by TRA
Twenty-Fourth Year
of information and advice!
Two cameras that deserve Gold!
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Further updates are constantly being worked on, so please do call in regularly. Quickly find improvements and new pages by going to the “upgrades” page, here. Between late
October and early November 2026 the website
hosting has been moved to a new company.
TRA “Mr Pentacon Six”, November
2026The web hosting company says that there should have been no interruptions of service, but I apologise if any visitors tried to access the website and found at some point that it was temporarily unavailable. Everything should now be back to normal. The change of hosting company should not result in any changes for visitors, and all previous links should still work. |
The Pentacon Six system offers an extremely
wide range of lenses, viewfinders and accessories.
This is the place to find out about this remarkable
system.
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Problem with
e-mails from France. Problèmes avec courrier
électronique de la France
Depuis quelques mois
je trouve que tous les e-mails que j'envoie en France
de cette page sont rejetés. Je suggère aux
correspondents qu'ils me donnent plusieurs options por
répondre (par example, WhatsApp).
À partir d’avril 2023, je copierai ma réponse aux questions reçues à partir de cette date, si elle est rejetée par le serveur du correspondant, à une nouvelle page ici (voir aussi plus bas sur cette page). |
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| The Cameras | The Lenses | The Accessories |
| Macro photography | Using Flash | Frequently-asked questions |
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About the Author |
 Because of the vast amount of junk mail that I receive, I have had to remove the live link. Please re-type this address. Thank you! |
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Bounced
e-mails
Several times each week
I write personal replies to enquirers. Most of
these replies are delivered without any problems.
I know this, because the recipients usually write back
to me. But sometimes my replies are automatically
rejected by the original sender’s mailbox. I will
now put a copy of these bounced replies here, eliminating the
original writer’s e-mail address and some personal
information. These may not be “Frequently-Asked
Questions”, but they do deserve a reply and the matter
may also be of interest to other visitors to this
website.
12th April 2023
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| Using Pentacon Six Lenses with
Fujifilm GFX Cameras Pentacon Six lenses from
Carl Zeiss Jena, Schneider-Kreuznach and some other
manufacturers deliver images with superb
quality. It is possible to use these lenses on a
range of other cameras, both analogue and digital, via
suitable adapters. With the superb adapters from
Hartblei, it is even possible to use them on the
Medium Format digital cameras from Fujifilm, the 50R,
50S, 100, 50S II and 100S, and even to add a
shift or tilt possibility to lenses that do not
have this.
For details of some of the possibilites, see the following links: |
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This website is continually being upgraded, sometimes in response to questions sent to me by visitors. Features include:
For links to the latest
upgrades, see here.
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| Explanations Over the past 10-15 years, most newcomers to photography have probably started with a digital camera or even a mobile phone. While these items are extremely useful, they tend to do most or all of the ‘thinking’ for the photographer (on exposure, shutter speed, aperture and focus). People who find themselves restricted by the limitations of these devices are turning in increasing numbers to film cameras, and especially to Medium Format Film Cameras like the Pentacon Six. This website seeks to make the transition to this camera easier, by explanations not only of how to operate the camera, but also of general photographic principles. It is hoped that this will enable photographers to develop their skills and thus enhance the quality of the pictures that they take. Some explanations come on new pages, indicated at the appropriate time on the Upgrades page. Others take the form of improvements to existing pages, which may have been expanded since you last visited them. To find the latest news and upgrades quickly, click here. Many general explanations can be accessed via the Instructions page, here. Enjoy your visit, and do come back to visit me here regularly! TRA
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Problems with Chrome internet browser
Recently some pages have stopped displaying correctly in the Chrome internet browser. When this happens, I have found no display problems when using Internet Explorer 10, Edge, Mozilla Firefox or Sea Monkey browsers. If text and pictures fail to display correctly, it will be obvious – sentences split up, text and pictures don't line up, etc. If you experience this problem, I would encourage you to try using a different browser. It should solve all the problems. TRA, August 2016
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