Your most recent RF purchase

[revdocjim]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the medium format area but today I got this Fuji GS645. My deepest longing is for the GF670 but that's so far out of my price range that I can only dream. Meanwhile I encountered this GS645 and was quite fascinated by it. Of course it only cost a fraction of what the GF670 does. Can't wait to try it out!

 

[Katie]

43mm for my mamiya 7.

 

[Gerry M]

Leica CL & CV 35/2.5. The meter works!!

 

[Katie]

Nice setup Gerry!

 

[Gerry M]

Thanks, Katie. Good size for a walk around kit. I can carry it and a tlr, meter and film in an (don't laugh!) Eddie Bauer mini diaper bag. A clean one, that is!

 

[Katie]

Haha! That's a great idea! I have a nice custom made diaper bag that I don't use anymore... I might try it out!

 

[Gerry M]

Look around for a Billingham label to sew on it! Seriously tho, I have a couple of Domke's and I use the d/bags much more. I probably need professional help.

 

[Lloydy]

A pair of Voightlanders, an early - 1930's - Bessa and an early 1950's Perkeo, both in good working condition as well. And best of all, very cheap !

 

[nosmok]

Braun Paxette Super II BL. Dirt cheap from the bay, with the semi-decent Steinheil lens. Slow speeds are off, but the meter appears to work (and goes up to 3200asa !). Seems like a nice little unit, waiting to burn some film.

As an aside, why have Se meters gotten such a bum rap? I only have 1 50 year old camera with a completely NG Selenium meter, several that are "close enough", and a few that are spot on. In comparison, every other CdS-metered camera I have is totally shot, usually thru battery corrosion so preventable, but nobody did. I have metered night shots of several seconds using Se meters, and they came out fine. If I was shooting only slide film at maximum aperture, I'd probably want more meter, but for anything else they're fine. I'm trying to train myself not to use a meter these days, but I have to admit an old Se cell is still a bit better than I am.

--nosmok

 

[Newt_on_Swings]

A super ratty canon vt, only 4 speeds work and it has a terrible black paint job. I'll clean it soon as I can find some info on it.

And a fuji gw690 ii, the Texas Leica haha. I bit rough, but a perfect user camera for me to take around and not worry about babying it. Now all I need are some 67mm filters.

 

[Brandonium]

Mamiya Universal Press with 100/2.8 M-Sekor (+ many other accessories)

This is what I call a Rangefinder.

 

[Peltigera]

As an aside, why have Se meters gotten such a bum rap? I only have 1 50 year old camera with a completely NG Selenium meter, several that are "close enough", and a few that are spot on. In comparison, every other CdS-metered camera I have is totally shot, usually thru battery corrosion so preventable, but nobody did.
--nosmok

I have the same experience - the only Se meter I have that does not work is a Sixton from the 1960s. I have half a dozen from the 1950s that work just fine. I don't know what the design life was but I suspect a lot less than 60 years.

 

[Someonenameddavid]

I have SINNED

I went to a yard sale and bought: 2 Zeiss Super Ikontas, a Zeiss Tenax, a Contax iiia color dial, a Zeiss biogon 35 f2.8, a Kodak Ektra and a bell and Howell Foton with the Cooke Amotal lens. I am sooooo dead, sooo dead, spook dead.... Oh and a sweet Contessa

David

 

[janrzm]

Most recent purchase was a Voigtlander Vito III, it's beautiful but needed a shutter repair, all sorted now thanks to help from this forum....currently looking for a suitable M3.

 

[Michael Finder]

A new skin from Camera Leather for my recently acquired Leica IIIf. It looks great nude!

 

[zsas]

Ummm, I had one XA, then 2, then 3. I have a parts XA2 in case one of the 3 XA's need aid.

One always has ASA 50 loaded another 400 and the third has color.....keeps me from having to use my phone for quick snaps.

 

[dxqcanada]

Ah, I also just picked up an Olympus XA.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

+1, Another call for Olympus XA, in mint condition, ex eBay, Vermont, USA.
Due next Wednesday. A love affair rekindled. I bought my first XA in June 1979 and would have gone through maybe 3 over the ensuing 34 years.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Ummm, I had one XA, then 2, then 3. I have a parts XA2 in case one of the 3 XA's need aid.

One always has ASA 50 loaded another 400 and the third has color.....keeps me from having to use my phone for quick snaps.

Now we know why XAs are so damned scarce! They're all hidden away in your Tiffany Box!

 

[zsas]

Haaa! They all get used, no dust bunnies! Congrats on your minty one PDJ and your one too DXQ!

 

[leicarfcam]

The Leica bug bites again.

I bought a Leica IIIf BD from KEH last night. Will be here Wednesday and I have my Elmar ready for it..

 

[dxqcanada]

Haaa! They all get used, no dust bunnies! Congrats on your minty one PDJ and your one too DXQ!

Thanks ... hmm, great idea about multiple cameras ... I should get a couple more

 

[elekm]

Picked up a little Hungarian rangefinder – the Mometta II. Have some film in it now. Nice little camera. I might do a writeup on it.

 

[bliorg]

My new toy - a Canon IIF and Canon 50/1.8.


New toy! by Scott --, on Flickr

Was sold to me as a IID(1), but shame on me for not reading up on the differences first. Ah, well, gonna be a sweet toy, anyway!

 

[zsas]

^Looks quite mint and clean!! Congrats!