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Eye balling it works! All shot guessing the distance, at f3.5 1/60. Only the MFD one where I needed critical focus were focused using the accessory rangefinder. 

Amazing lens, hard to believe it’s close to 100 years old. Really happy with this camera, thanks everyone for inspiring me! 

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Above shots at MFD, below shots guessing distance at 5m + mostly. Same settings, f3.5 1/60, minus the night shot which I believe was at 1/20. 

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I find shooting by distance (a true rangefinder in  that sense) is almost faster and easier than modern rangefinders. I have a Barnack 1 Model A.... I love it.  I just picked up the attachment and haven't used it, other than seeing how it works on the camera etc. But I can see where, while it might look clumsy, it does work and it takes the guessing out of estimating although really, estimating distance is not that hard. I shot a few rolls of film estimating distance and just about all of my shots came out in focus, so I was happy....

 

I really enjoy the look of old photography, so why not shoot with old camera + lens 🙂 In fact I am thinking of taking this one down to Australia instead of my MA!....  jim

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My black and nickel beauties 🥰

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I think the all-nickel VIDOM is not seen so often:

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Reporting back after playing with the 1A for a while! I did love the camera, the most beautiful barnack ever & produced great results! It also made me realize I can actually guess a lot easier that I thought possible! That being said, I do a lot of family portraits wide open, etc & it simply was too annoying to use the rangefinder attachment or to 'guess' with the probability of failure being higher when shot at f3.5 (film is not cheap these days you know hehe)!

So, while I loved it, I decided to exchange it for the first Barnack model I tried & fell in love with, the Model D (II). Beautiful camera & a pleasure to use! I think this is the Barnack for me :) Paired with an early type Elmar 50mm (uses a different glass from regular post 1930 Elmars).

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2 hours ago, shirubadanieru said:

Reporting back after playing with the 1A for a while! I did love the camera, the most beautiful barnack ever & produced great results! It also made me realize I can actually guess a lot easier that I thought possible! That being said, I do a lot of family portraits wide open, etc & it simply was too annoying to use the rangefinder attachment or to 'guess' with the probability of failure being higher when shot at f3.5 (film is not cheap these days you know hehe)!

So, while I loved it, I decided to exchange it for the first Barnack model I tried & fell in love with, the Model D (II). Beautiful camera & a pleasure to use! I think this is the Barnack for me :) Paired with an early type Elmar 50mm (uses a different glass from regular post 1930 Elmars).

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I placed an order for a very similar combo just yesterday. I really miss the II model…

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My DII and Elmar early type

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1 hour ago, LocalHero1953 said:

Luigi makes a half case for Barnacks without strap lugs.

 

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Interesting: on mine the strap is not directly attached - it has attachment points with split rings. 

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On 10/9/2022 at 5:28 PM, 3oob said:

I like the CV 40mm f2.8 Heliar a lot, also use mine on my MP and M10-R.  As good as my 50mm red scale elmar is, I only use it on my iiif, it feels completely wrong and somewhat lost on an M camera.   The CV 40mm Heliar doesn't, it's a seamless swap between my iiif and M cameras. 

Great little lens!

 

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