Camera and Coffee

Just joined in this discussion and find it quite lively. Brewed some Ethopian Harrar medium roast and set back with this old Leica IIIc that has been around the world. Picked it up in a trade with some problems and sent it to Oleg in Russia for a CLA and got back a real workhorse. Mounted on it is Jupiter 12 that is fantastic. I also sent it to Frank at Cameraleathers for recovering and it shines in all it new glory. I guess you could say a real world traveler!
 
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My son got something very cool in the mail today. A free rangefinder camera that folds up into a small pocket size spy camera. All he needs is 110 film :) Here is his photo of it next to his mug of hot chocolate. Sure beats a Holga :)
 
Well,
Here it is. My first Digital SLR Camera. IF you don't visit the "completely different" forum, here is the thread:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5117

And if you never make it to the DSLRexchange, here are some images from it:

http://www.dslrexchange.com/dslrxphotopost/showphoto.php/photo/666/size/big/sort/1/cat/500

This is one of Kodaks first Digital Cameras that was sold. This one is special as it does not have an IR cutoff filter on it. I had to talk to the engineers at Kodak about having it made. It was being surplussed a few weeks ago and I rescued it. And took it apart, cleaned all of the connections between the back-to-camera, internal SCSI drive, battery, and located drivers on someones personal website, and dug out my Pentium Pro, found all the SCSI cables, made a power cable...

And I kind of like that Viewfinder from the Kodak Retina IIIc on it, a lot easier to see through the viewfinder when you have an R60 or Wratten 87c on the camera.
 
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The DCS200 weighs in at only 4 lbs with all of the batteries and internal disk drive. The 6 AA 1.6 amp-hr batteries that I put in the digital back (N8008s uses 4 AA Alkaline) were enough to fire off 50 shots to the hard drive and play them back on the computer. The first Digital IR "Sensor" that I worked on in 1981 took a 28-track tape drive, four racks of equipment, and all the power a P3 could generate to keep it running. The Air Crew could not turn the coffee pot on while we were running it.

So the Kodak was a real break-through. Its 1.6MPixel array was also state of the art for 1992, Kodak had a real lead in the field.
 
was the sensor the size of 35mm film? Also, nice use of the retina viewfinder, does that thing work well, I have been thinking of getting on off ebay for my kiev.
 
The CCD sensor was small; a special finder masked off the usable portion. The magnification factor is 2.5; a 28mm lens is about a "70mm equivalent". The pixel size is 9uM.

The Retina finder is nice. It is sharp, gandles the 35/85 FOV and has parallax adjustment.
 
Hopelessly Mired in the 1950's

Hopelessly Mired in the 1950's

This might not be so pathetic if it wasn't the gear that I actually use on a daily basis (someone has to keep the flashbulb industry going;))
  • Contax IIa Color Dial
  • Zeiss Ikoblitz 1316 Flash
  • Zeiss Opton 85/2 "T" Sonnar and shade (took forever to find)
  • Zeiss 427 Finder
  • Zeiss Ikophot meter
And the all important Cuban Coffee...off to shoot.
I hope the weekend is good for all!
Cheers,
D2
 
Yes Zeiss made some interesting finders didn't they? I just put a 436/8 finder on my "new" Canonet - its a tiny waist-level finder but you can turn it at a right-angle and that allows you to hold the camera down low with a straight arm and frame through the finder. Works pretty well... :)
 
Got my new j9 in yesterday and decided it needed to go out after some coffee today.

Here it is making Bessa R look like Jimmy Durante.
 
I actually think it looks really good Bessa. How does it shoot? Better than Godzilla's XA but worse than Mothra's 90mm apo asph I am guessing?
 
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