MrFujicaman
Well-known
Had my Mamiya C330 CLA'd and film advance fixed.
mpaniagua
Newby photographer
mpaniagua
Newby photographer
7 Artisan 50 f/1.1 
Taking it along with my Leica M5. Still on my first roll, but ergonimics are nice on M5. Probably a bit off on M4/M6 but fun to use on M5.
Using Ultrafine Xtreme 100 at 50 so I'm able to use it wide open on daylight use.
Taking it along with my Leica M5. Still on my first roll, but ergonimics are nice on M5. Probably a bit off on M4/M6 but fun to use on M5.
Using Ultrafine Xtreme 100 at 50 so I'm able to use it wide open on daylight use.
pixelvandal
Established
Rethought my whole lens kit, Sold 'almost' every lens I owned and purchased the Voigtlander 21mm f4, 35mm f2.5 and 50mm f1.1 for my RF kit
Also recently picked up these two fine ladies at an estate sale.....
the 7 kit is almost immaculate, and with a bit of love and cleaning, the VTis back up and running and is in great user condition. Don't ask how much I paid for the pair, or you might have a heart attack....
all in all, downsized, and put a bit more $ in the bank to go towards travel and the home repayments, so it's win win really.
Also recently picked up these two fine ladies at an estate sale.....
the 7 kit is almost immaculate, and with a bit of love and cleaning, the VTis back up and running and is in great user condition. Don't ask how much I paid for the pair, or you might have a heart attack....
all in all, downsized, and put a bit more $ in the bank to go towards travel and the home repayments, so it's win win really.
Voigtlander Bessa R2 Olive Green. from a fellow RFF member.
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
zenza
Well-known
Just received a brand new Voigtlander 25mm to round out my Bessa kit.
zenza
Well-known
Just recieved a brand new Voigtlander 25mm to round out my Bessa kit.
MrFujicaman
Well-known
Frank Marshman
1495 Needmore Lane
Harrisonburg, VA USA 22802-0157
540-434-8133
Email-camerawiz@MSM.com
best way to reach him is email.
Takes payment via PayPal
1495 Needmore Lane
Harrisonburg, VA USA 22802-0157
540-434-8133
Email-camerawiz@MSM.com
best way to reach him is email.
Takes payment via PayPal
zuiko85
Veteran
Well, not bought but gifted. Some friends who clean out houses had a couple of old cameras that the owners were tossing out. So they gave them to me.
There was a Kodak #3 Brownie box camera, the empty spool was 94mm inside by my measurement. The frame size is 80mm X 107mm, and with 4 patent dates 1894,1897,1899, and 1902 made in Toronto, by Canadian Kodak Ltd.
Got the shutter working but the only way I have to try it out is by using a piece of photo paper as a negative. If it will just stop raining.
The other camera is a Kodak Tourist, the down market model with the 100mm f8.8, front element focusing triplet in the Diomatic shutter. This one is clean and working and I'll try it out a little later.
There was a Kodak #3 Brownie box camera, the empty spool was 94mm inside by my measurement. The frame size is 80mm X 107mm, and with 4 patent dates 1894,1897,1899, and 1902 made in Toronto, by Canadian Kodak Ltd.
Got the shutter working but the only way I have to try it out is by using a piece of photo paper as a negative. If it will just stop raining.
The other camera is a Kodak Tourist, the down market model with the 100mm f8.8, front element focusing triplet in the Diomatic shutter. This one is clean and working and I'll try it out a little later.
peterm1
Veteran
I have just bought three lenses that I have been considering for quite a while.
The first is a Konica 50mm f1.7. Some years ago I bought cheaply a Rikenon 50mm f1.7 and on mentioning this to my camera guy at the local camera store he told me that he understood that all of the 50mm f1.7 lenses sold by Minolta, Konica, Yashinon, Pentax etc back in the day were of an original Carl Zeiss Planar design made under license by Yashica at their Tomioka plant for themselves and other Japanese companies. I am keen to see how this compares to the Ricoh one I already have. At face value I can say the build quality on the Konica is much better as the Ricoh body seems to be made to a price. But I expected that and am pleased I got the Konica partly for this reason.
The second lens I think I have posted about before on this or another thread here at RFF. It is a 105mm f2.5 Nikkor Rangefinder lens. Absolutely beautiful as I fully expected it would be. But am still awaiting an adapter (On its way but sitting in a damn warehouse in Melbourne for well over a week - Goddam customs / Australia Post!) I have read that the (sonnar) optical design is very near identical to the later, much loved, F version of the lens which required minimal tweaking for it to work on a camera with a mirror box.
The third is a Nikkor Rangefinder 135mm f3.5. This lens in particular is very dense and heavy. Solid chromed brass and glass and has the feel of the chrome 135mm f3.5 Canon RF lens only a little smaller physically including smaller diameter (but still nearly as heavy, I think). This lens seems to have been from a deceased estate and was pretty cheap all in all, though in very clean condition optically and otherwise. Glad I took the risk. Likewise waiting for the above adapter so not yet tried it.
Happy Days!
The first is a Konica 50mm f1.7. Some years ago I bought cheaply a Rikenon 50mm f1.7 and on mentioning this to my camera guy at the local camera store he told me that he understood that all of the 50mm f1.7 lenses sold by Minolta, Konica, Yashinon, Pentax etc back in the day were of an original Carl Zeiss Planar design made under license by Yashica at their Tomioka plant for themselves and other Japanese companies. I am keen to see how this compares to the Ricoh one I already have. At face value I can say the build quality on the Konica is much better as the Ricoh body seems to be made to a price. But I expected that and am pleased I got the Konica partly for this reason.
