Asahi Pentax K1000
A Still Life
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New large format creation to have a reason to recycle this Kodak lens from the 19teens. Robbed off of a Kodak 2C Folder that I bought on Ebay for $12 (which is more than the rest of this costs). First shots look great (see the previous image).

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Panasonic GM1 - Meike Extenions Tubes - Helios 44m-4

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Clockwise from top left:
Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta lll (531/16) v Agfa Super Isolette v Franka Solida llE v Certo Six

My favourite is the Agfa Super Isolette (a really nice camera to use, very well made and designed with excellent handling) and my least favourite here is actually the Certo 6 (beautifully built and solid as a rock, but not very nice to use always managing to feel like a handful without being unduly heavy!). I've always had a soft spot for the Franka too.

The Certo and the Zeiss Ikon have Zeiss Tessars, the Agfa's Solinar is a Tessar clone as is the Solida's Xenar. All have Synchro Compur shutters with speeds from 1 second to 1/500 second except the Franka which has a Prontor SVS (1/300 sec to 1 sec). All have coated lenses.

The Agfa, Certo and Zeiss cameras have coupled rangefinders. The Franka's rangefinder is uncoupled but is the brightest of these cameras (and all have had their viewfinders/rangefinders carefully cleaned and accurately calibrated to match the lenses).

All these 60 year old cameras work perfectly shooting 12 images on each roll of 120 film.

Tags:   Certo Six Franka Solida llE Agfa Super Isolette Folding Camera Medium Format Film Analogue Super Ikonta lll (531/16) Tessar Solinar Xenar 6x6 Roll Film 120 film 1950s German Camera Zeiss Ikon Franka Agfa Certo Collectable Camera

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The Praktica BCA Electronic is a 35mm SLR made in Dresden by Pentacon. It has aperture priority auto-exposure. The more ergonomic variant Carl Zeiss Jena Jenaflex AC-1 was made for the British market since 1986.
specifications

Type: SLR camera body
Manufacturer: Pentacon, Dresden (DDR, former East Germany)
Years of production: 1983-1990
Film: 35mm with speeds 12 to 3200 ISO
Lens mount: Praktica bayonet with EDC (electronic diaphragm control)

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