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Yashica 35MF with Yashica lens 2.8/38
A typical black brick-shaped compact camera of the late 1970ies, many companies had something like that in their line-up, especially Konica. Zone-focusing, built-in flash, programmed auto exposure - the photographer had to be satisfied with that. A bit uncommon here is the operation of the flash. It pops up, when a ring around the lens is turned (while pressing that silver button), at the same time the "flash-o-matic" is switched on. That means, that the f-stop is coupled with the focus ring and therefor has always the right value for a set distance.
The instruction manual explicitly says, that the flash can be used as fill-in flash. So the foreground is correctly exposed with the help of the flash. Since the aperture is fixed (when the flash is activated), the correct exposure for the background must be achieved by automatcally setting the shutter speed. A bit confusing to me, since the camera has a programmed shutter.
However, possible shutter speeds are 1/60 s to 1/250 s.
The 35 MF requires two kinds of batteries, one 1.35 V mercury button cell for the exposure meter and two 1.5 V mignon cells for the flash.
Shadows, light and shadow.
Really pleased with the last couple of rolls I put through my Olympus Mju-1, not necessarily the content of the pictures but the camera seems to do a good job in all sorts of conditions.
Olympus Mju 1
Olympus lens 35mm f3.5
Agfa Vista 200
Mamiya U with Sekor lens 2.8/35
With its swelling at the front side it looks like a sober Italian or German design, but it was made in Japan. It's quite simple, with zone focusing and a thumb wheel for the film advance. But unlike other, really cheap cameras with that level of comfort it offers a true programmed shutter with shutter speeds from 1/8 s to 1/1500 s. The surface of the body is very smooth and provides a feeling of quality. The fact, that the lens has 5 elements in 4 groups, is very promising, but unfortunately I found no enthusiastic comment about its performance. An annoying feature is the "warning sound" the camera gives simultaneously with a red lit LED in the viewer, when it is to dark to take pictures without flash. Nevertheless, the camera doesn't lock the shutter button then, you can take your pictures with an e.g. 1/8 s with the risk of shaking. The flash is also usable at daylight: the sync-time is 1/30 s for all speeds which would be faster than 1/30 s without flash switched on.
You might have noticed the ugly shutter button. Normally it is covered with a red rubber sheet, but it is away on all Mamiya Us today I've seen so far. The problem is, at least on my exemplar, that moisture got into the camera and the electric contacts directly under the shutter button oxidized. As a result the camera didn't work properly and the bleeping sounded like a whining. It is no problem to remove the top of the camera and to clean the contacts.
The camera requires two 1.5 V AAA batteries.
This ladybird was running over my arm, my watch, up to my sweater. Don't be upset by the hairy arm, this is macro photography and the human skin isn't very attractive in macro, believe me. I'm not so furry ;-)
(Of course, this photo has been taken single-handed)
Milton Keynes, 21st October 2018, Ricoh R1 using expired Kodak BW400CN film.
Why post a picture like this? Big light leak on the right, processing mess, blur, lack of detail.
But...I do think there is something that all that noise is giving back to the image. It was a very bright autumn day, where it was nice to be out in a sunny afternoon, but it was so bright that I was squinting. When you are squinting you are cutting out information to try and focus down on basic details, a way to cope with an overwhelming situation.
So in some ways this "bad" image does a good job of expressing that. The squiggly reflections coming off the sun seems to sum this up for me - something that looks so perfect and precise bursting out through the lens onto the film with its autumn intensity. In this sense, the film does not lie!
Beltica 35mm film folder camera from 1951 modified to shoot 36x36mm
Meritar 50/2.9
Fuji Superia Xtra 400 expired in 2006 shot at 100
Carena EF-250 with HC-Carenar 5.6/38
Simple camera for 35 mm film with fixfocus lens and manual f-stop setting via weather symbols. "Carena" was a brand of the German Porst company, the camera was made in Japan and since there exists a nearly identical Makinon Mk-II, Makinon obviously was the OEM-manufacturer. There are similar cheap plastic cameras, e.g. the Revue 35FC, but with the f-stop selector on top and the peculiar flash style the EF-250 is somewhat special.
The lens is covered by two "barn doors", for opening you have to pull them out with your fingers - there is no automatic pop-up like on the Chinon Bellami. When the doors are open, the lens came out automatically, and - of course - when they are closed, the shutter button is locked.
In front of the rewind crank is the slider for the ASA setting, you can choose between 100 and 400 ASA. When that slider is shifted, also the displayed shutter speed changes: 1/125 s for 100 ASA and 1/250 s for 400 ASA (somehow not absolutely correct). There is also a window above the f-stop scale with weather symbols ("Outdoors") and the range of the flash light, which modifies its content according to the ASA-setting. (Bright sun at f/11 and 100 ASA, which probably works, flash range 2.5 m at 100 ASA and f/5.6 - which means a guide number of 14). The f-stop itself can be adjusted with a small slider within a range from f/5.6 to f/16.
