Ken Rockwell says Electro 35 better than Leica & Nikon RF's

[gb hill]

Ken calls the focal plane shutters of Leica & Nikon RF's clumsy. Quiter shutter too. I knew I had a jewel.😀
http://www.kenrockwell.com/yashica/electro-35.htm

 

[Keith]

We all knew the Electro is really all the camera we needed .. didn't we?

If not Ken just reminded us!

I didn't like this bit ... "It has a much clearer finder than the Nikon manual rangefinders of the 1950s that fetch astronomical prices from geriatric collectors. "

I just bought a Nikon rangefinder and I feel quite wounded! 😛

 

[pevelg]

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My oh my!!!

 

[Overconfidence]

lol ken rockwell

 

[gb hill]

That word "geriatric" sounds like a mighty serious condition to me.

 

[Solinar]

Bettter yet - "The red and yellow OVER and SLOW indicators are all I need, and the colors and in-finder arrow directions are just perfect. "

This was my first RF camera back in 1972. With a table pod the Electro 35 was the low-light king until the Oly XA came along. The XA was my second RF camera.

 

[Keith]

Only one thing to say here ... "Denny Crane!" 😛

 

[Al Patterson]

Hmm. I think Ken must be lurking around here...

 

[Solinar]

Oh yeah, Don't forget to paint your end cap day glow orange people!

 

[Trius]

How do you change the lens on an Electro?

 

[Al Patterson]

That word "geriatric" sounds like a mighty serious condition to me.

Yes, I hear it is a terminal condition. Oh, well that's life...

 

[Solinar]

How do you change the lens on an Electro?

You do so with a Ricoh GR-1 . http://www.pbase.com/cameras/ricoh/gr1

 

[Graham Line]

How do you change the lens on an Electro?

Bandsaw. The site in question is classier than begging on a freeway ramp, but just barely.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Hmm. I think Ken must be lurking around here...

And judging by the articles he writes, he's having some fun by stirring the pot and then reading the responses.

Ken, if you're reading this (and I suspect you are 😉) here's a big HELLO to you 😀

 

[bob338]

i found this on another part of his website...

"The best Nikon, Leica and Canon camera systems costing $5,000 give poorer results than an old used 120 medium format Yashica MAT 124G worth about $200. A medium format Hasselblad costing about $3,000 gives poorer results than and old 4x5 Graflex worth about $250. I have the film to prove this."

he seems prone to making sweeping statements about equipment he doesn't own.


bob

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Geriatrics is an adjective. The noun is geriatry, which is the branch of medicine that studies the problems and illnesses caused by advanced age.

I have a brother who is a medical doctor; he use to lecture me on subjects physiological most mornings, while having breakfast, after he had pulled an all-nighter studying anatomy and other fun things like that. 🙂

 

[RObert Budding]

He's the same guy who claims a p&s digicam is as good as a DSLR.

 

[Anupam]

"Specifications with Commentary" is code for "I haven't used the camera, only read the specs, but I'll have my say anyway."

How do you change the lens on an Electro?

Forget that. How do you set exposure on an Electro? Fixed lens RFs that can be put on manual I can still understand. But how people can use an AE only camera with ancient center weighted meter I'll never know. The whole world is middle gray, apparently.

 

[amateriat]

The "best" camera, usually, is the one within reach that's ready to shoot.


- Barrett

 

[Trius]

Yeah, the point of my snide question was to question what "best" means. Barrett is closer to the truth, I would only add "that will do the job". For most of us, having more than one focal length is, if not necessary, at least highly desirable and often pretty important. The Olympus 35SP is the best fixed lens RF for me, but it's not the best I could wish for, since I can't change the focal length.