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02-12-2005
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Show Us Your Camera!
Comrades,
Every once in a while, the Leicaphiles on photo.net create a thread of pictures of their own cameras in what they refer to as "Leica porn".
I say we do the same here with our Feds, Zorkis and Kievs. Dust off your favorite shooter and post a pic. It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to have a special place in your heart.
I'll start with my Fed 3A with a chrome 1958 Jupiter-12 and 35mm finder.
Last edited by sockeyed : 02-12-2005 at 09:17.
Reason: spelling
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You can see my baby (a red dressed Kiev 4a) in this thread http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ead.php?t=2652
Soon it will have a sister... 
William
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'sockeyed', our local 'Leica Porn' thread is called 'Camera and Coffee'...
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...4479#post44479
Roman
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02-12-2005
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Hi sockeyed, the 'camera and coffee' thread would be my answer to leica-porn too. Read the 54 pages and feel how you get sucked in... :-)
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I'm gonna go fire up my espresso machine...
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This 1956 Zorki 4 has been a friend for many years. Fits right in my hand and does great work. Smooth and quiet, too.
Jon
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A Kiev 4a in disguise...  |
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02-13-2005
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My little canon A35 F Nighter.
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02-13-2005
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The Canon A35F, the most underated rangefinder.
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02-13-2005
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Originally Posted by ddimaria
The Canon A35F, the most underated rangefinder.
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It would of been more popular but less than a year later, canon releases the auto focus AF35...which meant death to the rangefinders back in 78 or 79. |
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02-13-2005
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Originally Posted by Doug
A Kiev 4a in disguise... |
Doug, is that a fake Sonnar, too?
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02-13-2005
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Originally Posted by denishr
Doug, is that a fake Sonnar, too? |
Indeed it is! The easy clue is where it says f = 5sm |
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02-16-2005
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The cute little 4K and J12, with 35mm finder. Will soon be visited by it's older sibling Zorki 6, from Mother Russia - Da?
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- at one with many rangefinders, a Nikon F2A and now an old D1X 
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Something that produces a decent sized negative :-) |
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02-18-2005
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Something that produces a decent sized negative :-)
none of this teeny 35mm stuff.... 
Actually, last weekend at a camera show, I was shocked at the size of one of the 35mm Contax SLRS - HUGE! |
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02-18-2005
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I am new here. Will soon have a great working Canonet QL17 next week thanks to greyhoundman. But in the mean time, I do have this "rangefinder". It is digital and I love it. It's my primary camera.
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02-20-2005
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Hi Everyone,
I am new on this forum but a regular on Beststuff.com.
Here is a hybrid Fed-Zorki I assembled from parts cameras. I think it looks very cute.
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02-20-2005
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Here is another one. A Zorki 4K with strap lugs and engraved numbers. I swapped a Zorki 4's body case for the 4K. But the engraved numbers are original. Does anyone ever saw another one Zorki 4K with engraved numbers?
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Welcome Zhang!
I remember quite a few of your rare cameras and weird combinations from the Beststuff forum...
Roman
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02-20-2005
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Zhang, welcome! Beautiful like-new cameras, and nice pics too.
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02-20-2005
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Hi Roman and Doug,
Thank you both for the welcome. I have seen you on the beststuff forum for quite sometime. Missed you but don't know why? |
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My first post and my family of found rangers |
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02-20-2005
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man with cat
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My first post and my family of found rangers
(I think I must have messed-up my earlier post)
Hi- I'm new here and I am a Soviet camera newbie.
I just wanted to drop in and show a few of my Russian rangefinders along with some of their Japanese distant cousins. All shot with my Canon G2.
BTW- learning a lot here!
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02-20-2005
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ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
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welcome to the forum.
you'll find a few russian camera users here.
how do like that g2? i just got one to play around with and i like it, makes quick snaps so easy.
joe
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Thanks!
The G2 is neat. It is capable of very decent images. I have been working with it's various quirks. One of which is its slowness when focusing. To remedy this I shoot it manually using "hyperfocal" rules.
A good tip- get the "Lensmate" filter adapter. It has already saved this camera from an expensive repair after a fall at Legoland, CA.
If only the G2 would hold on to the manual focus the user sets until it is told to change.
The funny part is the G2 is why I started down the road of "rangefinderdom." I got tired of fussing with the controls. I remembered how cool and simple my old Minolta SRT101 in high school was. Which led to repeated ebay visits and endless web research. Which led to rangefinders and inevitably to looking up Leicas on ebay. Then lo and behold LEICA COPIES!
Ah, the simplicity. And, I can work on the darn things myself without having to pay the Leica tariff for parts and repair.
Of course... I would love to own a Lieca... but being unemployed doesn't help that desire one bit. Besides, I can take out two of these. Each loaded with different film and different lenses. All without having to worry about being held up or rip-offs.
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Singing, any fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate
Many fish bites, if you got good bait
I'm a goin fishing, yes I'm goin fishing
and my Baby goin fishing, too
Taj Mahall
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StayAtHome Dad & Photog
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Welcome and be very very carefull - there is a very dangerous virus around here called FSU-GAS. It has two manifestations - one for LTM and one for CRFM (LOL). I'm one of the local Kievaholics so if you get that version too, don't worry you'll still be in good company around here
I don't need no Lieca, but I do want my Contax III back from Henry's Day Spa... I just have to figure out how to pay for it once it's done!  
William
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ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
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bob, does that lensmate look like an extension tube with threads on each end?
i assumed at first it was like a lens hood, then figured it was for filters but i'm new to digital and wondered what filter i could possibly use.
i actually forgot about it till this post.
what do you use it for?
joe
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