MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) c 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 Edited November 3, 2020 by MTC Photography 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Contax T has a faster lens Contax T lens angle wider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Contax T battery 2 silver oxide LR44 Minox GTE battery:2 CR1/3N . No holder needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 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) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Photography Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 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. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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