Pega Mixel free SLRs (and a rangefinder or two)

[showtime]

its a resettable frame counter

had a fiddle a little while ago & it all still works like it should
the self timer needed a nudge but was fine after that

 

[Tad]

Niiiice Super Ikonta, what's the lens? F3.5 8cm Tessar?

I love this era of pre and immediately post war Ikontas, uncoated or light single coated lenses which give lovely soft colours when you run C41 stock through them. It has that almost pastel effect to it.

I had a pre war TLR Rollei Automat with an uncoated Tessar, wish I never sold it :cry:

 

[JohnH]

I had a pre war TLR Rollei Automat with an uncoated Tessar, wish I never sold it :cry:

They're still out there, Fixies -- I typed "Rolleiflex" into eBay and found a couple in the US for sale (don't know if they were pre-war though).

 

[Tad]

I had a pre war TLR Rollei Automat with an uncoated Tessar, wish I never sold it :cry:

They're still out there, Fixies -- I typed "Rolleiflex" into eBay and found a couple in the US for sale (don't know if they were pre-war though).

Pre war Automats are easy to identify, uncoated lens, and a bayonet filter on the taking lens but no bayonet on the viewing lens.

I know they're easy enough to find, I just can't justify owning any more infernal cameras, I can't move for the things.

 

[NickD]

Whilst at home over Christmas I dug out my old slr. My father used to be a scientific photographer at warren springs and also for the geological survey. He has some nicer kit than my old ae1 laying around somewhere.

I've got an A-1 and an F1, along with a Pentax and a couple of Russian Zenit M42 SLRs. Much more satisfying than the modern DSLRs, although my 300d still sees the most use.

 

[JohnH]

...I just can't justify owning any more infernal cameras, I can't move for the things.

I did chuckle at that...

 

[jamabikes]

i used to do a bit of photography at collage with a film slr. can anyone recommend any where to buy and process 35mm film? does jessops still do it?

on a side note is it easy to age a camera? do they have serial numbers or date stamps? got a pentax k1000 and would be curious to find out how old it is. i bought it second hand in 99 ish.

 

[Tad]

i used to do a bit of photography at collage with a film slr. can anyone recommend any where to buy and process 35mm film? does jessops still do it?

on a side note is it easy to age a camera? do they have serial numbers or date stamps? got a pentax k1000 and would be curious to find out how old it is. i bought it second hand in 99 ish.

I am not going to be sad enough to admit knowing how to date your K1000, bomp proof bits of kit though, taught many a student the principles of photography. Stick with the prime Asahi lenses and you'll get great quality pics.

Jessops the Hellfrauds of the photography world.

Film, buy from:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=777


Black and white processing, do it yourself and buy stuff from:
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/

Processing, amazing quality but you will pay through the nose for it:

http://www.metroimaging.co.uk/otherserv ... essing.asp

High street processing tends to be crap, your negs will come out at least cooked in a soup of chemicals or scratched or covered in dust or a combination of all of them. 7dayshop.com also do mail order processing and it's not too bad.

...I just can't justify owning any more infernal cameras, I can't move for the things.

I did chuckle at that...

It's true. I curently have two on the mess that is my dining room table, three on the sideboard and one on a coffee table and that's just in the one room.

 

[showtime]

Niiiice Super Ikonta, what's the lens? F3.5 8cm Tessar?

I love this era of pre and immediately post war Ikontas, uncoated or light single coated lenses which give lovely soft colours when you run C41 stock through them. It has that almost pastel effect to it.

I had a pre war TLR Rollei Automat with an uncoated Tessar, wish I never sold it :cry:

its got an f/2.8 8cm Tessar on it, i'll guess at coated as i think its a post war example. need to check for sure

JohnH asked about the dial-

The Super Ikonta B's novel feature, for a folding camera, was its ability to autospace the frames. For a roll film camera in the 1930s, this was a very noteworthy feature. The photographer had only to line up the first shot, and the camera's film advance mechanism took care of the rest, positioning each frame automatically. That made the camera a bit quicker to use, especially in fading light where it sometimes is very difficult to see the number through the red window (personal experience). The photographer had to give up one frame, so each roll yielded 11 shots, rather than 12.

info taken from this page- http://elekm.net/pages/cameras/sikonta532-16.htm

found another pic

it was my gradads pride & joy & i just wish i had the foresight to take his enlarger & all his darkroom kit when my nan cleared out her house

 

[barry2017]

I used to have a camera collection, but when I bought my boat I had to get rid of most of them.

I kept my really, really wonderful Voigtlander that I used to take touring. But it's vanished in my dad's move. :cry: