Lomo LC-A, compact and fast

This is a small compact Soviet camera. It has a 32mm lens, that is wide at f2.8, and an automatic exposure with a lever set to A. If the lever is set to other apertures it defaults to flash or manual exposure.

 

 There is a another lever to the left that selects the distance, 0.8, 1.5, 3 meters and infinity. Very simple! The automatic exposure system is very accurate and can easily take night pictures with the shutter open for some minutes! but there is no provision for an extension cord.

 

 I took some pictures with a roll of kodak Colorplus 200, it proved that there is a light leak somewhere I must take care of.. Pictures are looking normal to me, I see no Lomo effect, other than the light leak.

 

Jashica J, some more...

Here are some more pictures taken with the Yashica J. The lens is sharp, and the shutter speeds are adequate for daylight pictures. The film used was a Kodak BW 400 CN.

 There are no parallax marks in the viewfinder so the framing for the close up shots is off!

Canon EOS Rebel S (EOS 1000F)

I found the camera for 10 euros. The shutter curtain is broken, so the camera does not work. It had the Canon EF 35-80mm lens that can be modified for macro if the front lens element is removed.

 These were taken with the 35-80mm that had the front element removed

Yashica J, simple operation - quality pictures

The Yashica J is a simple rangefinder camera. Shutter speeds are only 1/25, 1/50 1/100, 1/300 plus B.
Maximum aperture is f 2.8. Focusing is done with a rangefinder in the viewfinder.

 I loaded a Kodak CN400BW film.
Here are some samples

 

 

Altix NB, 1st try...

The Altix is an  interchangeable lens camera of the 50s. Made in former DDR is a capable manual camera, but only has zone focus, not a rangefinder. The NB model has also a selenium cell lightmeter, but after so many years the Selenium failed.
The lens is a Trioplan 50mm/f2.9, famous for its bokeh.

The camera and lens were dismounted and cleaned. Unforntunately, as I found out from the photos, the lens was mounted the correct way but the focusing proved faulty. I now dismantled the lens again and turned the aperture ring upside down, it seems to focus correctly now, I have yet to try it.

some samples from a Kodak Colorplus 200ASA film

I used an f11-f16 aperture here and the focusing was acceptable:

a B/W conversion

The camera has an external lever that cocks the shutter, double exposures are possible

And the famous Trioplan bokeh:

I will try again to see if I fixed the focusing problem.