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vor 16 Stunden schrieb willeica:

I'm always looking for a good example of that camera. When I was working in the Middle East I did a favour for the local Indian Businessmen's Association and the Indian Ambassador gave me a signed copy of a limited edition of this lovely book https://www.poncar.de/books.cfm?media_id=8 . The book is called Panorama of India and it contains many stunning panoramic photographs all taken by Jaroslav Poncar using the FT-2 camera. The photos belie their 35mm origins.

Did you get the film cassettes with this one, Thomas ? They can be hard to find.

William

There have been 2 cassettes, obe origibal, the other not. I am developing the first and the second film

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A few months ago I bought a Meyer Gorlitz 150mm f5.5 Tele-Megor, in uncoupled Leica screw fit. I liked the heavy chrome classic look.

Now I have two more, a 180mm f5.5 and 250mm f5.5 in Exakta fit. Around the same time my local specialist dealer had an Exakta to Leica screw adaptor. So I am able to use them on a Leica body, scale focussing.

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On 2/24/2022 at 4:27 PM, thomas_schertel said:

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Now I will really have to get one of these. These are lovely.

William 

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There is an FT-2 on sale on Fleabay today in the UK and I would have bought it but sadly no cassettes, so it is a non-user/static object only. I wonder how the results from the later Horizont from KMZ or the Lomography Horizon cameras, which both use a standard 35mm cassette, compare. 

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40 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said:

sadly no cassettes

In the US this camera was marketed by Spiratone in New York under the name Spaceview.  E-bay has two listings for cassettes from the same seller for about $50 each.  I would characterize these cassettes as being in poor condition, but they could be refurbished.  The seller is in Russia making the purchase risky at this time.

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12 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

There is an FT-2 on sale on Fleabay today in the UK and I would have bought it but sadly no cassettes, so it is a non-user/static object only. I wonder how the results from the later Horizont from KMZ or the Lomography Horizon cameras, which both use a standard 35mm cassette, compare. 

Wilson

They come from time to time at UK Auctions. Contact Tim Goldsmith at Chiswick Auctions and he might be able to point you on the right direction. If an example with cassettes comes up, the price soars, particularly if the camera comes with its leather case. I have bid on them, but always dropped out. In my case, my bids were only out of curiosity because of the book which I got from the Indian Ambassador. The book is superb, Wilson,  and, given your interest in India, I think you would really like it. It is also a scare book and usually goes for more than an FT-2, but it really shows what the camera is capable of.

William 

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3 hours ago, willeica said:

They come from time to time at UK Auctions. Contact Tim Goldsmith at Chiswick Auctions and he might be able to point you on the right direction. If an example with cassettes comes up, the price soars, particularly if the camera comes with its leather case. I have bid on them, but always dropped out. In my case, my bids were only out of curiosity because of the book which I got from the Indian Ambassador. The book is superb, Wilson,  and, given your interest in India, I think you would really like it. It is also a scare book and usually goes for more than an FT-2, but it really shows what the camera is capable of.

William 

William,

I really have enough odd cameras, which need special cassettes, like 250 Reporter(KOOBF) and Combat Graflex (70mm Kodak). On talking to someone about these KT-2 cameras, the cassettes are apparently usually worn out and do not feed properly. He recommended the KMZ Horizont as a better user camera, even though its panorama is not quite as wide as the KT-2 and its appearance is not as exotic. 

Wilson

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2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

William,

I really have enough odd cameras, which need special cassettes, like 250 Reporter(KOOBF) and Combat Graflex (70mm Kodak). On talking to someone about these KT-2 cameras, the cassettes are apparently usually worn out and do not feed properly. He recommended the KMZ Horizont as a better user camera, even though its panorama is not quite as wide as the KT-2 and its appearance is not as exotic. 

Wilson

I am the same, Wilson, as regards odd cameras. If someone has a take up spool (cassette actually) for the Kochmann Korelle K, I would be interested. 

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I believe the 70mm cassette was intended by Kodak, who developed it, to be the replacement for 120/220/620 film. Sadly the cameras that used the system (Hasselblad, Graflex, Maurer and a very few others) turned out to be rather bulky and the only serious use was by professional photographers for studio work with the Hasselblad V series cameras. The 70mm film worked better with high speed motor drives than 120 film did and one got 50 x 5.5cm x 6.5cm images on a roll, against 16 x 6.5 x 4.5cm or 12 x 6 x 6cm. The 70mm film's main use ended up being for aerial photography in specialist cameras. 

Wilson

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On 2/27/2022 at 2:33 AM, Al Brown said:

One of the rare gems I own is a rare Hungarian post-war MOMETTA Junior. Not many types of cameras were "Made in Hungary" at the time (or ever).

It has the MOM YMMAR 1:3.5/50mm lens attached.

According to the documents available less than 1800 were made from 1958-1960 (Data compilation by Mr. Zoltan Fejer).

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Interchangeable lens?  Is it LTM compatible?

This is the only Hungarian camera I have been made aware of.  Wow.

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There are examples of the Ducati 'Simplex' and the M.O.M 'Momikon' available currently at this moment from Peter Loy in London (I have no affiliation). In case there is anyone here who might be interested - even just in seeing them pictured - here's the link to his stock-list (which is listed alphabetically);

https://www.peterloy.com/stock-list.php

Philip.

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6 hours ago, rfaspen said:

This is the only Hungarian camera I have been made aware of.  Wow.

And what about the short-lived Duflex? Jeno Dulovits designed this SLR camera, after having designed another camera Dufo, which was probably never produced. Earlier he designed, together with Miklos Tóth the Duto-filter. 

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How about the smallest Linhof ever made, a 4.5x6cm Hochformat Camera marked "Val. Linhof" c.1916 and the largest Technika, the 18x24cm "Atelier Camera", c.1938.

For size comparison, in between is a Leica Ia, c.1930.

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A good friend gave me his Kodak cameras, as he knew I would take good care of them.  A Retina Reflex III and a Retina IIc. They served him well last century. There is nothing special about them, but I found the way the leather cases blended into chrome strip trim at the base and cover, interesting. A stepped section allows the lever wind to work through the bottom of the case. I wonder what a Leitz case for a screw mount with motor or scnoo would look like with this attractive trim? I've ordered instruction manuals and will see how they work, then they will probably set in the display case until whatever comes up.

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Kilfitt's offering for Contax-users to focus from infinity to macro

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Instead of the bellows you can use the helicoid for the Kilar 3.8/135 on the Kilarflex

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Now more than 50 years after its introduction, the Olympus Trip 35 is still relevant as one of the greatest P&S cameras ever made. Its simplicity is inspiring. If I run a little cold considering exposure settings, selecting lenses and other photographic decisions etc. I just load my Trip 35 with a roll of 400 ISO film and snap away.

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