted to try this model, because the focusing lever is so unique. The Ikoflex are under appreciated TLR's, and the pre-war Zeiss Ikon stuff just made so solid, so art deco in appearance.
 
Leica M to L adapter to use on my SL3-S camera. For all day carrying and long hikes on rolling terrain, lighter weight M lenses will serve me well on the 2 pound camera. When needed, magnification and focus peaking settings make manual focus easier. And for landscapes, autofocus will be less useful.
 
Darthfeeble said:
I was getting to the point that I missed more shots than I gathered with the M10, so I traded it for this rig. I got a 24mm and a 50 to go with it and adapters for a
variety of my M mount lenses


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Using M lenses should be a painless process for the Sony. I know it was for me using a Nikon Z. Much better for my old eyes than trying to find focus with a rangefinder. Plus, there's always AF if needed.

Sorry, guys. That's just the way it is with dim, aging eyes.



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This situation is very interesting to me. It used to be common knowledge that focusing a screen image (like with an SLR or EVF) was often difficult with poor eyes and/or in dim conditions, and that a rangefinder was simpler to focus because all you had to do was line up some edge on the plane you wanted to be sharp even if you couldn't see the view clearly.

When did the common knowledge and difficulty exactly invert? 😉

I switched back to RF cameras because I find that my eyes, in sunlit situations, do not accommodate to the dimness of an EVF or SLR viewfinder as quickly/well anymore, which put a hitch in my shooting workflow. With an RF, I can always see the image in the viewfinder and line up an edge quickly and positively. I also have floaters, increasing as I age, and those get in the way of seeing a focusing screen quickly and clearly, but do not hamper seeing the RF edge.

Hmm, hmm, hmmm .....

G
 
Macular degeneration. Very nasty shit that makes part of your vision dead. Easier to focus with the whole screen than just the tiny portion in the center..


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Dogman said:
Macular degeneration. Very nasty shit that makes part of your vision dead. Easier to focus with the whole screen than just the tiny portion in the center..
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Very nasty stuff, I know. My opthalmologist was tracking some macular degeneration at the edges of the region early on, changed my diet a little bit and added some specialized vitmins, oils, and such. As of my last checkup, whatever was happening seems to have receded completely, thankfully!

It seems counter-intuitive to me still, however, that judging sharpness over a broad field is easier to do than to see one single edge align in the RF spot, no matter how small. Regardless, of course, whatever lets you focus accurately and consistently is the way to go, whatever it is. 🙂

G
 
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