Cheap wide angle rangefinder - is there one?

Is there a cheap option here with at least a 28mm lens?

there's a ricoh with a 28mm i think but it is not very cheap, it goes above 200$... How cheap do you want to go?

Ther is a olympus XA model with a 28mm ,but if cheap, I dont now.

Se Cameraquest fot more info.

 

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Cheap means about Canon QL17 GIII territory!

Not a rangefinder, but the original old Nikon LiteTouch P&S had a very competent 28mm lens, its auto exposure and focus performed pretty well and it seemed robust enough. Kind of a Stylus Epic in but 28mm (surprisingly similar controls). Can be found cheapish on a certain popular auction website.

Olympus XA4 is a 28mm I think. Lots of choices in older SLR's at the same price range as a GIII QL17, but nothing else really in an RF.

consider a wide angle accessory lens mounted on a normal rangefinder. dont know about the image quality though. A good accessory lens may end up costing as much if not more than the camera it will be mounted on. As for a view finder i suppose an accessory finder should work. i have been meaning to try this myself but havent gotten around to it yet perhaps someone who has tried this may comment on whether or not this would be a viable option.

actually come to think of it i recently saw a petri color corrected 2.8 with wide angle accessory lens and tele lens go for close to the cost of a canon GIII QL17. i dont know if the effective wide angle was a 28mm or not.

The Olympus XA4 has a 28mm lens but I think it has only zone focussing - no rangefinder - and a f3.5 lens. The widest rangefinder I've found is the 35mm/f2.8 Olymous XA. Just shot a few rolls with it and it's a DREAM to use in most situations.

You can get an Olympus XA on Ebay in mint condition for probably less than 100.00. They are wonderful little cameras with a very sharp 35mm 2.8 lens. It is a true rangefinder although it is not as bright or large as an interchangeable lens rangefinder. Hey, you can actually put this in your shirt pocket. For the money, it is an excellent camera.

I paid $14 for my XA in an antique shop - if it shows up in that sort of place or a flea market it is likely to be lumped in with cheap point and shoot cameras. Really good and fun camera and the design is very good and original.

When buying a used XA, check the shutter release carefully. It's an electronic hair-trigger widget, the weakest link in the camera's design and often the first part to fail. A lot of XAs are getting old and many have been well-loved and so heavily used. Needless to say, other than from salvage, parts are impossible to get.

Yes

Canonet 28 is the only candidate for your question.

It's 28mm lens. Price is $5.00 to $10.00 on Ebay

Pictures are excellent far-over newer point & shot cameras.

Get one and enjoy your excellent pictures many years coming

you 're never feel sorry.

Minh

Actually from what I know the Canonet 28 is just an f/2.8 lens (40mm) not a 28mm.

Are you sure that the Canonet 28 had a 28mm lens? I seem to recall that the lens is a 40mm, and is called the Canonet 28 due to its f2.8 lens, not because of it's focal length.

Canon/leica LTM mount rangefinder camera dozens of models None really cheap.

A Canon adapter B and you can use any Canon FD mount lens. I have a 1955 Leica If RD that I use a 28mm f2.8nFD and 24mm f2.0 nFD on Zone focus of course. But with a wide like this it's pretty easy to hit a good focal point.

 

If you can find a view finder you can go all the way to 7.5mm f5.6 with this combo.

A rangefinder is pretty pointless with a 28mm lens since nearly everything is in focus.

The Canonet 28 is definitely a 40mm f/2.8 lens. It's a reasonable lens and a neat camera if you're on a budget, but not very wide.

Ricoh GR21.

I have my Canonet 28 right here, and it sure has a 40mm lens.

My, but people here have a stong bias in favor of fixed-lens cameras.

 

If you're up for an interchangeable lens RF camera, consider something Russian with a nice soviet-made zeiss-designed wide angle. I have no experience with any of these beasts, but Charlie Barringer has told me repeatedly that early Kievs are mechanically acceptable and that lenses for them are very good.

Every lens for the Kiev wider than 35mm - whether Soviet or Zeiss - is rare and expensive.

Try the Yashica 35CC, not a 28 but a 35. It's a true rangefinder with an outstanding lens!

 

Todd

"people here have a stong bias in favor of fixed-lens cameras"

 

Guilty as charged. Both my 'Blad (back in the 70s) and Mamiya 7 (current camera fortunately purchased with the 65/4.0) turned out to be fixed-lens cameras: I can't afford any of the other lenses in the system...

What do you guys think of this?

 

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