Leica LTM First time with a Barnack

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
I've been carrying my Leica II and 50mm f3.5 red scale Elmar around for the last couple of days in my Domke F5XB.

It's hilarious ... the Domke's not eaxacty a big bag but the little Leica looks totally lost in it and when you pic the bag up you would hardly know there was a camera in it! :p

Sug ... that is a fantastic photograph! :)
 
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Leica III + 5cm Industar-10 lens.
 
helenhill said:
uh Oh....Just DID IT :eek:
a 1953 IIIf RD (NO ST) will be making its way to Moi by the end of the WEEK

and will have a Summar on Loan to try with It
(besides a 1.5 nokton my only SM lens)
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I just purchased the summar and tried it on my Bessa R4M. It was dreamy, haha. :) I do miss my IIIf, it's on loan with a friend.

Post more pics, Juan and Helen!
 
Thank you guys for the good words :) It is a little bit hard to frame with it still but what a pleasant sound of the shutter!!! Not everything is focus :p

BTW, great ZorkiKat shot there!!!

Here's another one from the same roll named "Your time is up"
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regards,
b.
 
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katcons said:
I just purchased the summar and tried it on my Bessa R4M. It was dreamy, haha. :) I do miss my IIIf, it's on loan with a friend.

Post more pics, Juan and Helen!
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It's cool to see so much Barnack love around...

My story is taking ages... I sent (ten days ago) the IIIC back to KEH and they'll send me a IIIF, but today they just told me the IIIC hasn't got there yet... Must be about to... So, with the best luck, it'll take two more weeks to have my IIIF here... Then, I'll test it to find out if I should send it to Youxin... On an unknown month, I'll paint it olive green and black... Mmmmm... I guess I'll post some images next year...:p

Cheers,

Juan
 
just a Thought.... I find the screwmount cameras to be FASTER in shooting
than my M ( be it any M i have/had ...M2 ,M4, M5 M6 )
I seem to go through a Roll of Film FASTER
even though one has to 'LOOK' thru two different windows
The RF window is so EASY to FocUS its mind blowing

Is this Your Experience too ?

why can't an 'M' have 1.5 magnification
and who needs a patch ...:p
 
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helenhill said:
just a Thought.... I find the screwmount cameras to be FASTER in shooting
than my M ( be it any M i have/had ...M2 ,M4, M5 M6
I seem to go through a Roll of Film FASTER
even though one has to 'LOOK' thru two different windows
The RF window is so EASY to FocUS its mindblowing

Is this Your Experience too ?
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Yes, Helen. I agree with you on the "faster" focusing with separate RF window.

I often shoot without RF focusing on both M and Barnack, but when I do focus using RF patch on M, I often have to search for the right spot to focus with because the patch is floating in the view and sometimes I can't figure out what I'm looking at.

With Barnack, the whole view is doubled in RF window, and the doble images are not far out from each other so it's very easy to focus down. And of course higher magnification of RF view is a huge plus. At least for me, Barnack's focusing is easier and fool-proofed when I need it.

BTW, your Summar shots are impressive, Helen. I might have to try one on my IIIf (very close sister cam to yours. ;)) soon.

This thread is giving me another wave of massive GAS attack... :p
 
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Erik van Straten said:
They are not really faster, but because they're smaller they are easier to carry around and so you take more pictures.

Erik.
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very funny E.
no really I'm serious
with my M I can go a whole day ...out and about and find sometimes only a shot or two
but miss Red Dial is a real Stalker...she has me shootin like a Gun Slinger...:eek:
 
coelacanth said:
Yes, Helen. I agree with you on the "faster" focusing with separate RF window.
YEAH , someone in AGREEMENT !
BTW, your Summar shots are impressive, Helen. I might have to try one on my IIIf (very close sister cam to yours. ;)) soon.
The SEDUCTIVE rRd Dial TWINS...summars are Tres Sultry with a Tougch of Sharpness
This thread is giving me another wave of massive GAS attack... :p
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Try a Charcoal Tablet... Clears Gas every Time :p
 
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helenhill said:
just a Thought.... I find the screwmount cameras to be FASTER in shooting
than my M ( be it any M i have/had ...M2 ,M4, M5 M6 )
I seem to go through a Roll of Film FASTER
even though one has to 'LOOK' thru two different windows
The RF window is so EASY to FocUS its mind blowing

Is this Your Experience too ?

why can't an 'M' have 1.5 magnification
and who needs a patch ...:p
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Helen,

I tend to be fastest with my M7/8 (AE) but I must say the 1.5 mag of a late Barnack is REALLY nice. Have you tried a collapsible Summicron on the III.....it's nice :)

Kent
 
By the way, all of this Barnack talk is going to make me get my sweet little IIIG CLAd (left it in the case and the viewfinder needs cleaning). My Dad's camera, will be fun to use again once it's fixed up.

I actually learned photography on a IIIC, loved it. I find the viewfinder on the C difficult to use with glasses now, however.
 
Helen,

The Bessa-T is an M-mount camera with a 1.5x RF like the IIIf. However, it needs an external viewfinder (which is ok by me) and is much larger than a Barnack (and not as nice). You might want to try the OKARO orange filter on the IIIf - it makes the RF even better!

I think that a IIIf is a perfect street camera. It is very fast once you get used to it. What slow me down the most is the advance knob. Fortunately, TomA is going to help me out with that. :D
 
coelacanth said:
I often shoot without RF focusing on both M and Barnack, but when I do focus using RF patch on M, I often have to search for the right spot to focus with because the patch is floating in the view and sometimes I can't figure out what I'm looking at.

With Barnack, the whole view is doubled in RF window, and the doble images are not far out from each other so it's very easy to focus down. And of course higher magnification of RF view is a huge plus. At least for me, Barnack's focusing is easier and fool-proofed when I need it.
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Ditto my experience...the 0.72 of a standard M gives more frameline options but sacrifices focusing accuracy...takes more time for me to nail focus.
 
When I got my black Bessa T, by the half of the first roll I already knew I liked it so much that I decided I needed to order -immediately- an identical second one just in case, thinking of the future... Apart from being a modern and metered Barnack, its external and fast "arrows" meter is a joy for metered wideangle shooting without taking the camera to eye level. And they have an all metal chassis but weigh nothing... Not focusing and composing through the same window, made me dedicate my mind to both things -one after another- in a more comfortable and dedicated way... Some days I think ordering a third one wouldn't be a bad idea...

Cheers,

Juan
 
Another chapter in my never ending (never starting?) story...

KEH received their bad shutter, returned IIIC yesterday... They just sent me a message telling me unfortunately they found -during the shutter test I asked them to do- my second choice and awaited IIIF Black Dial's shutter wasn't working well either!

As I started to get tired of all this, I ordered (third time) a IIIF Red Dial, and I asked KEH to send it not to Barcelona but directly to Youxin's house in Canton, MA... He told me he'll be back from China in a few days... I guess this is what I should have done from the beginning...

Cheers,

Juan
 
Fantastic News Juan....Great to Hear !!!

You , Sug and i have the 'RED DIAL Sisters
I wonder who is the Wickedest, The Prettiest, & The Smartest
 
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