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- Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:05 pm
- Forum: Folding Cameras and Plate Cameras
- Topic: Zeca 6x9 folder
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11197
Zeca 6x9 folder
When your parents were refugees, you generally have few items from "the old country". My parents fled from Lithuania during WWII, and came to the US in 1948 (thank you, President Truman!). Aside from some paperwork, my father grabbed a butter knife and his camera when he fled. The camera i...
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:21 pm
- Forum: Rangefinders
- Topic: Great auction listing for a Soviet camera
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14035
Great auction listing for a Soviet camera
I was browsing "rangefinders" on eBay, when I found this auction listing: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** FED 35A USSR Soviet rangefinder film camera GOOD CONDITION! *** Tovarisch! Gaze upon the FED 35A, a cr...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 2:42 pm
- Forum: Scale Focus
- Topic: The Lomo turns 30
- Replies: 6
- Views: 24320
Re: The Lomo turns 30
I got it - it's a trainer for shooting an Argus C3!Remember to cock the shutter and keeping you finger away from the cocking arm when you shoot is always fun.
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:29 pm
- Forum: The Fix-It Forum
- Topic: Do any members do repairs? Yashica Lynx 14
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10117
Do any members do repairs? Yashica Lynx 14
I know Dean Williams retired. Do any current members do repairs on classic cameras? I got a Yashica Lynx 14, with the f 1:1.4 lens and Copal SVE shutter. It does click when you advance the lever and press the shutter button, just like the eBay seller said. Unfortunately, the shutter doesn't operate ...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Fix-It Forum
- Topic: Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16944
Re: Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
It's definitely the camera, not the lens. I've tried multiple lenses, different brands, all of which line up correctly on a Pentax Spotmatic, a Mamiya-Sekor DTL 500, and a GAF M42 clone, and all of which (except for the current lens) don't align on this body.
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Fix-It Forum
- Topic: Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16944
Re: Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
How many screws hold the screw mount onto the camera? If it's six, then someone having removed the mount, and replaced it two holes out of register would account for that much difference. But you would think it would be milled on the back side to keep that from happening. Hmm... there are three scr...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:29 pm
- Forum: The Fix-It Forum
- Topic: Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16944
Ricoh Singlex TLS M42 weirdness - any suggestions?
I recently acted to relive the days of my youth by purchasing a Ricoh Singlex TLS on eBay (I went through late grammar school and high school with a Cavalier RTL, Willoughby-Peerless's house rebadge of the Ricoh Singlex). It arrived super clean, with no dings or any visible problems, and the meter w...
- Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:43 pm
- Forum: Developing, Enlarging and Scanning
- Topic: Latest on Fujichrome mailers - all good *for now*
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5162
Latest on Fujichrome mailers - all good *for now*
I just got off the phone with Dwaynes's. All Fujichrome mailers, whether they have an past-date expiration date or not, will continue to be valid past the end of this month. This is a change from the prior policy. The lady at Dwayne's suggests that we check in in January for any later dates or info ...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rangefinders
- Topic: Kodak 35RF Camera Test
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18073
Re: Kodak 35RF Camera Test
I forget where I read this (one of Matanle's books, maybe?) but I always chuckled at the thought that the Kodak 35RF "looks like it was designed by a blacksmith"......
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:28 pm
- Forum: Developing, Enlarging and Scanning
- Topic: Fuji slide film mailers - do they expire 12/31?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12144
Re: Fuji slide film mailers - do they expire 12/31?
You (and I) are in luck. I just called Dwayne's in Parsons Kansas, which is where the Fujifilm mailers go for slide processing. They tell me that they do not have plans to discontinue slide processing at the end of the year. I went crazy and shot about 4-5 rolls of Velvia faster than I would have l...