Leitzmac Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1021 Posted March 18, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) No keep it, especially if they're different magnifications. You need two bodies. I am inclined to agree for several reasons: As Peter said, for the advantage of (potentially) different magnifications. to be able to shoot with two focal lengths without having to waste time changing lenses. have different films/speeds/colour and black and white loaded concurrently. back up. The aforementioned reasons have led to me shooting a couple of different bodies, though there is an additional reason for that which is the timer on my M4 - easy to regard as a gimmick, but in truth a major boon when you want vibration free pictures and handy also if, like me you work alone a lot and want to get contextual images of yourself on location. I'm rambling now, but all I can say is, if you can keep it, there might come a time when you're glad you did. Almost forgot: Finally and probably most importantly I imagine it expedites the patina when you've got two black paint bodies clunking together around your neck! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Hi Leitzmac, Take a look here I love my MP. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
nikau Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1022 Posted March 18, 2009 Matt355, I liked the look of the half case (and your camera, of course!) - who made it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt335 Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1023 Posted March 18, 2009 Matt355, I liked the look of the half case (and your camera, of course!) - who made it? Nikau, it is an Artisan/Artist, made in Japan. It was available over here in retail. great quality too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1024 Posted March 18, 2009 No keep it, especially if they're different magnifications. You need two bodies. I agree completely. I've been using two bodies for a while now, usually with a 50 on one and a 35 on the other. It saves time because fewer lens changes and multiplies photographic opportunities . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnkare Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1025 Posted March 18, 2009 It could be claimed that the .72 is a "the only body" finder. If you have two, .58 and .85 is a better combination. When I looked through a Canon M39 rangefinder, it was an enlighting experience. It had three different prisms which you could roll to change. So the view was very much like in an SLR finder, but "detached". There wasn't the priviledge of the framelines' help to see what was coming inside the frame from outside, and parallax wasn't compensated. I don't know if these would be possible to achieve - propably not. But it got me appreciating the viewfinder being as close to the real field of view as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1026 Posted March 18, 2009 My two are 0.72x and 0.85x mag and I've been using these two magnifications for several years now, first with M7s and now with MPs. I use 35/75 and 28/50 as my base combinations and to be honest, I've got so used to the speed/flexibility I can't operate without two bodies now. I use the same B&W film in both bodies with identical ratings and that helps with the exposures too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerrick10 Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1027 Posted March 18, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I love the 50 frame on a 0.72 viewfinder. It has enough space around it to see what is entering into the image area. It also is a good (for me) size combination when viewing through my eye glasses. The question I have is with a 0.58 viewfinder, what focal length gives a frame that approximates the same size image area in the viewfinder and space around the frmaes as a 50 does on the 0.72? Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bastian A. Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1028 Posted March 18, 2009 The question I have is with a 0.58 viewfinder, what focal length gives a frame that approximates the same size image area in the viewfinder and space around the frmaes as a 50 does on the 0.72? Rick The 35mm frame. B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1029 Posted March 18, 2009 How cool is this: Ffordes (I'm periodically checking the used stores for a 280/4) has a used black MP that has a serial number only two away from the one I have (pictured above). Small world. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RITskellar Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1030 Posted March 18, 2009 How cool is this: Ffordes (I'm periodically checking the used stores for a 280/4) has a used black MP that has a serial number only two away from the one I have (pictured above). Small world. Stranger still, it very well could have been assembled a year or two before or after yours. Leica's serial numbers lately don't make much sense, at least from a time-based perspective. Anyway, that's still pretty cool. Now you just need to find the one in between, buy both, and you'll have the ultimate set. You could probably then turn around and sell them for a $100,000. I have 3 MP's and they all end in a 4. Is that worth anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antistatic Posted March 18, 2009 Share #1031 Posted March 18, 2009 I have 3 MP's and they all end in a 4. Is that worth anything? Slightly less than 4 MPs ending in 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share #1032 Posted March 19, 2009 35mm frameline is the shiznit I just added the A&A cordoban leather strap to my MP...looks terrific if I may say so myself I'll post a pic soon BTW, there's a guy on the customer forum looking to sell a 50 ASPH chrome if anybody's hunting one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1033 Posted March 19, 2009 How cool is this: Ffordes (I'm periodically checking the used stores for a 280/4) has a used black MP that has a serial number only two away from the one I have (pictured above). Small world.That is a heck of a price when you take the VAT off... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1034 Posted March 19, 2009 That is a heck of a price when you take the VAT off... Oh brother, I needed the temptation like a hole in the head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1035 Posted March 19, 2009 Oh brother, I needed the temptation like a hole in the head. Tell me about it. What I've learned from this thread is that I now need .85 and .58 MPs in addition to the .72 MP and M6 I have, not to mention the black paint MP3 set I've been lusting after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmobile Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1036 Posted March 19, 2009 I agree; a 0.58 with 28/25 and a 0.85 with 50 is great. I dont wear glasses and find the 50mm lines on the 0.85 have more than enough space. I find the 0.72 lines for the 50 to be way too small in comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1037 Posted March 19, 2009 Tell me about it. What I've learned from this thread is that I now need .85 and .58 MPs in addition to the .72 MP and M6 I have, not to mention the black paint MP3 set I've been lusting after. One for each hand, one for each foot, and one to balance on your head. What's wrong with that? Seriously, as long as they're being used it's not too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1038 Posted March 19, 2009 That is a heck of a price when you take the VAT off... There's little to no VAT to take off the price. Dealers invariably sell used items through the margin scheme whereby VAT is only added to the margin between the price they paid and the price they are selling at. Dealers are not obliged to disclose this amount and therefore, if you are a normal VAT registered person/business, you cannot reclaim it. If you are buying from outside the EU, the dealer might knock off the VAT component but it will not be anything like as much as if the item was new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n Posted March 19, 2009 Share #1039 Posted March 19, 2009 Ian thanks for the explanation. This VAT business is just really bloody complicated... So bottom line I was taking 15% off that MP but that was way too much and so Steve is safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted March 21, 2009 Share #1040 Posted March 21, 2009 Here again with a 35mm 'cron - probably my favourite lens and my recently purchased Leicavit. Watch out for that hood on that lens. The hood locks in to place and can act as a wrench and start to unscrew the front element. I ended up going back to the round 12585 hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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