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Barbarian here. I like making images of anything with light on it. Digitally, I use a Pentax *istDS, or a Canon Powershot.
I really love classic rangefinder cameras and 120 folders, even though film is such a mess to deal with now that we have digital. My dream is that someone will develop digital backs for old Contaxes, Leicas, etc.
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Hi 'Barbarian'! I use the DS. Its a great camera. I'm looking forward to seeing your shots...
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Welcome !!! and it nice to see another film shooter here LOL. I dont have any of the equiptment that you have but i am still shooting film LOL . Glad you are here and i love all your shots!!!
...... Shawn
Canon 20d and a few cheap lenses ..
It is our job as photographers to show people what they saw but didnt realize they saw it ......
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Not bad. NIce Schneider-Kreuzenach 40mm Reomar lens. Synchro-Compur shutter. Those two little red tabs on the top of the lens show your depth of field, and change automatically when you change f-stops.
Fairly unusual to see one with the meter still working, although the selenium cells in Retinas and Retinettes are a bit more durable than most. (Retinettes were a lower-cost verion of Retinas, with few features, like rangefinders) The Retina and Retinette lines were high-quality cameras.
My guess is that this one was sold in Germany in a PX.
Edited to add:
If you didn't get anything at all on your film, most likely you didn't get the leader tucked tightly in the take-up spool. Wind once to be sure it's tight before closing the back. The other potential problem is the shutter. Open the back, and look in as you trip the shutter at a light source, to be sure it's working.
(This post was last modified: Jul 11, 2006, 08:44 by
gardgemakroni.)