I have an Olympic I bought earlier this year and only used it a few times. It is in near mint condition. At first I thought there was something wrong with it,...
Actually, I just looked at the link you supplied, and that appears to be a very nice camera. If it works as they describe, it's probably worth the money. Mine...
Hi everybody, I'm Luromeo, from Milan, Italy. I just uploaded 3 new photos in files section, in the folder "Luromeo's pics". These are obtained shooting with a...
... new ... plane ... bring ... Hi Luromeo, I do like the way those look. It never occurred to me to scan them that way. What did you do? Scan them like a...
... Hi Ed, thank you for your appreciation, your tecnical suppositions are correct: I scan the film (in this case a czech film I bought in Praha during New...
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and this is the message I got: Error GROUP_CHECK gpg12.bc.scd.yahoo.com:GROUP_CHECK Other yahoo-groups I am a member of didn't show this message. Anyone can...
Just received my first 166b and I can't figure out if the lens does not rotate fully or what. When focusing I can only turn the knurled ring so that in the...
mike, it seems that your focusing ring was tampered with. i don't know of anyone to repair the lubitel. i would suggest you return the camera and get your...
sounds like it is broken. may be you can return it, but how much it will cost? construction is not soo difficult.. ... way, ... hey ppl why are you soo crazy...
Working under the assumption that it is indeed broken, I gripped the knurled ring with a zillion foot pounds of force and made it turn. It was slow, then...
... Maybe you got a bad one which is worth flushing down the toilet? :-) Many Lubitel were good- Lubitel and Lubitel-2 are good cameras in their class. And...
Mike, Resetting the lenses is relatively easy to do. All you need is a jeweler's screwdriver of the proper size and a ground glass (but a white translucent...
... ) Many Lubitel were good- Lubitel and Lubitel-2 are good cameras in their class. And for the price which Lubitel sell for, they could ... Kodaks from...
... Which Kodaks from 50 years ago would these be? I've seen a Kodak Duoflex I (the Kodak which I think is the closest equivalent of Lubitel), it's also made...
Hi, I see no one has mentioned the Halina A1 TLR camera from the 60's, This was my first camera using medium format, whilst VERY basic in operation I produced...
I'm not sure exactly how flash stuff works, but to put it in other words, if I use a flash, will it get the right exposure? I'm clueless about this sort of...
your flash should have a guide on the back telling you what to do. i.e. what speed and what f/stop .. and how far you can be from the subject. I tried my old...
Hello everybody, I'm trying to get started with my new camera lubitel 166, I looked up instruction manual for 166 in google and came across one which confused...
What a hotshoe means is that you can directly attach a flash. Before hotshoes, there was the coldshoe, which was originally meant to take any number of ...
Yes, flash exposures would be correct if: *The camera shutter is correctly synchronised to fire the flash at the right time. And if the shutter is properly...
I remember reading somewhere that late model Lubitel 166s were equipped with baffles to reduce internal reflections. I've been searching for where I've read...
If internal reflections bug you with your current Lubitel, you could cure this yourself. Reflections can be greatly reduced, if not totally eliminated, by...