caila77
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Coffee, OM4 and 180/2,8 ready for a new project….. if it stops raining
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38Deardorff
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Might just be my favourite 35mm camera.... Coffee by Illy.
chuckroast
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Showoff ;P
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38Deardorff
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just a lucky ebay buy from Japan....i'll tone down the next post w something less desirable.....
but.... the Leicavit is a game changer on the screwmount Leicas.
It's bigger than a CL but is a perfect size in use.
chuckroast
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Seriously, though, would you prefer this over an M body? I say this because I have a really nice IIIf, and three M bodies. The Barnack is a great wandering around camera and nice for travel, but the optics available for the Ms are so very much better (and more diverse), I don't know that I could only live with the IIIf.
Your thoughts, Mr. I Have A IIIg And A Leicavit ...
38Deardorff
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CR I've used & loved M cameras for more than 50 yrs (Yikes!......a used M2 body for $175 while at university) , and have taken them everywhere, but admit to loving printing from big negatives.
I've become more of a minimalist when i'm travelling. In the past 10 yrs I've travelled to Europe on different trips with: 1) a Rolleiflex, 2) a Fuji 680lll, 3) a Leica CL w a 40 & a borrowed Pentax 645, 4) A Leica CL w a 28mm & a Perkeo ll, 5) an M4 & a 35 Summicron.
Next trip i'll likely take the lllg with the Voigtlander 21mm f4, a 35mm & the Perkeo. Re: available lenses for M /LTM..... I sold my LF Apo Sironars to buy old Dagors & Commercial Ektars. I'm not a fan of the apo M lenses..... 35mm clinically sharp still won't give the tonal range of any average MF camera....let alone LF. I'm happy with the classic lenses.
I'm a big fan of the accessory finders and along w the Leicavit they make the M vs LTM more of a level playing field. BTW I don't have a baseplate for the lllg....came with the Leicavit.
Still, I won't make the mistake of selling my black paint M4.......like i did with my black paint M2..... it can get occasional use and gather a little dust.
(photo closer to home, 1934 Leica lll model f, Elmar 3.5cm f 3.5)
I've become more of a minimalist when i'm travelling. In the past 10 yrs I've travelled to Europe on different trips with: 1) a Rolleiflex, 2) a Fuji 680lll, 3) a Leica CL w a 40 & a borrowed Pentax 645, 4) A Leica CL w a 28mm & a Perkeo ll, 5) an M4 & a 35 Summicron.
Next trip i'll likely take the lllg with the Voigtlander 21mm f4, a 35mm & the Perkeo. Re: available lenses for M /LTM..... I sold my LF Apo Sironars to buy old Dagors & Commercial Ektars. I'm not a fan of the apo M lenses..... 35mm clinically sharp still won't give the tonal range of any average MF camera....let alone LF. I'm happy with the classic lenses.
I'm a big fan of the accessory finders and along w the Leicavit they make the M vs LTM more of a level playing field. BTW I don't have a baseplate for the lllg....came with the Leicavit.
Still, I won't make the mistake of selling my black paint M4.......like i did with my black paint M2..... it can get occasional use and gather a little dust.
(photo closer to home, 1934 Leica lll model f, Elmar 3.5cm f 3.5)
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chuckroast
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CR I've used & loved M cameras for more than 50 yrs (Yikes!......a used M2 body for $175 while at university) , and have taken them everywhere, but admit to loving printing from big negatives.
I've become more of a minimalist when i'm travelling. In the past 10 yrs I've travelled to Europe on different trips with: 1) a Rolleiflex, 2) a Fuji 680lll, 3) a Leica CL w a 40 & a borrowed Pentax 645, 4) A Leica CL w a 28mm & a Perkeo ll, 5) an M4 & a 35 Summicron.
