Timmyjoe
Veteran
As I mentioned last week, I put the Tower 45/46 (aka Nicca 5L) in the classifieds if anyone is interested. The head bartender here, Stephen Gandy, has an interesting article about the camera:
https://www.cameraquest.com/nicca.htm
Ran a roll of Tri-X thru it yesterday and it's a sweet little camera.
Best,
-Tim
https://www.cameraquest.com/nicca.htm
Ran a roll of Tri-X thru it yesterday and it's a sweet little camera.
Best,
-Tim
45govt
Established
Couldn't find it, did it sell?
Timmyjoe
Veteran
Sorry, should have said in the classifieds here on RFF. And yes, it sold in about twenty minutes.
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=53609
It's still showing up when I log in to RFF, at the bottom of the forum.
Best,
-Tim
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=53609
It's still showing up when I log in to RFF, at the bottom of the forum.
Best,
-Tim
I have posted this before, but this was taken with a iiig (without using an external viewfinder) and the Summicron 50 ltm. So, really, how hard can they be to use? It’s not like you are going to be reduced to taking pictures of chairs or other things that won’t hold still if you use a Barnack.
Awesome photo Larry!
If you're wasting two frames each time you load film into a Barnack, you're not doing it right
Larry Cloetta
Veteran
Thanks, Jon.
45govt
Established
Darn! wish I knew
farlymac
PF McFarland
And I saw it at about twenty-five minutes.:bang:
As to what the OP asked so long ago, I never thought I'd care much about the Barnack bodied Leicas until I got a Zorki-1 to mess around with. It's just a nice, simple design, and you can take great pictures with a Barnack.
PF
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
Exactly how I started, the Zorki should have been good enough, and it was, but I couldn't stop there.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
There's a cure; look at the second photo in post No: 97 in this thread:-
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2817570#post2817570
And we spend thousands and are unhappy.
Regards, David
Timmyjoe
Veteran
Those pictures of Michael's are really something. Thanks for reminding us.
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
Yes, I stared at that boy for 10 minutes, took me back 60 years when I made my first skate board with a cast-off metal skate. Such joy in youth!
David Hughes
David Hughes
Yes, I thought we could all learn a lot from that youngster. And there's so many happy people in the pictures in the thread.
Regards, David
Regards, David
goamules
Well-known
Oh, they're pocketable. The early ones you can even fit one in a shirt pocket.
Comparatively, the IID is tiny.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
None of those are screw mount Leicas, nice try right back atcha.
I had my Leica II serviced and a new beam splitter installed. I can't see why 'you can't focus an original II RF'.
And 'let's consider 100% as the minimum' rules out the entire Leica M line, since none of those finders are 100% but all are less.
Wrong on so many different levels! Read up fella
MaxElmar
Well-known
"None of those are screw mount" - Uh, Canon P is not Leica Screw Mount? All my Leica lenses seem to fit. Weird.
"I can't see why 'you can't focus an original II RF'.
Because it (the RF itself) doesn't have a focus lever (like the III and later).
"And 'let's consider 100% as the minimum' rules out the entire Leica M line, since none of those finders are 100% but all are less."
Exactly. You just made my point for me. Beautiful - Thank you! When the M people get mad remember you said it not me.
"I can't see why 'you can't focus an original II RF'.
Because it (the RF itself) doesn't have a focus lever (like the III and later).
"And 'let's consider 100% as the minimum' rules out the entire Leica M line, since none of those finders are 100% but all are less."
Exactly. You just made my point for me. Beautiful - Thank you! When the M people get mad remember you said it not me.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
"None of those are screw mount" - Uh, Canon P?
"I can't see why 'you can't focus an original II RF'.
Because it (the RF itself) doesn't have a focus lever (like the III and later).
"And 'let's consider 100% as the minimum' rules out the entire Leica M line, since none of those finders are 100% but all are less."
Exactly. You just made my point for me. Beautiful - Thank you! When the M people get mad remember you said it not me.
facepalm :bang:
D
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They're smaller than DSLRs... Smaller than M's. Delightful to use.
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I did find one shirt that I can fit my IIIc with 50/3.5 into; the pockets on my other shirts are not quite wide enough. But I'd never put it in a shirt pocket even if it fit all my shirts! These cameras are slow enough to use as it is, wouldn't want to take even longer to get the camera to my eye.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
They're smaller than DSLRs... Smaller than M's. Delightful to use.
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Leica III black/nickel. Delicious cameras.
With Elmar 50mm f/3.5 nickel. Uncoated.
Erik.