jean_moxhet

<p>One of the best sourse of info about japanese rangefinder is:<br>

<a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/camera_shoukai.htm">http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/camera_shoukai.htm</a><br>

Unfortunately, it's in japanese... but pics and figures are great.<br>

Anyway, Ricoh 35 -> 500 -> FiveOneNine cameras are great, with nearly perfect ergonomy. Your "35"s is fitted with the same lens as it's succesor the 500, so you can use the add-on lenses Wide and Tele, to be used with deicated external viewfinder. Filters and hood are with a diameter of 34mm.<br>

As you can see on the following pic, all these accessories are beautifull (and perfectly made) and the leather case are as beautifull. On that pic, all the parts on the left with case and the filter are for the 1:2.8 lens and the Wide add-on with viewfinder on the right are for the 1:1.9 lens of the FiveOneNine.</p>

<p>Have lot of fun with your new camera!!!</p><div></div>

<p>Had same problem recently on a beautifull 80-200 f/4.0 L. Fixed for fair price in few days buy a serious photo workshop (spring problem in my case).<br>

Now, the lens is perfectly working and I so happy with it!</p>

<p>The best is Campion, but be carefull of opening days (Wednesday to Saterday) of the classic part of the shop.<br>

You can also visit Ali Photo and Photo Cine House, that are located side by side 154 rue du Midi. Quite no more second hand at Ali but still enough to dream facing of the shop at the other. And anyway, if you are in the area PCH is interresting to visit because they have a small "museum" with plenty of Leica and Nikon inside.</p>

Sure, the camera is big, capricious (but if you are carefull frame overlapping can be minimized) but so pleasurable to use (at least if fitted with clear frenel screen).

Remark about the huge original prism, it can be changed to a better and more usefull version: using addapter made by Baier (http://www.baierfoto.de/exaktaprism.html) the Kiev prism is a big improvement.

Great lenses, the Sonnar 180/2.8 is my favorite (even big and heavy) used on both P6, Canon FTb-New or EOS 40D.

You can find 2 shoots on that page: http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00O5cy

The Sonnar 180 is my favorite lens. It part of my everytime camera bag, used both on the P6, one of my FD (the favorite are the EFor tha FTb-new) or on the EOS 40D. For sure it's a big piece of glass but sharp, crisp, a pleasure to use.

Except weight and size, the only trouble is that everybody is looking to you while shooting with such huge lens, specialy fitted with eom hood that double the length.

Look for addapter and enjoy your new lens!

I made all these checks.

The lens mounted on my EF, FTbN or one of my AE-1. On both it's the same, no closing of the aperture in manual

or AE (with the EF or AE-1 only off course) mode. Tests made on speed "B" and looking through the open film door.

When compared vs my other lenses (24/2.8, 35/2.8, some 50/1.8 and 1.4, 85/1.8) the only difference I can see it's

the second lever not resting on normal position...

That's quite a sade experience with first L lens.

Look how it looks nice on my new EF.<div></div>

Recently I found my first L lens. It's a beautifull 80-200mm f/4.0 L and I'm just testing it... and trouble :-(

The apperture seams stuck open :-(

The only visible problem (except the fact that the apperture stays full open when shooting independently of the

setting) is while lens removed from body, the second lever (see on pics, it's not the aperture lever) is not on

normal "rest" position.

OK, I can return the lens to former owner but if a simple solution exist, I'll take it.<div></div>

Back home with first roll done, nice time with nice camera. Tomorow, I'll be at the photoshop for processing the film.

James, you can find some of other discussion about age determination of Canon material. Basicaly, for cameras, look inside the body's film chamber for an alphanumeric code printed in black ink on the black surface of the film chamber. You may have to hold the camera under a strong light to see it. What you'll see is a date code, possibly something like "U1140F." Smae for the lenses, it's printed on the rear side.

The code is: A = 1960, B = 1961,....T = 1979, U = 1980, and so on up to Z = 1985... and back again to A = 1986... The next 2 numbers tell you what month the camera was made, in this example, November. (the leading zero for the month code is sometimes omitted, so an A-1 with a code of "Y362" would have been manufactured in March, 1984, for instance.) .*Last figures are use less for date and last letter stand for the factory.

That's my trun. I'm now member of the "Black Beauty Owner Club" :-)

She arrived by post on Friday and I'm allready in love. It's true, what a beauty, my AE-1s can't stand beside her, the

lovely FTb-New seems old, just the F-1 New loocks like a sibling.

For info, it seems that she's the newest of the forum: s/n 423124 from July 1977 (R732).

