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[back alley]

jorge,

i just posted a short (& respectful) notice about this new forum over at the mamiya 6 forum on the mamiya site.

as i travel to my other photo sites i will do the same.

joe

 

[MP Guy]

Thanks for the help in getting this place going. My other site www.hometheaterdiscussion.com started off the same way and now is extremely popular. I am hoping that this will follow in its foot steps. All the help I get will greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,

JT

 

[back alley]

i also look forward to this site growing.
shooting with a rangefinder is unique and i would love to talk to others who share that experience.
when i shot in 35mm, i had a minolta cle and just loved that thing. i regret selling them.
my point is that i prefer rangefinders to slr's.

joe

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Yep. The little things kinda grow into you.

 

[bmattock]

Yep. The little things kinda grow into you.

Personally, I love everything about rangefinders, especially the older classics - even older than the currently-beloved crop of Canonets (although I have and love those, too).

I also find that as I get older, I have difficulty focussing through an SLR - and I'm not ready to give up and go with auto-focus. Rangefinders help me keep my eyes useful.

Besides, who could not love these precision machines? Egad.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[oftheherd]

Canonet, Canonet .... I think I have heard of those before. You ever hear of those SolaresLarrave?😀

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Canonet... ahhh! Sweet is thy name, Canonet...

I only have one... 🙁

 

[Scarpia]

I own a Minolta Unionmat, the version of the Hi-Matic made for the Japanese market. It dates from 1964 which is, I believe prior to the introduction of the Hi-Matic to the USA. It sports a Rokor 45mm f2.8 lens and a no longer functioning selenium meter which is circular and surround the lens. Unfortunately, the settings are only for exposure value so I have no idea what f-stop or shutter speeds are being used. The rangefinder is very accurate, though and the lens very, very sharp. Its been sitting around my house since my wife found it some years ago and I used it only for the first time last June, using a downloaded conversion table to determine the EV. The results were terrific.

 

[back alley]

welcome scarpia, to our little corner of the photo world!

i have 2 minolta 7s cameras and am bidding on 2 more on ebay.
i like the feel of the camera and the lenses are sharp enough for me.

joe

 

[bmattock]

welcome scarpia, to our little corner of the photo world!

i have 2 minolta 7s cameras and am bidding on 2 more on ebay.
i like the feel of the camera and the lenses are sharp enough for me.

joe

Did I get one of the ones you were bidding on? Sorry if so!

Best Regards

Bill Mattocks aka 'bmattocks' on eBay

 

[Scarpia]

One of the nicest things about the Minolta is the shutter button which reminds me of my Leica (an M-1 with a Cooke Amotal f2 bought for about a hundred bucks used in Sweden about 40 years ago) which depresses so gently that there is no camera shake.

 

[back alley]

hey bill,
i think not - so far i have bid on 4 and 'won' 3.
the first had a non working meter.
the second is in the mail.
and i just won the 3rd this afternoon.
the 4th is ending in about a day & a half.
i will be letting one go to a buddy of mine that wants to get into the all metal and manual control world of 70's rangefinders. i guess i get a little excited when i talk about them and he caught the fever.
i'd love to get a minolta 7sll but they are too pricey for me. this way i have 2 cameras for street use that are cheap enough to use carefree and also shoot 2 kinds of film.
it's a wonderful life...

joe