Mr_Toad
Fluffy Marsupial
Hi, All,
As a rangefinder noob, I ordered an R4A and a 21 mm lens....anxiously watching for the UPS guy.
Aside from the various wide angle framing rectangle things (or whatever they're called!) in the viewfinder, is that the only difference between the R4A/ RFM and other Bessas?
Or...is the R4A film plane actually moved closer to the lenses than with other Bessas... as in using a bag bellows on a Large Format camera...to bring wide angle lenses close to the film plane?
(I'm a large format/ medium format/ panoramic type of dinosaur.)
Thank you in advance,
Robt.
As a rangefinder noob, I ordered an R4A and a 21 mm lens....anxiously watching for the UPS guy.
Aside from the various wide angle framing rectangle things (or whatever they're called!) in the viewfinder, is that the only difference between the R4A/ RFM and other Bessas?
Or...is the R4A film plane actually moved closer to the lenses than with other Bessas... as in using a bag bellows on a Large Format camera...to bring wide angle lenses close to the film plane?
(I'm a large format/ medium format/ panoramic type of dinosaur.)
Thank you in advance,
Robt.
gavinlg
Veteran
They're exactly the same cameras, but with a different VF with wider framelines and less magnification (to get the wide framelines in). They also have a shorter rangefinder base length. Mount and film plane etc are exactly the same.
kossi008
Photon Counter
Shorter *effective* rangefinder base length, through the smaller viewfinder magnification. The mechanical base length is identical across Bessa R2x, R3x, and R4x.
Agree with everything else you said.
degruyl
Just this guy, you know?
The only differences are the magnification of the viewfinder and the framelines shown. What that means is that you can use any m lens on this camera, but don't expect it to be very useful about 50mm (focus will be difficult, framing will be by approximation).