The second lens I think I have posted about before on this or another thread here at RFF. It is a 105mm f2.5 Nikkor Rangefinder lens. Absolutely beautiful as I fully expected it would be. But am still awaiting an adapter (On its way but sitting in a damn warehouse in Melbourne for well over a week - Goddam customs / Australia Post!) I have read that the (sonnar) optical design is very near identical to the later, much loved, F version of the lens which required minimal tweaking for it to work on a camera with a mirror box.
The third is a Nikkor Rangefinder 135mm f3.5. This lens in particular is very dense and heavy. Solid chromed brass and glass and has the feel of the chrome 135mm f3.5 Canon RF lens only a little smaller physically including smaller diameter (but still nearly as heavy, I think). This lens seems to have been from a deceased estate and was pretty cheap all in all, though in very clean condition optically and otherwise. Glad I took the risk. Likewise waiting for the above adapter so not yet tried it.
Happy Days!
aizan
Veteran
Because coffee gear counts as photographic equipment:
- Knock Aergrind
- Felicita Incline
- Hario V60 03 plastic dripper and 800ml range server
- Takahiro 0.9L kettle
- Knock Aergrind
- Felicita Incline
- Hario V60 03 plastic dripper and 800ml range server
- Takahiro 0.9L kettle
Brian Legge
Veteran
The New Darkroom Handbook
We're in the middle of a series of house remodels/garage conversion/etc. One of the new rooms will be a combined laundry room/darkroom. Basically, I have a ~8 foot wall to use for developing film, making prints, etc. I picked up a Beseler 45mxt a few years back but we didn't have a practical space to set it up. This will be my first and likely only space for a darkroom so I'm working through how to make good use of the small space I'll have.
We're in the middle of a series of house remodels/garage conversion/etc. One of the new rooms will be a combined laundry room/darkroom. Basically, I have a ~8 foot wall to use for developing film, making prints, etc. I picked up a Beseler 45mxt a few years back but we didn't have a practical space to set it up. This will be my first and likely only space for a darkroom so I'm working through how to make good use of the small space I'll have.
Yokosuka Mike
Abstract Clarity
Any man that loves his coffee this much can’t be all bad.
Do you roast your own beans too!
All the best,
Mike
aizan
Veteran
Hehe, not yet, but it’s been on the maybe try it out list ever since Mike Johnston started roasting his coffee:
https://theonlinephotographer.typep...pher/2014/03/open-mike-part-i-mmm-coffee.html
https://theonlinephotographer.typep...pher/2014/03/open-mike-part-i-mmm-coffee.html
cary
Well-known
Just received a 90mm f2.8 Elmarit R lens for my Leicaflex.
Tim Murphy
Well-known
I wanted a full frame DSLR, and this was my way in
I wanted a full frame DSLR, and this was my way in
Dear Board,
I have Canon and Nikon AF cameras and lenses. I have a D300 that I like and figured it needed a buddy?
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg, PA
2020-01-29_08-59-57 by Tim Murphy, on Flickr
I wanted a full frame DSLR, and this was my way in
Dear Board,
I have Canon and Nikon AF cameras and lenses. I have a D300 that I like and figured it needed a buddy?
Regards,
Tim Murphy
Harrisburg, PA
2020-01-29_08-59-57 by Tim Murphy, on Flickr
markus_h_photography
Established
peterm1
Veteran
For once I have not bought a new lens. Instead I have bought something to take photos of........
In this case it is what is referred to as a "shishi". What's a shishi you ask?. Well it is also known as a Foo Dog, a Lion Dog, a Temple Dog or a Temple Guardian Lion etc. They are usually seen in pairs and found outside the doors of temples, banks, offices etc in Asia.
In my case it is said to be about 150 years old, about 600mm long and maybe 450mm high mounted on a base. It came from a local collector's collection. It has some nice age to it and lots of patina. Love it. They say these are reputed to bring good luck.....let's hope so as I think my wife will kill me when she finds out what it cost.
Mine is from Malacca (in Malaysia) and that would almost certainly mean it came from an old Peranakan temple. The Peranakan culture came about from a melding of Malaysian culture with Southern Chinese culture when Chinese traders moved to Malacca and married local women (these women in this culture are known as as Nyonya - if you have ever eaten Malacca Laksa, congratulations - you have eaten Nyonya food and it is delicious.)
After that introduction - my little man. He may be ugly to you but to me he is gorgeous.
PS If you wonder why the term "Temple Dog" is sometimes used well I did too until I looked closely at a Pekinese Dog. You can see a certain resemblance.
In this case it is what is referred to as a "shishi". What's a shishi you ask?. Well it is also known as a Foo Dog, a Lion Dog, a Temple Dog or a Temple Guardian Lion etc. They are usually seen in pairs and found outside the doors of temples, banks, offices etc in Asia.
In my case it is said to be about 150 years old, about 600mm long and maybe 450mm high mounted on a base. It came from a local collector's collection. It has some nice age to it and lots of patina. Love it. They say these are reputed to bring good luck.....let's hope so as I think my wife will kill me when she finds out what it cost.
Mine is from Malacca (in Malaysia) and that would almost certainly mean it came from an old Peranakan temple. The Peranakan culture came about from a melding of Malaysian culture with Southern Chinese culture when Chinese traders moved to Malacca and married local women (these women in this culture are known as as Nyonya - if you have ever eaten Malacca Laksa, congratulations - you have eaten Nyonya food and it is delicious.)
After that introduction - my little man. He may be ugly to you but to me he is gorgeous.
PS If you wonder why the term "Temple Dog" is sometimes used well I did too until I looked closely at a Pekinese Dog. You can see a certain resemblance.
valdas
Veteran
Quite mint OLY XA. Paid 50€, but considering today’s prices I am pretty happy...