kai
Member
Hi everyone,
I've lurked off & on here over the past few months, but time hasn't permitted me to actively participate. Time still probably doesn't permit it, but I've signed up anyway and will make an effort to drop by more often, since it seems to be such a friendly place! 🙂 I was born in the USA, lived in Australia most of my life, but have lived here in Italy for the past few years.
My RF suite currently consists of a Zorki-1, a FED-2, a Corfield Periflex 1, a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta BX (533/16), and a pre-war Welta Weltur (6x6). When I first "discovered" rangefinders, I drooled over a variety of different makes & models, but in the end decided to just get my feet wet with the cheap Soviet cameras, to see if I really liked RFs. Luckily, they were well built, and work like charms. Later, I added the Periflex (which was not so cheap), simply because they are so unusual, if not so easy to use.
Sin of sins 😱, I also have a Canon D60 SLR, which does not detract from my enjoyment of any of the above! My wife gets all the good stuff: she uses my simple old Yashica FX-3, but with a nice set of CZ lenses, and her Christmas present a couple of years back was a nice little Contax T2, which I wish I'd kept for myself 😱
Look forward to talking to you all here. Soon, after much procrastination and endless research, I will finally be getting a film scanner, so will be able to share some RF pictures here from time to time!
Cheers,
Kai
I've lurked off & on here over the past few months, but time hasn't permitted me to actively participate. Time still probably doesn't permit it, but I've signed up anyway and will make an effort to drop by more often, since it seems to be such a friendly place! 🙂 I was born in the USA, lived in Australia most of my life, but have lived here in Italy for the past few years.
My RF suite currently consists of a Zorki-1, a FED-2, a Corfield Periflex 1, a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta BX (533/16), and a pre-war Welta Weltur (6x6). When I first "discovered" rangefinders, I drooled over a variety of different makes & models, but in the end decided to just get my feet wet with the cheap Soviet cameras, to see if I really liked RFs. Luckily, they were well built, and work like charms. Later, I added the Periflex (which was not so cheap), simply because they are so unusual, if not so easy to use.
Sin of sins 😱, I also have a Canon D60 SLR, which does not detract from my enjoyment of any of the above! My wife gets all the good stuff: she uses my simple old Yashica FX-3, but with a nice set of CZ lenses, and her Christmas present a couple of years back was a nice little Contax T2, which I wish I'd kept for myself 😱
Look forward to talking to you all here. Soon, after much procrastination and endless research, I will finally be getting a film scanner, so will be able to share some RF pictures here from time to time!
Cheers,
Kai
