Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
I was thinking more “nudge nudge, wink wink.”
What have you just BOUGHT?
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Jbennett68
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Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
I still have a very soft spot for the MX - as a teen I spent a whole lot of money on a pair of them with motors (winders?) but then had to sell them to go Nikon a year or so later when I got my first news job - I needed access to pool lenses.
Jbennett68
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I have a lot of Pentax film bodies. A pristine old K, these two Mx’s, two LX’s, a KX an ME super and a 110 super. Only Nikon I have (not counting rangefinders) is the black F2 I just got and haven’t ran film through yet.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
These seem to be multiplying…
Canon FT with a 28mm f/2.8 Soligor and a Canon 50mm f/1.4 FL (second version). Also included an original instruction manual. $20 CDN. Thought that was a good price. Everything works including the meter.
In a weird way I prefer this to the FTb.
Canon FT with a 28mm f/2.8 Soligor and a Canon 50mm f/1.4 FL (second version). Also included an original instruction manual. $20 CDN. Thought that was a good price. Everything works including the meter.
In a weird way I prefer this to the FTb.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
I love the FL bodies and lenses. Very well made and I like the OM/Leica aperture ring mounted on the front. Real sleepers.
mtnbkr
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Find an FL 28/3.5. Very nice lens and tends to go for virtually nothing. A little "slow" with a 3.5 aperture, but that has never been a problem where I primarily use a 28mm lens (outdoors) and the rendering is so nice I ignore that "deficiency".
I have an FT as well and some days I feel like I prefer it to my "New F-1".
Chris
Vince Lupo
Whatever
I'll keep an eye out for one -- at the moment I have two 28mm lenses for it (a Soligor and a Formula 5). Not particularly desirable but for some unexplained reason I've always had a soft spot for Soligors. Nice compact size for a 28/2.8 lens.
The only issue I seem to have with the FT is that the mirror-up function doesn't completely work. I activate the lever and it only lifts the mirror up about a quarter of the way. Not a major deal.
Alpsman
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Be glad, that there is not a titanium version available. Otherwise ya have to buy one more.
mtnbkr
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I got my 28/3.5 via Facebook Marketplace. The seller had a bunch of FL and FD lenses and a couple FTb bodies. Since I alread had the FT, I didn't need another body. The lens I wanted from the listing was already sold, but the 28/3.5 was sitting there practically NIB inside the original storage case. I picked it up for $40. I knew I had a keeper when I saw how it rendered on my M43 camera. I wasn't disapointed when I shot fall foliage with the FT and Fuji Superia 400 later that year. It has an almost "3d" rendering with the right scenery.
The mirror lock up is probably an easy fix as part of a CLA. I've used mine maybe twice (and about the same number of times on the OM1 I owned for a decade), so probably wouldn't bother as long as everything else is working.
Chris
chuckroast
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I came here for an argument
chuckroast
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Can we just agree that @38Deardorff is a TERRIBLE influence upon us, slinging pictures of that gorgeous IIIg, 28mm, finder, and Leicavit?
lost_tripod
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Saw this Bessa R and Voigtlander 35mm F1.7 combo on a local marketplace and decided to grab
TheFlyingCamera
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I just got an MX that needs a good servicing, but looks almost like NIB... (no box, of course, but it did come with the warranty registration card still intact). Mine is a chrome one, and came with a 50 1.4 and a 28-80 Takumar zoom lens.
TheFlyingCamera
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My latest latest acquisition was a 50mm f1.4 for a Nikon S2. I'd been shooting a Zeiss Sonnar f2 on it but the Sonnar is a bit mushy at anything wider than f4, so I got the Nikon glass to give it a try.
JeffS7444
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Love the box art! "Hit" cameras weren't really a part of my childhood, though I saw them advertised in comic books, and once in the 1970s, even in a vending machine. Perhaps someday I'll see if I can run 16 mm film through it, as I previously built a 16 mm / Minox film slitter.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Oh, I'm sorry, this is abuse. 🙂
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chuckroast
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Your parrot is deceased. It has left this mortal coil. (etc etc)
chuckroast
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So THAT'S how they get the pictures for postage stamps ...
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