We are really getting famous!!

[kshapero]

Another great article on rangefinders in Popular Photography or is Herbert Keppler going soft. Features Leica M7, Zeiss Ikon and Bessa R2A.
see here Rangefinder

Plus check out this PopPhot article Film.

Now lets go shoot some photos. Nice to be noticed.

 

[Nachkebia]

Zeiss Ikon ranks highest on beauty scale, is a more sturdy camera, has finer tolerance specs,

as usual they are talking bubbles 😀

 

[kshapero]

as usual they are talking bubbles 😀

i'll trade your signature for my signature, even?

 

[RayPA]

Good articles. The author probably researched here! 🙂 But, I don't see a mention of RFF, or am I missing something?

... Nice to be noticed.

Thanks for the links!


🙂

 

[kshapero]

Good articles. The author probably researched here! 🙂 But, I don't see a mention of RFF, or am I missing something?



Thanks for the links!


🙂

Well at least he got the GAS pretty good.

 

[erikhaugsby]

Not that I'm really complaining, but as usual PopPhoto is feeding straight to the manufacturers. I am very pleased, though, that they didn't directly compare prices to SLRs or 🙂eek🙂 DSLRs.

 

[zuikologist]

Nice to be noticed once in a while.

 

[Scarpia]

I found the SQF performance charts of the Summicron, Planar and Heliar 50's very interesting for whatever they are worth.
Kurt M.

 

[ywenz]

how are we being noticed by this article? It only mentioned a few cameras..

 

[dmr]

I really think it is great that Popular Photography has lately been publishing very appropriate items on such things as film and rangefinder cameras.

It's a refreshing breath of fresh air from the endless-loop hype of more and more megapixels.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Thanks for the article, I enjoyed it. What beautiful cameras, all of them. I thought the ZI looked especially sleek. Those list prices though...OMFG.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Those list prices though...OMFG.

Oh My Fluttering Gallbladder? 😉

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Oh My Fluttering Gallbladder? 😉

And the trouble with loading an M7...c'mon... (did anybody see Annie Leibowitz do it on that PBS special, by the way? Shockingly fast.) BFD to that (Big Fake Duodenum)!

 

[kevin m]

And the trouble with loading an M7...c'mon... (did anybody see Annie Leibowitz do it on that PBS special, by the way? Shockingly fast.)

I DID notice that. Fast fingers, eh?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

And the trouble with loading an M7...c'mon...

I think you're thinking of the plain old bladder. One of those fluttering would make loading even an APS camera complicated. :angel:

 

[jlw]

how are we being noticed by this article? It only mentioned a few cameras..

Yeah, but it mentioned the three most comparable models of all the M-mount film cameras you can buy brand-new.

I thought it was a good, sensible, even-handed and non-hysterical writeup that might well inspire some newcomers to investigate what this rangefinder-camera stuff is all about.

Unfortunately, if those people Google "rangefinder camera," they don't come to Rangefinder Forum until about the fourth page of results. Still, if they seek, they'll (range)find us...

 

[RayPA]

Yeah, but it mentioned the three most comparable models of all the M-mount film cameras you can buy brand-new.

I thought it was a good, sensible, even-handed and non-hysterical writeup that might well inspire some newcomers to investigate what this rangefinder-camera stuff is all about.

Unfortunately, if those people Google "rangefinder camera," they don't come to Rangefinder Forum until about the fourth page of results. Still, if they seek, they'll (range)find us...

Yeah, but what is funny (to me at least) is when I'm googling for information on some arcane camera or lens, I keep coming across page 1 links that point back to go ol' RFF. 😀


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[Calvin]

Thanks for letting us know this article.

 

[jlw]

And the trouble with loading an M7...c'mon... (did anybody see Annie Leibowitz do it on that PBS special, by the way? Shockingly fast.)

Maybe it really IS true that women are more coordinated. One of the reasons I got rid of my M4-P was that I had a lot of trouble loading it, especially if the film was cold.

 

[fraley]

I really enjoyed the comparison of the M7, ZI, and Bessa R2A. Oddly enough, I still can't make up my mind which camera I'd prefer!