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+1 What he said^^^
Martin, the lack of a mirror combined with the weight of the camera and the very tiny leaf shutter makes the TLRs very hand-holdable to quite slow shutter speeds. Richard must be a statue if he can get sharp negs down to 1/2 sec. (impressive!), but I have never been able to manage that....maybe 1/15 on a good day. Pull down on the neck strap, take a deep breath and hold, then squeeze the shutter button gently....works well. As for a dim viewfinder, I had the same problem with the old ground glass on my 1953 Rolleiflex (it was actual ground glass, not fresnel screen...very dim). I swapped it for a cut-down Mamiya RZ67 screen and it is now nice and bright. The other thing you can do to possibly brighten things up before going to a new screen is to clean the mirror (carefully and gently!...the top surface of those mirrors are silvered, and you can quite easily rub it off if you're too aggressive). If the silvering on the mirror is already too far gone, then new ones are available on ebay for about $8. Also, while you're in there, clean the inside surface of the viewing lens. Not sure how the Flexaret is built, but you should be able to get at the mirror and viewing lens by simply undoing a few screws. Any questions, ask away... PS -- that Flexaret has a good reputation...supposed to be a great camera with an excellent lens. Enjoy!
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Regards, Svend Last edited by Svend; 4th March 2020 at 07:52 PM. |
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I'm not very good at repairing mechanical things and, despite my best efforts, I seem to always end up with a nut, bolt or washer left over and nowhere to put it. I've looked at a couple of YouTube videos where some Czech technician explains Flexaret repairs in his mother tongue. That's not a great deal of help, though, and until things get palpably worse, I'm staying out of repairs.
Your comments about the "WOW" factor of the prints will have to seduce me I'm down to my last roll of FP4+ and when that's finished and I've hopefully become more familiar with it, the next thing I'll possibly try is Fomapan 100 or 200 as it's a bit more economical. It'll at least get a fair trial. |
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BTW, I can attest to the drawing power of medium format quality. I've barely touched my 35mm cameras since getting my Bronica SQ-A several years ago... Only very recently starting to use the 35mm again for non-landscape, non-tripod shooting. Last edited by Bob; 4th March 2020 at 09:45 PM. |
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Very odd - I get there OK in IE11, Chrome & Firefox. Try from a different location if possible - something may be blocking your home IP address.
Or try typing the URL in manually (tho it seems rather unlikely that different browsers would be making the same hyperlink error!) |
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It seems that any time one asks about a particular enlarging lens, the answer is always something like, "it's (not) as good as brand X" with both opinions being offered. However the majority opinion seems to be that I wasn't sold a pup and the 20 guineas was a good price, as long as the seller's description was accurate. But as they say, the proof of the pudding's in the eating and, when it arrives, I'll do a print to see.
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Years ago I encountered some technicians in a police lab, testing lenses between murders (producing books of evidence photos for murder trials kept them busy in bursts). They reckoned that, for B&W, the Tessar-derived Entals made by Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, were tops but acknowledged that Japanese and German might win out for colour. The Entals were of 4 elements, two a cemented pair, so fewer glass-air surfaces and a supposedly crisper image. 6-element lenses certainly miss out there. If there was colour fringing, B&W paper would not have registered it.
Who was it that recommended focusing through a blue filter to cut out the fringing? Was it Ctein or Gene Nocon? |
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It was Gene Nocon who recommended focussing through a blue filter to get a sharper image. But he was proved wrong. Didn't it turn out that he was just a businessman trying to sell his book?
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