Cheers!

Thank you! The cameras won’t steer you wrong! Happy Shooting!!

Thank you!!

Thank you! They aren’t for everyone but great for compact carries and big negatives!

I would love to try some Agfa folders! And yes steam era events are perfect for these cameras!

Cheers and thank you for the suggestion! I’ll keep an eye out! Thanks for watching 🍻

Thanks! I've heard good things about the Duo Six-20, will have to keep an eye out for one to try out!

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto There is a Facebook group for everything: facebook.com/groups/265165968683228/?ref=share

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto I first learned photography back in 1969 with a Kodak Duo Six-20. I have that camera but the bellows are shot. I recently picked up another from Pacific Rim Camera on eBay for

Cheers and thank you 🍻

😉 or in the case of cameras, when to hold onto ‘em! Thanks for watching 🍻

Awesome! Family cameras are great things to have around.

I’m sure you will figure something out!

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto I wound up driving a ways to the last standing "camera store" in the area. Cramped with various goodies on the shelves and the usual cast of characters.

You as well!

Thank you!!

This one only has one window on my camera. Which model do you have?

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto I'm not sure, I take a guess that it is a 520A, it is 645 and looks just like yours, has no double exposure protection, no rangefinder, just two windows on the back for counting but I am confused because I guess the 120 film is generally marked for 6x9

@@jimcain2545 So I’m looking at another folder that can do 6x9 and 6x4.5, the 6x9 is the window closest to the source spool, the 645 is closer to the lens. Hope this helps.

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto thanks for looking, I'll let you know how it turns out (assuming the camera works), and on the next roll I can work on exposure and focus lol

Do you have the same camera model he is using here? If so, my tip would be to check some other videos on the other super ikontas, they are similar, and then read about the sunny 16 rule. I am no expert, just learning to use one myself

@@jimcain2545 oh i will thank you!!

My version is from 1951.

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto how do you know what year your camera is from? I have got one in a huge lot of items I bought. What is the price for this camera too? I have the original leather carry case too.

@@Alonelycheezit Mine is from the late 1930s. As for cost about 120$ on average for Novar optics equipped cameras.

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto also I can’t seem to get the lens to pop open I think the button you press to release it is stuck in the down position. I’m a collector of German ww2 items so I’m hoping mine is from the 30s or 40s

@@AlexLuyckxPhoto I got it open. I have the novar optics too. Does that likely mean mine is from the 30s?

Oh I can totally see that now that I've used a Super-Ikonta with a rangefinder and even that one is a hard one to get right.

@@AlexLuyckxPhotoSuper Ikonta is way overhyped. I own two. If I am using a rangefinder once in a while it’s always a RF with a longer lens than the viewfinder. That way precision is much better. External rangefinders are “long” and quite easy and carefree to clean. With a combined rangefinder and viewfinder you run the risk of breaking the whole camera if you make a bad move. What’s more the Super Ikonta focusing ring has you constantly rubbing the bellows which makes the otherwise fine bellows of the Ikonta line more prone to leaks in that area. You can of course just use the lens ring, but the previous owner(s) didn’t do that so the damage is done. And it’s makes using filter and shade harder. The M (messer) Ikonta is a better deal and camera on all accounts if you *have* to have a build in one. Just preset the desired distance and move the camera back and forth and quickly change to the viewfinder. Much faster than fiddling with the small, more wide angle patch on the super.