Your most recent RF purchase

R gould · Nov 21, 2010

I do that a lot,must qualify, makes it an uncoupled rangefinder,Richard

Brian Legge · Nov 21, 2010

fotopom: No no, don't say such things! We need to perpetuate the believe that bottom loaders are hard to deal with so the cameras continue dropping in price.

Focus No. 9 · Dec 4, 2010

Hi-Matic:It's not a purchase but

maybe you would be interested as it's a bit too RICH for my budget.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/pho/2091478476.html

on the other hand I did buy a Hi-Matic E inserted new batt and it's alive! $5

dnjl · Dec 4, 2010

Bought a Hi-matic as well, the 7s model. A bit dirty (cleaning took enough alcohol to intoxicate even a russian), but otherwise in good condition. Clean lens, bright viewfinder, working shutter and and clean aperture blades, that's what matters.

BobD · Dec 4, 2010

Found at a yard sale this morning, this Voigtlander Vitessa L is working fine including
the meter and all shutter speeds. It has a clean Ultron f/2 lens and beautiful
cosmetics.

It was in a bag with 5 Kenko filters and lens hood and camera case, all for 20 bucks.

elekm · Dec 4, 2010

I picked up a Vivitar 35CA rangefinder for $5. It was made by Cosina. It's a lot like the other smaller 35mm rangefinders of the 1970s. Trap-needle autoexposure with a reasonable fast 38mm lens.

elekm · Dec 4, 2010

BobD said:
Found at a yard sale this morning, this Voigtlander Vitessa L is working fine including
the meter and all shutter speeds. It has a clean Ultron f/2 lens and beautiful
cosmetics.

It was in a bag with 5 Kenko filters and lens hood and camera case, all for 20 bucks.

That's a beautiful camera and a great deal. The Ultron is an excellent lens.

Pumalite · Dec 5, 2010

Leica LTM with Sumitar f/2
( IIIf )

canonman · Dec 5, 2010

Leica M6 ;-))))

stevebrot · Dec 5, 2010

BobD said:
Found at a yard sale this morning, this Voigtlander Vitessa L is working fine including
the meter and all shutter speeds. It has a clean Ultron f/2 lens and beautiful
cosmetics.

It was in a bag with 5 Kenko filters and lens hood and camera case, all for 20 bucks.

Dang! Do I have permission to hate you? While I truly don't need any additional cameras, the Vitessa is a gem and you got a really great deal and I am intensely jealous.

Steve

flash26c · Dec 5, 2010

Contax IIIa w/ 2.0 Sonnar and working light meter!

patois · Dec 6, 2010

Minolta Hi-Matic F

wotalegend · Dec 7, 2010

Minolta Hi-Matic 7S, $20 from Salvos Store.

33dollars · Dec 7, 2010

Ricoh 500ME & the SP Winder for it.

thomasw_ · Dec 7, 2010

Bought a M2 + CV 35/1,7 ----> this kit will be a gift to my wife at Christmas.

Traded for a version 2 pre-asph summilux M3-goggled which I love because it looks so cool and, more importantly, it close focuses to ,65m.

revdocjim · Dec 9, 2010

Well, I'm probably setting myself up for a pie in the face or something because my rangefinder that I just purchased today is nowhere near the kind of stuff that most of you are using. Nevertheless it is my first serious RF purchase and I'm pretty excited. I bought a silver Fuji Klasse with the 38/2.6 lens. I put a roll of Superia Premium 400 in it and I'll be shooting a Christmas party tonight! Should be fun.

elekm · Dec 9, 2010

Yeah, that's too automated. I think that this is the Japan-only version of the Rollei AFM 35, which is really a very nice camera. I have the Rollei, and I really like it a lot. It's very compact, and the camera's autoexposure system has been very accurate.

I think it has a nice group of features, including the ability to manually set aperture or distance.

My one wish for the camera would be the ability to set the flash off by default.

Sirius Glass · Dec 9, 2010

revdocjim said:
Well, I'm probably setting myself up for a pie in the face or something because my rangefinder that I just purchased today is nowhere near the kind of stuff that most of you are using. Nevertheless it is my first serious RF purchase and I'm pretty excited. I bought a silver Fuji Klasse with the 38/2.6 lens. I put a roll of Superia Premium 400 in it and I'll be shooting a Christmas party tonight! Should be fun.

No worry. Just want until you get G.A.S. !

revdocjim · Dec 10, 2010

Well, I don't know if I am suffering any sort of syndrome or not, but my current collection includes 4 large format lenses, 21 medium format lenses, 31 alpha mount lenses, 8 or 9 M42 lenses, and about 20 bodies... Actually, buying a rangefinder that doesn't have exchangeable lenses actually sort of a new direction for me. There isn't much else I can buy for this kit!

elcabezagrande · Dec 11, 2010

Canon QL17 GIII, finally got a working example after a couple of duds.

stevebrot · Dec 11, 2010

Two recent additions:

Kiev 4A (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28796087@N02/5252374968/)

and FED-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28796087@N02/5251767737/)

Steve

Chris Nielsen · Dec 11, 2010

I just picked up a Fed 2 as well, hoping to get some more lenses for it at some stage

mjs · Dec 11, 2010

Just today my darling wife picked up a Minolta Hi-Matic E at an estate auction for me. I've wanted one of these (or a 7sII) for some time now. This one has film in it -- kinda curious to see what it's got!

Also a Hi-Matic 11 but I like the E better and will likely flog the 11 shortly.

Mike

sangetsu · Dec 12, 2010

Too many purchases lately. I have been adding more to my rangefinder camera collection. Last week I got a black Canon QL-17, a black Olympus SP, and today I got a nice Canon P. Other purchases were a Voigtlander Nokton 50/1.1, and on Friday I pulled the trigger on a 50/1.4 Summilux.

I am bidding on half a dozen cameras on the big auction site, and there are 5 cameras somewhere in the mail on their way to me...

Domenico Foschi · Dec 12, 2010

2 100 ft rolls of Efke 100 for my Leica M2.

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