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Rangefinderforum.com http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums Rangefinderforum.com is a site for Rangefinder Camera enthusiasts en Mon, 20 May 2013 17:02:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/themes/graphite/misc/rss.jpg Rangefinderforum.com http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums Anachronistic Rollie in Gatsby? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132915&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:46:22 GMT Is the Rollie in the ashland party scene of the new Gatsby film an anachronism? My understanding is they did not appear until 1929. yours FPJ Is the Rollie in the ashland party scene of the new Gatsby film an anachronism? My understanding is they did not appear until 1929.

yours
FPJ ]]> Photography General Interest FPjohn http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132915 Leica 12024 Finder http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132914&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:03:44 GMT Anyone using this finder, is there enough room around the 21mm framelines that would make this usable for a 15mm lens as well? Just trying to cheat a... Anyone using this finder, is there enough room around the 21mm framelines that would make this usable for a 15mm lens as well? Just trying to cheat a bit and get one finder to use with a couple of lenses at once especially given its price. Thanks ]]> Leica M Film Cameras Captain http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132914 Gallery Picks for the week ending May 20, 2013 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132913&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 14:18:50 GMT *Gallery Picks for the week ending May 20, 2013* Gallery Picks is an... Gallery Picks for the week ending May 20, 2013
Gallery Picks is an opportunity for you to post a heads up to what you have seen during the past seven days at RFF that you like. There's no membership requirement, no criteria (except past seven days), no voting, no limit to the number of photos mentioned, and everybody mentioned is a winner.

Anybody can start the thread on a Monday.

Anybody can join in, it's a community event! ]]> Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views leica M2 fan http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132913 Appalachian Trail with an un-rangefinder. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132911&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:39 GMT I met Dave Lackey at the Vortex in Atlanta, after my 4 day hike on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. I didn't have a rangefinder camera with me, opting instead for a little Canon P&S digital, but Dave suggested I post some pictures anyway.

Tom

]]> Travel tjh http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132911 Anyone Buy An M from Sherry Krauter? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132910&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:04 GMT I know a lot of folks trust in her (or DAG) to fix their cameras but I note that Sherry has some for sale on her site. I've been perusing online locally, here, and on *ugh* Ebay looking at M6s and, after seeing a few locally and a few on ebay, it seems her prices may not be "that far off" (when you consider the stuff I've seen requires shutter speed adjustments, rangefinder adjustments, film advance adjustments etc.).

Just curious if anyone has ever bought a camera from her and what she is like to deal with.
Is she more of an Email or phone person?

Cheers,
Dave ]]> Leica M Film Cameras dcsang http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132910 Insane portable lighting set up http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132909&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:14 GMT Not my pic, but this is too cool not to share. Not my pic, but this is too cool not to share.

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]]> Photography General Interest FrankS http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132909 The 2 Euro Leica: Leica Mini II http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132908&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 11:03:23 GMT Found a Leica Mini II at a flea market this weekend. A 'made in Japan for Leica' P&S. It proudly shows the red dot and the fact it has a 35mm f3.5 'Elmar' lens.

Googling a bit I found little info on this camera and how it compares to popular fixed focal lenth P&S cameras like the Yashica T4/5 and the Olympus Mju-II (Stylus Epic).

I will definitely will put a roll through it, but has anyone experience with this? Who produced it (my guess is Minolta), how good is the lens?

Cheers,

Ronald ]]> Point-N-Shoot Ronald_H http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132908 Minolta CLE @ Infinity focus help? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132907&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:17 GMT Hi! I just got a Minolta CLE in the mail. When i focus it at infinity things that are that fare away don´t align with the rangefinder. Is it... Hi!

I just got a Minolta CLE in the mail. When i focus it at infinity things that are that fare away don´t align with the rangefinder. Is it suppose to be like that?
it seems to fokus right in short range.

