Ansco Super Memar f.2 Solagon

[Nesster]

AKA Agfa Super Silette. EVS era (~'56-57) rangefinder, this one with the f/2 50mm Solagon.


Ansco Super Memar f.2 by Nesster, on Flickr


Birthday Girl, by Nesster, on Flickr



alone, we may contain all by Nesster, on Flickr


Newport dock carts by Nesster, on Flickr


Washington looking south by Nesster, on Flickr


97780008 by Nesster, on Flickr


Hoboken Ferry Terminal, Cloud, sunset by Nesster, on Flickr
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[luisalegria]

Tremendous results.

What film, and how scanned ?
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[Attila]

Pretty outstanding! Congrats!
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[Nesster]

Yes, that is one good lens... the first two were Memories 200 I got from Bill (Centurion rebadge?) and the rest Fuji Xtra 400. CVS scan, though as usual I did have to dup + blend in 'multiply' to counteract the over exposed scans. Here's another from the Xtra 400 roll


Sun, twice reflected by Nesster, on Flickr
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[Orio]

How is it that I never saw these? Fantastic!
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[Katastrofo]

Very jealous of that Solagon, Jussi, these are all supremely nice!

[Excalibur]

Amazing results......all these type of cameras I would normally call "Mickey mouse" and walk past at boot sales erm last camera I walked past was a Contaflex/Tessar for £15 with leaf shutter.

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Contaflex_(SLR)
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[luisalegria]

Can't walk past that one ! It would be like disdaining to pick up $50-100 on the sidewalk. These do have some value to collectors.

The trick here is that the lens makes the camera.

There are Agfa/Ansco Silettes/Memars just like this with an f/2.8 lens, and viewfinder only versions with an f/3.5 lens, that are worth nearly nothing to a collector. Of course, odds are they can take very fine pictures too.
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[Katastrofo]

About 4 years ago I could've gotten an Agfa Karat IV with Solagon for around $40, should have snapped it up,
stupid me.

[IAZA]

Wow, I missed something great.. Good job Jussi
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[BKSPicture]

Great looking camera and pictures!
Thanks for sharing
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[Nesster]

Thanks - I like using the Memar, though it has one very big drawback: the EV system is particularily difficult. Sometimes I spend a couple of minutes trying to remember how to reset it! You have to push in the aperture/ev ring and look at the number on the side of the lens mount... Not very easy. The EV system was a decent enough idea, however most implementations ignore the fact that most commonly we need to give a +/- 2 stop adjustment for shade and backlight etc.

On my copy the RF patch is a bit off vertically, at some point I'll probably adjust it.

Here are a couple from a recent roll of Fuji 160S


Hibiscus by Nesster, on Flickr


subterranian homesick by Nesster, on Flickr


This one's through a train window


elements by Nesster, on Flickr
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[Katastrofo]

Damn fine images, Jussi, I certainly didn't get the same joy with my Solagon Karat, but will try again.