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This is the latest addition to my Miranda camera collection – a Miranda Sensomat RE-II.

I bought this as a spares or repair purchase for £20 postage paid, but I messaged the seller prior to buying it to find out what was wrong with it. The message I received, which turned out to be pretty accurate, was that the shutter fires but the speed selector doesn’t turn and the aperture blades in the lens are displaced. I was fairly sure that I could repair these faults, so I decided to purchase it as the RE-II is one of the missing cameras in my Miranda collection.

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Miranda RE-II

Missing exposure on/off switch

And missing dust cap

Aperture blade a problem

Shutter release, film advance and counter

Rewind, viewfinder release and film type reminder

Aperture scale and depth of field

With viewfinder removed

The same light sensor as the sensomat

That aperture blade again

50mm EC lens

Lens mount

The standard miranda dual mount

Miranda RE-II

When I received the camera a few days later there were a couple of other minor things which need to be addressed – the top of the metering on/off switch and the dust cover to the X sync socket are missing so I’ll probably need to buy another ‘spares or repair’ unit sometime to source these parts. Also the camera is quite ‘scruffy’ and will need a good clean, although at 40 odd years old I suppose it’s not too bad. The focusing screen has a fair amount of dirt in so I’ll also need to clean it up.

The speed selector was indeed stuck, but after I removed the control and the top plate and added a very small amount of lubrication, that seemed to free up. The ASA setting still didn’t work, but that was because the dial had become un-glued from the inner brass cog, so a spot of glue fixed that.

The lens unit is a more serious issue – it is obvious that one of the aperture blades has come away from the spigot which holds it. I don’t know until I open the lens whether it is a simple reassembly or if the pin has broken off. If it’s broken I’ll need to make sure that the spares camera I buy also has a lens to get another blade because I don’t think they are the same as the older Miranda lenses (of which I have a few broken ones I could use for spares). One good point is that the lens itself looks pretty good condition. The focus is smooth and the aperture adjusts easily apart from the dangling blade, so it is probably worth fixing even if it does need a new blade.

This camera is quite a late model in the original Miranda line up – internet research suggests it was made around 1975/76 which puts it at about the same time as the company’s last model the DX3 (last model of the original Miranda). Even being this late it still has a lot of the original Miranda features like replaceable viewfinder and bayonet/screw dual lens mount, but I have to say it doesn’t have the feel of quality that the earlier models had. I don’t know if it is because it’s black, but the body, although quite heavy, doesn’t seem to exude quality like the original Sensomat does. In terms of specs, it seems very similar to the original Sensomat, except the lens is of the EC series, so the aperture is read by the camera using a lever from the back of the lens mount.

Even though the camera has an EC series lens, the exposure system is not automatic, and in fact there are various warnings on the web about not switching the lens to the auto setting on this body as it can damage the lens. Setting the correct exposure is carried out by adjusting the aperture and shutter speed whilst observing the meter needle in the viewfinder in the same way as the Sensomat. There is a description of how this works in my post on the original Sensomat, and most of the features of that model also applies to this one.

Miranda Sensomat RE-II

Year of manufacture 1975/76

ISO range 25 to 1600

Light cell built into mirror

Depth of field preview lever on lens

Match needle metering with single PX675

Removable / replaceable viewfinder.

Cable release socket.

50mm f/1.8 EC lens with rubberised focus grip and in-built lens hood.

X and FP sync sockets on front of camera

X sync hot shoe

1sec to 1/1000 + B (some speeds not available at some iso settings)

Body Ser No: 5806642

Lens Set No: 2125989

    Vintage camera collection – Miranda Sensomat RE-II This is the latest addition to my Miranda camera collection - a Miranda Sensomat RE-II. I bought this as a spares or repair purchase for £20 postage paid, but I messaged the seller prior to buying it to find out what was wrong with it.

[simonhawketts]

Last week I discovered what a great camera the Miranda Fv was in its day, and this week I’ve moved on a few years by finding myself a Miranda Sensomat RE.

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Miranda Sensomat RE

Front View of Miranda Sensomat

Front view of Miranda Sensomat

Depth of field preview/metering button

Shutter release on front

Film rewind crank and viewfinder release

Slot for accessory bracket

Film advance, shutter speed, frame counter

Film advance, shutter speed, ISO and frame counter

No viewfinder fitted

Waist level viewfinder fitted

Front view with waist level finder

Waist level finder

Film chamber

View with the pop-up focusing aid

The critical focusing aid

Flash sync sockets

Miranda dual mount

Metering cell on mirrot

Lens mount with additional pin

Depth of field/metering button

Miranda Sensomat RE

For the sum of £25 I got this Miranda Sensomat with its prime lens, a Tamron BBar Multi C 28mm f/2.8 Adaptall lens, a Tamron BBar Multi C 85 – 210mm F/4.5 adaptall zoom, a soligor F/3.5 Preset 135mm telephoto in M44 (miranda) screw thread and also thrown in an Industar 50mm f/3.5 in M42 mount. I also discovered in the bottom of the box, a Miranda waist level finder with critical focusing pop-up magnifier which I believe is type VR-1. The camera itself includes an Ever Ready Case, the original instruction manual, and there is a Tamron adaptall Miranda bayonet mount for the two BBar lenses. To me, that seems quite a haul! In fact, I’ve been on the look out for a Tamron BBar Multi C 28mm lens for a while to use on my Nex, so I’ll probably try to pick up an adaptall to Nex or adaptall to M42 adapter so I can try it out.

