Range-rover
Veteran
Gear Alert! I finally ordered a spanner wrench for use in taking apart lenses and stuff,
like the 35mm f3.5 summaron lens I got. Ah good times! hopefully I could make this
meet.
like the 35mm f3.5 summaron lens I got. Ah good times! hopefully I could make this
meet.
Gear Alert! Fujifilm X70 ... 
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
So the BEOON arrived. smaller than I ever imagined. Not much bigger box than what my Rolex came in. About the same size, but a bit taller. It even came with muliple copies of these magnification scales. The Leica box measures 6x7 1/2x 5 1/2.
The 65/3.5 Visoflex lens is kinda cool. No distance scale for that minimalist look. Basically a sharp slow Tessar that perhaps is not optimized for infinity focus, but kinda great up close. It features an aperture stop that you set, because there is no auto diaphram, and in use you manually stop down the lens. This 14127 adapter to "R" mount is not the recommended adapter. Kinda makes no sense to me because the other adapter 14167 does not seem to offer any meter interface. Anyways I have to get a workaround figured out. Definately a strange lens and an odd focal length.
Seems like all I need to make digital copies of negatives now is a Visoflex III. The 65/3.5 fits the BEOON.
Cal
The 65/3.5 Visoflex lens is kinda cool. No distance scale for that minimalist look. Basically a sharp slow Tessar that perhaps is not optimized for infinity focus, but kinda great up close. It features an aperture stop that you set, because there is no auto diaphram, and in use you manually stop down the lens. This 14127 adapter to "R" mount is not the recommended adapter. Kinda makes no sense to me because the other adapter 14167 does not seem to offer any meter interface. Anyways I have to get a workaround figured out. Definately a strange lens and an odd focal length.
Seems like all I need to make digital copies of negatives now is a Visoflex III. The 65/3.5 fits the BEOON.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I think I will bring out the BEOON to the Meet-Up. I am truely surprised on how small and compact this copy stand is. Muy retro also. The bonus is that it also came with a vintage 35/135mm Leitz LTM to M-mount adapter.
Anyways it seems that I can make digital copies of my negatives to start to edit through over nine years worth of film shooting and begin printing work prints. This is "Vintage Calzone." LOL.
All I need now is a Visoflex III. The 65/3.5 is a macro lens, and on top of that I also own the 90 Macro Elmar. The BEOON is set up with dual M-mounts and I have a full set of extension tubes. Anyways I'm in denial: I am not scanning I say. LOL. Technically I'm copying a negative using digital capture using a single exposure, so technically I'm just making a transposing a picture into the digital medium. Ha-Ha.
Anyways the black SL2-MOT with a chrome Visoflex lens is a crazy beast that is really ghetto. The VF'er really pops, the lens is known to be sharp, the contrast is low, and there are only 4 elements (Tessar???). Anyways this rig has mucho hill-billy from Brooklyn style.
I found out that I need a Leica 14167 M to R adapter to have my metering on the SL2-MOT to be accurate. Strangely it seems that this accuracy does not extend from SL and SL2 bodies to "R" cameras. Also took note that the metering on my SL2 is 4 times more sensitive than on a SL.
As far as black F2 DE-1 GAS goes I think the black SL2-MOT killed the GAS. My SL2-MOT is a rare camera with only about 1K ever made. In 1975 it cost literally twice the cost of a new Nikon F2, and is a crazy overbuilt camera that has mucho retro vibe and style. Know that Leica only made the SL2 for a little longer than 2 years and they lost money on each one they sold.
Cal
Anyways it seems that I can make digital copies of my negatives to start to edit through over nine years worth of film shooting and begin printing work prints. This is "Vintage Calzone." LOL.
All I need now is a Visoflex III. The 65/3.5 is a macro lens, and on top of that I also own the 90 Macro Elmar. The BEOON is set up with dual M-mounts and I have a full set of extension tubes. Anyways I'm in denial: I am not scanning I say. LOL. Technically I'm copying a negative using digital capture using a single exposure, so technically I'm just making a transposing a picture into the digital medium. Ha-Ha.
Anyways the black SL2-MOT with a chrome Visoflex lens is a crazy beast that is really ghetto. The VF'er really pops, the lens is known to be sharp, the contrast is low, and there are only 4 elements (Tessar???). Anyways this rig has mucho hill-billy from Brooklyn style.
I found out that I need a Leica 14167 M to R adapter to have my metering on the SL2-MOT to be accurate. Strangely it seems that this accuracy does not extend from SL and SL2 bodies to "R" cameras. Also took note that the metering on my SL2 is 4 times more sensitive than on a SL.
As far as black F2 DE-1 GAS goes I think the black SL2-MOT killed the GAS. My SL2-MOT is a rare camera with only about 1K ever made. In 1975 it cost literally twice the cost of a new Nikon F2, and is a crazy overbuilt camera that has mucho retro vibe and style. Know that Leica only made the SL2 for a little longer than 2 years and they lost money on each one they sold.
Cal
Range-rover
Veteran
Wasn't that the time the Leica/Minolta CL came out and everyone was buying
that, until Leica pulled the plug on it.
that, until Leica pulled the plug on it.
Range-rover
Veteran
Gear Alert! Fujifilm X70 ...
Another Fuji! Wow they are great camera's and the X-Pro 2 should be sweet.
I'll have that in time for the next meet-up!
Range-rover
Veteran
Nice JS, with all the upgrades should be a better camera all around.
NY_Dan
Well-known
XPRO2 -- cool John!
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If anyone wants to buy a copy of my book (Never Seeing Nothing - www.inkphotobooks.com) tomorrow, please let me know and I'll bring it with me. $35 cash (or $38 on PayPal). Money goes to publisher (RFF member Philippe).