That will make a wonderful print for the wall - a big print!

If I may throw my hat into this ring, I sincerely believe that in 100 years time there will be a vast gap in the visual documented history of mankind. Unless we, each of us, adopt a policy of making sure that important events in our lives, from family occasions to sports to news, are documented on silver archive print media, there will be no physical image to view in the future. Digital media are not archival, period. I have resorted to using a B&W film camera for important family occasions in addition to the ubiquitous digital camera.

You can see some here:

http://nelsonfoto.com/SMF/index.php?topic=4770.0

I might give the Paxina a workout if summer ever comes back.

Dave, I used that exact same model Paxette Super II BL with those same lenses when I was in high school. The outfit belonged to my grandad but I used it more than he ever did. Superb lenses.

They will join the other 258 cameras that I have, behind glass.

Looks good to me.

I have already given you a link to the Nikon site on how to do fine tuning - it doesn't matter what brand of camera you have. The Canon 7D manual has it on page 211.

Here 'ya go guys.....

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-106988-1.html#1815482

Here are the three cameras that my son and his fiance' brought me last weekend. The first is a Braun Paxina 35 made in Nuremberg in 1953. Why Braun called it a "35" is a mystery, as it is a 120 roll film camera producing twelve 6x6 images. The lens is a Praxinar 1:3.5/75mm which I presume is a simple triplet of the Tessar type, and which produces amazingly good images, mounted in a Pronto shutter with speeds of 1/25th to 1/200th and B. The shutter and lens assembly is mounted on a collapsible pull-out tube in the fashion of a Leitz 5cm Elmar. Collapsing the lens tube makes the camera very compact for a roll film camera.

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Braun_Paxina#Paxina_35

The second camera is a Kodak Retina 1 type 117 made in Stuttgart, Germany in 1934. It is a bellows camera taking standard 35mm film cassettes. It is fitted with a Schneider Xenar 1:3.5 / 50mm lens mounted in a Compur rim set shutter with speeds from 1 sec to 1/300th sec and B. This is the first of the German made Retina cameras, which were to become a legend in their own time. This one cost £10.0.0 when new, which was 2/3rds the cost of a new Leica.

http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C202.html

The third camera is a Triumph Model 68 made by the Nagel Werke in Stutgart in 1930. Dr August Nagel formed the Nagel-Werke in 1928 after leaving Zeiss-Ikon. Eastman Kodak purchased the company in 1932 and Nagel cameras became Kodak cameras. This one has a leather bellows and a 1:6.3 / 10.5cm "Dr Aug Nagel" lens mounted in a dial set shutter of the Compur type, although it is not marked so. It produces eight 6x9 cm exposures and cost £3.0.0 when new.

http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C77.html

Braun Paxina 35


Kodak Retina 1, Type 117


Nagel Triumph Mod 68

Watch this space - too late now to show you what my son's fiance' brought me on Sunday...tomorrow.....

Never mind, it's not worth remembering.....

Canon:
http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/135/cat/11
Sigma:
http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/171/cat/31
The Canon has slightly less distortion and less chromatic aberation with higher image contrast, but these differences will only be noticeable under very critical conditions. If budget is a consideration, go with the Sigma. You won't regret it.

Bet they had to go look it up in a book......

Great shot. Bravo! The lighting is superb.