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on Jul 24, 2016 22:46:43 GMT
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Here are my latest achievements in my untiring efforts to ... erm ... 'reduce' my collection... Attachments:
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on Jul 24, 2016 22:47:44 GMT
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on Jul 25, 2016 15:52:36 GMT
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What an amazing group of cameras and lenses!
Nice to know your reduction programme is progressing so well... 
I'm very keen to know how that 180mm stacks up against the Zeiss equivalent for the Contax/Yashica system. And I love that waist level finder... |
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on Jul 25, 2016 20:58:55 GMT
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What an amazing group of cameras and lenses!
Nice to know your reduction programme is progressing so well... Aaaah, how reassuring to meet a man of kindred spirit ... thank you kindly, dear sir! As to the 180mm Jupiter 6, it is, of course, a Soviet clone of the legendary 1936 Zeiss Olympia Sonnar. I guess that says it all--you may expect an interesting bokeh alongside with a certain susceptibility to flare, yet you may certainly not expect considerable edge-to-edge sharpness. Plus, it looks like a medium-format lens and appears almost absurdly bulky and heavy on a 35mm camera, an impression further enhanced by its disproportionately small M39 thread-mount. I have adapters for both the Start mount and M42, without them you can only use this brick on early Zenit SLRs. (Leica-type rangefinders are out of the question, needless to say, due to incompatible flange focal distance.) I am certainly going to test this lens sometime soon, but I would be much surprised if it became an everyday companion... cheers Michael |
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on Jul 26, 2016 0:26:19 GMT
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Some of those East European medium format lenses are pretty fair; in the past I've had good images from Arsat lenses on a Mamiya 645 and Contax 645. My favourite is a Hartblei 500mm f5.6 reflex - a delightful, though heavy, piece of glass - with a C645 mount; I've only seen 4 of them and mine's No. 0003.
I have never come across a Start camera before but it looks most interesting. I hope you can find the time to put up some photos taken with your new kit...
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on Jul 26, 2016 1:02:55 GMT
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I'm right with you there on the reduction program. Michael. I've reduced my intake to only three or four brands (Contax/Yashica counts as two, right?).
The Start cameras are interesting units. I think the reason I never bothered to try to get one is the bad run of luck I've had with FSU equipment. I'm going to try one more time to get a decent Zorki-6. After that, all bets are off.
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on Jul 27, 2016 0:48:49 GMT
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I'm right with you there on the reduction program. Michael. I've reduced my intake to only three or four brands (Contax/Yashica counts as two, right?). The Start cameras are interesting units. I think the reason I never bothered to try to get one is the bad run of luck I've had with FSU equipment. I'm going to try one more time to get a decent Zorki-6. After that, all bets are off. PF Don't give up on those cameras because, as you say yourself, you must have run into an extraordinary streak of tough luck with them. I've experienced the Zorkis, FEDs, Kievs etc as somewhat crude in finish, but quite reliable and easy to repair even for rather hamfisted guys like me. The Zorki 6 is a wonderful camera, lighter and more compact than the legendary Zorki 4, if you can live with the downgraded speed range (1/30 to 1/500 plus B), but I guess this very simplicity might account for much of its reliability. Even design-wise, I rather like the Zorki 6 because here the Soviet engineers finally emancipated themselves from the Barnack baroque of the early Leicas. Plus, those cameras virtually beg for new, colorful skins...  Michael |
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on Aug 20, 2016 11:33:12 GMT
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Camera/Lens Porn for real, Michael. It does really look so nice, your vintage collection.
Marc
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on Aug 21, 2016 0:01:59 GMT
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I finally got one! The replacement Zorki-6 is such a wonderful joy to use, Michael. Works fine with both the I-22, and I-26M. Guess I'll be in the market for some Jupiter lenses later on. Here is a link to the test shots flic.kr/s/aHskGijxo3 I made sure to put extra sealing in the door grooves this time. PF |
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on Oct 5, 2016 1:55:02 GMT
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on Oct 8, 2016 2:26:15 GMT
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Zorki 3 with Jupiter 8 and 12 What’s not to like about this camera? Oh yeah, no flash sync. But hey, I hardly use a flash anymore. It came with the Jupiter-8 2/50, and Jupiter-12 2.8/35. The rangefinder needs adjustment, but the lenses look fine, and everything else on the camera works as designed.  Zorki-3 1954 Soviet Rangefinder by P F McFarland, on Flickr The Industar-22 makes it a pocket camera, but it had better be a big pocket, what with the extra bulk of the body and combined range/viewfinder. This is not your grandfathers Barnack Leica clone anymore.  Zorki-3 1954 Soviet Rangefinder 2 by P F McFarland, on Flickr  Zorki-3 1954 Soviet Rangefinder 3 by P F McFarland, on Flickr Everyone should have a Zorki lens cap.  Zorki-3 1954 Soviet Rangefinder 4 by P F McFarland, on Flickr I’ll be using the lenses on my Z-6 until I can get the Z-3 rangefinder aligned. PF |
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