Camera Talk

I've been shooting a reasonable amount of film the last couple of years, in a number of different formats. I've been less good about posting anything though. So I might have some posting to catch up on.

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.

Next up, some building shots.

And lastly some supporting structures. Raw concrete gives lovely shapes and textures.

Looks like a solid performer! The graphic building shots are very nice.

Robert

Beautiful lines in these series. Seems that you have an excellent performer in the Certo Six.