Sexiest looking camera?

Vince Lupo said:
I don't have one of my own photos of it to share, but to me the new Hasselblad 907x looks super-sweet.
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Sure does...maybe Godfrey can help out...but until then:

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Working UR Leica Replica serial Number 9. Self converted by yrs truly during a HOT summer few years ago. While I was p a t I e n t l y waiting for Mr. Kim in Seoul to finish up his comversion work on UR #80, I bought #9 off a Flints Auction in London. Arriving “like new”, ie; Leitz non working replica....I set to work “doing it my way” inside. I lucked out (though at the time did not realize it) in that this early UR replica had drive pulley installed and a film gate properly positioned for the film track. Anyway.... it took a lot of trial and error, a few pieces off eBay, a typewriter ribbon shutter(!!) etc etc. At first, I tried a 50mm Leitz Milar lens but couldn’t get it “out” far enough for infinity. After figuring this out, found the lens awful for distance work. Only a central sharpness and unusable fuzz further into the image. The Answer came in finding the Exact same lens type that Barnack originally used, a Carl Zeiss Kino Tessar f 3.5 5cm. The lens serial number dates to 1911. These Kino lenses were the Fastest Tessar made at that date. Now, the UR lens barrel is two piece, with both barrels out for the 42mm Summar. So, I was delighted to find with the inner barrel retracted just inside the outer, the Zeiss Tessar in its original brass with iris housing cell, threaded Right into the end of the inner cell... AND, the lens sits in perfect focal register with the focus and scale. It was conjectured Barnack designed the UR to accept different lenses, and Yes, it is so.•••The “weak point” of the UR is the finder. Here, on #9, I chose to attach a finder off a E standard (painted black). The vintage Zeiss clip on Yellow filter is period.
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Ambro51 said:
Working UR Leica Replica serial Number 9. Self converted by yrs truly during a HOT summer few years ago. While I was p a t I e n t l y waiting for Mr. Kim in Seoul to finish up his comversion work on UR #80, I bought #9 off a Flints Auction in London. Arriving “like new”, ie; Leitz non working replica....I set to work “doing it my way” inside. I lucked out (though at the time did not realize it) in that this early UR replica had drive pulley installed and a film gate properly positioned for the film track. Anyway.... it took a lot of trial and error, a few pieces off eBay, a typewriter ribbon shutter(!!) etc etc. At first, I tried a 50mm Leitz Milar lens but couldn’t get it “out” far enough for infinity. After figuring this out, found the lens awful for distance work. Only a central sharpness and unusable fuzz further into the image. The Answer came in finding the Exact same lens type that Barnack originally used, a Carl Zeiss Kino Tessar f 3.5 5cm. The lens serial number dates to 1911. These Kino lenses were the Fastest Tessar made at that date. Now, the UR lens barrel is two piece, with both barrels out for the 42mm Summar. So, I was delighted to find with the inner barrel retracted just inside the outer, the Zeiss Tessar in its original brass with iris housing cell, threaded Right into the end of the inner cell... AND, the lens sits in perfect focal register with the focus and scale. It was conjectured Barnack designed the UR to accept different lenses, and Yes, it is so.•••The “weak point” of the UR is the finder. Here, on #9, I chose to attach a finder off a E standard (painted black). The vintage Zeiss clip on Yellow filter is period.
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Great! The coolest of them all! I love this one!

Erik.
 
Ambro51 said:
Working UR Leica Replica serial Number 9. Self converted by yrs truly during a HOT summer few years ago. While I was p a t I e n t l y waiting for Mr. Kim in Seoul to finish up his comversion work on UR #80, I bought #9 off a Flints Auction in London. Arriving “like new”, ie; Leitz non working replica....I set to work “doing it my way” inside. I lucked out (though at the time did not realize it) in that this early UR replica had drive pulley installed and a film gate properly positioned for the film track. Anyway.... it took a lot of trial and error, a few pieces off eBay, a typewriter ribbon shutter(!!) etc etc. At first, I tried a 50mm Leitz Milar lens but couldn’t get it “out” far enough for infinity. After figuring this out, found the lens awful for distance work. Only a central sharpness and unusable fuzz further into the image. The Answer came in finding the Exact same lens type that Barnack originally used, a Carl Zeiss Kino Tessar f 3.5 5cm. The lens serial number dates to 1911. These Kino lenses were the Fastest Tessar made at that date. Now, the UR lens barrel is two piece, with both barrels out for the 42mm Summar. So, I was delighted to find with the inner barrel retracted just inside the outer, the Zeiss Tessar in its original brass with iris housing cell, threaded Right into the end of the inner cell... AND, the lens sits in perfect focal register with the focus and scale. It was conjectured Barnack designed the UR to accept different lenses, and Yes, it is so.•••The “weak point” of the UR is the finder. Here, on #9, I chose to attach a finder off a E standard (painted black). The vintage Zeiss clip on Yellow filter is period.
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Now that is very cool!
 
Robot royal 24 xenon 1.9

Robot royal 24 xenon 1.9

You are so beautiful.....for me
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Nikon F4s for me.. ever since I saw it in a magazine when I was in high school.. I have a couple and it's not my fave to use, but I still think it's the best looking.

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