I looked them up, sound perfect, thx
I looked them up, sound perfect, thxI am sending my 35mm B&W and color film to The Darkroom. There enhanced scan is quite good (and $8/roll). For B&W they use DDX, and I really like the way FP4+ turns out. HP5+ is good also.
I am close to start developing my own B&W at home. Just need to develop the digitizing part.
Beautiful looking camera, it uses Leica lenses?I was going to suggest a clean Canon L1 but sounds like you already bought something. The Canon has a 3 position rotating finder built in 35mm, 50mm and a zoom for focusing accurately. The other really cool feature is the accessory finders have automatic parallax correction. Super build quality, a really great screw mount camera. For a $2000 budget, a body and a few lenses would be easily doable, even some of the more exotic/classic like the 85mm f2 nikkor.
ThxYou've got more than enough by now to use for rf and for mail in developing.
Everything after Leica is going to substitute, to be honest. Even if it looks nice
....When I send film off , how do I get it developed in a format that lets me save it to my computer or upload, etc
They also share the same address with Harman Lab US. (The PO Box numbers are different).I very strongly recommend The Darkroom (https://thedarkroom.com/) or Swan Photo Lab (https://www.swanphotolabs.com) - both in San Clemente
I think the two labs are affiliated if not the very same company.
Beautiful looking camera, it uses Leica lenses?
I am sending my 35mm B&W and color film to The Darkroom. There enhanced scan is quite good (and $8/roll). For B&W they use DDX, and I really like the way FP4+ turns out. HP5+ is good also.
I am close to start developing my own B&W at home. Just need to develop the digitizing part.
M6ttl is the current MP for much less money. Same except the M6ttl has ttl flash metering, not a huge deal, and more importantly a much better rewind crank. My original M6ttl was a black chrome. 0.72, I sold it off and found a NOS 0.85 finder in chrome. Added a like new chrome 6 bit 50mm Summicron. Best 35 I've ever owned. I did pick up a Cosina made Zeiss Biogon 35 f2.8. I rarely take the Summicron off, but the little 35mm 2.8 is a gem of a lens and can be found for around 700 bucks new around Christmas sale time. The chrome Summicron is brass so weights 3 times what the little anodized aluminum Biogon does.
Re: film, process it yourself. Contact print the black and white with a 15 watt bulb and a sheet of glass. Ektachrome and Fujichrome get a Tetenal kit and a heater. C41 Take to a local minilab
Welcome to APUG. The camera choice for that budget is no choice. Only question is which focal lens do you prefer (=which Summicron you should get): 28, 35, 50?
Welcome to APUG. The camera choice for that budget is no choice. Only question is which focal lens do you prefer (=which Summicron you should get): 28, 35, 50?
... I dove in headfirst and bought a Leica M6 ttl and a Mamiya 7ii, looking forward to joining rangefinder world
Yes you are right! Daughters 8th grade graduation tomorrow, taking one plus my “lame Nikon d810”Thats the cat's meow for rangefinders. I thought the viewfinder of my M6 was the brightest, clearest, most contrasty, and easiest to focus of all my rangefinders ...until the Mamiya 7, which somehow is even better.
Now you must take them out and use them.
Note; I went a little crazy and purchased four other rangefinders as well as the Leica M6ttl and Mamiya 7ii
The worst part is I don’t think I’m done
First I got Minolta rangefinder, than Yashica, than Soviet rangefinder, Olympus ... many different. On the end Leica. Now looking back - cheaper would be in the start to buy M body and 50mm Summicron and done.
Just gotta find way to hide from wife
Two M6’s and two M 3’s, nice
What’s the Nikon?
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What’s the Nikon?
Are the older Leicas being used, or just collectors items
That one is beautiful, how much would you expect to pay for one of those
I will have to check my receipts when I return home later this evening. The black Leica III was serviced before I bought it, so the shutter speeds are accurate and sound good. The rangefinder and diopter correction work remarkably well. Focusing is a bit jerky, but not stiff. It's the original nickle-finish lens for this model. The photos have seemed soft, but I'm too much of a grain peeper.
I'll edit this post with the amount I paid in a little while.
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