Recent content by dave olson

In the Rolleiflex instruction manual, which covers both the f2.8 and the f3.5 Rolleiflex, it states there is no difference between the two other than the taking lens. Everything else is the same. I have owned my f 3.5 Xenotar for over fifty years and have never found a reason to go with the f 2.8.

Late, but I just saw this post and wanted to comment. I purchased a Bessa R3a several years ago with a Voitlander 40 f 1.4 lens. I have four different Leica Ms, but got curious about AE in a rangefinder. True, they haven't been made in 15 years or more. The one I bought had a full service...

Years ago, in the late 1980s, I had a Nikon 135 f 2.8. I always felt that I was either too far or too close, never comfortable. I sold it after a couple of months. I haven't had one since.

A Pentax 6X7 late model, a Mamiya 7II, a Pentax 6x4.5, a Rollei f 3.5 Xenotar, a Fuji GF 670, a Hasselblad 503 CW, Horseman VH-R (2).

I have owned and used my Leica 75 f1.4 (Canada) for years. When I used to travel extensively, I carried two lenses, the 75 and a 28 f2 asph. In those days of Kodachrome 25, 64, and 200 fast(er) lenses were the norm. I like the way my 75 pulls the subject matter in close, but not so much as a 90...

Optical results are based on the Lens used, not the camera body.

Irwin Putts stated that there is no difference between Leica products from Canada vers Germany. As people have said, without the M4-2 there would not have been a Leica.

I have one 90, that's the Elmarit f 2.8. It is solidly built and makes great images. It was owned by one person, who never used it. If I need speed, there's always my Canada 75 f 1.4.

10 weeks, but as he told me, he is swamped, buty the wait is worth it

I have a Pentax 6x7, Hasselblad, and Pentax 6.45 systems. I have used them all over the years that I was doing editorial photography. I also shot and maintained my own stock photo library. Walking around street photography can be done with any of the three systems. There are drawbacks: reloading...

Have you explored the use of the Leica 1.4 screw in magnifier?

My M2 is just back from DAG, and the winding movement is smooth as silk. My other Ms are smooth, but not as smooth as the M2.

My M6 is an original, and the meter is working fine. For my Ms without a built-in meter, I use the Voigtlander meter IIs. A little pricey, but compared to the Chinese stuff flooding the market, worth it. One sits on my M2 the other on my M4-P

I'll go with either my Contax T2 or my Yashica T4 super D, weatherproof. Both are excellent at producing excellent images.

I just received my M2 back from DAG. It's one with the M4 quick load tulip installed by Leica, manufactured in September 1966. As always, DAG did his fantastic servicing. He performed a CLA plus a full overhaul. Don advised that he is very busy; it seems like everyone wants to get their Leicas...