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Beautiful photos. What a lens! I am very pleased that Rolleiflex TLR don't need this foam light seal.

I also recommend an Olympus 35 RC camera. It is small (OK for your jacket pocket) and just some bigger than the truely pocketable Olympus Stylus Epic (fixed 35mm lens). As for full size RF, I really like Konica Auto S2 with excellent built quality. For other good old full size or more compact RF cameras, I have good fortune of Yashica 1000, Ricoh 519, and Fujica V2, 35 ML, Minolta Hi-matic 9, etc. Keep in mind, all these 30-45 years old cameras do require some fixing or cleaning.

I havn't tested my Ricoh 500 yet. Too many cameras to little chance. I also add one more photo (close shot of a rock with holes) to my Ricoh 519 testing folder. Some sharpness and color were lost thru the my scanner. Anyway this is highly recommended lens.

I have shot few photos using my Ricoh 519 and the result are pretty

good. The photos at f16 are sharp and have 3-D look-an-feel. One

of the best of my old RF cameras so far. Please check at my "Ricoh

519 Sample Photos" folder. I don't have the chance to open up the

lens to test yet. Thanks.

I have got some "expensive" Rolleiflex TLR accessories and three more RFs of 60's. They are all in my must-have list. I guess my "must-have" is pretty open-end.

Mr.Au, Excellent collections. How do you learn camera repairing? Any class to take? As you said "Comments: Replaced battery with one CR123 (3 volts) and two S76 (1.5 volts each), stacked, for 6 volts. Sharp lens. Quiet operation except for "clunk" during winding. Feels big compared to most other noninterchangeable lens RFs". Any problem with different kinds of batteries stacking together? And the "clunk" is big surprise also. First I thought it is a problem on my GSN.

Thanks for comments. The lens seems soft and loose contrast wide open at f=1.8 as in the "Barber Shop in Basement" and some other photos I don't shown. The "Card Rack" and "Barber" photos in open shade were at f=5.6. Nice bokeh. Most street scenes with sunny light are at f=16 or 22. I didn't miss any focus due to its bright VF and easy focusing patch. Over all the lens gives gentle and fine details. I also like the 45mm lens for street shooting in general which works better than 35mm or 50mm alone.

I have shot the a roll of film using my Yashica LYNX 1000. I have

put some photos in my "San Francisco Snap Shots" folder. Please

check. I also shot a roll using the Ricoh 519 but none of it shown

up. Yes, I have misloaded the film the first time using it. Big

mistake and a lesson for me.<div></div>

I will start developing the B&W 135/120 film by myself. I will have my two Rolleiflex TLRs to be fixed first. I wil also buy the new Epson flat bed scanner for the 120 films. Any suggestions? Lastly I will ONLY buy a few must-have cameras and lenses this year.

The Ricoh 500, and 519 I have for sometime but haven't used them yet. I will give quick report later. The VF of Ricoh 500 and 519 are small and dim and more like Leica SM style. The Ricoh 519 has frame line but 500 don't. Removing bottom and back for film loading which is like Rollei 35s. It features rapid wind level at bottom for left hand. You could keep the eye on the VF while continue shooting. The Ricoh 500 late model has modern shutter speed mark like 1/2/4/8/15/,,, which uses Seikosha-SLV shutter instead of the older Seikosha-MXL shutter with the 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/500 marks. <br>

As for Yashica LYNX 1000, it is my most favorite leaf shutther RF camera. It has very good Yashinon 45/1.8 lens, maximum 1/1000 sec shutter speed and minimum focus distance at 2.6 ft. LYNX 1000 and GSN have very bright VF and solid yellow frame line and the focusing patch is distinct and easy to use. GSN's 45mm/1.7 Color-Yashinon DX gives good color. Overall I like LYNX 1000 better. GSN just don't feel right in my hand. It only has AP exposure with very odd battery to fit. Well GNS looks better in photo but LYNX 1000 is much better fitted in my hand. <br>

As for Fujica 35 ML (Fujinon 45/2.8) and V2(Fujinon 45/1.8), I prefer to use ML(no meter) than V2(with meter). Both have thumb focusing wheel but ML has right hand bottom wind level. V2 is more like Leica M6 in size and the VF is bigger and brighter. Like Yashica the focus are very easy to use on 35 ML and V2. Also I have a chance to hold Fujica 35 SE which is bigger and heavier than ML with meter. Fujica 35 ML just gives me the righ feel in my hand. <br>

I will post more photos later with these cameras.

