adan Posted July 4, 2018 Share #21  Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I currently use a 6x6 Agfa Super-Isolette (sadly in the repair shop at the moment). In the distant past, I used both a Nikon SP and a Canon P in college (oh, and a Petri "2.8" with fixed 45mm f/2.8 lens - my "I'm pretending I have a Leica" impoverished student's camera). http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Petri_Color_Corrected_Super  Had Cosina/Voigtlander brought out their Leica/Canon screw-mount lenses about 20 years earlier (1977) I might well still be using the Canon P (with 15, 21, 25, 35, 90 C/V lenses and a 135 from - somebody) - just loved squeaking off exposures with that little guy  It was darned hard to find clean, usable, modernly-crisp, exotically-wide LTM lenses back then, that were not also expensive collectibles (Same for the Nikon S lenses, at the time). Edited July 4, 2018 by adan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tragg Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share #22  Posted July 4, 2018 I currently use a 6x6 Agfa Super-Isolette (sadly in the repair shop at the moment). In the distant past, I used both a Nikon SP and a Canon P in college (oh, and a Petri "2.8" with fixed 45mm f/2.8 lens - my "I'm pretending I have a Leica" impoverished student's camera). http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Petri_Color_Corrected_Super  Had Cosina/Voigtlander brought out their Leica/Canon screw-mount lenses about 20 years earlier (1977) I might well still be using the Canon P (with 15, 21, 25, 35, 90 C/V lenses and a 135 from - somebody) - just loved squeaking off exposures with that little guy  It was darned hard to find clean, usable, modernly-crisp, exotically-wide LTM lenses back then, that were not also expensive collectibles (Same for the Nikon S lenses, at the time).  I recently bought a Super Isolette. It's a fun, high quality, medium format camera that's not too much bigger than a Leica! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragg Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share #23  Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) Linhof 220, SP and S3, but my favourites, loved as much as my Leicas are my Contax's, oh that late 30s and early 50s Zeiss glass. Tough call ; my 'desert island' camera would be either my M3 and 50mm Summicron or My Contax 11A and 35mm Biogon 34028164123_47537d3258_z.jpg  Red dial Contax iia is on my wish list. Shame about the Zeiss 'bumps'... Edited July 4, 2018 by Tragg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorenHenrik Posted July 4, 2018 Share #24  Posted July 4, 2018 I have a Contax iia with the Sonnar 5cm with the most beautiful mushroom you can imagine. Bought in Ho Chi Minh City in 1993. Don't use it much though.   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3549375'>More sharing options...
UliWer Posted July 4, 2018 Share #25  Posted July 4, 2018 Looks as if the fungus is only on the filter. Did you examine the lenses glass without filter already - may be unspoiled?  Astonishing how many Contax IIa owners/users are around.  https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/48991-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar/?p=3502087 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorenHenrik Posted July 4, 2018 Share #26  Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) Looks as if the fungus is only on the filter. Did you examine the lenses glass without filter already - may be unspoiled?  Astonishing how many Contax IIa owners/users are around.  https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/48991-nicht-immer-nur-kaviar/?p=3502087   Sry. Maybe it's called a fungus not a mushroom. Yes it's inside the lens - unfortunately. I have bought the tool to open the lens but haven't had the time to try to open it and clean it.  After the camera had been sitting more than 10 years on the shelf I realised that the curtain was hanging. I studied a video from Kenneth (mikeno62) and disassembled the camera myself. Huge satisfaction realising that it worked afterwards. Edited July 4, 2018 by SorenHenrik 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narsuitus Posted July 4, 2018 Share #27 Â Posted July 4, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does anyone here own and use rangefinder cameras other than Leica? Â Leica M6 35mm rangefinder with 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss ZM lens (the genuine German Leica) Â Fuji GW670 III 6x7cm rangefinder with 90mm f/3.5 fixed lens (also known as the Texas Leica) Â Canon Canonet QL17 G-III 35mm rangefinder with 40mm f/1.7 fixed lens (also known as the poor man's Leica) Â Rangefinders by Narsuitus, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schattenundlicht Posted July 5, 2018 Share #28  Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) Kodak Retina IIa (manufactured in the former Nagel factory in Stuttgart, Germany) with non-interchangeable Rodenstock Heligon 50 mm, both recently serviced by Chris Sherlock in NZ and restored to a state similar to when my late father bought it as a young man Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited July 5, 2018 by schattenundlicht 9 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3550219'>More sharing options...
cp995 Posted July 6, 2018 Share #29  Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) My Bronica RF645 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Edited July 6, 2018 by cp995 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3550546'>More sharing options...
