bought 2 rangefinders today

[FrankS]

On my visit from Toronto to Kingston by motorcycle to visit my parents, I stopped by many garage sales and antique shops along the way. I bought 2 rangefinder cameras. The first, a Canon G111 QL I paid too much for because it has front enement lens separation (does anyone have a parts camera with good front lenses?). The second though was a little jewel called a Lumica made in Japan for $16. I have it pictured here with the Canon so you can see the size. Cool, eh?

 

[back alley]

hey frank,

they look good.
i don't know the lumica but i'm sure someone will be along soon with some info.

a buddy of mine just moved to kingston, he transferred through his job. small world.

joe

 

[Rich Silfver]

First I thought your camera looked like a Pax. I thought an M3 (from Yamato).

Picture here: http://bal4u.dip.jp/mt/came/archives/y/ halfway down the page.

Another photo here: http://www.ozcamera.com/pax.html

But - they later came out with a Pax M4 - and that looks MUCH more like your camera: http://canon-a.fantastic-camera.com/dasoku/paxm4.htm

 

[Kin Lau]

does anyone have a parts camera with good front lenses?

yes I do... in fact, it's just the barrel at this point because I'm going to keep the body. You can have it. I live in Scarborough & work in Markham.

 

[FrankS]

But - they later came out with a Pax M4 - and that looks MUCH more like your camera: http://canon-a.fantastic-camera.com/dasoku/paxm4.htm

Richard, that's the one. Mine's clearly labelled Lumica, so this must be a case of relabelling, perhaps for the American market. The focus scale on my camera is in feet. Thanks.
Frank

 

[FrankS]

does anyone have a parts camera with good front lenses?

yes I do... in fact, it's just the barrel at this point because I'm going to keep the body. You can have it. I live in Scarborough & work in Markham.

Kin, I PM'd you.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Hm, I think you've ended up with a pretty rare camera there Frank... Care to post a photo of the top plate?

 

[FrankS]

Here you are:

 

[Rich Silfver]

Sweet!!!

Never seen a Pax rebranded like this!

 

[Jeroen]

Nice typography, too 🙂

 

[FrankS]

Kinda reminds you of the Leica logo, don't it?

 

[Rich Silfver]

I was thinking the same thing Frank 🙂

 

[Doug]

FWIW, the lowercase letters are from a popular script font most often called "Commercial Script".

 

[nwcanonman]

HA, Me too. The first thing I thought when I saw the font was, "Hey their trying to look Leica-like". 😛