Damn my lust...

[jdos2]

EAS Has hit again.

I wanna Voigtlander Prominent with the 50mm, 100mm, and 35mm lenses.

WHY WON'T IT STOP! WAAAAAAH!

(It'll go away on its own, of course, and I'll just wave bills at my face when I'm too warm to remind me where my $ is going, but STILL!)

 

[taffer]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67380&item=3842014095&rd=1

Hey Jeff, did I help ? 🙄 :angel:

 

[jdos2]

HARDLY.

(Actually, this one isn't that tempting- I wanna Nokton!)

"Thanks" for the link, though. 🙂

 

[taffer]

Prominent NOKTON + LTM or Contax adapter = Happiness 🙂

You know buddy, I do my best to help friends 😀

If you're seriously after a Nokton, maybe www.kevincameras.com has something. Never used a Prominent but read some not very good opinions...

 

[jdos2]

That's what I hear too- that it's clumsy and awkward.

Like the Mamiya Universal.

I really just wanna try one for a week to see if I like it.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I had one. Found it in a "Junque Store" with the Nokton for $10. I repaired the aperture on the lens and replaced missing leather, cleaned it up, sold it for $250.

Is is slow and Kludgy. The Leica, Canon, Nikon, and Retina run circles around it for actually taking pictures.

I now have a Vitessa N and Vitessa T. They get the award for the most difficult to adjust, worst thought out Rangefinder ever. Three set screws holding the mirror against a big set screw in the center, take the top of to adjust, and put it back on to see if you got Vertical and Horizontal alignment correct.

Am I helping?

 

[jdos2]

Only slightly.

Igor, a local camera salesman, will probably lend me one for a bit. THAT'LL take care of it, G-d willing.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

It hurts not to own one of each; but in this case the grass is not greener on the other side of the road. This is one camera that I did not hold onto, and I AM REALLY BAD!!!

 

[jdos2]

Again, we'll see. I have a thing for quirky cameras- prefering the G2 over the Leica for much of the photography I do. I like Kiev/Contax over the the LSM cameras for their quirkiness.

If it's "normal," it's kind of bland to me. I wouldn't mind a camera that is slightly tricky to work, as long as it did indeed work and work well, but all the bad I keep hearing about it makes me wonder why the kits (and I almost bought a kit a while ago for $600- 3 lenses, most of the filters, hoods, &c) go for so much more than the camera is obviously worth, except for the wonderful optics?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Quirky. Voigtlander Glass. You want a Vitessa T. Toilet Plunger advance, selenium meter, interchangeable lenses. Faster handling than a Prominent.

Vitessa T; Kodacolor 200, 50mm F2.8 Color-Skopar, Wide-Open.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The color rendition is wonderful, and sharper than a Xenar.

Moved Picture to a Vitessa Folder.

Vitessa Pictures

The appeal of the original Voigtlander Cameras is in the lenses; and of course the "quirkiness". What other company would use a Plunger film advance or the rewind knob as a focus!

 

[jdos2]

That's got a REALLY pretty look to it! Thanks for sharing those.

The lens on the Vitessa doesn't seem to have the typical "Tessar Target Bokeh" when used wide open- is it a 4 element lens?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I was noticing the lack of donuts from the OOF nightlight as well! The F3.5 Color-Skopar on the Vitessa N exhibits the donuts; but this one does not! The Vitess-N is not as bad as the Nikkor F1.4. I think the Skopars are Tessar varients; but will check when I get home and re-post.