bj_rn_roth

I could well imagine that this lens would be significantly cheaper than a 50/1.4 ASPH, but I don't know, of course.

Zeiss has announced the Sonnar 50/1.5 in M-mount.

 

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=320534#post320534

http://www.zeiss.com/photo

The camera is a Leica IIIf. A quick googling reveals several manuals online, like <a href="http://yandr.50megs.com/leica/3f/page3.htm">this</a>.

<img src="http://www.infundo.com/br/images/diverse/DR_Summicron/M30601.jpg">

Now why didn't that work? Anyway... <p>

 

<img src="http://www.infundo.com/br/images/M4_Nokton50.jpg">

A great combination.

Just reminding that perspective depends on object distance and nothing more... but I don't like crop factors either.

M3, Hexanon 90/2.8, f/2.8, 1/30 (handheld)<div></div>

The viewfinder placement out on the left side on an M is great for us left-eyers. It was a whole lot worse using a Nikon SLR.

Try to venture away from Gamla stan and the city after a while. I'm partial to Södermalm (but maybe that's because I live there...). <a href="http://www.infundo.com/br/photo_stockholm.html">Some pics</a>.

Duh, of course the shutter travels from right to left. Forget about that!

Check the shutter. I had a Nikon (with a Leica-like shutter) that had curtain "bounce"

sometimes, on some higher speeds, that looked just like this. It shows up as a double

exposure in the left part, as the second curtain moves from left to right and the image is

upside down inside the camera.

M3, M4, Summicron 35 (3rd), Summicron 50 (DR), CV 50/1.5, M-Hexanon 90/2.8, CV 90/3.5 (for sale!), Gossen Digisix.

 

Typical usage: M4 with 35, M3 with 50 or 90. Neopan 400 in one, Fuji 100 slide in another.

I have a CV 35/2.5 "C", but it's now on loan and I bought a Summicron 35 (2nd) instead. Why? The ergonomics. I never got a good grip on the focus stick of the CV, while the Summicron concave tab is perfect.

OK, got the camera back today. The focus and shutter seem just fine now, I'll get back

with some pictures after the weekend. I paid 1200SEK (about $170, with the current low

exchange).

Thanks for the offer Lynn, but I already found this! http://tinyurl.com/3sq8p

That didn't come out correctly.

 

info@lpfoto.se

Tel +46 (0)8-442 95 70

Fax +46 (0)8-442 95 79

Radmansgatan 39

SE-113 58 Stockholm, Sverige

Sorry, there was no address on that page, only on the front page... here it is anyway:

 

info@lpfoto.se

Tel +46 (0)8-442 95 70

Fax +46 (0)8-442 95 79

R夭ansgatan 39,

SE-113 58 Stockholm, Sverige

Sure, here he is: http://www.lpfoto.se/swe/butiken/reparationer.asp

 

I don't think there's any flash functionality. Werner thought something had come loose. I'll

keep you posted.

Thanks for your reply! I've got the older one with the wheel. The meter actually seems to be totally dead, but that doesn't bother me too much, I'm used to external meters now thanks to my Leicas.

 

I just called the service guy here in Stockholm (Werner Schaden), he said he's been working with them for 40 years, just bring it in! So I will...

Today I was given a Contaflex Super by a colleague (gee, thanks!) It's

in a very nice exterior contidition but the abandoned roll of

Kodacolor II found inside gives away what it has been doing for the

last 25 years.

 

Now, the focus won't go further towards infinity than about 2.5

meters. There's a quite solid "stop" feeling there. Otherwise the

focus is smooth but a little stiff. The shutter/aperture/mirror

interlock seems to work OK, but the shutter is slow below 1/30.

 

Is this focus problem a common problem, or should I expect my local

serviceguy to suggest it as paperweight?

I have a standard Luigi case that I use on either my M3 or M4, depending on which one I

carry along in my bag. To me, the grip is improved and it eliminates the risk of denting the

lower body part. But I don't use the strap, straps always tangle up and get in the way.

Obviously there can be banding in both directions. Vertical banding may come from

irregular curtain speed or variable slit width, horizontal banding may come from a jagged

slit. Imaging a slit looking like this: >< travelling along the film.

You may also want to check the LP-foto auctions in Stockholm. Plain M2's and M3's go for

around 3000 SEK ($400). Or rather: please don't, help keep the prices down...!

Hey Al, my M3 rewind knob stays up when I pull it up, and down when I push it down... it

also doesn't slip while rewinding! Does this mean I really have an MP <grin>!?