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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Took several shots of this gangly fellow.
Processing is mostly in Lightroom using selenium preset. Slight sharpening and vignette added in Photoshop.
Four months ago today.
Yashica Mat Rolleinar 2 close up lens and Kodak Tri-X 400 ( The Old One) Expired
Developed in Calbe R09 40:1 12 min. Selenium toned in Lightroom.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Somewhere in the tundra of the West Fjords of Iceland. Hasselblad 150mm lens, Acros film, Rodinal film developer, printed on Ilford Warmtone with selenium toning
Darkroom print 24x30cm, with some selenium toning for stability and Dmax.
Shot on Adox Silvermax (developed in Silvermax) with my Kodak Retina IIIc folder, with 50mm/f2.0 Xenon lens. A most amazing combination IMHO.
Contax IIIa with 50mm Sonnar f1.5 lens;
“Colour Dial” model, available 1953-1962
From the 1930’s, Contax and Leica were the key players and arch-rivals in the professional camera arena. The history of both companies is fascinating. In the early years, Contax had the technological advantage. The war photographer, Robert Capa, used a Contax camera for his famous photographs of the Normandy landing.
The Contax IIa/IIIa "Colour Dial" models were the zenith of the Zeiss Ikon Contax marque. The IIIa differed from the IIa in having an un-coupled selenium meter on the top plate. The shutter speed dial numbers were marked in three colours: black (T, B and 1 - 1/25th), yellow (1/50th) and red (1/100th - 1/1250th). Unlike earlier models, the IIa and IIIa had a standard PC socket at the back. The colours identify one of three flash synchronisations: M (black), X (yellow) and FP (red). The post-W.W.II line of interchangeable lenses for the IIa/IIIa eventually grew to a total of 16 lenses with focal lengths ranging from 21mm to an extraordinary 500mm. Shown here is the highly rated factory-coated 50mm f1.5 Sonnar lens.
Production of these cameras stopped in 1962 due to pressures from various sources. The introduction of the Leica M3 and M2, the Nikon SLRs in 1959 and competition from other Japanese camera manufacturers (whose production costs were significantly lower) all played a part in the demise of Contax.
For more information:
johnlind.tripod.com/zi/zeissikonframe.html
www.cameraquest.com/zconrf2.htm
Ivor Matanle; Collecting and Using Classic Cameras, 1986, Publishers: Thames and Hudson
Ivor Matanle; Classics to Use; in Amateur Photographer 16th September 2006; pp 35-39
[Photo taken with:
Rolleiflex 2.8F,
80mm Xenotar lens with rolleinar no 2 attachment,
Fuji Acros ISO 100,
Developed in Xtol 1+1 for 9.5mins at 20C,
Scanned at 32000 dpi using Epson F-3200 scanner,
Processed in CS3]
Vandyke print 21x21cm on Velin Arches ∞
Exposure 9 minutes
water and clearing bath (citric acid about 03% sol.)
ATS alkaline fixer 1+100 2,5 minutes
short wash - EDTA/Sulfite clearing bath 5mins - final wash 15 minutes
MT1 Selenium 1+250 1,5 minutes
silver gelatin print
watercolor paper coated with Rollei Black Magic liquid emulsion
sepia & selenium toned
Do you remember the taste of metal when you licked it as a kid? This brought the memory of that metallic taste back to me. I can taste it now.
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Taken on the Holga using Fuji Neopan 400 and devd in Rodinal 1+25. Paper is Ilford MGWT devd in Moersch Eco 4812, Selenium
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Selenium cell was broken!..
Manufactured by LOMO (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Union = Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, ЛОМО́), in Leningrad, former USSR.
Voskhod (earlier versions are marked in Cyrillic: Восход) means "sunrise" or "ascent" in Russian; later, export models are marked in Latin lettering
Model: 1966 type 5 (export version)
All Voskhod produced between 1964-68 with quantity of 59.000
There are 5 types and 5 sub-types of the camera
As to Alexander Komarov
35mm film Viewfinder camera
Lens: LOMO T-48 (Triplet) 45mm f/2.8, filter slip-on, serial no. none
Aperture: up to f/22setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-8m +inf,
Focusing: manual front cell; ring, distance scale with symbols and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: leaf shutter; speeds: 1-1/250 +B; setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter speeds and aperture numbers are linked together by means of mechanical coupling. When turning the apertures or shutter speeds rings, the other turns too.
