#finetta

[bloodraven55]

i miss these two ngl

[letztehexe]

I don't recall if I have shared this one here.

One of the first of many arts I have commissioned of them. If I haven't, be kind of my mothers, who invented romance. If I have, just appreciate them again.

commissioned with @tropicalfelines . they are an amazing artist, go check their work!!

[dancuny]

Finetta 88 Camera

The Finetta 88 camera caught my eye on a visit to London a year or so ago when I had about an hour during a walk down Portabello Road. I met with Juliano, the owner of Cameras London, who was still in the process of setting up. As I was looking over his extensive items on the multiple tables he has, I saw the grey body of the Finetta 88 camera. 

 If you are a camera enthusiast and can go to Portabello Road during the weekends, I highly recommend seeing Juliano. He has an incredible selection of older wood cameras with brass lenses and many of the more common 35mm point-and-shoot cameras that seem to be all the rage now.

 As I've mentioned a few times, I'm always drawn to the camera with either a different color or if there is something odd or unusual about the item. Not only is the Finetta that I saw covered in a gray covering on the camera, but the lens is somewhat off-center, giving the camera an "out of the ordinary" look. I put the Finetta 88 camera aside and looked over many other cameras I wanted to purchase. As we discussed the price, I picked up the Finetta again and added it to the few items I purchased that day, and I'm glad I did.

The Company

Finetta-Werk was a German camera manufacturer with roots tracing back to Kamerawerk Peter Saraber, a company founded by Peter Saraber in 1945 in Goslar, Germany. Saraber, a Dutch engineer, initially focused on producing precision optical equipment in the post-war era during heightened demand for affordable and efficient photographic devices. Saraber teamed up with a Voigtlander engineer, Helmet Finke, around 1947 to design and develop a new camera.

 "Finetta" was introduced in the late 1940s, marking the company's transition toward a more consumer-friendly image. The Finetta cameras, characterized by their simplicity, durability, and relatively low cost, appealed to post-war Europe's growing middle class. Early models, such as the Finetta 88, showcased Saraber's dedication to compactness and practicality, featuring a straightforward mechanism for capturing 35mm images, including a new two-leaf shutter system, which they applied for a patent. They also invented a new film advance system with double exposure prevention.

 By the 1950s, the company rebranded as Finetta-Werk and expanded its product lineup. The Finetta 99 was notable for its interchangeable lenses, which had a new three-prong lens mount and included a series of four different lenses. The lenses included a Colorfinar 70mm f/5.3, a Telec 90mm f/4.5, a wide-angle 35mm Berthiot lens, and the normal Finetar 45mm f2.8 lens. Along with the lenses, Finetta improved design quality, reflecting a shift toward competing with established brands like Kodak and Agfa. 

 Another interesting fact is that in 1954, Finetta started working with Jacques Bolesy of the Bolsey camera company to help with the design and production of their small, compact Bolsey 8 subminiature still and movie camera. Unfortunately, Finetta went out of business soon after and closed their factory in 1957.

 Finetta cameras were often praised for their ergonomic designs and mechanical reliability, offering a stepping stone for amateur photographers transitioning into more serious photographic endeavors.

My Camera:

My Finetta 88 camera is covered in an odd fabric. It has a herringbone-style pattern and is not the normal leather or leatherette covered in most cameras. It is more of a fabric material, but it does have a great feel to it, and I like the greyish color, which gives the camera an elegant appearance. 

 The Finetta is 3" tall by 5 1/8" wide by 2.5" deep from the front of the lens to the back of the camera, and weighs 1lb, and .7 ozs, and comes with a Finetar 45mm f2.8 lens which has a three-prong bayonet. There is no locking mechanism on the lens mount, so you must be careful when focusing on the camera. If you turn the lens too far, the mount will start to move, and the lens will pop off, which is pretty small. The lens does "click" into place, but it can somewhat easily come off without the locking pin.

