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Certo Super Sport Dolly.

by alexvaras » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:01 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:17 pm
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by alexvaras » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:01 pm

Hi all,

Why if I don't play lottery I keep buying cameras from non photographs sellers without asking if everything is ok? (well I do not ask in...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:17 pm
Nagel Vollenda 52

by alexvaras » Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:17 pm
Last post by Julio1fer » Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:28 pm
Replies: 7
by alexvaras » Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:17 pm

Hi all,

I'm falling in love slowly with these little cameras, I saw an ad of this one and how good preservate it is and I got it, about 50$, lens is...

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Last post by Julio1fer
Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:28 pm
A failed delivery.

by alexvaras » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:32 am
Last post by alexvaras » Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:37 pm
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by alexvaras » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:32 am

Hi all,

Thanks to Chinese post and their service (it was EMS) not notificating the buyer, Weltur 6x6 came back yesterday.
Now I have it loaded for...

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Last post by alexvaras
Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:37 pm
Plaubel Makina II - Test roll.

by alexvaras » Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:16 pm
Last post by alexvaras » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:54 pm
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by alexvaras » Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:16 pm

Hi all,

Here it comes finally, first roll with Makina II and two lenses, first 4 photos with usual 10cm f/2.9 Anticomar (4/3) and last 4 with wide...

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Last post by alexvaras
Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:54 pm
Agfa Automatic 66

by Julio1fer » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:15 pm
Last post by melek » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:41 pm
Replies: 3
by Julio1fer » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:15 pm

Scored locally an Agfa Automatic 66. Ugly. It set me back about 20 USD equivalent, so no regrets. Seller had no idea.

Let us see what my tech can...

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Last post by melek
Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:41 pm
Welta Weltur 6x9.

by alexvaras » Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:28 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:40 pm
Replies: 4
by alexvaras » Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:28 pm

Hi all,

A new arrival and with this one I can consider myself a 6x9 collector.

Already CLAd and ready to shoot, the camera is in pretty good...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:40 pm
KW Patent Etui 6x9, Protar, Rada.

by alexvaras » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:16 pm
Last post by alexvaras » Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:51 am
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by alexvaras » Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:16 pm

Hi all,

My second KW Patent Etui, this camera has the only purpose to fit the double Protar 18cm (equal to 10,5cm) plus a roll film back.
I manage...

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Last post by alexvaras
Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:51 am
Zeca 6x9 folder

by tadas » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:05 pm
Last post by Dustin McAmera » Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:56 pm
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by tadas » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:05 pm

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...

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Last post by Dustin McAmera
Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:56 pm
Rodenstock Clarovid II

by alexvaras » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:40 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:16 pm
Replies: 9
by alexvaras » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:40 am

Hi all,

Another long waited camera, not with the lens I wish but I'm working on alternatives already.
Here is Clarovid II, this example was made in...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:16 pm
Agfa Super Isolette - 9 months later.

by alexvaras » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:31 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:48 pm
Replies: 2
by alexvaras » Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:31 pm

Hello all,

When I came back with these photo things in November'17 the first MF I bought here was the Ikonta 521, it spent 2 month in the repair...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:48 pm
Baldalux Folder

by TobaccorRoad » Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:47 am
Last post by melek » Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:49 pm
Replies: 4
by TobaccorRoad » Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:47 am

Grab shot, a few years ago.

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Last post by melek
Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:49 pm
Finding the cause of scratchs (Super-Isolette)

by Julio1fer » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:42 pm
Last post by Bennybee » Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:00 pm
Replies: 5
by Julio1fer » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:42 pm

One of my best MF cameras is a Super-Isolette folder with an excellent Solinar lens. However, sometimes negatives from this camera showed fine...

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Views: 10504

Last post by Bennybee
Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:00 pm
New bellows for Vest Pocket Kodak Model B

by Don Day » Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:04 am
Last post by LarryD » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:49 am
Replies: 4
by Don Day » Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:04 am

For my first camera restoration of 2018, I chose a Vest Pocket Kodak Model B that I found on eBay. The set included the near-mint camera, its manual,...

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Last post by LarryD
Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:49 am
Another Perkeo II

by alexvaras » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:29 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:32 pm
Replies: 5
by alexvaras » Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:29 am

Well, I was lucky to get a Perkeo II is mostly perfect state (the minus is all speeds are the half in every setting), lens ok, bellows ok, etc......

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:32 pm
1+1=2?

by alexvaras » Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:17 am
Last post by alexvaras » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:49 pm
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by alexvaras » Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:17 am

Hello,

Looking the second market here you can find very strange things, overpriced anyway. But sometimes you find something that if they are put...

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Views: 10032

Last post by alexvaras
Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:49 pm

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