Truly loving camera - exakta exa and the test of new spiratone 35/2.8 (+neopan ss)

I possess this camera for a while but was looking for a wide angle lens. Surprisingly, all exakta lenses are rather expensive and I did not want to spend a lot on a lens for my lovely exa that has only shutter speeds up to 1/150s. Found a spiratone 35/2.8 and gave it a try for 17 bucks, I guess. Lens is nicely built, made in japan from someone (?) for spiratone. Tried it and the results are, well ok. Some shots came out very nice, some bad. The lens has pretty long focusing for wide angle lens and hence, it is not easy to focus with it (unfortunately). I'll comment more with shots below.

Then, I used again my Carl Zeiss Jena sonnar 135/4. My late love for 135mm lenses has fairly solid grounds. I simply love their sharpness, bokeh etc. And the CZJ lens is really astonishing, even when shooting it with maximum speed of 1/150 on exa (which is really not ideal for telephoto lens).

The first shot with spiratone - that's how it should ideally perform all the time.


the same lens but really bad result. I don't know why.


spiratone - not good, but rainy


spiratone - this is good and nice


first hint of one of its biggest problems - the flare


example that the focusing can be difficult. but I like this shot anyway (and a lot). some contrast added.


CZJ - not blurry buy camera shake but because of "duck" shake :-)


CZJ and its nice bokeh


CZJ, I guess. not sure


spiratone


spiratone - added a little bit of contrast


CZJ - blurry but like it too. they were interesting couple.



spiratone - quite ok


spiratone - not quite ok


CZJ


CZJ - "the showtime" of its sharpness


CZJ


CZJ - in the library. too long (for both, the shutter time and focal length of the lens).


spiratone - quick shot without much fiddling. I'm glad the exposure is all right at least.


spiratone


spiratone - bad flare. this is really not acceptable.


again


the rest of shots is with CZJ - I love them all



my wife says this shot is new orleanian in nature. well, if she says.


some geometry.


again, quick shooting without exposure reading. unfortunately, I did not catch it right.






again, just shooting from the waist.


love the ability of CZJ to give resolution like this.


fridge traveling


nature vs. nurture at the end of the roll.

Nikon F3HP, Cambron 18-28mm and Nikkor 55/2.8 test (+outdated kodak 200)

I was so lucky that I acquired very nice looking Nikon F3HP together with nikkor 55/2.8 micro lens, cambron 18-28mm, vivitar 28-105mm zoom lenses, and a lot of other accessories (filters, another focusing screen for F3, leather lens cases etc.) from one of my professors who retired unbelievably cheap - for 100 bucks. He was so nice to me. The only problem with the camera was a hole in one of the shutter curtains. He said it never showed on his pictures but the hole was rather big and I had doubts it will show up. So I tried an outdated roll and here are the resutls. It showed up only when I didn't wind immediately after taking a shot and let the light to go into the camera.

I have followed advices on the net about using the liquid electrical tape for repairing cloth shutters and have to say it worked well even on the titanium shutter of the nikon camera. Put 2 layers with proper drying and now, the camera is perfect.

Regarding the lenses tested, nikkor is perfect as expected and the cambron is ok - sharp in the middle but soft towards corners regardless of the apperture or focal length. But I'll keep it anyway cause any other lens of such focal length would cost me hundreds. All shots taken with cambron lens if not stated otherwise.












first example of the light leak due to the hole. lower mid portion of the frame.




taken with nikkor 55/2.8 micro


nikkor again



this is the most prominent evidence of that light leak