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Keeping the camera balanced in this configuration must surely be a hard challenge.

I'd say "upgraded Minolta", it has better optics and a more sophisticated metering system, plus it was built by Leitz so it probably has even better quality control and fit and finish. The XE is a great machine, if someday I start a Minolta system i'll base it around an XE. In fact, now that i...

So, a Leica for your Minolta, is that fair?! Calm down, I'm just trolling... But consider your R3 is probably easier to service than a SL2, will probably never suffer prism desilvering (unlike the SL2), and the shutter is probably more reliable (the tried and true Copal vertical shutter, in...

The thing is, there are many 35mm full frame (not half frame) cameras that are smaller than the Pen F/FT. They're not reflex cameras, but they're smaller and with good optics. Like the Minox 35, Rollei 35. Or if you want a rangefinder: Zeiss S 312. Olympus XA. There are many other examples too...

Shh don't tell anyone, we don't want prices to rise. Let the people pay through the nose for the Pen F / FT cameras.

That's so funny, i have two bronicas (etrsi system) with a lot of accesories and lenses and now i'm buying exactly the same camera as yours: a Salyut-S. My other options were a Bronica S2A which everybody says it's noisy and has strong vibrations (even a magazine test mentions it). The other...

Ok, that's it. I will have to PM you sooner or later, for some advice... After all you're the most visible, amiable, lovable optical designer here.

Best matrix metering system is when you use the (matrix metering) algorithm in your brain.

The D is the matte screen, yes, it will vignette with many lenses. I have it.

Ok, i've since bought via Ebay a Salyut-S camera, so i'll report when it arrives. Meanwhile, more information that some times is ommited. Models: 1. The original Salyut. This camera has in fact many variants, the first had the self timer, and then the release of the self-timer went through...

Nice, tell us how you find it. And i'm curious of how quick was that shipping from Ukraine to the US.

Check your glass for haze. Use a flashlight, shine it through the lens and check for hazy elements and also for damaged (opaque) coatings. If it's all OK then there's a chance you're using it on a Kiev camera and the lack of good flocking in the mirror box is making the flare problem worse than...

And Bud Powell too.

Alright. It's an organ. An electromechanical tonewheel organ, if you want me to be more precise.

Tell that to soulive... I think the keyboardist's feet are a dope bass player.

Or to compliment the drummer on how great they're sounding. Bassists are essential to the drummer and viceversa. The more tight they are as a unit, the better the music. I have a friend, bassist, we used to live together and clashed quite a bit at home, but when he picks his bass and i'm at...

Your point is that you need something fast and versatile for action shoots like kids, guitarists etc. Well, i understand your point but if that's what you want to shoot, then the F4 isn't a good choice either. You could carry a Canon EOS 5, you will need no motor-drive, even the flash is...

Weight with MB-20 small grip (and batteries) is quoted at 1200g without lens. A Bronica ETRSi, with standard lens, film back, and wlf, weights 1285 grams. I'd carry a medium format camera instead.

Great idea and the theory behind it is completely sound.

I'll ask on the camera repair group i'm very active in.

I also had a F3P briefly. Liked the titanium prism + hot shoe. But sadly it has the same flaws of the F3: an inferior quality viewfinder image (compared to the later F2 cameras), tiny hard to read shutter speed, IMPOSSIBLY tiny "+/-" meter display that is a big insult to common sense, useless...

However if one needs high resolution, one ought to be using a tripod, no matter what the film sensitivity is. I personally think that, just as a very fast film (i.e. iso 1600) opens door to many possibilities, a very slow film (like ISO 12) also opens the door to other possibilities like very...

Thanks for this information!!

How about this postwar Contax IIa with a Jupiter-12? LOL... I'm cheating, mine is a modified body. Stock Contax iiia/iia can't mount the j-12 nor the prewar biogon 35/2.8

DON HEISZ IS BACK!!

You're back, too!!

I see he's back...

LOL... "Nothing beats a great piece of GLASS"

However, and I say this as a diehard Canonista, it should be recognized that the Nikon S/S2/S3/SP are internally better built than the Canon 7 series. The earlier canons (like the VT) are better inside.

And cine 35mm film usage keeps the film (manufacturing) industry alive.