Thanks for your help!;)

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]]> Leica M -- Minolta CLE Landberg http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132907 APS in the 21st Century? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132906&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:18 GMT My lad is happy with the Canon SLR we picked up for bobbins from a local charity shop. But we were chatting, and he let me know he liked the APS... My lad is happy with the Canon SLR we picked up for bobbins from a local charity shop. But we were chatting, and he let me know he liked the APS cameras we used to have after we were burgled and the stupid insurance company insisted we bought at Jacobs, who said 35mm was pretty much dead, and APS was the future. Jacobs are now the past, but there it is.

Anyway, I got to thinking. The camera the lad was referring to particularly was not the ugly but a bit clever Canon zoom compact we had, but the Minolta Vectis S1. Not sure what attracts him, but the complete automation fascinated him when he was little. He does have Aspergers, which may be a factor, but he would always want to watch as I put a cassette in.

Anyway (again), I was thinking, as I said. There were some quite nice APS cameras, which can now be had for not much. The Contax Tix comes to mind, for one.

So does anyone still produce/process APS film, or would it be a case of buying up the OOD cassettes on ebay until they dry up?

And was there ever an APS rangefinder? That'd be a curious rarity if any were ever made. ]]> Photography General Interest Rodchenko http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132906 Help me pick a 28mm viewfinder http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132905&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:08 GMT So, I pre-ordered the Ricoh GR and now I'm looking for an optical viewfinder to go with it. I originally wanted the Voigtlander 28/35 minifinder for its size, but it seems pretty hard to find and is more expensive than I thought.
I'm also considering the Voigtlander 28 brightline, the Sigma vf-11, and the plastic Leica 28.
Any others I should be aware of? I'm trying to keep the price $200 or below.
Can anyone speak to the quality and accuracy of the sigma? I couldn't find much on that. The Voigtlander brightline seems like a good build, but is the biggest and I would prefer smaller unless the Voigtlander is going to be the best build and optical quality.
Thanks. ]]> Micl Photo Acc / Bags/ Meters / Tripods etc Dunn http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132905 My first published work http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132904&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 06:41:53 GMT Today I had a nice surprise. My wife and I attend a museum showing of Gregory Kondos paintings at the Crocker Museum In Sacramento,Ca. Hanging... Today I had a nice surprise.
My wife and I attend a museum showing of Gregory Kondos paintings at the Crocker Museum In Sacramento,Ca.
Hanging next to the intro was a photo I took of Kondos sitting at his office desk at Sacramento City College in the mid sixties.
In the museum book the photo is listed as photographer unknown
but It is mine for sure.
Eight shots on the contact sheet taken with a Yashica mat 124.
Greg and I have crossed paths over the years but only as acquaintances or student teacher relationships.He and his wife are great people to be around:) ]]> TLR Forum - Twin Lens Reflex randolph45 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132904 the range finder focusing lever http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132903&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 06:26:03 GMT I have used many screw mount Leicas and I am too old to start calling the thread mounts. I, and I suspect most of you, when I first get the camera I... I have used many screw mount Leicas and I am too old to start calling the thread mounts. I, and I suspect most of you, when I first get the camera I look at something about fifteen feet away and focus the range finder using the focusing lever thinking this is a dioptor correction device. The I forget about it.
I came across an interesting statement in my Leica Pocket guide third edition by Kisselbach from 1952 in which he refers to this lever and says its purpose is to focus the range finder on near and far subjects. It never occurred to me before to change the focus of the rangefinder because once set for my eyesight why should i change it? so I tried re focusing when working at three or four feet from a subject. What an Eureka moment wow I mean if you have not tried this i recommend you do because its make a very noticeable difference in focusing on close subjects.

