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<p>Brian,<br /> When I decided I wanted a rangefinder, I went after the Electro 35. After a half dozen won auctions, and a half dozen Electros cameras with various things wrong with them, I decided to send the best looking one to Mr Hama. This particular one had a non-working shutter. He emailed with the quote, emailed when the camera was shipped, and the camera is working great.<br /> Another Mark Hama recommendation here!</p>

<p>Minolta X700<br>

Yashicamat 124G<br>

Minolta Autocord<br>

Yashica GSN rangefinder<br>

Mamiya 645 Super<br>

and no $$</p>

<p>A few years back, I bought a Liesgang on the auction site for about $100 US. I've been very satisfied with it. I've seen others since, so they are out there. They just don't come along to often.<br>

They take the standard slide tray, I buy Kinderman (still available) and Gepe mounts. Its all manual, but a step above single feed.<br>

And yes, there is nothing like it. I wish I bought a bigger screen.</p>

<p>Tom,<br>

I used to live in central New Jersey, right off 195. For me, it was a 40 minute drive to New York Camera and Video in Southampton, Pa.<br>

www.nycv.com<br>

They still do in house E6 (slide) processing, as well as C41 and, surprisingly, b&w. They also had a section for darkroom supplies. A little more expensive than B&H, but a little closer and they're open on Saturday and Sunday. I think you may be able to get some darkroom advice from them, at least from the 'seasoned' sales help. The younger group only knew how to talk digital.</p>

<p>Makes me want to get out my Autocord. I haven't taken it for a walk in over a month.<br /> Great shots. Absolutely awesome.<br /> Can you give us some more info...did you process? Print and scan? Negative scan?</p>

<p>I reorder fresh Kodachrome from Dwayne's whenever I send them a processing order. I say fresh, because its dated 03/10.<br>

The price is good, and I figure I'll let Dwayne's make that extra little profit to show my appreciation for keeping Kodachrome alive.<br>

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<p>I don't have a scanner, so for $5 I let Dwayne's do the scanning. I felt the scans were better than anticipated, but, as stated previously, scanning is not their strength. As for color 'truism', I think the outdoor shots had a bluish cast, but indoor with flash, coloring was better matched.</p><div></div>

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<p>Film, primarily slide film.</p>

Tom,

 

I think the employee is loading 4x4 (127 roll film) slides. 4cm x 4cm still fits within the 2" square slide mount.

I agree with J Sevigny. I think most TLR users already have a strong opinion about which camera. But if you want to attract a new user, I think the cameras that are plentiful, inexpensive, and give great results would be a better bet. Someone just starting out in MF shouldn't think he needs to break the bank or look for something rare or hard to find.

Therefore, my vote goes to the Yashica (Yashicamat, 124, 124G) first, Autocord second.

 

I, too, would like to offer my 124G and/or Autocord.

 

With all these offers, you could probably squeeze quite a few specimens into your series.

And let me throw in another pic - a bit unusual to use an Autocord for action.I intentionally used a slow shutter speed and panned the shot. Again, original is better.<div></div>

Andrei,

 

Quick bit of info - this is a print I did in my darkroom. Believe me, the original is much better than the scan. This is all I can dig up for now, until I get my darkroom set up again. I don't have a negative scanner.

Andrei, give me a day or two. I don't have any digital files from the 'cord, and I don't have a scanner hooked up.

Well done Henrick! I, too have been recently shooting with my Electro 35. I'd like to share a photo using the Yashica & Kodachrome film (my new favorite).<div></div>

Andrei, I know this response is a little late, but I have two Autocords. I love 'em. In fact, I was out shooting with one

today.

I feel they are easy to handle, take VERY sharp pictures, and work great for flash photography also.

 

My one suggestion, though, would be get either a handle mounted flash, or a flash bracket. Overall it makes the

camera easier to handle with a flash attached.

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I've never used Kodachrome before, but after reading all the enthusiasm in this forum, I decided to give it a try. My first roll is going out to Dwayne's tomorrow. Needless to say, I'm anxious to see the results.

Wow. Its 2008, and I'm writing a post saying I shoot Kodachrome. I never would've predicted that 5 years ago.

I have the chromes scanned at time of processing, just for the convenience of having a digital file. But I prefer projecting them to view them. I shoot both 35mm & 120 (6 x 6 & 6 x 4.5). It took awhile, but a medium format projector showed up on ebay, and it was worth every penny.

Another vote for the Vivitar 283.

 

I use the bay 1 to 49mm adapter, with a regular 49mm screw on rubber lens shade. It does slightly obstruct the viewing lens, but not enough to keep you from taking pictures. The 'real' bay 1 shade is nice, but they get pricey.