New CL = happy

[radambe]

Reluctantly found my way to a camera swap meet today...figured I had nothing else better to do. Wasn't expecting much. Ended up leaving with a beautiful, almost mint CL to replace the one I just returned to Bel Air Camera in LA (had a broken frame advance lever when they sold it to me). Paid $100 less too.

Took a quick stroll with a friend once I got it home. Please excuse the Walgreens minilab treatment of the neg. One hour photo is never a good idea 🙁.

 

[DennisPT]

Great find! Congratulations. Just wonder does the meter work?
Cheers,
D

 

[radambe]

The meter does seem to work. I normally take a few readings around where I am to give myself an idea of where the bright places, shadows, and in-betweens fall...then just go with what I feel. I shot this test roll that way and everything came out nicely exposed.

This camera is virtually silent on the street. It's great.

 

[hermannhkg]

Congrats, mint CLs are getting rarer everyday.

It's so different from the Ms and yet it's family.

Hope you enjoy the camera !

Regards,

Hermann

 

[helen.HH]

Love the first shot....Beautiful gradation of Tones even if done by Walmart 🙂

 

[ed1234]

Nice, I got mine a week ago. Nice tiny little camera that can do wonders.

 

[chut]

I love my CL too.

 

[excellent]

the colour pics look like a sonnar.. is it a jupiter 8 or a summicron? great pics!

 

[radambe]

It's a Voigtlander 40mm Nokton MC.

 

[vrgard]

Very nice. Yep, the CL is a great little camera.

 

[Florian1234]

Great, which scanner do you use? 😎

 

[radambe]

I use a Microtek 4000tf for 35mm. It's a dedicated film scanner, not one of their flatbeds. I've been very happy with it.

 

[ChuckBindy]

I just bought one too. The light meter doesn't work, but that is not a problem for the price I paid. $200. Love the compactness of the thing!

 

[Rogrund]

#1 is a great portrait. Keep'em coming!

 

[coelacanth]

And now I have the happy guy's CL. 😛 (He has my M6)

I was foolish enough to think of trade up again, but decided to keep the CL. The more you use it, the more you appreciate the size and weight, and most of all, blend-in factor on street. I love my M4 to death, but CL gets out pretty much everyday with me.

Now I'm getting an M-Rokkor for this baby. (Anyone wants my Nokton 40mm SC? 😉)

 

[Biggles]

...decided to keep the CL. The more you use it, the more you appreciate the size and weight, and most of all, blend-in factor on street.

I'm on, I think, my ffith example of these sh*tty little cameras in five years. They're a damned pain. They're fragile, their rangefinders go all out of whack, their meters die, their viewfinders fog up if you put them on the bar next to your glass of water, and their battery placement is just retarded. Film changes in the field are pretty elaborate, too, especially in wet weather.

BUT they take Leica M-mount lenses. And they're tiny....and with the 40/2, nearly weightless. I can carry one on a wrist strap all day long.

That's really why I keep using them- because they're the lightest, smallest M-mount body available. If the Zeiss Ikon had a 40mm frameline, though...hmm....

Nah. I guess I'd still keep at least one.