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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Various views of my K (1958)











PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful collection ! I love oldest ones like first one very rare here I didn't see any in local shops.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about one of the smallest slr every made next to one of the largest along with some other black ones . . .



PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are some of my Pentax m42 bodies, and SV, H3 and Spotmatic F.



Here are some late 1970 and early 1980s K-mount Pentax bodies including a black K2 and a chrome K2 as well as a working ME F.



PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never seen also Shocked I have a Pentax MX that is super small also, might be too small. How about 6x7 not too big ? I am perfectly happy with 645.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is my K200d with a Auto-Tak 35mm f3.5 and a Super Tak 35mm f3.5. Both have the same optical formula but the auto tak is smaller.






K20d next to the MZ-3 film body.



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
Never seen also Shocked I have a Pentax MX that is super small also, might be too small. How about 6x7 not too big ? I am perfectly happy with 645.


The 110 film is getting hard to find for the Auto 110. I order it from Blue Moon in Oregon. They develop 110 and Dewayne's in Kansas also develop it. You get used to the 6x7. It also has mirror lock up if needed. I have a waist level finder for the 6x7 as well.

The lens on that 110 was the longest one Pentax made for the 110 and was the nicest as far as build goes. It is built a lot like a ltd.


Edit: All of the above bodies are in good working order except the Mamiya NC1000. I also have a nice Praktiflex that the winder/shutter seems to be stuck on.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a couple more of mine:





PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Photo taken last summer. Part of my cameras before packing them to the boxes.



This week purchases:
Sunday - Pentax ME + SMC-M 1.7/50 working condition
Tuesday - Singles TLS + Auto Rikenon 1.4/55 (Tomioka) working condition
Today - Edixa Flex + 3 lenses Edixa-Isconar 4.5/100, Isco-Westron 3.5/35, Schneider Edixa-Laudar 2.8/50 also everything in working condition.
This was busy week, I bought also Omega enlarger with 5 lenses and Tamron SP 2.5/90. I am tired now.



PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My SLR collection #1

Kodak Retina Reflex
Using Schneider convertible lens set which can share with rangefinder Retina IIIc camera



PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My SLR collection #2...

Asahi Pentax SV with clip-on meter...my first camera acquired when I was in grade 8 using M42 lenses; the one attached is a Super-Takuma 1:1.8/55mm



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My SLR collection #3...

Topcon Super D with RE Auto Topcor 55/1.4 lens




PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My SLR collection #4...

Zeiss Ikon Icarex 35CS using M42 Carl Zeiss lenses, the attached lens is a Ultron 1:1.8/50 which has an extra-ordinary concave front element.



PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some of my favourites, most of the rest can be seen here,
www.flickr.com/photos/37968736@N08/sets/72157621403428754




Hope you like them Very Happy Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few Contax/Pentacons; all working cameras.



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pardon the crude photoshop, I originally shot and mailed this for my insurance company Embarassed



Top shelf favorites are the Zeiss medium format folders, shooting with them is what is back to the essence of photography.

Lower shelf also has workhorses but another favorite hiding: F100 and Zeiss ZF 85/1.4 is a combination I like to take out when I don't need to think about how to pay next months bills.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Superb sets!


PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love seeing all this gear,some of these cameras are on my wish list. That 1958 Pentax K that Blue posted literally made my mouth water, amoebahydra SV was no slouch either ... Smile

I have some new used cameras on the way, I'll post them as soon as they arrive.


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, great thread!

amoebahydra wrote:
... Ultron 1:1.8/50 which has an extra-ordinary concave front element.

Did you know that this concave element was a result of a bet? The designer was betting that he was able to design such a lens, he won and actually made one of the best lenses ever calculated.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"HE" is Dr Albrecht W. Tronnier and I personally know his son, who sent me some of his fathers original hand sketches.



He also designed (amongst other famous designs) the famous Super-Farrand 0.87/76mm lens http://www.macrolenses.de/ml_detail_sl.php?ObjektiveNr=317



PostPosted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LucisPictor wrote:
Yes, great thread!

amoebahydra wrote:
... Ultron 1:1.8/50 which has an extra-ordinary concave front element.

Did you know that this concave element was a result of a bet? The designer was betting that he was able to design such a lens, he won and actually made one of the best lenses ever calculated.


The bet was actually about the placement of the field flattener and Dr Tronnier claimed that he could place it as a first lens element. Later designers took up his idea, so if you have a look at the Zeiss (Hasselblad) UV Sonnar 4.3/105mm for NASA, you can easily see how his idea has manifested in the heads of lens designers!


PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Tronnier also designed the Schneider Angulon. Speaking of Pentax, here is mine:


PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just thought i would let you know there is a Super-Farrand 0.87/76mm on eBay at the moment, it looks like it needs a lot of love, but it is very cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Large-Super-Farron-Lens-f-87-76mm-Farrand-Lense_W0QQitemZ230378508098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCamera_Lenses?hash=item35a3a10f42&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I assume it would be a fairly collectible lens?


PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kds315* wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:
Yes, great thread!

amoebahydra wrote:
... Ultron 1:1.8/50 which has an extra-ordinary concave front element.

Did you know that this concave element was a result of a bet? The designer was betting that he was able to design such a lens, he won and actually made one of the best lenses ever calculated.


The bet was actually about the placement of the field flattener and Dr Tronnier claimed that he could place it as a first lens element. Later designers took up his idea, so if you have a look at the Zeiss (Hasselblad) UV Sonnar 4.3/105mm for NASA, you can easily see how his idea has manifested in the heads of lens designers!


Not to mention, the "Post-Gaussian" complex designs of some of the newest and sharpest ever Leica lenses!

According to Albrecht Tronnier jr., son of A.W. Tronnier, the design of the 50/1.8 - on my favorite "M42 adapted" camera here -



- was initiated by a talk between Tronnier and his good friend Dr. Back, jewish parentage, emigrated out of Nazi Vienna to the US, designer of many famous lenses incl. the ZOOMAR - which has a FLAT front element... Back asked: Well, every 50mm lens in the world needs to start with a convex front element, right? Tronnier: No. The next lens I calculate will have a concave one!

Believe it or not - but it's an excellent lens even by today's standards!


PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:19 pm    Post subject: Here's a few more of my Pentax m42 bodies . . . Reply with quote

Black "late" SV with my spare Auto-Tak 55mm f1.8 'Zebra'

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Chrome Honeywell version of the ES. Some people think this one was never available in chrome.




H2 Heiland Honeywell version



Group of pre-Spotmatic m42 bodies

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