Camera Porn

[Tantris]

I love Speed Graphics, Mousey. Do you have any pictures from it?

 

[SeanyP]

I love Speed Graphics, Mousey. Do you have any pictures from it?

Nothing worth seeing - initial shots showed a bit of light leakage. It's now sorted but I just haven't got round to taking any pics with it yet. I just like looking at it

 

[SeanyP]

A couple more:

My favourite camera - Nikon F4s, 105mm 2.5

Diana F+, 75mm 'optical' lens

 

[Martin D]

Cliff how do you mean thats only an f1.0?

 

[cliffpatte]

Cliff how do you mean thats only an f1.0?

I bought mine 2nd or 3rd hand last year and it is about 6 or 7 years old. The current model opens up to F0.95 and mine only manages F1.0, mind you mine cost less than a third of the price of the new one.

 

[Tantris]

Nothing worth seeing - initial shots showed a bit of light leakage. It's now sorted but I just haven't got round to taking any pics with it yet. I just like looking at it

It does look great, and I'm sure that Zeiss lense can still perform very well - all you need is a flash unit like you have for the Diana.

Here's another of my cameras, a Fuji GX617 with the 300mm telephoto;

 

[SeanyP]

Here's another of my cameras, a Fuji GX617 with the 300mm telephoto;

That's a lovely piece of kit. Want to swap it for one of these?

No, I didn't think so.......

 

[Artioneer]

not mine though, more's the pity.

 

[Artioneer]

 

[johnfromnorwich]

mmmm. Rolleiflex. I'd love one of those.

 

[Patrick Dixon]

Here's my small collection of old mechanical cameras:-

Olympus Pen EE - bought new in the early 60s by my parents and used to take most of our childhood photos. I recently rescued it, repaired the light meter, cleaned the shutter and aperture and replaced the light seals. It's a half-frame camera so takes 72 shots on a 35mm 36 exp film. Just need to run a film through it now ...

Rolleiflex F2.8 - I had a complete CLA done on this when I bought it a couple of years ago. Unfortunately I don't have a 120 scanner yet, so difficult to post photos taken with it.

Rolleiflex T (White face) - destined for eBay shortly, but works fine.

My OM2N and remaining lenses have just been posted to their new homes.

(Taken with my new Pentax K10D/Pentax M F2 35mm @ F4 1/8s)

 

[cliffpatte]

nice collection patrick!

 

[Martin D]

AAAAHHHH

 

[Martin D]

 

[Cesare]

Here's my latest toy - not as sexy looking as everyone elses stuff, but plenty of fun

 

[cliffpatte]

nice bit of tiling there Cesare ;-)

 

[SeanyP]

And another:

Mid-1900's Sanderson half-plate camera. Thornton Pickard rollerblind shutter, Bausch & Lomb No.2 wide angle lens.

 

[Anex]

My dad has something that looks a bit like that, does anyone still make plates for them (I don't really understand what I'm talking about here, but it might be fun to play with)?

 

[cliffpatte]

My dad has something that looks a bit like that, does anyone still make plates for them (I don't really understand what I'm talking about here, but it might be fun to play with)?

My guess would be some chemicals, a piece of glass, a paint brush and a darkroom, or you can cheat and google.

 

[Cesare]

My guess would be some chemicals, a piece of glass, a paint brush and a darkroom, or you can cheat and google.

Nah, you want one of the *really* big polariod backs for that.