My rangefinder

[chendayuan]

one of my rangefinders unfortunately the shutter is too loud, like gun fire

 

[FrankS]

How can a leaf shutter be so loud?

 

[chendayuan]

that Seiko shutter is really loud the 35RD, Konica S2 are very queit.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Black one. Nice...I have one of those as well.

 

[chendayuan]

it is not a black one it is re-painted black hammer tone

 

[back alley]

the rc is nice & quiet.

 

[chenick]

Yeah, the shutter on my SP is pretty loud compared to my Yashica electro, which is very soft. Canonet i28 is very slightly louder, but nothing compared to the SP

-Nick

 

[Solinar]

Nick, the entire shutter mechanism on the 35SP is located in the lens housing. So, there is not much between you and the shutter to muffle the noise. It's an old design, held over from the mid-1960's.

The 35RC and later 35RD have their escapements fitted within the body of the camera. They are therefore noticeably quieter in operation.

Another noticeable trait with this shutter is changing shutter speeds feels about as smooth as shifting gears on a 50 year old Minneapolis-Moline tractor, especially when engaging the slow speed gear train.

That said, unless you're addicted to an auto mode, the 35SP will outperform the 35RD. It's seven element G. Zuiko is simply superb.

 

[chenick]

[...]That said, unless you're addicted to an auto mode, the 35SP will outperform the 35RD. It's seven element G. Zuiko is simply superb.

Yep, it's not the smoothest camera when changing shutter speeds...

But I do love the lens on it!
And the Auto mode works fine. Pity the meter isn't more sensitive in low light though...

-Nick

 

[nwcanonman]

chendayuan,
Since the shutter on that black SP is obviously defective, feel free to send it to me, I'll encase it in velvet pillows before shooting.
~ ; - )

 

[chendayuan]

piture 1

 

[chendayuan]

picture 2

 

[chendayuan]

picture 3

 

[rover]

Nicely done!

I like all three, pehaps the third best, but all are very good.

Open your gallery account and keep posting.

 

[taffer]

Welcome chendayuan! 🙂 and yep, nice shots and specially like the first one !

Btw, just out of curiosity, did you do the hammertone paint work yourself, looks real nice...

Oscar

 

[chendayuan]

yes, I did myself, the orginal has some markers.

 

[chendayuan]

here is my webpage
http://www.geocities.com/chendayuan2001/Home.html

 

[chendayuan]

IIIc Gray Hammertone

IIIc Gray Hammertone

with Elmar

 

[chendayuan]

50mm/2 Summicron rigid at f2 Ilford Delta

 

[Nikon Bob]

Chendayuan

Very nice work both with the cameras and on the cameras.

Bob