They can be turned separately by the pressing the knobs on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter release: on the front plate, w/ cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, shark-fine like shape, on the lens-shutter barrel
Frame counter: manual reset, decreasing type, window on the top-plate
Viewfinder: Galileo type bright frame finder w/ parallax correction lines
Exposure meter: coupled built-in Selenium cell meter
Film speed range: 12-26 DIN, 11-250 GOST, setting: by a thumb ring and windows on the bottom plate
Exposure setting: after setting the shutter speed or aperture, check the needle in the viewfinder, it must be on the middle of the lower bright line, if not, turn the aperture-speeds rings to find the correct exposure
Re-wind lever: folding crank, on the top-plate
Re-wind release: on the bottom plate
Flash PC socket: on the front plate
Cold-shoe
Memory dial : small window and thumb lever on the front plate, with Cyrillic characters
Self-timer: none
Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Engraving on the back cover: Made in USSR
Tripod socket: 3/8"
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 690g
Serial no. 661919, in the camera, first two letters show the production year
Some very rare early models bear the LOOMP logo.
More info: in Cameras by Alfred Klomp, in Soviecams by Aidas Pikiotas, in Fotoua by Alexander Komarov, in Camerapedia
Agfa Optima 200 Sensor (second version).
German viewfinder camera produced c.1969.
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When the Resistors Board is removed it is possible to push the Selenium Cell upwards and out of the Body..
The dimensions of the Selenium Cell are about 17.5 mm height and 24.5mm width.
The Cell here is practically gone and only gives some milliVolts. Not enough anymore to move the needle of the Meter. Also no meter reaction when the parallel resistors were short-circuited :-(
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WARNING :
This image is intended as a reference for the more experienced camera service man. If you have no experience in camera repair please do yourself a favor and send your camera to a professional service shop. It would be a pity to lose a vintage camera in a failed repair attempt !
same processing as the previous one but with additional selenium toning
Delta 400 @640 ASA, Finol
printed on Adox Variotone in SE1 Sepia
MT3 Varioschwefeltoner
bleach 1+50 25 secs, toner setting "C" 50+90+850ml
MT1 Selenium toner 1+20 45 secs
In 1962 Sylvania (having merged into GTE) sold off the Argus camera and optics company to the much smaller Mansfield Industries. The combined companies adopted "Argus, Inc." as their name but were now headquartered in Chicago.
Mansfield had a relationship with Mamiya as OEM for some Mansfield electric eye cameras; and soon the new Argus would introduce its first-ever SLR model, modified from the Mamiya Prismat NP. To my knowledge the Argus model used an entirely unique bayonet mount and only the three lenses shown here were ever produced to fit this. The camera pictured also features a clip-on selenium light meter which couples to the dial for selecting shutter speeds.
slavich bromportrait 80 grade 3, selenium 1+1+9,
arista premium liquid lith 1+1+24+old brown, zeiss ikon,
hc-110, neopan 1600, planar 50/2 zm.
shot with nikon d600 + nikkor 50mm 1.4 + 1 godox ving v850 on 1/2 power in 120cm octobox + scrim to camera left.
processed with alien skin exposure 7 - b&w lith selenium/gold
Reasonably competent selenium meter, made in the Soviet Union. Feels reasonably solid, and still works accurately. Dates from the 1970's I guess. The sliding switch on the side changes to the lower-light scale, shifting the numbers under the needle. This is the English-labelled version; the dial says LENINGRAD 4 and CINE; and has DIN and ASA film speed scales (suggesting it's a later model). There are also cyrillic-labelled versions with a GOST/DIN scale.
The case is leather, with a large embossed grain pattern, and lettered in cyrillic capitals ЛЕНИНГРАД4. There was also a black version, which is common, and brown and green which are not; there was even a 1980 Moscow Olympics version. [Ref: commiecameras ]
Adox Variotone
multiple toning ....
apart from the last step (iron) and a lightly shorter bleach the same procedure as the previous one
MT3 & MT1 & MT7
MT3 bleach 1+50 45 secs, toner 25+7+500ml 45 secs
MT1 Selenium 1+10 2 mins
MT7 Iron Blue 5+5+12+5+500ml 1 min
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Went to Ikea jus1t to roam the a`cres od stuff. Lots of photo ops and they don't seem to mind. These were lamps hung all in a row--I used Matt Kloskowski's free preset in Light Room called Selenium.
I am pretty slow at keyboarding with the left two fingers of my left hand in a cast that is way to big and annoying. I will get to your photostream--eventually.
