Camera and Coffee

I realize it's not a common camera at only about 4 to 5k made, but is it really really a $600 camera? Or is it only the rarity that commands the price? If so, that's fine, I'm just curious at this point about what it's significance is.

Thanks,

William
 
The price has only risen slightly since production ended and obviously its rarity has had an effect on the price. It's sold with the lens which has impressed me since I tried it out on the R-D1. I'd say it's a usable camera, well constructed, accurate meter, very nice/large finder, well laid out controls.

And given that its Chinese equilvalent the Phenix JG-50 has also stopped production, I can see prices going up further in the near future.
 
Ok that makes sense, especially if the lens really is a nice 2.8 (hmm, that speed, a Tessar? Twitch... ;) ), I can see that. Part of the problem is that LOMO seems obscenely high priced for everything, so I kind of wondered about these cameras as a result.

Thanks!

William
 
Terence T said:
Newest addition which just popped up in the mail yesterday.
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Pardon my ignorance Terence, but I'm not familiar with the camera. I think it's gorgeous though!

Trius
 
C & C on good air(es)

C & C on good air(es)

Hi all,

let me introduce the new family member. The film advance needs some repair, some cleaning, otherwise healthy.
Have nice lights,

nemjo
 
Terence: Thanks. I had read that page a long time ago, but at my advanced age, it was flushed from RAM.

Trius
 
nemjo said:
Hi all,

let me introduce the new family member. The film advance needs some repair, some cleaning, otherwise healthy.
Have nice lights,

nemjo
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Sweet, she's a beaut! What are the specs on that Aires?
 
brians said:
Sweet, she's a beaut! What are the specs on that Aires?
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Hello,
the lens is 45mm F1.9 built on a leaf shutter speed from 1 up to 1/500 + B.
The RH/VF is not so bright as a Bessa R's however the frameline is parallax corrected. Heavy like a camera from the fifties... as a tank.
Regards,

nemjo
 
Here are some pics of my Leica kit at my favorite coffeeshop.

So far, I have been having so much fun shooting with these two cameras that I have been neglecting to do any darkroom work and now have many rolls of film that I need to run up contact sheets for, many more test prints that need to be printed and I have not done any real printing for quite a while. Which just means that I will now have a nice way to spend my evenings, when the weather gets too cold to shoot :D

The sportfinder on my Leica is a japanese copy of the Leica Rasuk that better corresponds to the lenses that I currently have. I considered getting BL finders or a Vidom for it, instead, but sport finders are cheaper than either of them and I really like the way it looks mounted on my camera. The turret finder on the Bessa L is going to be replaced soon with a 35mm finder, because it seems to make the camera top heavy and is fogged up inside.

I also have a Canon 100 lens, but find that I do not feel like carrying it around with me most of the time. I have to admit that I am not using my 50mm Elmar much, since I got my Summaron. But that has more to do with the fact that my small town seems to be so much easier to photograph with a wide angle lens. There are still many situations where I find that I still need something wider so I am weighing whether to get a 21 or 25.

I also have to issue a thank you to the person or people who sugguested using a soft cooler for a camera bag. I use a lunchbox sized version that was only $8, is just the right size for my Leica kit and keeps a drink cool when I am out on a photo walk. And another thank you to whoever came up with the idea of using those little little Rubbermaid Servin Savers for lenses and miscellaneous stuff. Those things are so handy for Leica sized lenses and accessories :)

Sorry for the longer than average post for this thread. But I figured I would kill as many birds with one stone as I could ;)

Richie
 
That sportsfinder is a conversation-starter, I bet! Interesting idea; it works ok for you, I gather... I notice something a little odd in the OOF background; the first pic shows the distant specular highlights as round, whereas in the second and third pics they are clearly 5-sided. DoF may be a little less in the first, perhaps shot wide open with the aperture blades fully retracted, and maybe you stopped down a little for the others so the blades then formed a pentagon?
 
Doug,

The sport finder is definitely a conversation starter, and at first it did not work that well for me until I figured out that it works better if you just leave the rear eyepiece down. Although I do use it when I am close enough to something for parallax to be a problem.

I noticed the difference in the background, too. I actually shot all the shots wide open. This was from a test roll that I was running through my recently acquired Kodak Retina III S with a 50mm 2.8 lens attached. I think that the slight difference between the pics is due to the fact that I did not take these pictures with a tripod, and just held the camera more steady for the other two shots.

Richie
 
Fed3

Fed3

O.K. it's time for a C&C again.
The summer came back, at least here, so have nice lights,

nemjo
 
Hey Joe, another nice shot, and a gorgeous camera! How about an Oilers mug next time to celebrate the return of the NHL and the arrival of Pronger? The puck drops soon!

Trius
Go Leafs Go! :dance:
 
Trius said:
Hey Joe, another nice shot, and a gorgeous camera! How about an Oilers mug next time to celebrate the return of the NHL and the arrival of Pronger? The puck drops soon!

Trius
Go Leafs Go! :dance:
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thanks trius.

i'm not that big of a sports fan, especially hockey.
i think i have a yankee cup around here though.

joe
 
First C&C pics of my new (to me) Leica IIf. It's posing with a cup of Sumatra coffee in one of my Grandmother's Nestle Globe cups and some cookies my sister send us from Stuttgart (the only other German thing we had in the house). It's wearing a Industar-50 I got from a fellow forum member.

Hmmm.... German camera and Russian lens? Look out Poland!!! :eek: :D
 
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