Looking forward to getting one in my hands, especially for those times I'm not in "photographic" mode, such as motorcycle trips with friends and traveling with the better half. I think it will be perfect mostly for candid or impromptu shots of people that I currently use my M2 for. Less worry about an expensive camera.
No need to wait. There are plenty of new, half-frames with similar features right now.
No need to wait. There are plenty of new, half-frames with similar features right now.
Could you please point us in their direction?
No need to wait. There are plenty of new, half-frames with similar features right now.
The triplet is a very capable and pleasant lens type. Consider the Leitz Elmar 5cm f/3.5. This is the lens that made the Leica legend, and it is still very nice to use.
Can you point out these NEW half frame cameras?
It exists!
https://shop.lomography.com/us/lomo-lc-wide-35-mm-film-camera
It can be used as a manual focus, auto-exposure half-frame camera, although DoF is so deep that the need for focusing is minimal.
It exists!
https://shop.lomography.com/us/lomo-lc-wide-35-mm-film-camera
It can be used as a manual focus, auto-exposure half-frame camera, although DoF is so deep that the need for focusing is minimal.
Perhaps I missed something, which is always possible, but I don't think that is a half frame camera.
The 50mm Elmar is not a triplet. 4 elements, like a Tessar. You might have confused it with the 90mm Elmar. Leica's lens naming conventions are usually based on f-stop, not lens design.
There are lots of cameras with the Lomo name. One of these qualifies as a submini camera because it creates half-frame images on 35mm film -- the Lomo LC-Wide. It's about the size and shape of the Lomo LC-M, and it should because that is what it was based on. And the LC-M was based on the Cosina CX -- which was designed after the Olympus XA. What sets the Lomo LC-W apart is a unique set of features and functions that can be used together to create amazing results from single half-frame images to multiple exposure panoramas. First, is the format flexibility. This can be set to half-frame (18x24mm), square (24x24mm) or full-frame (24x36mm). This can be changed mid-roll for interesting effects. Next, is the ability to take multiple exposures. A separate lever cocks the shutter without moving the film to add all sorts of special effects. The camera has a 17mm f4.5 lens which converts to about a 25mm in half-frame. The f-stop does not adjust but the lens can be zoned focused -- FAR or NEAR -- getting down a about 15 inches with the DOF. The shutter is automatically set -- according to the ISO and light -- from 1/500 down to several seconds, and requires three L44/A76 batteries. The LC-W has a tripod socket and cable release connection as well as a hot shoe. One or two LEDs in the viewfinder indicate exposure OK or LONG (use tripod or flash).It's both, half frame and full frame.
The Leitz 5cm Elmar f/3.5 is considered to be derived from the Cooke Triplet. The Elmar is four elements in three groups. Often referred to by Erwin Puts and others as a "4 element triplet".
There was a 20 year-old guy in my Jr College darkroom class last fall who was an art major concentrating in photography. He had done darkroom in high school and so was pretty advanced and wildly adventurous in the darkroom. He checked out the department's Mamiya C330 but never even took it out of the office after deciding during the familiarization process that fully manual was just too difficult.
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