Next trip i'll likely take the lllg with the Voigtlander 21mm f4, a 35mm & the Perkeo. Re: available lenses for M /LTM..... I sold my LF Apo Sironars to buy old Dagors & Commercial Ektars. I'm not a fan of the apo M lenses..... 35mm clinically sharp still won't give the tonal range of any average MF camera....let alone LF.
I'm a big fan of the accessory finders and along w the Leicavit they make the M vs LTM more of a level playing field. BTW I don't have a baseplate for the lllg....came with the Leicavit.
(photo closer to home, 1934 Leica lll model f, Elmar 3.5cm)
It's a beautiful shot. I have an uncoated version of that Elmar that I use when I need to glow 😉
I much prefer larger formats, but the prospect of hauling a Hasselblad, let alone a Graflex or view camera on my travels is just a bridge too far.
I took my IIIf to Italy last year and my M2 and lenses with me to Greece earlier this year and was delighted both times. But I have become such an addict of that V3 50mm 'Cron and the 35mm ASPH, the Ms call me louder and louder. (I also bring the 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar along to widen my worldview 😉
I had a GW690II for a while that I thought would do as my travel camera but it had two big drawbacks: First of all, it's big and bulky and got in the way of discreet street shooting.
Secondly, that double stroke film advance just sucked on my camera - even though it was almost new when I got it AND I had CameraWiz check it out. No matter how careful I was, the camera always had wonky interframe spacing, and if I wasn't very careful, frame overlap. I don't want to have to be careful with a a camera when I am in the moment, so I sold it. It's a shame because on a tripod with very delibrate care in the film advance, it just knocked out superb images.
I do have a 'Baby' Speed Graphix with a Graflok back on it so I can shoot roll film or sheets. That camera with a couple RH-8s is a pretty viable travel camera as well, I just have to get off my butt on install the infinity stops for lenses I have, other than the 101mm Ektar that came with it.
In the end, I am thus drifting into the view that an M body with a few great lenses ends up being a great balance of fantastic optics, image performance, and portability.
38Deardorff
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This one especially for chuckroast... toned down to be less envy-inducing. Pentax S2 w Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 (complete w fungus)..... espresso by Mauro.
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JeffS7444
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Don't drop your camera! I have a few of those older Leica straps too.
jonal928
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38Deardorff
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No kidding!
chuckroast
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Well it would be less envy inducing except that in my misspent youth, I did shoot some with Spotmatics. So, FINE, trigger a flood of memories from decades ago. <Sob>
You just want to hurt me, just admit it... (Nice camera, BTW!)
chuckroast
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1974 Nikon FtN Apollo freshly back from a body and meter overhaul at ICT Camera in Bonita, CA. The meter is now bang on and shutters speeds test as nominal. The body and meter have a small bit of brassing, but the innards are pristine. The first test roll this afternoon is hanging to dry, but looks just swell.
The backstory is that this was the first SLR model I ever bought in the 1970s. I used it for some years then sold it to take a detour with the just announced OM-1. But I always missed that Apollo FTn I originally owned. Some years ago, I found this one. It's like having an old friend back, even moreso now with a good meter.
Good for another 51 years:
The backstory is that this was the first SLR model I ever bought in the 1970s. I used it for some years then sold it to take a detour with the just announced OM-1. But I always missed that Apollo FTn I originally owned. Some years ago, I found this one. It's like having an old friend back, even moreso now with a good meter.
Good for another 51 years:
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chuckroast
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ICT sent me pictures of the camera stages of repair. Here are a few:
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38Deardorff
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Nikon F, 28mm. Illy Classic Espresso
Leon C
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Tea but I was in a real Coffee shop!
chuckroast
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Someone chewed off the end of yer spoon.
38Deardorff
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That's italian style for you....same folks who designed the Nikon F3 😉
chuckroast
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Well, at least the LCD illuminator button on the F3, thereby ruining and otherwise nearly perfect camera.
38Deardorff
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I was skeptical of the electronics (coming from the F & F2), but got years of great service from an F3MD4 under some tough conditions.