My lens focuses from 2.8 feet to infinity. It may focus closer as the lens rotates past the 2.8-foot mark on the lens. The aperture settings are on the inside of the focus ring. The camera doesn't have an internal focus system, so all the focus is guesswork, judging the distance, and setting focus. The aperture range is from f2.8 to f16 and is indicated by a small notch on the setting ring.

 With the lens removed, you can easily see the two-leaf shutter system. The camera only has a few different shutter speeds, ranging from 1/250, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, and "B" for timed exposures. The shutter speeds are set on a very small and challenging knob next to the lens. 

One thing I noticed about the camera when I first picked it up and started to play with it was that things seemed backward from what I am used to. I'm used to filming advanced turning in a clockwise movement, but this camera goes counterclockwise. It's the same as taking the back off the camera to load the film. To open the back, you turn the knob on the bottom in a clockwise motion. The back is held onto the camera with none other than a bolt-style fastener which is held onto the camera with a larger circular nut that screws on to keep the back onto the camera body. To me, that is the motion to tighten, but on this camera, it's the motion to untighten and remove the back to load the film.

 When I removed the back from the camera, I noticed a couple of things right away. My Finetta 88 had a film cassette in the camera. I'm not 100% sure who makes this cassette. Still, it's very similar to the Leica cassettes in design, with two outer compartments and an inner spool. The cassette is also held into the camera with a locking lever that slides over the end of the cassette to keep it in place. The second item I noticed was a bright and shiny pressure plate over the shutter area to keep the film flat as it's transported across the chamber. The pressure plate needs to be lifted when loading the 35mm film. The third item noticed was a larger, thicker take-up spool on the camera's right side. This one is similar to what I wrote about with the Corfield Periflex camera. There is a slot to put the 35mm leader into, which is needed to load the camera.

A built-in, double exposure prevention system is within the camera's transport. Once you trip the shutter, under the take-up spool is a small piece of metal that pushes out and stays out until you wind the camera, which cocks the shutter and flattens that piece of metal, allowing you to take the next photo. I guess there's a pin that pushes out the metal piece, and when the film is advanced, it will enable the pin to fall back into place for the next photo.

On top of the camera is nothing more than the film advance knob on the right side, which turns counterclockwise to advance to the next frame. The frame counter, accessory/flash shoe, and rewind knob are on the far left.

 My Results:

The camera is very straightforward and somewhat basic in its operations. I didn't use the 35mm cassette that came with the camera; I just used a regular 35mm roll of film. I put in a roll of T-Max 125 film and walked through the neighborhood to see what kind of results the camera could produce. After I got back from my walk through the neighborhood, I processed the film, and here are a few of the shots I took.

My Conclusion:

The Finetta 88 camera took a bit to get used to. I kept on trying to turn the advance knob in the wrong direction; the shutter speed dial was small and difficult to turn. That may be more of a camera cleaning issue, but I changed to other speeds. The lens did start to unmount a couple of times, but nothing disastrous to the point where the lens fell off the camera. The focus is smooth on my camera; it was more operator malfunction than anything, but overall, the camera was enjoyable to shoot with, and I think the lens I have on this camera is sharp.

 I'll definitely want to shoot with this camera in the future. It was fun and a pleasant experience overall.

 Thank you for taking a few minutes from your day to learn about this interesting mid-century camera I have in my collection.

 Until next week, please be safe.

[dailydianakko]

If I had a nickel every time there was a show with gay witches, I’d have three nickels. It isn’t a lot but it’s nice that it happened thrice :)

[princington]

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[amoura-eternia]

Ortfiné Fredericka von Eylstadt and Izetta (Izetta: The Last Witch)

Other collages can be found on my collage masterpost page. I accept collage requests, information can be found on there too.  All collages are tagged so that is also a way to find all my other collages.

[laulink]

Finé and Izetta in another world : *booping each other affectionately*

Us lowly mortals : we shall spread their love and message to the rest of the world

IT TOOK TIME BUT I BOOPED YOUR FINETTA ICON IN THE END HHAHAHAHA!!!!

