chuckroast
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Just snagged a bucket list Nikkor, the 28mm f/2.8 AIS. Price was right so I couldn't pass it up. Gotta see what it looks like when it gets here.
What have you just BOUGHT?
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38Deardorff
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A sweet and very clean chrome Leitz SLOOZ 28mm finder for my recently acquired lllg. That's the new carry everywhere camera. Now to sell my black finder!
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Richard G
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Very few faster shooters than this set up.
chuckroast
Well-known
Yep, but I'll put my IIIf w/21 f/4 Color-Skopar right up there with it for rapid shoot and scoot. That Skopar is stupidly sharp ... so much so I also use it on my Ms with an adapter ring.
Jbennett68
Established
IT ARRIVED!!!!!! Looks better than I expected. Shutter fires. Viewfinder isn’t horrible. I still want to have it cla’d. Any suggestions who will agree to do it?
Tim Murphy
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Dear Board.
I took a chance on a Goodwill auction with no idea of the actual condition of the camera. It came with the manuals and nice zippered vinyl case that holds everything. Maybe I paid a lil' too much, but after loading fresh batteries in the camera and flash and playing with the controls, everything seems to work as intended. The shutter speed varies when I eye-ball it using different apertures, both with the film door open and on the meter reading scale in the viewfinder. The rangefinder patch is clear and bright and reads similar distances when focused compared to known good cameras. The flash powers up and fires. The only possible defect might be that the meter reads about 1 stop off to the low side. I have a roll of Arista 200 in it for a test drive.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg PA 🙂
Olympus XA with flash by Tim Murphy, on Flickr
I took a chance on a Goodwill auction with no idea of the actual condition of the camera. It came with the manuals and nice zippered vinyl case that holds everything. Maybe I paid a lil' too much, but after loading fresh batteries in the camera and flash and playing with the controls, everything seems to work as intended. The shutter speed varies when I eye-ball it using different apertures, both with the film door open and on the meter reading scale in the viewfinder. The rangefinder patch is clear and bright and reads similar distances when focused compared to known good cameras. The flash powers up and fires. The only possible defect might be that the meter reads about 1 stop off to the low side. I have a roll of Arista 200 in it for a test drive.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg PA 🙂
Olympus XA with flash by Tim Murphy, on Flickr
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
Total impulse buy when I was given a price I couldn’t resist - I had been thinking I wanted the WR version. Apologies for the potato phone pic complete with the filthy filter that came with:
deadrangefinder76
Established
Hello, this has been a common issue for the XA, Happened to my XA RF too, that one-stop off metering reading is due to separate metering circuits( one for viewfinder needle & controlling the shutter speed), CDS cell deteriorstion, battery issues, or meter movement issue due to dust and debris.Dear Board.
I took a chance on a Goodwill auction with no idea of the actual condition of the camera. It came with the manuals and nice zippered vinyl case that holds everything. Maybe I paid a lil' too much, but after loading fresh batteries in the camera and flash and playing with the controls, everything seems to work as intended. The shutter speed varies when I eye-ball it using different apertures, both with the film door open and on the meter reading scale in the viewfinder. The rangefinder patch is clear and bright and reads similar distances when focused compared to known good cameras. The flash powers up and fires. The only possible defect might be that the meter reads about 1 stop off to the low side. I have a roll of Arista 200 in it for a test drive.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg PA 🙂
Good luck with your XA, hopefully it is not so bad,, maybe you can adjust ASA or send it to a pro.
Cheers!
Tim Murphy
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Dear deadrangefinder76,
I'll watch it and see how the roll I shoot turns out. It may well be possible to change the ISO to correct the metering. I've done that on other cameras without too much trouble. Time will tell!
I'm just tickled that the camera does everything it is supposed to do! If what I get on the first roll is anywhere close I might send it for a proper repair, especially if the focus is as accurate as it appears to be.
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg PA 🙂
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
An unknown (probably) British track bicycle from the interwar period. Probably 1920s, loaded with nickel plated hardware mostly Brampton and BSA, and fitted with wood sprints.
Phil
Phil
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Interesting adjustable stem -- maybe common in that era? What's that rear tire (OK, tyre)? Never seen a sewup like that.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
The adjustable reach stem was indeed popular back during the heyday of 6-day races. Often times, they are termed "Major Taylor" stems as he famously rode a bike with one.
I don't know the brand but it's made in the USA 28 x 1 1/8" so any modern sew up will fit. I was concerned before I pulled the bike down from the ceiling hooks that the wheels were old 26" sew ups, in which case almost nothing besides wheelchair tires are available.
I'll be restoring this over the next however many months or years it takes to get it reasonably correct.
Yes, I intend on riding it.
Phil
I don't know the brand but it's made in the USA 28 x 1 1/8" so any modern sew up will fit. I was concerned before I pulled the bike down from the ceiling hooks that the wheels were old 26" sew ups, in which case almost nothing besides wheelchair tires are available.
I'll be restoring this over the next however many months or years it takes to get it reasonably correct.
Yes, I intend on riding it.
Phil
MarkWalberg
Established
It looks like nearly zero trail. A lot of bikes back then were like that. Should be interesting to see how it rides.
Latest purchase ....
Dralowid
Michael
Armstrong?
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
By brother has a Bismarck bike from the 1950s. He restored it and he and my father used it for a long time. The last 20 years unfortunately is been left to rot in the garden.
Picture is from the internet but it looks exactly like this
38Deardorff
Well-known
CR Do you have a leicavit for your lllf ?
chuckroast
Well-known
Nope
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
"Yes, pets department, second floor."