Vintage film cameras - Page 811 - SV650.org

Kenzie · 04-03-22, 12:45 AM

Contessa is the folder isn't it? I'd go with that, smaller and easier to pocket. If I had to take a medium format it'd be my Perkeo, but for you, probably the Mess Ikonta?

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johnnyrod · 04-03-22, 07:37 PM

The Mess Ikonta still has bellows pinholes but I guess there's time yet. I've got a Super Fujica 6 folder which is good. The Contessa I'm thinking of is the rigid LKE.

yokohama · 04-03-22, 08:06 PM

Something small and pocketable is the best bet. A camera you can keep at hand rather than taking time to go rummaging in a backpack or through luggage. The ones you mention Johnny are unknowns to me but, depending on the patience of the ladz, something that's quick and easy to compose and shoot might be preferable.
I usually wear leathers and an Olympus XA3 (thanks Matt.

) is all my pockets will take. If it was me in your situation, I'd take my smallest lightest Minolta SLR with the 45mm pancake and buy a jacket with bigger pockets.

johnnyrod · 04-03-22, 08:17 PM

The folding Contessa is lovely but I need to lube the film transport. It's one where the film rolling over the sprockets cokks the shutter and advances the counter. It feels a bit stiff and when I tried to rewind the film it immediately broke off from the canister. Maybe it was the rewind, Kenzie does yours feel a bit stiff when you wind it on? Frame spacing was fine. It's easy to use once exposure is worked out.

Kenzie · 08-03-22, 05:26 PM

Shooting a Gameboy camera today, not film I know but hey.

Geodude · 09-03-22, 07:09 AM

I Like the use of gameboy and pictures can be reproduced in lots of arty ways, paint etc. Thanks for sharing

Kenzie · 01-04-22, 12:45 PM

Wonder what happened to all the older threads in Photos. Looks like they have been deleted.

admin · 01-04-22, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenzie

Wonder what happened to all the older threads in Photos. Looks like they have been deleted.

I'm not aware of anything being deleted. Users get deleted after 5 years of inactivity but their posts remain. Odd.

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admin · 01-04-22, 01:22 PM

Just looking, it does seem thin. Random photos for 2020 should be there? I'll have a word with TSM.

Kenzie · 01-04-22, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin

I'm not aware of anything being deleted. Users get deleted after 5 years of inactivity but their posts remain. Odd.

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I'm sure there was more than one page of threads.

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04-03-22, 12:45 AM	#8101
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Contessa is the folder isn't it? I'd go with that, smaller and easier to pocket. If I had to take a medium format it'd be my Perkeo, but for you, probably the Mess Ikonta? Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

04-03-22, 07:37 PM	#8102
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras The Mess Ikonta still has bellows pinholes but I guess there's time yet. I've got a Super Fujica 6 folder which is good. The Contessa I'm thinking of is the rigid LKE.

04-03-22, 08:06 PM	#8103
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 283	Re: Vintage film cameras Something small and pocketable is the best bet. A camera you can keep at hand rather than taking time to go rummaging in a backpack or through luggage. The ones you mention Johnny are unknowns to me but, depending on the patience of the ladz, something that's quick and easy to compose and shoot might be preferable. I usually wear leathers and an Olympus XA3 (thanks Matt. ) is all my pockets will take. If it was me in your situation, I'd take my smallest lightest Minolta SLR with the 45mm pancake and buy a jacket with bigger pockets. Last edited by yokohama; 04-03-22 at 08:08 PM.

04-03-22, 08:17 PM	#8104
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras The folding Contessa is lovely but I need to lube the film transport. It's one where the film rolling over the sprockets cokks the shutter and advances the counter. It feels a bit stiff and when I tried to rewind the film it immediately broke off from the canister. Maybe it was the rewind, Kenzie does yours feel a bit stiff when you wind it on? Frame spacing was fine. It's easy to use once exposure is worked out.

08-03-22, 05:26 PM	#8105
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Shooting a Gameboy camera today, not film I know but hey. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

09-03-22, 07:09 AM	#8106
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,669	Re: Vintage film cameras I Like the use of gameboy and pictures can be reproduced in lots of arty ways, paint etc. Thanks for sharing __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

01-04-22, 12:45 PM	#8107
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Wonder what happened to all the older threads in Photos. Looks like they have been deleted. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

01-04-22, 01:22 PM	#8109
admin John T Mega Poster Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shrewsbury, Shrops, UK Posts: 2,455	Re: Vintage film cameras Just looking, it does seem thin. Random photos for 2020 should be there? I'll have a word with TSM. __________________ Admin for this forum and the main site. John@sv650.org

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