Camera and Coffee

[nemjo]

Oly XA

Oly XA

Maybe I missed something, but among theese beauties I couldn't find an XA.
So tried to maintain this mistake...

Cheers,

nemjo

 

[raid]

I decided to post a photo of my currently most used rangefinder camera, along with my favorite coffee mug at home. It is light brown and beige colored, just like coffee and cream. The camera is a Bessa T, with a hard to find Zeiss 5cm/2 Sonnar from a batch of 200 lenses made by Zeiss for Sweden in return for raw material.

 

[ray_g]

M6 from ryan (enochroot) arrived. No coffee around, how about some "coffee" toning?

 

[GeneW]

Nemjo, Raid, Ray, beauties one and all!

Gene

 

[sf]

A friend had took is DC for coffee today, and I finally have something to post on this tread.

My little M2, the Switar and the adapter.

Cheers





Will

Hey, some shots from the Switar/M2 setup would be very interesting to see!

 

[sf]

Bronica & Guinness

Bronica & Guinness

I am allergic to coffee, and have no tea in the house. . . but I have Guinness. A stout camera with a stout beverage.

 

[GeneW]

That's a really nice shot, shutter! Guinness is always appropriate!

Gene

 

[Jason_K]

I am allergic to coffee. . .

That must be strange for someone living in Seattle.

That's a fine looking Guinness (and camera) though.

 

[raid]

Fine photo of fine equipment with fine beer.

 

[je2a3]

Well worn Leica II [D] '32

Well worn Leica II [D] '32

Probably the roughest Leica II in the planet. But it has character [I think?] and if only the camera can speak of what it has seen in its lifetime. I acquired this camera from eBay looking like a parts unit w/o the vulcanite. It also lacked the spindle so I took one off a Fed. I spent this weekend doing CLA and wrapping it up. The accompanying Summar has separation in the middle element but I took some test shots this afternoon and it seems usable at smaller apertures f6.3 up. Tinkering with Fed 1s and Zorki 1s paid off, I could finally afford the real thing for the same price as an NKDV Fed with lavatory seat RF housing. The coffee kept me concentrated while trying to revive it.

 

[einolu]

Beautiful camera! I have always been tempted by the leica 2s, I think they look much better than the 3s, heh 😉.

 

[je2a3]

Beautiful camera! I have always been tempted by the leica 2s, I think they look much better than the 3s, heh 😉.

Thanks! FWIW, fixing a Leica II is actually easier in some ways than a Fed or Zorki. For one thing the curtain drum has a clamp that prevents it from moving around during reassembly. But what surprised me was the shutter crate on a Leica II is made of thin metal whereas in an FSU it's cast alloy.

I agree that it looks better than later models it has cleaner lines and the nickel fittings has a warm glow that matches the scratched brassy metal.

 

[reagan]

Probably the roughest Leica II in the planet.

Hey, looks good to me... I like it! But then, I'm probably the roughest looking RFFer on the planet. 🙄 Good job on the CLA. Hope you enjoy shooting the little character!

 

[enochRoot]

hope you enjoy it ray! and man, seems like you like your coffee DARK if that toning is any indication 😀

 

[Pherdinand]

je2a3, i see you really like german glass😀 Schott in a Krups heh?

 

[Will]

Hey, some shots from the Switar/M2 setup would be very interesting to see!

Will be glad to post in the future!

Cheers




Will

 

[taffer]

Great additions everybody 🙂

 

[Will]

Hey, some shots from the Switar/M2 setup would be very interesting to see!

Will be glad to do so...

Running to HK tomorrow, let's see what I can do in the weekend! 😀

 

[je2a3]

Hey, looks good to me... I like it! But then, I'm probably the roughest looking RFFer on the planet. 🙄 Good job on the CLA. Hope you enjoy shooting the little character!

Thanks! BTW, I frequent your blog site, great job!

 

[je2a3]

je2a3, i see you really like german glass😀 Schott in a Krups heh?

😉 you got it...I've had that coffee maker for 10 years....don't know if it will last as long as the Leica II though.