A few from mine from a trip to St Louis
Rollei Retro 100 (APX100) developed in a D76 1:1 clone (Sprint)
The Gateway Arch
Old Courthouse and Dredd Scott
Driftwood on the MIssissippi shore
The classy Contessa
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Nice series, I like that fence+tower.
Do you find these sharp enough? With that lens and film, would the plate in the Dredd Scott monument be readable? I must test mine with a similar subject.
Do you find these sharp enough? With that lens and film, would the plate in the Dredd Scott monument be readable? I must test mine with a similar subject.
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I think pictures are sharp enough, I need to check them in the darkroom as these were just DSLR-scanned quickly.
The monument Plaque is not readable, you can make the letters up but they were too small
The monument Plaque is not readable, you can make the letters up but they were too small
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Understood! Let us know your conclusions!I think pictures are sharp enough, I need to check them in the darkroom as these were just DSLR-scanned quickly.
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Julio, I put the negative in the enlarger and raised it up as high as it goes (17X)
The plaque was sharp and and I guess it could be read, but the font and angle in which I took the pic makes it difficult.
I could see the numbers at the bottom with effort and imagination
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 35655).jpg
The plaque was sharp and and I guess it could be read, but the font and angle in which I took the pic makes it difficult.
I could see the numbers at the bottom with effort and imagination
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 35655).jpg
Re: The classy Contessa
That is a fine performance for lens and film (and the photographer too).
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The Contessa is one of the final great folding 35mm cameras from Zeiss Ikon, which didn't really make many folding 35mm cameras.
The only pre-war 35mm folder is the Super Nettel, right? And the only other folding 35mm cameras was the Ikonta/Contina, Contina II and Contessa.
At one time, I owned about a dozen of these. I gave away or sold all but two.
The only pre-war 35mm folder is the Super Nettel, right? And the only other folding 35mm cameras was the Ikonta/Contina, Contina II and Contessa.
At one time, I owned about a dozen of these. I gave away or sold all but two.
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Also the Balda Baldinette. I have an (currently non-working, although I suppose I ought to try to do something about that) otherwise nice-looking copy that I picked up at an antique mall in Denton, Texas for $35 (?) some years ago.
Robert
Robert
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Besides the Contessa I have the Ikonta 35/Contina that belonged to my wife's grandfathermelek wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:15 pmThe Contessa is one of the final great folding 35mm cameras from Zeiss Ikon, which didn't really make many folding 35mm cameras.
The only pre-war 35mm folder is the Super Nettel, right? And the only other folding 35mm cameras was the Ikonta/Contina, Contina II and Contessa.
At one time, I owned about a dozen of these. I gave away or sold all but two.
I recently bought a Contina II with a "stuck shutter" so I have now the 3 Nerwin/postwar folders
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Re: The classy Contessa
A fine brace of cameras there, Pablo.titrisol wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:12 pmBesides the Contessa I have the Ikonta 35/Contina that belonged to my wife's grandfathermelek wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:15 pmThe Contessa is one of the final great folding 35mm cameras from Zeiss Ikon, which didn't really make many folding 35mm cameras.
The only pre-war 35mm folder is the Super Nettel, right? And the only other folding 35mm cameras was the Ikonta/Contina, Contina II and Contessa.
At one time, I owned about a dozen of these. I gave away or sold all but two.
I recently bought a Cotina II with a "stuck shutter" so I have now the 3 Nerwin folders
PF
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