Joe, Quick!

Way to go Paul! Glad to see another Canon 7 on the forum. It is a fine camera with abright RF spot and great framelines. That 50mm F1.8 is a great lens; right Joe!

Frank: I have seen the collapsible Summicrons in Screw Mount go for about $300 in ready-to-use condition on EBay. I'm sure you know that. The Leitz glass in screw mount sure carries a premium,
 
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I originally bought my Canon 50/1.8 because I thought I needed to replace my Summitar and I couldn't find a screw mount Summicron locally(where I could inspect it) Back in 1984, an LTM Summicron cost about $100 when you could find one. A Canon 50/1.8 cost about $50. I think I may have paid $40 for mine after it sat on consignment at the shop for about 4 months.

I was told that here in Austin there was a Canon camera collector who went around the country (this was before e-Bay for those of you who may be very young) and snarfed up Canon rangefinders. He kept the bodies and sold the lenses at this local camera store on consignment. He also had a standing order at the store and its repair shop for Canon RF's when they came in.

This lens was on of his excess ones and it has performed excellently on a Leica and and a Fed-3a so far.

One of these days his collection will come up for sale. That should be very interesting.

-Paul
 
We should change the subject of this thread so Joe doesn't get a start everythime he sees it.

I received my Canon 7 over the weekend and managed to just shoot a 12 exposure roll of ISO 100 color negative to try it out. The camera itself is in really good shape. The Seller's description was very accurate. I noticed that the focusing scale on the lens shows a discrepancy at 16 feet. When the rangefinder shows that the images matched up at 16 feet, the lens scale shows about 20 feet. This same lens matches up perfectly on a Lecia IIIF and a Fed-3a.

I noticed too that details in test shots taken at infinity and at abou f4.0 are a little soft. Since I've had this Canon 50mm/1.9 lens for about 20 years and I know that it is extremely sharp, I suspect that either the rangefinder, the lens flange, or both may need adjustment.

I'll run some further tests before starting on it. Has anybody done rangefinder adjustements on a Canon 7 before?

This is really a neat camera! It has a bright easy to use viewfinder, easy to set shutter speed settings, a dual range exposure meter, a shutter release lock and a double back lock. Despite the camera's weight, the lens is so heavy that it only takes a slight touch to tip the whole thing over on its lens.

-Paul
 
The RF adjustment is fairly easy. The cover screw is next to the main viewfinder. The screw is just inside of it; small flat head jeweler's screwdriver is required. The NUISANCE is that you must be very gentle in pressing on the adjustment screw, pushing it knocks the adjustment off. It is almost "adjust and test", turn the screw then check alignment on a known target. It is almost impossible to look through the finder and turn the adjustment screw "in realtime". I can do that on the Nikon's, but not the Canon 7.
 
Congrats Paul !! We were running low on C7 users :D

And Btw Joe, if you're into that sort of things, and assuming you get a dead meter, you can always mask the bugeyes on your 7 with the appropiate silver tape and have a more 7sish look. Looks better... don't ask... :rolleyes:

I received no gift at all for my b'day, so I decided to get something on my own as well... 35mm, but no rangefinder ;)
 
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i'm curious now, what did you spoil yourself with.
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hehe, you'll find the answer in the 35mm classifieds...

:rolleyes: :) :D :cool: :p

but now I feel curious about what Rich is talking about... hmm...
 
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