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  1. <p>Michael: Those will work w/external mount Contax or Nikon RF wides & teles, respectively.</p> <blockquote> <p>Will these work? I just noticed that they are not for the 50mm. I have bought from Heavystar in the past on Ebay and their prices are very good and so is the quality. I did not see one on his site right now.</p> </blockquote>
  2. <p>Hirano makes a case for the S2/SP/S3/S4. They are sold by Japan Exposures:</p> <p>http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/camera-bag-case-strap/hand-made-leather-camera-case-for-nikon-cameras.html</p>
  3. <p>For techs in the U.S., I had Don Goldberg of DAG overhaul my 1st Reid (a III like yours) back in 2007. IIRC, it cost about $450 at the time & took about 6 months total (had to go back to Minnesota twice because a light leak, via the flash sync openings, developed & the slow shutter speed mechanism needed to be adjusted).</p>
  4. <p>The only Leitz/Leica lens I have that's unusually flare-resistant is a 1980s-era Noctilux, which I understand was designed/coated in order to be that way.</p>
  5. <p>I'll recycle my response to your RFF thread on the same subject:<br /> I've had (& still have) most of the various versions: original in Prominent mount, original in LTM, CV in LTM & Nikon RF, current CV in M-mount. The only 1 I no longer have is the CV LTM version.<br /> <br /> If I had to summarize the difference between the old & the modern, I would draw an analogy to the original Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm/1.5 Sonnar or Zeiss-Opton/Carl Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnar & the modern Carl Zeiss C Sonnar (ZM or S mount).<br /> <br /> Links to my photos w/all the various versions (only goes up to 2012, so nothing from the current M version, but you've probably seen a bunch from that lens):</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/cosinavoigtlander5015noktonltmc2002/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/cosinavoigtlander5015noktonltmc2002/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/cosinavoigtlander5015snoktonc200307/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/cosinavoigtlander5015snoktonc200307/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/voigtlander5015noktonc195260/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/voigtlander5015noktonc195260/</a><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/voigtlander5015noktonltmc195260/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/tags/voigtlander5015noktonltmc195260/</a></p>
  6. <p>1. Never noticed a difference. A Nikon F is probably a better comparison camera as it loads just like the Nikon rangefinders, which loads almost identically to the Contax (only difference is 1 locking key rather than 2).</p> <p>2. Unlike the screw mount Leicas like my IIIc, I've never had the cartridge sit low enough that the image area goes into the sprockets using a 50mm lens. It is possible to overlap adjoining frames accidentally, e.g., when the shutter is wound just enough to fire, but not quite fully wound (I would think this would be more likely w/slow speeds which require more winding), if there's a problem w/the transport mechanism, or if the film was improperly loaded & jams up.</p> <p>3. Not that I know of.</p> <blockquote><ol> <li>Do you find the exposed image area is slightly larger than a Nikon F2?</li> <li>Have you noticed any variation in the location of the image with different rolls in relation to the sprocket area, so much that the image overlaps the sprocket holes?</li> <li>Have you ever experienced problems with the film pressure plate not holding the film flat?</li> </ol></blockquote>
  7. <p>I know the British military marked some Reid camera w/the "broad arrow" after WWII, but not sure whether the same was done for requisitioned or captured Leicas during the war.</p>
  8. <p>I agree w/Kenneth as well. There is, & always will be, a market for superfast lenses, but Canon is certainly not interested in producing anything in any mount other than their own. Heck, they've never resurrected/updated their old 50/1 L lens in EOS mount. Even 15 or so years ago, when many of the other Japanese lens makers (e.g., Pentax, Konica, Ricoh, Minolta) were making special edition LTM lenses, Canon chose not to participate.</p> <p>Nikon is more interested in history, but chose to reproduce some of their own RF cameras & lenses w/the SP 2000 & SP 2005.</p>
  9. <p>M6 TTL & later bodies are the most ergonomic, for me, because I meter through the VF & always shoot in "aperture priority" mode, i.e., decide on aperture & then adjust shutter speed (I like the M5, too, but it kind of stands by itself). I have no problem w/the lack of a hard stop on the M7 because I shoot it in in Auto & adjust shutter speed when I want by simply pointing the camera to another part of the scene & locking that shutter speed via the release. Likewise, I have no problem switching between the M6 TTL/M7 & an M3/M2/other meterless body because I'll usually be using the metered bodies to meter or a handheld meter.</p>
  10. <p>Brian: Have you ever put the optics from a post-WWII Zeiss-Opton or Carl Zeiss Contax RF Sonnar into a LTM barrel? If so, how does it compare with the WWII-era redesign or the Nikkors?</p> <blockquote> <p>The Nikkor 5cm F1.4 is much easier to find, the F1.5 rare.<br> I did a comparison between the Nikkor and Zeiss 5cm F1.5 LTM mount lenses here:<br> <a href="http://www.leicaplace.com/showthread.php?t=185" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.leicaplace.com/showthread.php?t=185</a></p> </blockquote>
  11. <p>Going to Hong Kong & Taipei next month, about a week in each, & haven't been to either city in a very long time. I'll be bringing my own film, but was wondering if anyone has any knowledge of the availability of "pro" emulsions (e.g., Tri-X, Portra 400, Provia, etc.) in case of emergency.<br /><br />Also, I might choose to have some film developed in Taipei before returning to the U.S. so any recommendations would be welcome.<br /><br />Thanks in advance, Chris</p>
  12. furcafe

    World Bank, 2001

    1/250 sec. @ f/8. Negative scanned on Minolta Dimage Scan Dual.
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