Vintage film cameras

[johnnyrod]

Ha, Cool!

[Viney]

I have an old Disc Camera and a Kodak 110 flip somewhere. Maria has a Diana F Lomo Kit and some old out of date film. One day we'll do some shots with it

[Kenzie]

Wow, disc cameras. No chance of them being used again. 110 is as expensive as 127 film so mine don't get used much. Get some film for the Lomo and get shooting! Just had a Fujica GER arrive. It's a tiny 35mm rangefinder. Makes the Zorki 10 seem even more massive!

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[Kenzie]

The Zenit seemed to have an issue with winding on. Given its value it wasn't worth repairing. The Helios 44M is a keeper. Just bought a Pentax to M42 adapter to mount to the MV1. Also managed to get a spare on10 rewind crank to fit the MV1.

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[johnnyrod]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bencini-Co...-/121798969873
Comet, 99p plus postage or a ride up to Notts, no bids yet, ends just before 10am Sunday though! I often trawl the last-minute ads - looks like someone is going to get an Olympus XA for 6p. This is probably the reason I have too many cameras - but not as much as you Kenzie.

[Kenzie]

Well I do have an XA3 on the way to replace my slightly not working and scratched lens XA2. Will probably strip it for spares. I used some screws from the Zenit to replace some odd ones I fitted to the Akarette, looks normal now. Would also like to replace my Pentax Auto 110 at some point as it won't wind on properly. Would love the Comet but 127 is £7.99 a roll at the mo. I will wait to see if he has any offers on. Might strip and clean the other Ensign Ful Vue I picked up the other day.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1518616371...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[johnnyrod]

Maybe it's Baader-Meinhof but I see lots of 110 Auto sets on Gumtree. I've only ever seen one in the flesh, at a wedding many years ago, I couldn't figure out what looked like an SLR but was way too small.

[johnnyrod]

I'm still half way through the first roll I've put in my Zeiss Contessamat since fixing it, but on Friday I got my prints back from the Contessa LKE, and also Ikonta. The latter was using Portra 400ISO, and I think I need to let it overexpose a bit (I was allowing for the slow shutter speed - shouldn't have bothered), but all colours were bright and nice contrast. That and I need to check the field of view, I think it's a good bit more than you see in the finder. In hindsight 400ISO was a bit daft for a camera with slow shutter speeds (up to 1/300 but this is really running at more like 1/160) and a slow lens (f3.5 I think) and it's a pig to try to get a filter to fit, but I might just have a to get a big ND one of 2 stops and hold it in front or something.

The Contessa is 35mm, and was all working except the rear lens element was hazy and it was really ruining the pictures. I swapped it for another and the sharpness now is up there with an SLR, though maybe you can't tell because my scanner just isn't very good - the prints look great.

Autumn by John Rodriguez, on Flickr
Duck race by John Rodriguez, on Flickr

[Sir Trev]

Love those ducks. Nice images and as you say, pretty sharp.

[Kenzie]

Nice shots Johnny! So my recent additions include an XA3 to replace my temperamental, lightleaking and scratched lens XA2, an Agfa Optima Sensor and a replacement for my Auto 110 that won't wind properly. I bought an adapter to mount the Helios 44m onto the MV1 or P30T but it won't focus to infinity. I think the adapter has shifted the focal distance a bit. I also picked up a bunch of Agfa film from Poundland to feed the hungry 35mm clan. Willing to send out the XA2 to anyone who likes to tinker with electronics and who might be able to sort the lens marks out. Also considering reskinning one of the Trip 35s with this:

http://skinslove.com/product_info.php/products_id/2326

Thoughts?

The Agfa is this weird looking thing if you are interested:

http://photo-analogue.blogspot.co.uk...ma-sensor.html