I've been wanting to get an SLR for old times sake. Since I have a handfull of decent, if not spectacular & almost all 3rd party, FD lenses, I now have a FTb-N QL and a 50/1.4 SSC headed my way. While I'm somewhat familier with Canon's FD lenses, back in the day I had nowhere near the coin to actually buy Canon glass...  These days, given ebay and the rest, it's a somewhat different story, though I still have only a slim budget to work with.

So I'm looking for which of the Canon primes people think I should be keeping my bottom feeder eyes open for. I expect to get the 50/3.5 macro in the not too distant future, but beyond that I'd enjoy hearing what other peoples favorites are.

Thanks!

William

Even if you know it's going to happen it's still a B**** to get right. I think I still have the negs from a firepower display when I was an active duty tanker where _everything_ was just a moment off... (grumble SLRs... )

Congrats!

William

Sweet. The doves are are a special delight. Thank you for sharing them.

William

Yikes! I just ebayed a 50/1.4 for $12.95 and this makes me feel like I should be in "not worthy" mode

Thanks, as always, for some lovely work. I greatly appreciate it.

William

Snort.

Though this does remind me that I really need to find a 135 finder for the CL (as a Stienheil 135/4.5 will focus just fine, thank you very much)...  

Great shots, thank you for sharing them.

William

The Contessa is a very nice camera. I have one and it is very nice.

Another option is the Agfa Karat 36. Here's info on the model after, the Karat IV http://www.cameraquest.com/agfakar4.htm The 36 folds up into a very compact package and the 50/2.8 Solinar (Tessar clone) in a Syncro-Compur is very pleasant in use.

I have one for sale if this sounds interesting.

William

Nice stuff there, Scott. Good to see that camera is working out for you.

William

Fun kind of thread. I can understand Raid's simplicity urge though I haven't gotten it to that point yet.

When I'm shooting my Canon 7, it goes out in it's Luigi case with two rolls of film in the holders he makes for the shoulder strap and the Canon 50/1.8 mounted. I almost never use anyother lenses on it. So no bag.

I've got two bags ready to go:

1) a small Tamrac bag
Leica CL w/ Collapsible Summicron mounted & wrist strap. (Meter inop.)
90/4 prewar Elmar
50/2 Jupiter 3
40/2 Summicron-C
Sekonic L-28c incident meter
14 rolls of various film (Tmax, Era, Plus-X, Fuji Reala)
Pocket full of filters and accessories

2) a larger bag to support my Speed Graphic with 8 4x5 holders, my grafmatic (Tri-X right now), whichever two lenses aren't mounted (127/4.7 Ektar, 6 1/2"/8 B&L Rapid Rectilinear, & 8 1/4"/6.3 B&L Tessar in barrel) , and various necessary bits.

William

While looking for something else on ebay, I saw this and thought someone here might be interested: a collapsible Summicron with a stuck aperture ring. Fix it yourself or get a CLA by your favorite tech... Could be a good deal for someone.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7616756245&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

No connection, etc. I just got one of these and enjoy it a whole lot after having it get a CLA.

William

Yep. Another fun thing to do is pull the dark slide before closing the shutter after focusing...  :shock: At least it wasn't a sheet of Velvia...

Your scans look good to me, though. Thank you for sharing them.

I'm going out today with a very old 6 1/2" Rapid Rectilinear - that should prove to be entertaining

William

I just got done pulling my B&L Tessar off of a lens board and mounted the Rapid Rectilinear on it. Needs some cleaning but on T it seems bright right to the edges of the ground glass at f:8. Looks like this could be some fun. Now to go find the lighter fluid...

Thanks for the information about the f stops, BTW. That had me wondering as my only other older lens (1905 - 1914 ish) has the modern progression.

William

Good to hear of your experiances. I think I'm going to have to try this... just sounds like too much fun to not try it (especially since 122 makes 620 look really common )

William

Sounds like you'll be having some serious fun. I don't have the 152, but I do have the 127 Ektar with the earliest coating and love that wide angle Tessar look. Just barely covers 4x5, but the old time PJ's weren't playing with movements either... :twisted:

What film do you plan to shoot?  

William

I have an old Kodak 3-A Model B-4 which is a folder from around 1905 for 122 film. While I've pondered the idea of making a 120 panoramic out of it, I'm thinking that the old B&L 6 1/2" f4 Rapid Rectilinear and it's ball bearing shutter could be more interesting on a Speed Graphic lens board.

Has anyone here done something like this? Given the 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" postcard format I'm guessing that there should be enough coverage for 4x5. The shutter does T, B, 25, 50, 100 and while I don't have any way to test it as such, the speeds sound appropriate (IE, 100 sounds about as much faster than 25 as it should. Shrug ) Aperture is by iris from f:4 to f:128 (!). It actually seems like a fairly decent combination for it's time. Perhaps not as good as the B&L Tessar I have from just a couple of years later, but still not a simple box camera's meniscus either.

Tips, hints, advice all appreciated. Cleaning tips for the seriously filthy glass too...

Thanks,

William

Yep, a Karat 36 w/ the 50/2.8 is a very nice camera. I used to carry mine all over the place till I made the mistake of buying a ZI Contessa 35 w/ that 45/2.8 Tessar ...

Sigh. It only gathers dust these days. Anyone want a Karat 36? I'll sell quite cheap if it goes to a good home.

William