Hi-Matic 7sII

[cribox]

I recently bought a nice Hi-Matic 7sII, just needed seals replacement.

Here are some pics of the first roll, with Ilford SFX.

The 40/1.7 is very sharp, with a nice bokeh

Great camera...

Scans of Multigrade FB prints:

With red filter

 

[Tom Harrell]

Yes, cribox! Very nice indeed! I like your pictures, thank you for sharing them!
Tom

 

[Jack Conrad]

Very very nice. I'm impressed.

 

[bhaktikso]

Nice pictures from this camera. Very contrasty.

 

[shadowfox]

The camera is just doing its job.
It's your eye, composition, and printing skills that shines.

Congrats.
I would love to do a print swap for first or the last one

 

[jwc57]

Good work. I have the same camera and it is my "kick-around" camera.

 

[cribox]

Thank you for answers
The 7sII is a wonderful camera
What a pleasure to use a so reliable and quiet camera

 

[AFenvy]

Great work, you have a talent for photography, and the camera performed admirably. I don't see why you would need anything else!

 

[cambolt]

Did you use a filter with that film?

 

[cribox]

Did you use a filter with that film?

Just for the last one: B+W deep red filter.

 

[rogerzilla]

Is it the same Rokkor-QF ("quick focus", I assume - it's very short throw) as on the Minoltina-S and AL-S? That was up to Leica standard and I have a 40" x 30" print from one, which is sharp.

Sadly the RF silvering has corroded on a lot of them* and the leaf shutters can pack up; also the selenium meter rarely lasts the decades.


*quick DIY fix is to clean off the remains and then stick on a piece of the one-way silver film sold for van windows; it works perfectly once you've recalibrated the horizontal adjustment to allow for the small extra thickness.

 

[cribox]

Is it the same Rokkor-QF ("quick focus", I assume - it's very short throw) as on the Minoltina-S and AL-S?

Sorry, I don't know... but rendering is quite similar to the M-Rokkor 40/2.

Sadly the RF silvering has corroded on a lot of them* .../...
*quick DIY fix is to clean off the remains and then stick on a piece of the one-way silver film sold for van windows; it works perfectly once you've recalibrated the horizontal adjustment to allow for the small extra thickness.

Thank you for this tip; so many cameras have a corroded or hazy rangefinder patch...

 

[rolleistef]

The one on the Minolta probably is a bit different, and closer to the one on the Hi Matic 7 and 9. I guess the 45/1.7 on the 7 SII has been re calcullated since it's about 15 years newer. Still a wonderful lens on my 1969 HM9!!

(sorry, the neg hasn't been properly processed nor scanned)

 

[porkyc]

Well Done

Well Done

I would suggest you could do pictures like that with anything. Some people just know how do it. They are very good, thank you for sharing with us.
PC

 

[clachnacuddin]

I used to have one of these and it is still my favourite fixed lens RF today, keep the pics coming.

 

[bfjr]

Been enjoying my "7" for about week now very nice camera.

 

[Russ]

A very good 40mm f/1.7 lens. A design collaboration between Leitz and Minolta. The same lens can be found on the Vivitar ES and Revue SE rangefinders.