Site Supporter Registered: November, 2010 Location: California Posts: 2,223 | Review Date: December 11, 2017 | Recommended | Price: $550.00
| Rating: 10 |
Pros: | Beautiful, excellent engineering, easy to work although the long-way method | Cons: | Nothing Really | | Like to find one almost mint with CLA done, everything is working as silk. I am shooting my first roll with it. I will post photos once I have developed it. I am so excited that I did not want to wait for this review. I do have four lenses: 50/3.5, 50/2.4, 83/1.9 and 135/3.5. Just what I needed. I do not count lack of light metering as a negative, since I use the Sunny 16 rule for black and white, and I do have a hand-held meter for color or for indoors.
Here are some of the pics on my first roll: Kodak100Tmax developed on Rodianl, Stand Development. Asahiflex IIa by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr Asahiflex IIa by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr Asahiflex IIa by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr
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Some more using the Asahi-Kogaku 50/3.5 and Kodak Trix developed on TMaxDeveloper Asahiflex by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr Spotmatic Black by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr Asahiflex by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr San Juan Capistrano by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr San Juan Capistrano - De Los Rios Street by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr San Juan Capistrano by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr
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Loyal Site Supporter Registered: June, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1,446 | Review Date: February 29, 2012 | Recommended | Price: $180.00
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | size, simplicity, history | Cons: | requires careful use, lenses rare | | A landmark camera, that is an opportunity to try photography as it was 60 years ago. Yes, the waist-level finder is slow and awkward to use, but at the time the normal use of many cameras was to scale focus, then use the eye-level finder. Used that way it is fast and fun, and you always have the SLR finder for critical focus when needed.
I love the small size and simple mechanical design.
Eric replaced the curtains, as they had gotten stiff with time.
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Senior Member Registered: December, 2006 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 229 | Review Date: May 17, 2011 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | A real Gem! | Cons: | Slow to use | | Although difficult to use and slow, it is a real delight to be able to use such a well made piece of work. I have both the IIA with the 3.5 lens and the Tower 22 with the 2.4.
Kim
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