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

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That's a bright screen!

Looks like you'll enjoy that camera.
 

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Nikon S2 now has its lens. The brightest, clearest lens optics I've ever seen.

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Nikon S2 now has its lens. The brightest, clearest lens optics I've ever seen.

A fine pice of machinery. Enjoy the learning curve, it's worth it!
 

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Among the best of the compact fixed-lens rangefinders.


Vivitar 35ES
by Mike Novak, on Flickr

Interesting - it's Cosina designed. Cameraquest has nothing on it - and Stephen usually writes about faster-than-f/2 rangefinders.

I'm starting to like that table; it has character.
 
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Interesting - it's Cosina designed. Cameraquest has nothing on it - and Stephen usually writes about faster-than-f/2 rangefinders.

I'm starting to like that table; it has character.
It was also sold under the Revue brand, I don't recall the model number, and is a virtual clone of the Konica Auto S3.

The table is actually an old silverware case. It is full of filters, and viewfinders, and miscellaneous stuff.
 

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Canon F1n. Just aquired this today. Speeds sound good. Light meter seems to work. Small dent in the finder but nothing to loose sleep over. Very minimal brassing. One problem, NO bottom plate but I think I may have remedied the problem with a neveready case I found at the bottom of my camera junk cabinet. Not just a junk drawer as some people (most) have. 1st Roll in it now. Will have to rewind the film in the dark as there is no hole for tripping the rewind button until I take off the case.
 

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I visited St. Petersburg and bought a couple of cameras that certain APUG members love to hate.

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I think they're rather cute. The one with yellow filter is from '59, the one without from '60. Shot a couple of rolls with both - the color rolls turned out OK, the black-and-white one I haven't developed yet.
 

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Dennis,

Check with Doug at the Camera Clinic in Shoreline, WA. I suspect he'll have one. That way, you can have the camera complete again. His phone is 206-367-2440. Open from 10-2 Tuesday-Saturday.

-J
 

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I visited St. Petersburg and bought a couple of cameras that certain APUG members love to hate.

zenitit-small.jpg


I think they're rather cute. The one with yellow filter is from '59, the one without from '60. Shot a couple of rolls with both - the color rolls turned out OK, the black-and-white one I haven't developed yet.

Who can have the Zenit S? They are cute little cameras...actually these were the SLRs Leica was supposed to produce but they never "got" that.
 

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I actually took delivery of this Soviet FT-2 panoramic camera last year, but just scored some additional film cassettes:
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Got a Ricoh XR 2S with Rikenon 50mm f1.4:

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somebody dubbed it "the poor man's Pentax K2DMD"...with some reason.
 

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Is there any other SLR that uses lemon-green for an indicator?
 

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Got a Ricoh XR 2S with Rikenon 50mm f1.4:

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somebody dubbed it "the poor man's Pentax K2DMD"...with some reason.

I think of it as a K-mount Nikon FE copy: Copal Square electronically timed shutter with 1/90 mechanical speed, non-TTL dedicated flash operation, XR Winder 1 option, +/-2 EV exposure comp, f-stop and shutter speed settings visible in viewfinder, DOF preview, and multiple exposure provision. Two weaknesses: the self-timer lever and top cover are plastic. I had one with a crack in its top cover [still worked, though], and another that I substituted a self-timer lever from a junker TLS 401. I also doubt the Ricoh chassis could stand up to the heavy use the FE has withstood, but for the enthusiast, it's a helluva camera.
 

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I think of it as a K-mount Nikon FE copy: Copal Square electronically timed shutter with 1/90 mechanical speed, non-TTL dedicated flash operation, XR Winder 1 option, +/-2 EV exposure comp, f-stop and shutter speed settings visible in viewfinder, DOF preview, and multiple exposure provision. Two weaknesses: the self-timer lever and top cover are plastic. I had one with a crack in its top cover [still worked, though], and another that I substituted a self-timer lever from a junker TLS 401. I also doubt the Ricoh chassis could stand up to the heavy use the FE has withstood, but for the enthusiast, it's a helluva camera.

Actually the Xr2 predated the FE by some months and while it has the same Copal shutter it's definitely an older design as it's a full size camera like a Pentax K, not a smaller Nikon FM model.

While definitely not a K2DMD it's definitely a sturdy camera, this one was neglected for many years if I have to judge from the conditions but the self timer is working and the plastic top looks sturdier than the thin brass top of a Pentax MX, for instance.

On the other side I don't have a FE but I've a FM and while well put together it's miles away for the building quality of a Pentax K camera, in particular the K2DMD that looks as solid and sturdy (and almost as heavy) as a Nikon F2 or a Canon F1.
 

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Body and lens picked up from KEH back in December. Fifteen years shooting film and, oddly enough, this is my first manual focus 35mm camera. Started out on a Minolta AF SLR and eventually graduated to a Contax G and Hassy 500C combo.

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