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My favorite Nikons
 
My favorite Pentax. I have one with a K version 50 1.4 just to use this lens. I've also had the KX and K2 variants but found the viewfinders too busy. There's something nice about just having a proper needle and brackets that's now sadly lost. I have a Japan K1000 also but the meter is a couple of stops off. The K1000 was my first proper camera I bought as a boy back in late '76 as I remember. I wish I'd kept it but it went in favor of an AE1 in around '81. This one is sat here on my shelf just to remind me where my GAS started!
I like this thread a lot as all the cameras I used to dream about using back in the 70's and 80's are all here!
The black Minolta Srt 101 that's in an earlier post is a beauty.
Sadly the reality is that these older cameras are too difficult for me to focus reliably. I've just ordered a slide on magnifier to try with the KM I have and the ME that Johan is sending me for Christmas. I may get away with the Fujica he's also sending as they used to have proper silvered prisms like the Leicaflex.
I was out with my newly acquired M6 and Planar yesterday but found focus slow and frustrating so it looks like I'm going to have to stick with the F6 and F100 for my main film cameras.
Nothing stopping my playing with the old school stuff though :)
 
nobbylon said:
Sadly the reality is that these older cameras are too difficult for me to focus reliably. I've just ordered a slide on magnifier to try with the KM I have and the ME that Johan is sending me for Christmas. I may get away with the Fujica he's also sending as they used to have proper silvered prisms like the Leicaflex.
I was out with my newly aquired M6 and Planar yesterday but found focus slow and frustrating . . .
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Hey John,

Have you looked into the whole diopter scene? I now have diopters on ALL my old film cameras. About four years ago I was getting really frustrated with my M6, missing focus, never seeing it sharp enough, and finally went and tried some diopters, and BAM!!, I was back in business. The problem with this eyesight thing is it comes on slowly as you age. Barely perceptible until everything is just soft.

So I've got diopters on my Nikon F, Nikon F3HP, Nikon FM2n, Canon TX, Canon A-1, and all three of my Leica M bodies (including the digital M-E). And now I can focus them just like I did back in the 1970's & 1980's when my eyes were young.

Picked up a Rolleiflex off of eBay last month (haven't had one in many years), and was checking it out, and couldn't get it to focus sharply, even with the little magnifier popped up. Thought the camera was defective. Then by chance I happened to put a diopter lens over the pop up magnifier, and snap, everything was in sharp focus.

It's a bummer that our eyes change as we age, just glad there are corrective lenses so we can keep on shooting.

Best,
-Tim
 
Timmyjoe said:
Hey John,

Have you looked into the whole diopter scene? I now have diopters on ALL my old film cameras. About four years ago I was getting really frustrated with my M6, missing focus, never seeing it sharp enough, and finally went and tried some diopters, and BAM!!, I was back in business. The problem with this eyesight thing is it comes on slowly as you age. Barely perceptible until everything is just soft.

So I've got diopters on my Nikon F, Nikon F3HP, Nikon FM2n, Canon TX, Canon A-1, and all three of my Leica M bodies (including the digital M-E). And now I can focus them just like I did back in the 1970's & 1980's when my eyes were young.

Picked up a Rolleiflex off of eBay last month (haven't had one in many years), and was checking it out, and couldn't get it to focus sharply, even with the little magnifier popped up. Thought the camera was defective. Then by chance I happened to put a diopter lens over the pop up magnifier, and snap, everything was in sharp focus.

It's a bummer that our eyes change as we age, just glad there are corrective lenses so we can keep on shooting.

Best,
-Tim
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thanks Tim, I do dial in 2 clicks on the F6 and F100 so it makes sense. I'd really like to be able to use the M's again. Does anyone make a combined dioptre/magnifier I wonder?
regards John
 
John, you gotta try one of the Leica diopters. I think you'll find there's no need for a magnifier. It's really remarkable the difference. I was blown away the first time I tried one. If there is a Leica dealer anywhere close to you, they should carry the diopters. I went into the Leica store here in Chicago and tried the different strengths until I found the one that worked best. Then I bought 3 of them as I have a tendency to use my three M bodies together (one for B&W film, one for Color film, and the digital for certain things) on projects.

Best,
-Tim
 
Early on when I was deciding which brand to commit to, the Mirandas were near the top of the list. I went with Olympus, but am tempted to pick up a Miranda just for fun.
 
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