Your Cameras

it looks pretty generic and everything but i picked up a
konica big mini a few days ago and thought it was one of the uglier things in my collection of point & shoots but it makes really crispy pictures (and i heard robert frank uses one)

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/robertfrank222222.jpg

source = http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48595

so it must be good right?

the konica big mini is p legendary

soft release: received

thx milo! i just played around with it a little bit (need to buy film), but i really like it already. now just need to figure out how to take it off for stowage w/o losing the thing

http://i.imgur.com/RLyrM.jpg

ha!

I bought a new camera* last week and I am contemplating buying another one soon

*now it's at the repair shop

I got a used Fuji Klasse W from KEH, but I'm returning it. More dinged-up than expected and too heavy to pocket. Stick with my Olympus Stylus Epic/mju ii unless I run across a Ricoh GR1S or 1V on the cheap.

I am lusting after this

http://i.imgur.com/lEzEt.jpg

you can't say you bought a new camera without elaborating!

I've always hoped to run across a sweet deal on a Mamiya 7
http://urbanindiana.com/cameras/mamiya_7.jpg

or in the event of lotto win, since they're $3k: Bessa IIIW
http://www.cameraquest.com/jpg2/voigt_IIIw_box.jpg

are those all medium format?

yeah

I placed an order for film yesterday and was kinda shocked at the limited range of color negative films out there now. basically, fuji and kodak both have one pro, one consumer version and that's it.

I've just started buying all the Superia 400 at Wal-Mart. The latest price increases put Portra 400 out of range for me when you include shipping.

yeah portra is just too expensive to use that often. kodak and fuji consumer stuff is the way to go, and can look really nice if you work with it. I know for b&w, at adorama they sell 3-packs of Ilford HP5 for just under $10. probably pretty cost effective to order that stuff online.
DAYO WHAT CAMERA DID YOU BUY???

all will be revealed

good cuz some of us are freaking out here

srsly mang c'mon already

GF went for G3 w/20mm f1.7

off to USVI tomorrow, hopef should get some dece pics

Oh yes. Would love that combo myself.

dayo: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=33956

$450 for a first-gen GW690

hmm, guess that's not as good a deal as I thought, KEH BGN GW690 for $429

thanks for the heads up!

lol at $7k new Leica 50/2

all will be revealed

HEY YOU

patience

I did go to a yard sale today, bought a nimslo 3d and an olympus stylus (the original 35/3.5 one, not the newer epic)

is that the mju-i? i have that, now, having bought an mju-ii on ebay & got burned by the seller. i googled around, i think it's pretty similar just with occasionally less reliable AF.

I am in temporary possession of a summicron 50 (old).

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/minoltaaffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.jpg

really really like shooting with this. just for the weight and feel of it.

"Hey, kids, I'm just going to take a photo of this old camera a friend gave me - I'll come and play with you in a minute, ok?" They won.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7326616480_7edc59cf0b_z.jpg

aw.

oh X100 why are you such a flake. had mine 3/4 weeks and now it suddenly won't turn on. haven't been out in rain, dropped it, or anything. have tried different batteries.

welp, back to the store with you. ~sigh~

...

it was a corrupt mem card in the end. phewwwww

be careful of the sticky aperture

ya 4 real

picked up a big mini cheap off ebay

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/yashirker.jpg

ay
i had a seagull tlr for a while and i loved it but never really properly used it and i had trouble getting interesting film in northeastern china
and i could find plenty of places to develop what i shot but never anywhere to make good scans
it had a pretty soft hazy lens too
it was fun to carry around though
i sold it
i just bought a yashica a
yep

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad215/jiaoqu/seagull.jpg

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On a plane to California and I've got a blacked out viewfinder on my M2!

i have no experience of leicas but can you just remove the lens & check the mirror hasn't snapped up/down, that the lil shelves aren't just sticky? (i don't even know if leicas use mirrored lenses but this works for my om-1).

No mirrors in a rangefinder. Probably the old glue in the rangefinder mechanism has finally given way. Already sent an email to Youxin Ye inquiring about a repair.

so my ("my") cron 50 has never been able to open all the way to f2, the aperture ring just stops at f2.8. having that extra stop sure would be useful, but I'm not sure how much it would cost to repair. anyone done this before? how much is a body CLA anyway?

Already got my estimate back. $150 for CLA, $160 for fix, and $20 to finally shave my 35mm lens to bring up the right framelines. Going for it as soon as I'm able.
Paid $8 for airplane wifi for all this! Can't get it fixed soon enough!

Regarding the 50mm summicron, maybe just see what Youxin Ye quotes? He responded super fast to my email.

what a bummer -- did you take any other cameras on your trip??

and more importantly - did you get a window seat so you could take a window photo before it broke???>???

shooting blind is not so bad imo

gbx, youxin is probably good - I also know a dude out in michigan who does great work

youxin is nothing if not prompt, yikes

while we're talking mail order, who is good for bulk development?

dunno about bulk development

google 'dave's camera repair' to get the number of the dude in michigan if you're interested - calling him is the quickest I think