Thanks for your well wishes and your patience.
The selenium-metered Lynx 1000 (ca 1960, on the left) and CdS-metered Lynx 5000 (ca 1962, on the right) are usually assumed to be essentially the same except for metering. Comparing the two bodies side-by-side, I am not sure that this assumption is warranted.
This view very nicely shows the flat top plate of the 5000 that replaced the more complicated (and I think nicer) top on the 1000. The general styling trend on the 5000 is towards a simpler appearance with more bright surfaces.
Also visible is the knurled black plastic focus ring on the 1000. The left side focus tab is not visible. The focus ring on the 5000 is smooth except for a tab on the underside of the lens barrel. In my opinion, the focus on the Lynx 1000 is easier to use than that of its younger sibling.
There are also changes to the viewfinder window and possibly also the rangefinder itself. A partial tear-down at a later date might confirm any differences.
Both models share the Copal SV leaf shutter with maximum speed of 1/1000s and the fixed-mount Yashinon 45/1.8 lens with 46mm filter thread. Also retained was the bright frame viewfinder with coupled, parallax corrected rangefinder.
Converted in DxO Filmpack using the Delta preset and then brought into Perfect Effects 10 for a selenium tone.
Ilford Warmtone : LD20 : Selenium toned : Bleached highlights : Rolleiflex Model F f2.8 Carl Zeiss Planar
Top row: Gossen Pilot, Sekonic L28 C2, Sekonic L-398 Studio Deluxe
Middle row: Weston Master II, Weston Master IV
Bottom row: GE DW-48, GE DW-68, Pinhole Exposure Scale
I've recently added a few gently used selenium lightmeters to my collection. They were relatively inexpensive or given to me free (thanks, CH!).
Although most aren't designed to be used in low-light conditions, they are fine for general, day-time, outdoor use, especially if using negative film with a bit of exposure latitude.
While out pinholing, I enjoy using these battery-less analog meters in conjunction with the free "Pinhole Exposure Scale" by Kyoto Photo Press (lower-right).
Very sturdy, simple camera. Came with a Prontor SLK Spezial shutter, speeds from 1 to the 1/300 + B. The lens is a coated Pantar 45mm f/2.8. A Selenium cell is coupled. to the aperture ring.
This example's shutter fired fine in the store, a couple times at home and then it decided to miss-fire. The shutter goes off while winding. (sigh) Oh, well, it'll look good on the shelf till I can putter with it's repair.
I had trouble identifying the exact model. Zeiss made a bazillion models over the years. Finally got the correct information at the web address below. Bone-up on your French to go there.
www.collection-appareils.fr/zeiss/html/zeiss_continamatic...
[7/28/14 NOTE: Removed permanently from collection]
my tools - a Sekonic selenium cell light meter and a 500elm Hasselblad. such a joy to use this kind of vintage equipment - it's as solid as it gets and reliable.
Lith Print (Selenium toned) from Robert Hall Photography.com workshop. I learned so much from that workshop, and Robert has helped me in so many ways with sharing his wisdom and knowledge, through patience, camaraderie, friendship...including helping me find an awesome Stainless sink to put in my darkroom... but will have to pack it away till the Darkroom is complete some time after our more expensive kitchen upgrade, so It will be a longer than wished for time (because I am not made of money and have to piece out the upgrades as I can afford to do it)...but I want to come back to this image for Lith process particularly because the Highlights can be controlled separately from the shadows if done correctly, and this one will prove that idea if I can get good shadow detail and preserve highlights without blowing them out I will be pleased and then planning for split toning once I have an exposure I can reliably snatch...this one will definitely get a second life someday....
Agfa Optima 200 Sensor (second version).
German viewfinder camera produced c.1969.
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Resistors Board removed and lying upside down.
The 2 parallel resistors are in a series circuit going from the Selenium Cell to the Meter.
The resulting resistance is about 9300 Ohm (9,3k).
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WARNING :
This image is intended as a reference for the more experienced camera service man. If you have no experience in camera repair please do yourself a favor and send your camera to a professional service shop. It would be a pity to lose a vintage camera in a failed repair attempt !
Zeiss Ikon
Contina-Matic II - 1958
Pantar 45mm 1:2.8
SLK Spezial shutter 1"-1/300" and B
Selenium meter coupled to the shutter/aperture rings, once established the exposure value the rings auto-lock and move together keeping the correct exposure.
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