Yesterday we went out on a snowy day. I did bring a camera, and the 55 f1,2 and Sigma 105 f1,4 as my only lenses for the day. Lumi greatly enjoyed the snow (all photos here obviously taken with the 55m)
Zeiss sure made a bunch of different model folding cameras. These two 6x6s are almost identical. Other than sporting different lenses and shutters, they wind the film in opposite directions, and one (521/16 on left) slightly more sophisticated shutters than the 520/16 on the right. I have been amazed at the engineering of these two and their 4.5x6cm smaller cousins. Finished the restoration on these two yesterday. D850 with the 55mm f3.5 ai micro - yet more to restore lined up - fun!
James Markus wrote:
Zeiss sure made a bunch of different model folding cameras. These two 6x6s are almost identical. Other than sporting different lenses and shutters, they wind the film in opposite directions, and one (521/16 on left) slightly more sophisticated shutters than the 520/16 on the right. I have been amazed at the engineering of these two and their 4.5x6cm smaller cousins. Finished the restoration on these two yesterday. D850 with the 55mm f3.5 ai micro - yet more to restore lined up - fun!
Perfect! I will take a couple pics of my heirloom (which is a Zeiss Iconta) and maybe you can take a look at it. It belonged to my great grandfather. My grandmother brought it over to the US when she immigrated here after WW2. I don’t think a single other person in my family even realizes it’s still in the family. I can’t say that I have seen any images taken with it, but I suspect a couple were.
Zeiss Ikonta 521 shot with the D850 and Nikkor 55mm f3.5 ai micro
I haven't restored the smallest medium format cameras I ever did see - yet. I started on this one, and it is close to being finished, but I ran into one vexing problem. The front element was cross-threaded by one of the previous owners, and it sheered off the first row of brass threads in the receiving part of the shutter. I have three more ideas to try. My first idea was to heat the receiving part with a lithium hand warmer, and freeze the brass mounted front objective. I was hoping the temperature differential would allow it to seat deeper and to grab the next row of threads down. It almost worked, but began to cross-thread again. The other ideas are more destructive, but really - I have very little invested in these broken cameras.
Behold the marvel of engineering design from almost 100 years ago. 4.375" x 3.425" x 1.625" medium format goodness (4.5 x 6 cm). You could easily carry a half dozen of these beauties and nobody would know. Shirt, pants, coat pockets - and get excellent image quality. Ever wonder why those really old photos look so sharp, and have so much detail? It's equipment like this that made it possible, and you can hold it in the palm of your hand.
kwoodard wrote:
Perfect! I will take a couple pics of my heirloom (which is a Zeiss Iconta) and maybe you can take a look at it. It belonged to my great grandfather. My grandmother brought it over to the US when she immigrated here after WW2. I don’t think a single other person in my family even realizes it’s still in the family. I can’t say that I have seen any images taken with it, but I suspect a couple were.
Kevin,
Maybe from afar via photos. If many more packages arrive Barb is going to stop feeding me.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Must. Stop. Looking. At. James. Cameras! GAS in full gear!
George ,
The best part is they are already broken - so I can boldly go wherever I want - What am I going to do - break a broken camera? I'm learning so many things, and having fun. Last month I ended my almost 14 year hiatus from Flickr and dumped 4200 photos on my account. Over 350 of them are in an album called gear - have a look see if you ever need a fix.Gear Album link
Fellow Ohio Nikonian @pbraymond motivated me to go find some beauty in southwest Ohio before the snow melts. I think the 28mm f/2.8 AI-S did just fine on this winter scene of the Little Miami River.
Ross, glad you got out in the Ohio Winter. Sticking snow down your way is fairly rare, I think? Great lighting and reflections though.
Not too much to look at, but the snow and blue sky add a lot to the winter browns in my favorite metropark location. The 25-50 was the only MF lens I had with me on this particular Saturday.
And of course, there's always B&W to contend with. I have a long ways to go in b&w finesse, for now I just typically play around with the sliders in LR, with an occasional foray to the (old) free Silver Efex (though not for the two shots below). The 25-50 is really a handy lens to have.
pbraymond wrote:
Great to see you here again, Buddy.
Ross, glad you got out in the Ohio Winter. Sticking snow down your way is fairly rare, I think? Great lighting and reflections though.
Not too much to look at, but the snow and blue sky add a lot to the winter browns in my favorite metropark location. The 25-50 was the only MF lens I had with me on this particular Saturday.
