nemjo
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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
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
Dad Photographer
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.
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ray_g
Guest
M6 from ryan (enochroot) arrived. No coffee around, how about some "coffee" toning?
GeneW
Veteran
Nemjo, Raid, Ray, beauties one and all!
Gene
Gene
sf
Veteran
Will said:
Hey, some shots from the Switar/M2 setup would be very interesting to see!
sf
Veteran
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.
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
Veteran
That's a really nice shot, shutter! Guinness is always appropriate!
Gene
Gene
Jason_K
Shooter
shutterflower said:
That must be strange for someone living in Seattle.
That's a fine looking Guinness (and camera) though.
raid
Dad Photographer
Fine photo of fine equipment with fine beer.
je2a3
je
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.
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
Well-known
Beautiful camera! I have always been tempted by the leica 2s, I think they look much better than the 3s, heh 
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je2a3
je
einolu said: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
hey, they're only Zorkis
Hey, looks good to me... I like it! But then, I'm probably the roughest looking RFFer on the planet.je2a3 said:
Good job on the CLA. Hope you enjoy shooting the little character!
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
hope you enjoy it ray! and man, seems like you like your coffee DARK if that toning is any indication
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
je2a3, i see you really like german glass Schott in a Krups heh?
Schott in a Krups heh?Will
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shutterflower said:
Will be glad to post in the future!
Cheers
Will
taffer
void
Great additions everybody
Will
Well-known
shutterflower said:
Will be glad to do so...
Running to HK tomorrow, let's see what I can do in the weekend!
je2a3
je
CVBLZ4 said:Hey, looks good to me... I like it! But then, I'm probably the roughest looking RFFer on the planet.
Thanks! BTW, I frequent your blog site, great job!
je2a3
je
Pherdinand said:je2a3, i see you really like german glass
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.