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Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:27 am ] |
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Interesting. First camera suffers from serious between the lens elements fungus. First 2 camera models look to be 620 format. I really likes the looks of the bakelite body on the second camera. Interesting condenser enlarger in the big group set. I had one much similar with a straight column and unvented head. It's lens was a real pussy cat- an old f 2 Schneider-Kreuznach that we'll never see the likes of again. I really like the easel pictured seperately. The weighted tangs must be really nice to work with... Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | NebrHogger [ Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:26 am ] |
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Yep - owls like Nikon as much as foxes do. pic1a.jpg [ 124.85 KiB | Viewed 7377 times ] |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:28 pm ] |
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The F-6 film camera was discontinued in late december. That is the last made in Japan nikon body. There is a bit of talk on photo forums about "end" of an era, but not a whole lot. The rest of it's all gonna be made in Taiwan, or elsewhere. Next money I come into, I should at least try for a D/F body before they are all gone. I have little interest (yet) in auto focusing cameras... Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:50 pm ] |
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Looks like a cullman tripod at the front. Stadium vibe to it. Looks like a Graflex dark slide in the photog's hands, probably one of the Graphic series. On a 4" X 5" speed graphic, that lens would be about 6000 or 8000 mm. Note sighting tube on top of lens. Most of the heavy casing is probably for the lens, which was very likely Life Magazine property. The wagon looks like a '63 Ford... Might have been Kennedy or Johnson opening the baseball season? Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | A square 10 [ Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:08 am ] |
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if only there had been one of those on the grassy knoll back in the 60s we might actually see what really happened , or maybe some new cell phones ??? |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Sun Feb 21, 2021 2:20 pm ] |
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Here's Ansel Adams doing his thing from the roof of a Ford Woodside wagon. From what I can see, the car roof top tripod is put to use for perspective, rather than stability. Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:43 pm ] |
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Those sort of qualify as Nikon. The earlier Canon range finders used lenses made by Nippon Kogaku K.K., better known as Nikkor. By the time the P went into production in 1959, Canon was already building their own lenses. Leica M-39 screw-mount for these "Populaire" cameras. Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | oldernavy [ Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:52 pm ] |
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Canon P rangefinder camera. Made from 1959. It also had a leica lens screw mount. |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:46 pm ] |
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I never got much into the enlarger debate. Found the condenser head easier to focus with a grain magnifier, so ran with them. Work with poly-contrast papers was easier with a color head- almost always the diffuser type. On another board I frequent, enlarger lenses are being used with APSC and full frame digital cameras. That must be a tricky lens adapter The safe light at lower left must have been a nice one... Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | oldernavy [ Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:42 pm ] |
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I have a Vivitar 80mm 5.6 (Schneider Coponon S) enlarging lens. I put it on a graflex camera that used the cut film back. It made beautiful black and white photos. I only did just a few just to see how it would function as a camera lens. Always wanted to do more with it. |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:46 am ] |
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Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:26 am ] |
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Finally found it. Your photo is hard to find away from Pinterest. This may have been Rollei's first attempt at a coupled meter. Interestingly enough, they went for full auto exposure with this model. I don't think they were available for very long. Jackie's picture with it was probably taken in '61 or '62. Rollei Magic ~ indeed Regards, Doc Sharptail |
Author: | NebrHogger [ Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:18 am ] |
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I scored a Mamiya C3 and C330 for cheap at a garage sale - never had much luck with them. I think I still have some 220 Tri-X in the freezer from that. SW |
Author: | Doc Sharptail [ Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:01 am ] |
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She actually had a bit of an interesting history as a photog. She started out with a Speed graphic for her newspaper reporting. She also owned the meterless "C" 2.8 Rolleiflex. There is debate about her last camera. I am inclined to believe it was a Rollei SLX 35 mm slr, but could be wrong. She was well known for "borrowing " cameras for a quick snap or 2 when someone else was taking photos of her. The famous Nikon F on a yacht pic of her was one such case. That may also be the case with this pic. She certainly knew about exposure and had a better than usual mastery of it. Her 6 X 6 photos certainly show it. My college roomie had C-330 and took some outstanding photos with it. It's lenses were not that great in high contrast/ harsh lighting situations. Completely different story with good flash equipment, though. Regards, Doc Sharptail |
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