I got into a rather lengthy discussion about this lever over in dpreview as it is my position that the lever was meant to do exactly that, focus the one and a half power telescope which was introduce in the three a.
Every one over in dpreview insisted its a diopter correction device and in fact both My Dennis Laney and Jim Lager refer to it as such. Could I have mis interpreted this statement then in the Pocket Leica Book?
I have looked at several other post war leica use guides and they all called it a diopter correction lever.
So I went back to my Leica F instruction manual. Now its really gets interesting as in this manual the official Leica manual that comes with the camera Leitz now refers to the lever as a device to focus on near and far subjects and to correct for eye sight and gives a range of diopters.
I then went back to the D in which it says essentially the same thing both.
Finally I referred to the Leica 3 and 3a instruction manual and here it says
"The eye piece is adjustable by turning the milled mount,so that everyone can focus near or distant objects to the greatest possible sharpness. Swung up its used for distances up to 3 1/4 ft and swung down for infinity and set midway, for distances from about 4 feet to 15 feet." there is no mention of diopter correction.
this is of course an english translation or written in english. I hope some of you will let me know if the German manual differs.
It seems then to me that when the lever was first introduced Leitz was not thinking about eyesight correction but very shortly there after the idea was included in the instructions and now days everyone calls it a diopter correction lever and so very few of us bother to refocus when working in close or medium distances.
I believe the range finder magnification and the accompanying lever was done in order to accommodate the accuracy needed to focus the new f2 Summar that was introduced at about the same time.
So if any of you screw mount users have not tried refocusing your range finder when working close try it.
Most interesting to me is why Leitz changed how they describe the lever.
if anyone has some insight into why the change I would be very interested in knowing it. ]]> Rangefinder Photography Discussion bosjohn http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132903 Pentax ME super metering question http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132902&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 03:17:58 GMT I've put the first two rolls of film through one of my old Pentax cameras to check it out, ME Super. Both rolls were Arista Premium shot at 400 using the in-camera metering. A yellow #8 filter was used on and off through both rolls. Both rolls were developed in ID-11 (the first for 9 minutes at 72F which was room temp, the 2nd for 10 minutes at 68F), Ilfostop for 20-30 seconds, Ilford rapid fixer for 4 minutes (checked time to clear and doubled it), Ilford method rinse 5,10,20,30, 40, 50 inversions with filtered water, and a final rinse for 4 minutes in filtered water with one drop of LFS. I inverted for the first 10 seconds of each developing cycle, then 3 inversions every minute after that. Same with the stop and fixer.

Anyway, the negatives on both rolls look to me to be underexposed. Lots of clear, especially on dark scenes. Filter didn't seem to make any difference. Now that I look back at my notes most of the shots at f/16 and f/11 were getting auto shutter speeds of 1/500 and 1/1000 with the filter on. The ones without a filter were always the same or higher. I checked it against my Pentax MX and Luna Pro SBC (reflective) and for the same f-stop it was always a stop faster on the shutter speed. So the MX would read f/11 at 1/500 on a clear blue sky while the ME would be 1/1000 (both set to 400asa). With the asa moved to 200, then it matched the MX and Luna. I plan on sending it off for a CLA this fall, but in the meantime would it be worth trying the ME set at half the films box speed, then developing it at box speed? Just thinking of a way to use the camera meter.

FWIW, I've not had the Luna meter checked, but in reflective mode it matches both of my Nikon dslr's matrix metering dead on, and it matches the Pentax MX and a Canon AE-1's metering as well.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I like using the ME for walk around shooting. ]]> SLRs - the unRF Blooze http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132902 Interesting auction item from Japan http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132901&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 02:51:42 GMT http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c401501099 http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c401501099 ]]> Canon RF qwu_us http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132901 CV 40/1.4 Vs. CV 50/1.5 on an M3 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132900&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 01:58:44 GMT Putting the lens size aside for a minute, has anyone compared the features of these 2 lenses for resolution, image quality, etc.? Putting the lens size aside for a minute, has anyone compared the features of these 2 lenses for resolution, image quality, etc.? ]]> Cosina Voigtlander Bessa kshapero http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132900