Your Favourite Non-Battery Japanese Rangefinder?

[awahlster]

<p>Canon Model III with rapid winder and a 35mm f1.8 black and chrome.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Don't worry, <strong>Minh</strong>, that was all very interesting, anyway! Nice choice, <strong>Mark</strong>, another camera I'd love to acquire. Beautiful pic <strong>Louis</strong>, and great to re-discover a brilliant post. And <strong>Andy</strong>, well, I knew I'd be in your territory. A Lynx 1000 came my way some time ago and I'm ashamed to admit that I have yet to put a film through it. Thank you all for your responses.</p>

[dan_b.4]

<p>That Aires III was real pretty, Mr. Meluso. Too bad you dropped it as you were photographing it! ;)</p>

[jodys]

<p>Minh, is that a Symmar 150mm on that converted Polaroid? I wonder if a Xenar might have given as good or better results without making the camera so front-heavy?</p>

[minhnguyen9113]

<p>Jody</p>

<p> Yes, I put the Symmar 150mm with a Copal 0 shutter so I can change lens cells to wide angle 65mm 4.5, I made a 2nd position lock and the camera will work with the RF, the left hand side scale will be maked for distannces of wide angle lens.</p>

[james_kennedy9]

<p>I am surprised that no one mentioned the first 35mm camera I ever owned, the Konica auto S2 that I bought in Vietnam in 1966 for $35. It is still the biggest bang for the buck I know. The meter needs a mercury battery, but it functions in full manual mode without a battery.</p>

[minhnguyen9113]

<p>Jody, here is the Polaroid converted with Caltar 65mm 4.5<br>

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.tinypic.com/f51m8.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a></p>

[minhnguyen9113]

<p>Set focussing distances and infinitive with ground-glass<br>

<a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2jf0thk.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" /></a> Use scale No1 at the left side of the camera for distance marks</p>

[Alex_Es]

<p>Quick and dirty shot with Leica M8 + Summilux 75/1.4.</p><div></div>