gberger Posted July 7, 2018 Share #30  Posted July 7, 2018 Now on the shelf: Two Zeiss Ikon ZM bodies, used with Leica and Zeiss lenses. The viewfinders are superb 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skucera Posted July 9, 2018 Share #31  Posted July 9, 2018 Does anyone here own and use rangefinder cameras other than Leica? I have an M3 and an M2 but also use and enjoy a Canon 7, a Canon L1 and a Nikon S-3. Oh yeah, I've got quite a few:  1940 Kodak 35 Rangefinder 1955 Leica M3 (yes, you asked "other than Leica," but this is my best rangefinder) 1967 Konica Auto S2 1969 Canon New Canonet QL17-L 1973 Kodak Pocket Instamatic 60 1977 Canon 110ED 20 1979 Olympus XA  I have a nerdy enjoyment of rangefinders, and always delight in finding another. The latest find, the Kodak 35 Rangefinder, was a real surprise, especially when I realized it was as old as it is.  Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
schattenundlicht Posted December 23, 2018 Share #32  Posted December 23, 2018 After a little excursion to the other side of the globe (Chris Sherlock, NZ, one of the last remaining Kodak trained service technicians) my late father's Retina IIa is functionally as good as new! I did not have her restored cosmetically, because it was actively used it for three decades all over the world. Many childhood memories are attached to slideshows of my father's exotic work related travels. One of the very few material mementos that I posses of him. The many more immaterial ones are those that count, however. A bit of Christmas melancholy...  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Kodak Retina IIa, ca. 1952 manufactured at the former Nagel cameraworks in Stuttgart, Germany. Rodenstock Heligon 50 mm f/2. 13 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Kodak Retina IIa, ca. 1952 manufactured at the former Nagel cameraworks in Stuttgart, Germany. Rodenstock Heligon 50 mm f/2. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3651861'>More sharing options...
adan Posted December 23, 2018 Share #33 Â Posted December 23, 2018 An update for me - the Agfa is still in the shop, after 6 months (!). I've re-acquired a Hasselblad Super Wide. Not the SWC, but its predecessor, and not technically a rangefinder (scale focus) but an optical viewfinder, at least. And to cover for the absent Agfa, a Mamiya-Six (the 1950s folder, not the 1980s plasticam.) Sadly, the Mamiya's Olympus-Zuiko version of a 75 Tessar doesn't measure up to the Agfa's version of a 75 Tessar. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxonbowman Posted December 24, 2018 Share #34 Â Posted December 24, 2018 I have a few non-Leica RFs, but they don't get much use. My first was an Argus C3. I still have it but haven't used it in decades. There is an Olympus XA, nice camera but too short of a RF to be effective. In medium format I have a Voigtlander Bessa II and a Rapid Omega 100. There are probably a few more squirreled away here. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted January 1, 2019 Share #35  Posted January 1, 2019 Fuji GX617, Fuji GSW690iii, Zeiss Mess Ikonta 524/2, Agfa Isolette iii. Most frequently used is probably the Agfa Isolette iii.  Compact and intuitive, makes a great medium format option for travel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted January 2, 2019 Share #36  Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Linhof Technika Press 23, which I use with a 6x9 back An example with a 6x7 back.  A very cute couple I whom found on the street.  Tri-X Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited January 2, 2019 by A miller 15 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3656817'>More sharing options...
Nick Milner Posted January 2, 2019 Share #37  Posted January 2, 2019 I use a Hasselblad XPAN in addition to my M6. It's a unique camera that produces double-width 35mm images that no other camera - film or digital - can match (to my knowledge). You can crop a regular image into pano format but then you lose a ton of resolution, and you can also stitch regular images together but that doesn't work if you're capturing something in motion. The first and last images in my gallery were taken on the XPAN and there are a couple from the M6 in there as well. (There are only 23 images in the gallery in total.) https://www.nickmilner.photography/ If you take a look, thanks! If not, thanks for reading this far anyway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted January 2, 2019 Share #38  Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Nick Milner said: I use a Hasselblad XPAN in addition to my M6. It's a unique camera that produces double-width 35mm images that no other camera - film or digital - can match (to my knowledge). Your XPan format is really a cropped 6x7 frame equivalent on 35mm film, probably more accurately described as 'wide format'. I had an XPan 2 for a few years and and enjoyed it.  Whilst an interesting and beautifully made camera with excellent lenses, the image quality does not come close to larger formats that are cropped to a similar aspect ratio, especially 6x17. I sold my XPan because I preferred cropping 6x9 frames or using my GX617. Mamiya supplied an attachment with an adapter for the M7ii to give a similar frame size to the XPan on 35mm film. The M7ii viewfinder and external viewfinders had bright lines to aid composition when using the 35mm attachment. It worked ok in a clunky sort of way but was ultimately pointless unless the only film to be had was 35mm. Seitz made a digital 6x17 camera a number of years ago with huge resolution. I have used one and the output is impressive, but so is the outlay.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhfreund Posted January 2, 2019 Share #39  Posted January 2, 2019 Am 23.12.2018 um 13:33 schrieb schattenundlicht: After a little excursion to the other side of the globe (Chris Sherlock, NZ, one of the last remaining Kodak trained service technicians) my late father's Retina IIa is functionally as good as new! I did not have her restored cosmetically, because it was actively used it for three decades all over the world. Many childhood memories are attached to slideshows of my father's exotic work related travels. One of the very few material mementos that I posses of him. The many more immaterial ones are those that count, however. A bit of Christmas melancholy...  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Kodak Retina IIa, ca. 1952 manufactured at the former Nagel cameraworks in Stuttgart, Germany. Rodenstock Heligon 50 mm f/2. Very interesting, this one was my father's camera: Retina III C by Theodor Kierdorf, auf Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted January 2, 2019 Share #40  Posted January 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, vhfreund said: Very interesting, this one was my father's camera:  My late father's Super Baldina is shown below. My CLA man, and fellow Leica Forum member, Noel P Young, here in Dublin recently fixed the rangefinder for me by making a tiny little mirror to replace the one in the camera, which had been damaged after too many trips to the seaside in my youth. Leica aficionados may wish to note that the Compur shutter on this is very similar to that on the rim set Compur Leica and comes from the same manufacturer. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! William 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! William ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286166-other-rangefinders/?do=findComment&comment=3657241'>More sharing options...
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