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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-20-2020, 02:59 PM
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droool.
clockwise from top: 400mm f4 65B; 300mm f2.8 360B; 300mm f2.8 60B; 300mm f2.8 107B. The latter is particularly uncommon.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-21-2014, 10:29 AM
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Whole different ball game. I vaguely remember reading some stuff by minolta enthusiasts who had done st similar chipping old rokkor lenses...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-18-2014, 08:30 AM
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I use household "mould and mildew remover": a few drops in a bottle top diluted a bit, and a sensor cleaning spatula with some cleaning tissue folded around the end. Takes it right off, detergent effect important. Alcohols are ok for light fungus IME.
Second your comment about dust: I've given up trying to use my lenspens for polishing - doesn't work, they smear. I tend to just shrug my shoulders, hold the element to the light and cry "good enough!" Anyone with a perfected technique pleeeze get in touch.;)
Took the cleaned 135 out this morning, no change!! Bad contrast culprit was primarily trashed front element coating and cleaning marks/scratches. I was hoping to get a quid or two back on it but no great loss.
I had a helios 44-2 for a while actually John - merci pour votre geste tout sympat - but decided to stick with my 44-M. Have you noticed significant variance in your examples?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-17-2014, 08:50 AM
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So this is where you hang out John! Your review of the 19Ah made me smile - felicitations mon ami:). BTW when you refer to a "p0rn shot" in your reviews, are you referring to this thread?
My latest acquisitions; a job lot of 8 items inluding :
A rather mixed bag and condition isn't great - most of the lenses have some fungus and the two classic old russian lenses are well worn. However the lens I was most after - the Mir 1 - is in the best condition optically. Always felt that a hundred is a bit much for a flektogon, which the Mir is kissing cousin to. Now I await my M39-M42 adapter...Of 1964 vintage according to its serial number (first two numbers indicate year of manufacturer, I have discovered) - fifty years old today (approximately)! The original helios 44 is alas heavily scratched with cleaning marks on the front element.
The 28 and the 105mm have the esoteric miranda mount. If any of you guys are miranda collectors and find these of interest let me know.
The other items were a couple of tc's, a tokina 24mm, OM mount, and an optomax 135/2.8. Now if you have been wondering how/whether fungus affects iq consider this:
The worst result for fungus affliction I have encountered actually. I have an adaptall 23A that looks bad, fungus covering the element in front of the iris, but its images are mostly indistinguishable from my mint 23A.
Here's the fungus:
But this lens shouldn't be a difficult clean.
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