Weissenborn dream come true

Its here. Wow! I'm blurting out cheesy nonesense because I can't really express how I feel. Suffice it to say that I never thought I'd be able to hold one in my hands,let alone own one, since I first learned about them and fell in love with the instrument. Again, W-O-W...
















This is a style 1 Weissenborn copy by Ermanno Pasqualato of italy (www.lapsteelguitar.net). I finally got it today from the post. I opened the case to see that the tone bar was out of its styro pack. Unfortunately, I think this caused the scratches on the side.















But it doesn't really matter. The Pasqualato sounds great! Even to my untrained hands it responded well.







I got a lot of woodshedding to do! Thanks Tina :) and Ermanno,excellent job,grazie.

Later!

Revue (Pocket Super 8)

This one is kind of cute, because of it being a "pocket" camera. It's apparently from the same makers of my projector.


The lens and the pistol grip are removable. The shutter release is on the top portion of the camera.

Here are her specs:
Lens: 1,6 / 15 - 15 mm
Frame rates: 18, 36
Manual / Auto Exposure
Backlight Control
Dimensions: 139mm x 91mm x 38,5mm
Weight: 450 g
Batteries: 2x 1.5V AA

I'm still thinking whether or not to run film through this.

Later!

Sankyo 8-CM

This is a Sankyo 8-CM. I acquired it during the times when I wasn't familiar yet with both eBay and Super 8, so it really wasn't one of those cameras I was setting out to get. It's not super 8 in the first place! But here it is, and no regrets. It's an 8mm ("normal 8") I think, and its a fine example as well. From this website:
http://www.thecamerasite.net/09_General/Pages/cinecam.htm , I got these specs:

Lens: Pronon Zoom 1,8 / 8,5 - 26 mm
frame speeds: 12,18 and 24

Its unfortunate that it is lacking the battery box when I got it. I plan to tinker around with it so i can hopefully make it run again. The lens seems to be in good condition.

Lomo 218

This Lomo (Avrora) 218 is another acquisition from eBay. I forgot how much I paid for it (I´ve never bought a camera off eBay for more than 30 euros....yet). Specs from super8wiki as follows:


year: 1978-79
lens: 2,4 / 12,5 - 12,5 mm
frame rate: 18
manual / auto exp (not TTL)
silent
made in Russia

This particular one that I have, seems to be missing its lens, which is quite a pity. Unfortunately, I´ve also read that its not 64t friendly. oh well, as long as it runs on batteries. Still undecided whether I should bother running a test 64T or a Tri-X through it. Opinions very much welcome.

Later!

Sankyo CM-800

This is the camera that started it all basically. I acquired it from a flea market in Trier for euros 4,50. I was just glad to see one in the flesh, I guess. Didn't know about checking the batt compartment for corrosion...or the lens for fungus...stuff like that. And so, upon taking it home and further inspecting it, here is what I got:

The battery compartment is heavily corroded (I think there were batteries when I opened it,..don't remember). Two of the contact springs have been replaced, which caused the battery contacts and the closing of the latch to be all screwed up.

There's some sort of tape near where the cartridge release. Maybe light is leaking in? And the lens is loose, but in fairly good condition.

Here are her specs (thanks to super8wiki):

year: 1969-70

lens: Sankyo zoom 1,8 / 7,5 - 60 mm

microprism focusing

auto/manual zoom

18, 36 + single frame

manual/auto exp

backlight control

no sound

made in Japan

manufacturer: Sankyo Seiki MFG co.

There you go. I might tinker with it a bit, but no expectations as to wether I can make it work. It makes a good,huge deco piece though.

Later!

Bauer Trouble

First off, BlogPress works great! If only I can find where to edit the tags though...

So, on to the Bauer. It is an S 209 that I wasn't really "planning" on getting but was pleasantly surprised when I did. The battery compartment was nice and clean, and sure enough when I tested it the film advance was smooth.
Then I tested the zoom, first with the auto. The motor was humming, but there was no movement. So i tried manually. The lens itself didnt seem to move, so when I budged it, I think i broke it, because when I opened the side panel and took out the lens (see photo), it looked like there's a circular disk that came off. Yikes. Whats worse, is that when I tried putting the lens back, I couldn't see through the viewfinder anymore. Sigh...a work in progress, I think. Pity, 'coz the mechanisms inside looked really sharp. Maybe I'll keep this one for "study" purposes. What do you think?











Later!

This just in: Ektachrome and test 8mm film

Hello. As the title implies (slightly), my first roll of fresh 64T Ektachrome arrived in the mail today. Got it from eBay....again. So did the 8mm film of some Disney stuff that also arrived. The latter I got to hopefully test the Revue Lux 2003 mentioned from my previous post.











As for the Ektachrome, I'm still deciding what camera to test-shoot it with. I'm thinking between the Sankyo MF-303,the NiZo 116, or one of the 2 Canon 514's. What do you think?

By the way, another first in this post is my using BlogPress Lite to post this blog. Here goes nothin'!

Later!