Your most recent RF purchase

[R gould]

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

 

[Brian Legge]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Leica LTM with Sumitar f/2
( IIIf )

 

[canonman]

Leica M6 ;-))))

 

[stevebrot]

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]

Contax IIIa w/ 2.0 Sonnar and working light meter!

 

[patois]

Minolta Hi-Matic F

 

[wotalegend]

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

 

[33dollars]

Ricoh 500ME & the SP Winder for it.

 

[thomasw_]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[stevebrot]

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]

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

 

[mjs]

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]

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]

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