"Head to head!" Leica IIIf w/Summar 50/2 vs Nikon D2X w/Nikkor 50/1.4...

Question: Which "system" is the "better paperweight?" Barnack-style Leica or "flagship"

Nikon D2X...

 

Method: Using "standardized" Post-It brand notes, made by 3M, I placed a Leica IIIf RD ST

w/ Leicavit Rapidwinder, Okaro eyepiece and Summar 50/2 with SOOMP hood on a stack

of Post-It Notes. I then photographed the result from two views. Then, I placed a Nikon

D2X with a Nikkor 50/1.4 AIS, Hoya 52mm UV[0] filter and an HS-9 hood on the same pile

of Post-It notes. I photographed the result from two views.

 

Discussion: I realize there will almost certainly be ferocious argument but I do think the

inference is unavoidable. Using a Nikon D2X as a paperweight for 3M Post-It Notes is

dangerous practice. The Post-It notes seem to disappear unless you make a habit of

always looking very carefully from the side. On the other hand, the Barnack system

permits easy recognition of the distinctive pink Post-It notes even from above.

 

Conclusion: As a paperweight for the ubiquitous and widely used 3M Post-It brand notes,

the Barnack-style Leica IIIf RD ST w/ Leicavit Rapidwinder, Okaro eyepiece and Summar

50/2 with SOOMP hood is superior to the Nikon D2X w/ Nikkor 50/1.4 AIS, Hoya 52mm

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Brilliant research, I'd like to review your lab notes. Was there a control group at all?

When I read the title of your posting, I thought here is a guy who is trying to compare oranges and apples.

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I cannot however help thinking that the Nikon D2X with Nikkor 50/1,4 would be a superior support for the 3M post-it than the Leica IIIf RD ST w/ Leicavit Rapidwinder, but it is another test. If ever you have time to perform this daunting task, please do so... I do not have pink 3M post-it so I cannot do the test myself.

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THanks for the laught.

While I applaud the conclusions, I'm puzzled by the test construction. 3M Post-It brand notes need no weighting, since they are self-adhesive. You should run the tests again with some type of paper that genuinely needs to be held down.

Were there batteries in the D2X - and were there any pink post-it notes injured during the making of this test?

Rich Silfver , may 10, 2006; 10:27 a.m.

Were there batteries in the D2X - and were there any pink post-it notes injured during the

making of this test?

 

It's always nice to hear from California!

We care.

OMG! Everybody knows that only classic yellow Post-It notes should be used with classic Leica rangefinder cameras! Shame on you.

I agree with Al on this one; the use of pink post-it notes is just another indication of how the

radical gay agenda is making inroads on mainstream American culuture.

 

;-)

So, Kevin. What do you think of major league baseball using the pink bats?

John, I used a "winky" emoticon. Which means I was just kidding.

 

Next time I'll use [irony]...[/irony]

John Brewton , may 10, 2006; 11:33 a.m.

So, Kevin. What do you think of major league baseball using the pink bats?

 

Where? "Pink" bats are legal.

 

John... Please... a little respect for my "agenda..."

 

I like to make people smile... it's so "hard to come by."

 

So please! Ease the "politics" and "smile." Isn't this "funny?"

 

Frankly. I like "pink." As my "XY" genone for "XX" wife would attest!

Shouldn't you have included a Pentax K1000 as a control variable! LOL.

Leave either of them on their back,no lens cap, focused at infiniti in bright sunlight and you'll be making paper weights for sure because of burnt shutter or N2X internals. In which case the better paperweight is the one that, at the lower price, can be repaired or replaced. Probably the wrong way around to go with the IIIf.

Two points for this one, Josiah!

Just a few minutes ago I was looing at my small Minolta-16 MG-S camera that seems perfect as a paperweight, and now you have shown me two additional options for consideration! What a confusion. How do I choose?

This is not a fair test !! We cannot confirm from the images that there is a block of Post-It

notes under the Nikon. if you want us to take you seriously then you need to do better

tahn this Josiah.

 

Also, why such a big age difference? The Leica took 40 years to become a paper weight,

the Nikon DSLR just 2 years. The Canon 1Ds took 3 years although it's a bit too heavy for

a paper weight. Are you truly being impartial here ?

A friend of mine just found an old paperweight in the attic. It has the original box and doesn't look as if it ever has weighed down a single paper. How do I find out about the value?

I think we are forgetting that the Summar alone is probably as heavy as the Nikon, if the Nikon is a recent one (I speak with great lack of experience here). (I DO know my 'R' from my Elpro, though)

How does define and measure the "utility" of a paperweight? I would think that having some functionality other than being a paperweight would be a negative value -- might induce someone to use the object other than as a paperweight. So I would surmise that neither of your candidates are optimal. At least compared with a goodly portion of the cameras I have acquired via evilbay. These objects serve no other earthly purpose, not even as doorstops.

Chrome vs. Black. Unfair comparison!!! Is nothing sacred anymore?

The bokeh on that Nikon is so awful, we should convene a War Crimes Tribunal. Plus, Nikon has some of their lenses made by Cosina, so therefore all Nikon bodies are basically Japanese made Holgas.

I strongly suspect that the terpsichorean angels who usually congrebate on PINHEADS have infiltrated this experiment Besides I can't imagine why anyone would think a pad of post-its need weighting in the first place!

In the above posting I did, of course, mean 'R's; though I unfortunately, in fact, have no 'R's at present and only one ELPRO.

Josiah, how do you manage to keep on posting questions when your account was listed as deleted (we still don't know why it was deleted) several days ago. You must know something the rest of us don't. Anyway, good to hear from you.