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Friends, Romans, countrymen: I am working with a fellow who would be a good member of the ZICG and I'm trying to persuade him to join. I think his reluctance is based on the fact that most of what he

I just tore apart a very early Contax IIa BD with a frozen shutter. Looks like the problem was originally caused by a disk coming loose from the top of the rangefinder prism and jamming the speed

I just acquired one of these, and am wondering if there is any kind of rollfilm back that will fit the 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 groundglass/plateholder back? i remember some mention of Suydam rollfilm backs

Richard- Thanks for the new number. Looks like the run of "no-Name Contax/Kiev's" might have extended later than I had previously thought. Looking at my list again, I have 19 No-name's with

Back in January Charlie Barringer, in commenting on the no-name Contax, remarked that they all had serial numbers beginning in 630xxxx or 631xxxx, and that they were equipped with West German

Gene Johnson wrote: (snip) (snip) No, it wasn't me, I don't have an Ikoflex. That is a good technique however. I have used the neck strap as a bracing device with other cameras. -Tom Green

I glossed over a couple of obvious points requiring unstated assumptions in my earlier statement. 1) Gary has a Distar, not a proxar. No camera not having a long extension bellows (or other

Good point. I am a little puzzled why this particular camera seems to have this problem more than others I have. Was it you who suggested that the awkward shutter release placement might be the

Kingslake, Rudolf..."Lenses in Photography" Page 167, in the chapter on Lens Attachments.... A complete table of object distances with supplementary lenses, versus camera focussing scale set

I've recently acquired a Contax II that should be restored, the chrome is in exceptionally bad shape. Top and front plates are no problem, I can find new parts. Problem is going to be the bottom

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I will be using this lens on a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta IV with the 75mm 3.5f Tessar. I would be interested in light transmission loss information, min./max focusing distances and/or depth of field

Gary- Before the second World War Zeiss Ikon and Carl Zeiss offered Distar and Proxar diopter lenses for the express purpose of extending the utility of their ground-glass focusing plate cameras.

Hey Hey Well I can't remember who put their finger on it first but I think we have it. I looked at all of the negatives and found one that was perfect. A bunch of sheep grazing. Anyway I remembered

Yes, original color negatives are theoretically as good as transparencies, but I've always found testing, evaluation and comparison much more difficult with them. The negative colors (cyan, magenta

Actually, Gene has the ideal tool for evaluation, in the form of the original negatives. I agree that first generation media should be used, i.e. negative or slide, but the practical difficulties

Hi everyone, I just got a roll of film back from the camera shop. Not one of the finer camera shops as it turns out. Just the same, I am somewhat disappointed with the pictures. Not too bad at first

Gene, The first clue is "not one of the finer camera shops." From your description it sounds like you shot negatives and are basing your judgement on prints from them. The only _real_ test is

Hi everyone, My first message to the new list. I just gave one of my favorite cameras away to my teenage daughter. It was an Agfa memar. Absolutely nothing fancy; no rangefinder, no meter, no

If you hit "reply" on your email programme, the message will go directly to the original sender, NOT the list. To send a message to the list, you must always specify the list in the "To" field. Hope