Solinar
Analog Preferred
Yep, a bright line finder may run you the price of three or four FED 2's, but you will get some use out it on other cameras. My favorite use is with an old Agfa Record III shown here bringing up the rear. It's a great combination, as the 50mm frame lines are a bit tighter than the 105mm viewing field of a 6x9 medium format folder.
einolu
Well-known
that is a boatload of chome, it looks great! :-D
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
GeneW said:This morning the postman rang twice ..
Once to deliver my old friend Zork, returned from Oleg's Health Spa, sounding really good and ready for some shooting.
Then again, to deliver the latest version of Photoshop.
Wonderful juxtaposition of Old and New, and I'm taking it as an omen. I start a night class tonight for what could be a career change. The signs are favourable
Gene
Photos:
1. Yak-string package
2. Zorki 3M with Jupiter 8 and CV 50mm 1:1 VF
3. Zorki and Adobe buddying up ...
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Hey Gene... what a good day, eh? Holy cow, you do live close to the river and the harbour!
Question: Why the additional finder? What advantage does it give?
I'll be looking for new Zorki shots on the blog!
Trius
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GeneW said:This morning the postman rang twice ..
Once to deliver my old friend Zork, returned from Oleg's Health Spa, sounding really good and ready for some shooting.
Then again, to deliver the latest version of Photoshop.
Wonderful juxtaposition of Old and New, and I'm taking it as an omen. I start a night class tonight for what could be a career change. The signs are favourable
Gene
Photos:
1. Yak-string package
2. Zorki 3M with Jupiter 8 and CV 50mm 1:1 VF
3. Zorki and Adobe buddying up ...
.
i'm happy for you gene, the camera looks great!
do you think it will become your main shooter again, now that you have so many choices?
joe
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backalley photo said:
aagghhh!
i think i may have cursed myself!!
man, i am one superstitious scilian.
joe
einolu
Well-known
That finder is great since it shows things at a 1:1 ratio so you can keep both eyes open while you frame, and its supposed to be very bright and big. It also looks very cool 
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GeneW
Veteran
Hey Trius! Too bad we didn't connect while you were in Toronto, but next time!Trius said:
The advantage?
Yup, that's the advantage all right. Plus the Zorki doesn't have a particularly well defined edge to its VF and I find myself cutting things off sometimes thinking they're in the frame. I can frame better with the external and the 1:1 ratio is truly a treat. I use the external VF on more than one cam.einolu said:That finder is great since it shows things at a 1:1 ratio so you can keep both eyes open while you frame, and its supposed to be very bright and big. It also looks very cool
It's really nice to have the Zorki back!
Gene
GeneW
Veteran
Thanks Joe -- I'm really happy to have it back. I think the Zorki will become my main 50mm shooter and the Bessa will be my main 35mm shooter. I really hate changing lenses on LTM mounts. It takes me foreverbackalley photo said:
Gene
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oh me too! that's one reason i like having 2 p's.
joe
joe
atelier7
Well-known
zhang said:
while we're on the topic of Zorkis, has anyone come up with a solution on faded numbers?
K
Kin Lau
Guest
backalley photo said:
Hmm.. if they're both in a bag, would that be "2 p's in a pod?"
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kl,
go to your room!
joe
go to your room!
joe
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Haven't tried it but maybe a jeweler could engrave the nos? Of course you'd need to know exactly where to put 'em. If the paint is only faded but still there then you'd be set. If the numbers are gone that would be more complicated.atelier7 said:
So far, I've been lucky cuz my Zorkis are all engraved.
Rob
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Gene,GeneW said:This morning the postman rang twice ..
Once to deliver my old friend Zork, returned from Oleg's Health Spa, sounding really good and ready for some shooting.
Then again, to deliver the latest version of Photoshop.
Wonderful juxtaposition of Old and New, and I'm taking it as an omen. I start a night class tonight for what could be a career change. The signs are favourable
Gene
Photos:
1. Yak-string package
2. Zorki 3M with Jupiter 8 and CV 50mm 1:1 VF
3. Zorki and Adobe buddying up ...
.
Not sure how I missed this post until today. Happy for you to have that beauty back! How's it shooting?
I'm real happy with mine but have been toying with the idea of sending it to Oleg for preventitve maintainance. I have no worries about his work but can't quite bring myself to be without the camera for several weeks...I do have other choices to take pictures with while my Z3 is traveling...
Hvae to go off and think about this.
Pictures soon?
Rob
taffer
void
Argh, I missed it too !!!
Congrats Gene !!! I know how much you missed the 3M, in fact it made you buy two more RFs while waiting for it After some time I took it out for a while yesterday and I fell in love with it again.
It's true that external VFs can run twice or three times the cost of the camera but then you can use them for 2 or 3 different ones, just as Solinar shown us Now, where's that used bargain 28/35 minifinder :bang:
Congrats Gene !!! I know how much you missed the 3M, in fact it made you buy two more RFs while waiting for it
After some time I took it out for a while yesterday and I fell in love with it again.It's true that external VFs can run twice or three times the cost of the camera but then you can use them for 2 or 3 different ones, just as Solinar shown us
Now, where's that used bargain 28/35 minifinder :bang:
GeneW
Veteran
Thanks Rob & Oscar! I have a test roll in the camera but haven't finished it yet.
Gene
Gene