"Venerable" Cameras
Jun 19, 2017 10:37:44 #
Daviprb: You have film from 1995, can it. Film if keep in a cool place, like a refrigerator, it still good a year after development date.
Make way for real legend and venerable camera: Speed Graphic Camera. One still can get film for them. Go on the internet and look up B&H in New York City. I have known people who made a living using a Graphic Camera. For people who like using black & white film, Speed Graphic Camera is one of the best to have, and you don't have to pay a king's ransom to own one. Quinn 4
Make way for real legend and venerable camera: Speed Graphic Camera. One still can get film for them. Go on the internet and look up B&H in New York City. I have known people who made a living using a Graphic Camera. For people who like using black & white film, Speed Graphic Camera is one of the best to have, and you don't have to pay a king's ransom to own one. Quinn 4
Jun 19, 2017 11:52:50 #
Jun 19, 2017 12:04:10 #
Peterff wrote:
You nailed it! I'm sure the shipping will cost more than the battery but when in need.....
Jun 19, 2017 12:35:35 #
Jun 19, 2017 16:29:42 #
Of the cameras I do or have owned, Contarex Super, Leica M3, Leica CL, Leica R6.2, Leica R9.
(yeah, I DO like Leicas, but I miss my Contarex!)
(yeah, I DO like Leicas, but I miss my Contarex!)
Jun 19, 2017 18:22:33 #
WOW, that is one beautiful camera.
RichardQ wrote:
Nobody mentioned the Plaubel Makina, a unique medium format (6x9 cm) rollfilm/cutfilm German camera, very popular with European press photographers in the 1920s and 1930s. (now that's venerable!) The last model was introduced after WW II, with synchronized flash connection, and eventually phased out in 1958. It was equipped with a bellows and scissors struts that allowed it to be collapsed quickly into a flat pocket-sized unit. It featured a lens assembly with three focal lengths.
Jun 19, 2017 18:23:57 #
Are you thinking about the Super Graphic?
dennis2146 wrote:
I don't think I have seen the, "Press", cameras mentioned, the Century Graphic, Crown Graphic and one more that escapes me at the moment.
Dennis
Dennis
Jun 19, 2017 19:55:01 #
BHC wrote:
I think a camera qualifies as a digital camera when it utilizes a digital sensor to replace film.
Digital cameras all have electronic sensors, but all are analog. The camera is called "digital" because the analog sensor data is digitized and the output is therefore digital.
Jun 19, 2017 22:08:30 #
therwol
Loc: USA
jackm1943 wrote:
Are you thinking about the Super Graphic?
There have been several posts about the old press cameras. The Super Graphic was the most modern of these, and it allowed for more lens movements, though not to the extent you'd get from a 4x5 camera built on a rail. The other press camera mentioned several times is the Speed Graphic. That one had a huge focal plane shutter with maximum shutter speed of 1/1000 sec.
Jun 20, 2017 00:45:53 #
Jun 20, 2017 10:55:15 #
Nikon F5 with an unlimited supply of Fuji Velvia and Provia and a great processing lab.
Jun 20, 2017 13:00:53 #
therwol wrote:
There have been several posts about the old press cameras. The Super Graphic was the most modern of these, and it allowed for more lens movements, though not to the extent you'd get from a 4x5 camera built on a rail. The other press camera mentioned several times is the Speed Graphic. That one had a huge focal plane shutter with maximum shutter speed of 1/1000 sec.
I have a Super, was my first 4x5, used it a lot until I bought a Wisner Technical. I have no idea what it's worth, will probably donate it to the local community college.
Jun 20, 2017 13:19:46 #
Great idea! Give the super to the college, so young people can learn how real pictures taking is done. Quinn 4
Jun 21, 2017 12:34:16 #
What an interesting topic WillieWisconsin!
Thank you!
I read all responses here and enjoyed them all - while my memories rolled back.
Praktinas, Pentacons and Exaktas were a huge venerable models in the photographic World and a breakthrough in SLR camera design coming from East Germany. Plaubel Makinas were a practical, beautiful innovation around an increasingly complex Linhofs from West Germany.
However, I couldn't find here (to my surprise) a super venerable fold-up Carl Zeiss' Super Ikonta 6x9 with a coupled range finder.
Canon F-1 is a mechanical venerable marvel - even today.
Topcons and Spotmatics brought up the light meter innovation - an exciting and venerable breakthrough models followed by another one later from Canon with the EOS system models.
Only the time will show the major advancements in digital photography uncovering the venerable status of each camera.
Hold your fingers crossed!
Thank you!
I read all responses here and enjoyed them all - while my memories rolled back.
Praktinas, Pentacons and Exaktas were a huge venerable models in the photographic World and a breakthrough in SLR camera design coming from East Germany. Plaubel Makinas were a practical, beautiful innovation around an increasingly complex Linhofs from West Germany.
However, I couldn't find here (to my surprise) a super venerable fold-up Carl Zeiss' Super Ikonta 6x9 with a coupled range finder.
Canon F-1 is a mechanical venerable marvel - even today.
Topcons and Spotmatics brought up the light meter innovation - an exciting and venerable breakthrough models followed by another one later from Canon with the EOS system models.
Only the time will show the major advancements in digital photography uncovering the venerable status of each camera.
Hold your fingers crossed!
Jun 21, 2017 13:01:09 #
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.