Your most recent RF purchase

Dr Croubie · Mar 27, 2013

Inherited my dad's Petri 7s Cricle-eye a few years ago and kind of got hooked on RF I think.
Got a Bessa L with 21mm f/4 Skopar (ok, technically it's not an RF if it doesn't have a Range Finder, hush), just took it on a trip to Melbourne and back along the Great Ocean Road. Scanning the Velvia now and all I can say is Wow.

Still hanging out for a Bessa R3A and 90/2.8 Tele Elmarit (or CV 40/1.4) at an affordable price.
And I should get a Retina one day, to match all those lenses I bought that *weren't* the SLR-adaptable ones (although the ones that were, like the 135/4 on my EOS 3 made some nice street shots...)

Dr Croubie · Mar 30, 2013

Woo, that was easy, snagged a Bessa R3A off ebay last night. May not have been the best bargain, they're so rare around there it's hard to know what a good price is. Also just got a Canon LTM 135/3.5 from the Classifieds here.
Can't wait to try it out on the streets...

agphotography · Apr 1, 2013

I just picked up a Yashica Electro GT for $5. It looks clean but the photos showed some corrosion in the battery chamber, hopefully when it arrives I'll be able to clean it up and have it working in no time.
If I can't do that, can anyone recommend a Yashica service guy?

leicarfcam · Apr 5, 2013

Just picked up a nice Zorki 1b with Industar 22 lens..

zsas · Apr 5, 2013

agphotography said:
I just picked up a Yashica Electro GT for $5. It looks clean but the photos showed some corrosion in the battery chamber, hopefully when it arrives I'll be able to clean it up and have it working in no time.
If I can't do that, can anyone recommend a Yashica service guy?

Best of luck:
http://www.camerarefurb.com/Services.htm

agphotography · Apr 7, 2013

It needed a bit more help than I'm able to provide but Russ was happy to help . Thank you for the suggestion Andy. Can't wait to get it back and run some Neopan through there.

zsas · Apr 7, 2013

^Glad to hear, I've a Yashica Lynx at Russ' getting a CLA myself, can't wait to get it back myself!

luibargi · Apr 9, 2013

Just got a Voigtlander Bessa II with C-Skopar and Synkro-Compur. My first step into MF after 35 years of 35 mm.

mrtoml · Apr 11, 2013

Having bought a Bronica RF645 a couple of weeks ago I purchased a new Bessa R2A yesterday from Robert White at the discounted price. I agonised over whether to get a used M6, but decided this was a better deal in the short term (at around half the price). I also picked up a used Nokton 50/1.5 which is one of my favourite lenses from ebay to go with it.

Looking forward to getting back into film now I have space for a new darkroom...

emjo · Apr 11, 2013

After much oogling there is a Mamiya 7 with a 80mm f/4 sitting here beside me. Yeay!

one90guy · Apr 11, 2013

Waiting for a Ward am 550, seller said everything in good working order, even light meter.

agnosticnikon · Apr 11, 2013

Just purchased a Retina II type 142, with a Xenon f2. Was kind of grubby, but cleaned up really well. Going to load some film and hope it works as good as it looks now.

Dr Croubie · Apr 11, 2013

Just got my Bessa R3A last night, and a 135mm finder. Still waiting on the 135mm lens (they were accidentally shipped apart, apparently), but i've loaded up some TMAX 400 and whacked on my 21mm Skopar and yellow filter, going to shoot a test roll around town tonight...

mfmike · Apr 12, 2013

+1 for the Mamiya 7ii with 80mm lens. Still trying to sort out the diopter for the viewfinder window, though.

elekm · Apr 12, 2013

Picked up a Nikon S. It included the owner's manual and a few other items. This replaces the one that I sold a few years ago.

jacdem · Apr 23, 2013

I am a happy owner of a cannonet 1961. I just got it from an antiquaire here in Mali, West Africa gor $2 US. the camera seems to work fine but i still didn't load film. I am first trying to learn how it works. After some hours I know how to open the film door. so advice are needed. I am loving this camera. it is built like a tank. Nothing to compare with my Sony Alpha a550.

Sirius Glass · Apr 23, 2013

Welcome to APUG!

You may find the manual here ==> http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon.htm

If you find a useful manual, please send in the $3 donation. He does not charge money and other website will sell copies of the manuals for large amounts of money.

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jacdem · Apr 23, 2013

thx. i already got the manual and i am learning.

Fixcinater · Apr 23, 2013

Found a reasonably good deal on the hood for my Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM lens. Now the camera/lens combo doesn't instantly fall forward when I set it down on a flat surface like it wanted to do with the generic hood. Not sure how I'll justify taking the darn thing out in the field though...given the small chance of finding another at a decent price.

elekm · Apr 24, 2013

Bought a Zeiss Ikon S 312, which required a lot of work. It's running nicely now.

pstake · Apr 24, 2013

My most recent rangefinder is plural. Rangefinders

Had a GAS attack!

I've always used SLRs — and snobbishly! They were always Contax/Yashica although I did have a Spotmatic for a little while as well.

But when I got a Contax IIa with the F2 Sonnar at a local vintage store and put a roll through it, the whisper-quiet pleasure of using rangefinders washed over me in an awesome (and financially detrimental) wave.

Here's one with the Contax and Sonnar (and a warm skylight 1B filter, the look of which I love)

Kiev IIa with what may be its original Jupiter-8, both 1956. I enjoy using this camera as much as the Contax. Build quality is superb and the size may fit my hands even better.

These are from my Retina IIIc with Xenon f2. They don't show its full potential but they show its usefulness in low light. I have some in color, taken outdoors, that are as sharp as my Planar and Distagon.

Walz Envoy 35 with Kominar 48mm f1.9

@f11 or f16 on Tmax100

@f4 on Tri-X

And last but certainly not least, Agfa Karat 36 with a Rodenstock Heligon F2

@f2 on Agfa Vista (my office mate)

@f2 on Agfa Vista (the receptionist)

And the post would not be complete without a selfy — this one's at F8 on the Agfa Vista

Thanks for looking.

elekm · Apr 25, 2013

Nice collection and nice photos, too. Did you have to do any work on the Agfa Karat 36? Kodak put very high quality lenses on thr Retinas.

pstake · Apr 25, 2013

elekm said:
Nice collection and nice photos, too. Did you have to do any work on the Agfa Karat 36? Kodak put very high quality lenses on thr Retinas.

Thanks, Elek!

I did do a little to the Karat. The focus was stiff so I used lighter fluid and a Q-tip on the helical and it loosened up a bit after about 30 minutes of this. It's still not perfect. The lens was dirty and dusty, so I cleaned it. And the aperture/shutter blades had grease on them after I cleaned the helical, so I spent about another hour with the lighter fluid and Q-tip cleaning the blades and running through all the shutter speeds. It seems to work at all shutter speeds now, but the slow ones sound slow. I plan to send it off for a CLA before too long.

elekm · Apr 25, 2013

The Heligon takes very nice photos. Sharp yet pleasing. The shots of the folks at the office are particularly nice.

pstake · Apr 26, 2013

It is very nice wide open. I'm going to have fun using it. Nice web site, Mike. Very interesting history about some great cameras.

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