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Ansco Super Regent

by scott » Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:08 pm
Last post by scott » Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:05 am
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by scott » Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:08 pm
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Hi, all -

Apparently I'm craving folders lately. Still fettling the Super Wester, and have a huge aversion to 135. That said, one of the few cameras...
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Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:05 am
Kodak Retina II (Type 014)

by scott » Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:58 am
Last post by alexvaras » Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:18 am
Replies: 6
by scott » Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:58 am

Hi, all -

Continuing on the trend of folders of late, I purchased a Retina a while back. I had one in 2006 (another II 014) and one in 2016 (a IIc...

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Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:18 am
Super Solinette

by titrisol » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:56 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Fri May 31, 2024 12:06 pm
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by titrisol » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:56 pm
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This lady followed me home at an antique market in Braselton GA
Super Solinette

The focus was frozen, and its shutter had been left coked for a...
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Last post by PFMcFarland
Fri May 31, 2024 12:06 pm
Shutter repair gone wrong

by PFMcFarland » Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:57 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:50 pm
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by PFMcFarland » Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:57 pm

Back in 2020, before all my medical issues got in the way, I sent my Leica IIIf off for a shutter replacement, seeing as I've never done a curtain...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:50 pm
Zorki-1e and Industar-22 50/3.5 under test after cleaning

by PFMcFarland » Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:53 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm
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by PFMcFarland » Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:53 am

I had cleaned out this lens in early 2020 but didn't get around to testing it until May of 2021. I had confidence in the Zorki-1e and am familiar...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm
The classy Contessa

by Julio1fer » Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:40 pm
Last post by Santiago Montenegro » Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:41 pm
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by Julio1fer » Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:40 pm
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The Contessa looks similar to the Contina or Ikonta 35, but has a lot more features, especially a rotating wedges rangefinder and a selenium light...
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Last post by Santiago Montenegro
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:41 pm
Name that camera!

by melek » Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:35 am
Last post by Bennybee » Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:44 am
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by melek » Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:35 am

I see film cameras showing up in ads. Here's one, and I believe it to be a Ricoh, but I can't identify the camera. This is for a Bulova watch ad....

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Last post by Bennybee
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:44 am
AGFA Ambi Silette (1957-8)

by titrisol » Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:16 pm
Last post by melek » Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:49 pm
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by titrisol » Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:16 pm
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I learned about this beauty a few years back, thanks to an article in Cameraquest by Stephen Gandy. He called it poor man's Leica and I was curious...
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Last post by melek
Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:49 pm
Ansco Super Memar

by scott » Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:06 pm
Last post by titrisol » Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:22 pm
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by scott » Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:06 pm
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Hi all -

With all of Pablo's posts about his Super Solinette, I started (WAY against my better judgment) trolling for a project camera. I have a...
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Last post by titrisol
Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:22 pm
A question from France:

by melek » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:41 pm
Last post by alexvaras » Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:12 am
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by melek » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:41 pm

En Francaise:

OK, I received an e-mail today, and it's in French.

Here's the message:
Bonjour je viens d acheter un zeiss ikon tenax2 tout était OK...

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Last post by alexvaras
Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:12 am
Overdue, in so many ways

by PFMcFarland » Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:20 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:40 am
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by PFMcFarland » Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:20 pm
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Last year was fraught with change and turmoil for me, and even though I did some photography every month, most of you would likely guess not. I just...
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Last post by PFMcFarland
Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:40 am
Konica I - sell? Not...

by scott » Wed May 18, 2022 11:30 am
Last post by PFMcFarland » Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:55 pm
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by scott » Wed May 18, 2022 11:30 am

Hi all -

As part of my struggle to fund the last bit of the mandolin I want, I decided to list the Konica I rangefinder I fixed up years ago:...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:55 pm
Retina IIIS

by Julio1fer » Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:05 pm
Last post by Bennybee » Sun May 15, 2022 6:15 am
Replies: 14
by Julio1fer » Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:05 pm
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I have the Xenar and Curtagon lenses. The Xenon I have not found at reasonable prices, and telephoto lenses in RF cameras are not my idea of fun....
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Last post by Bennybee
Sun May 15, 2022 6:15 am
Leitz Wetzlar Hektor 4.5/135

by PFMcFarland » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:46 pm
Last post by Julio1fer » Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:31 am
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by PFMcFarland » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:46 pm

I've been putting a Leica IIIf kit together ever since my 66th birthday, and finally completed the lens group with the Hektor 4.5/135. It came with a...

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Last post by Julio1fer
Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:31 am
Retina II exercise

by Julio1fer » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:50 pm
Last post by PFMcFarland » Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:21 pm
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by Julio1fer » Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:50 pm

Back in 1962, my late father gave us (my twin brother and me) a used but well kept Retina II. It was the first serious camera that I ever used...

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Last post by PFMcFarland
Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:21 pm

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