Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a wonderful collection of old timers, Alan. I'm sure each has a story to tell. Your mention of the Konica rang a bell with me. I was once given what was probably a Konica I, found in a Navy sea bag that was left along a Mississippi highway back in the 1950s. The body was badly corroded by salt air. I cleaned it up enough to shoot a few rolls through it, and was extremely impressed with the combined viewfinder and rangefinder. I was shooting a Leica IIIa at the time, and the Konica finder was close to what I would have expected from a Leica M, though I have never handled an M. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/22/2017 7:55 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > Since the weather today was...blah, I decided to take an inside shot I've > been thinking of for a while. > Can be viewed large. > > Non-Leica 35mm rangefinder cameras. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > Gear/20170122_MR_Mine_DSF3943.jpg.html> > > From front center: Olympus XA w. 35/2.8 Zuiko, Konica III w. 48/2 Hexanon, > Retina IIa w. 50/2 Xenon, Kodak 35 w. 50/3.5 Anastar, Olympus 35RC w. > 42/2.8 Zuiko, Bolsey 35 Model B w. 44/3.2 Velostigmat, Argus C3 w. 50/3.5 > Cintar, Realist 35 w. 50/2.8 Cassar, Canon Canonet w.45/1.9 Canon. > ............................................................ > ............................................................ > ............................................................ > ............................................................ > .................... > Non-Leica 35mm rangefinders joined by 35mm and 127 viewfinder cameras. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > Gear/20170122_MR_Mine_DSF3946.jpg.html> > > From front center: Vest Pocket Kodak (127) w. 84/6.9 Kodak. Agfa Karat w. > 55/6.3 Jgestar, Olympus XA w. 35/2.8 Zuiko, Foth Derby (127) w. 50/3.5 > Foth, Wirgin 35 w. 50/4.5 Victar, Konica III w. 48/2 Hexanon, Retina IIa w. > 50/2 Xenon, Bolsey 35 Model B w. 44/3.2 Velostigmat, Kodak 35 w. 50/3.5 > Anastar, Olympus 35RC w. 42/2.8 Zuiko, Welti Welta w. 45/2 Xenon, Argus C3 > w. 50/3.5 Cintar, Realist 35 w. 50/2.8 Cassar, Canon Canonet w.45/1.9 > Canon. > > > The Foth was my first serious camera, and I used the Konica III (bought for > $10 in 1973, before I could afford a Leica) to shoot my most-sold photo. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >