Comments on: In Review: the Gakkenflex 135mm TLR

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:50:04 +0000

Sorry for the really long delay in response, I’m out of the country and have limited internet access!

The viewing lens should be geared to the taking lens. When you rotate one the other should move in the oppisite direction (if I can recall, I don’t have the camera here with me). It’s really hard to see the subtle difference in such a small dim viewfinder. I block out as much light as possible with my hand and get my eye as close to the screen as possible.

You may also want to verify that you put the lens in the correct way. I think the concave side goes towards the film.

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Untitled By zionseven+’s | Analogue Masters — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:40:57 +0000

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:10:03 +0000

hi!

i’ve run through 3 rolls of film already and love the shots and look that the gakkenflex produces. however, i totally estimate the focus!!!! i can’t tell the difference in the image that the viewfinder (mirror) produces even when i’m moving the focusing knob about. the image in my viewfinder always looks clear to me. thus lots of my far off images turn out blurry (but still nice), but my close up ones are fine, as i just turn the focus knob full out.

how do you work your focus?

there’s no difference in mine!
thanks

By: Courtney Cam

Courtney Cam — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:04:48 +0000

Hey I found the absolute cheapest Gakkenflex purchase to be shipped to the US- got it for a total of $40.00 on ebay- seller Handmadefun.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260556516918

Thought people should know.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:40:49 +0000

I would say the parts are delicate because they’re small, but they’re pretty high quality so I don’t think they’d be easy to break unless you’re trying to get them to fit in a way they weren’t designed to. I’ve been known to be a little ham-handed and I didn’t break anything!

By: Bok

Bok — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:11:48 +0000

Is it durable enough? Are the parts not easy to break?

By: Moochie

Moochie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:52:32 +0000

I love my Gakkenflex! I, too, had decided not to buy any more cameras but . . . you won’t regret this! It’s like a Blackbird Fly that you can actually focus. Here’s a link to some of my first pictures I just put up on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/angrystoat/sets/72157623130899817/

By: Derek Von Evil

Derek Von Evil — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:57:05 +0000

Anne, try using google translate to translate Fuzzy Eyeballs into French. http://www.ndroo.com/blog/?p=2396

By: anne

anne — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:00 +0000

Am I the only french one who bought it (less expansive here, only 49,10 euros)? Impossible to find any explination in french…it will take me ages to assemble…but sure it worth for it

By: Derek Von Evil

Derek Von Evil — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:29:01 +0000

Those oaths and new years resolutions should always have provisions for potentially limited editions cameras; it’s not like buying another camera from LSI!