Good to see true classics still being used, enjoyed and performing so very well 👍
@dongummphotography2 ай бұрын
@photographyforenjoyment thank you!
@E17TVАй бұрын
Really enjoyed your tutorial, especially as I've just bought a pristine condition Bessa with the Voigtar lens to add to a small collection of vintage cameras I've either been given or bought over the years. I'd worked out how to use it, but I still learnt a few new things from your video👍. I also have a Zeiss Ikonta 520/2 with a Tessar lens, passed down from my grandparents, which works fine but has a few noticeable dust specs within the lenses and not the outer ones either, sadly. It does take nice shots, too, if you allow for the fact it's a 1929 model. I think my Bessa is from around 1945 from your description, and I'm looking forward to using it with Ilford HP5 film when we get fine weather back next year. You have a new follower now! 👍
@dongummphotographyАй бұрын
@@E17TV they are a lot of fun to use! The dust specks shouldn't have any impact on the images. I also have a video about an Ikonta 521/2. It is one of my favorites. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@keithwilkinson83102 ай бұрын
Thanks for another very interesting video. I had one of these cameras when I started photography as a teenager in the 1960s. I purchased it second-hand. I developed the films myself and made contact prints. Unfortunately I gave the camera to a charity shop a few years later. I still have a Zeiss-Ikon Ikonta M (12 on 120) but cannot remember the last time I used it. Time to use it again perhaps.
@dongummphotography2 ай бұрын
@@keithwilkinson8310 One of my favorites is a Zeiss Ikonta 521/2 6X9 folder. My wife bought it as a birthday present and it is in beautiful condition. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@vinceriggio72Ай бұрын
We are english speakers and we say Voit Lander. Thats just being an American. Thats what I called my Bessa 6x6 back in the 80's. That camera went all through Europe with me and took amazing pictures inside the Cathedrals I visited. Best part was a 120 camera that fit in my pocket. I will always remember my Bessas! And I actually still have the 6x6 and the 6x9
@sclogse12 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. I've done a ton of printing in color and black and white at custom labs I've worked at. Mostly color neg. You didn't mention what film you used. I noticed a ruddiness in the some of the skies. Like a heavy uneven grain. Surprised to see it with these large negs.
@dongummphotography2 ай бұрын
@sclogse1 the Film was Ilford HP5. Any deficiencies in the image are most likely due to the late night quick scans I did.
@davidjazay9248Ай бұрын
You can also use an inexpensive laser distance meter from the hardware store.
@dongummphotographyАй бұрын
@davidjazay9248 tried that. It's really hard to see the laser dot in bright daylight.
@dereklee417813 күн бұрын
Was the insect macro at the beginning of the film also shot with this camera?
@dongummphotography13 күн бұрын
@dereklee4178 it was shot with an Olympus EM5 with an Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6 R zoom lens with a Raynox DCR-250 close up lens mounted on the front of it.
@Martin_Siegel2 ай бұрын
It's pronounced Fogtlander (written as English as possible) an Eff at the beginning and no oi but along o and lander like in Outlander. I'm Austrian, German is my native tongue. Great cameras. Bellows are first class usually. Thanks for the video! I bought a few just for the mask and/or the swing-out yellow filter mounted to the lens. 645 on a 105 lens should make greats portraits (I have not tried yet). Here are all German brands pronounced by a German: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4jCmnWjiqiSjsUsi=xOrkDreiK9E5f-ms&t=79
@dongummphotography2 ай бұрын
@Martin_Siegel wonderful! Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting too!
@chriscard65442 ай бұрын
They pronounce V like a F, but im not german, I live in a germanish country. The camera is beautiful