I decided I needed to go out and shoot with the Certo Six, as it's been a while. It's a solid chunk of a camera, very well made and extremely rigid. I'm not sure I have a folder with a more rigid mechanism. It's lever wind, with an auto stop (no red window) mechanism. The camera has parallax correction, though not by shifting the view in the viewfinder, but by moving the lens. The lens is a beautiful f2.8 80mm unit focus design with focus actuated via a lever that is on the lens door. The RF is coupled and there's a distance scale on the top of the camera. The weak point of these is that the RF mirror is often degraded. I replaced mine some years ago, so is nice and contrasty. The viewfinder size and brightness though is merely adequate - certainly not up to Iskra, Super Fujica 6 or Aries Viceroy levels.
These shots were taken on some expired Neopan 400, most with a yellow filter screwed onto the lens. Film was developed in home-made 510-Pyro, diluted 1+100.
- View over Wellington City
- Inter Island Ferry and Harbour
