andrew10

I have been using my Z2X for over a year. The lens can get flarey at times. I wonder if anyone has used or made some sort of lens hood to rectify this problem? Also the flash seems to have got weaker than it used to be, even at reasonable distances. Anyone has the same experience? I always use ISO 400 film with it.

I have one made by Tom. I don't use it because the feel of the meter

switch on my M6 TTL is adversely affected. Also the convex shape

doesn't help either.

 

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A similar model made by Nikon seems better to me because of the

concave surface. Haven't tried it though.

Bert: Monet surely couldn't (or wouldn't) put so many donuts in his

paintings! ;>)

....and just about the only thing that prevents me from replacing my

flaring, slow-sync M6TTL with the Bessa R2 is the latter's finder. A

Voigtsina finder magnifier would do the trick in a snap (no pun.)

Patrick: why, thank you! :)

 

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Johann: if Mr Kobayashi is as shrewd as I believe him to be, there

will be such a magnifier, UNLESS he considers the niche already

served by the Bessa T.

 

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BTW, I really wonder how the T is selling. The grey 101 Aniv model

is great to look at, but a real pain to use. IMHO, a worthy

counterpart to the M5 of some 30 years ago.

Angus, much of the Economist Style Guide seems to be based on an

outdated dictionary. Quite disappointing for this well-respected

journal. They even sell a hard-copy version. What a shame.

http://www.leica-camera.com/imperia/md/content/pdf/msystem/30.pdf

Imagine roger writing in German without any capitization, diacritical

marks or word order....the guy surely likes a smallest possible

audience. ;-)

Of course, roger, (you do prefer you name written that way, right?)

you must like German even more than I think since it allows you to

save even more typing with all those omitted spaces!

Olivier, we should be thankful that we aren't reading Roger's stuff

in German! ;<)

0.85 (like me) or 0.72 with 1.25x finder magnifier. The 2nd

combination is more versatile because of a good 35mm frame AND a

(harder to use) 28mm frame which is absent on the 0.85.

Well I guess the Hexar RF problem was cured in later production.

Just wonder what the approximate "cut-off" point is, both

chronological and in serial number.

 

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Paul, when did you get yours and what serial number does it have?

...or neglibible:

 

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Contax and Nikon rangefinders had the same mount but a slightly different back focus. The wide-angles were interchangeable (thus the new Voigtsinas lenses also useable on both) but the longer the focal length, the more incompatible they were.

 

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Now why does the Konica Hexar RF's initial back-focus problem affects the wide-angle Leica lenses more than longer lenses?

2 magnifiers? How much darker would the finder be?

Jason,

 

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I think you've been had. All Voigtsina Bessas have a metering range

at ISO 100, EV 1 -19, f/ 1.4 at 1 Second to f/16 at 1/2000th,

according to www.cosina.co.jp

Lacey's right - just want to add that one can always get "proper"

head shots with the Minilux with a little cropping. In fact, I would

prefer a 40mm lens to a 50mm for portraits, because I can stay closer

to the model when doing full-lengths and the lens is still long

enough not to look like a wide-angle.

 

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The Minilux Zoom has a far slower lens and doesn't allow for exposure

control apart from the EV compensation.

Jia Shi is joking, right? If not, he needs to RTDM and not only the

section on AE lock.

Well John, I don't think it's by coincidence that you have so much

(more or less) collectible models. Also, you probably know how much

each of them is worth. So my take is this: just decide how much $$

you need and sell the one which is most likely to bring this sum of

money.

Skip: vow, your hood just keep costing more and more relative to your

lens! Besides, when has Leitz/Leica_ever_"publish the lowest price

possible"? It's more like the highest price possible! ;-)

 

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Stefan: yeah that's an ugly barrel all right. Anyway, the whole 101

Anniv Bessar T set is aimed solely at the collector. The T's

accurate rangefinder without a coincidental viewfinder is a pain to

use, and the stellar-performing Heliar is slow as a snail for the

focal length, especially if you don't use ISO 400 or faster film.

Good point, Pat. Whether that would go into production and how much

it would cost, are quite questionable though....unless Leitz/Leica

has someone else produce it, like Kyocera making the Contax cameras.

Skip,

 

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Yes those damned caps and odds-n-ends are a rip-off even when they're

from Nikon, many times more so with Leica. I'm glad you like the

price of your Voigtsina hood which I knew to be well made. Still, it

comes to ~12% of the price of your lens and to me, it's too much.

(Hack, I won't even get the 12575 for my Tele-Elmarit, not even

used.) Voigtsina just don't make the hoods as good value as their

lenses. The free, tiny hood won't do any good so the $49 model is

the only choice.

Not just chrome - the latest 28mm and 50mm Color-Skopars actually

have brass barrels. Too bad their custom hoods cost exactly 1/10 of

the lens - at least in Japan.

Come to think of it, I guess the Minox 35 would get a lot of (if not

the most) approval from Oscar. He wouldn't mind the

plasic/polycarbonate/fibre glass/whatever as long as it's sturdy

enough. After all, he aimed for a small and light camera while

designing the Leica.

 

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Other possible candidates (with lens-interchangeability) are the

Olympus Pen F and the Pentax 110 SLR. They are way more viable with

present film technology. A pity there ain't no more 110 film. The

APS format won't last for long, either

Tony: any idea where to buy the Heliopan hood and how much does it

cost? Even B&H doesn't carry one of those.

Anyone knows a good hood for the thin 90mm Tele-Elmarit? I have the

original rubber hood but want something more effective. The $$$

12575 is out of my range.