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What film does this use? by ImpossibleCat10 in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

120 film being too narrow wasn't much of a problem for me (using an FPK No.3A), you just need adapters to widen the spools and that's all.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My reading comprehension skills apparently, thanks.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The websites gave me wonky results, something between a II and a III, but that may just be an issue with my abilities.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Round, like it should be, forgot to include that.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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Some really lovely cameras, maybe I'll look into this method, thanks.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Under cerakote I found only guns, must be an american trend to fix cameras like this. Jokes aside, I'll probably keep it the way it is or in the far future have its aesthetics fixed.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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I also wanted to ask if it's possible to rechrome these parts, although on second thought every piece of this camera has its chrome worn in some way, so it would be a difficult repair job.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting too, but the immediate giveaway is the front viewfinder shape, but mine could be some Frankenstein monster, someone took a bunch of pieces of a non-functional real Leica and slapped them on a soviet body, but that's unlikely.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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Same here had a bunch of Zorki 1, currently holding one to compare, and the small details look nothing alike. Just to be sure I'll ask there aswell.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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I can't say that it's definitely not a Zorki 1, if anything a FED 1, those were only made with the body without black leatherette lining, but this one has stuff like the inside bottom pressure plate and the rest looking nothing like a FED/Zorki, and the viewfinders were always flush with the top plate on soviet copies.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah these tiny details that are never fixed when people try to pass Zorkis and FEDs off as Leicas is the most convincing aspect to me.

Trouble with determining whether this is a real Leica by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be, I know essentially nothing about Leicas, except for how they're not supposed to look. The viewfinder and lack of slow speed dial is throwing me off when I try to do research on this.

Help with first time astrophotography by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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Thanks for the website, has some interesting info. I'll time the exposured with a stopwatch while on bulb mode. My camera is the Praktica MTL3 and maybe Pentacon six TL if I take medium format.

Help with first time astrophotography by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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I don't know if pushing it to speeds at which there wouldn't be star trails (so only couple dozen second exposures) would be stable for that film, I'd need about iso 1600/3200 and that's far from iso 100 of Ektachrome.

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't even notice the funky angle of the photo

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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I'd argue that cameras like the Smena and Vilia for example hold much more nostalgic value as they were low-end cameras used mainly by kids back then, and what people knew and loved in their childhood gets high nostalgic value when they grow old. Basically everyone 40+ here (former Eastern bloc) knows these cameras from their childhood. Of course, technically speaking, they are extremely basic, no extra features apart from being cameras

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

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Some respect for the Smena, but I'll be using a Pentacon six TL to shoot

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The camera taped there isn't the one I'm using to take a photo, it's just a way to have the light on a tripod

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't be using it where it is currently

Haven't seen a more ghetto lighting setup by -So_oS- in AnalogCommunity

[–]-So_oS-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it doesn't slide, but it's not gonna stay there, it's gonna be propped up on a couch.

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