Heaviest 35mm you have?

I'm going to answer this one for greyhoundman. I had fun with this one.
(My Oly 35 RC is only 11oz!)

With the smallest lenses his:
Pentax K1000 is 1lb.13oz.
GIII QL17 is 1lb.5oz.
"New" Zorki is 1lb.10 1/2 oz.
And as I correctly guessed his Lynx 14 is 1lb.15 3/4oz.!

I told him that Lynx was a heavy son-of-a-gun! :D
 
dkirchge said:
Pentax K1000, hands down. Everything else I own feels like a toy in comparison.
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My one "real camera" is a Pentax K1000 with a 28-135 f3.8 zoom. It's considerably lighter with the standard lens which I very rarely use. It's really heavy compared to the newer SLRs.

The only other (still) camera I have is an Olympus Stylus, so that makes the Pentax the heaviest. :)
 
I'm pretty sure my heaviest 35mm would be my Nikon F (with non-removable F36 motor). I don't have enough weights to balance it, but it weighs as much as a Retina IIa, Canonet GIII and Leica IIIa combined, plus about 2 ounces.....

: ) =
 
2.2kg for the F2s seems right. I remember it weighing in at 7lbs with batteries (10AA and one DN1) and 55mm F1.2, the lens that I normally keep on it.

My Tessina 35 is the lightest.

If the F36 is non-removable, how do you load it??? I have a Nikon F Photomic with F36 and Remo-Pak; not as heavy as the F2 rig. The Nikon F with the Speed-Magny 100 is heavier, but is no longer 35mm at that point. It becomes a full-frame Polaroid Pack Camera.
 
RF is a Contax II with 85/2 Sonnar, and Turret finder, just a little over 2lbs. 9 ounces.
Alpa 10d with 100/2 Kinoptik is 4lbs. 4 ounces; I'm guessing the Nikon F4 I use to have was probably heavier.
The heavyweight around here is a Rollei SL66 with 500/5.6 Tele-Tessar, 8lbs. 9 ounces.
I've never cared much for lightweight cameras -- I like genuine brass and glass!
 
The 10d is 4lbs ? That's heavy, I had a 11si with the Switar that must have been much lighter. You have any pictures of the Kinoptik?
 
schaubild said:
The 10d is 4lbs ? That's heavy, I had a 11si with the Switar that must have been much lighter. You have any pictures of the Kinoptik?
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With the Switar it is 2lbs. 7 ounces, probably very close to the 11si. The Kinoptik is the beast at 2lbs. 5 ounces. Do you suppose I could slip an SLR shot into the Camera and Coffee thread? On a Model 7 it might technically qualify ;)
 
With that size you cuold claim it's the coffee cup?



P.S. Found an image of the Kinoptik on the Alpa site. Looks huge, nice.
 
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hi brian:

i could remove the motor by removing the back, but then the Nikon F wouldn't be a camera any more, just a lens mount and a shutter.... I don't have a regular back for it. i did include the battery pack and eight AAs in the weight, though, and those are removable...

weighing the other cameras separately, the F weighs one Retina IIa (565g) + one Leica (580g) + one canonet (600g) + 55g, for a total of an even 1800 grams - within a hair of 4 pounds.

: ) =
 
Leica R9 with motor drive weighs a lot. Canon F1N and 85mm f/1.2L is a beast as well.
 
Rick,
I figured that was what you meant. But these days, there are some non-functioning paper-weights out there. I am glad yours is not one of them!

I DO NOT have one; but they made a 750 exposure back for the F2, and a high-speed motor drive that used two MB1 packs for a total of 20 AA batteries. Add an MF11 Data back, DP-12 and DS-12, All-Black Paint of course, and it will suck you in across its event-horizon if you try to pick it up.
 
Its the Glass silly...

Its the Glass silly...

In Range Finders it is the Yashica Lynx. With its f/1.4 lens it is as heavy as an SLR. When it comes to the weight of the camera body alone it is my Nikon F100. Depending on what glass I mount to it the exact weight changes dramatically. Do I go with the 80-200 f/2.8 or the 35mm f/2? I have this idea that MF photography might be fun to try. But each time I walk into the camera store and get a load full of just how large a 6X7 and its glass is, I pass. But those large images would be fun to have some poster sized photographs made from though.... Maybe rent one for a weekend.
 
There really is something special about those MF slides! We have custody of my great-grandmother's Christmas Cactus now (passed through three generations -- intense pressure not to have it die in my hands!) and I just had a 16x20 print made for my Mom of a bloom taken with an SL66 and 120 Macro-Planar -- the sharpness is incredible. Then again, on another forum a guy uses an 11x14 view camera regularly -- hard to compare with sharpness like that!
 
LionFlyer --
If you are still in Santa Barbara, you should go to Samy's or Calumet and rent a Mamiya 7II. I know that they rent them. The M7II and 80mm lens weighs less than an MP with Noctilux. Certainly way less than a Pro SLR with 80-200 zoom. It is 6x7 and features some of the sharpest glass available in medium format. Best of all? It's a rangefinder.
I have a writeup on it if you are interested:
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~srichardson/mamiya7ii.htm
 
That would be the Contax N1 that I sold. Awesome design, but no reason to stay with the N mount without the prospect of a DSLR in the future.

Robert
 
By feel the current heaviest 35mm in own is my Canonet QL17 (the old with the 45mm/1.7 lens).
The heaviest I've owned and used was my monster Canon EOS-5 with grip, 100mm/2.8 Macro (the heavist lens I've ever owned), 2x Tele-conveter and macro ring flash unit.

Stu :)
 
I haven't weighed them, but I think my Yashica TL Super is heavier than my TL Electro X, or the Pentax SV (Same as the HV1). The TL Super is a tank. It was my first SLR and I still like it. In RF, I think the Ricoh 35 is pretty heavy, but again I haven't weighed it.

Now if you want to count a heavy 4x5 Cambo with a 35mm back ... :D
 
Try the Canon FT and other 70's Canon stuff, collectible alone for ugliness. I hate any fat cameras. I love (next to my horses and my girlfriend): my Bessa-R (thanks to plastic), my Contax 139, my Yashica 2000super (for Contax as well, coming from Cosina), my Spotmatic, my Zeiss Ikonta 6x9, of course my Rollei 35S... The nicest SLR (I don't have): Pentax MX... Other nicest camera I don'T have: Bessa-II(6x9)
I never would buy a Contax RTS, Canon F-1 ( A-1 is borderline!)
 
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