Suggestions for new rangefinder

John McCallum · Jan 19, 2005

Yeah, that Leica quality control - suspect :rolleyes: .

BradS · Jan 19, 2005

Hey, Did I hear something about one of the big names coming out with an all manual rangefinder that used the old pentax screw mount? Anybody have any info / opinions on this?

Lee L · Jan 19, 2005

GaussianNoise said:
Hey, Did I hear something about one of the big names coming out with an all manual rangefinder that used the old pentax screw mount? Anybody have any info / opinions on this?

Stephen Gandy has some adapters made that work with Leica M mount rangefinders, and take Nikon F/AI/AIS/AF, Leica R, Contax/Yashica (RTS), Olympus OM, Pentax K & M42 Lenses. There's a cam on the adapter that you use for rangefinding, then transfer that reading to the scale on the SLR lens. Best at further distances and smaller apertures I'd guess, but they focus to infinity. The rangefinding scale on the adapter looks like it's "expanded" more than a normal lens, to get somewhat better accuracy on the readout.

See: http://cameraquest.com/adaptslrRFM.htm

Could that be what you heard about?

Lee

BradS · Jan 19, 2005

No, it was an actual camera. Made by Cosina perhaps?

Woolliscroft · Jan 19, 2005

The Bessa R uses Leica 39mm screw lenses, but I have not heard of anything that uses Pentax screw.

David.

Helen B · Jan 19, 2005

Brad,

Is this Cosina 42 mm screw-mount SLR what you were thinking of?

Best,
Helen

binjones · Jan 19, 2005

regarding range finder

I have my first rangefinder it is a Bessa II, Voigtlander, circa 1950's. It was a great buy and the fact that it folds up is wonderful. If you go tis route look for one with the color skopar lense.
as a 120 that is 6x9, you only get 8 shots but i find that I am much more specific/intentional in my shooting, which means one slows down...

BradS · Jan 20, 2005

Helen B said:
Brad,

Is this Cosina 42 mm screw-mount SLR what you were thinking of?

Best,
Helen

Ahhh, yes. That must be it....Thanks!

Brad.

MattCarey · Jan 20, 2005

binjones said:
I have my first rangefinder it is a Bessa II, Voigtlander, circa 1950's. It was a great buy and the fact that it folds up is wonderful. If you go tis route look for one with the color skopar lense.
as a 120 that is 6x9, you only get 8 shots but i find that I am much more specific/intentional in my shooting, which means one slows down...

I saw one of these on the B&H website about a month ago. I think they wanted about $750 for it.

They guy who runs Certo6.com noted on his price list that the color-skopar lens Bessa II's were fairly pricy too.

Supposed to be a sweet toy, though.

Matt

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