On Feb 23, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> Thanks. I'll take a second look at the blacks. >> The lens is the Summicron 50/2 Collapsible. It's in very nice shape, aside >> form the aperture being a bit stiff. With frequent use it loosens up. >> Certainly one of the best LTM lenses. I also have the Summaron 35/3.5, while >> not quite the equal of the Summicron, it's still quite nice. > > Nice. I seem to recall the lens coatings on that era of Summicrons > were often quite soft, so take care while cleaning it. Yes, I've heard it's rare to find an old Summicron without cleaning marks. But either mine doesn't have any, or I'm too old to see them. I haven't cleaned it often. When I do it's with cleaning fluid and a very gentle wipe with a clean microfiber cloth. I keep a lens cap on it when not in use, which is almost all the time. > >> My Agfa is the Isoletta, but it's the base model without a rangefinder. >> Focus has to be set by distance. It was my dad's camera. He bought it in >> Sweden in 1952 while visiting his mother for the last time, so the lens is >> marked in meters. He shot quite a bit with it, including stills that he used >> as inspiration for his oil paintings.When my mother came to live with us, >> she gave it to me. The lens was filthy in and out, so I took the front >> element off and cleaned it. Looks good now. Haven't shot with, but I loaded >> a roll of Portra 400 120 the other day and shot the first frame. May finish >> it today. I don't have a darkroom any more, but I still have developing >> tanks, so I may shoot some BW with it as well. I think I still have a few >> rolls of Plus X, which was once my favorite medium format BW film. > > Ah, like my Balda Baldix. :-) > > The new Fuji Neopan ACROS 100 is just spectacular. I shot a roll of it > today with the Bessa III. Same as you, I have equipment and chemistry > to process negatives only. I should get to it. :-) > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
