The beauty of a Barnack?

[Calzone]

Yes, make sure your GF doesn't read this by accident. 😀

For more reading, laughs and Leica-sex read the thread about the February NYC Meet-Up.

What would be really funny is if the hot girl I photographed read this thread. LOL

Calzone

 

[ray*j*gun]

Dave, to my mind the Barnacks are the absolute prettiest 35's ever made......and there are some really beautiful cameras of other breeds for sure. I love there size as well....... and the slightly nosier shutters have never been a problem. Unless I am shooting a job that demands speed I always grab one of mine for sheer fun and a quality product!

 

[coelacanth]

Hot girl who loves barnack and read RFF? I'd jump on plane to NYC right now.
(I know there are many here already! 😉)

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

I had seen her coming and had already zone focused the camera. The shot I took came out great. Almost as good as sex.

Calzone

mmm....I'm a bit 'long in the tooth' - love my leica!....but think I'll pass on this one! 😀

 

[Calzone]

For more reading, laughs and Leica-sex read the thread about the February NYC Meet-Up.

What would be really funny is if the hot girl I photographed read this thread. LOL

Calzone

EDIT: the other thread is about the January NYC Meet-Up not February and involves a group of drunk girls that thought a bunch of guys with expensive cameras is "sexy."

Calzone

 

[David 11084]

The Barnacks are King!
I love mine; the feel and weight in such a small package is quite something. They produce very evocative images.
When I first had mine I forget to actually scale focus so many times! Am now much improved; but with a long way to go.
I love the smell too!
David

 

[colyn]

I've probably posted this shot before but post again.

Almost as good looking as the barnack is the Weston Ranger 9 meter.

 

[Ducky]

My IIIf with a few other Senior citizens.
Argus AF, 1937
Super Baldina, 19??
Leica IIIf, 1951
All still working.

 

[colyn]

Downtown Fort Worth with the Leica IIIc and 50mm f/3.5 Elmar lens.

 

[-doomed-]

I love my IIIf , I use it almost as often as my m4-p . I enjoy it with my cv 25/4 on it and with the 50mm collapsible cron.

 

[elshaneo]

Yeah my friends, the Barnacks are the most beautiful camera ever made !!!

Mine is priceless, I'll never sell it 😛

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elshaneo/3757201770/sizes/o/

 

[Vince Lupo]

A very reliable tool. Leica II post-war conversion with SCNOO rapidwinder.

Erik.

I just acquired a camera just like that(Leica I/IIc conversion?). Very pretty cameras! What's the story with that one???

 

[Sandwick]

A Leica IIIa was my gateway drug into Leica M but the Ms have gone now in favour of the LTM. I think it's because I have a sticky-out nose and, consequently, my spectacles sit forward off my face, that I could never find a way of holding an M to my eye with any sense of stability. With the M's eyepiece being so close to the edge of the body i felt as if the camera was braced between my hands and squashed rather viciously against my glasses - it never felt comfortable. That was why my lovely M4-P was sold. With the LTM cameras having the eye-piece closer to their centre-line I find that I can hold them to my face and brace them stably against my nose. Not only are they wonderfully made, beautiful machines but, in my case, I much prefer the handling.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

On another thread - I've just been moaning about the price of rollfilm over here, so now I'm back to the Barnacks to cheer myself up! - but with a slight twist. Usually my 1939 111 has a Summitar or Jupiter 8 fitted, but for the last outing I've been trying a Industar 61LD that cost me the princely sum of £8! 🙂.....that is some lens - for the money!, if you have not already tried one, I recommend you do!. I'll try to post some pics in the coming week.
Dave.

 

[David 11084]

Size, weight, sound and envious (or quizzical) looks from DSLR users. Mine is 80 years old and I love it.........definitely special.
David

 

[David Hughes]

Well, I love my old I, II, IIIa, FED and Zorki clones and like to get back in touch with real photography. And it's nice when people come over and chat but I have to say that logic and practice mean I use the Olympus XA2 and XA3 more. And then there's the Konica A4 and the Leica C3...

Regards, David

 

[Calzone]

The beauty of a Barnack is greatly appreciated and is enhanced, when the built-in meter in your M6 goes south. Just happened. With no internal meter it can't break. For now, until repairs can be funded, I have to shoot my M6 like my IIIG.

Calzone

 

[jarski]

good for Barnack fans, CV has made modern lenses available for the camera.

wish my IIIG come back from CLA soon, have 15/4.5, 35/2.5 (tiny lenses!) and 75/2.5 waiting for some Tri-X to expose 🙂

 

[ZorkiKat]

All Beautiful, regardless of make.
Little gems which fit the hand. Elegant and simple.
Clockwise from top: FED-1, Zorki-1, Shanghai 58-II, Canon IIs.​

 

[Calzone]

good for Barnack fans, CV has made modern lenses available for the camera.

wish my IIIG come back from CLA soon, have 15/4.5, 35/2.5 (tiny lenses!) and 75/2.5 waiting for some Tri-X to expose 🙂

I know what you say. I recently bought a 50/2.0 Rigid Nickel Heliar and a 50/3.5 Collapsible Heliar. They look great on my IIIG. CV did a great job of mixing old and new on these lenses. Retro look and feel, but with low coma and flare. What surprised me is that the increase in contrast was only moderate.

I will soon develope some film that was shot with a Canon/Serenar 28/3.5. This lens on my IIIG is a beautiful package.

Where is your 50 for your IIIG?

Calzone