Pocket Range Finder

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Contax T

Lens: Carl Zeiss Sonnar 28/3.8

Aperture 28,4,5.6,8,11,16

Optical rangefinder

Focus ring: 1M,1.3M,2M,4M,INFINITY

Green dot hyperfocus setting F8,2.5M

Self timer button on top

ASA auto sensing

Shutter automatic

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Olympus XA2

Viewfinder

Scale focus

Lens Olympus Zuiko 1:3.5 f=35mm

Manual set ASA 25,50,100,200,400,800

Self time lever at bottom

Edited November 3, 2020 by MTC Photography

Contax T has a faster lens

Contax T lens angle wider

Contax T battery

2 silver oxide LR44

 

Minox GTE battery:2 CR1/3N . No holder needed.

MINOX 35ML

Lens: Color Minoctar 1:2.8 35mm

Aperture 2.8,4,5.6,8,11,16

Focus stops: 0.9,1,1.2,1.5,2,3,510M,infinity

Automatic shutter

Shutter speed scale inside viewfinder

/// (under) P,30,60,125,250,500,*(over)

Rollei 35 S

Lens: Rollei HFT Sonnar 2.8/40

To use, pull out,twist right to lock

To store, press front button on top,left turn lens barrel

then put in.

Aperture stops: 2,8,4,5.6,8,11,16,22

Scale focus stop:0.9,1,1.2,1.5,2,3,6,infinity

Mechanical shutter: B,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500

Mechanical shutter: B,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500

Mechanical shutter B,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500

Needle exposure meter, power by PX625 battery inside

camera

Special pressure plate can be open.

Hot shoe at bottom of camera

Funper leather case bought separately

I am afraid none of the above cameras has a rangefinder. The Olympus XA is a rangefinder but you picked the XA2 instead which isn't a rangefinder.

Yes,most pocket 35mm cameras are viewfinder camera

 

The Contax T is a real rangefinder camera, however the baseline is rather short

Edited November 4, 2020 by MTC Photography

B+W 30.5mm lens hood with skylight filter,made in Germany

Lens: Tessar 3.5/40

BOWER UV filter 24MM Japan

24mm lens hood

Aperture stop: 3.5,4,5.6,8,11,16,22

Shutter stop: B,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500

 

Rollei 35 wrist strap

Most pocket 35mm cameras have viewfinder instead of rangefinder, for good reason

The baseline for pocket cameras are too short to be accurate. For instance Contax T rangefinder has a

baseline of 15mm, while Leica M rangefinder baseline

is 40mm. Hence Contax T rangefinder is less the

half as accurate as Leica M6

 

Further, if you are skillful in using your eyes, God

has give man a genuine rangefinder

 

See the following article

 

FEB ARTICLE: How to Make a Rangefinder for Minox cameras.

 

Human eyes have a baseline of 80mm, which is twice that of Leica M6, and nearly

five times more accurate than CONTAX 5

 

Therefore , if you are skillful in using your own eyes, then your own eye

 

rangefinder is 100% more accurate than Leica M6, 500% more accurate than

 

CONTAX T.

 

 

A viewfinder camera by it self has no rangefinder,

 

but a viewfinder camera plus a human equals to camera with super accurate

 

rangefinder.

Edited November 4, 2020 by MTC Photography

Contax T rangefinder is about the same as the Olympus XA rangefinder-wise, but the Contax T is better made and I think has a better lens. However the rf on these cameras is not all that useful, as MTC says, so I personally found the Minox 35 the best to use. I dislike the Olympus XAs myself but others seem to like them.

Most pocket 35mm cameras have viewfinder instead of rangefinder, for good reason

The baseline for pocket cameras are too short to be accurate. For instance Contax T rangefinder has a

baseline of 15mm, while Leica M rangefinder baseline

is 40mm. Hence Contax T rangefinder is less the

half as accurate as Leica M6

 

Further, if you are skillful in using your eyes, God

has give man a genuine rangefinder

 

See the following article

 

FEB ARTICLE: How to Make a Rangefinder for Minox cameras.

 

Human eyes have a baseline of 80mm, which is twice that of Leica M6, and nearly

five times more accurate than CONTAX 5

 

Therefore , if you are skillful in using your own eyes, then your own eye

 

rangefinder is 100% more accurate than Leica M6, 500% more accurate than

 

CONTAX T.

 

 

A viewfinder camera by it self has no rangefinder,

 

but a viewfinder camera plus a human equals to camera with super accurate

 

rangefinder.

 

Although I can estimate the distance quite well I have problem setting the distance accurately on the lens. The scales on most cameras are not very finely marked and is not linear makes setting very difficult.

I have a Nikon Coolpix 5000 which displays the manual focus distance in many steps and in digital values so I actually can manual set the distance very well on this camera.