GeneW
Veteran
I'm a displaced Yank who married a Canadian and moved up to Canada to live. Except for the exorbitant postal rates and lots of white stuff on the ground, it's been good living heretedwhite said:
Gene
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GeneW said:I'm a displaced Yank who married a Canadian and moved up to Canada to live. Except for the exorbitant postal rates and lots of white stuff on the ground, it's been good living here
Gene
hey, me too!
joe
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tedwhite
Guest
After reading Lloyd Axworthy's skewering of Condoleezza Rice in the Winnepeg Free Press, I'm think of moving north myself. Bravo, Lloyd!
Ted
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sockeyed
Well-known
My mother's a displaced yank and my father's a displaced brit. They compromised and settled in Canada.
Vancouver is seldom, if ever, covered in the white stuff. In fact, I wandered around today taking pictures of blooming cherry and magnolia trees. Last week I was biking in shorts.
Postage rates are terrible, as mentioned, though.
Vancouver is seldom, if ever, covered in the white stuff. In fact, I wandered around today taking pictures of blooming cherry and magnolia trees. Last week I was biking in shorts.
Postage rates are terrible, as mentioned, though.
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I wandered around today taking pictures of blooming cherry and magnolia trees. Last week I was biking in shorts.
and this is why the rest of canada hates them !!
joe
and this is why the rest of canada hates them !!
joe
yossarian
Well-known
75/2.5 Sl
75/2.5 Sl
As the new resident contrarian here I thought I'd add my experience with the SL version I used as a normal lens on an Icarex 35S TM.
Handling was marvelous, as it's scarcely any larger than most 50s. I found the only limitation to sharp images with this lens was in my ability to focus at wider apertures. Like most of you, I test my lenses--I always use Velvia, on the same subject at the same time of day.
The 75 tested out very much like the Zuiko 100/2; wide open there is the slightest loss of contrast and fine detail compared to smaller apertures. But from one stop down through f/11, examined at 22x, the only change I noted was depth of field.
Simply put, it's one of the best, and I don't agree with anyone who says 75 is too short for portaits. As I went back through my "test archives", I compared the 75 to four Nikkor 105s, and it dusted all of 'em. Aside from speed, it's in the same class as the Zuiko, the Planar 85/1.4, and just a hair behind the Leica 75/1.4 & 80/1.4.
Flare level is equivalent to all except the 105 (there's just something about Nikon's coating).
IMO bokeh is smoother than the Zeiss, as clean as the Zuiko, but not as pretty as the two Leicas.
For what it's worth...
yossarian
75/2.5 Sl
As the new resident contrarian here I thought I'd add my experience with the SL version I used as a normal lens on an Icarex 35S TM.
Handling was marvelous, as it's scarcely any larger than most 50s. I found the only limitation to sharp images with this lens was in my ability to focus at wider apertures. Like most of you, I test my lenses--I always use Velvia, on the same subject at the same time of day.
The 75 tested out very much like the Zuiko 100/2; wide open there is the slightest loss of contrast and fine detail compared to smaller apertures. But from one stop down through f/11, examined at 22x, the only change I noted was depth of field.
Simply put, it's one of the best, and I don't agree with anyone who says 75 is too short for portaits. As I went back through my "test archives", I compared the 75 to four Nikkor 105s, and it dusted all of 'em. Aside from speed, it's in the same class as the Zuiko, the Planar 85/1.4, and just a hair behind the Leica 75/1.4 & 80/1.4.
Flare level is equivalent to all except the 105 (there's just something about Nikon's coating).
IMO bokeh is smoother than the Zeiss, as clean as the Zuiko, but not as pretty as the two Leicas.
For what it's worth...
yossarian
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tedwhite
Guest
The resident Leica guy here in Cactusville Oohed and Aahed over my Bessa R. Played with for a minute, then said, "the rangefinder is slightly off on the vertical alignment."
"Impossible," I retorted. "I've been shooting for days, this is my third roll..."
He handed me the camera. Right in front of us was a parked Continental. The word "Continental" was in chrome plate on the side of the car. I focused on it. Sure enough, horizontal was perfect, but there were two "Continentals" vertically. A very, very, slight misalignment.
OK. What do I do? Send it back to Mr. Gandy? Or, is it an easy fix?
Trembling Ted
"Impossible," I retorted. "I've been shooting for days, this is my third roll..."
He handed me the camera. Right in front of us was a parked Continental. The word "Continental" was in chrome plate on the side of the car. I focused on it. Sure enough, horizontal was perfect, but there were two "Continentals" vertically. A very, very, slight misalignment.
OK. What do I do? Send it back to Mr. Gandy? Or, is it an easy fix?
Trembling Ted
kabkos
Established
Bessa R rangefinder alignment
Bessa R rangefinder alignment
It is an easy fix if you are moderately mechanically inclined. Remove the protective covering on the flashshoe, the front of the cover needs to be lifted up with a small screwdriver and then slide the cover back and off (sometimes the cover needs to be coaxed over the flash contact). Remove the 4 screws in the flashshoe bracket, remember where the chrome one goes so that you can put it back. Lift off the flashshoe bracket and when viewing down into the innards of the camera with the camera facing forward you will see a screw on the lover right corner (screw has a spring on the side of it). Screwing the screw up or down will adjust the vertical alignment of the rangefinder. You will also see 2 screws with green or red paint on them in the lower left, those are for horizontal adjusment and cam follower adjustment.
Bessa R rangefinder alignment
It is an easy fix if you are moderately mechanically inclined. Remove the protective covering on the flashshoe, the front of the cover needs to be lifted up with a small screwdriver and then slide the cover back and off (sometimes the cover needs to be coaxed over the flash contact). Remove the 4 screws in the flashshoe bracket, remember where the chrome one goes so that you can put it back. Lift off the flashshoe bracket and when viewing down into the innards of the camera with the camera facing forward you will see a screw on the lover right corner (screw has a spring on the side of it). Screwing the screw up or down will adjust the vertical alignment of the rangefinder. You will also see 2 screws with green or red paint on them in the lower left, those are for horizontal adjusment and cam follower adjustment.
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tedwhite
Guest
Ooooh, this is scary stuff.
OK. By "protective covering on the flash shoe," do you mean the shiny black plastic surrounding the round metal contact? If so, do I pry it off with the tiny screwdriver from the back side?
OK. By "protective covering on the flash shoe," do you mean the shiny black plastic surrounding the round metal contact? If so, do I pry it off with the tiny screwdriver from the back side?
kabkos
Established
Go to http://www.pgallery.net/cvp/99.html for a more detailed description of adjusting the rangefinder.
Bertram2
Gone elsewhere
Solinar said:
Sometimes I use it even for nature
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/685/sort/1/cat/500/page/7
A wonderful lens for people in general, especially for portrait, also used for stage and nature. it's got a great 3d look like an MF lens, very sharp and detailed. Much more impressing than a Nokton for example.
Of course a specialized tool and therefore not used as often as the shorter ones..
One stop more than the 90mm.......