jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Sonnar2 said:
Some of this effect may be due to focus shift, common in older high-speed lenses. The focus plane would change slightly as the lens was stopped down, so the manufacturer would have to calibrate the lens based on a best guess as to whether the user was really going to shoot with it at full aperture, or usually would stop it down a bit. I have no idea what Canon's guess was, but this illustrates the difficulty lens designers faced in the old days...
The LTM version of the 75/1.5 Biotar certainly isn't what most people would consider a comfortable "user" lens -- only about three are known to exist!
lewis44
Well-known
GMP Grip
GMP Grip
There is the link for them @ B&H. They are now under the USED Catigory, however they are new.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=leica+grip&image.x=6&image.y=7
GMP Grip
rogue_designer said:
There is the link for them @ B&H. They are now under the USED Catigory, however they are new.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=leica+grip&image.x=6&image.y=7
Sonnar2
Well-known
jlw said:
Yours was one of them?
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Sonnar2 said:
Yup. I happened to mention some pictures taken with it in a posting on an RF-camera email list, and another list member replied, basically, "That can't be what it is! There are only two examples of this lens known to exist in LTM!"
Since he was co-author of a very authoritative book on LTM lenses and another one on Zeiss, I was inclined to take him seriously. On the other hand, the lens was right there in my camera bag! I sent him photos and eventually he was compelled to admit that now THREE were known to exist.
Although the glass on mine was in good condition, the mechanics were pretty rough (which was no more than you'd expect, considering that I had bought it for $20 from the "junk box" on a table at a camera show!) Once I sold my last Leica M, I no longer had a camera with a 75mm finder frameline, and I felt a little nervous about using the lens now that I knew it was one of so few survivors... so eventually I sold it at a reasonable but not astronomical price to an expert who was willing to spend the considerable amount of money needed to have a specialist solve its mechanical problems.
I know I've told this story before, so apologies to those who have read it before. But since someone DID ask, I don't mind telling it again! It's the only time I've ever been lucky enough to be the protagonist of one of those "treasure from trash" stories we all hear around the photo world...
Lotari
Established
I love these:
jimgalli
Newbie
Sonnar2
Well-known
Canon P with 35/1.8 combo.
Who was that saying the nicest cameras are all Leica?
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JimG
dogzen
migtex
Don't eXchange Freedom!
Gear and beer in Amsterdam
Edit - OOOps
I deeply apologise for the inconvenience... and lack of form... Make them smaller so it will not be considered an agression but a (really) lack of .. eyeglasses at least!
Tks for the welcome.
Edit - OOOps
I deeply apologise for the inconvenience... and lack of form... Make them smaller so it will not be considered an agression but a (really) lack of .. eyeglasses at least!
Tks for the welcome.
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HuubL
hunter-gatherer
Hey Migtex, this is the Canon porn thread! Doesn't have Nikon one of their own? 
No kidding, very nice set of cameras and please feel very welcome!! After all, we're all brethren of the same faith!
No kidding, very nice set of cameras and please feel very welcome!! After all, we're all brethren of the same faith!
foma
Newbie
Canon P with 50mm 1.8. Just CLA'ed.
JimG
dogzen
Hey Foma- were did you get the handgrip for your P?
foma
Newbie
JimG said:
JimG, I got it from B&H online in their "used" section. It is "new old stock" not used actually.
mickdoesclick
click!
venchka
Veteran
owenreading
Established
How I love my Canonet and HP5.
trueblue
Newbie
Grichte
Newbie
Canon P + 50mm f:1,4
Canon P + 50mm f:1,4
It is my first message and I hope you'll understand my poor English. The Canon RF was the mean reason why I joined this forum. I bought recently on eBay this nice Canon P... It is in a good company in my cameras collection...
Regards
Canon P + 50mm f:1,4
It is my first message and I hope you'll understand my poor English. The Canon RF was the mean reason why I joined this forum. I bought recently on eBay this nice Canon P... It is in a good company in my cameras collection...
Regards
steverett
Anthopomorphized Camera
foma said:
IMO, it looks a lot better on the P than on the M, probably because it compliments the Canon's angular design
steverett
Anthopomorphized Camera
wow grichte, that is a really sharp looking camera! mine's a little more scuffed up, but it's what inside that counts!
I have a few more, but this is all that I brought home for thanksgiving break.
-Steverett
I have a few more, but this is all that I brought home for thanksgiving break.
-Steverett