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vilva
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 Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: My second rangefinder arrived |
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vilva wrote:
Surface mail from Italy takes time, but finally the Robot Royal 24 with the two Xenars arrived. It seems to be OK, in pretty good condition given its age. It feels very solid, weighs about 940g with the 45mm Xenar, is much easier to wind up than the Robot Star, and even the serial release works well. The rangefinder is at least as good as that of the FED-2, the base is insignificantly narrower and the contrast is about equal. Many constructional detail are pretty clever, e.g. locking the shutter release will partly cover the viewfinder ocular. Here it is, side by side with the FED-2, 75mm Tele-Xenar mounted:
More testing to do 
Veijo
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Looks to be very well-made and nice to have the two lenses (50mm and
80mm?). Congrats! |
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vilva
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vilva wrote:
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Looks to be very well-made and nice to have the two lenses (50mm and
80mm?). Congrats! |
Thanks. 45mm and 75mm. About the construction, see the following page describing the similar Robot Royal 36 (36x24mm instead of 24x24mm): http://www.lumieresenboite.com/collection2.php?l=2&c=Berning_Robot_Royal_36
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Richard_D wrote:
The two lenses should be a handy combination. Looks a nicely thought out design too.
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
What a fascinating piece of camera history! Congratulations!
BTW...
Hans Grahner: "Robot. Das Sammlerbuch", 132 pp, 330 b&w images, Aachen 2002. € 39,90
Available at Lindemanns Fotobücher. www.lindemanns.de
(Only in German, but as far as I remember you can read German, right?)
http://www.lindemanns.de/4DCGI/1345459262/TitelAnzeige/348117
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Laurence
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
Veijo, this is FASCINATING!
I get a huge thrill out of seeing this workmanship; it's simply obvious that these cameras are JEWELS of the camera world.
Did you happen to listen to the .wav sound of the winder and shutter? WOw, WOw, WOw!
The lenses, the cameras -- all just incredible.
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Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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Jesito
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Jesito wrote:
Congrats, Veijo!
The Robot looks wonderful, nice design!
BTW, how do you shot the cameras?.
I like very much how they look in your pictures...
Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
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vilva
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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vilva wrote:
| LucisPictor wrote: |
What a fascinating piece of camera history! Congratulations!
BTW...
Hans Grahner: "Robot. Das Sammlerbuch", 132 pp, 330 b&w images, Aachen 2002. € 39,90
Available at Lindemanns Fotobücher. www.lindemanns.de
(Only in German, but as far as I remember you can read German, right?) |
Thanks. I read German well enough, and the price of the book is OK, but I try very hard not to start collecting. The Robots I have are strictly for shooting.
Veijo
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vilva
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vilva wrote:
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| Did you happen to listen to the .wav sound of the winder and shutter? WOw, WOw, WOw! |
Yes, I did. However, those sound samples tell only half the story, the shutter is almost noiseless, I think it is even more quiet than a Rolleiflex TLR. Advancing the film makes most of the noise.
Veijo
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vilva
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vilva wrote:
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Congrats, Veijo!
The Robot looks wonderful, nice design!
BTW, how do you shot the cameras?.
I like very much how they look in your pictures... |
Thanks. These days I mostly take hand-held shots in existing light, usually with the 5D. Previously I used my old Sony DSC-F505 digicam, which has more DOF, which compensates for the lower sensitivity as I can shoot at the full f/2.8 aperture. I haven't paid too much attention to the quality of my camera photos, I always seem to be too much in a hurry. However, nice photos are an asset, and I hope I'm able to improve in this respect in the future.
Veijo
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