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1950's British 'Ensign Selfix 12/20' working again!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:55 am    Post subject: 1950's British 'Ensign Selfix 12/20' working again! Reply with quote

I got a 1950's British 'Ensign Selfix 12/20' given me and used it then the epsilon shutter jammed - so I left it for a long while and perused various 'Forums' and had a go to free up the shutter, then one day it worked again so took it out with test film --

Selfix 12 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
Spalding Flower parade -- after four frames the shutter jammed ! Here I used 2002 outdated Fuji RMS slide 'cross-processed'

Spalding 1X-Pro by pentaxpete, on Flickr

[/b]After repair and re-set focus -- outdated Ilford Delta 400 in FX37 formula, held RED filter over lens -- 1/100th at f11

Selfix test 05 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
Another of my 'Test' subjects, film as before, 1/300 at f8

Selfix test 04 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
a metal Sculpture in my Town, red filter as before, same film, focus at about 7 feet away.

Selfix test 03 by pentaxpete, on Flickr


PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Super excellent news, and nice results indeed.