Lo-Fi Bessa..?

[blockend]

Not everyone's idea of a low fidelity camera, I'm reacquainting myself with my Voigtlander Bessa L. As some of you will know, the L doesn't have a viewfinder, so I use it with an old Kontur "blind" 6 x 9 finder which corresponds to the Industar 61 if you know where to look (wink). The lens is distance focus, so much guessing is involved. The one concession to modernity is the top plate light meter. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy using it.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Not sure why B to 1/2000, TTL exposure camera is brushed as lowfi.
Leica M1 is even more lowfi? And Leica I must be just a toy camera then.

 

[blockend]

Not sure why B to 1/2000, TTL exposure camera is brushed as lowfi.
Leica M1 is even more lowfi? And Leica I must be just a toy camera then.

Perhaps a Canon EOS is lofi if it's fitted with a meniscus lens and the aperture permanently set at f11 at 1/100, like a box camera?

 

[awty]

Wish my Leica IF had a TTL meter. You could use a wider lens for accurate guessing.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Perhaps a Canon EOS is lofi if it's fitted with a meniscus lens and the aperture permanently set at f11 at 1/100, like a box camera?

My Leica M4-2 with 9 dollars Industar lens cap is lowfi for sure
It just shows no difference from 5K$ Leica lens on prints.

 

[blockend]

My Leica M4-2 with 9 dollars Industar lens cap is lowfi for sure
It just shows no difference from 5K$ Leica lens on prints.

I'm always surprised how (relatively) sharp the Industar is. Is it a Tessar design? I have 3 or 4, and they vary in sharpness. The best is the Lanthanum powered 61 L/D, which I used on Leica M5. The 61 is definitely cheating on a lo-fi thread. Not quite as nice as the Helios 103, anyway I'm heading off topic.