Kowa 6

hacksawbob · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1293 Location: LANCS UK

does anyone have personal experience with this? for Ł60 with 80mm lens.

hacksawbob · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1293 Location: LANCS UK

I have bought it, I will have to find out for myself!

Screamin Scott · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:

Keep us posted as to how you like it...

bob955i · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 2495

@ Bob:

Some info:
http://www.kilfitt.org/Cameras/Kowa.htm

And a manual (for 66) but might do:

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/kowa/kowa_66/kowa_66.htm

Katastrofo · Expire: 2013-11-19

Yep, that's the manual for it. Don't use the crank for film advance, just
the knob (the former owner probably already told you) as that is one of
its weaknesses. Mine didn't have a strap, but a Hasselblad will work if you
take a Swiss needle file and make the part that slides on the post larger
(the round flange fits just great, but the post is larger on the Kowa).

Bill

hacksawbob · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1293 Location: LANCS UK

Yes the owner was very cautious in telling me all the things to avoid. Apparantly he had a spare one that someone had had given him it had been damaged at the hinge on the film back. He also had some lovely transparancies that had been taken with the camera, they had some lovely resolution and contrast from what I could see.