The Pocket Rangefinder

[paulfitz]

Thanks! It was a fun camera while it lasted. You know those short-term digital love affairs. 🙂

I am waiting for my scanner to arrive to post some G1 and Canonet shots from the same area. The biogon would kill this one!

 

[Beniliam]

Brett the F11 have semi automatic program. You can always see other alternatives like the Z2

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Fujifilm/fuji_finepixz2.asp 😉
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05101001fuji_z2.asp Its beutiful machine, and have an internal lens!
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2005/12/09/2857.html (Impressive new Red type Ferrari 😛 model) Olympus have the license of the mark ...

Im very interest in this new P&S models... Ricoh I think, dissapoint us with the new GRD...

 

[Alec]

I used to have a Ricoh GR1s - lovely body, excellent 2.8/28 lens. One of the very few cameras I ever bought new. Ultimately shutter lag and winding noise led me to sell it. The flash is useless indoors too (helps for fill-in).
But the form factor is ideal (slimmer than a film canister on 3/4 of the width) and ergonomics are fine (for an AF P&S).
If you like 28mm, don't mind the whining winding and have a bigger wallet than your pocket (they don't come cheap, even used), try one.

The bespectacled should avoid the first release (plain GR1) as it tends to scratch glasses.

 

[kvanderlaag]

My Agfa Karat IV is a pretty sweet pocket cam. I really like how nice and sharp the lens is. My particular example has a sluggish RF unit, though.

 

[Iggy]

Never shoot a GR1 in a church. Particularly during prayer!
Imagine how lovely the GR1 would be with the XA2`s viewfinder... (wistful sigh). I think the world looks better through it whether taking piccies or not.

 

[bmattock]

Never shoot a GR1 in a church. Particularly during prayer!
Imagine how lovely the GR1 would be with the XA2`s viewfinder... (wistful sigh). I think the world looks better through it whether taking piccies or not.

No offense intended, but I'd not shoot a photograph in a church during services unless I had explicit permission from the priest or minister to do so and a good reason besides.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Andy K]

The permanent fixture in my pocket is the QL17 GIII, but I am on the lookout for a Voigtlander VF101.

 

[lmd91343]

I almost always have a Zorki 1 with a collapsible I-50. It easily fits in my jacket pocket, or my hip pocket when I walk. It is also small enough to carry in my hand.

If I feel the need for speed, or metering, I take my Canonet QL17 GIII.

 

[PeterL]

I almost always have a Zorki 1 with a collapsible I-50. It easily fits in my jacket pocket, or my hip pocket when I walk. It is also small enough to carry in my hand.

If I feel the need for speed, or metering, I take my Canonet QL17 GIII.

Same here, though currently with an I-22. A Summaron 35/f3.5 is on its way. For speed, I'll be adding a 50/f2.0 to my collection real soon. Metering is a small (though not tiny) hand meter. Maybe I should get the tiny Voigtländer 2 accessory shoe meter, but that's very low on my priority list.

Peter.

 

[MikeyGaGa]

if it is a matter of having a camera with me just it case something notable happen-the Olympus XA4(iwish I could rig abetter flash,though).

For many years a carried a Pentax MV-1 SLR with the 40/2 pancake lens..wish I still had it.
MikeyGaGa

 

[spysmart]

The only camera that's all ways with me is a Minox 8x11 - the LX is the best all rounder. No digital camera can yet match it for size and quality. It will easily do 8x10" prints.

While the LX does not have a range finder - it does not need one with it's 15mm lens, it has parallax correction - which is needed as it focuses down to 8".
It's so quiet and discrete which makes it very easy to take photos without getting noticed.

As far as Leica goes - the Null Series is as about as compact as it gets, and is very quick to use with a bit of practice. If only they would release that 50 Anastigmat lens in LTM.

 

[Wimpler]

zeiss ikon contessa 35
mamiya 135EE
Vivitar 35EE
kodak retina 2c

 

[Trius]

Well, I have the XA and the RC, and I prefer the XA. The RC has its charms, and is a very diffrent feel. But for pocketability, the XA is a real winner. I had it in a little Ambico belt pouch when I went to visit another RFer today. We just visited and gabbed the afternoon away, so no shots taken. But I'll post that experience in another thread.

 

[ywenz]

My pocket cam is the Ricoh GRD. Great from 64-1600. I can fit 695 pictures onto a 2GB SD card at full 8MP resolution. Full manual controls too.

 

[matt fury]

If I had a meter for it, I'd carry my Retina IIa like everywhere.

 

[dhartse]

The pocket camera with me all the time these days is my Rollei 35. Okay, it's not a rangefinder, but in passable to good light one can stop down enough that proper focusing is not an issue. And I do own an "uncoupled rangefinder" that I can use with it in a pinch. 😀

Duane

 

[Michiel Fokkema]

Contax T is my favourite when I can hardly carry anything.
Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

 

[pvdhaar]

My pocket cam is a Minox 35 MB. It's not really a rangefinder (scale focus instead), but it takes pictures in the same spirit..

 

[amateriat]

Technically, the closest thing I have to a "pocket" RF these days is a Konica S3. Had an Olympus XA, but ended up selling it to a fellow RFf'er on account of lack of use. My main pocket picture taker was (and, once fixed, shall again be) a Ricoh GR1 - AF, not RF, but wonderful nonetheless. As as "interim" pocket camera, I recently snagged a now-very-tough-to-find Konica Lexio 70 on the 'Bay, something of an underrated zoom p/s (28-70mm), which I'll also keep with me for the occasional Kodak (/Ilford?Fuji) Moment. Lens is pretty slow at 70mm (f/7.9), but I'll mostly be using it at 28mm anyway; not in the same league as the Ricoh's 28mm, but pretty good in its own right.


- Barrett

 

[titrisol]

I always lusted after the Voigtlander Vitessa

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