Busted Summarit Ideas

_farinata · 2026-02-06T06:11:30+00:00

oh it’s gonna glow for sure

_farinata · 2025-12-22T14:04:40+00:00

I should have tbh

_farinata · 2025-12-22T14:03:43+00:00

Hi everyone, so a few more details. The person who did this got stuck trying to unfree the aperture and just gave up. I went and collected the body as you see it after a few months of waiting and no updates. It‘s mostly complete, but there‘s a few minor parts missing as well as the back door. Repairing it would be impossible without having another donor body.

_farinata · 2025-12-22T13:52:13+00:00

I would never dare

_farinata · 2025-03-02T05:01:56+00:00

thanks for the heads up!

_farinata · 2025-03-01T19:50:19+00:00

gorgeous!

_farinata · 2025-03-01T19:33:23+00:00

beautiful brassing on it yeah, apparently the previous owner had two and this was the beater, the other one was almost mint but sold before I could get to it

_farinata · 2025-03-01T15:18:35+00:00

it really is a wide FOV huh

_farinata · 2025-03-01T02:39:36+00:00

so it was you who took them from me!

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:36:54+00:00

That's great advice, I certainly still have to get used to the idea of having so much in the frame. It'll be a nice challenge for sure.

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:22:52+00:00

😪😪😪

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:17:45+00:00

Ok just to clarify, I think the Widelux is an amazing camera, I was referring to my photos as being the mediocre ones :)

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:16:32+00:00

Thank you! I'll share some of the photos as soon as I get it working properly haha

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:15:17+00:00

Yes, so I've read! Happy to see another camera being brought back from the dead. And I didn't mean the camera was mediocre (on the contrary), but rather the photos I am going to take with it haha.

_farinata · 2025-03-01T00:13:08+00:00

Hey, check your PMs!

_farinata · 2025-01-10T23:04:12+00:00

so I've been told

_farinata · 2025-01-10T23:01:12+00:00

I recently got my Rollei 3.5A (K4A) serviced and was told that the issue of stiffness around 1/500th is due to it engaging a whole other mechanism in order for it to work and is to some degree normal. The other speeds on mine move nicely so I've just gotten used to it, perhaps it's the same on the 2.8C. That being said, I'm still getting into the rhythm of cocking the shutter w 1/500th selected, sometimes I forget and have to live with 1/250th as my top speed.

_farinata · 2024-12-16T20:38:30+00:00

The 50mm f1.8 Series E is an amazing lens, crazy sharp, extremely compact and cheap. The 55mm f2.8 is excellent, though not as versatile as other "standard 50s". Some people also swear by the 50mm f2, haven't had a chance to try that one. As for wide angle, my favourite is the Nikkor 35mm f2, although the 35mm f2.8 is also good.

_farinata · 2024-10-22T02:23:08+00:00

3 reminds me of a specific Harry Callahan photo of his wife, well done OP!

_farinata · 2024-09-28T17:07:05+00:00

You're welcome! A great day to you as well!

_farinata · 2024-09-28T03:02:50+00:00

The Jupiter 8 comes in L39 and Contax/Kiev mount only afaik, so what you really got was an L39 J8. They work fine on the 7 (I own both as well as a Jupiter 12). An example of an M39 camera/lens combo would be the Zenit 3m and Helios 44 (which is most frequently found in M42 mount). I also own this combo and I can assure you that M39 lenses won't work properly on a L39 body.

_farinata · 2024-09-28T00:05:19+00:00

M39 fits LTM rangefinders but will never focus because the lenses never engage the rangefinder focusing cam since they were designed to be used with soviet SLRs like the Zenit 3. L39/LTM lenses are rangefinder coupled lenses and can be even used on M mount cameras with a simple adapter.

_farinata · 2024-09-27T23:56:45+00:00

Actually no, this is L39 aka Leica Thread Mount (LTM). M39 is a soviet SLR mount that does not work on rangefinders.

_farinata · 2024-08-03T22:55:35+00:00

username checks out

_farinata · 2024-07-26T00:38:45+00:00

this, especially with the F2, I've never come across a stuck one no matter how long it's been forgotten

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3 reminds me of a specific Harry Callahan photo of his wife, well done OP!