Now I'm going out to a country music festival (yep, here in Belgium) where I'll be shooting my first roll.<div></div>

Finaly, I did it... I'm a weak guy that could not resist to temptation...

Yes, soon I'll be member of the "Black Beauty Proud Owner Club" (B2POC).

My future EF is now shipping from USA to Europe and is one of the last, or at least the biggest s/n seen on that forum: 423124.

Until her arrival, I'm playing with my FTb-New "Tank" (actually testing Pentacon6 lenses), while my father is using the F-1 New for botanical macro. The AE-1 "fleet" is waiting for next film. One of these AE-1 was my first modern camera when I was teenager before that I dicovered photography with my father's first camera (Adox Polo) and with my beloved Voigtlander Vitessa L.

In Brussels, the main place to visit is located a little bit out of the centrum but easy to reach walking:

Photo Campion - Second Hand shop

Rue Saint-Boniface 1,5 1050 Ixelles

Attention, closed on Monday and Tuesday

Not to far from city old centrum (and Manekenpiss) side by side, you'll find:

PCH (Photo Cine House) - don't miss the little Leica and Nikon "museum" inside of the shop. That's my favorite photshop in Brussels.

Rue du Midi 154, 1000 Bruxelles

Ali Photo Video - here the moustached man can be in bad mood... I don't go anymore in that shop.

Rue du Midi 150, 1000 Bruxelles

In Köln, you'll find some shops. I remember 3 of them:

a) one against the Döm (the cathedral) facing main train station

b) a small one not far from the Dome on a little square just near a luxury jewelry (Bulgary? or Cartier?)

c) and of course Foto Gregor at Neumarkt, price can be high but don't miss that place. Second-hand are in the basement but a nice "museum" is in the middle of the main area.

I like contrast and that was fun to shoot some pics in high-tech space

installation (satellite testing equipment) with low tech material from other

sid of former iron curtain.

So I was with my Pentacon6 and Sonar 180mm f/2.8 MC with TriX 400 in a visit of

ESA facilities.<div></div>

Last shoot.

Now I have to find a way to clean my Ricoh 519.<div></div>

Some street shoots in Brussels (Belgium) with a really nice camera, a Ricoh 500.

I like that camera bought recently on xbay with all the original accessories.

Perfect ergonomy, quite good viewfinder, funny and usefull "Triggermatic-

Action" lever.

All 3 shoots done on same day (end of August) with Fuji Superia 200, processed

and scanned by "Kodak images" lab.<div></div>

Second pic, shooted same day on ame place.

Apperture: 4, speed: 1/1000, film: Fuji Superia 200, processing and scan: "Kodak images".

The subject is WWII memorial related to a RAF bomber shooted down by german flack. The memorial is located in the forest near Sourbrodt (around 20km n-e of Malmedy) in Belgium.<div></div>

End of summer, flowers, Canon FTb-N and 50/1.4 lens.

Appertur: 2.8, speed: 1/1000, film: Fuji Superia 200, processing and

scan: "Kodak images".<div></div>

You can find some different models of FD/M42 adapters on "the big internet 2nd hand market". During the "FD time", Canon was producing one, it's the "Lens Mount Converter P".

As I know (but not tested yet because I'm waiting for such "P" adapter just bought 3 days ago), M42 lenses on FD bodies keep infinity focus because flange-to-focal-plane distance are:

45.5 mm for M42

42.0 mm for FD

For info, other Canon adapters (that I know and have) were the:

"A" was for LTM 39 Leica screw mont lenses on FD (without infinity focus) and the reverse "B" for FD lenses on LTM bodies.<div></div>

My "new" FTb-New is a really nice camera, I prefer it to my AE-1s (1 silver and

1 black). I have lot of fun using the heavy and strongly made basic camera.

Here one of my sister's daughter playing in the garden during my father's

birthday party last w-e. For info, his birthday present was a F-1 New with AE

viewfinder FN and AH focusing screen. He's shoting flower and insect macro,

and he was looking for a camera with clear and bright screen.<div></div>

Recently I bought a nice FTb New with 50mm f1.8 lens for less than 30 Euro...

it was in a second hand goods shop and they said "it's a old camera and the

meter is not working anymore". At home it took me few minutes to clean the

camera and after cleaning the old forbiden mercure battery and contact, I had a

31 y/o camera looking and working like new. The best camera deal I ever made :-

)

Here some macro shots made with that camera using various extension tube(s),

lens mount converter A (Leica LTM), Voigtlander-Cosina Cosina Snapshot Skopar

25/f4, and Fuji Pro NPS 160.<div></div>