The previous owner of the camera was quite straight in the description of the camera, and said that the 1, 1/2 and 1/4 sec shutter speeds didn’t work, but I was fairly sure before I bought it that this was simply a question of not being used for 15 years and possibly lubrication. When I received it those speeds were certainly temperamental, but with a bit of use at the faster speeds the 1/4 is now working and the 1/2 works sometimes. I may need to remove the front panel to apply a small amount of lubricant, but I’m going to see how far usage gets me first.

The pictures give the appearance of quite a bit of dirt/marking on the camera, but it’s not actually that bad. There is a small mark near the word ‘Sensomat’ on the front, the rear door has a bit of paint missing and the strap holders are a bit rusty, but generally it just needs a bit of a clean to be pretty good.

Because the Sensomat is very similar to the Fv in many ways, this review concentrates on the differences and major features – please also read my Miranda Fv review for similarities.

Exposure system.

The sensomat is different than the earlier Fv because it has an inbuilt exposure system. Actually this is not completely accurate because my Fv was bought with a TTL viewfinder, but that was pretty badly marked, so I have replaced it with an unmetered viewfinder, which actually matches the one the camera would have originally been supplied with.

The Sensomat however had a match needle exposure system from the outset. It is supplied with power from a PX675 mercury cell in the bottom of the camera, but that is not an available option now so I’ve tried fitting a modern 1.5v cell in it’s place. This proves the system still works, but I suspect I would need to compensate for the higher voltage by lowering the film sensitivity. In operation the exposure meter works like this:

Wind on the film to the next frame – this turns on the exposure meter.

Compose the picture at fully open aperture.

Press the exposure meter/depth of field preview button on the front of the camera with your left hand.

The meter needle in the side of the viewfinder shows the exposure.

Adjust the aperture & shutter speed to centre the needle in the viewfinder

Press the exposure meter/depth of field preview button again.

Take the picture – the lens will stop down at the point of taking the image.

The light cell for the exposure system is built into the mirror – it’s possible to see the lines where it’s fitted on the mirror, although they don’t show when the picture is being composed through the viewfinder.

Something a bit odd which I noticed as I was trying the camera out is the fact that the shutter speed is limited by the iso range of the metering system. By that I mean that when the iso is set to its lowest limit, the top speeds on the shutter can’t be selected. At first I assumed that this was a fault with my particular camera, but having looked at the handbook this is expected behaviour. It also applies to the lower speeds as well – when iso (asa on the camera) is set to 1600 the shutter won’t select any speed below 1/8. I’ve actually used that so that I don’t lock the shutter at the lower speeds until I can get some lubrication on the mechanism.

The Viewfinder.

The viewfinder system is the same a the Fv. The two units can take exactly the same viewfinder and they are interchangeable between bodies. The useful addition to the Sensomat is the Waistlevel finder, which has saved me purchasing a separate one. The Sensomat release button is integrated into the rewind crank – a turn anti-clockwise pulls in the catch and the viewfinder can be slid backwards. This is another part of the camera which was stiff initially, but has loosened up after a few turns although I think at some point in it’s life it has had a bit of a knock.

Lens

The lens mount is the same dual mount system of the Fv with an external bayonet mount and an internal 44mm screw mount. The lens however is a slightly faster f/1.8 unit which also have larger aperture adjustment controls, and is missing the depth of field preview button (the metering button performs the same function).

Other Differences

The Sensomat has an optional ‘cold shoe’ accessory which fixes into a small slot in the rewind crank – on the Fv, a separate bracket which attached to the tripod socket was used.

The frame counter has lost the nice orange indicator to show when the shutter is cocked and ready for the next shot.

Miranda Sensomat RE 35mm SLR

Year of manufacture 1971

Removable/Replaceable viewfinder with lots of viewfinder options

Centre circle micro prism focusing aid

Bayonet and screw thread lens mount

Front mount release + optional top plate release

Cable release socket (dust cap missing on this unit)

Beautifully engineered

1 – 1/1000 sec + B Focal Plane shutter

FP & X flash sync

Centre mounted tripod bush

50mm f/1.8 Auto Miranda lens

Depth of field preview built into metering mode

Unit Ser No 6852988

Lens Ser No 2002703

  Vintage camera collection – Miranda Sensomat RE with 50mm f/1.8 Auto Miranda lens. Last week I discovered what a great camera the Miranda Fv was in its day, and this week I've moved on a few years by finding myself a Miranda Sensomat RE.