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womble
Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 987 Location: Hertfordshire
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:25 pm Post subject: Agfa Isolette II |
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womble wrote:
I found a very clean looking copy of this camera in a local charity shop for £12.50. The self timer doesn't seem to work, but everything else looks OK. The focus didn't want to move at first but is now rotating OK if a little stiff. I assume that the grease had gone a bit solid. I have loaded it with a roll of Kodak Tri-X and we'll see what happens. Fingers crossed...
K. _________________ Kris Lockyear
Digital: Pentax K-3iii
35mm film SLRs: various Pentax bodies from a H2 to a SF7, favourites the MX and LX
Rangefinder: Zeiss Super Ikonta IV, FED2, Zorkii-4, Industar 26m, Jupiter 8, 11 and 12 lenses
Medium format: various folders, Yashica Mat 124 G. Lubitel 2
LF: Horseman LE 5x4 view camera.
MF lenses (favourites) Pentax "K" 200mm f/2.5; "K" 135mm f/2.5; "K" 50mm f/1.2; "K" 35mm f/2; "K" 30mm f/2.8; "K" 28mm f/3.5 shift; "K" 15mm f/3.5; M 100mm f/2.8; M 40mm f/2.8; Jupiter-9 85mm |
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3438 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Wish you luck! Have you checked the bellows? They often have pinoles
The grease is sometimes sofar degraded that you have to clean shutter and focusing first with ronsonol to get things moving.
So yours is not too bad.
If everything works it is a nice shooter. |
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sonyrokkor
Joined: 24 Sep 2012 Posts: 222 Location: Perù, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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sonyrokkor wrote:
Fingers crossed too.
Very good new when an old machine is working again.
When you use him, sure will smile. We will too. |
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:05 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
What lens has it got?
I've an Isolette ii with Apotar lens; it's pretty sharp. It's one of my most-used cameras.
If the body is pitted, a glass fibre eraser pen brings it up as good as new. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Minolfan wrote: |
Wish you luck! Have you checked the bellows? They often have pinoles
The grease is sometimes sofar degraded that you have to clean shutter and focusing first with ronsonol to get things moving.
So yours is not too bad.
If everything works it is a nice shooter. |
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womble
Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 987 Location: Hertfordshire
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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womble wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote: |
What lens has it got?
I've an Isolette ii with Apotar lens; it's pretty sharp. It's one of my most-used cameras.
If the body is pitted, a glass fibre eraser pen brings it up as good as new. |
It is the cheaper model with the Agnar lens and the Pronto shutter. Seems to work OK although I haven't tested the shutter speeds. I'll find out if there are any problems when I finish this roll of Tri-X. The body is in very nice condition indeed, no pitting at all.
I have a few "guess finder" cameras now. Can anyone recommend a shoe-mounted rangefinder with a scale in meters? I looked on ebay last night and the cheaper ones were in feet. The ones in meters were all Leica/Leitz and cost twenty-times the camera! I'm not much good at guessing distances, too much time using an SLR.
Thanks, Kris. _________________ Kris Lockyear
Digital: Pentax K-3iii
35mm film SLRs: various Pentax bodies from a H2 to a SF7, favourites the MX and LX
Rangefinder: Zeiss Super Ikonta IV, FED2, Zorkii-4, Industar 26m, Jupiter 8, 11 and 12 lenses
Medium format: various folders, Yashica Mat 124 G. Lubitel 2
LF: Horseman LE 5x4 view camera.
MF lenses (favourites) Pentax "K" 200mm f/2.5; "K" 135mm f/2.5; "K" 50mm f/1.2; "K" 35mm f/2; "K" 30mm f/2.8; "K" 28mm f/3.5 shift; "K" 15mm f/3.5; M 100mm f/2.8; M 40mm f/2.8; Jupiter-9 85mm |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7788 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3438 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
I have Pollux, Watameter and Voigtländer. Nice and cheap.
The latter looks best. The Pollux needs some new leatherette.
But the Watameter is a luxury version, meters beautifully mirrored inside, metering from 0.55m!
Found in the local shrift store in neat leather case for € 3.50. I forgot to haggle. |
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yinyangbt
Joined: 08 Oct 2010 Posts: 1973 Location: Romania
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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yinyangbt wrote:
Congrats for your new cam , Kris !
It's a beautiful little camera ! It can be seductive , but ,like all the divas , can give you some headaches , until you learn how to keep the situation under control .
Firstly , fix the distance , allways, because you can forget this , when you fiddle with the aperture setting / shutter setting / cocking the shutter / winding the film in the right position (attention , allways look carefully to see the number of the frame in the red window on back of the camera)/ kinda composing / pressing the shutter .
Can drive you nuts , or can fall in love forever with this one !
For the beginning I tried to use my Kiev 3a as rangefinder , but I ordered a russian Blik on the net (18-20 E) .I'll let you know if I throwed the money on the window or not ,but i think you can find some cheaper in UK (don't know if in meters ).
I'll try to develop my films the next week. Curious if I got something . _________________ Cheers , Teo
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:14 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Lloydy wrote: |
My Medis and the Watameter are both Imperial, and damn proud of it - no monkeymeters around here ! |
+1 I have a few of these. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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Farside
Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 6557 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Farside wrote:
I have a lovely old Pullin (Imperial) which is a joy to use - really needs to be more accuratized though, as it gets more inaccurate with distance. Not really a problem if I'm shooting at f:8 or narrower. _________________ Dave - Moderator
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