I'm looking for a small rangefinder

Alan Johnson · May 23, 2010

Leica copy is less expensive.Here is a Zorki 1E with 50mm f3.5 Industar 22.
FSU lenses other than the 50 mm tend to be expensive as folks put them on Leicas.

michaelbsc · May 23, 2010

pakeha said:
Russian

Zorki 4k/ industar 61 panda lens, no battery,no meter. Small, great lens,and so cheap you can get half a dozen. That way if one breaks, just grab another.

Regards
CW

Anscojohn said:
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Most people would not consider a Zorki 4 a small camera.

No, but I certainly consider my FED-2s pretty small. And the FSU Contax clones (the Kiev X series) aren't big either.

Certainly you can get some dogs with the FSU bodies, but if you just assume you're going to have it serviced before serious use they're solid as a tank. And the glass is excellent. Maybe not Leica quality, but way better than any of my work can show up.

I don't have half a dozen. But I have several. One at each place I'm often "looking for my camera" so I've always got one. They are my "go to" 135 solution now.

tomalophicon · May 23, 2010

Looking at the Retina tomorrow.
a IIS non-folder. The light meter isn't functioning.

elekm · May 23, 2010

Even if the light meter doesn't work, you can still set the shutter speed and aperture manually.

tomalophicon · May 24, 2010

Yep, apparently it's functioning correctly.
If this falls through it's back to the drawing board.

P C Headland · May 24, 2010

A ricoh 500G would meet your needs. It's small, pretty good lens with manual and shutter priority manual. Works in manual mode without battery. Plus it looks good too!

Pumal · May 24, 2010

In my Ricoh GX500; you can do double exposures

tomalophicon · May 24, 2010

They look like nice cameras and they are on the list if the Retina is no good.
I can get it for a week to test.

Pumal · May 24, 2010

I'm getting a Retina IIIc tomorrow. No working Fotometer.

tomalophicon · May 25, 2010

Ok my friend lent me his Retina IIS for a week.
The shutter is slow to close at any speed below 1/30 second.

Does anyone know how to get to the shutter?
I've located some little screws on the lens barrel and on the focusing ring at the front.
Should I just unscrew those and see what comes up next?

I'm looking for a small rangefinder

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