More from the Olympus Mju III 80

Some more photos

Voigtlander Bessa folder camera

Voigtlander Bessa folder. Found it in bad condition. I opened the lens and cleaned it, repaired a bent element of the shutter, put electrician's tape to patch the bellows, cleaned the body, removed the leatherette tissue and placed black tape. I will test the 6X4,5 mask with a colour 120 film.

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Olympus Mju III 80

a not very old film camera with a 38-80 zoom lens.
Takes sharp photos, but needs very bright light at the long end of the lens.

sample photos

Minolta 16

Minolta 16 camera. Found at the flea market for 4 euros. Manual settings. It works but needs a 16mm film catridge.

more from the Kodak Cameo EF

Some more photos from the Fuji 100 ASA film.

My second Kiev 4

Just a photo of my second 1958 Kiev 4 with the 35mm Jupiter lens.

Polaroid 210

I found another one at the flea market for 10 euros. It is simpler than the 440. The viewfinder allows only for scale focusing. Did the same modifications (change of battery and cut of film springs).
The camera was loaded with Fujifilm FP-100C color film.

Sample photos:

Photos of the bleached negatives, turned out to dense transparencies.

Kodak Cameo EF

A nice simple camera, bought for 1 euro. It has a fixed focus lens, a shutter speed of 1/125s and 3 aperture choices, f8 (for ISO/ASA 100-200), f10,5 (for ISO/ASA 400) and f5.6 for flash. If the batteries are not used the flash won't fire so there will be an available light exposure of 1/125s and f5.6.

The lens is very sharp from around 1.5 to 15 meters. However distant scenes are not recorded very well. There is a vignetting but it is pleasant. At f5.6 the lens is softer also.

Sample pictures:

at the flea market 

 in front of a cafe

 small monument of a 16th year old executed by the Germans

 @f5.6 and flash

Polaroid 440

Polaroid 440, bought for 10 euros at the flea market. I managed to put a CR2 3Volt batery with scotch tape and now the shutter works fine. I also cut two pieces of metal springs that were supposed to hold the film firm, but don't work with Fuji instant film.

Loaded with fuji FP-3000BW black and white film.

Some results:

and some negatives rephotographed



Photos from my second Kiev 4

I bought my second Kiev 4 from a Russian seller because it had a working lightmeter and a 35mm Jupiter lens. Now I have two bodies and the Jupiter lenses 35mm/2.8, 50mm/2 and 85mm/2.

The film was a long expired Agfa 100 XRG; it was weak and low contrasty. all scanned photos needed a boost with Lightroom.

 with the Jupiter-12 35mm/f2.8

 A bird's view, with the Jupiter 9 85mm/f2