When the flash light is not in use, it rests at a corner on the side of the camera body, to switch it on you have to swing it for 90° horizontally. A bit unusual, but otherwise it is operated like other flashes: if it is switched off, a red light in the viewer indicates underexposure when the shutter button is half pressed. If it is switched on a small orange light on the back indicates "flash ready". Since the flash gives always full power, the f-stop has to be set according to the distance, with the help of the scale on top.
Further specifications:
* Cable release thread and tripod bush, though there are no slow shutter speeds or "B"
* Film advance via thumb wheel
* Self resetting frame counter
* Viewfinder with frame and parallax marks, Albada-type
* No self-timer
* Flash requires two 1.5 V AAA micro cells, the camera itself works without battery
* The leatherette of my exemplar is sticky and ugly
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Seoul Gangnam, Korea
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D25652. The Water House in Walthamstow, London, E17 dates from 1762 and is Grade II* listed. It’s claim to fame is that it was the childhood home of William Morris who was one of the leading members of the Arts and Crafts movement.
It now houses the William Morris Gallery which is a museum devoted to his life and work.
This is the rear of the house as seen from Lloyd Park; this was once part of the extensive gardens to the house, but they were gifted to the people of Walthamstow by the family of a later resident of Water House, magazine, comic and newspaper publisher Edward Lloyd.
Friday, 15th July, 2022. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2022.
More views of the demolition of Westway shops, Botley, Oxford, 1st October 2018, Ricoh R1 and expired Kodak BW400CN film.
Agfa Sensor Cameras
Agfa Silette LK Sensor
Agfa Optima 200 Sensor
Agfa Optima 500 Sensor
Agfa Selectronic Sensor
Agfa Selectronic S Sensor
Agfa started that series in the early 1970ies, the new identifier of all models was the red-orange dot as shutter button, a feature Agfa used successfully for all following cameras. The name "Sensor" refers to that shutter button, the new design should guarantee a very soft and shake-free release.
All models share basically the same body, which includes another characteristic feature: with the film advance lever at the bottom also the exposed film has to be rewound. Furthermore the exposed frames have an extra container in the film chamber, so they are protected when the door is opened accidentally.
Other shared characteristics are a manual focus lens with the minimum focus distance of 1 m, an f-stop range from f/2.8 to f/22 and the lack of a filter thread. All models have an exposure meter, a bright frame viewfinder with parallax marks, a cable release thread (due to the red button it's on the back), a hot shoe, a tripod bush and a frame counter at the bottom, which has to be reset manually.
In the mid 70ies these cameras were replaced by the very compact Optima Sensor Electronic models, which kept some features like the peculiar rewind mechanism.
The models in detail:
The Silette LK is clearly the budget model, fully manual and fully mechanical (no battery required), 3-element 2.8/45 Color-Agnar lens in Parator shutter, unlike the other models the lens barrel is plastic made. Shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/300 s and B, coupled exposure meter with Selenium cell whose needle is visible in the viewer and on top, ISO range from 25 to 400.
Optima 200: 3-element 2.8/42 Color-Apotar lens in Paratic shutter, zone focusing. Like all previous Agfa Optima cameras the Optima 200 has a programmed automatic exposure, in the viewfinder a red/green signal displays sufficient light. Shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/200 s. A Selenium cell is used, so the camera also doesn't require a battery, ISO range (of the variant here) 25 to 160. If a flash is mounted in the hot shoe, the camera uses 1/30 s and switches into flash-matic mode, guide number (m) from 11 to 27.
Optima 500: like the Optima 200, but with a CdS-cell for the exposure meter instead of a Selenium cell, so a 625 PX battery is required. ISO range from 25 to 400, shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/500 s. Furthermore the shutter features a B-setting with the full f-stop range. Afaik the Optima 500 was the only model which was available in black and silver.
Selectronic: 3-element 2.8/45 Color-Apotar lens in Paratronic shutter. Aperture priority automatic exposure mode, the f-stop ring has no click-stops. Both F-stop and shutter speed (1/500 to 1/30 s, symbol for slower speeds) are displayed in the viewfinder. Slowest shutter speed up to 15 s. CdS-cell (behind the right one of the two eyes), two 625 PX batteries are required, ISO range from 25 to 400. Behind the left eye is a light bulb, it is lit when the shutter is open, it also indicates full batteries when the test button is pressed.
Self-timer, no B-setting, no flash-matic mode.
Price about DM 350,-
Selectronic S, the top model. Like the Selectronic, but with 4-element 2.8/45 Color-Solinar lens and rangefinder.
Price about DM 450,-