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I didn’t like my Kodak Retina SLR - the one w the wind mechanism on the base plate. Everything seemed in the wrong place and backwards.
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Couldn’t stand my Kiev ...
I forgot about the 124g. I inherited one but I hate using it. It just seems so finicky sometimes.
- Mamiya 7. So ugly to look at... it hurts. Just can't imagine having an object like that in my house. I am not an industrial design aficionado, but come on...
I wonder what Bronica designers were thinking when they made the multiple-exposure lever so easy to activate, and how many Bronica users covered the lever with gaffer's tape.
You didn't know that beforehand? You never heard the nickname "Texas Leica"? The specs are online, ya know...But just to name one out of a hundred, it was a Fuji 6x9 rangefinder. I was so looking forward to owning one. When it came out of the box, my wife and I looked at it and burst out laughing. It went right back in the box and back to KEH the next day.
That camera was BIG, comically big. Felt like I needed striped pants, a red nose and floppy shoes to use it. Even if I had taken a pic w/ it that got me on the cover of Life magazine, that wasn't enough to get me out of the house w/ that camera.
Only 1s? Not the faster speeds?
My 166 was the Moscow Olympics anniversary edition. So not sure if that was actually the regular or later 'improved' version. The lens actually was so good it really sucked that the rest of the camera was so bad.
I love my Hasselblads too, but you would never guess that. Every three months, per the advice of my Hasselblad repairman, I take each lens and fire it at 1 second fifteen to twenty times. He advised that for all camera shutters, but I schedule the shutter exercise for 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, 1 September.
Yeh, yeh, I know. But they’re like the Honda ST1100 I used to own. Stone reliable and comfy but all the personality of a toaster.
I wonder what Bronica designers were thinking when they made the multiple-exposure lever so easy to activate, and how many Bronica users covered the lever with gaffer's tape.
Wouldn't it have been better to do the research before buying and avoid the extra buy and sell cycles?
Contax/Kievs
I really wanted to love them but couldn't
'Research' does not tell you if you will click with the camera.
For example, research says Sony digital cameras are the best. But using them is like playing with a computer. Not at all satisfying.
The upside is all that stuff was bought used, and I sold them for a profit. So the research I did that did pay off, was making sure I could make money flipping them.
I think the point of this thread is not to air grievances of cameras that you have not actually owned and/or used, but to those mention those that you have!
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Couldn’t stand my Kiev and Zorki rf cameras - they just made you want to get a better job so you could afford something from Japan or Western Europe.
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Focusing wasnt that bad, the whole speed changing method and film transport made the process very unfriendly to me.You didn't like having to make the claw hand to focus those lumps?
Kind of agree on the Kodak Retina Reflex IV. On the other hand I love the inexpensive Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, so I live with it.
I like my Kiev. It was my gateway to the Contax iia. My Kiev looks really good also (a custom black model).
Kiev 4A Type2 (Black) by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr
I think the ST1100 has personality. How shall I say it.. a mature personality. The one thing I can't stand though, is the plastic cover on the handlebars. Ugh. It's not a damn car! Gotta yank that off.
But that V4 is soo nice. Smooth and flexible.
I think the ST1100 has personality. How shall I say it.. a mature personality. The one thing I can't stand though, is the plastic cover on the handlebars. Ugh. It's not a damn car! Gotta yank that off.
But that V4 is soo nice. Smooth and flexible.
Best part of the St1100 was the size of the gas tank. Loved going 300+ miles before needing fuel.
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Just holding the Pentax Zoom 90WR....it's not bad really. Looks good and feels good in the hands. I feel bad for not connecting with it. I think it's the plastic construction and the type of buttons it has that are hard to warm up to. Honestly, I think it'd be the perfect first film camera for a lot of people and they'd be happy with it until they held a black Konica C35 Automatic.
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Sorry for the thread hijack.....
Mine had Heli-bars, aftermarket windscreen, Corbin gunfighter seat, Two Brothers muffler. Most comfy bike I've ever ridden and lots of torque. I think it had around a 300 mile range. I'd have one again.
Yes, that's a big attraction. I never owned one, but I rode the one a neighbor has. Nice. Kind of top-heavy, but that's all right. I used to have a girlfriend who was kind of top-heavy, and I never complained!
I took my Zoom 90WR on a mountain bike ride in Tahoe. I figured if I crashed and it got smashed, well, the film inside it cost more than the camera.
Got some sweet pics from it.
And one from Los Angeles
These cameras are crappy in hand, but all these plastic P&S are. It's only when you get to the stooopid expensive ones that they feel good, but they still all make that same cheap P&S sound when you take a pic. Well, apart from the Rollei QZ 35 - that has a kinda brutal feeling shutter reaction, almost feels like it recoils!
I took my Zoom 90WR on a mountain bike ride in Tahoe. I figured if I crashed and it got smashed, well, the film inside it cost more than the camera.
Got some sweet pics from it.
And one from Los Angeles
These cameras are crappy in hand, but all these plastic P&S are. It's only when you get to the stooopid expensive ones that they feel good, but they still all make that same cheap P&S sound when you take a pic. Well, apart from the Rollei QZ 35 - that has a kinda brutal feeling shutter reaction, almost feels like it recoils!
Great pix. Good choice of cameras for a rough outing. You know you can always get another one in perfect condition for less than $20. But, you know, you'll probably never need to. I think you could drop that camera from an airplane and not hurt it much.
On a sad note, a good friend of mine died in a mountain bike accident last year. He was doing something he loved so that counts for something.
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