The beauty of the boops XD

(fun fact, I joined Tumblr because of you and your Finetta posts back when the anime was airing =P)

[izetta-incorrect-quotes]

Finetta Picnic Headcanons

Finé and Izetta go on picnics regularly

There are two spots they go to: they either sit near the lake where they first met, or, there’s a nice meadow not too far that’s good for a picnic too

Sometimes they bring Lotte along, and sometimes they go alone. Lotte doesn’t mind if the two go alone; they’re in love, after all!

The foods they eat on their picnics are cold cut sandwich meat, along with food like Wurtsemmel (ham rolls), and spreads like Liptauer (spicy cheese spread) and Powidl (thick sweet plum jam)

Izetta likes to feed the little birds and squirrels that approach them on their picnics; she has some sort of natural, calm aura that attracts the animals (it’s not just the food!)

Sometimes, on their picnics, the two girls get sleepy and end up taking little naps on their picnic blanket. This doesn’t happen a lot, because a couple times they’ve done it, it has started to rain on them. Curse Eylstadt’s crazy mountain weather

Fall is an especially good time for picnics- it isn’t too hot, and the changing leaves are beautiful! However, Izetta and Finé have a very small window (like 2 weeks) that they can do the picnic in before it starts to snow

The picnic is fun itself, but the most important part of the picnic is just being there, with each other, enjoying each other’s company in the serenity of nature

[ask-finetta]

Izetta: Hello! My name is Izetta, and this is the Archduchess of Eylstadt, Finé! She’s also my girlfriend!

Finé: We’re here to answer any questions you all have for us.

Izetta: We look forward to your questions!

(Hello! This is an ask account for Finé x Izetta from Izetta: the Last Witch. I’ll draw out the girls answering whatever questions you have! Please be patient though, it may take me a while to get asks done!)

[letztehexe]

Time to share another piece of art that I commissioned. This time the amazing artist behind is Hellisagirl

My girls are precious as diamonds. I need them as earth needs the sun. Please, take care of them

[dragonsoul]

Bianca: (walking into Finé's room) milady, why are you still asleep? It's so late in the day!

Finé: sorry, I was up all night doing work!

Izetta, from under the blankets: I'm not work!

[azuyuuki]

Shuumatsu no Izetta x Little Witch Academia.

*whispers* they’re gay

Based on this

Art by me :3

[kumiiko]

[hanasaku-shijin]

I’m gay how are you

[ff123456789]

Seems a little familiar, doesn’t it?

[mistyheartrbs]

since somebody already asked about kumirei, i'll say finetta for the ask meme 💖💖

(i should mention here that i never actually finished sni but i think i have a pretty good grasp on the characters, also thank you for sending this!!)

Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling/vice versa

izetta. she has no idea how doors work.

Who doodles little hearts all over the desk with their initials inside them

fine. she’s already made plans for the wedding.

Who starts the tickle fights

fine, she’s very good at it.

Who starts the pillow fights

izetta. she is ruthless. 

Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile

fine!! also this mental image made me cry.

Who mistakes salt for sugar

izetta.

Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1am in the morning 

they live in like the 1940s but assuming this is either a modern au or they’re just old ladies, fine. she looks the microwave dead in the eye and dares it to beep.

Who comes up with cheesy pick up line

“are you the princess of eylstadt? because you’re fine.” 

(izetta. it’s totally izetta.)

(i know it’s pronounced “fee-nay” but i couldn’t pass up this pun)

Who rearranges the bookshelf in alphabetical order

fine, she needs to know where everything is at all times.

Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies

izetta!

Who buys candles for dinners even though there’s no special occasion

fine, being royalty has its perks.

Who draws little tattoos on the other with a pen

both of them!! they’re always very intricate and cute

Who comes home with a new souvenir magnet every time they go on vacation

fine, she picks up lots of little things on her travels.

Who convinces the other to fill out those couple surveys in the back of magazines

izetta!