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Ringo
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If anyone wants a larger copy of any of the photos that I(OR STANLEY) post, for wallpaper etc, just let me know and i can mail them to you.They are 2304x1782 so are quite large.
Also if there is a particular photo you want of the local area you want taking WE will happily oblige.
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Bradders
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 00:31
Malcolm...The Rollei B35 had a Tessar (3 group) lens .
The Leitz equivalent was the Elmar.
Schneinder's was the Xenar.
And so on.......
All lovely lenses (not very fast, but "true")
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Stanley
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 07:47
I had a Leica M for years for a 'day out' camera because it was so small and such quality but what I needed for everyday use in all sorts of bad situations was something that would give good pics and stand the hammer so I went for the Nikon F and had several and the lens to go with them. I never regretted it. The Nikon 20mm was a wonderful lens and I was lucky, I had a good one. Roger Perry once offered to wsap me his brand new 20mm for my old one because it was better. I reckon the best Nikon lens of them all was the 85MM, wonderful lens and sharp as a needle, never had ant probs with contrast. In later years I had Nikon 12mm for engine pics and that was a wonderful wide angle. Lens as big as a saucer and weighed a ton but took rectilinear pics if you got the level right. Then I had two Hassleblads, a normal and a wide angle. Lovely quality but not the handiest cameras in the world. I still have two Nikons, both Nikkormats, one an auto. I have kept the best lens and still have the 24mm, the 20, an 85 and a 200. I have a pile of TX3 in the fridge and have made up my mind that this summer I'll be blowing some of it off.
Taking all in all, the Nikkormat is probably the best and most reliable camera I've ever owned, that's why I kept them. Only drawback with them is that unlike the F they don't give true neg coverage through the viewfinder. With the F you got exactly what you saw through the finder.
As for the Zenith, don't knock it. It was what I could afford and with all it's faults (and there were many!) I did some treasured pics with it.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Stanley
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 07:49
PS. Leica liked the 85mm as well. One of Roger Perry's treasures was a Nikon 85mm in a Leica-made lens for M fitting. I'll bet there weren't many of them made!
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Tizer
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 10:14
We had a Zenith too in the early days and we did get great close up pics of wild flowers (our hobby then) using extension lenses. Basic stuff but it worked well. The shop where we bought the Zenith has amateur photographers working there. They recommended the Zenith because (if I remember right) it had a flat focal plane. It certainly worked well for us.
Malcolm, I know what you mean about the never getting the Vincent. For me it was the Mark 2 Jaguar. I wanted one around 1980 and didn't do anything about it - then they went from cheap secondhand car price to rare classic cars in a few years.
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 10:36
Can you imagine today's youngsters in 30 years time: arguing about how the lens on the Nokia 320 is better than the one on the Seimens ABC, and how you couldn't beat the contrast from the old HP camera phones?
Mind you, much as I loath them, mobile phone cameras have changed life today - you only have to look at the headlines!
Malcolm
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Tizer
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 10:57
Bradders, re your comments on the previous page about bigknockers.
You see ads in the daily papers now saying things like "Cheapest 15x binoculars anywhere in the world". What they don't say is that they are no longer cheap after you find you can only use them with a tripod.We much prefer low power bins for our birdwatching because, for a start, you can find the bird - and then follow it.
What do you all think about anti-vibration on digital cameras and binoculars? I find it very useful on my Canon A720 digital but I've never tried it on binoculars. As we get older and a bit more shaky perhaps it will allow us to continue using binoculars!
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 11:02
I share your views on Nikon Stanley, I used a Nikkormat Ftn outfit for many years (owned by my employer) and can still drive one "with my eyes closed" (how daft is that!).and the fast 85mm was a favourite.
No camera should be "knocked" they all have their place. OK that place might be as a Doorstop, but one that can make pictures!
(I DO NOT include the Zenit in this catagory.....Leica dealer Alan Corbishley of Watford was the Zenit Photographer of The Year, several times on the trot, in the early 70's )
I bought a Bolex D8L the other day for £15.......Our local branch of a well known national photo chain actually sent someone chasing me up the street, and begged me to take it away...Honestly.....They threw in a mint Pentax 135mm f3.5 pre-set.(cased with hood) , a Rollienar 1 set and some Voightlander close-up lenses for good measure!
