Rangefinderforum.com http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums Rangefinderforum.com is a site for Rangefinder Camera enthusiasts en Mon, 20 May 2013 12:02:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/themes/graphite/misc/rss.jpg Rangefinderforum.com http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums 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 This camera I hate http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132899&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 01:55:09 GMT Shot an event today and as usual I had to wedge my way thru the unpaid Photographers. Point and shoots, smartphones and an occasional DSLR, but I am... Shot an event today and as usual I had to wedge my way thru the unpaid Photographers. Point and shoots, smartphones and an occasional DSLR, but I am really hating all the Ipad's being used as cameras. POX on them!:bang: They obstruct the view of others and just generally get in the way. Now that I think of it, I do not hate the iPad, I hate these iPad users. Just plain rude.
Counted 8 of them today. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR:D:mad::D ]]> Photography General Interest kshapero http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132899 Elmar f/2.8 50mm in LTM, should I bring it home? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132897&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 23:16:05 GMT Dear All, Sorry for the typo in the previous post. Someone is offering an elmar f/2.8 50mm in ltm for USD$260, should I take it? Thanks, Theo Dear All,

Sorry for the typo in the previous post. Someone is offering an elmar f/2.8 50mm in ltm for USD$260, should I take it?

Thanks,

Theo ]]> Leica Screw Mount / LTM Cameras theotse http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132897 Baltic road trip project http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132896&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 22:02:24 GMT I have a friend who is going to live in Moskva Not really close to paris Therefore, as friends matter and as I have always wanted to see the baltic... I have a friend who is going to live in Moskva
Not really close to paris
Therefore, as friends matter and as I have always wanted to see the baltic sea, I decided to visit him this summer


The journey:




the car (citroen C4)




plus mamiya C330
minolta srt (a few of them)
fuji x100

Coffee

Main stops : Lille (france)
hamburg
copenhaguen
Norrkoping
Stockohlm
Riga
Moskva
Vilnius
Gdansk
Lubeck
Francfurt am Main
Paris (home sweet home)

I had to avoid Belarus (people says the borders are not that easy to cross)

Paris => Moskva: 7 days
Moskva => Paris : 7 days
1 week in Moskva to visit

Some friends in hamburg, a brother in Frankfurt

the trip is scheluded for the two last weeks of july and the first of august

Cost (with hotels and ferry boat) : 1600€ ]]> Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views le vrai rdu http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132896 <![CDATA[E-P5 versus E-P1: Evaluating the new Olympus sensor & camera]]> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132895&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:22 GMT I really have few complaints bout my E-P1 + 20mm f/1.7 kit. i just had it out again this weekend. Focusing is slow, but I manage to get many clear... I really have few complaints bout my E-P1 + 20mm f/1.7 kit. i just had it out again this weekend. Focusing is slow, but I manage to get many clear shots of my 7 year old, with single point AF on the LCD screen and then reframing with the VF-1. Nonetheless, ever since the release of the E-M5 and the decision to share Olympus's new sensor with the Pen cameras, I have felt almost obligated to at least consider buying a new camera. The release of the E-P5 has brought these feelings to a head.
I have resorted to Snapsort to compare the cameras; here is a summary of what they say

Advantages of the Olympus E-P5

Much higher resolution screen 1,036,800k dots vs 230k dots

Higher resolution movies 1080p @ 30fps vs 720p @ 30fps

Better maximum light sensitivity 25,600 ISO vs 3,200 ISO

Has a touch screen Yes vs No

Has a flip-out screen Yes vs No

Higher true resolution 15.9 MP vs 12.2 MP

Capture more than 30% more detail in your photos

Shoots faster 9 fps vs 3 fps

Longer battery life 330 shots vs 300 shots

Built-in flash Yes vs No

Significantly faster max shutter speed 1/8000s vs 1/4000s


Advantages of the Olympus PEN E-P1

Cheaper

Lighter 355 g vs 420 g Around 20% lighter

http://snapsort.com/compare/Olympus-...ympus_PEN_E-P1

Some of the advantages of the E-P5 don't really tempt me and seem gimmicky (but maybe I just don't know what I'm missing): touch screen, flip-out screen, 25,000 ISO--what the hell? And I see that the E-P5 is heavier than the E-P1.

Other advantages would be very nice: much better clarity on LCD screen, better resolution movies and built-in flash.

But the thing that sticks in my craw is the "30% more detail in your photos" claim; and they don't mention the reputedly better dynamic range of the new sensor--for some strange reason--and limited dynamic range is my biggest complaint with the E-P1.

Bottom line: am I going to get 30% better photos with the E-P5? How do you evaluate this claim? ]]> Micro 4/3 Cameras traveler_101 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132895 Paul Hansen http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132893&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 20:29:57 GMT A photographer friend based in Hong Kong sent me an email. We covered a war together, and he wanted to know what I thought of the controversy... A photographer friend based in Hong Kong sent me an email. We covered a war together, and he wanted to know what I thought of the controversy surrounding Paul Hansen's shot of a funeral procession in Palestine. (The winner of World Press was accused of faking the shot with Photoshop. The picture was shown not to be subject to excessive manipulation. The prize was not revoked.) Specifically my friend was interested in the parallels between Gene Smith’s silver printing and Paul Hansen’s work on his digital image.

I can’t talk specifically about Mr. Hansen’s process. I don’t know him. But I can make some general assumptions that are probably correct. I do know about Gene’s printing. He started with a print that had all the information and then emphasized the important. He printed on variable contrast paper (High Speed Varigam and then Polycontrast when Varigam was discontinued). He used a multiple filter technique and slightly boosted the contrast of the important elements in the picture. This could also be done with ferricyanide.

Given that as a news photographer you don’t have a lot of control over what is in front of you, Gene might do a slight burn through a low contrast filter to those areas of the image that were less important and could distract from the main subject.

It wasn’t very complicated. Make sure that everything in the picture was legible. Draw attention to the important things and slightly diminish the distractions if they exist. From what I’ve read, this is what the World Press winner did digitally, it’s what most good photographers and image services do and it’s what I do with my family snap shots. I think the criticism of Paul Hansen’s work is absolute bull. I would direct my criticism to those who don’t understand or don’t make that effort and who, by the way, are not getting shot at.

Your thoughts? ]]> Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author Bill Pierce http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132893 Does UV filter help image quality when shooitng film? http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132892&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 20:11:42 GMT Okay, first of all, let's not go into the 'to filter or not to filter' debate. I am just curious how UV filters actually affect the image quality of color and black and white film as opposed to clear/no filter. I have heard that they help to cut the haze and reveal more detail. Do you have experience with this effect in everyday use (non 'pixel peeking')?

Also while we are at it, how often do you use color filters? ]]> Photography General Interest exe163 http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132892