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Produced GOSSEN Foto- und Lichtmesstechnik GmbH (sold through Bogen) Meter type reflective + incident Readout match needle Cell type CdS ASA range f-stop range Shutter speed range Weight 5.1oz Overview It’s a light meter… Usage Set the film speed with the inner wheel, it Read More …
Overview Macro rings or tubes are essentially mount-specific spacers that place the lens farther from the film plane and so achieve closer focus than you get with the lens in the normal position. For some mounts, movable bellows are available that give the same Read More …
Overview The screw mount commonly called ‘Pentax screw mount’, which was really first found in Praktica cameras, is more correctly called Universal screw mount or generically, M42 mount (according to the threads). Lenses in this mount are plentiful, cheap, and often excellent, and can Read More …
Overview I think it was ingeneous and inspired. Rather than make and require sellers to stock the same lenses in different mounts, make lenses that can be fitted with the mounts for the various camera types. Is that not brilliant? I can’t really explain the Read More …
Produced 1980s? Kino Corp., Japan Mount Konica A/R Focal length 2x Aperture range n/a Focal range n/a Filter thread n/a Elements 7 Aperture blades n/a Weight Multicoated M – EE switch for manual or AE (EE) Overview 7-element MC doubler for Konica A/R mount Read More …
Produced 2002- Mount cable release thread Weight negligible Overview Sounds like the title of an off-color spam email, and looks about as gimmicky, but the Mini Softrelease can quickly become essential equipment by virtue of its ability to make a good thing even better. Read More …
Produced ? Vivitar Corp. Japan Mount 1/4″ Weight Overview There are grips and there are grips. I have a couple of cheap aluminum ones (one folds up) that are fine for the average SLR, but you need something more robust (and ideally square-bottomed) for a Read More …
Produced sometime between 1926-1944 Mount standard thread head swivel ball with locking key Leg sections 4 with locking buttons Feet rubber ball over spikes Max Operating Height 46″ Min Operating Height 6″ Weight 1lb, 8oz (680.4g) Overview Agfa Ansco Metal Tripod No 2 with swivel Read More …
Produced no idea Mount accessory shoe Range 2′ to infinity Increments feet Weight 2.1oz Overview Telex auxiliary rangefinder, made in Germany. Almost identical to another German rangefinder, the Wata Watameter. Both were probably made by the same company but I don’t know which or when. Read More …
Produced 1950s? Mount accessory shoe Range 3’/1m to infinity Increments feet and meters Weight Overview German made auxiliary rangefinder labeled CIP, probably a rebranded import based on the way it points out in English that it was “made in Germany”. Very much the same as Read More …