Janet went crackers "as if we hadn't got enough junk" !
I said "the fiddlability factor alone will keep me quiet for hours"
I think I got away with it .
It's a tragedy that something so finely manufactured (and obviously cherished)has no commercial value at the moment.
The condition of the camera is mint , it has three Kern lenses on the turret and a built in light meter.
Standard 8 film is still available in several forms, so I might make a movie sometime soon.
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Stanley
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:04
And why not..... I still have an occasional yen for an M Leica.... I know where there used to be a gold-plated one. (Not the Queen's!)
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:53
quote:
softsuvner wrote:
My follow up to the clunky Zenith was a tiny Rollei B 35 pocket camera with a superb little (licence-built) Zeiss spec. lens. It was an amazing little thing ( £45 at Dixons I think) and some of the respectable resulting slides have appeared on OGFB.
I have a Rollei B35 in a drawer as well Malcolm. Charlie Morris used to have one featured in the window of his camera shop when I was a small lad. I always wanted one as it always looked as if it would not be out of place in espionage circles.
When I was first married we wen't through all the stages of the cheap 110's and then the bottom end 35mm plastic stuff. I upgraded to the Rollei after I lost a whole Christmas of images by using a cheap camera.
The little Rollei was a dream and never took a bad photo, the hotshoe flash fitted underneath and you had to turn the camera upside down to aleviate shadows above your subject. I replaced it with a Pentax SLR when the film advance would not wind past 10, (bit of a problem with a 36 exposure roll). I kept the Pentax as our main camera adding a couple of extra lenses along the way until digital became proper useable. Apart from the early plastic rubbish I still have all of them in the sideboard drawer.
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 20:43
HRH Auntie Betty has also been pictured using a Rollei 35.
OK it's gold plated with lizard skin covering...... but a pocket Rollei non the less.
PS Here's a tip for anyone tempted to buy any of the Rollei 35 derivatives second hand.......
Slide off the base/back of the camera , open the pressure plate and check the upper and lower alluminium "guide rails" on which the retractable lens barrel runs.
If they are "Bright " and showing any sign of being chewed up by careless operation (many are !) , don't buy the camera .
Or if you do , remember to re-black the shiny bits (with a permanent marker) , or you will get two neat ( double) flare marks on every picture , as the rails reflect light onto the film during exposure.
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 09:25
Bradders
Never had any trouble with my Rollei, but what a useful piece of knowledge to file away in case of need! In recent years there was a chap in the UK who specialised in them. I had dealings with him when I had to find a battery relacement for the now illegal mercury batteries on an old SLR.
Malcolm
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Tizer
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 11:55
Bradders, when I said "re your comments on the previous page about bigknockers" I hope you didn't think I was acusing you of `knocking' a camera brand or using camers as doorstops. It was just falling into the jargon `bigknockers' used by a birdwatching ladyfriend of ours who likes to tell people she is going to get her bigknockers out!
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Bradders
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 12:46
No Tizer .....I really didn't take it that way at all ! Don't worry...
Your (bosom) buddy sounds like quite a Gal !!
All power to her elbows ...sounds like she needs it ...eh
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Stanley
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 17:22
I've just given Janet a pair of miniature bins 12X25 for her round the world trip. Never had any problem with shake with them.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Tizer
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Posted - 20/04/2009 : 08:51
A 35 mm Minolta with 28-100mm zoom for about £40 at Morgan just at the moment...
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk
The blurb reads:
Minolta Dynax 40 35mm film SLR with 28-100mm zoom lens - a camera that doesn't use memory cards - strange idea but it might just catch on.
* 35mm SLR with built-in flash and 28-80mm zoom lens (Minolta A mount)
* Program exposure plus aperture priority, shutter priority and manual modes
* 5 programs - portriat, landscape, close-up, sports and night portrait
* Built-in auto flash, self-timer, single/continuous film advance, depth of field preview and AE lock
* Supplied with Minolta 28-80mm / 3.5-5.6 AF zoom lens
Edited by - Tizer on 20/04/2009 08:51:57
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