Yshica Electro 35 GSN.<div></div>

Fujica V2.<div></div>

Fujica 35 ML.<div></div>

Yashica Lynx 1000.<div></div>

Ricoh 500.<div></div>

It is fun to photograph these oldies. Just show a few below.<div></div>

Other reasons to use the OM-EOS is that you can use real manual lenses on the EOS body. OM Zuiko lenses usually cost less than EOS lens and sometimes there is simply no equivalent EOS lenses like the Zuiko 135/4.5 macro with the 65-116 auto extension tube, 35/2.8 shift, and these small Zuiko 21/3.5, 18/3.5, and 16/3.5 lenses. Also there are more accessories that you can buy used or new like the Canon ring flash, eyecup, diopter correction lenses etc.

I have EOS 620, 630, RT, and A2 (EOS5) to use with the OM-EOS adapter. You may loose the focusing point indicator of the EOS camera if it has multiple focusing point selection, for example my EOS A2 and all later EOS cameras, and try to use different focusing screen like split/micro prism screens which don't have focusing point indicator support. If you want to use both EOS and Zuiko lenses and keep the multiple focusing point selection then just stick the standard EOS screen provided which is designed for auto focus lenses but not really bad for manual focusing lenses. Nothing beats EOS lenses (focal lens greater than 50mm) for speed for hand holding shots. I usually use short focal Zuiko lenses (50mm or less) on (hand holing) one of the EOS620/630/RT bodies which has only central AF focusing point with split/micro focusing screen which works well for the AF EOS lenses if I want.

I have four EOS adapters for M42, Leica-R, and OM lenses. Only this OM-EOS has the best fit and easy of use. I can use it in "wide-open" mode as mentioned above which is similar to using the Zuiko 35 shift lens. What you lost will be the best manual focusing screen of the OM stanadrd split/micro prism screen. I found no equivalent focusing screen in Canon cameras which depends on the EOS camera you choose. What you gain is the built-in motor drive, adavanced metering, vertical grip and many other functions provided by your EOS camera. Kindai also has new OM-EOS adapter come out in grey(?) color and the list price is drop also.

Neil,<br>Great! I found the little black screw and removed it from the Kindai OM-EOS adapter. Now I can preset the aperture and focus wide-open and use the DOF button for metering and stop-down the aperture while press the shutter to make the photo. I realy like this "wide-open" mode than the "stop-down" mode. Thanks.

Neil,<br>It looks that we have different Kindai's OM-EOS adapters or I may have missed something. As you said "Kindai's adapter also can be used in 'wide-open' mode " but I don't find a way to do so. As I said earlier, if I set the aperture on lens at f8 then the lens always stop-down to f8. There is no other way I can put the lens wide-open, say f1.4 of the Zuiko 50mm/1.4 lens, unless I manually set the lens aperture to f1.4. Does your Kindai's OM-EOS adapter does thing differently than mine. How do you put the lens wide-open?

Gene,<br> Thanks for clarify.<br> Here is the quote from Stephen Gandy's web site " mounts Olympus OM lenses very conveniently on the EOS via the adapter because of OM lens external stop down switch, allowing you to focus wide open and then quickly stop down to shooting aperture for metering and taking the shot. The EOS digital bodies are by far the best digital options for your manual focus Olympus OM lenses." <br>When I used the Kindai's OM-EOS adapter, the aperture is always what is set on the lens (if I set the aperture on the lens to f8 then the lens is stop dwon to f8). I have no chance (no need)to use the OM extenal stop down switch, aka DOF switch, when I use the Kindai OM-EOS adapter. Try it yourself then you will konw. <br>If fact, if OM-EOS adapter is designed to keep the lens wide open regardless what aperture is set on the lens but stop only when the OM lens's DOF tab is pressed then I think it will be more useful than the current Kindai OM-EOS adapter to offer.

Here is the quick update of the Russian made JoLos M42-EOS adapter which has a stop ring for the aperture stop-down pin of the M42 lenses. The adapter works well for M42 lens without the A/M switch but it won't work for most M42 lenses which have any metering couping or auto exposure capability like most Pentax M42 lenses (which have A/M switch) and possible the Fujica lenses (which don't have the A/M switch).

I have read the description (no photo yet) from Stephen Gandy's web site regarding the OM-EOS adapter. It seems not the same adapter made by Kindai which is used only in stop down mode for light metering and focusing.

I don't have the original 21mm/3.5 lens shade. I have tried the 49-55 step-up ring on the 21mm/3.5 lens which can also take at least one (possible two) slim filter.