I have a couple of the related seagull 203 folders that I got six or seven years ago for less than $100 apiece. Like new when I got them. I found them to be well built, fun to use cameras.
A lovely renamed version of the Seagull 203-I, which was manufactured by the Shanghai General Camera Factory. It features a lens focusing ring that is coupled to the rangefinder. The lens is most likely a 3 element Cooke triplet as opposed to a Tessa design.
The lens is a T4-element tessar design, and is quite sharp in the early and mid-production cameras. Only the later ones with the black plastic advance lever started to see some of the quality slide.
The lens is likely a front cell focusing 3E/3G Triplet typical of Seagull cameras. Their triplet lenses are really high quality, which I find better than most of the European triplets. The focus quality of this triplet is slightly different, particularly in the close range, from the unit-focusing Triplets installed in the Seagull TLRs. For 6x6, the normal lens, if defined by the diagonal length of the format is about 83mm. 75 will be like 40 mm in the 35 format. Most 6x6 are equipped with 75-85mm lenses as their normal lenses.
modern? I got my first Segull 203 back in the 1970s they are reasonably sharp, But the opening at the top of the shutter means that the shutter needs to be cleaned every few years. the hot shoe is different from an earlier 203.
Reading Kurosawa's Something Like an Autobiography this week. It's excellent. You get a lot about Japanese small town life in the 1920's to the early thirties. There were some terrible things he lived through. Aside from that, does it matter if you cock the shutter before or after you set the shutter speed?
Generally with these style of cameras, you want to set the shutter speed prior to cocking the shutter. My Fujica Super Six highly suggests against adjusting the shutter speed after cocking the shutter.
I have a Wardflex 6x6 caera. It went by a different name as the Beauty. But was made by the people who made the Seagull. It's actually not a bad camera the Wardflex I'll keep my Perkeo 6x6 instead of yours. Hope you had a great vacation.
Close enough ;) something in the 1/250 range for the faster speed. Surprised by the slower speeds. My Zeiss Ikons have a remarkably similar shutter with the afromentioned speeds
6:00 Finally, the camera is unfolded.
Thank you! Saved me 6min
This looks super cool, nice to have a more modern version of this style of camera
I have a couple of the related seagull 203 folders that I got six or seven years ago for less than $100 apiece. Like new when I got them. I found them to be well built, fun to use cameras.
A lovely renamed version of the Seagull 203-I, which was manufactured by the Shanghai General Camera Factory.
It features a lens focusing ring that is coupled to the rangefinder. The lens is most likely a 3 element Cooke triplet as opposed to a Tessa design.
The lens is a T4-element tessar design, and is quite sharp in the early and mid-production cameras. Only the later ones with the black plastic advance lever started to see some of the quality slide.
Excellent commentary on this very nice Camera ! Arigato ! 🙏🤗
The lens is likely a front cell focusing 3E/3G Triplet typical of Seagull cameras. Their triplet lenses are really high quality, which I find better than most of the European triplets. The focus quality of this triplet is slightly different, particularly in the close range, from the unit-focusing Triplets installed in the Seagull TLRs.
For 6x6, the normal lens, if defined by the diagonal length of the format is about 83mm. 75 will be like 40 mm in the 35 format. Most 6x6 are equipped with 75-85mm lenses as their normal lenses.
modern? I got my first Segull 203 back in the 1970s they are reasonably sharp, But the opening at the top of the shutter means that the shutter needs to be cleaned every few years. the hot shoe is different from an earlier 203.
I have a Chinese made Hongmei HM1 camera looks exactly like this one with exact specs except mine uses zone focusing instead of rangefinder.
🎉i woulda watched but i hate shopping like a billionaire for chinnesium goods . Japanese goods are great
That looks like a really neat camera. Now I have something else to look for when I'm out shopping...
Is your Texer SR for sale
Reading Kurosawa's Something Like an Autobiography this week. It's excellent. You get a lot about Japanese small town life in the 1920's to the early thirties. There were some terrible things he lived through. Aside from that, does it matter if you cock the shutter before or after you set the shutter speed?
Generally with these style of cameras, you want to set the shutter speed prior to cocking the shutter. My Fujica Super Six highly suggests against adjusting the shutter speed after cocking the shutter.
I have a Wardflex 6x6 caera. It went by a different name as the Beauty. But was made by the people who made the Seagull. It's actually not a bad camera the Wardflex
I'll keep my Perkeo 6x6 instead of yours.
Hope you had a great vacation.
This is not a Japanese camera but a rebranded Seagull 203 by China.
Texar cameras are from the Chines company Seagull, not good build quality.
is the rangefinder coupled to the lens?
It is, yes.
Someone's conning people into buying Seagulls for way too much money? Oh my...
I know this guy is basically just an ad for his used camera business, but shilling a seagull in positive light like this is especially dubious lol.
Range of shutter speeds is what?
The shutter looks like a Prontor clone. So I guess it will be 1/200 1/100 1/50 1/25 and bulb😂
@@uomoartificiale no it's B, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/300
Close enough ;) something in the 1/250 range for the faster speed. Surprised by the slower speeds.
My Zeiss Ikons have a remarkably similar shutter with the afromentioned speeds
Flash sync at all speeds I guess, with a hotshoe.
@@mynewcolour It's a leaf shutter in the lens, so probably work at all speeds?
Why in the world would I care about the weather in in Tokyo?
You're watching the wrong channel
@@Invincibleagent probably