35mm ??????

maurizio.gagliardini · May 15, 2011

Hello everyone could you recommend a 35mm fully manual exposure with only the interior, good price and have a good 50mm fixed lens. thanks

Rol_Lei Nut · May 15, 2011

Interior?

A Kodak Retina (many models, almost all with good lenses) or a classic Voigtländer (also many models & very good lenses) could do the job well. Many, many other possibilities exist (and would you consider a 40mm lens?).

More information about what you want to do with it would help.

Joe O'Brien · May 15, 2011

I will endorse Voigtlander, I've got a Vito B and It works great! The only thing is, you need a rangefinder, or you need to use small apertures. I can get everything from about 4ft to infinity using the hyper-focal distance.

Luseboy · May 15, 2011

Not to sound high and mighty, but almost any 35mm camera is available with a 50mm lens. Why not go for an slr? you can pick up many nice cameras for under 100 dollars easily. I would check out an olympus OM, they can be had for very cheap, and the standard zuiko 1:1.8 lens is very nice. These can be had for less than 50 dollars with lens. If your looking for a RF, then voigtlander would be the way to go, very nice RF, without the cost of a leica. Or look on ebay as there are many replica leicas that go for really cheap (around $100) that would be fun to have.

2F/2F · May 15, 2011

Pretty much any SLR meets that description, and they often come with that lens. Just get the first one the comes your way cheap with the lens you want. Pentax, Minolta, Canon, Olympus, Nikon are all good bets.

fstop · May 15, 2011

rangefinder? Minolta hi matic 9 is a good one

Les Sarile · May 15, 2011

I'd recommend any of the following . . . ;-)

Click on link for larger version pic -> Classic Cameras

2F/2F · May 15, 2011

How many $^!@($ times are you going to post that picture, Les?

Les Sarile · May 15, 2011

2F/2F said:
How many $^!@($ times are you going to post that picture, Les?

Actually this is new. If you didn't notice, I just added my latest addition - the original Asahi Pentax.

Likely as often as this question is asked as I believe folks new to manual focus classic cameras - such as myself, find it a great place to start to see what is even available. Just to make sure I didn't misunderstood, do you think that is helpful or not?

Rol_Lei Nut · May 15, 2011

Les Sarile said:
I'd recommend any of the following . . . ;-)

Click on link for larger version pic -> Classic Cameras

Actually, if you want your collection to be somehow decent, you need to add a Lecaflex SL or SL2 (the ultimate mechanical SLRs), a Rolleiflex SL35-E (a very nice camera, once you find one which works. Also see the ongoing threads about the Rolleiflex 3003) and an Exakta (Varex, VX, IIa - very quirky and lovely).

Les Sarile · May 15, 2011

Rol_Lei Nut - Of course you're right, as there were so many phenomenal cameras created but so little time to acquire then use! I am thankful these are all 100%!

maurizio.gagliardini · May 15, 2011

honestly I was using a yashica fx-103 program with a yashica 50mm f/1.9 lens ... pultroppo the car is locked and pultroppo to me there are no remedial Which Doctor machines like that and still the price exceeds the value of the car! so I was thinking of getting a Bessa R2 and mount a Leica lens. But I can not find anything .. help used

Vilk · May 15, 2011

Sirius Glass · May 15, 2011

Joe O'Brien said:
I will endorse Voigtlander, I've got a Vito B and It works great! The only thing is, you need a rangefinder, or you need to use small apertures. I can get everything from about 4ft to infinity using the hyper-focal distance.

I have a Voightlander Vito B too.

I recommend any Minolta SRx, or similar Nikon or Canon.

Steve

Poisson Du Jour · May 15, 2011

maurizio.gagliardini said:
honestly I was using a yashica fx-103 program with a yashica 50mm f/1.9 lens ... pultroppo the car is locked and pultroppo to me there are no remedial Which Doctor machines like that and still the price exceeds the value of the car! so I was thinking of getting a Bessa R2 and mount a Leica lens. But I can not find anything .. help used

Pardon?
Say what?? :confused:

Rol_Lei Nut · May 16, 2011

Poisson Du Jour said:
Pardon?
Say what?? :confused:

The wonders of automatic translation....

Italian: "macchina" = car, "macchina fotografica" (or "macchina" for short) = camera.
Also "locked" is probably better translated as "jammed"....

Anyway, many, many cameras could fit your purpose, unless you clearly say what kind of pictures you want to take. First decision is whether to look for an SLR (reflex) or a rangefinder (telemetro).

Poisson Du Jour · May 16, 2011

Si. Questo è molto meglio.

Rol_Lei Nut · May 16, 2011

maurizio.gagliardini said:
honestly I was using a yashica fx-103 program with a yashica 50mm f/1.9 lens ... pultroppo the car is locked and pultroppo to me there are no remedial Which Doctor machines like that and still the price exceeds the value of the car! so I was thinking of getting a Bessa R2 and mount a Leica lens. But I can not find anything .. help used

You could try starting a new thread: "Looking for a repair shop in Italy/Europe for a Yashica FX-103".

Also there are many sources for used Bessas, including the "classifieds" here at Apug.

Maybe another thread: "Looking for good used camera shops in Italy/Europe - Bessa R2"

Buona fortuna!

Diapositivo · May 16, 2011

For what I paid, I complain that the Minolta X-700 has got that nasty reflection on the pentaprism

EDIT: I was referring to the image in #7 and did not notice there was another page of posts.

Jeff Kubach · May 16, 2011

How about Canon F-1 or the FTb

Jeff

Diapositivo · May 16, 2011

Maurizio, I don't understand the requirement "with only the interior" (not even figuring a possible wrong translation).

If you look for a compact 35mm camera of the '70, with fixed lenses and a fully coupled light meter, one of those:

http://www.cameraquest.com/com35s.htm

The only one in this group with a manual metered mode is the Yashica Lynx 14.

I would pick any of the group and use it with a separate light meter (actually I did buy recently a Canon Canonet 19 QL III and I use it in manual mode mainly).

Do take into account some €40 for the cleaning of the viewfinder - rangefinder and the substitution of the foam gaskets.

Fabrizio

DaveO · May 21, 2011

For a few hundred dollars the Nikon FM2n is really good and has a nice interior.

DaveO

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