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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Attila wrote:
Yes looks pretty same size I never heard about this camera. How do you like it?


I quite like it. It's nothing really special but the lens seems to be a rather good one.
I have not shot a lot with it, so I cannot really judge on it, though.

It is very difficult to find anything about this cam in the internet.


Yes, you have a real rarity, I saw many folders in last free years , but I don't remember for any.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Zenobia by Daiichi (645 format, 4-element 75/3.5 lens)









PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Handsome one dof! Another unknown one to me. Did you try it out ?


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool camera Daiichi is a store chain in Japan that's like Radio Shack on
steroids selling all kinds of electronic equipment including high end audio.

Kinda doubt there's a connection, though.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you Bill!


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Daiichi translates to "Big One" more or less. Cute camera, though. Any idea who made it? I used to own a Ricoh 6x6 folder that looked something like it.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Camerapedia page on Daiichi is here:
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Okada_and_Daiichi


Attila wrote:
Handsome one dof! Another unknown one to me. Did you try it out ?


Yes, here's a shot:


FP4+/Rodinal


PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks a perfect cam! Congrats!


PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've become interested in this subject. However, I can't compromise on the lens speed and square format.

Thus, I want:

6x6, 80mm f2.8 (or similar speed).

What are my options?

I've found:

•Super Baldax + Enit 80/2.8 (or Baltar 80/2.9 --- good enough)
http://www.certo6.com/cameras/balda-super-baldax-baldalux-baldafix

•Certo 6 + CZJ Tessar 80/2.8
http://www.certo6.com/cameras/certo-6

•Super Ikonta + Tessar 80/2.8
http://elekm.net/pages/cameras/sikonta532-16.htm

•Franka Solida III + Radionar 80/2.8
http://www.certo6.com/cameras/franka-solida



Anything else I should be looking out for?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Looks a perfect cam! Congrats!


Thank you. Yes, they are well made cameras too.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rawhead, how about this Franka Solida III?

Click here to see on Ebay


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
Rawhead, how about this Franka Solida III?

Click here to see on Ebay


Wow, that looks nice!! And it went for a nice price, I would've totally paid that!! :-O


Thanks a bunch, I'll have to put that to my list of what to look out for! Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
rawhead wrote:
Nesster wrote:
Rawhead, how about this Franka Solida III?

Click here to see on Ebay


Wow, that looks nice!! And it went for a nice price, I would've totally paid that!! :-O


Thanks a bunch, I'll have to put that to my list of what to look out for! Very Happy


Nice can I have one with this lens but older Franka II I think . This was dirt cheap vs it's quality.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have to say that the cameras in this thread are some of the nicest looking ones I've ever seen!


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Damn the more I think about it, the more I'm mad at myself for missing that Solida III!! If only I'd not taken a nap Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That Radionar is a triplet I think.


PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
martinsmith99 wrote:
I have to say that the cameras in this thread are some of the nicest looking ones I've ever seen!


Yep. It's totally making me want to go out and buy another medium format folder.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey, I guess I'd forgotten to post here, but I did go ahead and grab a Franka Solida III with the 80/2.9 Smile





Solida State Survivor by Dr. RawheaD, on Flickr





Here are a couple of shots from it (top one toned in post):


Cold and Forgotten Dreams by Dr. RawheaD, on Flickr



Untitled by Dr. RawheaD, on Flickr


Really quite nice and kind of surprisingly straightforwards images Smile


PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:13 am    Post subject: Minolta Semi-P Reply with quote
This feels pocketable










Regards


PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This guy refurb's folders. He's a bit pricey but his site has some good info.
http://www.certo6.com/

I had the folder bug a while ago. Loved the Voigtlander Bessa II. Not pocket size though (6x9).

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's nice to have that link-thanks for sharing it.


PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kathmandu wrote:
It's nice to have that link-thanks for sharing it.


I would use the link for info. He does a great job replacing with different-colored leather
bellows, but beyond that, it's a gamble. Nice find and the Radionar is indeed a Cooke triplet!


PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If we're talking 6x6 folders, I don't see how a camera could be much smaller than the Agfa Isolette III I acquired recently. It may not be shirt-pocketable, but it is easily jacket-pocketable.





PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
And a damn fine camera , perhaps finest what you can buy for low price. I have two Isolette, both are very , very good.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is just about the most wicked, pernicious thread I've come across at any photography forum. Laughing

I found it just as I was working through the notion that whilst a Contax G2 rig might be nice, it would simply replace my Mamiya 7 rig in looking good, taking lovely photos (hopefully), but not providing me with enough engagement with the mechanical processes of using the equipment to take a photo.

Consequently, I've seen the light and now am watching at least eight small folders on EBay with one or two sniped. Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

I did have a Mamiya 6 folder but either a poor-ish example or I wasn't ready to really spend time getting to know it. Maybe now that I've got to grips with my 645 photography I can try a folder again.

By the by, which would have been the last folding cameras to be produced - and I mean the type of portable camera referred to in this thread and not socking great big plate cameras?
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