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Clockwise:
Taron Marquis
Taronar 1.8/45
CDS light meter
Taron VL
Selenium light meter
Taron VR
Taron PR
Common features:
Taronar 2.8/45
Citizen shutter 1-1/500 and B
self timer
Rangefinder
This cameras were made in Japan, in the late 50's, by Nippon Kōsokki that become Taron .
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Just another test of my "new" selenium toner. This time diluted 1+10 (0,2% sol.), rather strong but still without fading while toning.
Developer Sodium Citrate
Clearing Bath Citric Acid
ATS fixer alkaline
Right side toned: MT14 1+10 1 min
Sodium acetate developer for comparison
A short break from the piers, rocks and pilings series with this shot from three skyscrapers in the centre of Rotterdam city.
Trying something new: architectural psuedo-HDR shots with Orton in B&W...
Single Raw file - HDR tonemapped
PS CS3
Silver Efex Pro
Added Orton Effects and a bit of Selenium
f/8.0
ISO 100
1/125s
Yokkaichi, Mie July 8, 2012
DAYI TOYO Portable 4x5
6x7 roll film holder
super angulon 47mm F5.6 XL
TMAX 100 120
XTOL 1+1 20℃ 10min.
ILFORD multigrade FB warmtone
Korectol E 2min.
Kodak rapid selenium toner 1+20 5min.
Selenium toned shot of Ferrari 250GTO exiting Woodcote Corner, shot with the Fuji X-H2s and the 100-400mm zoom lens.
Converted in Elements 12, structure and burned edges in Silver Efex, then a selenium tone and vignette in Perfect Effects 8.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
A camera like this one makes you realise the technological progress that has taken place over the last 60 years.
The principle is the same as a still image camera, only in this case the shutter has to open and close several times per second in order to ensure a moving image.
But wait, there were no batteries, so how is this to be obtained? Well, you have to manually charge a spring (lever to the front left as we look at the camera). This means that you can shoot only for as long as there is power in this spring (no more than 30 sec in a row)!
The camera is equipped with an external selenium light meter (very similar to the one to be found on the first model of the Contarex). But you need to adjust manually the exposure during filming by turning the milled wheel on the right in order to match the needles in the viewfinder.
Of course, there is no sound either.
The only modern feature is the lens, multicoated and fast (1.9 max aperture) and almost focus-free, ie by focusing close to infinity and stopping down you get everything between 1m and infinity in focus.
The viewfinder is small and dark, but it is parallax corrected and shows exposure information (match needle system).
The best of all is the extremely complex film loading system (film is loaded horizontally but must be inverted and passed vertically behind the shutter, then it must be turned again horizontally in order to enter the take up spool).
No wonder the camera is in almost new condition. It must have been a nightmare to use it.
Taken with the Ilford Obscura Pinhole camera, with delta 100 developed in HC-110b, and then contact printed on Ilford Multigrade IV matte paper and selenium toned.
Complete with dust! Bloody dust, I can't seem to get rid of it!
Holga, Efke IR820, Filter RG715 @6 ASA, Finol 1+1+85
Adox Classic Vario/SE6 Blue
Tonung: Bleicher 1+70 MT3 Vario (yellow) + MT1 Selenium 1+20 1min + MT10 Gold 3min
oriental cooltone VC FB, home-brewed ansco 81, selenium 1+9, planar 50/2 zm, zeiss ikon, neopan 1600, hc-110. scanned negative: www.flickr.com/photos/501rf/5443485080/in/photostream
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Same film on Agfa MCP 312 RC. I also used selenium toning on this photo which made it look more natural colour.
4/4
Rolleiflex 3,5C
German 6x6 TLR. Produced 1956~1959.
The Screws that hold the Light meter Selenium cell and Rolleiflex Name Shield.
In the middle, no 1, the original Selenium Cell/Name Plate Screws.
Some clumsy "repairman" deformed them.
To the left, no 2, NOS replacement ones.
These older type screws have no provision for tool engagement so you will have to use rubber to get them out and in.
The longer Screws to the right (3 and 4) have holes in the head were a pin tool can be inserted.
Note that Screw 3 has a finer pitch thread then number 4 !
So 3 different types found (until now).
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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 !
evening walk with my ladies
Holga 120N
Delta 400 in efd (N+2)
Adox MCC in SE6 Blue
toning: MT3 & MT1 thiourea & selenium
Reference FIle: FLA-160806-ND800E-527-BW_selenium
Infrared Underwater Photography
©2016 Fernando Lopez Arbarello - All Rights Reserved
Fine Art Photography by Fernando Lopez Arbarello
I took a bike out of Xizhou China and started riding south through villages and farm fields. Incredible.
Fuji ga645zi with orange filter, Tmax400, Ilford MGWT toned with sepia and selenium
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
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.
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 !