What's your latest new old camera ? (Part 2)

flavio81 · Jan 21, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
Is the release too sensitive to half-press and recompose?

With my Rebel G (or F4) the subject of focus is rarely dead center, so I half-press, recompose, and shoot.

Yes, but the way I work, i sometimes have to wait several minutes till pressing the shutter button (after i set focus). I can't keep the release at half-press for so long!

It's a shame because otherwise the EOS 650 is a very fine machine, nice sound, nice feel, great viewfinder (perhaps the best of the EOS cameras save for the 1-series), great battery life.

Sirius Glass said:
Both the F100 and N75 let me get and hold the focus and then frame the composition and then fire the shutter. A little RTFM might help.

I *always* RTFM, and the EOS 650 does not have that capability. My EOS 5 does have that feature.

flavio81 · Jan 21, 2016

Sewin said:
Has someone somewhere written a glowing report as to how good they are

Good enough to shoot and be happy.

Sewin said:
I have a sort of love hate relationship with my Yashica D.

Sometimes I think it is great to use , then sometimes it frustrates me for no reason or logic.

I then start thinking, should I try a medium format SLR, then reality kicks in, would there be any real advantage apart from lens interchangeability, so for now I'll stick with the simpler lighter TLR.

You can have lens interchangeability if you use a Mamiya TLR, which have lens interchangeability. There are people who say those TLRs are too big, etc, but on the other hand there are thousands of happy people (like me) that are very satisfied with them. I've used the Mamiyaflex C2, C220, and C330, they're all great.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 21, 2016

John_Nikon_F said:
Nice score. Photo taken with the same kit:

-J

I like that photo. Would like to see same scene in early Spring.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 21, 2016

flavio81 said:
You can has pre-AI lenses caturday!

I'm very fond of pre-AI lenses and have quite a few. It's also nice that most are inexpensive compared to their AI, AIS, and AF counterparts.

Surprised that APUG doesn't have a Caturday (yet).

flavio81 · Jan 21, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
I'm very fond of pre-AI lenses and have quite a few. It's also nice that most are inexpensive compared to their AI, AIS, and AF counterparts.

Surprised that APUG doesn't have a Caturday (yet).

My recent collecting of pre-AI lenses have made me appreciate Nikon again (over Canon, whose FD/FL lenses I love).

elcabezagrande · Jan 21, 2016

Mamiya 6 (Six) with Olympus Zuiko lens by Mike Novak, on Flickr

Ian Grant · Jan 21, 2016

elcabezagrande said:
Mamiya 6 (Six) with Olympus Zuiko lens by Mike Novak, on Flickr

It's a camera I'd buy well done, I've a;ways wanted one. Use it well.

Ian

Ian Grant · Jan 21, 2016

It was my birthday early this month, I told my wife I needed a camera with more resolution or mega-pixels, a Canon 5 D Mk III would be ok. So I got a sweater and a shirt,

Today I finally made the Upgrade . . . . . . . . a British 12"x10" un-named field camera, so finally I'm a member of the ULF club.

Ian

elcabezagrande · Jan 21, 2016

Ian Grant said:
It's a camera I'd buy well done, I've a;ways wanted one. Use it well.

Ian

Right now, the focus is frozen. I think that the plastic window from the focus scale has fallen inside and is jamming the mechanism up. Hopefully it will be a simple fix.

elcabezagrande · Jan 22, 2016

The beast. Technically, not a TLR.

Koni Omegaflex by Mike Novak, on Flickr

elcabezagrande · Jan 25, 2016

She looks good for an 82 year old.

Standard Rolleiflex Model 622 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

fdonadio · Jan 25, 2016

Not very old, but new to me:

A Sinar F (sorry for the really crappy iPhone photo)!

Now I just need to learn to use this beauty!

Flavio

OptiKen · Jan 25, 2016

A Sputnik medium format stereo camera with a very broken shutter and sticky left iris

Theo Sulphate · Jan 25, 2016

elcabezagrande said:
The beast. Technically, not a TLR.

Koni Omegaflex by Mike Novak, on Flickr

I've never seen that before and don't understand why it's not technically a TLR. Does the finder not look through the upper viewing lens?

skorpiius · Jan 26, 2016

elcabezagrande said:
The beast. Technically, not a TLR.

Koni Omegaflex by Mike Novak, on Flickr

What a weird looking creature

frank · Jan 26, 2016

TLR, IMO.

MattKing · Jan 26, 2016

With the reflex finder shown, it may as well be considered a TLR.

Same with the prism finder available.

But in normal use, with just a ground glass behind the upper lens, showing a reversed and inverted image, it may be Twin Lens, but it isn't Twin Lens Reflex.

frank · Jan 26, 2016

Correct. The reflex part refers to the mirror.

sometimes TLR, sometimes TL

but TLR as pictured.

chromacomaphoto · Jan 26, 2016

elcabezagrande said:
The beast. Technically, not a TLR.

Koni Omegaflex by Mike Novak, on Flickr

First time I've ever seen one of those. Happy with it?

elcabezagrande · Jan 26, 2016

Just got it two days ago. Heavy as it looks. The viewfinder is awesome. Maybe if we ever get a thaw I will take it out to play.

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chromacomaphoto · Jan 26, 2016

Sure, report back if you do. It looks extremely interesting.

elcabezagrande · Jan 26, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
I've never seen that before and don't understand why it's not technically a TLR. Does the finder not look through the upper viewing lens?

The finder is an accessory. Normally, you would focus off of the ground glass on the back of the camera, there is no internal reflex mirror. It is more of a twin lens view camera.

Paul Howell · Jan 26, 2016

elcabezagrande said:
The finder is an accessory. Normally, you would focus off of the ground glass on the back of the camera, there is no internal reflex mirror. It is more of a twin lens view camera.

My parents bought me a koniflex as a gradation present when I graduated from college in 1970, I kept it a couple of years, lens are really sharp, but I could not get using to it when taking horizontal landscapes, 6X7 format, so I traded it for Mamyia C 33. Looking back I think the 90mm lens was sharper than the 80mm on the Mamyia. For portraits a fine camera. The backs are interchangeable with Konica Rapid press cameras.

MotoMark · Jan 26, 2016

Bought an Olympus XA w/ A16 flash off eBay for $25.00

I already had 2 of them but I couldn't pass it up. Seller said it didn't work so I figured at least I could use it for parts. When I got it I removed the battery, cleaned the compartment with a moist q-tip and baking soda, put in a new battery and presto, a perfectly working XA !

ASA32 · Jan 26, 2016

Contax G2 with 28mm, 45mm, and 90mm lenses to replace a kit I stupidly sold years ago.

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